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// from: http://forum.jquery.com/topic/jquery-reading-comments-from-the-dom
jQuery.fn.comments = function(location) {
	var location = location || "inside";
	var comments = [];
	this.each(function() {
		if (location == "inside") {
			var children = this.childNodes
			for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
				var child = children[i];
				if (child.nodeType == 8) comments[comments.length] = $.trim(child.nodeValue);
			}
		} else if (location=="after") {
			for (var next = this.nextSibling;next;next = next.nextSibling)
				if (next.nodeType == 8) comments[comments.length] = $.trim(next.nodeValue);
		} else if (location=="before") {
			for (var prev = this.previousSibling; prev; prev = prev.previousSibling)
				if (prev.nodeType == 8) comments[comments.length] = $.trim(prev.nodeValue);
		}
	});
	return comments;
};