Vectors.<T> Broken by Format Code

[DavidDragon]

Whenever I want to use a Vector.<T> I can't because if I use the "Format Code" button it breaks it! It will change:

var myVector: Vector.<T> = new Vector.<T>();

into

var myVector: Vector. < T > = new Vector. < T > ();

and when I compile it, it results in "Error 1084: Syntax Error: expecting identifier before lessthan" and "Error 1086: Syntax Error: expecting semicolon before greaterthan" (removing the space after "." fixes these errors)

I CANNOT find an answer to this problem, surely I am not the only one who has experienced this??? I've been able to deal with this by just using Arrays all the time but now I am required to use a Vector and now every time I format my code to clean it up I can to correct this! I desperately need a fix for this problem!

[kglad]

with auto-format errors, i copy the chunk of code i want to autoformat to another document, auto-format and then copy/paste back to the original.

[DavidDragon]

Thats not really a viable solution for a file with thousands of lines of code that is still under development. For now I just put it in a separate class and call a static method to get the vector, but thats only a partial solution as well. Is this a known issue for the format code feature?

[kglad]

yes.

[DavidDragon]

Are there any plans to fix this error with the code formatter?

[kglad]

that, i do not know.

[mrrealtime]

function grabVector(type, length) {

     //unfortunately as3 autoformat wrecks code.

     //Use this for when you need a vector and love pressing autoformat

     //in the flash IDE like me. Its not elegant, but hey, it works.

     var className = getQualifiedClassName(type);

     var vectorClass: Class = Class(getDefinitionByName("Vector.<" + className + ">"));

     var retVar = new vectorClass(length);

     return retVar;

}

var myVectorLength:uint=20;

var myVector = grabVector(Number, myVectorLength);

Note "Number" isnt a string, its the actual type typed out.

Thanks to "godfather" at stackoverflow.