Performance testing: localize val to each block and only set val to value when not...

diff --git a/src/attributes.js b/src/attributes.js
index c8106e986175e3f1d7ab89d11f19d77d2b8e7f66..9fdb1492d9c7190b0c930075a299800fc7c6d600 100644 (file)
--- a/src/attributes.js
+++ b/src/attributes.js
@@ -153,15 +153,15 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
        },
 
        val: function( value ) {
-               var hooks, val,
+               var hooks, ret,
                        elem = this[0];
                
                if ( !arguments.length ) {
                        if ( elem ) {
                                hooks = jQuery.valHooks[ elem.nodeName.toLowerCase() ] || jQuery.valHooks[ elem.type ];
 
-                               if ( hooks && "get" in hooks && (val = hooks.get( elem )) !== undefined ) {
-                                       return val;
+                               if ( hooks && "get" in hooks && (ret = hooks.get( elem )) !== undefined ) {
+                                       return ret;
                                }
 
                                return (elem.value || "").replace(rreturn, "");
@@ -173,15 +173,16 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
                var isFunction = jQuery.isFunction( value );
 
                return this.each(function( i ) {
-                       var self = jQuery(this);
+                       var self = jQuery(this), val;
 
                        if ( this.nodeType !== 1 ) {
                                return;
                        }
 
-                       val = value;
                        if ( isFunction ) {
                                val = value.call( this, i, self.val() );
+                       } else {
+                               val = value;
                        }
 
                        // Treat null/undefined as ""; convert numbers to string