[Laszlo-dev] script compiler bug for swf9

[Donald Anderson]

Okay - I just opened a LPP-5425 to track this and subsequent compiler  
issues during development
(the old JIRA I had for this purpose was getting very long).

I'll work on this now.

On Feb 12, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Henry Minsky wrote:

> The compiler is compiling this code with local vars in the handler
> method incorrectly:
>
> <canvas width="1000" height="600">
>    <handler name="oninit">
>        var i = 1000;
>        var starttime = getTimer();
>        while (i > 0) {
>            i--;
>            new lz.view(canvas, {x: i, y: i});
>        }
>
>        new lz.text(canvas,{x:0, y:20, text: 'elapsed time:  
> '+getTimer()});
>        var ctime = getTimer() - starttime;
>        new lz.text(canvas,{x:0, y:30, text: ('initialize new views
> time: '+ctime )} );
>    </handler>
> </canvas>
>
>
>
>
> Each var is ending up as a global, i.e.,
>
> package {
> public var ctime = getTimer() - starttime;}
>
>
> package {
> public var i = 1000;}
>
>
> and then the main app LzApplication.as  looks like
>
> package {
>
> import flash.display.*;
> import flash.events.*;
> import flash.utils.*;
> import flash.text.*;
> import flash.system.*;
> import flash.net.*;
> import flash.ui.*;
> import flash.text.Font;
> public class LzApplication extends LFCApplication {
> public function LzApplication() {
> canvas = new LzCanvas({$delegates: ["oninit",
> "$lzc$handle_oninit$$max$2Elzx_2_28_$m1", null],
> $lzc$handle_oninit$$max$2Elzx_2_28_$m1:
> /* -*- file: max.lzx#3.1 -*- */
> function  () {
> with (this) {
> while (i > 0) {
> i--;
> new (lz.view)(canvas, {x: i, y: i})
> };
> new (lz.text)(canvas, {x: 0, y: 20, text: "elapsed time: " +  
> getTimer()});
> new (lz.text)(canvas, {x: 0, y: 30, text: "initialize new views time:
> " + ctime})
> }}, __LZproxied: "true", bgcolor: 16777215, embedfonts: true,
> fontname: "Verdana,Vera,sans-serif", fontsize: 11, fontstyle: "plain",
> height: 600, lpsbuild: "8002 /Users/hqm/openlaszlo/devildog",
> lpsbuilddate: "2008-02-12T05:11:59-0500", lpsrelease: "RingDing",
> lpsversion: "4.1", runtime: "swf9", width: 1000});
> addChild(canvas.sprite);
> canvas.initDone();
> }
> }
> }
>
>
> -- 
> Henry Minsky
> Software Architect
> hminsky at laszlosystems.com


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