[Laszlo-dev] delegates *must* have an argument?

[Sarah Allen]

if that is the case I usually write:  args="unused"

On Mar 19, 2009, at 12:07 PM, Antun Karlovac wrote:

> Yeah, you have to have one argument now for methods that get called  
> by delegates. It's annoying. Happened in 4.1 (http://www.antunkarlovac.com/blog/2008/07/02/migrating-lzx-code-to-openlaszlo-41/ 
>  ).
>
> I wonder if the arguments should be documented if they're only there  
> for the purpose of avoiding the compiler warning? (e.g. when you  
> write args="arg").
>
> -Antun
>
> Sarah Allen wrote:
>> So, I've got this code...
>>    <method name="_activateTimeDel">
>>        //Debug.write("mediastream._activeTimeDel()", this);
>>        if (!this._timedel) {
>>            this._timedel = new LzDelegate(this, "_updateTime");
>>        }
>>        this._timedel.unregisterAll();
>>        this._timedel.register(lz.Idle, "onidle");
>>    </method>
>> I had noticed that _updateTime had an unused (and undocumented)  
>> argument 'v' which I removed to make the code cleaner and clearer.   
>> However, in the swf9 runtime, I learn that delegates *must* be  
>> declared with an argument:
>> WARNING: Invalid delegate: mediastream name: ms._updateTime =>  
>> Function (must accept one argument)
>> So, I go look up in the reference to see what the argument is and  
>> find no mention of it.  Is this a doc omission?
>> just curious... for now, I'll just put back the mysterious 'v'
>> Sarah