Re: [Gnash] Gnash missing opcodes

[Rob Savoye]

Jon-Erling Dahl wrote:

> I tried gnash today and it looks very promising. There are a few flash
> files that won't work however and I think it might be because of the
> missing opcode implementations. I checked the code and noticed that the
> following opcodes are not implemented:

  Currently Gnash isn't complete, it's merely the most advanced of the 
few free flash players that exist. Many scripts don't use these opcodes, 
which is why they've kindof dropped to the bottom of the priority list. 
There are plans to implement all of them, and most of these I don't 
believe will be hard to implement. Gnash wasn't originally created to 
play all Flash movies, it was to only be a game engine for custom Flash 
movies. Now the focus is to make a general purpose player, so 
implementing these is part of the plan.

> Do you have a roadmap of when these will be implemented?
> Roughly, how hard do you think it is to implement this?

  Gnash in it's current form is a new project less than a few weeks 
old, so I don't have a roadmap yet. I'm still getting things setup and 
kicked off. Once I get the plugin minimally working, I'd like to draw up 
a roadmap after evaluating what needs to be done. As Gnash gains more 
developers, it may be that somebody else can knock these off while I 
work on other issues.

  Your list of opcodes is very useful, and the kind of thing that helps 
us scope out what does need to be done so we can make a plan to get it 
accomplished.

        - rob -