I know this is very trivial, but it is an enhancement never the less.

The .load function (ajax) assigns this to self on line 7159.

It would be better to use the context parameter of the $.ajax function as follows and then omitting the assignment to self.

		
#!js
jQuery.ajax({
	url: url,
	type: type,
	dataType: "html",
	data: params,
	context: this,
	// Complete callback (responseText is used internally)
	complete: function( jqXHR, status, responseText ) {
		// Store the response as specified by the jqXHR object
		responseText = jqXHR.responseText;
		// If successful, inject the HTML into all the matched elements
		if ( jqXHR.isResolved() ) {
			// #4825: Get the actual response in case
			// a dataFilter is present in ajaxSettings
			jqXHR.done(function( r ) {
				responseText = r;
			});
			// See if a selector was specified
                        // (Target element is this - coming from context)
			this.html( selector ?
				// Create a dummy div to hold the results
				jQuery("<div>")
					// inject the contents of the document in, removing the scripts
					// to avoid any 'Permission Denied' errors in IE
					.append(responseText.replace(rscript, ""))

					// Locate the specified elements
					.find(selector) :

				// If not, just inject the full result
				responseText );
		}

		if ( callback ) {
			this.each( callback, [ responseText, status, jqXHR ] );
		}
	}
});

Patch: http://pastebin.com/A5cYSQKV

In case you are interested where this ''could'' have any relevance see this: http://stackoverflow.com/a/10864327/1238764