Re: Actionscript 4 compatibility

2012-05-22 Thread Ariel Jakobovits
> If you want to discuss certain compiler hooks that take "non-standard" > ActionScript and turn it into standard ActionScript; that is probably > on-topic. Which is how you could have chosen to look at it, because that's what I did, seeing as how a little innovation couldn't hurt, eh? On Ma

Re: Actionscript 4 compatibility

2012-05-22 Thread Jonathan Campos
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Jeffry Houser wrote: > [Sorry Jonathon; but I Thought this was a relevant Apache Flex question] > > How do you get a new version of ActionScript without it being official > from Adobe? > > If you want to discuss certain compiler hooks that take "non-standard" >

Re: Actionscript 4 compatibility

2012-05-22 Thread Jeffry Houser
On 5/22/2012 1:15 PM, Ariel Jakobovits wrote: Why can't a new compiler for apache flex support a new version of as4 even if it is not official with adobe?? We have already talked about moving to haxe. [Sorry Jonathon; but I Thought this was a relevant Apache Flex question] How do you get a n

Re: Actionscript 4 compatibility

2012-05-22 Thread Ariel Jakobovits
Why can't a new compiler for apache flex support a new version of as4 even if it is not official with adobe?? We have already talked about moving to haxe. Ariel Jakobovits ajako...@adobe.com 650-350-0282 On May 22, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Jonathan Campos wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:47 AM,

Re: Actionscript 4 compatibility

2012-05-22 Thread Jonathan Campos
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:47 AM, FRANKLIN GARZON wrote: > Well, with the actual news about that Flash is starting to have some > problems to support new browsers I think some companies not want to migrate > to action script 4 (is a loss time), however if Air continue grown and > specially enter i

Re: Actionscript 4 compatibility

2012-05-22 Thread Jeffry Houser
On 5/22/2012 12:47 PM, FRANKLIN GARZON wrote: Well, with the actual news about that Flash is starting to have some problems to support new browsers Do you have a source for that claim? Are there new browsers that Flash Player is not supporting? I think some companies not want to migrate

RE: Actionscript 4 compatibility

2012-05-22 Thread FRANKLIN GARZON
code Adobe can compile for HTML5 with full compatibility. Franklin Garzón > Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 10:31:55 -0400 > From: jef...@dot-com-it.com > To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org > CC: yanlile...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Actionscript 4 compatibility > > > Do you

Re: Actionscript 4 compatibility

2012-05-22 Thread Jeffry Houser
Do you realize that the Apache Flex team has no control, or input, into the creation, or evolution, of the ActionScript language? We may be able to perform some "magic" using compiler hooks to rewrite our code, but we won't be able to change the underlying language. Unless you want to ta

RE: Actionscript 4 compatibility

2012-05-22 Thread David Coleman
+1 for multiple inheritance. +1 for java/C++ bridge. I would love to be able to import a jar or an .so or a .lib into a project and instantiate the classes inside it... (ie: pdf generators, xml parsers, all kinds of useful stuff that already exists and could make AS apps truly shine!) > Date: