...by Daniel Szego
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"On a long enough timeline we will all become Satoshi Nakamoto.."
Daniel Szego

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Solidity Tips and Tricks - delegatecall


Delegate call in solidity is somehow tricky. It is basically executed in the context of the calling contract that creates a couple of unexpected behaviors. As an example, considering the following contracts, calling setN is executed in the context of D, meaning that _n variable of D will be set and not for E! Another feature is that msg.sender and msg.value do not change values.

contract D{
    uint public n = 0;
    
    function delegateCallTest(address _e, uint _n) {
        _e.delegatecall(bytes4(sha3("setN(uint256)")), _n);
    }
    
}

contract E{
    uint public n = 0;
    
    function setN(uint _n) {
        n = _n;
    }