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The "virtual" and "override" keywords in Solidity

Solidity has two keywords that are crucial to understand if you want to make use of contract inheritance: virtual and override. In this blog post, we'll take a closer look at these keywords and explore how you can use them in Solidity.Virtual functionsA virtual function is a function that a derived contract can override. You can mark a function as virtual by using the virtual keyword. If a derived contract overrides a virtual function, it must use the override keyword. Here's an exa...

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