code hinting...???

[aeson]

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    
    public class Rect extends Sprite {
        private var rect:Sprite;
        
        public function Rect(x:Number, y:Number):void {
            rect = new Sprite();
            
        }
}
}

I have a custom class and inside its constructor, I need "x" and "y" arguments passed on. Now when I call the class and create and instance of it, flash should pop up "the code hinting"...(but it doesn't), or am I missing something???

Thanks in advance to anyone who is willing to lend a hand.

[5TonsOfFlax]

You're not doing anything with the x and y parameters you're passing in to the constructor. If you want to set the Rect's position with those, you'll need to do something like this:

public function Rect(x:Number, y:Number):void {
            rect = new Sprite();
            rect.x = x;
            rect.y = y;
}

But why do you have a rect Sprite property when you're making a Rect class? You should probably have something like this instead:

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    
    public class Rect extends Sprite {
        
        public function Rect(x:Number, y:Number):void {
            this.x = x;
            this.y = y;
        }
  }
}

But you're still not doing anything particularly Rectangle like with that.

As for code hinting, that depends on your editor, not the language. I strongly suggest you use some other editor for coding, as flash's action pane is just about the worst code editor ever.