Does use of mask layer require re-estab of functions

Am I missing something/doing something wrong, or is this the
way Flash works?
I have 2 buttons in a movieclip which is on the main
timeline. The buttons are on a layer with a mask layer above it. On
the main timeline I define 2 functions
clip_mc.button1_btn.onRelease = function()... and
clip_mc.button2_btn.onRelease = function().... The movie clip has 2
frames. Frame 1 has button2_btn masked out (i.e. not visible).
Frame 2 has BOTH buttons visible.
When I click on button1_btn the function says to gotoAndStop
at frame 2 of the movieclip. Now button 1 .onRelease no longer
works AND button2 .onRelease also does not work. I scratched my
head about this a long time, did a pile of trace statements and
couldn't figure out why. Then I put my 2 buttonN_btn.onRelease
functions inside a function called initButtons(). Now after I
gotoAndStop at frame 2, I call the initButtons() function again and
the buttons work. This makes me wonder if this is really right, or
if I am doing something wrong with the mask layer.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you again for your prompt and helpful reply. Indeed,
when I delete the mask layer, I do NOT need to reinit the button
functions. I understand your solution too. So I guess it's just a
matter of preference, unless you think one would perform the best.
WRT my bumbling around. I VERY much appreciate the
willingness to help and infinite patience of the experts on this
forum, so I try to keep any whining and frustration to a minimum.
However, I am an old mTropolis user, and I miss many aspects of
that product soooo much. Flash seems way more difficult than that.
Though I've been at it for some months now, and have purchased and
read cover to cover both Moock books and try to read all the help
over and over, I'm still having a very hard time adjusting and
thinking in the Flash way, not to mention these little bumps in the
road like this one. Maybe I'm just a slow learner. One of my
biggest lingering issues is how to architect larger projects. I am
trying as much as possible to do things using Classes and good OO
design principles. Do you have any articles or books you would
recommend that might help with that?
Thanks again.

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