Hi,
While debugging why some code in the MX/Spark for FlexJS wasn't working, I
saw something like this:
private function isVertical():Boolean
{
...
}
Public function measure():void
{
var isVertical:Boolean = isVertical();
}
MXMLC seems to be ok with this. For Falcon, the resolver finds the local
variable (which I think it should) and generates a call to that local
variable which isn't even of type Function, and an exception is thrown at
runtime. No compiler error is reported.
MXMLC not only doesn't generate an error, it seems to generate a function
call to isVertical() by getting the instance "isVertical". IOW, MXMLC
seems to think the above code is equivalent to:
public function measure():void
{
var isVertical:Boolean = this.isVertical();
}
It seems to me that Falcon is correct. AIUI, local variables should mask
instance variables and require you to use "this." to access the instance
version.
So the questions are:
-Should Falcon add logic to resolve "isVertical" to the instance function
in order to be backward-compatible with MXMLC?
-Should Falcon generate an error if there is an attempt to make a function
call on a variable that isn't of type Function, Object or *?
-Should I fix the code in the SDK to add "this." to isVertical()?
-is there supposed to be an exception in resolving for Function calls?
Thanks,
-Alex
