jquery-1.4.2.js

        push = Array.prototype.push,

	// results is for internal usage only
	makeArray: function( array, results ) {
		var ret = results || [];

		if ( array != null ) {
			// The window, strings (and functions) also have 'length'
			// The extra typeof function check is to prevent crashes
			// in Safari 2 (See: #3039)
			if ( array.length == null || typeof array === "string" || jQuery.isFunction(array) || (typeof array !== "function" && array.setInterval) ) {
				push.call( ret, array );
			} else {
				jQuery.merge( ret, array );
			}
		}

		return ret;
	},