From 5eec75e582d27e2d4f625f6be33eabad84f16239 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebi Burkhard <sebi.burkhard@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:33:32 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #13075. Optimize $.type by preferring `typeof`. Close
 gh-1089.

Also fixes browsers where `typeof RegExp === "function"`.
---
 src/core.js       |  9 ++++++---
 test/unit/core.js | 12 +++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 5927d1936..3d5f4be3f 100644
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -427,9 +427,12 @@ jQuery.extend({
 	},
 
 	type: function( obj ) {
-		return obj == null ?
-			String( obj ) :
-			class2type[ core_toString.call(obj) ] || "object";
+		if ( obj == null ) {
+			return String( obj );
+		}
+		return typeof obj === "object" || typeof obj === "function" ?
+			class2type[ core_toString.call(obj) ] || "object" :
+			typeof obj;
 	},
 
 	isPlainObject: function( obj ) {
diff --git a/test/unit/core.js b/test/unit/core.js
index 09f5c4c94..db21c41cc 100644
--- a/test/unit/core.js
+++ b/test/unit/core.js
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ test("trim", function() {
 });
 
 test("type", function() {
-	expect( 24 );
+	expect( 28 );
 
 	equal( jQuery.type(null), "null", "null" );
 	equal( jQuery.type(undefined), "undefined", "undefined" );
@@ -269,6 +269,16 @@ test("type", function() {
 	equal( jQuery.type(document.body), "object", "Element" );
 	equal( jQuery.type(document.createTextNode("foo")), "object", "TextNode" );
 	equal( jQuery.type(document.getElementsByTagName("*")), "object", "NodeList" );
+
+	// Avoid Lint complaints
+	var MyString = String;
+	var MyNumber = Number;
+	var MyBoolean = Boolean;
+	var MyObject = Object;
+	equal( jQuery.type(new MyBoolean(true)), "boolean", "Boolean" );
+	equal( jQuery.type(new MyNumber(1)), "number", "Number" );
+	equal( jQuery.type(new MyString("a")), "string", "String" );
+	equal( jQuery.type(new MyObject()), "object", "Object" );
 });
 
 asyncTest("isPlainObject", function() {