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[web] flash: enabling better checking

Started by zedz Feb 15, 2007 at 4:15 PM 2 replies 650+ views

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Feb 15, 2007 at 4:15 PM

ive just started with flash since yesterday pretty easy (already finished a game :) ) but a lot of the stuff seems dumbed down, eg i can write the following bool data = false; data = tre; // whoops typo, yet it doesnt get picked up is there somehow i can enable the interpreter to pick this up? i know from experience that whilst having the interpertor/compiler being not to fussy makes it easier for beginners to get somethin up + running, ultimately its a terrible method cause it lets bugs slip unnoticed into your code, which can cause hard to dinf problems later on.

markr

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markr

Feb 16, 2007 at 3:45 AM

As far as I'm aware, Actionscript (which is similar to &#106avascript) is a dynamically scoped language so it's generally impossible for the compiler to know, at any given point in the program, what variables are in or out of scope, or what properties do or don't exist on a given object.<br/><br/>Maybe you can run your code through a &#106avascript lint-type program though which may pick up really stupid stuff.<br><br>Mark

fnm

Feb 16, 2007 at 5:27 AM

you can use mtasc (www.mtasc.org), with the -strict mode enabled.

zedz

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zedz

Feb 16, 2007 at 10:52 PM

excellant thanks for that, i didnt know such a thing existed, seems to be exactly what im looking for, from reading thier 'properganda' it seems lots better

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MTASC try to correct several safety problems that occurs when using Macromedia Compiler (MMC). It is a more strict compiler that can detect more errors and help you write better programs.

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