In Solidity, how does the slot assignation work for storage variables when there's inheritance?












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In a simple solidity contract, without inheritance, storage variables get assigned sequentially starting from slot 0.



But in case of inheritance, the inherited variables appear before or afterwards?










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    In a simple solidity contract, without inheritance, storage variables get assigned sequentially starting from slot 0.



    But in case of inheritance, the inherited variables appear before or afterwards?










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      In a simple solidity contract, without inheritance, storage variables get assigned sequentially starting from slot 0.



      But in case of inheritance, the inherited variables appear before or afterwards?










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      In a simple solidity contract, without inheritance, storage variables get assigned sequentially starting from slot 0.



      But in case of inheritance, the inherited variables appear before or afterwards?







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          The assignment is as follows: first to the inherited variables, from the leftmost contract to the rightmost, finishing with the current contract you're in.



          In the following example C inherits from Base and Base2, in that order. The slot assignment will start from Base, following Base2, and finally C.



          pragma solidity ^0.5;

          contract Base {
          uint256 basevar = 0;
          constructor() public {
          basevar = 1;
          }
          }

          contract Base2 {
          uint256 basevar2 = 2;
          constructor() public {
          basevar2 = 1;
          }
          }

          contract C is Base, Base2 {
          uint256 cvar = 0;

          function getCvar() public view returns(uint256) {
          return cvar;
          }

          function getBasevar () public view returns(uint256) {
          return basevar;
          }

          }


          basevar gets assigned slot 0,
          basevar2 gets assigned slot 1,
          and cvar gets assigned slot 2.






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            The assignment is as follows: first to the inherited variables, from the leftmost contract to the rightmost, finishing with the current contract you're in.



            In the following example C inherits from Base and Base2, in that order. The slot assignment will start from Base, following Base2, and finally C.



            pragma solidity ^0.5;

            contract Base {
            uint256 basevar = 0;
            constructor() public {
            basevar = 1;
            }
            }

            contract Base2 {
            uint256 basevar2 = 2;
            constructor() public {
            basevar2 = 1;
            }
            }

            contract C is Base, Base2 {
            uint256 cvar = 0;

            function getCvar() public view returns(uint256) {
            return cvar;
            }

            function getBasevar () public view returns(uint256) {
            return basevar;
            }

            }


            basevar gets assigned slot 0,
            basevar2 gets assigned slot 1,
            and cvar gets assigned slot 2.






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              The assignment is as follows: first to the inherited variables, from the leftmost contract to the rightmost, finishing with the current contract you're in.



              In the following example C inherits from Base and Base2, in that order. The slot assignment will start from Base, following Base2, and finally C.



              pragma solidity ^0.5;

              contract Base {
              uint256 basevar = 0;
              constructor() public {
              basevar = 1;
              }
              }

              contract Base2 {
              uint256 basevar2 = 2;
              constructor() public {
              basevar2 = 1;
              }
              }

              contract C is Base, Base2 {
              uint256 cvar = 0;

              function getCvar() public view returns(uint256) {
              return cvar;
              }

              function getBasevar () public view returns(uint256) {
              return basevar;
              }

              }


              basevar gets assigned slot 0,
              basevar2 gets assigned slot 1,
              and cvar gets assigned slot 2.






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                The assignment is as follows: first to the inherited variables, from the leftmost contract to the rightmost, finishing with the current contract you're in.



                In the following example C inherits from Base and Base2, in that order. The slot assignment will start from Base, following Base2, and finally C.



                pragma solidity ^0.5;

                contract Base {
                uint256 basevar = 0;
                constructor() public {
                basevar = 1;
                }
                }

                contract Base2 {
                uint256 basevar2 = 2;
                constructor() public {
                basevar2 = 1;
                }
                }

                contract C is Base, Base2 {
                uint256 cvar = 0;

                function getCvar() public view returns(uint256) {
                return cvar;
                }

                function getBasevar () public view returns(uint256) {
                return basevar;
                }

                }


                basevar gets assigned slot 0,
                basevar2 gets assigned slot 1,
                and cvar gets assigned slot 2.






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                The assignment is as follows: first to the inherited variables, from the leftmost contract to the rightmost, finishing with the current contract you're in.



                In the following example C inherits from Base and Base2, in that order. The slot assignment will start from Base, following Base2, and finally C.



                pragma solidity ^0.5;

                contract Base {
                uint256 basevar = 0;
                constructor() public {
                basevar = 1;
                }
                }

                contract Base2 {
                uint256 basevar2 = 2;
                constructor() public {
                basevar2 = 1;
                }
                }

                contract C is Base, Base2 {
                uint256 cvar = 0;

                function getCvar() public view returns(uint256) {
                return cvar;
                }

                function getBasevar () public view returns(uint256) {
                return basevar;
                }

                }


                basevar gets assigned slot 0,
                basevar2 gets assigned slot 1,
                and cvar gets assigned slot 2.







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