Would it be cheaper to use enum instead of a string?

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Would it be cheaper to use enum instead of a string?

vibern0 opened this issue 5 years ago · comments

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In StateMachine, the states (SETUP_STATE, currentState, transitions, and states) are all bytes32. Would it be cheaper to use an enum?

Alberto Cuesta Cañada · Answer 1 · Wed Feb 12 2020 00:25:39 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

The states are created at runtime using function _createState(bytes32 _state). If we would use enums then all states would have to be specified at compilation time, limiting the flexibility of the contract.