ActionScript 3.0 :: DisplayObjectContainer Handling Children With Same Name
Jan 27, 2009
Code:
import flash.display.Sprite;
var sp1:Sprite = new Sprite( );
var sp2_1:Sprite = new Sprite( );
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I'd assume from this that there is no correcting done for children with the same name being added to the same parent. I ask this question because I'm creating a structure that needs to mimic the display list and I'd like to keep behavior consistent.
Another question: I'd assume internally the children are saved in something similar to a Dictionary object, does anyone know if this is true? And then getChildByName simply does a foreach loop and returns the first match on a name?
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