Typing a function like
public function send(value:*): void{}removes auto-completion in the IDE and type-safety during compilation. Furthermore if you want to code it out you better throw an exception creating potential error-prone code. Also the if checks for the type cost performance.
yours Martin. On 17/01/2012 00:09, David Arno wrote:
From: Nicholas Kwiatkowski [mailto:nicho...@spoon.as] Sent: 16 January 2012 15:02 public function sendAsString(stringToSend:String):bool public function sendAsBool(boolToSend:Boolean):bool public function sendAsArray(arrayToSend:Array):bool public function sendAsInt(intToSend:int):bool ...Could you not just have: public function send(value:*):Boolean instead? David.
