Fixed #2077 by adding a var to make it a local variable instead of initializing a...

diff --git a/src/selector.js b/src/selector.js
index 51f165a..1badc69 100644 (file)
--- a/src/selector.js
+++ b/src/selector.js
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ jQuery.extend({
                                if ( (m = re.exec(t)) != null ) {
                                        r = [];
 
-                                       nodeName = m[2].toUpperCase(), merge = {};
+                                       var merge = {};
+                                       nodeName = m[2].toUpperCase();
                                        m = m[1];
 
                                        for ( var j = 0, rl = ret.length; j < rl; j++ ) {