Ticket #1143: uniquebug.patch

jquery-1.1.

@@ -1666 +1666 @@
          * @param Array second The second array to merge into the first, unaltered.
          * @cat JavaScript
          */
-        merge: function(first, second) {
+        merge: function(first, second, unique) {
                 // We have to loop this way because IE & Opera overwrite the length
                 // expando of getElementsByTagName
-                for ( var i = 0; second[i]; i++ )
+                for ( var i = 0; second[i]; i++ ) {
+                        if ( unique ) second[i].$merge = true;
                         first.push(second[i]);
+                }
                 return first;
         },
 
         unique: function(first) {
-                var r = [], num = jQuery.mergeNum++;
+                var r = [];
 
                 for ( var i = 0, fl = first.length; i < fl; i++ )
-                        if ( num != first[i].mergeNum ) {
-                                first[i].mergeNum = num;
+                        if ( first[i].$merge ) {
+                                first[i].removeAttribute("$merge");
                                 r.push(first[i]);
                         }
 
                 return r;
         },
 
-        mergeNum: 0,
-
         /**
          * Filter items out of an array, by using a filter function.
          *
@@ -2578 +2578 @@
                                                         if ( tag == "*" && ret[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "object" )
                                                                 tag = "param";
 
-                                                        r = jQuery.merge( r, ret[i].getElementsByTagName( tag ));
+                                                        r = jQuery.merge( r, ret[i].getElementsByTagName( tag ), true);
                                                 }
 
                                                 // It's faster to filter by class and be done with it