'*' means "discard type checking"
'Object' means 'treat it as type Object'
If you have functions:
public function getThing():*
{
return new Bucket();
}
public function getAnotherThing():Object
{
return new Bucket();
}
then this will compile:
var someVar:Bucket=getThing(); // Ignores type checking
And this won't:
var someVar:Bucket=getAnotherThing(); // Tries to assign Object to
Bucket. Compile-time error.
(while this will - with a cast:
var someVar:Bucket=getAnotherThing() as Bucket;
)
HTH,
Ian
On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Dave Segal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is the difference between typing an instance as "*" and typing it as
> "Object"?
>
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