ok, for the pedantically inclined i think the answer would be : The new compiler and syntax will not enable any new features in the standard virtual machine in the 8.5 player because there are none.
The new compiler and syntax will (most likely) allow you to take advantage of the new virtual machine in the 8.5 player and its associated features and benefits. hows that? martin Robert Edgar wrote: > 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 > -- want to know what i think? probably not http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
