Cute EcmaScript

The following is a nifty trick that works in JavaScript, but you should be able to tweak it slightly to work in ActionScript as it leverages EcmaScript features.

function Train(){
	this.name = "Choo Choo";
	this.show = function(){
	    return this.name;
	};
};
var engine = new Train;
engine.name = "Orient Express";
function go(){
	alert(engine["show"].call(engine));
}

What is cool is that you can access a function just like any other property of the object. So the go function could take a parameter that would be the name of the function to call on the engine object. It's like reflection, only better.