ClonesWithImmutableArgs

Enables creating clone contracts with immutable arguments.

The immutable arguments are stored in the code region of the created proxy contract, and whenever the proxy is called, it reads the arguments into memory, and then appends them to the calldata of the delegate call to the implementation contract. The implementation contract can thus read the arguments straight from calldata.

By doing so, the gas cost of creating clones is reduced, since there's no need to store the immutable arguments in storage. The cost of using the clones is also reduced, since storage loads are replaced with calldata reading, which is far cheaper.

Usage

Clone factory contracts should use the ClonesWithImmutableArgs library. ClonesWithImmutableArgs.clone() is the main function for creating clones.

Contracts intended to be cloned should inherit from Clone to get access to the helper functions for reading immutable args.

To see an example usage of the library, check out ExampleClone and ExampleCloneFactory.

Installation

To install with DappTools:

dapp install wighawag/clones-with-immutable-args

To install with Foundry:

forge install wighawag/clones-with-immutable-args

To install with Hardhat:

npm i -D clones-with-immutable-args

Local development

This project uses Foundry as the development framework.

Dependencies

make update

Compilation

make build

Testing

make test