Fix #13471. $().on(".xyz"...) should avoid later crash.

If the event type is an empty string we end up hanging in .off() which makes for
mighty hard debugging. Instead treat it as a no-op. Docs seem clear this is not
allowed.

src/event.js

@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ jQuery.event = {
 			type = origType = tmp[1];
 			namespaces = ( tmp[2] || "" ).split( "." ).sort();
 			
+			// There *must* be a type, no attaching namespace-only handlers
+			if ( !type ) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			// If event changes its type, use the special event handlers for the changed type
 			special = jQuery.event.special[ type ] || {};
 

test/unit/event.js

@@ -555,6 +555,22 @@ test("bind(), multi-namespaced events", function() {
 	jQuery("#firstp").trigger("custom");
 });
 
+test("namespace-only event binding is a no-op", function(){
+	expect(2);
+
+	jQuery("#firstp")
+		.on( ".whoops", function() {
+			ok( false, "called a namespace-only event" );
+		})
+		.on( "whoops", function() {
+			ok( true, "called whoops" );
+		})
+		.trigger("whoops")	// 1
+		.off(".whoops")
+		.trigger("whoops")	// 2
+		.off("whoops");
+});
+
 test("bind(), with same function", function() {
 	expect(2);