From f48c33d8891402f101ee9a32d76cd1a0a49499a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bt3gl <1130416+bt3gl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 22:02:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update saving_gas.md

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 master_solidity/saving_gas.md | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/master_solidity/saving_gas.md b/master_solidity/saving_gas.md
index 9834e77..83dfd21 100644
--- a/master_solidity/saving_gas.md
+++ b/master_solidity/saving_gas.md
@@ -12,14 +12,19 @@
 
 
 
-## Function names
+### Function names
 
 - brute force hashes of function names to find those that starts `0000`, so this can save around 50 gas
+
+----
+
+### Other contracts
+
 - avoid calls to other contracts
 
 ---
 
-## Pack variables
+### Pack variables
 
 The below code is an example of poor code and will consume 3 storage slot:
 
@@ -59,14 +64,14 @@ Constant values can sometimes be cheaper than immutable values:
 
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-## **Use bytes32 rather than string/bytes**
+### **Use bytes32 rather than string/bytes**
 
 - If you can fit your data in 32 bytes, then you should use bytes32 datatype rather than bytes or strings as it is much cheaper in solidity.
 - Any fixed size variable in solidity is cheaper than variable size.
 
 ---
 
-## Use external function modifier
+### Use external function modifier
 
 - For all the public functions, the input parameters are copied to memory automatically, and it costs gas.
 - If your function is only called externally, then you should explicitly mark it as external.
@@ -75,13 +80,13 @@ Constant values can sometimes be cheaper than immutable values:
 
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-## Delete variables that you don’t need
+### Delete variables that you don’t need
 
 - If you don’t need a variable anymore, you should delete it using the delete keyword provided by solidity or by setting it to its default value.
 
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-## **No need to initialize variables with default values**
+### **No need to initialize variables with default values**
 
 - If a variable is not set/initialized, it is assumed to have the default value (0, false, 0x0 etc depending on the data type). If you explicitly initialize it with its default value, you are just wasting gas.
 
@@ -92,8 +97,20 @@ uint256 world; //good, cheap
 
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-## **Make use of single line swaps**
+### Make use of single line swaps 
+
+- This is space-efficient:
 
 ```
 (hello, world) = (world, hello)
 ```
+
+<br>
+
+---
+
+## Tools
+
+<br>
+
+* [truffle contract size](https://github.com/IoBuilders/truffle-contract-size)