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ABI documentation clarifications
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@ -141,19 +141,19 @@ on the type of ``X`` being
``enc(X) = head(X(1)) ... head(X(k)) tail(X(1)) ... tail(X(k))``
where ``X = (X(1), ..., X(k))`` and
``head`` and ``tail`` are defined for ``Ti`` being a static type as
``head`` and ``tail`` are defined for ``Ti`` as follows:
if ``Ti`` is static:
``head(X(i)) = enc(X(i))`` and ``tail(X(i)) = ""`` (the empty string)
and as
otherwise, i.e. if ``Ti`` is dynamic:
``head(X(i)) = enc(len(head(X(1)) ... head(X(k)) tail(X(1)) ... tail(X(i-1)) ))``
``head(X(i)) = enc(len( head(X(1)) ... head(X(k)) tail(X(1)) ... tail(X(i-1)) ))``
``tail(X(i)) = enc(X(i))``
otherwise, i.e. if ``Ti`` is a dynamic type.
Note that in the dynamic case, ``head(X(i))`` is well-defined since the lengths of
the head parts only depend on the types and not the values. Its value is the offset
the head parts only depend on the types and not the values. The value of ``head(X(i))`` is the offset
of the beginning of ``tail(X(i))`` relative to the start of ``enc(X)``.
- ``T[k]`` for any ``T`` and ``k``: