Saved some references to native methods, instead of re-referencing them on every...

diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 18ecf21..88c0437 100644 (file)
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ var jQuery = function( selector, context ) {
        // Keep a UserAgent string for use with jQuery.browser
        userAgent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(),
 
-       // Save a reference to the core toString method
-       toString = Object.prototype.toString;
+       // Save a reference to some core methods
+       toString = Object.prototype.toString,
+       push = Array.prototype.push,
+       slice = Array.prototype.slice;
 
 // Expose jQuery to the global object
 window.jQuery = window.$ = jQuery;
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
                return this.length;
        },
 
-       toArray: Array.prototype.slice,
+       toArray: slice,
 
        // Get the Nth element in the matched element set OR
        // Get the whole matched element set as a clean array
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
                // Resetting the length to 0, then using the native Array push
                // is a super-fast way to populate an object with array-like properties
                this.length = 0;
-               Array.prototype.push.apply( this, elems );
+               push.apply( this, elems );
 
                return this;
        },
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
 
        // For internal use only.
        // Behaves like an Array's method, not like a jQuery method.
-       push: [].push,
+       push: push,
        sort: [].sort,
        splice: [].splice
 };