ChartItemEvent.CHANGE in conflict with IndexChangedEvent

Earlier this week I ran into a strange problem when the ChartItemEvent.CHANGE event is raised. It seems that the string behind the constant is 'change' and this happens to be the same as the string behind the IndexChangedEvent.CHANGE event. Probably programmed on monday morning :)

Fortunately there's a simple workaround:
Put a container around your 'problematic' charting component (for example a canvas) and attach a listener to the ChartItemEvent.CHANGE event to stop it from propagating.

<mx:Canvas id="canvas" creationComplete="canvasInit()">
  <mx:PieChart id="pieChart" ... />
</mx:Canvas>

// Hack to prevent propagation of the ChartItemEvent.CHANGE as it is in conflict with IndexChangedEvent.CHANGE
private function canvasInit(): void
{
canvasInit.addEventListener(ChartItemEvent.CHANGE, chartItemEventChange, true, 0, true);
}

private function chartItemEventChange(event: Event): void
{
event.stopImmediatePropagation();
}