Index: includes/common.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/common.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.935
diff -u -p -r1.935 common.inc
--- includes/common.inc	15 Jul 2009 17:40:17 -0000	1.935
+++ includes/common.inc	15 Jul 2009 18:22:01 -0000
@@ -2131,14 +2131,14 @@ function url($path = NULL, array $option
  * @return
  *   An HTML string ready for insertion in a tag.
  */
-function drupal_attributes($attributes = array()) {
-  foreach ($attributes as $attribute => $data) {
+function drupal_attributes(array $attributes = array()) {
+  foreach ($attributes as $attribute => &$data) {
     if (is_array($data)) {
       $data = implode(' ', $data);
     }
-    $items[] = $attribute . '="' . check_plain($data) . '"';
+    $data = $attribute . '="' . check_plain($data) . '"';
   }
-  return isset($items) ? ' ' . implode(' ', $items) : '';
+  return implode(' ', $attributes);
 }
 
 /**