[jQuery] .filter() and .not() approximately worthless - Table issue perhaps?

[jQuery] .filter() and .not() approximately worthless - Table issue perhaps?


My experiences today with .filter() and .not() showed them to be
extremely buggy in my case. For example, .not(".foo + .foo") would
leave me with an empty set (though nothing should have been matching).
Is this because I was using them to select <tr> elements? Is there a
known issue with .filter() and tables?
If not, I could post an example if it breaking soon. I came up with a
workaround, but it was annoying.