Questions tagged [memory]
Questions related to memory use in Solidity or by nodes
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Difference between Memory and Storage?
What is the difference between Memory and Storage ?
From both the EVM point of view and the contract design one.
Thanks!
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How to store IPFS hash using bytes32?
Following Q/A (What datatype should I use for an IPFS address hash?) recommend us to use bytes to store IPFS hash.
I was using following example(https://github.com/AdrianClv/ethereum-ipfs/blob/master/...
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When should I use calldata and when should I use memory?
I have seen people use both memory and calldata keywords when writing Solidity. Specifically, they are used when declaring function parameters that take dynamic types like 'structs' or 'arrays'.
When ...
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What does the keyword "memory" do exactly?
I've been looking through the code of Etherdice and noticed that some variables are declared like
ParserResult memory result;
and I haven't found the keyword "memory" in any documentation.
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TypeError: Data location must be "storage" or "memory" for parameter in function, but none was given
/// @dev Adds a new transaction to the transaction mapping, if transaction does not exist yet.
/// @param destination Transaction target address.
/// @param value Transaction ether value.
/// @param ...
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How to fill dynamic in-memory array
For some reason solidity doesn't allow to push values into memory array
Member "push" is not available in bytes32[] memory outside of
storage.
Here is sample contract code:
pragma solidity ^0.4....
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How much data can I store in a smart contract, what is the cost and how it is implemented?
If I suppose I use a smart contract as a database, how much data can I store?
speaking only of strings and integers, save them in contract data structures does it cost in addition to the gas used for ...
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What is the composition of the blockchain database?
From axic's explanation of the structure of the ethereum database, we learned that data is stored in Merkle Patricia tries, usually inside a LevelDB store. It consists of structures such as blocks, ...
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Is it possible to decrease RAM usage of go-ethereum(geth)?
I have a slow computer, which has 2GB memory RAM. One geth app uses %60 percent of the RAM, which lead me to run only one geth node; I cannot run 2 geth nodes in parallel due to RAM overload.
[Q] Is ...
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In solidity, how to copy a string or pass it by value?
In this example I only modify string a, but both a and b are changed. It seems like the string wasn't copied. I only want to change a. How do you copy a string and how do you pass a string by value to ...
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How does this assembly code create a new "memory end"?
From the docs:
mstore(0x40, add(o_code, and(add(add(size, 0x20), 0x1f), not(0x1f)))
Context:
library GetCode {
function at(address _addr) public view returns (bytes memory o_code) {
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Type error: memory is not implicitly convertible to expected type
I have a function that returns a list of BetProposition smart contracts:
function getBetsForMatchup(uint matchupIdentifier) public returns (BetProposition[]) {
return bets[matchupIdentifier];
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Can I save structs in a Mapping?
Is it possible to store structs in a Mapping or any dynamic memory structure in my Solidity SmartContract?
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How to initialize an empty array inside a struct?
Is there a mistake in the way I initialize Bar b in the function foobar?
contract Foo {
struct Bar {
address owner;
uint[] x;
}
Bar[] public bars;
function foobar(...
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Does "delete" on mapping really frees the memory space?
I have the following mapping(uint => Foo[]) data structure. I have mapped 10 unique ids with 10 Foo structs, where each Foo is an arraylist of 10 items.
Step 1:
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
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Where are strings stored in Solidity?
I wonder where strings are stored in Solidity?
Especially, where are string literals, function arguments, and variables stored?
I recall, I've read that strings cannot be saved to memory, but is ...
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Delete an entry in a mapping
To my understanding, delete x merely sets the value of x to the default value defined for the type of x (which is typically 0 in one way or another).
For example:
uint x = 1;
delete x; // sets x = 0
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Switching from 'storage' to 'memory' increases the gas-cost
I've read several related answers and blog posts, all of them suggesting that for the sake of reading complex state variables (i.e., arrays and structures), one should always prefer declaring the ...
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Creating a 2D in-memory array in Solidity
I'm trying to work with 2D in-memory arrays in Solidity, in which the size is not known at compile time. I've noticed that if I define the array size as a constant, then I can use this syntax, which ...
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How to return dynamic sized array's original address on the memory of Solidity?
On the following source code, memOffset returns local values such as 96, 128 as the address value. How could I make it return the original address that is located on the memory, is it possible? After ...
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Efficient Bit Packing
I have a struct with the following variables:
struct contract {
address customer;
uint8 tokentype; // 5 token types
uint8 size; // 5 sizes
bool gender; // 2 types
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Why use anything but uint256/int256 outside of a struct?
I see how uint8 can save space within a struct, but outside of that I do not see any reason to use anything but uint256. The gas cost is slightly higher for uint8. The only reason I can think of is ...
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Restrict CPU/memory usage of geth while syncing
I'm trying to run a geth node and a bitcoin core node on one server. I started with a DigitalOcean droplet with 2 CPU and 2GB memory, but both the geth and bitcoin node would run out of memory. I ...
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Mist 0.8.6 crashing with Couldn't connect to node? See the logs for more
I have updated Ethereum-Wallet to 0.8.6. My accounts were not showing up in Wallet, so I deleted the .ethereum folder (after taking a backup) and restarted Wallet, but now I was unable to run wallet, ...
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Is it possible for a mapping to run out of space?
Can storage mappings in a contract run out of space? Say that mapping was keyed to an address and the value as the following struct:
User
bytes32 name
uint8 age
Theoretically, if there was a ...
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What is the proper pattern to use a temporary variable and ensure it gets stored?
A contract has a state variable, which is complex. For the example, lets say it is a mapping of structs. Inside a method, I want to access that and store the changes. Like so:
contract FooManager {
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When to use memory and when not to use?
I watched this video and he uses memory a lot like function verify(address _signer, string memory _message, bytes memory _sig. Why so? Could the function work without using memory?
While the usual ...
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Can you use a local `storage` value after it is deleted from a mapping or array?
In Solidity, if you delete a value from a mapping or shorten an array, are local storage references to the deleted item still valid?
Case 1:
contract Case1 {
mapping(uint256 => Widget) private ...
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