Comments on: Silent error using Return statment in ActionScript http://www.yapiodesign.com/blog/2007/08/11/silent-error-using-return-statment-in-actionscript/ Development tidbits, struggles, revelations, and still some Flash Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:04:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: John O http://www.yapiodesign.com/blog/2007/08/11/silent-error-using-return-statment-in-actionscript/comment-page-1/#comment-531 John O Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:45:24 +0000 http://www.yapiodesign.com/blog/2007/08/11/silent-error-using-return-statment-in-actionscript/#comment-531 Thanks Jesse. That makes complete sense. Thanks Jesse. That makes complete sense.

]]> By: JesterXL http://www.yapiodesign.com/blog/2007/08/11/silent-error-using-return-statment-in-actionscript/comment-page-1/#comment-530 JesterXL Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:59:50 +0000 http://www.yapiodesign.com/blog/2007/08/11/silent-error-using-return-statment-in-actionscript/#comment-530 There is no "code on the timeline" in Flash when you compile as AS3 anymore. What happens in a nutshell is that it's all wrapped in code generated AS3 classes. Some code is wrapped into functions that have a return type of void. Imagine if you put code on frame 1, and then the compiler wrapped that code in a function, and then did an addFrameScript(1, gennedFunction). There is no “code on the timeline” in Flash when you compile as AS3 anymore. What happens in a nutshell is that it’s all wrapped in code generated AS3 classes. Some code is wrapped into functions that have a return type of void.

Imagine if you put code on frame 1, and then the compiler wrapped that code in a function, and then did an addFrameScript(1, gennedFunction).

]]> By: John O http://www.yapiodesign.com/blog/2007/08/11/silent-error-using-return-statment-in-actionscript/comment-page-1/#comment-529 John O Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:16:09 +0000 http://www.yapiodesign.com/blog/2007/08/11/silent-error-using-return-statment-in-actionscript/#comment-529 Yeah, but this return wasn't in a function. It was "out in the wild" just sitting there on the timeline. I'm sure there wouldn't be a way to do this in a Class file, but if this can happen on the main timeline and not throw an error in AS2 or AS3, then its a bit odd. And in the case of my buddy, it was causing errors without throwing an error. I would still like to know where Flash was trying to return to, since the return wasn't called by any function. Yeah, but this return wasn’t in a function. It was “out in the wild” just sitting there on the timeline. I’m sure there wouldn’t be a way to do this in a Class file, but if this can happen on the main timeline and not throw an error in AS2 or AS3, then its a bit odd. And in the case of my buddy, it was causing errors without throwing an error. I would still like to know where Flash was trying to return to, since the return wasn’t called by any function.

]]> By: JesterXL http://www.yapiodesign.com/blog/2007/08/11/silent-error-using-return-statment-in-actionscript/comment-page-1/#comment-528 JesterXL Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:41:49 +0000 http://www.yapiodesign.com/blog/2007/08/11/silent-error-using-return-statment-in-actionscript/#comment-528 In AS3, if the return type is void, that is valid. If it is not void, you'll get an error in AS3. If you are using this in the timeline in Flash CS3 in AS3, no idea. In AS2, the compiler isn't that smart. In AS3, if the return type is void, that is valid. If it is not void, you’ll get an error in AS3. If you are using this in the timeline in Flash CS3 in AS3, no idea. In AS2, the compiler isn’t that smart.

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