RE: [flexcoders] Doubts about static keyword

[Matt Chotin]

An object that is declared static goes on the class object instead of on the instance object.  In general there is only one copy of the class object in memory so a variable declared there will save you some space.  So if you are talking about things like constants a static variable is a good thing to use.  A function on the other hand generally does not take so much memory that you get a lot of benefit out of it being static.  So if the function is truly a utility, fine, make it static, but don’t try to go optimizing code by changing functions on a class into statics, you won’t see much benefit.   Matt   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Pradeep Chaudhary Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 1:35 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Doubts about static keyword   Can anybody please explain me how the static keyword works in Flex. As per my understanding staic variable or a method is created in memory just once and is shared after that. If i create a static method in a Actionscript class, is it actually created just once in memory?. Is it similar to _javascript_ functions which are created on loading of the page? Does having static methods really save memory usage. Thanks in advance. Pradeep -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.