List, This is great that ActionScript is growing over time and with new AS version 3 many OOP concepts are now much easier to implement. Creating real encapsulation with new 'final', 'const', 'private' and 'protected' keywords or true polymorphism with 'override' are great features, it was however inconceivable that a modern programming language like ActionScript would not use modern OO model, design and technique.
I would like to share with you concepts that I think need to be resolved/added in a language like AS3 for real OO model: -Ugly and high risk use of _global is still part of AS3, I don't understand why creators of ActionScript made access to language elements like global Functions and Constants by placing them all in _global object (and I dont know what kind of object it is). Even worse, placing AS2/AS3 packages and classes as sub-objects of _global when compiled can ruin the whole programming model! -Ain't inner classes play important role in modern languages like Java or C#? In fact they are part of AS language and *are* possible in AS1. I wonder why they have omitted inner classes as part of AS2/AS3? (it is only compile-time issue) -I've always said that 'method signatures' and what is referred to as 'overloading resolution' should be part of the language so that we can get rid of ugly use of 'arguments' object or type checking within methods and I've bombarded macromedia wish-list with it, still no success;) -Maybe generic programming (that were introduced in JDK 5.0 of Java Specification) should be added in the language as they play an important role in OO and are desirable because they let you write code that is safer and easier to read than code that is littered with Object variables and casts. Any thoughts that we can share? Anybody from macromedia/adobe listening? Kamyar Nazeri [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.exirsoft.com www.exirstudio.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
