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authorchriseth <chris@ethereum.org>2018-05-09 17:08:34 +0800
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Merge pull request #4074 from elopio/docs/implicit-constructor
docs: document the implicit call of base constructor without arguments
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@@ -1030,8 +1030,9 @@ A constructor set as ``internal`` causes the contract to be marked as :ref:`abst
Arguments for Base Constructors
===============================
-Derived contracts need to provide all arguments needed for
-the base constructors. This can be done in two ways::
+The constructors of all the base contracts will be called following the
+linearization rules explained below. If the base constructors have arguments,
+derived contracts need to specify all of them. This can be done in two ways::
pragma solidity ^0.4.22;
@@ -1059,6 +1060,9 @@ derived contract. Arguments have to be given either in the
inheritance list or in modifier-style in the derived constuctor.
Specifying arguments in both places is an error.
+If a derived contract doesn't specify the arguments to all of its base
+contracts' constructors, it will be abstract.
+
.. index:: ! inheritance;multiple, ! linearization, ! C3 linearization
Multiple Inheritance and Linearization