Hi,
Its not a bug. Note: the Constructor for Boolean in the docs.
Think about it as if you have the following:
var moo:String = "Moooooooooo";
if (moo) {
// have a cow.
}else{
//no cow.
}
So, Boolean("false") is true!
var y;
var x:Object;
var b:Boolean = Boolean("false");
trace("b1 false is "+b.valueOf());
b = 0;
trace("b2 (0) is "+b.valueOf());
b = 1;
trace("b3 (1) is "+b.valueOf());
b = 2;
trace("b4 (2) is "+b.valueOf());
b = -1;
trace("b5 (-1) is "+b.valueOf());
b = null;
trace("b6 (explicit null) is "+b.valueOf());
b = x;
trace("b7 (unassigned null, undef) is "+b.valueOf());
b = y;
trace("b8 (undef) is "+b.valueOf());
b = (new Object() as Boolean);
trace("b9 (as not a boolean ie, null) is "+b.valueOf());
---------------------------------------------------------
b1 false is true
b2 (0) is false
b3 (1) is true
b4 (2) is true
b5 (-1) is true
b6 (explicit null) is false
b7 (unassigned null, undef) is false
b8 (undef) is false
b9 (as not a boolean ie, null) is false
--------------------------------------------------------
HTH,
shaun
