function select( selector, context, results, seed ) {
	var i, tokens, token, type, find,
		compiled = typeof selector === "function" && selector,
		match = !seed && tokenize( ( selector = compiled.selector || selector ) );

	results = results || [];

	// Try to minimize operations if there is only one selector in the list and no seed
	// (the latter of which guarantees us context)
	if ( match.length === 1 ) {

		// Reduce context if the leading compound selector is an ID
		tokens = match[ 0 ] = match[ 0 ].slice( 0 );
		if ( tokens.length > 2 && ( token = tokens[ 0 ] ).type === "ID" &&
				context.nodeType === 9 && documentIsHTML && Expr.relative[ tokens[ 1 ].type ] ) {

			context = ( Expr.find.ID(
				token.matches[ 0 ].replace( runescape, funescape ),
				context
			) || [] )[ 0 ];
			if ( !context ) {
				return results;

			// Precompiled matchers will still verify ancestry, so step up a level
			} else if ( compiled ) {
				context = context.parentNode;
			}

			selector = selector.slice( tokens.shift().value.length );
		}

		// Fetch a seed set for right-to-left matching
		i = matchExpr.needsContext.test( selector ) ? 0 : tokens.length;
		while ( i-- ) {
			token = tokens[ i ];

			// Abort if we hit a combinator
			if ( Expr.relative[ ( type = token.type ) ] ) {
				break;
			}
			if ( ( find = Expr.find[ type ] ) ) {

				// Search, expanding context for leading sibling combinators
				if ( ( seed = find(
					token.matches[ 0 ].replace( runescape, funescape ),
					rsibling.test( tokens[ 0 ].type ) &&
						testContext( context.parentNode ) || context
				) ) ) {

					// If seed is empty or no tokens remain, we can return early
					tokens.splice( i, 1 );
					selector = seed.length && toSelector( tokens );
					if ( !selector ) {
						push.apply( results, seed );
						return results;
					}

					break;
				}
			}
		}
	}

	// Compile and execute a filtering function if one is not provided
	// Provide `match` to avoid retokenization if we modified the selector above
	( compiled || compile( selector, match ) )(
		seed,
		context,
		!documentIsHTML,
		results,
		!context || rsibling.test( selector ) && testContext( context.parentNode ) || context
	);
	return results;
}
A low-level selection function that works with jQuery's compiled
 selector functions
@param {String|Function} selector A selector or a pre-compiled
 selector function built with jQuery selector compile
@param {Element} context
@param {Array} [results]
@param {Array} [seed] A set of elements to match against