val: setting should check to see if this.value is a function so plugins can use it

Currently val uses this to set the value

this.value = value;

This means plugin authors can't easily use val because we can't run a function when the value is changed.

This change would make it so that if this has a setter function it will use it:

if ( jQuery.isFunction( this.value ) )
 this.value( value );
else 
 this.value == value;

The same change should happen for the getter.

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cc:	→ DylanGreene, flesler
need:	Review → Test Case

val does a lot of things, we'd need to add this check many times.

For this case (just setting the value) you can use .attr() which is actually a faster way.

attr() supports functions. I think this enhancement is not needed.

Can you provide a test case that shows a real need for this, and that attr() can't be used ?

component:	core → attributes

resolution:	→ fixed
status:	new → closed

Implemented in 1.4.

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