[as3] Duplicating External Assets / Loader

Yes I know this topic has been discussed before, and I know that Senocular has a class that does it.

But the question is…

  1. Why did Adobe remove duplicateMovieClip();?
  2. Did they intend to have any similar function? Or did they totally forget about external assets?
  3. Is there a “Adobe reccomended” code that will do the same thing? (Not that I’ve got anything against Senocular :bow : but it’ll be nice to know if there’s a “certified” way of doing it.