[MapQuery] goto function

[Drew Wells]

Here's one from left field, how about center(), if goto does what I think it
does.  It's a getter/setter and pseudo aligns with some OL stuff related to
the concept.  I think they use map.setCenter, map.getCenter.

-Drew

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Volker Mische <volker.mische at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I just found out that "goto" is a future reserved word in ECMAScript 3 but
> not in ECMAScript 5. This means we can use it in the future ;)
>
> This is probably also the reason why so many minifiers crash on the goto
> function. Although I really like the name, we might should think about
> changing the name. I have two propositions (feel free to add your own).
>
> 1. go
>
> Rename "goto" to "go". It doesn't clash with any (future) reserved word and
> is even shorter
>
> 2. loc/location
>
> Rename it to "location," or if that's too long just "loc". We don't use any
> abbreviations at the moment (we use "position", and not "pos"). So
> "location" would be more consistent. I actually prefer "location" over "go".
> The reason is that the current "goto" acts as a getter and as a setter, but
> "goto" is a verb. It makes way more sense to use a subject for things you
> can set and get (some might call it a resource). You can set a location and
> get a location, but how to you get a "goto"?
>
> Cheers,
>  Volker
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