lol - indeed. :-) i'm just trying to look at possible "issues" that may come up later on... but this scenario brings up two follow-up questions/concerns:
1 - the fact that Flash (AS2) will happily turn a class into an associative array without any sort of warning. if a coder comes in and uses session["foo"], it will work with no errors thrown. can i catch this somehow? should they use this syntax throughout their modules, it will work with no problems, but won't be "correct". 2 - can i somehow catch items being added to the class via the ass-array method and properly add them to the Items array instead of the root class? in other words, say a user does use the session["foo"] method. can i intercept that call, add the item/value to the Items array and remove it from the class? i thought about some sort of watch, but i wouldn't know what to watch in this case... while i'm going to be setting up a proper API for them to use, in a way this conversation is over from a "real world" standpoint. but i'd like to figure this out from a theoretical standpoint now. g. On 12/30/05, Nathan Derksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would say to hell with the VB coders (and I used to be one). What > if you want to change your implementation later on? What if this > functionality changes with AS3? Without an API, you open yourself up > to all sorts of fun stuff that may force the user to have to change > their code later on. Be nice to yourself and to your users. You'll be > happier in the end, and your guilt will be assuaged (rightly so)! And > when was the last time that VB/VBScript catered to anyone in the > Java, JavaScript, or ActionScript world? They use completely > different syntax, so don't fret about it. > > Nathan > http://www.nathanderksen.com > -- weblog: broadcast.artificialcolors.com blazePDF: www.blazepdf.com band: www.cutratebox.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
