> On Apr 9, 2017, at 12:50 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > I assume this is only a problem for folks using -remove-circulars? > I have not tested with remove-circulars truned off, so very possibly, yes.
> I assume what is broken is the order of loaded files instead of something > else? Correct. With the current status of remove-circulars, the only reliable way to deal with static values which are non-primitive are to use getters instead of static initializations. > Thanks, > -Alex > > On 4/8/17, 9:46 PM, "Harbs" <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Related issue: >> >> The recent changes to Falcon has broken UIDUtil which has the following: >> private static const UIDBuffer:BinaryData = new BinaryData(); >> >> Unless something changes, this needs to be changed to a getter. >> >>> On Apr 8, 2017, at 11:40 PM, Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Currently initializing non-primitive static types are a big no-no in >>> FlexJS. It causes all kinds of javascript runtime errors due to >>> non-defined types depending on the order of loaded files. >>> >>> I think this is an area which needs some improvement. The improvement >>> can take two variations: >>> >>> 1. We can simply disallow initializing non-primitive types at compile >>> time, so at least there will be a compile-time warning of potential >>> problems. >>> 2. We can somehow allow these initializations. >>> >>> I’m not sure if #2 is possible, but it would definitely be preferred to >>> #1 if it is. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> Harbs >> >