I would recommend you to use the getQualifiedClassName method, it is a bit less expensive than the describeType method.
Greetz Erik On 5/16/08, Paul Whitelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alrighty then, I filed a bug report since the following outputs "int": > > var uintVar:uint = 5; trace(describeType(uintVar)[EMAIL PROTECTED]()); > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Gordon > Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think there is a conceptual distinction between the runtime type of an > > AS3 value and the compile-time type of a var or parameter that holds > > such a value. > > > > > > > > The 'is' operator works on values. A value like 5 'is' both an int, a > > uint, and a Number because it is a legal value in the set of possible > > values for each of these types. > > > > > > > > But I would expect a var declared as > > > > > > > > var u:uint; > > > > > > > > to report itself via describeType() as a uint, just like int and Number > > do. It seems like a bug that it doesn't. > > > > > > > > Gordon Smith > > > > Adobe Flex SDK Team > > > > > > >
