Nicolas, I am aware of that. But you were asked: >>Will the new compiler/syntax allow a developer to take advantage of the new features in the flash 8.5 player?
You replied: >>Short answer : Yes. AFAIK there are no new features in the standard VM in 8.5 for you to be able to access, so the answer should be no, agreed? Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicolas Cannasse Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 12:41 AM To: Open Source Flash Mailing List Subject: Re: [osflash] MTASC Future > I am confused, > I can already use MTASC to create swf that run in VM under 8.5 without > anything more... > > What "new features of the 8.5 player" are being referred to here? Does > anyone actually know what new features (if any) are in the Flash VM, > all the new features I have seen so far are in the AVM2 and accessed > by AS3 > I hadnt realised there were any enhancements to the VM being made for > 8.5. > > Rob AVM2 brings better performances but at the price of learning/using new APIs. That means that compiling to AVM2 = using the new flash apis (flash.display.MovieClip and others). So you can't really have AS2 running on AVM2. Nicolas _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
