For 3.0? No.
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aldo Bucchi Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: On mx.collections and the missing data structures... Set, Map, Queue, etc Are there any plans to improve on this for the next release? On Nov 20, 2007 2:14 AM, Aldo Bucchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:aldo.bucchi%40gmail.com> > wrote: > Hi all, > > I am ripping my hair off trying to figure out whether to create a > parallel collections framework or somehow extend the current one. > While sticking to the IList and ICollectionView interfaces provide > immediate interoperability with the rest of the framework, they > introduce ambiguity, performance penalties and semantic distortion > when using it for more complex stuff. ( using a List where a Set is > needed, no events on dictionary objects, no sequential access > interface, etc ). > > While trying to implement something like the C++ STL in flash would > definitely be overkill, I think that the core subset of Java > collections framework would be definitely nice and feasible. > > It is not hard to retrofit IList to extend ICollection ( or IMultiSet > ), and to extend the CollectionEvent to support plain membership > change notifications when applicable. > I would forget about identity definition ( comparators ) for now and > stick to simple equality ( == ) in favor of performance and > simplicity. > > Comments, anyone? > > Thanks, > Aldo > > -- > :::: Aldo Bucchi :::: > +1 858 539 6986 > +56 9 8429 8300 > +56 9 7623 8653 > skype:aldo.bucchi > -- :::: Aldo Bucchi :::: +1 858 539 6986 +56 9 8429 8300 +56 9 7623 8653 skype:aldo.bucchi
