Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 27EFD9A85 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2012 16:23:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 92451 invoked by uid 500); 7 Mar 2012 16:23:13 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 92413 invoked by uid 500); 7 Mar 2012 16:23:13 -0000 Mailing-List: contact flex-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 92403 invoked by uid 99); 7 Mar 2012 16:23:13 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:23:13 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [66.167.159.180] (HELO mail.digitalprimates.net) (66.167.159.180) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:23:07 +0000 Received: from DPSBS1.digitalprimates.local ([fe80::5823:d1b4:86c2:3ad0]) by DPSBS1.digitalprimates.local ([fe80::5823:d1b4:86c2:3ad0%22]) with mapi id 14.01.0289.001; Wed, 7 Mar 2012 10:22:46 -0600 From: "Michael A. Labriola" To: "flex-dev@incubator.apache.org" Subject: RE: API for reflection Thread-Topic: API for reflection Thread-Index: AQHM/H5CuDrvM6jysEmYRtFM4rIhUZZfA7OA Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 16:22:45 +0000 Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [192.168.254.54] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org >Today, the as3-commons-reflect [1] is widely used, but I believe the best = option would be to add this feature natively. I disagree. That project has many uses and a lifetime far outside of the Fl= ex framework. That would mean everyone interested in those APIs would need = to use the Flex SDK (if it moved here) or there would be two copies of code= that need to be kept in sync (a man with two watches never knows what time= it is) Mike