Comments on: Int, uint and number data type conversion

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:46:07 +0000

Hey Matthew, have you seen this article? You guys came up with different conclusions. Can you confirm these numbers (no pun intended)?

http://kuwamoto.org/2006/06/15/avoid-ints-in-actionscript/

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Flash and the art of optimization « whitenoise — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:34:44 +0000

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By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:08:04 +0000

Niels you are right, I meant unsigned integers.

By: Niels

Niels — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:06:08 +0000

Hi, I just discovered your weblog, and it is very interesting.

In your last paragraph, you advise only to use signed integers for ARGB colour values — but don’t you mean unsigned integers?

Thanks for you interesting posts anyway!

By: Tenegri’s blog » Blog Archive » Are there real int and uint types?

Sat, 03 May 2008 15:20:16 +0000

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