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Writing a Smart Contract That Compiles
To begin our smart contract development journey, we will go from not knowing anything to being able to write a simple smart contract that compiles.
Ambitious developers at first may want to learn how to write smart contracts by examining currently existing smart contracts and getting an idea for what Solidity consists of. While this is certainly a way to go about learning about smart contract development, the sheer complexity of some of the most popular smart contract may be confusing for most to understand. As an example, the code below is for the Uniswap V2 Pair smart contract, which is used for hundreds of thousands of liquidity pools:
pragma solidity =0.5.16;
import './interfaces/IUniswapV2Pair.sol';
import './UniswapV2ERC20.sol';
import './libraries/Math.sol';
import './libraries/UQ112x112.sol';
import './interfaces/IERC20.sol';
import './interfaces/IUniswapV2Factory.sol';
import './interfaces/IUniswapV2Callee.sol';
contract UniswapV2Pair is IUniswapV2Pair, UniswapV2ERC20 {
using SafeMath for uint;
using UQ112x112 for uint224;
uint public constant MINIMUM_LIQUIDITY = 10**3;
bytes4 private constant SELECTOR = bytes4(keccak256(bytes('transfer(address,uint256)')));
address public factory;
address public token0;
address public token1;
uint112 private reserve0; // uses single storage slot, accessible via getReserves
uint112 private reserve1; // uses single storage slot, accessible via getReserves
uint32 private blockTimestampLast; // uses single storage slot, accessible via getReserves
uint public price0CumulativeLast;
uint public price1CumulativeLast;
uint public kLast; // reserve0 * reserve1, as of immediately after the most recent liquidity event
uint private unlocked = 1;
modifier lock() {
require(unlocked == 1, 'UniswapV2: LOCKED');
unlocked = 0;
_;
unlocked = 1;
}
function getReserves() public view returns (uint112 _reserve0, uint112 _reserve1, uint32 _blockTimestampLast) {
_reserve0 = reserve0;
_reserve1 = reserve1;
_blockTimestampLast = blockTimestampLast;
}
function _safeTransfer(address token, address to, uint value) private {
(bool success, bytes memory data) = token.call(abi.encodeWithSelector(SELECTOR, to, value));
require(success && (data.length == 0 || abi.decode(data, (bool))), 'UniswapV2: TRANSFER_FAILED');
}
event Mint(address indexed sender, uint amount0, uint amount1);
event Burn(address indexed sender, uint amount0, uint amount1, address indexed to);
event Swap(
address indexed sender,
uint amount0In,
uint amount1In,
uint amount0Out,
uint amount1Out,
address indexed to
);
event Sync(uint112 reserve0, uint112 reserve1);
constructor() public {
factory = msg.sender;
}
// called once by the factory at time of deployment
function initialize(address _token0, address _token1) external {
require(msg.sender == factory, 'UniswapV2: FORBIDDEN'); // sufficient check
token0 = _token0;
token1 = _token1;
}
// update reserves and, on the first call per block, price accumulators
function _update(uint balance0, uint balance1, uint112 _reserve0, uint112 _reserve1) private {
require(balance0 <= uint112(-1) && balance1 <= uint112(-1), 'UniswapV2: OVERFLOW');
uint32 blockTimestamp = uint32(block.timestamp % 2**32);
uint32 timeElapsed = blockTimestamp - blockTimestampLast; // overflow is desired
if (timeElapsed > 0 && _reserve0 != 0 && _reserve1 != 0) {
// * never overflows, and + overflow is desired
price0CumulativeLast += uint(UQ112x112.encode(_reserve1).uqdiv(_reserve0)) * timeElapsed;
price1CumulativeLast += uint(UQ112x112.encode(_reserve0).uqdiv(_reserve1)) * timeElapsed;
}
reserve0 = uint112(balance0);
reserve1 = uint112(balance1);
blockTimestampLast = blockTimestamp;
emit Sync(reserve0, reserve1);
}
// if fee is on, mint liquidity equivalent to 1/6th of the growth in sqrt(k)
function _mintFee(uint112 _reserve0, uint112 _reserve1) private returns (bool feeOn) {
address feeTo = IUniswapV2Factory(factory).feeTo();
feeOn = feeTo != address(0);
uint _kLast = kLast; // gas savings
if (feeOn) {
if (_kLast != 0) {
uint rootK = Math.sqrt(uint(_reserve0).mul(_reserve1));
uint rootKLast = Math.sqrt(_kLast);
if (rootK > rootKLast) {
uint numerator = totalSupply.mul(rootK.sub(rootKLast));
uint denominator = rootK.mul(5).add(rootKLast);
uint liquidity = numerator / denominator;
if (liquidity > 0) _mint(feeTo, liquidity);
}
}
} else if (_kLast != 0) {
kLast = 0;
}
}
// this low-level function should be called from a contract which performs important safety checks
function mint(address to) external lock returns (uint liquidity) {
(uint112 _reserve0, uint112 _reserve1,) = getReserves(); // gas savings
uint balance0 = IERC20(token0).balanceOf(address(this));
uint balance1 = IERC20(token1).balanceOf(address(this));
uint amount0 = balance0.sub(_reserve0);
uint amount1 = balance1.sub(_reserve1);
bool feeOn = _mintFee(_reserve0, _reserve1);
uint _totalSupply = totalSupply; // gas savings, must be defined here since totalSupply can update in _mintFee
if (_totalSupply == 0) {
liquidity = Math.sqrt(amount0.mul(amount1)).sub(MINIMUM_LIQUIDITY);
_mint(address(0), MINIMUM_LIQUIDITY); // permanently lock the first MINIMUM_LIQUIDITY tokens
} else {
liquidity = Math.min(amount0.mul(_totalSupply) / _reserve0, amount1.mul(_totalSupply) / _reserve1);
}
require(liquidity > 0, 'UniswapV2: INSUFFICIENT_LIQUIDITY_MINTED');
_mint(to, liquidity);
_update(balance0, balance1, _reserve0, _reserve1);
if (feeOn) kLast = uint(reserve0).mul(reserve1); // reserve0 and reserve1 are up-to-date
emit Mint(msg.sender, amount0, amount1);
}
// this low-level function should be called from a contract which performs important safety checks
function burn(address to) external lock returns (uint amount0, uint amount1) {
(uint112 _reserve0, uint112 _reserve1,) = getReserves(); // gas savings
address _token0 = token0; // gas savings
address _token1 = token1; // gas savings
uint balance0 = IERC20(_token0).balanceOf(address(this));
uint balance1 = IERC20(_token1).balanceOf(address(this));
uint liquidity = balanceOf[address(this)];
bool feeOn = _mintFee(_reserve0, _reserve1);
uint _totalSupply = totalSupply; // gas savings, must be defined here since totalSupply can update in _mintFee
amount0 = liquidity.mul(balance0) / _totalSupply; // using balances ensures pro-rata distribution
amount1 = liquidity.mul(balance1) / _totalSupply; // using balances ensures pro-rata distribution
require(amount0 > 0 && amount1 > 0, 'UniswapV2: INSUFFICIENT_LIQUIDITY_BURNED');
_burn(address(this), liquidity);
_safeTransfer(_token0, to, amount0);
_safeTransfer(_token1, to, amount1);
balance0 = IERC20(_token0).balanceOf(address(this));
balance1 = IERC20(_token1).balanceOf(address(this));
_update(balance0, balance1, _reserve0, _reserve1);
if (feeOn) kLast = uint(reserve0).mul(reserve1); // reserve0 and reserve1 are up-to-date
emit Burn(msg.sender, amount0, amount1, to);
}
// this low-level function should be called from a contract which performs important safety checks
function swap(uint amount0Out, uint amount1Out, address to, bytes calldata data) external lock {
require(amount0Out > 0 || amount1Out > 0, 'UniswapV2: INSUFFICIENT_OUTPUT_AMOUNT');
(uint112 _reserve0, uint112 _reserve1,) = getReserves(); // gas savings
require(amount0Out < _reserve0 && amount1Out < _reserve1, 'UniswapV2: INSUFFICIENT_LIQUIDITY');
uint balance0;
uint balance1;
{ // scope for _token{0,1}, avoids stack too deep errors
address _token0 = token0;
address _token1 = token1;
require(to != _token0 && to != _token1, 'UniswapV2: INVALID_TO');
if (amount0Out > 0) _safeTransfer(_token0, to, amount0Out); // optimistically transfer tokens
if (amount1Out > 0) _safeTransfer(_token1, to, amount1Out); // optimistically transfer tokens
if (data.length > 0) IUniswapV2Callee(to).uniswapV2Call(msg.sender, amount0Out, amount1Out, data);
balance0 = IERC20(_token0).balanceOf(address(this));
balance1 = IERC20(_token1).balanceOf(address(this));
}
uint amount0In = balance0 > _reserve0 - amount0Out ? balance0 - (_reserve0 - amount0Out) : 0;
uint amount1In = balance1 > _reserve1 - amount1Out ? balance1 - (_reserve1 - amount1Out) : 0;
require(amount0In > 0 || amount1In > 0, 'UniswapV2: INSUFFICIENT_INPUT_AMOUNT');
{ // scope for reserve{0,1}Adjusted, avoids stack too deep errors
uint balance0Adjusted = balance0.mul(1000).sub(amount0In.mul(3));
uint balance1Adjusted = balance1.mul(1000).sub(amount1In.mul(3));
require(balance0Adjusted.mul(balance1Adjusted) >= uint(_reserve0).mul(_reserve1).mul(1000**2), 'UniswapV2: K');
}
_update(balance0, balance1, _reserve0, _reserve1);
emit Swap(msg.sender, amount0In, amount1In, amount0Out, amount1Out, to);
}
// force balances to match reserves
function skim(address to) external lock {
address _token0 = token0; // gas savings
address _token1 = token1; // gas savings
_safeTransfer(_token0, to, IERC20(_token0).balanceOf(address(this)).sub(reserve0));
_safeTransfer(_token1, to, IERC20(_token1).balanceOf(address(this)).sub(reserve1));
}
// force reserves to match balances
function sync() external lock {
_update(IERC20(token0).balanceOf(address(this)), IERC20(token1).balanceOf(address(this)), reserve0, reserve1);
}
}Functions, events, file imports, and other features are only the tip of the iceberg for what the Solidity programming language offers. To ask new students to understand and write a contract like the one above would be outrageous. It is more appropriate, therefore, to learn about smart contracts by understanding how to write the most basic of smart contracts. Although mundane at first, learning about elementary smart contracts will allow us to learn about more advanced features later on.
Resources
Uniswap V2 Pair Contract Source Code: https://github.com/Uniswap/v2-core/blob/master/contracts/UniswapV2Pair.sol
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