4.4.3 Dynamic

Methods can be denoted with the dynamic keyword to make them (re-)bindable:

class Main {
  static dynamic function test() {
    return "original";
  }

  static public function main() {
    trace(test()); // original
    test = function() {
      return "new";
    }
    trace(test()); // new
  }
}

The first call to test() invokes the original function which returns the String "original". In the next line, test is assigned a new function. This is precisely what dynamic allows: Function fields can be assigned a new function. As a result, the next invocation of test() returns the String "new".

Dynamic fields cannot be inline for obvious reasons: While inlining is done at compile-time, dynamic functions necessarily have to be resolved at runtime.

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