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diff --git a/docs/contracts.rst b/docs/contracts.rst index df95883f..d6337d9a 100644 --- a/docs/contracts.rst +++ b/docs/contracts.rst @@ -1043,14 +1043,15 @@ Additional Resources for Understanding Events Inheritance *********** -Solidity supports multiple inheritance by copying code including polymorphism. +Solidity supports multiple inheritance including polymorphism. All function calls are virtual, which means that the most derived function -is called, except when the contract name is explicitly given. +is called, except when the contract name is explicitly given or the +``super`` keyword is used. When a contract inherits from other contracts, only a single contract is created on the blockchain, and the code from all the base contracts -is copied into the created contract. +is compiled into the created contract. The general inheritance system is very similar to `Python's <https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/classes.html#inheritance>`_, |