Feature Request: Pass parameters to loaded SWF through Loader

I would like the option to add parameters (similar to
loaderInfo.parameters) when loading an SWF with Loader.load().
These parameters will then appear in loaderInfo.parameters in the
loaded SWF.
You might ask, why not just append them as a query string to
the source URL? The answer is: doing that means the loaded file has
a unique URL and this defeats browser caching. The SWF might
already be in cache, but it will be forced to re-download because
the url has some query variables appended. Instead, I should be
able to pass these invisibly to the loaded SWF.

I don't think there is any way to get it in
loaderInfo.parameters.
I see, you want to get the variables available before the
child constructors complete. I don't like telling people how they
should practice their app design, but have you considered placing
the code instead in public methods and manually calling them after
loaderInfo.complete or loaderInfo.init? I believe that would be
expected design in this case. However, I agree that vars available
on load are nice.
You might be able to use loaderInfo.progress to find a point
at which the movie is sufficiently loaded to add properties to it
but the constructors have not fired, and in this way you might be
able to accomplish what you want. I doubt it will be the case -- it
wasn't possible in AS2. It's worth some investigation though.
HTH

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Trying to convert my problem from norwegian into english
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