The decreaseAllowance
function in the ERC20 contract allows a token holder to reduce the allowance granted to a specified spender. It ensures that the new allowance does not fall below zero and emits an Approval
event to reflect the updated allowance.
spender
(address
): The address of the spender whose allowance is being decreased.subtractedValue
(uint256
): The amount by which the allowance is to be decreased.bool
): The function returns true
if the allowance was successfully decreased.