[MapQuery] goto function

[Steven M. Ottens]

I like center, you can center on a point or on a box and center(zoom) 
makes slightly more sense then location(zoom)

I will miss goto() though ;)

Op 7/18/2011 2:40 AM, Drew Wells schreef:
> 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 <mailto: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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