Yes, the Player has multiple threads. But the ActionScript Virtual Machine executes in only one of them. And the AVM executes one event handler before starting another event handler. You're not actually claiming to have proof to the contrary, are you?
Gordon Smith Adobe Flex SDK Team From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mike_slinn Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 9:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Race conditions when event handlers triggered from different targets > Because actionscript is single-threaded, your scenario cannot happen. Alex, That statement is often repeated, but I believe that it is incorrect. The main thread is responsible for rendering and AMF deserialization. URLLoader runs in its own thread. Pixel Bender runs in its own thread (http://www.jamesward.com/blog/2009/04/29/announcing-pbjas-an-actionscript-3-pixel-bender-shader-library/) I have asked for AMF deserialization be moved to another thread (http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-2398) It would be great if better documentation on the Flash player's threads was available. Mike
