[flexcoders] boolean not casting ok from string

[Luis Eduardo]

  hi,

  this simple code dont work.

var btest:Boolean = new Boolean();
btest = "true";
trace("btest  = "+btest);

btest = "false";
trace("btest = : "+btest);

there are a compile warning telling me that: "3590: String used were a
Boolean value was expected. The expression will be type coerced to Boolean"
but it is not.

even if i do typecast it wont work:

btest = Boolean("true");
trace("btest = : "+btest);

or if i typecast with "as".
btest = ("true" as Boolean);
btest = ("false" as Boolean);

so i ask:   how to cast String "true" to Boolean true ?
what am i missing???


            Luís Eduardo.