From ce7b311b9227e86d7f03c002cbaf1796f8086059 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Resig <jeresig@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:12:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Backing out fix for #6481.

---
 src/ajax.js       | 13 +++----------
 test/unit/ajax.js |  9 ++-------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ajax.js b/src/ajax.js
index 3048068d..2a107639 100644
--- a/src/ajax.js
+++ b/src/ajax.js
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 });
 
 function buildParams( prefix, obj, traditional, add ) {
-	if ( jQuery.isArray( obj ) && obj.length ) {
+	if ( jQuery.isArray( obj ) ) {
 		// Serialize array item.
 		jQuery.each( obj, function( i, v ) {
 			if ( traditional || rbracket.test( prefix ) ) {
@@ -792,16 +792,9 @@ function buildParams( prefix, obj, traditional, add ) {
 		});
 
 	} else if ( !traditional && obj != null && typeof obj === "object" ) {
-		// If we see an array here, it is empty and should be treated as an empty
-		// object
-		if ( jQuery.isArray( obj ) || jQuery.isEmptyObject( obj ) ) {
-			add( prefix, "" );
-
 		// Serialize object item.
-		} else {
-			for ( var name in obj ) {
-				buildParams( prefix + "[" + name + "]", obj[ name ], traditional, add );
-			}
+		for ( var name in obj ) {
+			buildParams( prefix + "[" + name + "]", obj[ name ], traditional, add );
 		}
 
 	} else {
diff --git a/test/unit/ajax.js b/test/unit/ajax.js
index ac1dc73b..a8a5fa0d 100644
--- a/test/unit/ajax.js
+++ b/test/unit/ajax.js
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ test("serialize()", function() {
 });
 
 test("jQuery.param()", function() {
-	expect(24);
+	expect(21);
 
 	equals( !jQuery.ajaxSettings.traditional, true, "traditional flag, falsy by default" );
 
@@ -976,11 +976,6 @@ test("jQuery.param()", function() {
 
 	equals( decodeURIComponent( jQuery.param({ a: [1,2,3], "b[]": [4,5,6], "c[d]": [7,8,9], e: { f: [10], g: [11,12], h: 13 } }) ), "a[]=1&a[]=2&a[]=3&b[]=4&b[]=5&b[]=6&c[d][]=7&c[d][]=8&c[d][]=9&e[f][]=10&e[g][]=11&e[g][]=12&e[h]=13", "Make sure params are not double-encoded." );
 
-	// Make sure empty arrays and objects are handled #6481
-	equals( jQuery.param({"foo": {"bar": []} }), "foo%5Bbar%5D=", "Empty array param" );
-	equals( jQuery.param({"foo": {"bar": [], foo: 1} }), "foo%5Bbar%5D=&foo%5Bfoo%5D=1", "Empty array param" );
-	equals( jQuery.param({"foo": {"bar": {}} }), "foo%5Bbar%5D=", "Empty object param" );
-
 	// #7945
 	equals( jQuery.param({"jquery": "1.4.2"}), "jquery=1.4.2", "Check that object with a jQuery property get serialized correctly" );
 
@@ -2259,4 +2254,4 @@ test("jQuery.ajax - active counter", function() {
 
 }
 
-//}
\ No newline at end of file
+//}