There used to be a StringBuilder class, but it was removed. The regular String class had its performance improved enough that adding an additional StringBuilder class didn't make sense.
I would've liked to see it stick around.. but that's only because I had already written a chapter on it for the AS3 Cookbook before it was removed.. doh! :-) -d h8me4everplus1 wrote: > > I remember there was suppose to be a StringBuilder class, except, I > don't know what happened to it. > > I remember their being controversy over whether it was actually faster > than the String class operations. > > Am I just looking in the wrong packages? > >