Deploying Contracts Deterministically using Brownie Console

Question

I am trying to deploy contracts determinsitically using 'salt' via brownie. I would like to be able to do something like this:

>>> helloContract = Hello.deploy({'from':accounts[0],'salt':123456})

More details:

For example, I am able to deploy my "Hello" Contract deterministically using a factory contract and a salt as below.

pragma solidity ^0.8.0;

contract Hello {
    string public hello = "Hello";
    }


contract HelloFactory {
    function createHelloWithSalt ( uint _salt ) public returns (address) {    
            Hello helloContract = new Hello {salt: bytes32(_salt)} ();
            return address(helloContract);
            }
    }

Using the above Factory, I can create Hello contracts determinsitically through the below code in brownie console.

>>> HF = HelloFactory.deploy({'from':accounts[0]})
>>> hello = HF.createHelloWithSalt(123456,{'from':accounts[0]})
>>> # this works

Is there any way for me to replicate directly in brownie CLI the same using something like

>>> Hello.deploy({'from':accounts[0],'salt':123456)
>>> # doesn't work

Answer 1

This is impossible to do. CREATE2 is the opcode which needs to be used in order to use the {salt} feature. When you deploy a contract from an EOA (i.e. without a factory), you aren't using this opcode, so you can't do the deployment with a salt.