Re: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
should that be:? var clip:* = e.target; var buttons:Array = _menuButtons; (e.target.buttonType == 1) ? buttons = _subMenuButtons : buttons = _menuButtons; On 1 Jul 2008, at 00:03, Steven Sacks wrote: Even better, 3 lines. var clip:* = e.target; var buttons:Array = _menuButtons; if (e.target.buttonType == 1) buttons = _subMenuButtons; ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
Why? You already set buttons to _menuButtons. Now you're going to set it again? Besides, that ternary is not DRY because you are setting buttons = twice. However, it can be compacted even more, and in 2 lines, instead of 3, by reusing clip and a ternary in the var declaration, like so: var clip:* = e.target; var buttons:Array = (clip.buttonType == 1) ? _subMenuButtons: _menuButtons; :) Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) wrote: should that be:? var clip:* = e.target; var buttons:Array = _menuButtons; (e.target.buttonType == 1) ? buttons = _subMenuButtons : buttons = _menuButtons; ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
nice! ;) On 1 Jul 2008, at 08:37, Steven Sacks wrote: Why? You already set buttons to _menuButtons. Now you're going to set it again? Besides, that ternary is not DRY because you are setting buttons = twice. However, it can be compacted even more, and in 2 lines, instead of 3, by reusing clip and a ternary in the var declaration, like so: var clip:* = e.target; var buttons:Array = (clip.buttonType == 1) ? _subMenuButtons: _menuButtons; :) Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) wrote: should that be:? var clip:* = e.target; var buttons:Array = _menuButtons; (e.target.buttonType == 1) ? buttons = _subMenuButtons : buttons = _menuButtons; ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
Steven Sacks: var clip:* = e.target; var buttons:Array = (clip.buttonType == 1) ? _subMenuButtons: _menuButtons; Nice, Steve. One syntax question--the use of clip:* Before I sent my original response to the post, I tried var clip = e.target. Of course, it failed without the type * I haven't run into that syntax before. What does the asterisk do for the var type? Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
It's a wildcard I think. clip can be of any type. Willem Op 1-jul-2008, om 12:10 heeft Kerry Thompson het volgende geschreven: Steven Sacks: var clip:* = e.target; var buttons:Array = (clip.buttonType == 1) ? _subMenuButtons: _menuButtons; Nice, Steve. One syntax question--the use of clip:* Before I sent my original response to the post, I tried var clip = e.target. Of course, it failed without the type * I haven't run into that syntax before. What does the asterisk do for the var type? Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Geografiek is a Dutch, Utrecht-based map and chart design company. Willem van den Goorbergh can be contacted by telephone: (+31) 30-2719512 or cell phone: (+31)6-26372378 or by fax: (+31)302719687 snail mail: Hooghiemstraplein 89 3514 AX UTRECHT Visit our website at: http://www.geografiek.nl =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
Geografiek wrote: It's a wildcard I think. clip can be of any type. That's what I suspected. What is the advantage, then, of using the wildcard, rather than an untyped variable? I don't mean to sound argumentative--I'm just trying to understand one of ActionScript's nooks and crannies. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
I guess this is the same as using null instead of nothing in database design. You are explicitly saying that there were be a type at run time instead of the compiler thinking you forgot it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: 01 July 2008 11:42 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition. Geografiek wrote: It's a wildcard I think. clip can be of any type. That's what I suspected. What is the advantage, then, of using the wildcard, rather than an untyped variable? I don't mean to sound argumentative--I'm just trying to understand one of ActionScript's nooks and crannies. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
Hi Kerry, I understand you got an error not typing your variable in 'var clip = e.target;' I tried 'var type = myType;', which gave no error. Appearantly in some cases you _need_ to type a variable, in other cases you don't (!?) In my case Flash automatically assigns String as the data type to 'type'. (maybe only for primitive data types?) Because in your case somehow you need to type the var, but don't know yet the actual type the * comes in handy. my 2ct Willem Op 1-jul-2008, om 12:41 heeft Kerry Thompson het volgende geschreven: Geografiek wrote: It's a wildcard I think. clip can be of any type. That's what I suspected. What is the advantage, then, of using the wildcard, rather than an untyped variable? I don't mean to sound argumentative--I'm just trying to understand one of ActionScript's nooks and crannies. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Geografiek is a Dutch, Utrecht-based map and chart design company. Willem van den Goorbergh can be contacted by telephone: (+31) 30-2719512 or cell phone: (+31)6-26372378 or by fax: (+31)302719687 snail mail: Hooghiemstraplein 89 3514 AX UTRECHT Visit our website at: http://www.geografiek.nl =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
That's what I suspected. What is the advantage, then, of using the wildcard, rather than an untyped variable? Gotta think outside the IDE :) because in the Flex world for example, depending on how you have the compiler set, it will complain if you don't typecast a variable (even if you are only doing a wildcard cast). Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Technology Operations Global Risk LLD eTools Multimedia Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GTO Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
(even if you are only doing a wildcard cast). What I meant was, not even if, but that casting to a wildcard will alieviate the compiler complaints since you're casting to SOMETHING, even if it is a wildcard. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Technology Operations Global Risk LLD eTools Multimedia Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GTO Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:58 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition. That's what I suspected. What is the advantage, then, of using the wildcard, rather than an untyped variable? Gotta think outside the IDE :) because in the Flex world for example, depending on how you have the compiler set, it will complain if you don't typecast a variable (even if you are only doing a wildcard cast). Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Technology Operations Global Risk LLD eTools Multimedia Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GTO Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
What's the problem with private var bSprite:IDESprite; ? Paul - Original Message - From: eric e. dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition. on a related note. If I have a sprite in my Library (exported with a class name), and in that sprite some movieclips, in order to call the sprite into my document class, in order to access things within that sprite, I have to do this: private var bSprite; ... bSprite = new IDESprite(); bSprite.some_mc... and NOT private var bSprite:Sprite because then when I try to access some_mc I get an error. So in this case is it best to simply not type bSprite, or type it with a wildcard? - E On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (even if you are only doing a wildcard cast). What I meant was, not even if, but that casting to a wildcard will alieviate the compiler complaints since you're casting to SOMETHING, even if it is a wildcard. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Technology Operations Global Risk LLD eTools Multimedia Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GTO Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:58 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition. That's what I suspected. What is the advantage, then, of using the wildcard, rather than an untyped variable? Gotta think outside the IDE :) because in the Flex world for example, depending on how you have the compiler set, it will complain if you don't typecast a variable (even if you are only doing a wildcard cast). Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Technology Operations Global Risk LLD eTools Multimedia Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GTO Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
You would not use a wildcard in that case, in your document class, you would import IDESprite and then cast the variable as type:IDESprite private var bSprite:IDESprite = new IDESprite(); Wildcards in my experience are more for when you don't know and/or don't want to require what the type will be, it could be anything. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Technology Operations Global Risk LLD eTools Multimedia Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GTO Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eric e. dolecki Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 12:26 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition. on a related note. If I have a sprite in my Library (exported with a class name), and in that sprite some movieclips, in order to call the sprite into my document class, in order to access things within that sprite, I have to do this: private var bSprite; ... bSprite = new IDESprite(); bSprite.some_mc... and NOT private var bSprite:Sprite because then when I try to access some_mc I get an error. So in this case is it best to simply not type bSprite, or type it with a wildcard? - E On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (even if you are only doing a wildcard cast). What I meant was, not even if, but that casting to a wildcard will alieviate the compiler complaints since you're casting to SOMETHING, even if it is a wildcard. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Technology Operations Global Risk LLD eTools Multimedia Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GTO Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:58 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition. That's what I suspected. What is the advantage, then, of using the wildcard, rather than an untyped variable? Gotta think outside the IDE :) because in the Flex world for example, depending on how you have the compiler set, it will complain if you don't typecast a variable (even if you are only doing a wildcard cast). Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Technology Operations Global Risk LLD eTools Multimedia Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GTO Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
Kerry, You should turn Strict mode on your FLAs in the publish profile settings. If you click on the language (the place you set your class paths and if you want Flash to auto-declare stage instances), you should see a checkbox for strict mode. Turn it on. The reason you want strict mode is because it will catch errors that the normal Flash compiler does not. Strict mode will help you quite a bit and expose obvious errors that the normal Flash compiler does not catch, which results in confusing runtime errors that should have been caught during compiling. I wish there was a way to turn Strict mode on by default, but AFAIK, you have to do it manually for every Flash file. Leaving variables untyped is loose coding and AS3 is all about enforcing strict coding. Using * as a wildcard type is not generally something you want to do, but it's there for you if you need it (notable exceptions include specific game programming situations where it's been proven faster to iterate over certain wildcard variables than typed ones). In the example given, the proper way of doing that would be to do what I originally said; either have both classes extend the same abstract and cast the var to the abstract, or have both classes implement the same interface and cast the var to that. In this case, you can probably get away with a wildcard, but you should never leave a variable untyped. At the very least, you're making your code more readable in the sense that you're explicitly setting a type as a wildcard and it's clear in the code that's what you wanted, vs you forgot to set a type. HTH, Steven ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
Steven Sacks wrote: You should turn Strict mode on your FLAs in the publish profile settings. No problem there--it's one of the first things I did when I got CS3. I LIKE strict typing, for all the reasons you mentioned. In fact, lack of typing in Lingo is one of my biggest complaints about Director. It has led to more hours of debugging than I care to think about. I come from a background of over 20 years of typed languages--COBOL, FORTRAN, Pascal, C/C++, even RPG--and the languages I have had the most trouble debugging have been weakly typed or un-typed languages like Basic and Lingo. Not that they don't have their place, but I appreciate the compiler nagging me about mis-typed variables. I'd rather the compiler nag me than spend half a day chasing down a bug stemming from untyped variables. Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
Pavel KruĊĦek wrote:
I have written a script, here is piece of some method:
private function resetState( e:Event )
{
switch(e.target.buttonType)
{
case 0 :
var clip = e.target as MenuButtonMain;
var buttons:Array = _menuButtons;
break;
case 1 :
var clip = e.target as MenuButtonSub;
var buttons:Array = _subMenuButtons;
break;
}
snip
The script works as want it to but I keep getting a 3596 - duplicate
variable definition warning, when I run the script.
You have var clip and var buttons defined twice, once in case 0 and once in
case 1. Try it like this, and I think the error will go away:
private function resetState( e:Event )
{
var clip;
var buttons:Array;
switch(e.target.buttonType)
{
case 0 :
clip = e.target as MenuButtonMain;
buttons = _menuButtons;
break;
case 1 :
clip = e.target as MenuButtonSub;
buttons:Array = _subMenuButtons;
break;
}
Cordially,
Kerry Thompson
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Re: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
You see that you're declaring clip (and buttons) twice (causing the
error), and as two different types (not causing the error but will cause
another shortly).
Because you want one variable to act as either a Main or Sub, you need
to either cast clip as an abstract version that both of those extend, or
make an interface both of them implement and cast clip as such, or cast
clip as * and forgo any strict typing altogether.
Relevant code only:
var buttons:Array;
var clip:* = e.target;
switch(e.target.buttonType)
{
case 0:
{
buttons = _menuButtons;
break;
}
case 1:
{
buttons = _subMenuButtons;
}
}
Pavel wrote:
Hi List,
I have written a script, here is piece of some method:
private function resetState( e:Event )
{
switch(e.target.buttonType)
{
case 0 :
var clip = e.target as MenuButtonMain;
var buttons:Array = _menuButtons;
break;
case 1 :
var clip = e.target as MenuButtonSub;
var buttons:Array = _subMenuButtons;
break;
}
for (var i:uint = 0; i buttons.length; i++)
{
if( buttons[i] != clip )
{
buttons[i].enable();
} else buttons[i].disable();
}
The script works as want it to but I keep getting a 3596 - duplicate
variable definition warning, when I run the script. Should I be woried
about this warning message? What is wrong in my code?
Thanks
Pavel
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RE: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
private function resetState( e:Event )
{
var clip;
var buttons:Array;
switch(e.target.buttonType)
{
case 0 :
clip = e.target as MenuButtonMain;
buttons = _menuButtons;
break;
case 1 :
clip = e.target as MenuButtonSub;
buttons:Array = _subMenuButtons;
break;
}
Sorry--cut and paste error. The case 1 reference to buttons should be
buttons = subMenuButtons;
without the :Array type identifier.
Cordially,
Kerry Thompson
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Re: [Flashcoders] Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
Even better, 3 lines. var clip:* = e.target; var buttons:Array = _menuButtons; if (e.target.buttonType == 1) buttons = _subMenuButtons; ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
