I meant to ask... What is the actual goal here? Can you give a little
background? Maybe there is another way to accomplish what you want to do
that doesn't rely on cloning the jQuery constructor.
> I want to clone the jQuery object $ to $D; but it actually seems to be
> overwriting. Can anyone please suggest any solution?
>
> Here is the code:
>
> $D = $.extend($); // same result for $D = $;
> $D.fn.extend({
> click: function() {
> alert('overridden click');
> return this;
> }
> });
>
> $(document).ready(function(){
> $('body').click(); // this also triggers the
> 'overridden click' --
> which is what I want to avoid.
> $D('body').click();
> });
>
> As you see, $('body').click() triggers the 'overridden click', but I
> wanted it to trigger the original jQuery object's click.
