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@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ Sending and Receiving Ether
depth, they can force the transfer to fail; take this possibility into account or use ``send`` and make sure to always check its return value. Better yet,
write your contract using a pattern where the recipient can withdraw Ether instead.
3. Sending Ether can also fail because the execution of the recipient contract
requires more than the allotted amount of gas (explicitly by using ``revert`` or
requires more than the allotted amount of gas (explicitly by using ``require``,
``assert``, ``revert``, ``throw`` or
because the operation is just too expensive) - it "runs out of gas" (OOG).
If you use ``transfer`` or ``send`` with a return value check, this might provide a
means for the recipient to block progress in the sending contract. Again, the best practice here is to use