Danny, I think what Ron means is, you don't instantiate the class _and_ the super class, as you would with Director.
As you know (and for anyone that isn't familiar with it), in Director the "ancestor" property is an instance of the superclass, residing within an instance of the subclass (a bit like a Russian Doll!) - but in Flash you don't get two instances within each other, but just a single hybrid of all the classes in the inheritance chain. To be honest, I'm not really sure what is better. Certainly the Director way is a lot more flexible - you can generate and swap ancestors on the fly, which I think is pretty cool, a bit like inheritance via composition. Actually if you go back to the metaphor, the Chrysler PT Cruiser in Director would come with a little Chrysler Neon sitting inside it ;) Karina > -----Original Message----- > From: Danny Kodicek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 March 2007 09:39 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Super and this > > > Just to make your life simpler. > > You do not instantiate a class; you instantiate an > > instance(object) of a class. > > Isn't that what 'instantiate' means? By 'instantiate' I mean > 'make an instance of'. > > Danny > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > 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 > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com 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
