gistfile1.txt

  /** @private */
  _appendQueryString: function(url, params) {
    // very simple, does not handle arrays or objects, just takes a hashes of simple values
    var name, queryString = [] ;
    for (name in params) {
      if (params.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
        queryString.push("%@=%@".fmt(name,params[name]));
      }
    }
    return [url, queryString.join('&')].join('?') ;
  }