Rrror: jQuery.event.specialAll[type].teardown is undefined

[rentzsch]

Reproduction:

1. Load  http://rentzsch.com/share/jQuery_1.3_teardown_undefined.html in Firefox.

2. Reload the page.

Expected:

• Page reloads normally.

Actual:

• An error is logged:

Error: jQuery.event.specialAll[type].teardown is undefined
Source File: http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.js
Line: 2561

Environment:

• Mac OS X/Intel 10.5.6

• Firefox 3.0.10

Regression:

• Does NOT appear in 1.2.6.

• DOES appear in 1.3.

• DOES appear in 1.3.1.

Notes:

• "Bob" has the same issue on Firefox 3.0.10 on Ubuntu:  http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev/msg/0996558bbedae24a

• Coda 1.6.4, which uses WebKit, reports 2561: Undefined value upon reloading the page. So this bug doesn't look Firefox-specific.

• The Object.prototype.getFoo assignment seems critical. It appears upon removing the click handler, the machinery gets confused and thinks getFoo() is also an event handler, which it fails to remove.

[wd.acgrs]

The same problem occur in Chrome 3.0.182.3 under Windows XP SP3.

[dmethvin]

Yes, jQuery does not support code that modifies Object.prototype. There are several discussions of this on the dev group. It may be supported in the future but is not supported now.

[dmethvin]

See #2721 for the open ticket on this.