It’s really a drag to constantly put in @flexjsignorecoercion every time I’m using “as” to make the compiler happy. 99% of the time I’m not interested in Language.as being added to the code.
Here’s a thought: Can we add a new operator for non-essential casts? Something like this: var foo:Thing = item as Thing would cross-compiler to var foo = Language.as(item,Thing) but var foo:Thing = item asa Thing would just compile as “var foo = thing;” (and on the SWF side, “asa” would become a regular “as”). Thoughts? Harbs
