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December 14, 2005
[Flash] Erroneous Flash 8 AS Error when Accessing Static Members
When accessing static members inside of a class I always reference it using the class name to visually identify the variable as a static member (e.g Foo.bar).
This is a naming convention that I have been using for years and the only naming convention for static members that I really like. However, I came across a unique use case where check syntax (ctrl-t on windows) throws a "static members can only be accessed directly through classes." error in Flash 8:
class Foo
{
private static var bar = "bar";
public function getBar()
{
trace(Foo.bar) //error
}
}
After some digging, the problem was that I didn’t define a constructor function (which I shouldn’t have to):
class Foo
{
private static var bar = "bar";
public function Foo(){}
public function getBar()
{
trace(Foo.bar) //works
}
}
Because an error isn’t thrown at compile time and because this issue isn’t present in Flash 7 I am lead to believe that this wasn’t an intentional feature.
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-erik
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Posted by erikbianchi at December 14, 2005 06:25 PM