🧵 Sway vs Solidity: StorageMaps Both Solidity and Sway support persistent storage, but Sway’s StorageMap offers a more structured and type-safe approach. Let’s explore the key differences 👇
StorageMap Basics ➡️ Sway has a built-in StorageMap type for key-value storage. ➡️ It resembles Rust’s HashMap, but it’s optimized for the blockchain and FuelVM.
Mappings are defined as:
Declaration & Initialization No extra imports or explicit mutability needed, storage variables are inherently mutable.
Inserting Values Explicitly annotate functions with #[storage(write)] for storage modifications.
Reading Values Safe reads with built-in fallback handling through Option<V>.
Multi-Key & Nested Maps Tuples as keys:
Nested StorageMaps:
Advantages over Solidity ✅ Explicit, strong typing for keys and values. ✅ Clear, compiler-enforced storage read/write annotations. Learn more:
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