Hello,
exploring a little more in depth how Flex2 compilation work
I found in
..\Flex2alpha1\plugins\zorn.codemodel_2.0.197\resources
2 very interesting files
Global.as
and
playerglobal.as
I don't know for others but for me these 2 files are more valuable
than anyother AS3 documentation
It help a lot to read these codes and their comments (even internal
API SCRUB :))
to have a better understanding of how things are built.
My concern about those files is that I was looking for
if in ActionScript 3 we can do something like that
-------------------------------------------------
namespace StringExtension;
StringExtension extend(String) function scramble():String {...}
StringExtension extend(String) function unscramble():String {...}
use namespace(StringExtension);
var x:String = "abc".scramble();
-------------------------------------------------
as described here
http://www.mozilla.org/js/language/es4/rationale/miscellaneous.html
If we can not do that in AS3, can we at least have access to the
makeplayerglobal script
to build Global.abc and playerglobal.abc ?
or can we vote to add some methods (very needed) to the Global object ?
the rational behind that:
Either with the Java framework or the .NET framework
we have access to very usefull core class methods
indexOfAny (String, Array), String.format, equals, etc.
I think it could be usefull to system programmers to be able to
implement such core methods to Global.as and perharps playerglobal.as
it would reduce the platform shift a lot if you were used to code in
.NET/Java
And as I love to see a StringBuilder class in AS3, I would love also
to be able to use String::equals, String::copyTo, String::copy etc.
When I see in Global.as
----------------------------
/**
* @private Central API
*/
public native function endswith(endString:String):Number; // Central API
----------------------------
but I don't see any "startswith" method I really wonder how I could add
such a method
with AS1, it's easy , you juste need to define it in the prototype
with AS2, it's a little less easy, but you can still do it
you modify the intrinsic class, and you include a AS1 file which
implement the functionnality
with AS3 ? what option do we have ?
Even if I understand fully that those core objects need to be native
and not overloaded
to assure speed , I would like to have an option to add to them
the logic is simple when I look to the .Net String class
I don't care if the class is sealed/final all the options that I find
usefull
are already defined in the class
but when I look to the AS3 String class
I feel stuck because a lot of basic and usefull methods are missing
if we could augment the Global.as and playerglobal.as
AS3 programmer could implement something as Mono
but for Flex2.
zwetan
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