Extending a class with an optional param in constructor creates errors

[peteshand]

package test 
{
    public class SuperTestBase 
    {
        public function SuperTestBase(v:Boolean=false) 
        {

        }
    }
}

package test 
{
    public class SuperTest extends SuperTestBase
    {
        public function SuperTest() 
        {
            super();
        }
    }
}

The above actionscript creates the following SuperTest javascript:

if (typeof test == "undefined")
    var test = {};

test.SuperTest = function() {
    test.SuperTestBase.call(thisfalse);
};

$inherit(test.SuperTest, test.SuperTestBase);

test.SuperTest.className = "test.SuperTest";

test.SuperTest.getRuntimeDependencies = function(t) {
    var p;
    return [];
};

test.SuperTest.getStaticDependencies = function(t) {
    var p;
    return [];
};

test.SuperTest.injectionPoints = function(t) {
    var p;
    switch (t) {
        case 1:
            p = test.SuperTestBase.injectionPoints(t);
            break;
        case 2:
            p = test.SuperTestBase.injectionPoints(t);
            break;
        case 3:
            p = test.SuperTestBase.injectionPoints(t);
            break;
        default:
            p = [];
            break;
    }
    return p;
};

Line 5 should read:

test.SuperTestBase.call();

or at very least:

test.SuperTestBase.call(false);

however it currently compiles to

test.SuperTestBase.call(thisfalse);

work around is to manually set the Boolean in AS when calling super.

        public function SuperTest()
        {
            super(false);
        }

However this particular configuration appears to be creating other issues as well. For example if you create a new empty vector

package test
{
    public class SuperTest extends SuperTestBase
    {
        public var _vec:Vector.<Object> = new Vector.<Object>();

        public function SuperTest()
        {
            super(false);
        }
    }
}

you get the following VectorTest javascript

if (typeof test == "undefined")
    var test = {};

test.SuperTest = function() {
    this._vec = [false];
    test.SuperTestBase.call(this, false);
};

$inherit(test.SuperTest, test.SuperTestBase);

test.SuperTest.className = "test.SuperTest";

test.SuperTest.getRuntimeDependencies = function(t) {
    var p;
    return [];
};

test.SuperTest.getStaticDependencies = function(t) {
    var p;
    return [];
};

test.SuperTest.injectionPoints = function(t) {
    var p;
    switch (t) {
        case 1:
            p = test.SuperTestBase.injectionPoints(t);
            break;
        case 2:
            p = test.SuperTestBase.injectionPoints(t);
            break;
        case 3:
            p = test.SuperTestBase.injectionPoints(t);
            break;
        default:
            p = [];
            break;
    }
    return p;
};

On line 5 you would expect to get

this._vec = [];

however it current compiles to

this._vec = [false];

if you change the Boolean in the base class to have no default value

public function SuperTestBase(v:Boolean)
{

}

then the vector initialises correctly

workaround: don't use default param values in constructor... which isn't really much of a workaround seeing as how common it is to use default param values in the constructor :/