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diff --git a/docs/contracts.rst b/docs/contracts.rst index 691da7fe..b2358af5 100644 --- a/docs/contracts.rst +++ b/docs/contracts.rst @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ Contracts ########## -Contracts in Solidity what classes are in object oriented languages. -They persistent data in state variables and functions that can modify these variables. -Calling a function on a different contract (instance) will perform an EVM -function call and thus switch the context such that state variables are +Contracts in Solidity are what classes are in object oriented languages. They +contain persistent data in state variables and functions that can modify these +variables. Calling a function on a different contract (instance) will perform +an EVM function call and thus switch the context such that state variables are inaccessible. .. index:: ! contract;creation @@ -184,10 +184,9 @@ return parameter list for functions. uint public data; } -Other contracts can call `c.data()` to retrieve the value of -data in state storage, but are not able to call `f`. -Contracts derived from `c` can call `setData` to alter the -value of `data` (but only in their own state). +Other contracts can call `c.data()` to retrieve the value of data in state +storage, but are not able to call `f`. Contracts derived from `c` can call +`setData` to alter the value of `data` (but only in their own state). .. index:: ! accessor;function, ! function;accessor |