From 574ae3b1be555dbd5242532739cd8e0a34e0569c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gianni Chiappetta <gianni@runlevel6.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:33:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added: Backcompatibility with old proxy syntax.

---
 src/core.js       | 6 ++++++
 test/unit/core.js | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 3bdedf53..ea3506a6 100644
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -739,6 +739,12 @@ jQuery.extend({
 	proxy: function( fn, context ) {
 		var args, proxy;
 
+		// XXX BACKCOMPAT: Support old string method.
+		if ( typeof context === "string" ) {
+			fn = fn[ context ];
+			context = arguments[0];
+		}
+
 		// Quick check to determine if target is callable, in the spec
 		// this throws a TypeError, but we will just return undefined.
 		if ( ! jQuery.isFunction( fn ) ) {
diff --git a/test/unit/core.js b/test/unit/core.js
index 7638554a..332fc51e 100644
--- a/test/unit/core.js
+++ b/test/unit/core.js
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ test("jQuery.isEmptyObject", function(){
 });
 
 test("jQuery.proxy", function(){
-	expect(5);
+	expect(6);
 
 	var test = function(){ equals( this, thisObject, "Make sure that scope is set properly." ); };
 	var thisObject = { foo: "bar", method: test };
@@ -890,6 +890,10 @@ test("jQuery.proxy", function(){
         // Partial application w/ normal arguments
         var test3 = function( a, b ){ equals( b, "normal", "Ensure arguments can be pre-applied and passed as usual." ); };
         jQuery.proxy( test3, null, "pre-applied" )( "normal" );
+
+	// Test old syntax
+	var test4 = { meth: function( a ){ equals( a, "boom", "Ensure old syntax works." ); } };
+	jQuery.proxy( test4, "meth" )( "boom" );
 });
 
 test("jQuery.parseJSON", function(){