jQuery.clean() is not a documented, public API

[rwaldron]

As the title explains, jQuery.clean() is not a documented, public API and should not be relied on by any third party code -- we're not bound to maintaining the signature or any of the behaviour. Reliance on such APIs makes it incredibly difficult for us to fix problems or remove old, unnecessary code.

[mbest]

Thanks for the information. Do you have a suggestion for how we can replace jQuery.clean()?

[rwaldron]

I would recommend removing the condition here: https://github.com/SteveSanderson/knockout/blob/master/src/utils.domManipulation.js#L56-60

And just using the custom implementation.

Also, this should be resolved by 1.8 release this summer: https://github.com/SteveSanderson/knockout/blob/master/src/utils.domManipulation.js#L41-43

[mbest]

@SteveSanderson - Is there any harm in taking out the jQuery.clean reference? Maybe we can do this in 3.0.0 if it's a breaking change.

[mbest]

Good that jQuery now supports a real interface for this (see #796). Closing.