How Does a Contract’s Constructor Relate to Its Gas Usage during Deployment?
A contract's constructor is executed only once, during the contract's deployment. The gas used by the constructor is part of the total deployment cost and is consumed upfront.
The total gas limit for deployment is higher than the transaction gas limit for regular function calls. The gas used in the constructor does not affect the gas stipend provided during later Ether transfers to the deployed contract.
Glossar
Contract Deployment Gas
Cost ⎊ Contract deployment gas represents the computational fee, denominated in the native cryptocurrency of the blockchain, required to publish a smart contract's bytecode onto the distributed ledger.
Deployment
Execution ⎊ Deployment within cryptocurrency, options, and derivatives signifies the active allocation of capital to a predetermined trading strategy or investment thesis, often automated through algorithmic interfaces.
Gas Stipend
Mechanism ⎊ A gas stipend, within cryptocurrency and derivatives markets, represents a pre-funded allocation designed to cover transaction costs ⎊ or ‘gas’ ⎊ associated with executing strategies, particularly those involving frequent on-chain interactions like arbitrage or automated trading.
Create2 Opcode
Genesis ⎊ Create2 Opcode functionality establishes a deterministic contract creation address, precluding the need for deployment transactions to reveal the contract’s code initially.
Deployment Cost
Component ⎊ This encompasses all expenditures necessary to bring a decentralized application or trading mechanism, such as a derivatives settlement layer, into live operational status on a blockchain.
Gas Usage
Computation ⎊ Gas usage within cryptocurrency networks, particularly Ethereum, represents the computational effort required to execute a specific operation or transaction on the blockchain.