Is there any benefit to defining a utility function directly on the jQuery object?
<p>Are there any specific benefits derived from defining a utility function directly on the jQuery object:</p>

<p>For instance, given the following two constructs:</p>

<pre><code>$.someUtility = function(){
   //do some something with jQuery
}


var someUtility = function(){
   //do some something with jQuery
}
</code></pre>

<p>Is there any specific reason I would want to use the first example over the second?</p>

<p><strong>Quick Update:</strong>
I don't need to do any chaining, and my utility is not a plugin in the traditional sense; It will not perform any operations on a jQuery selector.</p>
