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Why is data location not required to be specified for bytes32?

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  • Hello. Please give us more details about your question. What do you mean by "data location not required" ? What exactly are you talking about ? What type would require it ?
    – Itération 122442
    May 3, 2021 at 9:07
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    @FlorianCastelain In solidity, there are 4 types of data location: storage, calldata, stack and memory. Data location must be explicitly specified in solidity for arrays, bytes and structs.
    – Rachid Atmai
    May 3, 2021 at 20:06

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Whether or not you need to declare memory, storage, or calldata depends on if your variable is a "complex" variable or not. (See the note here.) This means things like structs and arrays. Simpler types are automatically assigned storage - see this question and anwser.

To answer fully, bytes32 will automatically be storage even without a data location declaration.

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    Thanks, that fully answered it!
    – Rachid Atmai
    May 3, 2021 at 20:07
  • bytes is a monster that probably should have gotten a different name to distinguish it further from the simple types like bytes32.
    – eth ♦
    May 7, 2021 at 1:25

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