diff --git a/src/data.js b/src/data.js
index 44ad0c49..abe46891 100644
--- a/src/data.js
+++ b/src/data.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
var windowData = {},
rnum = /^-?\d+(?:\.\d+)$/,
- rbrace = /^{.*}$/;
+ rbrace = /^(?:{.*}|\[.*\])$/;
jQuery.extend({
cache: {},
diff --git a/test/unit/data.js b/test/unit/data.js
index f360daf7..f87d7ae4 100644
--- a/test/unit/data.js
+++ b/test/unit/data.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ test(".data(String) and .data(String, Object)", function() {
});
test("data-* attributes", function() {
- expect(23);
+ expect(24);
var div = jQuery("
"),
child = jQuery("
");
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ test("data-* attributes", function() {
.attr("data-pointbad", "5..5")
.attr("data-pointbad2", "-.")
.attr("data-badjson", "{123}")
+ .attr("data-badjson2", "[abc]")
.attr("data-null", "null")
.attr("data-string", "test");
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ test("data-* attributes", function() {
equals( child.data('pointbad'), "5..5", "Bad number read from attribute");
equals( child.data('pointbad2'), "-.", "Bad number read from attribute");
equals( child.data('badjson'), "{123}", "Bad number read from attribute");
+ equals( child.data('badjson2'), "[abc]", "Bad number read from attribute");
equals( child.data('null'), null, "Primitive null read from attribute");
equals( child.data('string'), "test", "Typical string read from attribute");
@@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ test("data-* attributes", function() {
break;
case 3:
equals(jQuery(elem).data("number"), true, "Check number property");
- equals(jQuery(elem).data("stuff"), "[2,8]", "Check stuff property");
+ same(jQuery(elem).data("stuff"), [2,8], "Check stuff property");
break;
default:
ok(false, ["Assertion failed on index ", index, ", with data ", data].join(''));