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diff --git a/docs/miscellaneous.rst b/docs/miscellaneous.rst index c4a954ad..16033837 100644 --- a/docs/miscellaneous.rst +++ b/docs/miscellaneous.rst @@ -56,6 +56,22 @@ So for the following contract snippet:: The position of ``data[4][9].b`` is at ``keccak256(uint256(9) . keccak256(uint256(4) . uint256(1))) + 1``. +******************** +When Solidity Throws +******************** + +Solidity contract throws an exception for unhealthy operations such as + +- division by zero +- modulo by zero +- out-of-bounds access on a fixed bytes value +- out-of-bounds access on an array +- a positive value seen by a function without ``payable`` mofifier except when the function is a library function +- execution of ``throw;`` +- a contract invocation with no matching interface function or a fallback function +- an external call in an exceptional state, for instance, out of gas, invalid jump destination, and so on (however, low level ``call``, ``send``, ``delegatecall`` and ``callcode`` just return zero for such cases). + + ***************** Esoteric Features ***************** |