Best practice is to use class instances over objects because of changes made in the new VM that runs AS3 code. In AS2, it didn't matter, but AS3 handles class instances differently.
Typed objects have properties accessed by an offset (say, the "firstName" property is at the object location + 5 bytes away), whereas generic objects use hashtables to store and retrieve properties. Use class instances as much as possible to take advantage of the faster execution speed possible with AS3. Also, using typed objects gives you help from the compiler (code hinting, errors when spelling a property wrong, etc). It's not "bad" to use generic objects, and in a dynamic language they can make some things easier to code.. but, I'd say it's better to use class instances when you know what the object is going to look like. -d dorkie dork from dorktown wrote: > > It seems I never see anyone using objects anymore. Is there any > advantage to me creating property holding classes like this where I > could use objects? What if no other class will ever use my value > object? >
