AS3 compiler generates incorrect code for setting default values in constructor

If you create a thrift struct and set a field to have a default value, the compiler puts the code to set that default value in the constructor of the generated class. When it does this, it adds :Type to the right of the variable, e.g., this.count:int = 0;. The generated statement isn't correct syntax and fails to compile. The correct syntax would simply be this.count = 0;.