Haxe: Return value of field - function

Question

For some reason, I can't modify the value of a field in Haxe. Of course, this doesn't seem to be affecting all of my fields, just this one. Here's (what I'm pretty sure is) the applicable code. First, in the parent class:
class TopMenu extends Sprite
{
public function new()
{
super();
init();
}
private function init()
{
var tempField:BitmappedTextField = new BitmappedTextField( "File", 100, false );
trace( tempField.textWidth );
}
}
Then, in the child class:
class BitmappedTextField extends Sprite
{
private var _fieldText:String;
private var _fieldWidth:Int;
private var _addToStage:Bool;
public var textWidth:Int;
public function new( thisText:String, thisWidth:Int = 100, adTStg:Bool = true )
{
super();
_fieldText = thisText;
_fieldWidth = thisWidth;
_addToStage = adTStg;
textWidth = 55;
init();
}
public function init()
{
textWidth = 777;
}
}
I would expect the trace statement to return 777, but instead it will always return 55. In fact, no matter what I do, I can't seem to modify a field outside of the constructor class and then retrieve that value via the parent class. There's something horribly simple I must be missing, but I just can't figure it out. Maybe it has to do with the way Haxe uses getters and setters? Any help is appreciated, thank you.

Answer 1

I cant reproduce your problem however and you are missing a ; and a super call.
Try this code.
package;
import nme.display.Sprite;
import nme.display.MovieClip;
class HelloWorld extends MovieClip
{
public function new( )
{
super();
var tempField:BitmappedTextField = new BitmappedTextField();
trace( tempField.textWidth );
}
}
class BitmappedTextField extends Sprite
{
public var textWidth:Int;
public function new( )
{
super();
textWidth = 55;
init( );
}
public function init( )
{
textWidth = 777;
}
}