Questions tagged [delegatecall]
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What is the difference between the STATICCALL and CALL EVM opcodes?
Besides the regular and very common CALL, the Ethereum Virtual Machine has the STATICCALL opcode. In which ways does it differ from the regular CALL?
Edit: This is not a duplicate because this ...
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Cannot get very simple delegatecall to work
I have this super simple code:
pragma solidity 0.5.13;
contract test1{
uint256 public number;
address public sender;
function setNumber(uint256 _number) public {
number =...
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Does delegatecall() use only the calling function?
Let me explain with the code:
contract A {
function f() public {
[...]
g();
}
function g() private {
[...]
}
}
contract B {
A a;
function delegateA() public {
(bool success, ) = address(...
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Are libraries part of the storage of a smart contract?
I want to create a proxy contract and another contract which refers to its functions using delegatecall(). Here's a snippet of the proxy:
pragma solidity ^0.5.0;
/**
* @dev Standard math ...
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Preserve msg.sender but not storage
In this particular scheme, we pass the address of the Attacker contract in Victim.foo.
By using delegatecall, we maintain the msg.sender field, but we are not using the storage of Storage but Attacker'...
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What is the value of “address(this)” when delegate calling?
Suppose that you have an upgradeable proxy "Foo" that calls an implementation contract "Bar" via DELEGATECALL.
In "Bar", there is a function that uses the Solidity syntax ...
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strange revert on proxy pattern delegate call [closed]
I've worked with upgradeable contracts before using zeppelin's upgradeable contract pattern.
However, I found out that if I try to fetch the implementation contract address through a contract call, I ...
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How to get the returned value from the delegate call on the function of another contract?
Here is my example:
contract A {
function a() public returns(uint256) {
return 1;
}
}
contract B {
address addrOfA;
function b() public returns(uint256) {
(, bytes ...
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Proxy delegation contract doesn't work
I'm trying to make a proxy to make a contract that I can change for an ethereum project. I did what it says here: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-make-smart-contracts-upgradable-2612e771d5a2 but it ...
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Am I locked to one solc version for upgradeable smart contracts?
I want to use delegatecall to make my contracts upgradeable.
Is it true that variable layout may break if I change the solc version and therefore I should use the same Solidity version for all future ...
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How to call the super contract function where msg.sender should be same in solidity?
I am trying to call contract A.fun_A() via Contract C
contract A{
function fun_A(address tenant, uint itemId){
//Here the msg.sender should be msg.sender in C
require(msg.sender == ...
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How to make a delegatecall to external ERC20 token's approve function?
What I would like to do is something like this:
function testCall(uint amount) public virtual returns (bool) {
address tta = address(0xE7B6....);
(bool success, bytes memory result) = tta....
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How to transfer a contract address to ContractRef type(ContractRef is a reference to the contract's backing object) in Go-ethereum
I want to call DelegateCall(caller ContractRef, addr common.Address, input []byte, gas uint64) in geth, but it can only be triggered by the opcode. So I want to convert address of deployed contract ...
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In assembly… can't get delegatecall to work
Delegatecall can be used in either solidity or assembly.
In solidity, I can get it working with the following code:
bytes memory payload = abi.encodeWithSignature ("get_value(uint16,uint16)",...
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Transfer ERC20 via onother smart contract (call transfer as delegate)
I want to deposit erc20 tokens to a smart contract. But when I just send it to he address, I can't handle the deposit. So I tried to use the delegatecall function to do the transfer.
Basically I ...
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Call few contract methods from another contract consistently
Can I call a few contract methods from another contract consistently in one block? The order of methods calls is important!
if (contract.method1.value(msg.value)()) {
contract.method2(someValue);
}
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Usecase for approve and allowance functions of ERC20 token
Could you please enlighten me on how approve and allowance functions work using a usecase? I dont understand the underlying operations of these functions. Especially, when a token owner delegates the ...
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How do you call a fallback function that uses msg.data for parameters
I am trying to complete a homework assignment, so I am not doing something malicious. The goal is to learn the vulnerabilities of contracts. I want to call the fallback function of wallet to trigger ...
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How to perform delegate call inside of view call (staticall)?
Inside view method it's not possible to do delegatecall due to compilation errors. Is there any way to delegate view calls?
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Dynamic Delegate Proxy contract
I'm familiar with proxy contracts in solidity using the 'delegatecall' to separate out the proxy contract from the logic contract. Is there a simple way to choose the logic contract based on an ...
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Factory contract to clone existing contracts
I am researching about Factory contract to clone existing contracts, First is the implementation present at https://github.com/optionality/clone-factory/blob/master/contracts/CloneFactory.sol. I don't ...
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What are “if” and “this” in this function?
function() public {
if(delegate.delegatecall(msg.data)) {
this;
What are the requirements for "if" to execute "this" and what does "this" refer to in this function?
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Upgradable contract proxy pattern: Get the invoked method name in the fallback function
I have a proxy smart contract and I would like to get the name of the called method in the fallback function. Is there a way?
For example, if I call the function getName() (stored in the logic ...
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How dangerous is this: number of contracts contain a function like “approveandcall” which lets anyone call any contract (some thoughts?)
The most common implementation is as follows:
function approveAndCall(address _spender, uint256 _value, bytes _extraData) public returns (bool success) {
tokenRecipient spender = tokenRecipient(...
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How to use call, delegate call?
I have created two contracts A and B as follow:
Contract A:
pragma solidity 0.4.25;
contract A{
// uint public X ;
event MyName(address _from, address sender);
function checkMe(uint val)...
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How to use delegate call with or without arguments functions?
Below is my contract:
contract A{
mapping (address => uint) public balances;
function put() payable public {
balances[msg.sender] = msg.value;
}
function get(address ...
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Using delegatecall for multiple parameters fuction in solidity
Does someone have a exemple of solidity delegatecall for multiple parameters function?
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Pros and Cons of smart contract upgradable patterns
There have been quite many arguments around how to achieve smart contract updates like Upgradeable smart contracts.
I feel Proxycontract with Delegate-call is currently the most famous one. But aside ...
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No Events After Deploying Another Contract in Remix
I am trying to write an upgradable smart contract in Remix. This involves a Proxy contract, a Logic_0_1_0 contract, and a Logic_0_2_0 contract.
I uploaded Proxy and Logic_0_1_0 only, and the ...
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Delegatecall return values solidity 5.0
With solidity 5.0+ , the delegatecall function can return a boolean and a bytes representing return value. I want to understand how does one convert the returned bytes to various datatypes. ex
If ...
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Calling Msg.sender Natively
Caller -> Contract B -> Contract A
Contract A has a msg.sender variable.
I want to use the Caller as Msg.Sender for Contract A through Contract B.
How is this done?
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How do you pause a Proxy-Logic pattern?
Suppose we have a Proxy contract that forwards to call to a Logic contract by using delegatecall.
If we pause the Proxy, users will still be able to directly interact with the Logic contract. While ...
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What's the equivalent of Vyper's create_forwarder_to in Solidity?
In Vyper, there's a built-in function called create_forwarder_to, which
Duplicates a contract’s code and deploys it as a new instance, by means of a DELEGATECALL.
If my understanding is correct, ...
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delegatecall (assembly) didn't change state variable in Remix with Web3 Provider
I am trying to test proxy pattern in Remix, which connected to my private chain with Web3 Provider. By the way, miner is working all the time. After invoking add function of Proxy contract, the state ...
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Anything like a static delegatecall from a view function?
let's say there are two contracts A and B, where A calls methods in B. I understand that A can modify and read storage in B with B.call() and B.staticcall(), ie. A can execute B's methods in the ...
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pass storage through interface to library
Here is what am i doing:
There is a library, accept storage argument as parameter, then do some math and return the result.
And there is a contract to call the function in the library, and an extra ...
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Correct way to make a delegatecall? [duplicate]
I made a delegatecall to the REP contract to approve my contract to spend tokens on behalf of a user and my transaction is failing for some reason here is my code:
(bool b,) = REPAddress.delegatecall(...
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Unstructured storage proxies. Variables not being overwritten?
When using delegate call I was under the impression that storage slots declared in the proxy will be overwritten by the implementation.
Unstructured storage implementations declare bytes32 variables ...
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How to prevent the code of my contract being used in a CALLCODE?
Simple question but I couldn’t find the answer anywhere.
How to know if the code of my contract is used in a CALLCODE or DELEGATECALL by third party sinceaddress(this)returns the address of the caller ...
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Delegatecall not changing state
I was trying the code in https://gist.github.com/sogoiii/f0ced0a4e569b5f38d302e7072d78b43 to observe the difference between call and delegatecall.
pragma solidity ^0.4.18;
contract D {
uint public ...
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Difference in “delegate call via assembly”
I came across a different version of delegate call via assembly and also tried all of them - no different result so far. How does it differ and which is the best version to use?
OpenZepplin version:
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Subtraces of delegatecall in Parity trace
I'm investigating transactions using Parity trace which provides useful data over a transaction flow. Among this data is the Subtraces field which allows me to understand how many sub-calls each ...
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DelegateCall to internal function doesn't store variable
Why isn't delegate call able to run internal functions?
What is the difference between a self directed delegate call and a contract normally calling one of it's internal function?
contract ...
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Code Example from “Mastering Ethereum: Building Smart Contracts and DApps” doesn't work
I'm reading the Ethereum book of Gavin Wood right know and the following code example gives an error message when I try to compile it with truffle:
pragma solidity ^0.4.22;
contract calledContract {
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Proxy contract DELEGATECALL to pass a DYNAMIC array to a function in the target contract
I'm trying to get a Proxy contract to correctly do a delegatecall to a function in another 'target' contract. The problem is, that I need to pass a dynamic array as the parameter to this function.
Q: ...
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Replaying the Bad Parity Hack
On a locally hosted instance of Ethererum I am trying to replay and understand the Bad Parity hack. I have a Wallet and a Wallet Library Contract.
Wallet.sol
constructor(address lib) public payable {...
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Is it possible to send Ether using delegatecall?
I tested this in Remix and it seems that the ether remains in the delegator contract and doesn't get forwarded. Using the code below to test:
contract SomeContract {
address public sender;
...
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How would you use a proxy erc20 contract if you cannot preserve msg.sender?
Let's say I use a proxy contract which allows me to make an ERC20 token transfer from my account.
At the moment the only way to do so is to use tx.origin which gets the original EOA address of the ...
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Delegatecall: Storing values
Using a delegatecall() to call another contract will have that contract run from within your context (e.g. if it calls a contract on its turn as a result, msg.sender will be your address). I am aware ...
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How to allow delegatecall only from specific contract?
I have a token contract, when transfer is called it calls other contract's transfer with data. Other contract checks msg.sender and allows only the first contract to pass and performs some important ...
