ActionScript 3.0 :: Child-parent Relationship \ Adding Them All As Children Of The Stage And Creating A Parent-child Hierarchy Between Them?

Jun 6, 2011

i am slightly confused about the parent and child relationship. lets assume we have several different instances, what would be difference of adding them all as children of the stage and creating a parent-child hierarchy between them(other than the access path).

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