Hello.
I have what I can only assume is a stupid question, but I can’t find a satisfactory answer.
I need to bring an AS 1.0/2.0 project up to AS 3.0 standards in a reasonable timeframe. In the original project, it was common practice to group related functions under descriptive parent objects, such as chatO.pushMessage(), chatO.displayPrompt() and so on.
However, I’m running into a problem where the very simple definition (formatted to be concise):
[INDENT]a:Object = {};
a.f1 = function() { var i:Number=1; trace(i); };
a.f2 = function() { var i:Number=2; trace(i); };
[/INDENT]generates this error upon compiling:
[INDENT]1151: A conflict exists with definition i in namespace internal.
[/INDENT]
Assigned named functions seem to work…
[INDENT]function f1() { var i:Number=0; };
function f2() { var i:Number=0; };
var b:Object = {};
b.f1 = f1;
b.f2 = f2;
[/INDENT]… generates no errors.
I know that the two types of function declaration are not equivalent. But I don’t understand why the two different functions in the first example share the same scope. Tests with our code suggest that going ahead with assigning named functions should work, but I already feel uncomfortable proceeding with a weak understanding of what was broken in the first place.
Any insight would, of course, be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
-Lowpass
