On 2008-09-10, at 22:57EDT, Henry Minsky wrote:
When we have default values like this, something complains in the flex
compiler
function toArray (linkMaker=function (rep, id) {return
Debug.ObjectForID(id);}):Array {
[java] [/tmp/lzswf9/lzgen27609/LzDebugMessage.as: 188]
debugger/LzMessage.lzs: 200: Error: Parameter initializer unknown or
is not
a compile-time constant.
So I have been converting complex initializers like that into null
default
args, and initializing in the function body, like this
+ function toArray (linkMaker=null):Array {
+ if (linkMaker == null) {
+ function (rep, id) {return Debug.ObjectForID(id);}
So long as you really meant:
+ linkMaker = function (rep, id) {return Debug.ObjectForID(id);}
I think that's ok.
+ }
The other possibility:
function defaultLinkMaker (rep, id) {return Debug.ObjectForID(id);}
function toArray(linkMaker=defaultLinkMaker) ...
Personally, I think Flex's restrictions on what can be in a default
value are a bug. You aren't allowed to have any sort of expression at
all, you can't default a parameter based on a preceding parameter,
etc. Too bad.
