I’m not really a compiler person, I don’t know how the compiler factors into ANEs. I do know I’ve fixed a bunch of bugs in the compiler with how it generated ActionScript byte code. You can look at the Falcon compiler code base.
-Alex On 2/26/15, 9:50 PM, "Greg Dove" <greg.d...@gmail.com> wrote: >I'm sending this dev instead of users because it's related to the >compiler. >Hopefully that makes sense. > >I'd like some feedback on whether anyone else has seen problems with >including ASC 2.0 built content (in my case ANEs) in a flex/air app >(android in my case). Or perhaps Gordon or Alex might know about the >theoretical possibility of this if it is not common experience.... > >In a nutshell: is it known whether combining a swc (/ANE) built using ASC >2.0 within a project using the flex compiler could cause some invalid >bytecode in the end result? > >Background: >I've been using flex/air to make android and iOS builds for a couple of >years now. Some of the build variants have a *lot* of extensions, so quite >familiar with them and overcoming the odd issue that crops up. > >I've recently started experiencing problems with some of the latest >releases of extensions (latest versions of Air require updated extensions >for iOS/64bit so a lot of suppliers have been busy providing updates). > >I think some of the problems might be that suppliers who previously were >building extensions with the flex compiler have switched to ASC 2.0 as >well >as AIR 16+ fast AOT packaging (which is now the only option for iOS). > >I am following up to confirm this, but at this point I suspect this might >be the reason. And perhaps it might be that they have swapped over because >I recall reading instructions somewhere that said (vaguely) 'you can't use >the old compiler any more, you need to use the new one'. I understood this >to relate to the iOS packaging approach and not flex compiler versus ASC >2.0. But perhaps some out there have not interpreted this the same >way..... > >Anyhow I think I was able to verify this issue somewhat with the >chartboost >repo: >https://github.com/ChartBoost/air > >Using the prebuilt version from the repo in a flex/air app results in an >immediate startup crash on android for me. > >If I rebuild the extension with flex/air (using latest air 17beta, but I >don't think this part is relevant) then there is no crash. > >Keen to hear thoughts and experiences here. > >TIA, >Greg
