Why would an XMLListCollection get corrupted by addItamAt function in Flash Builder 4.6 -

Why would an XMLListCollection get corrupted by addItamAt function in Flash Builder 4.6 -

the xmllistcollection in question called studentsall , looks after beingness created...

<details> <name>baughman, john d (@hawaii.rr.com @ pearl city h. s.)</name> <id>2693</id> <emailpw>johnbdh@hawaii.rr.com</emailpw> <pw/> </details> <details> <name>benoit, sandra (@gmail.com @ pearl city h. s.)</name> <id>2694</id> <emailpw>sandra@gmail.com</emailpw> <pw/> </details>

i runniing...

studentslist = new xmllistcollection; studentsids = new xmllistcollection; (var _index:int=0; _index < studentsall.length; _index++) { studentslist.additemat(studentsall[_index].name, studentslist.length); studentsids.additemat(studentsall[_index].id, studentsids.length); }

wehn finishes xmllistcollection studentsall looks this...

<details> <name>baughman, john d (@hawaii.rr.com @ pearl city h. s.)</name> <name>benoit, sandra (@gmail.com @ pearl city h. s.)</name> <id>2693</id> <id>2694</id> <emailpw>johnbdh@hawaii.rr.com</emailpw> <pw/> </details> <details> <name>benoit, sandra (@gmail.com @ pearl city h. s.)</name> <id>2694</id> <emailpw>sandra@gmail.com</emailpw> <pw/> </details>

notice how tags in sec index have been duplicated in first.

is bug?

thanks,

john

imho caused sdk bug: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/flex-33913

a pretty nasty bug; personally, don't trust xmllistcollection @ all.

workarounds: utilize xmllist, array or arraycollection instead of xmllistcollection or run for loop on cloned collection - utilize .copy()

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