Nope. It does not work in AS3 targeting JS either because it’s a ES6-only feature.
> On Apr 23, 2018, at 11:28 PM, Carlos Rovira <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok, so that works in JS, but will work as well in SWF? > > 2018-04-23 20:25 GMT+02:00 Harbs <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > https://github.com/devongovett/fontkit/blob/master/src/opentype/shapers/DefaultShaper.js > > <https://github.com/devongovett/fontkit/blob/master/src/opentype/shapers/DefaultShaper.js> > https://github.com/devongovett/fontkit/blob/master/src/opentype/shapers/UniversalShaper.js > > <https://github.com/devongovett/fontkit/blob/master/src/opentype/shapers/UniversalShaper.js> > https://github.com/devongovett/fontkit/blob/master/src/opentype/shapers/ArabicShaper.js > > <https://github.com/devongovett/fontkit/blob/master/src/opentype/shapers/ArabicShaper.js> > > UniversalShaper and ArabicShaper extend DefaultShaper. All methods are static > and the classes are never instantiated. The static “plan” method in the base > class calls the static methods in the subclasses using “this”. > > I would not have guessed something like this would be possible, but Devon > Govett makes very extensive use of ES6 features. I’ve learned quite a bit > about ES6 just by reading his code… ;-) > > Harbs > >> On Apr 23, 2018, at 8:25 PM, Alex Harui <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Harbs, >> >> Can you provide a link to more info on how 'this' works in statics? MDN >> makes it sound like it points to the global object even in ES6. >> >> I saw an article that code duplication isn't a perfect emulation of ES6 >> statics in ES5. >> https://www.bennadel.com/blog/3300-static-methods-are-inherited-when-using-es6-extends-syntax-in-javascript-and-node-js.htm >> >> <https://www.bennadel.com/blog/3300-static-methods-are-inherited-when-using-es6-extends-syntax-in-javascript-and-node-js.htm> >> >> On 4/22/18, 11:46 PM, "Harbs" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> It seems like ES6 supports static inheritance. The means you can define a >> class with static methods which can be called in subclasses. You can also >> use “this” in static methods which will refer to the subclass methods if >> overridden. This is obviously something which doesn’t work in AS3. >> >> I’m porting an ES6 library to AS3 and I’m trying to figure out the best >> way to port this kind of code. I’m thinking that code duplication is >> probably simplest, although I might just convert the static classes into >> singletons. >> >> Harbs >> > > > > > -- > Carlos Rovira > http://about.me/carlosrovira <http://about.me/carlosrovira> >
