Returns the reserves of token0 and token1 used to price trades and distribute liquidity. See Pricing. Also returns the block.timestamp (mod 2**32) of the last block during which an interaction occured for the pair.
Functions as a recovery mechanism in case enough tokens are sent to an pair to overflow the two uint112 storage slots for reserves, which could otherwise cause trades to fail. skim() allows a user to withdraw the difference between the current balance of the pair and 2**112β1 to the caller, if that difference is greater than 0
Functions as a recovery mechanism in the case that a token asynchronously deflates the balance of a pair. In this case, trades will receive sub-optimal rates, and if no liquidity provider is willing to rectify the situation, the pair is stuck. sync() exists to set the reserves of the contract to the current balances, providing a somewhat graceful recoveryfrom this situation