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@ -118,9 +118,11 @@ that is publicly accessible. The ``address`` type is a 160-bit value
that does not allow any arithmetic operations. It is suitable for that does not allow any arithmetic operations. It is suitable for
storing addresses of contracts or keypairs belonging to external storing addresses of contracts or keypairs belonging to external
persons. The keyword ``public`` automatically generates a function that persons. The keyword ``public`` automatically generates a function that
allows you to access the current value of the state variable. allows you to access the current value of the state variable
Without this keyword, other contracts have no way to access the variable, from outside of the contract.
but raw implementation would look something like this:: Without this keyword, other contracts have no way to access the variable.
The code of the function generated by the compiler is roughly equivalent
to the following::
function minter() returns (address) { return minter; } function minter() returns (address) { return minter; }