Hi Ian, an intrinsic is not used only for built-in Flash Player classes/code. You can use it to save yourself some time, since the compiler doesn't compiler the bytecode all again.
With intrinsics no bytecode is generated, only type-checking is done. With interfaces bytecode is generated. I'm not saying that interfaces should be done away with and replaced with intrinsics. Interfaces are part of the paradigm, while Intrinsics are, to me, a Flash compiler-only feature for speed purposes, and has no impact whatsoever on your paradigm. (By paradigm i refer to OOP, coding methodology, etc.) On 10/14/06, Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Ray, Yes - but why would you, if the language spec already supports interfaces? Using interfaces is a much more 'standard' way (i.e. the same sort of thing you'd do if you were talking to dynamic libraries in other languages). I still see intrinsics as a bit of a hack. "These classes are internal to the Flash Player, honest! Don't look for their implementation". Note the line from the page you link to: "This keyword was not meant for general purpose use..." Still - I'd imagine, like many of these things, in the end it comes down to personal taste. :-) Whatever gets the job done... Ian On 10/14/06, Ray Chuan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > can't this be done with intrinsics? > > http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00001879.html _______________________________________________ [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
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