From c33b098e55ee7c330823106f72bb1668522c912f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yoichi Hirai Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:40:57 +0100 Subject: docs: add a description about the types of parameters of overriding functions --- docs/contracts.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/contracts.rst b/docs/contracts.rst index 7f8ace44..e82b7495 100644 --- a/docs/contracts.rst +++ b/docs/contracts.rst @@ -721,8 +721,10 @@ Details are given in the following example. NameReg(config.lookup(1)).register(name); } - // Functions can be overridden, both local and - // message-based function calls take these overrides + // Functions can be overridden by another function with the same name and + // the same number/types of inputs. If the overriding function has different + // types of output parameters, that causes an error. + // Both local and message-based function calls take these overrides // into account. function kill() { if (msg.sender == owner) { -- cgit