Z-Index inside flex 4???

Hi iIve been hearing that adobe was planning to add Z index in Flex 4 to arrange the order in which objects are displayed. Is this true?
We are developing a massive game like application with thousands of objects, many of which are moving (e.x. units are running on the map) and to rearrange their order sounds like a nightmare. Is there anything like z-Index in DHTML? I've tried Z component but it does not seem to do what i want...

Components in Flex 4 have a new property called depth. The new Spark Containers (Group, DataGroup, Panel, SkinnableContainer, SkinnableDataContainer, List, etc...) support this property, and it's what you're looking for. However, with thousands of objects in a game, that seems like a lot. Are you guys using a Group to display them all?
-Ryan

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