jQuery.extend(true, Object, Object) copies custom objects correctly.

  - Also update jQuery.isObject to handle this case correctly

src/core.js

@@ -243,9 +243,15 @@ jQuery.extend = jQuery.fn.extend = function() {
 
 				// Recurse if we're merging object values
 				if ( deep && copy && typeof copy === "object" && !copy.nodeType ) {
-					target[ name ] = jQuery.extend( deep,
-						// Never move original objects, clone them
-						src || ( jQuery.isArray(copy) ? [ ] : { } ), copy );
+					var clone;
+
+					if( src ) clone = src;
+					else if( jQuery.isArray(copy) ) clone = [ ];
+					else if( jQuery.isObject(copy) ) clone = { };
+					else clone = copy;
+
+					// Never move original objects, clone them
+					target[ name ] = jQuery.extend( deep, clone, copy );
 
 				// Don't bring in undefined values
 				} else if ( copy !== undefined ) {
@@ -281,6 +287,10 @@ jQuery.extend({
 		return toString.call(obj) === "[object Array]";
 	},
 
+	isObject: function( obj ) {
+		return this.constructor.call(obj) === Object;
+	},
+
 	// check if an element is in a (or is an) XML document
 	isXMLDoc: function( elem ) {
 		return elem.nodeType === 9 && elem.documentElement.nodeName !== "HTML" ||

test/unit/core.js

@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ test("jQuery.merge()", function() {
 });
 
 test("jQuery.extend(Object, Object)", function() {
-	expect(21);
+	expect(23);
 
 	var settings = { xnumber1: 5, xnumber2: 7, xstring1: "peter", xstring2: "pan" },
 		options = { xnumber2: 1, xstring2: "x", xxx: "newstring" },
@@ -463,9 +463,19 @@ test("jQuery.extend(Object, Object)", function() {
 	var empty = {};
 	var optionsWithLength = { foo: { length: -1 } };
 	jQuery.extend(true, empty, optionsWithLength);
-
 	isObj( empty.foo, optionsWithLength.foo, "The length property must copy correctly" );
 
+	empty = {};
+	var optionsWithDate = { foo: { date: new Date } };
+	jQuery.extend(true, empty, optionsWithDate);
+	isObj( empty.foo, optionsWithDate.foo, "Dates copy correctly" );
+
+	var myKlass = function() {};
+	empty = {};
+	var optionsWithCustomObject = { foo: { date: new myKlass } };
+	jQuery.extend(true, empty, optionsWithCustomObject);
+	isObj( empty.foo, optionsWithCustomObject.foo, "Custom objects copy correctly" );
+
 	var nullUndef;
 	nullUndef = jQuery.extend({}, options, { xnumber2: null });
 	ok( nullUndef.xnumber2 === null, "Check to make sure null values are copied");