why $.isEmptyObject($('#id-does-not-exist-on-page')) returns false?

Question

I\'m little confused by jQuery.isEmptyObject method.

$.isEmptyObject([]) -> returns true

but

$(\'#id-does-not-exist-

Answer 1

According to the jQuery documentation (isEmptyObject) :

The argument should always be a plain JavaScript Object as other types of object (DOM elements, primitive strings/numbers, host objects) may not give consistent results across browsers