There is another difference. You can assign a * variable to anything else while an Object variable needs to be casted.
var x : *; var y : Object; var string : String; var uicomp : UIComponent; var bool : Boolean; var num : Number; var arr : Array; var i : int; var obj : Object; string = x; string = y; //error num = x; num = y; //error i = x; i = y; //error bool = x; bool = y; //huh, no error? implicit conversion? arr = x; arr = y; //error uicomp = x; uicomp = y; //error Cheers Ralf. On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > '*' can hold the value undefined. Object cannot, it can only hold null. > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of luvfotography > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 9:05 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] What is '*' in class type? > > > > Hi, I saw this in someone's code: > > public function parseResult( result:*):Array { > > if( result is XML || result is XMLList ) { > . . . . > ... > > what is the '*' , is this the same as (result:object) ? > where result can be any type of object? > >
