Re: [Gnash-dev] About Buttons

[Sandro Santilli]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 01:29:36PM +0200, Udo Giacomozzi wrote:
> Hello Sandro,
> 
> Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 1:20:31 PM, you wrote:
> SS> Great. IIRC the whole ::restart() thing was kept on your request
> SS> aiming at reducing overhead of constructing/destructing instances.
> 
> I think we discussed a while about this but can't remember the
> details.
> Anyway, wouldn't "unregistering" the characters solve the problem?

Possibly, but also need to check if any onUnload method should be
triggered when an active character becomes non-active, and whether
it's depth is shifted like it happens for normal characters on
DisplayList in that case (check getDepth).

> SS> This finding requires a fair amount changes. Testing becomes even
> SS> more important now. I know you're pretty resistent to test requests eh ?
> SS> :)
> 
> Well, look, I have a few assigned bug items open that I want to fix
> and don't find the time for it.
> 
> But hey, btntest2.swf is already a good starting point, you just need
> a movie runner ;)

I tought you requested not to distribute that test, if it's
ok for you now could you add to testsuite/samples ?

--strk;