Glen Pike wrote:
> I am not sure about the "interpreted" bit - I can't remember to well, but
> Colin Moock's AS3 book mentioned not putting too much code in a constructor
> because of some constraint on the system - instead you should farm out
> initialization to another function, e.g.
>
> public class MyClass {
> public function MyClass() {
> _init();
> }
>
> private function _init():void {
> trace("doing lots of setup");
> //...
> trace("finished setup...");
> }
> }
Putting the initialization code in the init() function has a lot of
advantages, like you can instantiate something, do an addChild(), then
call init() when you're ready. As was noted a week or so ago, that
allows you to listen for events in other objects via bubbling.
I have another approach that is similar to yours, but keeps the call
stack smaller:
public function MyClass()
{
addEventListener(Event.ADDED, init, false, 0, true);
}
private function init(e:Event):void
{
removeEventListener(Event.ADDED, init);
... other init code
}
Cordially,
Kerry Thompson
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