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}
-.. _constant-functions:
+.. _view-functions:
-******************
-Constant Functions
-******************
+**************
+View Functions
+**************
-Functions can be declared constant in which case they promise not to modify the state.
+Functions can be declared ``view`` in which case they promise not to modify the state.
::
pragma solidity ^0.4.0;
contract C {
- function f(uint a, uint b) constant returns (uint) {
+ function f(uint a, uint b) view returns (uint) {
return a * (b + 42);
}
}
.. note::
- Getter methods are marked constant.
+ ``constant`` is an alias to ``view``.
+
+.. note::
+ Getter methods are marked ``view``.
.. warning::
- The compiler does not enforce yet that a constant method is not modifying state.
+ The compiler does not enforce yet that a ``view`` method is not modifying state.
.. index:: ! fallback function, function;fallback