Drupal 7 & jQuery -- the $ dollar sign If I'm not planning on using any JS libraries other than jQuery, is there any reason to need Drupal's call to jQuery.noConflict() which removes $ as an alias for jQuery?

Assuming there is no need for removing the $ alias, is there a way I can get it back universally without always having to wrap my jQuery code in (function($){...})?
The solution I came up with is this:

At the top of the first JS file I include in my custom theme, I simply put the following line:

$ = jQuery;


Done :)