So, if I read your response correctly. You guys are working towards
optimizing the getter/setter way of doing things. Good to know. (Event
technically, there is no declared victor as of right now.)
Thanks Gordon
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Gordon Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I actually don't know whether
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> public function get foo():int
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> {
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> return _foo;
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> }
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> or
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> public function getFoo():int
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> return _foo;
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> }
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> is faster to call. But I wouldn't expect them to different greatly, and
> which one is faster might change in a future version of the Flash Player as
> the AVM gets optimized.
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> So the Flex SDK team designs our APIs with other considerations in mind. We
> consider property-based APIs -- rather than method-based ones -- to be best
> practice because properties can be expressed declaratively as MXML tag
> attributes, and set in property inspectors in authoring tools, while method
> calls require ActionScript code.
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> Gordon Smith
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> Adobe Flex SDK Team
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
> Behalf Of *Joseph Curtin
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:34 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [flexcoders] Getters/Setters VS Function:Void/Return
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> Hey all,
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> I took a quick search, but was unable to find info on rather
> getter/setters are faster, or functions that return are faster. Care to
> enlighten me?
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> --
> -Joe
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--
-Joe
