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Copying objects bytearray vs for in loop

as3, bytearray, copy, for in loop, object

Mar 01jloacode, thoughts2 Comments

I was curious, which of those would be quicker in the “copying objects” battle — bytearray / for in loop.
Foreseeing your possible thoughts, “yes” i do realize that those methods actually differ (bytearray copies the entire object, uses describeType etc), but still curiosity takes over
And, frankly, i was surprized with the results. See it for yourself.

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duplicateMovieClip() is back to as3

as3, copy, duplicateMovieClip, loader

Feb 20jloacode5 Comments

I noticed that lots of people (as3-developers) ask on forums/blogs
How do i create a copy of a MovieClip after loading it?.
And they usually get an answer like
In as3 you can only instanciate, no copy method available

So, to demolish those myths, i’ve decided to create a small util class for duplicating Loaders through binary raw data.

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