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diff --git a/docs/control-structures.rst b/docs/control-structures.rst index a7af69f5..796e9238 100644 --- a/docs/control-structures.rst +++ b/docs/control-structures.rst @@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ When exceptions happen in a sub-call, they "bubble up" (i.e. exceptions are reth and the low-level functions ``call``, ``delegatecall`` and ``callcode`` -- those return ``false`` in case of an exception instead of "bubbling up". +.. warning:: + The low-level ``call``, ``delegatecall`` and ``callcode`` will return success if the calling account is non-existent, as part of the design of EVM. Existence must be checked prior to calling if desired. + Catching exceptions is not yet possible. In the following example, you can see how ``require`` can be used to easily check conditions on inputs |