#12346 – fn.append not working correctly

gistfile1.js

// In previous versions of jQuery, on every for iteration new div was created in jQuery.clean,
// now, on every iteration only one div is used, which created some problems –
    
    // Illustration of WebKit bug
    div = document.createElement("div");
    div.innerHTML = "1";

    nodes = jQuery.merge( [], div.childNodes );
    div.innerHTML = "2";

    console.log( nodes[ 0 ].textContent ) // 2

    // easially fixable, if before
    div.innerHTML = "2";
    // will be
    div.innerHTML = "";

    // but IE case more complex
    div.innerHTML = "<span>content</span>";
    element = div.childNodes[ 0 ];

    div.innerHTML = "something";
    console.log( element.textContent ); // empty

    // same goes for html-entites
    div.innerHTML = "&amp;";
    element = div.childNodes[ 0 ];

    div.innerHTML = "something";
    console.log( element.textContent ); // Error

    //but it would be OK if element was removed thorough removeChild method