Yes. That creates a single scope for all the plugin code and allows you to use $() inside that scope. Handy when the next user comes along that doesn't use the $() alias for jQuery() (e.g., because they also use Prototype or another library), while keeping the plugin code tight.
Scott On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 8:25 PM, s.ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Righto. Also, there might be some benefit in wrapping w/ > (function($) { > // stuff > })(jQuery); > > Yes? > > I have a couple of extend's to do that will make things work much more > nicely. > > Thx for the comments. > > > On Apr 27, 2008, at 5:23 PM, Scott Trudeau wrote: > > > To be a little more specific, for example, do this: > > var e = $('form input:visible'); > > Not: > > e = $('form input:visible') > > > On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Mike Alsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Comments welcome! > > > > I'd recommend not using global vars. Both of those plugins are doing > > so. > > > > > > -- > -- > Scott Trudeau > scott.trudeau AT gmail DOT com > http://sstrudeau.com/ > AIM: sodthestreets > > > -- -- Scott Trudeau scott.trudeau AT gmail DOT com http://sstrudeau.com/ AIM: sodthestreets