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What is the difference between ``bytes`` and ``byte[]``?
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``bytes`` is usually more efficient: When used as arguments to functions (i.e. in
CALLDATA) or in memory, every single element of a ``byte[]`` is padded to 32
bytes which wastes 31 bytes per element.
Is it possible to send a value while calling an overloaded function?
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* ``.length`` yields the fixed length of the byte array (read-only).
.. note::
It is possible to use an array of bytes as ``byte[]``, but it is wasting a lot of space, 31 bytes every element,
to be exact, when passing in calls. It is better to use ``bytes``.
Dynamically-sized byte array
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