public static function trace(v : Dynamic, ?inf : haxe.PosInfos ) {
		var type = if( inf != null && inf.customParams != null ) inf.customParams[0] else null;
		if( type != "warn" && type != "info" && type != "debug" && type != "error" )
			type = if( inf == null ) "error" else "log";
		#if flash
			var str = if( inf == null ) "" else inf.fileName + ":" + inf.lineNumber + " : ";
			try	str += Std.string(v) catch( e : Dynamic ) str += "????";
			#if flash9
			// in Flash9, it is needed to use _self with getURL and
			// only the latest call per frame is processed, so it's
			// needed to use ExternalInterface (URLLoader displays
			// security errors for remote files)
			str = str.split("\\").join("\\\\");
			flash.external.ExternalInterface.call("console."+type,str);
			#else true
			str = str.split("\\").join("\\\\").split("'").join("\\'").split("\n").join("\\n").split("\r").join("\\r");
			str = StringTools.urlEncode(str);
			var out = "javascript:console."+ type +"('"+str+"');";
			flash.Lib.getURL(out);
			#end // flash9
		#else js
			untyped console[type]( (if( inf == null ) "" else inf.fileName+":"+inf.lineNumber+" : ") + Std.string(v) );
		#else neko
			var str = inf.fileName + ":" + inf.lineNumber + " : ";
			try str += Std.string(v) catch( e : Dynamic ) str += "???";
			neko.Lib.print('<script type="text/javascript">console.'+type+'(decodeURIComponent("'+StringTools.urlEncode(str)+'"))</script>');
		#else error
		#end
	}