Mastering Blockchain - Second Edition

Installation on macOS

To install solc on macOS, execute the following commands:

$ brew tap ethereum/ethereum
$ brew install solidity
$ brew linkapps solidity  

solc supports a variety of functions. A few examples are shown as follows:

• Display contract in a binary format:

      $ solc --bin Addition.sol  

This command will produce an output similar to the following. This shows the binary translation of the Addition.sol contract code:

Solidity compiler binary output

• Estimate gas:

      $ solc --gas Addition.sol

This will give the following output: