pamela (Google Employee) wrote: > Hi developers- > > Currently, there are a few ways to load in the Maps API: > > 1) Use maps.google.com/maps?file=api: This puts global classes in your > page like GMarker, GMap, etc. > > 2) Use maps.google.com/maps?file=googleapi or use the AJAX common > loader: This puts both the global classes in your page as well as > namespaced classes like google.maps.Marker, google.maps.Map, etc. > > 3) Use maps.google.com/maps?file=googleapionly: This puts just the > namespaced classes in your page. > > We introduced namespaces along with the common loader to encourage a > more unified way of coding against Google AJAX APIs, but we kept the > prefixed "G" classes to not confused the current developers. However, > currently it's difficult to write extensions (like the LocalSearch > Control) for developers, as one has to search the DOM for both a > prefixed class or a namespaced class, and then use the appropriate > class. To make it easier for developers to create extensions that work > independent of loading technique and to encourage more developers to > use the common AJAX namespace, we will soon introduce a change that > will also pass down the namespaced class with technique #1. > > Let me know if you have any concerns or questions. > > - pamela > This feels like a coincidence of timing... I was just thinking I might want a GClientLocation or would that be GLoader.clientLocation or something of that sort.
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