Added a change that triples the speed of all uses of $(...). For example $(DOMElement...

[jquery.git] / src / core.js

diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 27a5728..39ffdb5 100644 (file)
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ if ( window.jQuery )
        var _jQuery = window.jQuery;
 
 var jQuery = window.jQuery = function( selector, context ) {
-       // If the context is a namespace object, return a new object
-       return this instanceof jQuery ?
-               this.init( selector, context ) :
-               new jQuery( selector, context );
+       // The jQuery object is actually just the init constructor 'enhanced'
+       return new jQuery.prototype.init( selector, context );
 };
 
 // Map over the $ in case of overwrite
@@ -521,6 +519,9 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
        }
 };
 
+// Give the init function the jQuery prototype for later instantiation
+jQuery.prototype.init.prototype = jQuery.prototype;
+
 function evalScript( i, elem ) {
        if ( elem.src )
                jQuery.ajax({