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diff --git a/docs/miscellaneous.rst b/docs/miscellaneous.rst index 01154854..20400aa2 100644 --- a/docs/miscellaneous.rst +++ b/docs/miscellaneous.rst @@ -64,12 +64,15 @@ The position of ``data[4][9].b`` is at ``keccak256(uint256(9) . keccak256(uint25 Layout in Memory **************** -Solidity reserves three 256-bit slots: +Solidity reserves four 32 byte slots: -- 0 - 64: scratch space for hashing methods -- 64 - 96: currently allocated memory size (aka. free memory pointer) +- ``0x00`` - ``0x3f``: scratch space for hashing methods +- ``0x40`` - ``0x5f``: currently allocated memory size (aka. free memory pointer) +- ``0x60`` - ``0x7f``: zero slot -Scratch space can be used between statements (ie. within inline assembly). +Scratch space can be used between statements (ie. within inline assembly). The zero slot +is used as initial value for dynamic memory arrays and should never be written to +(the free memory pointer points to ``0x80`` initially). Solidity always places new objects at the free memory pointer and memory is never freed (this might change in the future). |