The exact escaping of the text() test isn't important - as long as < is escaped.

test/unit/core.js

@@ -1520,7 +1520,7 @@ test("removeAttr(String", function() {
 
 test("text(String)", function() {
 	expect(4);
-	equals( jQuery("#foo").text("<div><b>Hello</b> cruel world!</div>")[0].innerHTML, "&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hello&lt;/b&gt; cruel world!&lt;/div&gt;", "Check escaped text" );
+	equals( jQuery("#foo").text("<div><b>Hello</b> cruel world!</div>")[0].innerHTML.replace(/>/g, "&gt;"), "&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hello&lt;/b&gt; cruel world!&lt;/div&gt;", "Check escaped text" );
 
 	// using contents will get comments regular, text, and comment nodes
 	var j = jQuery("#nonnodes").contents();