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@@ -721,8 +721,10 @@ Details are given in the following example.
NameReg(config.lookup(1)).register(name);
}
- // Functions can be overridden, both local and
- // message-based function calls take these overrides
+ // Functions can be overridden by another function with the same name and
+ // the same number/types of inputs. If the overriding function has different
+ // types of output parameters, that causes an error.
+ // Both local and message-based function calls take these overrides
// into account.
function kill() {
if (msg.sender == owner) {