I think what he's talking about is whether or not it returns what was
just added to the document or the original element. Another example
would be whether or not .clone() return the cloned elements in the
jQuery set or the original elements. Those sorts of things aren't listed
in the documentation.
-blair
John Resig wrote:
>> Anyway, that link's a start, but it doesn't help clarify what .after
>> returns, for instance.
> According to that link, .after() always returns a jQuery object. While
> .html() can return either a jQuery object or a String, depending on
> the arguments passed in.
>
> If something returns a jQuery object, that means that its chainable
> and that you can continue to add actions on to it (e.g.
> $().after().html("foo").after()...)
>
> --John
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