Made jQuery.type more consistent with host objects.

[jquery.git] / src / core.js

diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 23d40bd..158f479 100644 (file)
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ var jQuery = function( selector, context ) {
        push = Array.prototype.push,
        slice = Array.prototype.slice,
        trim = String.prototype.trim,
-       indexOf = Array.prototype.indexOf;
+       indexOf = Array.prototype.indexOf,
+       
+       // [[Class]] -> type pairs
+       class2type = {};
 
 jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
        init: function( selector, context ) {
@@ -487,7 +490,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
        type: function( obj ) {
                return obj == null ?
                        String( obj ) :
-                       toString.call(obj).slice(8, -1).toLowerCase();
+                       class2type[ toString.call(obj) ] || "object";
        },
 
        isPlainObject: function( obj ) {
@@ -799,6 +802,11 @@ jQuery.extend({
        browser: {}
 });
 
+// Populate the class2type map
+jQuery.each("Boolean Number String Function Array Date RegExp Object".split(" "), function(i, name) {
+       class2type[ "[object " + name + "]" ] = name.toLowerCase();
+});
+
 browserMatch = jQuery.uaMatch( userAgent );
 if ( browserMatch.browser ) {
        jQuery.browser[ browserMatch.browser ] = true;