Toggling child recycling on a Repeater in Flex

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/10/08/toggling-child-recycling-on-a-repeater-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application name="Repeater_recycleChildren_test"
        xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">
 
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.controls.Alert;
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
 
    <mx:ArrayCollection id="arrColl">
        <mx:Object label="One" />
        <mx:Object label="Two" />
        <mx:Object label="Three" />
        <mx:Object label="Four" />
        <mx:Object label="Five" />
        <mx:Object label="Six" />
        <mx:Object label="Seven" />
        <mx:Object label="Eight" />
    </mx:ArrayCollection>
 
    <mx:Panel title="Items"
            status="{arrColl.length} Items"
            width="200">
        <mx:Repeater id="rep" dataProvider="{arrColl}" recycleChildren="true">
            <mx:LinkButton label="{String(rep.currentItem.label).toUpperCase()}"
                    click="Alert.show(event.currentTarget.label);"
                    width="100%"/>
        </mx:Repeater>
    </mx:Panel>
 
</mx:Application>