Well, at least for me, the best would be: private var bSprite:Sprite; // that is, if you really can't type that as IDESprite bSprite = new IDESprite(); (bSprite as IDESprite).some_mc...
But your mileage may vary... On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 1:25 PM, eric e. dolecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on a related note. If I have a sprite in my Library (exported with a class > name), and in that sprite some movieclips, in order to call the sprite into > my document class, in order to access things within that sprite, I have to > do this: > > private var bSprite; > ... > bSprite = new IDESprite(); > bSprite.some_mc... > > and NOT > > private var bSprite:Sprite > > because then when I try to access "some_mc" I get an error. > > So in this case is it best to simply not type bSprite, or type it with a > wildcard? > > - E > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Merrill, Jason < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>(even if you are > > >>only doing a wildcard cast). > > > > What I meant was, not "even if", but that casting to a wildcard will > > alieviate the compiler complaints since you're casting to SOMETHING, > > even if it is a wildcard. > > > > Jason Merrill > > Bank of America > > Global Technology & Operations & Global Risk L&LD > > eTools & Multimedia > > > > Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community > > > > Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning > > ideas and technologies? > > Check out our internal GT&O Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > >>Of Merrill, Jason > > >>Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:58 AM > > >>To: Flash Coders List > > >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable > > >>definition. > > >> > > >>>>That's what I suspected. What is the advantage, then, of using the > > >>>>wildcard, rather than an untyped variable? > > >> > > >>Gotta think outside the IDE :) because in the Flex world for > > >>example, depending on how you have the compiler set, it will > > >>complain if you don't typecast a variable (even if you are > > >>only doing a wildcard cast). > > >> > > >> > > >>Jason Merrill > > >>Bank of America > > >>Global Technology & Operations & Global Risk L&LD eTools & Multimedia > > >> > > >>Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community > > >> > > >>Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative > > >>learning ideas and technologies? > > >>Check out our internal GT&O Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. > > >> > > >> > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >>Flashcoders mailing list > > >>[email protected] > > >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
