[FLEX-27140] SDK-4.5.0.19786 - size of the compiled css is too big.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Component/s: MXML Compiler
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Browser: Internet Explorer 8.x; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 23/Mar/11 04:12
• Updated: 01/Apr/11 17:21
• Resolved: 23/Mar/11 08:38

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Save the following code to smallFont.css:
@namespace s "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark";
@namespace mx "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx";

global
{
font-size: 6;
}

2. Compile the smallFont.css file with mlxl compiler: mxmlc.exe smallFont.css

Actual Results:
Size of the compiled smallFont.swf file is 141269 bytes.

Expected Results:
Size of the compiled smallFont.swf file should be around 28472 bytes which is the size when it's compiled with flex_sdk_4.1.0.16076 SDK.

Workaround (if any):