I see, just for some info, the compiler won't allow the watching of getter and setter functions. It should yield less overhead than any alternative, such as observer/listener patterns with ASBroadcast, otherwise I don't see the purpose in having it at all. I'm not sure about the garbage collection, but based on the functions they provide for you, I would assume that the Object class has an internal watch list that would be removed with the removal of the object, so if you're deleting the object then I don't think you should call unwatch before doing so, otherwise, I think there is as much a reason for the unwatch function for managing the object as is to controlling its watch refrences, as this is the only thing that should pertain to overhead.
I mean, if you remove a property in a dynamic object class, then you should probably remove it with a wrapper function, passing the property name as an argument, the idea is to unwatch it if it's being watched before deleting it. I would guess that this is most optimal, unless however an object does this before removing a property of itself anyways. I don't know the answer to this question. I hope this helps, M. On 3/21/06, Julien Vignali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi list, > I am playing around with the Object.watch() function in my custom UI > components classes... I wanted to know if having 8-10 watches in a class > would create some CPU overhead, or does it just work like an internal > classic Delegate (which also requires an unwatch() upon object > deletion)? Note that I don't watch get and set functions, just simple > private members of the class... > > Thanks for the reply, > > Julien > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
