Ok. So one of the all-time most confusing things when coding in actionscript (1 or 2) is the way references are handled. Some people are a little unclear on them, some people are misinformed on them, and many don’t even know they exist. This article sets itself the ambitious task of trying to explain and clarify when flash uses references.
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After working with Guy Watson recently, I’ve finally been convinced of the awesome reputation-enhancing powers of having one’s own actionscript blog. So this is mine. I’ll be posting up some tutorials and articles over the coming weeks, which will hopefully be of use to some people. My main thing is doing games in flash, although I’ve recently been working on some AS2 application development recently, which has been pretty fascinating.