Well, I didn't say it but what you wrote is exactly what I would have
said if I didn't already have my rant points for this week used up.
I wrote the previous to show I can be diplomatic. ;-)
If you search the 100's of rants from me in the archives, I have
always been saying burn baby burn.
Sometimes the phoenix needs to rise from the ashes, there is no ashes
yet to rise form.
Mike
Quoting Omar Gonzalez <omarg.develo...@gmail.com>:
That being said, wouldn't it be advantageous to think about APIs that
could stand the test of major refactors and start migrating or add
extensions to the current code base that would give developers the option
to start moving towards the next framework?
I mean, a public API is just that, what goes on under the surface is for
the low level developers to think about and implement.
So you have Flex 5 that starts to really use this new API that maybe uses
some adapters to fit some popular components under the API while creating
more modular revisions at the same time.
I think some type of simultaneous refactor is possible giving the amount
of brains around here.
Mike
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While that may work, the differences so far described in AS4 and the new VM
sound so fundamentally different from what we have in AS3/AVM2 that I don't
actually believe this would be possible. Based on rumors not even Starling
is compatible, and the display list will pretty much be gone.
I think it would probably be a complete waste of time to do that, but of
course I may be wrong.
I think the only way forward is to start with a brand new unit test suite,
and build a new version of the Flex framework from the ground up, the right
way. Modular and unit tested, such that it can grow from a small baby to a
full grown application framework as we know it today. Trying to shoehorn
the current base so it could possibly take advantage of some features of a
new VM seems like a waste of effort.
That said, anyone here is free to do what they want really. If it turns out
well it'll likely be voted into a release. :)
-omar
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