return el; 
return Garbage.collect(el); 
function $(el){	if (!el) return false;	if (el.htmlElement || [window, document].test(el)) return el;	if ($type(el) == 'string') el = document.getElementById(el);	if ($type(el) != 'element') return false;	if (['object', 'embed'].test(el.tagName.toLowerCase())) return el;	Garbage.collect(el);	$extend(el, Element.prototype);	el.htmlElement = true;	return el;};
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