Backing out the change from 841f9ff7a1815b521044aeeb39ccbe70fa688201, it was ineffect...

diff --git a/src/attributes.js b/src/attributes.js
index 050978110568fd9d8b649a5e93d2f99a3cacc58c..90f3062ed29e76bb17dbf6c4a8bb59723e779268 100644 (file)
--- a/src/attributes.js
+++ b/src/attributes.js
@@ -268,14 +268,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
                                                throw "type property can't be changed";
                                        }
 
-                                       // browsers index elements by id/name on forms, give priority to attributes.
-                                       if( jQuery.nodeName( elem, "form" ) ) {
-                                               // convert the value to a string (all browsers do this but IE) see #1070
-                                               elem.setAttribute( name, "" + value );
-
-                                       } else {
-                                               elem[ name ] = value;
-                                       }
+                                       elem[ name ] = value;
                                }
 
                                // browsers index elements by id/name on forms, give priority to attributes.