From 7bbdee3139dca60fc11b480ee7ef5910cae91e28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chriseth Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:28:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update metadata. --- docs/metadata.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/metadata.rst b/docs/metadata.rst index 9da950231..ee28564e3 100644 --- a/docs/metadata.rst +++ b/docs/metadata.rst @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Contract Metadata .. index:: metadata, contract verification The Solidity compiler automatically generates a JSON file, the contract -metadata, that contains information about the current contract. You can use +metadata, that contains information about the compiled contract. You can use this file to query the compiler version, the sources used, the ABI and NatSpec documentation to more safely interact with the contract and verify its source code. @@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ explanatory purposes. different bytecode. .. note:: - Note the ABI definition above has no fixed order. It can change with compiler versions. + The ABI definition above has no fixed order. It can change with compiler versions. + Starting from Solidity version 0.5.12, though, the array maintains a certain + order. Encoding of the Metadata Hash in the Bytecode =============================================