You might find the answer here: http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm
Furthermore, in Flash 4, a colon was used to get/set a variable in a certain timeline. If I remember correcty, it looked something like this: phrases/introduction:String = "blah"; Where 'String' would be a variable and 'introduction' a MovieClip inside 'phrases', also a MovieClip. regards, Muzak ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Lutes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I also find it strange that you can't do this: > > var phrases:Object = new Object(); > phrases.introduction:String = 'Bem vindo a todos.'; > > - or even - > > var phrases:Array = new Array(); > phrases[0]:String = 'Bem vindo a todos.'; > > Should dynamically created properties/elements really be that bastardized > in ActionScript? One of the advantages of strict data typing is the > disambiguation of the code. I miss the ability to completely disambiguate > in certain situations. For example, I occasionally use loops to generate > objects or populate arrays, and would like to be able to strictly identify > (for the sake of readability) any new properties/elements added within > that loop. > > I can get around the limitation by directly passing a value to a _simple_ > datatype's constructor during assignment. This identifies the expected > value's type for me in many situations, but other constructors don't > accept a direct value this way. > > I'm not encouraging/perpetuating bad programming practices here. There's > legitimate reason to wonder about this. > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
