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Making describeTypeJSON 50x Faster than describeType

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The hidden describeTypeJSON function is faster than the XML-based describeType function by default, but we can make it even faster. Today’s article describe just how this is done and achieves a nearly 10x speedup!

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Custom AS3 Annotations

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You’ve probably seen built-in metadata tags like [SWF] and [Embed], but have you ever wondered how you could add your very own, custom tags? Today’s article shows you how to add custom annotations to your AS3 classes and methods. Mark old methods of your library with [Deprecated], file format classes with [Version], or anything else you’d like. Today’s article shows you how.

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