RE: [flexcoders] Re: 1.5 migration: How are you handling the loss of undefined and null states for vars?

[Gordon Smith]

I think it changed between B1 and B2, or between B2 and B3.   - Gordon   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Hoff Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 7:22 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: 1.5 migration: How are you handling the loss of undefined and null states for vars?   Thanks Gordon.  I was wondering if that had changed from an older sample I had seen.  Ahh, Special Types.  Good to know. -TH --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Objects still support undefined and null > > No; type Object can store null but not undefined. Only an untyped var (indicated by foo:*) can store undefined. > > - Gordon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Hoff > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 4:48 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: 1.5 migration: How are you handling the loss of undefined and null states for vars? > > Objects still support undefined and null. Can you think of a way to > bind objects to your boolean variables (like an associative array > hashmap)? > > -TH > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Spratt" tspratt@ > wrote: > > &! gt; > This has definitely become my biggest issue. I have been > depending on > > checking for uninitialized variables containing undefined or null, > but > > in 2.o this is no longer possible. > > > > I can see coming up with some values that are very unlikely to be > > duplicated as initial values for string and numbers, but boolean > > variables are a bigger problem. > > > > I guess will have to create a flag variable for each boolean and > set > > its value when the main variable is first modified, then check it > to > > determine the intialize status when needed. > > > > Does anyone have any clever approaches to this? > > > > Tracy > > > > > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/fle! xcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archiv! e.com/fl excoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice     -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice 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.