The following code will crash Flash 9.0 r124 (debug version) when built with flex builder 3.0: (flash running on either Firefox or Safari, MacOS)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="vertical" creationComplete="dotest();"> <mx:XMLListCollection id="tree_collection"> <mx:XMLList xmlns=""> <a> <b/> </a> </mx:XMLList> </mx:XMLListCollection> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ public function dotest(): void { var data:XML = tree_collection[ 0 ]; data.setChildren( new XMLList() ); } ]]> </mx:Script> </mx:Application>