Funny little bug in Flash E4X

This works (outputs ID’s):

new Array();
var attributes:XMLList = _data.Attributes..AttributeDescriptor;
for each(var attribute:XML in attributes)
{
	trace(attribute.@ID);
}

This doesn’t (outputs nulls):

var attributes:XMLList = _data.Attributes..AttributeDescriptor;
for each(var attribute:XML in attributes)
{
	trace(attribute.@ID);
}

Any questions?

Update: Kudos to Larry (developmentastic.com) for beating his head against this brick wall on the Winestore project.