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diff --git a/docs/contracts.rst b/docs/contracts.rst index 0d1b029b..d4160eac 100644 --- a/docs/contracts.rst +++ b/docs/contracts.rst @@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ When a contract is created, its constructor_ (a function declared with the ``co A constructor is optional. Only one constructor is allowed, which means overloading is not supported. +After the constructor has executed, the final code of the contract is deployed to the +blockchain. This code includes all public and external functions and all functions +that are reachable from there through function calls. The deployed code does not +include the constructor code or internal functions only called from the constructor. + .. index:: constructor;arguments Internally, constructor arguments are passed :ref:`ABI encoded <ABI>` after the code of @@ -1089,8 +1094,13 @@ initialisation code. Before the constructor code is executed, state variables are initialised to their specified value if you initialise them inline, or zero if you do not. -After the constructor has run, the final code of the contract is returned. The deployment of +After the constructor has run, the final code of the contract is deployed +to the blockchain. The deployment of the code costs additional gas linear to the length of the code. +This code includes all functions that are part of the public interface +and all functions that are reachable from there through function calls. +It does not include the constructor code or internal functions that are +only called from the constructor. Constructor functions can be either ``public`` or ``internal``. If there is no constructor, the contract will assume the default constructor, which is |