Address type on Substrate
@@ -190,8 +190,10 @@ is always the length of the type itself.
Address Type
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-The ``address`` type holds the address of an account. It can be initialized with a particular
-hexidecimal number, called an address literal. Here is an example:
+The ``address`` type holds the address of an account. The length of an ``address`` type depends on
+the target being compiled for. On ewasm, an address is 20 bytes. Substrate has an address length
+of 32 bytes. It can be initialized with a particular
+hexidecimal number, called an address literal. Here is an example on ewasm:
.. code-block:: javascript
@@ -223,6 +225,11 @@ bytes types and integer types and ``==`` and ``!=`` works for comparing two addr
address foo = address(0);
+.. note::
+
+ Substrate can be built with a different type for Address. If you need support for
+ a different length than the default, please get in touch.
+
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