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Explain that bytecode depends on metadata

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.. note:: .. note::
Note the ABI definition above has no fixed order. It can change with compiler versions. Note the ABI definition above has no fixed order. It can change with compiler versions.
.. note::
Since the bytecode of the resulting contract contains the metadata hash, any change to
the metadata will result in a change of the bytecode. Furthermore, since the metadata
includes a hash of all the sources used, a single whitespace change in any of the source
codes will result in a different metadata, and subsequently a different bytecode.
Encoding of the Metadata Hash in the Bytecode Encoding of the Metadata Hash in the Bytecode
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