[flexcoders] AS3 object reference changes?

[Jaime Bermudez]

I have a simple question that may be dumb but I find somewhat interesting.
I have something similar to the following simplified AS3 code:

var a:Object = new Object();
var b:Object = a;

a = null;

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Why does object b hold on to a's object reference?  I would expect b to
become null.



Thanks,

Jaime