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openzeppelin-contracts/contracts/token/BurnableToken.sol
Jesse Busman aef0f63aee There's no need to throw when burning 0 tokens
Throwing when trying to burn 0 tokens is an unnecessary special case.
If another contract wants to burn() a variable amount, it should not be forced to deal with this special case of burning 0.
2017-12-03 12:08:53 +01:00

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pragma solidity ^0.4.18;
import './StandardToken.sol';
/**
* @title Burnable Token
* @dev Token that can be irreversibly burned (destroyed).
*/
contract BurnableToken is StandardToken {
event Burn(address indexed burner, uint256 value);
/**
* @dev Burns a specific amount of tokens.
* @param _value The amount of token to be burned.
*/
function burn(uint256 _value) public {
require(_value <= balances[msg.sender]);
// no need to require value <= totalSupply, since that would imply the
// sender's balance is greater than the totalSupply, which *should* be an assertion failure
address burner = msg.sender;
balances[burner] = balances[burner].sub(_value);
totalSupply = totalSupply.sub(_value);
Burn(burner, _value);
}
}