Update Action Script 4.

several months(i think time past fast) ago i gave some outlook regarding AS4 and the new change coming on the new AS4 from Adobe conference i was on the place i work.

Well yesterday we got some more news, look like Adobe officials plan is that there will not be a move to AS4 with Flash Player 11 but instead there will be more extending in the preference of AS3 in the next flash version .

So for the next 24 month`s no AS4 coming.

I thing it’s good news ……

its actually a good move to not developing AS4 yet since AS3 is still scary to many flashers currently

I agree last time the news was expecting the coming of AS4 around January 2010 .

So i think until 2011-2 only AS3 .

AS4 will only ever (hopefully) be upgrades and additions to AS3 , theres no need for a new language…

AS4 will only ever (hopefully) be upgrades and additions to AS3 , theres no need for a new language…

AS4 will only ever (hopefully) be upgrades and additions to AS3 , theres no need for a new language…

Only upgrades and additions to AS3 , yes that’s all i gave some info what will be on AS4 but you are younger then me you have the energy to look for the post if you want (:

lol nah i’m alrite

AS3 is still so new and offers a lot of unexplored possibilities. I believe there is no need for AS4 any time soon. Developers should consider making the move now.

AS3 truly has a lot of improvements compared to AS2 , especially the way it handles XML files. Its much faster and easier to work with XML now.

It’s worth a try for sure. Crap some video tutorials off the net, the Lynda ones are fantastic.

AS4 will only be modifications to AS3 . The main difference will most likely be things such as when AS3 was created typed Arrays didn’t exist. So arrays for things like filters are untyped arrays, even though now there are things like vectors which are similar to typed arrays which are much faster. So as long as any language update is still AS3 , for compatibility it has to have the filters array be untyped. Making a new language, like AS4 , means changes like making the filters array a typed array can be done, meaning speed increases. This is similar to the changes from AS1 to AS2 , and 99% of their code is compatible. I’m sure that the AS3 to AS4 switch will be along the same lines, and most of the changes will be like the one I outlined above, just minor edits that bring more speed, but can’t be done still saving backwards compatibility completely.

So arrays for things like filters are untyped arrays, even though now there are things like vectors which are similar to typed arrays which are much faster.

Assuming that you are referring to vectors in the C++ std lib, in fact arrays can be faster in some situations. Vectors are auto-resizing arrays, which expand or reduce their allocation size in memory on an as needed basis… pretty much AFAIK as the current ActionScript representation of an Array. Arrays in C / C++ are fixed in size when allocated. The premise is that the reallocation overhead of vectors and the possibility of non-contiguous memory allocation can lead to slower access and iteration.

I hope, Adobe will finish AS4 until 2012 (until DoomsYear ahaha)