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diff --git a/docs/introduction-to-smart-contracts.rst b/docs/introduction-to-smart-contracts.rst index de126a5a..922056ec 100644 --- a/docs/introduction-to-smart-contracts.rst +++ b/docs/introduction-to-smart-contracts.rst @@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ Storage } } +The first line simply tells that the source code is written for +Solidity version 0.4.0 or anything newer that does not break functionality +(up to, but not including, version 0.5.0). This is to ensure that the +contract does not suddenly behave differently with a new compiler version. + A contract in the sense of Solidity is a collection of code (its functions) and data (its *state*) that resides at a specific address on the Ethereum blockchain. The line ``uint storedData;`` declares a state variable called ``storedData`` of |