jquery core: removing needless 'else' and 'new' in $.fn.init.

diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index c9076b6..fbf9f99 100644 (file)
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
                        this[0] = selector;
                        this.length = 1;
                        return this;
-
+               }
                // Handle HTML strings
-               } else if ( typeof selector == "string" ) {
+               if ( typeof selector == "string" ) {
                        // Are we dealing with HTML string or an ID?
                        var match = quickExpr.exec( selector );
 
@@ -54,32 +54,27 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
                                        var elem = document.getElementById( match[3] );
 
                                        // Make sure an element was located
-                                       if ( elem )
+                                       if ( elem ){
                                                // Handle the case where IE and Opera return items
                                                // by name instead of ID
                                                if ( elem.id != match[3] )
                                                        return jQuery().find( selector );
 
                                                // Otherwise, we inject the element directly into the jQuery object
-                                               else {
-                                                       this[0] = elem;
-                                                       this.length = 1;
-                                                       return this;
-                                               }
-
-                                       else
-                                               selector = [];
+                                               return jQuery( elem );
+                                       }
+                                       selector = [];
                                }
 
                        // HANDLE: $(expr, [context])
                        // (which is just equivalent to: $(content).find(expr)
                        } else
-                               return new jQuery( context ).find( selector );
+                               return jQuery( context ).find( selector );
 
                // HANDLE: $(function)
                // Shortcut for document ready
                } else if ( jQuery.isFunction( selector ) )
-                       return new jQuery( document )[ jQuery.fn.ready ? "ready" : "load" ]( selector );
+                       return jQuery( document )[ jQuery.fn.ready ? "ready" : "load" ]( selector );
                
                return this.setArray(jQuery.makeArray(selector));
        },