Re: [Flashcoders] const inside function

2010-08-06 Thread Jiri
Ok, thanks. Yes that makes sense. I was thinking that it might be a slight enhancement to speed up execution time of a function. Jiri On 05-08-10 19:20, Juan Pablo Califano wrote: The difference is that the reference is constant, meaning you cannot change it. You can't do this: const my_va

[Flashcoders] const inside function

2010-08-05 Thread Jiri
I have a simple question. I came across some code in a project that defines a const in a function. function doSomething():void{ const my_var:String = "my_var" var buffer:String = ''; for(var i:int = 0 ; ihttp://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] const inside function

2010-08-05 Thread Juan Pablo Califano
The difference is that the reference is constant, meaning you cannot change it. You can't do this: const my_var:String = "my_var"; my_var = "other text"; You could do this if it were declared as a var. Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2010/8/5 Jiri > I have a simple question. I came across some c