Solidity·Solidity essentials

Safety and gas

Smart contracts are public and irreversible, so checks and simple storage matter.

Intermediate 10 min read Lesson 4 of 150 Challenge included
What you will be able to do
  • Check effects interactions order.
  • Avoid unbounded loops.
  • Use custom errors.

In plain English

Smart contracts are public and irreversible, so checks and simple storage matter.

  • Check effects interactions order.
  • Avoid unbounded loops.
  • Use custom errors.
Safe.solSOLIDITY
pragma solidity ^0.8.24;

error NotOwner();

contract Owned {
    address public owner = msg.sender;
    modifier onlyOwner() {
        if (msg.sender != owner) revert NotOwner();
        _;
    }
}
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