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Add info on smart contract size limit

Organization

Ethereum Foundation

Deadline

N/A

Status

ENDED

INSTRUCTIONS

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Currently we don't provide any info on this limitation.

Describe the solution you'd like

I think we should mention this contract size limitation (24KB) somewhere in our docs on smart contracts: https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/smart-contracts/

We could also list approaches to getting around this limitation, e.g. by using proxy contracts or the diamond pattern: https://dev.to/mudgen/ethereum-s-maximum-contract-size-limit-is-solved-with-the-diamond-standard-2189

Describe alternatives you've considered

Not sure where the best place is to put it... could make sense in a few places:

  • https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/smart-contracts/#limitations
  • https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/smart-contracts/anatomy/
  • https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/smart-contracts/compiling/
  • https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/smart-contracts/deploying/
  • https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/smart-contracts/libraries/

Additional context

More on the diamond pattern: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-2535

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