Comments on: The parentheses operator http://www.bigroom.co.uk/blog/the-parentheses-operator/ Actionscript developer, consultant and troubleshooter Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:23:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: hitdabrake http://www.bigroom.co.uk/blog/the-parentheses-operator/#comment-28178 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:51:58 +0000 http://www.bigroom.co.uk/blog/the-parentheses-operator/#comment-28178 Excellent explanation. Just what I needed to understand. Thanks! Excellent explanation. Just what I needed to understand. Thanks!

]]> by: pelachrum http://www.bigroom.co.uk/blog/the-parentheses-operator/#comment-27457 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:27:42 +0000 http://www.bigroom.co.uk/blog/the-parentheses-operator/#comment-27457 That explains things all right, thanks Here's my issue... what if I want to create a reference to a function but not call it right away (much like in your eventListener example) BUT I need to define arguments to pass at the time of defining the function addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler(someArg) ); that calls the function right away, meanwhile I need it to wait for an event and THEN use the argument That explains things all right, thanks

Here’s my issue… what if I want to create a reference to a function but not call it right away (much like in your eventListener example) BUT I need to define arguments to pass at the time of defining the function

addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler(someArg) );

that calls the function right away, meanwhile I need it to wait for an event and THEN use the argument

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