jQuery selector vs getElementsByTagName (v2)

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Preparation HTML

<div class="pane">
  <ul>
    <li class="list">
      <a href="#">test</a>
    </li>
    <li class="list">
      test
    </li>
    <li class="list">
      test
    </li>
    <li class="list">
      test
    </li>
    <li class="list">
      test
    </li>
    <li class="list">
      test
    </li>
    <li class="list">
      test
    </li>
    <li class="list">
      test
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="pane">
  <ul>
    <li class="list">
      <a href="#">test</a>
    </li>
    <li class="list">
      test
    </li>
    <li class="list">
      test
    </li>
    <li class="list">
      test
    </li>
    <li class="list">
      test
    </li>
    <li class="list">
      test
    </li>
    <li class="list">
      test
    </li>
    <li class="list">
      test
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
  $.fn.tags = function(tagName) {
    var i = this.length,
        arr = [],
        parent;
    for (i; i--;) {
      arr.push(this[i].getElementsByTagName(tagName));
    }
    return $(arr);
  };
  
  var $links = $('.pane a'),
      $nodes;
</script>

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Testing in
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jQuery
$nodes = $('.pane li')[0];
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jQuery method with getElementsByTagName
// async test
$nodes = $('.pane').tags('li')[0];
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