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Return note taken from metadata and reorder
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@ -93,15 +93,16 @@ explanatory purposes.
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.. warning::
Since the bytecode of the resulting contract contains the metadata hash, any
change to the metadata results in a change of the bytecode. This includes
changes to a filename or path, and since the metadata includes a hash of all the
sources used, a single whitespace change results in different metadata, and
different bytecode.
.. note::
Note the ABI definition above has no fixed order. It can change with compiler versions.
Since the bytecode of the resulting contract contains the metadata hash, any
change to the metadata results in a change of the bytecode. This includes
changes to a filename or path, and since the metadata includes a hash of all the
sources used, a single whitespace change results in different metadata, and
different bytecode.
Encoding of the Metadata Hash in the Bytecode
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