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Sep 12, 2025 · The place to discuss design and usage of and changes to the Solidity programming language.
Solidity v0.8.31 is out! - Announcements - Solidity Forum
Dec 4, 2025 · Version 0.8.31 of the Solidity Compiler further extends the features of storage layout specifiers. It is now possible to use constant variables in the base slot expression.
What are the virtual and override keywords in Solidity?
Dec 27, 2019 · For multiple inheritance, the most derived base contracts that define the same function must be specified explicitly after the override keyword. Functions with the private visibility cannot be …
[ANN] Yolc - a safe, expressive, fun language for Ethereum Using ...
Jan 7, 2025 · Hi, I’d like to announce the launch of the technical preview of the /Yolc project/. It is the first milestone where Yolc can produce a partial ERC20 code deployable to Ethereum networks, …
Solidity v0.8.33 is out! - Announcements - Solidity Forum
Dec 20, 2025 · We just released versions 0.8.32 and 0.8.33 of the Solidity Compiler. 🚨 Note: We recommend skipping 0.8.32 and upgrading directly to 0.8.33, which contains a hotfix for an issue …
Solidity v0.8.25 is out! - Announcements - Solidity Forum
Mar 15, 2024 · Introducing the newest version of the Solidity Compiler v0.8.25. This is a minor release following the Dencun hard-fork on Ethereum mainnet that occurred on March 13, 2024 at 13:55 UTC.
Why does ++i cost less gas than i++? - Ethereum Stack Exchange
Aug 7, 2022 · Newer versions of solidity should optimize this. In the past, the difference could be attributed to the codegen for i++ not getting inlined. Try --via-ir with the optimizer, they should have …
Variations of integer divisions - Language Design - Solidity Forum
Jan 9, 2025 · Additionally, for numbers that are not integer-like, e.g., fixed-point decimal numbers that Solidity doesn’t fully support, the definition becomes even more critical. That was the reason Python …
Some questions about the Solidity language
May 17, 2021 · Solidity is an object-oriented, high-level language for implementing smart contracts. It is designed to target the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). There are many other blockchains (other …
solidity - `external` vs `public` best practices - Ethereum Stack Exchange
Jul 4, 2017 · The difference is because in public functions, Solidity immediately copies array arguments to memory, while external functions can read directly from calldata. Memory allocation is expensive, …