// Example contract from official documentation at https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/blob/v0.8.12/docs/examples/voting.rst // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0 // ^ comment pragma solidity >=0.7.0 <0.9.0; // ^ keyword // ^ tag import * as something from "anotherFile"; // ^ ^ ^ include /// @title Voting with delegation. // ^ attribute contract Ballot { // ^keyword // ^ type // This declares a new complex type which will // be used for variables later. // It will represent a single voter. struct Voter { // ^ type uint weight; // weight is accumulated by delegation // ^ type // ^ field bool voted; // if true, that person already voted address delegate; // person delegated to uint vote; // index of the voted proposal } // This is a type for a single proposal. struct Proposal { bytes32 name; // short name (up to 32 bytes) uint voteCount; // number of accumulated votes } address public chairperson; // ^ type // This declares a state variable that // stores a `Voter` struct for each possible address. mapping(address => Voter) public voters; // ^ ^ punctuation.bracket // ^ punctuation.delimiter // A dynamically-sized array of `Proposal` structs. Proposal[] public proposals; enum ActionChoices { GoLeft, GoRight, GoStraight, SitStill } // ^ constant /// Create a new ballot to choose one of `proposalNames`. constructor(bytes32[] memory proposalNames) { // ^ constructor chairperson = msg.sender; voters[chairperson].weight = 1; // For each of the provided proposal names, // create a new proposal object and add it // to the end of the array. for (uint i = 0; i < proposalNames.length; i++) { // `Proposal({...})` creates a temporary // Proposal object and `proposals.push(...)` // appends it to the end of `proposals`. proposals.push(Proposal({ name: proposalNames[i], // ^ field voteCount: 0 })); } } // Give `voter` the right to vote on this ballot. // May only be called by `chairperson`. function giveRightToVote(address voter) external { // ^ keyword.function // ^ function // ^ parameter // If the first argument of `require` evaluates // to `false`, execution terminates and all // changes to the state and to Ether balances // are reverted. // This used to consume all gas in old EVM versions, but // not anymore. // It is often a good idea to use `require` to check if // functions are called correctly. // As a second argument, you can also provide an // explanation about what went wrong. require( msg.sender == chairperson, "Only chairperson can give right to vote." ); require( !voters[voter].voted, "The voter already voted." ); require(voters[voter].weight == 0); voters[voter].weight = 1; } /// Delegate your vote to the voter `to`. function delegate(address to) external { // assigns reference Voter storage sender = voters[msg.sender]; require(!sender.voted, "You already voted."); require(to != msg.sender, "Self-delegation is disallowed."); // Forward the delegation as long as // `to` also delegated. // In general, such loops are very dangerous, // because if they run too long, they might // need more gas than is available in a block. // In this case, the delegation will not be executed, // but in other situations, such loops might // cause a contract to get "stuck" completely. while (voters[to].delegate != address(0)) { to = voters[to].delegate; // We found a loop in the delegation, not allowed. require(to != msg.sender, "Found loop in delegation."); } // Since `sender` is a reference, this // modifies `voters[msg.sender].voted` Voter storage delegate_ = voters[to]; // Voters cannot delegate to wallets that cannot vote. require(delegate_.weight >= 1); sender.voted = true; sender.delegate = to; if (delegate_.voted) { // If the delegate already voted, // directly add to the number of votes proposals[delegate_.vote].voteCount += sender.weight; } else { // If the delegate did not vote yet, // add to her weight. delegate_.weight += sender.weight; } } /// Give your vote (including votes delegated to you) /// to proposal `proposals[proposal].name`. function vote(uint proposal) external { Voter storage sender = voters[msg.sender]; require(sender.weight != 0, "Has no right to vote"); require(!sender.voted, "Already voted."); sender.voted = true; sender.vote = proposal; // If `proposal` is out of the range of the array, // this will throw automatically and revert all // changes. proposals[proposal].voteCount += sender.weight; } /// @dev Computes the winning proposal taking all /// previous votes into account. function winningProposal() public view returns (uint winningProposal_) { uint winningVoteCount = 0; for (uint p = 0; p < proposals.length; p++) { if (proposals[p].voteCount > winningVoteCount) { winningVoteCount = proposals[p].voteCount; winningProposal_ = p; } } } // Calls winningProposal() function to get the index // of the winner contained in the proposals array and then // returns the name of the winner function winnerName() external view returns (bytes32 winnerName_) { winnerName_ = proposals[winningProposal()].name; } } contract Another { Ballot b = new Ballot(new bytes32[](1)); // ^ keyword.operator } // vim:ft=solidity