Index: test/unit/event.js
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--- test/unit/event.js	(revision 4206)
+++ test/unit/event.js	(working copy)
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 module("event");
+test("jQuery(function($) {})", function() {
+	expect(1);
+	stop();
+	// ready doesn't provide an event object, instead it provides a reference to the jQuery function, see http://docs.jquery.com/Events/ready#fn
+	jQuery(function($) {
+		ok(jQuery == $, "Check the ready function parameter is the jQuery object");
+		start();
+	});
+});
 test("bind()", function() {
 	expect(18);
Index: src/event.js
===================================================================
--- src/event.js	(revision 4206)
+++ src/event.js	(working copy)
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
 				type = parts[0];
 				handler.type = parts[1];
+				if ( type == "ready" && jQuery.isReady ) {
+					handler.call(elem, jQuery);
+					return;
 				// Get the current list of functions bound to this event
 				var handlers = events[type];
@@ -242,7 +246,10 @@
 			// Filter the functions by class
 			if ( !parts[1] || handler.type == parts[1] ) {
-				var ret = handler.apply( this, args );
+				// Special case the "ready" type to remove the event and pass only the jQuery object
+				var ret = ( event.type == "ready" ) ? 
+					handler.apply( this, Array.prototype.slice.call(args, 1) ) : 
+					handler.apply( this, args );
 				if ( val !== false )
 					val = ret;
@@ -351,14 +358,19 @@
 				jQuery.event.add( window, "load", handler );
-			teardown: function() {return;},
+			teardown: function() {
+				var handler = jQuery.event.special.ready.handler;
+				if ( document.removeEventListener )
+					document.removeEventListener( "DOMContentLoaded", handler, false );
+				jQuery.event.remove( window, "load", handler );
 			handler: function() {
 				// Make sure that the DOM is not already loaded
 				if ( !jQuery.isReady ) {
 					// Remember that the DOM is ready
 					jQuery.isReady = true;
-					jQuery(document).triggerHandler("ready");
+					jQuery(document).triggerHandler("ready", [ jQuery ]);
 					jQuery(document).unbind("ready");