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Created January 20, 2011 22:16
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Weird bug with E4X syntax
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e4xbug.as
var xml:XML = <root><child name="one"/></root>;
var name:String = "one";
var matches:XMLList = xml.child.(@name == name);
trace(matches.length()); // 0
var nameValue:String = name;
matches = xml.child.(@name == nameValue);
trace(matches.length()); // 1
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