I've run into several patterns recently that have been complicated esp.
in SWF9 by not having a "late" constraint type, or to be clearer,
$late{someobj.someattr}, where it is not first evaluated until after all
inits have been completed. When a constraint's target is not present on
first evaluation (causing a runtime error), the constraint will be
disabled, and so a late stage (and doing the constraint by hand) is the
only way to latch an object not made at init time. Really, i use this
pattern alot, and in all of my programming i've never needed more then
construct
early
init
late
but those four i've needed in equal measure (with early being the least
used, if anyone cares). I'm curious to know how much effort it would
take to add a late stage. Anyone?
I should search JIRA, i know, i'm a bit rushed in typing this.
Thanks for anyone in the know,
James Robey
