Pass data into custom filters

[corey.hart]

How about the ability to pass in data into the filter method, which would then in turn gets passed into each filter defined in the selector.

This comes from my recent problems using the ":contains( str )" filter where the 'str' contains a closing brace ')', breaking the selector.

[corey.hart]

Forgot to mention that the data would be passed in as the second parameter to the filter method, ".filter( selector, data )"

Replying to corey.hart:

How about the ability to pass in data into the filter method, which would then in turn gets passed into each filter defined in the selector.

This comes from my recent problems using the ":contains( str )" filter where the 'str' contains a closing brace ')', breaking the selector.

[snover]

Retarget all enhancements/features to next major version.

[snover]

Bikeshed/feature creep. Marking for review.

[dmethvin]

I took a quick look at this and it isn't that straightforward to add. Data can easily be passed to .filter(function(){ ... }) using a closure.