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authorAlex Beregszaszi <alex@rtfs.hu>2017-03-16 07:50:58 +0800
committerAlex Beregszaszi <alex@rtfs.hu>2017-03-16 20:37:18 +0800
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Document the .value() and .gas() modifiers
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-rw-r--r--docs/control-structures.rst6
-rw-r--r--docs/types.rst2
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/control-structures.rst b/docs/control-structures.rst
index a3af41dd..b1e16644 100644
--- a/docs/control-structures.rst
+++ b/docs/control-structures.rst
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ actual contract has not been created yet.
Functions of other contracts have to be called externally. For an external call,
all function arguments have to be copied to memory.
-When calling functions
-of other contracts, the amount of Wei sent with the call and the gas can be specified::
+When calling functions of other contracts, the amount of Wei sent with the call and
+the gas can be specified with special options ``.value()`` and ``.gas()``, respectively::
contract InfoFeed {
function info() payable returns (uint ret) { return 42; }
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ creation-dependencies are not possible.
}
}
-As seen in the example, it is possible to forward Ether to the creation,
+As seen in the example, it is possible to forward Ether to the creation using the ``.value()`` option,
but it is not possible to limit the amount of gas. If the creation fails
(due to out-of-stack, not enough balance or other problems), an exception
is thrown.
diff --git a/docs/types.rst b/docs/types.rst
index 6379f01c..60235ad2 100644
--- a/docs/types.rst
+++ b/docs/types.rst
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ In a similar way, the function ``delegatecall`` can be used: The difference is t
All three functions ``call``, ``delegatecall`` and ``callcode`` are very low-level functions and should only be used as a *last resort* as they break the type-safety of Solidity.
+The ``.gas()`` option is available on all three methods, while the ``.value()`` option is not supported for ``delegatecall``.
+
.. note::
All contracts inherit the members of address, so it is possible to query the balance of the
current contract using ``this.balance``.