jquery event: jQuery.Event can be instantiated without the 'new' keyword.

src/event.js

@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ jQuery.event = {
 				// jQuery.Event object
 				e[expando] ? e :
 				// Object literal
-				jQuery.extend( new jQuery.Event(type), e ) :
+				jQuery.extend( jQuery.Event(type), e ) :
 				// Just the event type (string)
-				new jQuery.Event(type);
+				jQuery.Event(type);
 				
 			e.target = e.target || elem;
 			e.currentTarget = elem;
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ jQuery.event = {
 		// store a copy of the original event object
 		// and "clone" to set read-only properties
 		var originalEvent = event;
-		event = new jQuery.Event( originalEvent );
+		event = jQuery.Event( originalEvent );
 
 		for ( var i = this.props.length, prop; i; ){
 			prop = this.props[ --i ];
@@ -386,6 +386,10 @@ jQuery.event = {
 };
 
 jQuery.Event = function( src ){
+	// Allow instantiation without the 'new' keyword
+	if( !this.preventDefault )
+		return new jQuery.Event(src);
+	
 	// Event object
 	if( src && src.type ){
 		this.originalEvent = src;

test/unit/event.js

@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ test("unbind(event)", function() {
 });
 
 test("trigger(event, [data], [fn])", function() {
-	expect(67);
+	expect(69);
 
 	var handler = function(event, a, b, c) {
 		equals( event.type, "click", "check passed data" );
@@ -330,8 +330,13 @@ test("trigger(event, [data], [fn])", function() {
 	// Triggers 8
 	equals( $elem.triggerHandler("click", [1, "2", "abc"], handler2), false, "Verify handler response" );
 
+	var eventObj = jQuery.Event("noNew");
+	
+	ok( eventObj != window, "Instantiate jQuery.Event without the 'new' keyword" );
+	equals( eventObj.type, "noNew", "Verify its type" );
+	
 	// Build fake click event to pass in
-	var eventObj = new jQuery.Event("click");
+	eventObj = new jQuery.Event("click");
 
 	// Trigger only the handlers (no native), with external event obj
 	// Triggers 5