aloha, there are some other issues associated to using static members that you should take into account. Personally, I only use static members for constants.
take a look at this short description http://www.simonwacker.com/blog/archives/cat_flash.php#method_scope_per_class best, aldo On 10/24/05, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. > > ________________________________ > > > -- ::::: Aldo Bucchi ::::: mobile (56) 8 429 8300 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- 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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
