FLASH: Ignoring an if statement!!!!!!! (F5 action script BUG)

[Rebecca Lovelace]

I wrote a nice long email to ask about this problem, but  I found the

answer, so instead of asking the question I thought I'd share the

workaround:

------

testval = false;

trace("testval:"+testval);

if (testval == true)

// I really think this is silly

{

	trace("I like Flash, but it's driving me nuts today!");


}

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See the comment in there between the if statement and the bracket?

Theoretically, it shouldn't affect anything, the parser should just ignore

it.

It chokes the parser, and whether testval is true or false, it executes the

body of the if.

I just spend a day trying to figure this out.  Remove the comment, the code

works as expected.


I thought this might help someone out.


Rebecca


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