diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 756117c0..7be15121 100644
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var jQuery = function( selector, context ) {
jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
init: function( selector, context ) {
- var match, elem, ret, doc;
+ var match, elem, ret, doc, parent;
// Handle $(""), $(null), or $(undefined)
if ( !selector ) {
@@ -85,7 +85,12 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
} else {
ret = buildFragment( [ match[1] ], [ doc ] );
- selector = (ret.cacheable ? ret.fragment.cloneNode(true) : ret.fragment).childNodes;
+ parent = ret.cacheable ? ret.fragment.cloneNode(true) : ret.fragment;
+ selector = [];
+
+ while ( parent.firstChild ) {
+ selector.push( parent.removeChild( parent.firstChild ) );
+ }
}
// HANDLE: $("#id")
diff --git a/test/unit/core.js b/test/unit/core.js
index ba7fd171..185f77aa 100644
--- a/test/unit/core.js
+++ b/test/unit/core.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ test("Basic requirements", function() {
});
test("jQuery()", function() {
- expect(12);
+ expect(15);
// Basic constructor's behavior
@@ -51,10 +51,13 @@ test("jQuery()", function() {
var code = jQuery("");
equals( code.length, 1, "Correct number of elements generated for code" );
+ equals( code.parent().length, 0, "Make sure that the generated HTML has no parent." );
var img = jQuery("
");
equals( img.length, 1, "Correct number of elements generated for img" );
+ equals( img.parent().length, 0, "Make sure that the generated HTML has no parent." );
var div = jQuery("
");
equals( div.length, 4, "Correct number of elements generated for div hr code b" );
+ equals( div.parent().length, 0, "Make sure that the generated HTML has no parent." );
equals( jQuery([1,2,3]).get(1), 2, "Test passing an array to the factory" );