Ticket #2510: core-merge.patch

core.js

@@ -1144 +1144 @@
 
         // Also, we need to make sure that the correct elements are being returned
         // (IE returns comment nodes in a '*' query)
-        if ( jQuery.browser.msie ) {
-            for ( var i = 0; second[ i ]; i++ )
-                if ( second[ i ].nodeType != 8 )
-                    first.push( second[ i ] );
-
-        } else
-            for ( var i = 0; second[ i ]; i++ )
-                first.push( second[ i ] );
-
-        return first;
+        jQuery.merge = jQuery.browser.msie ?
+            function( first, second ) {
+                var a, i = -1;
+                while (a = second[++i])
+                    if ( a.nodeType != 8 )
+                        first[first.length] = a;
+                return first;
+            } :
+            function( first, second ) {
+                var a, i = -1;
+                while (a = second[++i])
+                    first[first.length] = a;
+                return first;
+            };
+        return jQuery.merge( first, second );
     },
 
     unique: function( array ) {