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Solidity / Ether & Calls

send

Learn send in Solidity through a focused explanation, a dedicated construct-specific example, an engineering boundary, and a mastery check.

10 min read • Intermediate

send is an atomic Solidity topic inside Ether & Calls. This lesson focuses on how the send construct is written, what it changes, and when it is the right tool.

Trace the example line by line. Identify the exact syntax for send, the input state before it runs, and the resulting value, control flow, database state, hardware behavior, or runtime effect afterward. Neighboring lessons use different constructs rather than renamed copies of this one.

Topic-specific example

solidity-05-05-send.sol
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contract C { function pay(address payable to) external payable returns(bool){ return to.send(msg.value); } }
Edge case / engineering note

For send, test the boundary that belongs to this exact feature rather than a generic failure case. Check invalid or empty input, NULL/unknown state, numeric limits, transaction or exception behavior, synthesis/runtime constraints, ownership/permission rules, or backtracking/control-flow effects where they apply.

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