3 files changed, 18 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index f9047d32..5bd5e547 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -800,10 +800,8 @@ function merge(src, dst) {
  * Compiles a piece of HTML or DOM into a {@link angular.scope scope} object.
    <pre>
     var scope1 = angular.compile(window.document);
-    scope1.$init();
 
     var scope2 = angular.compile('<div ng:click="clicked = true">click me</div>');
-    scope2.$init();
    </pre>
  *
  * @param {string|DOMElement} element Element to compile.
@@ -948,7 +946,7 @@ function toKeyValue(obj) {
        (function(window, previousOnLoad){
          window.onload = function(){
           try { (previousOnLoad||angular.noop)(); } catch(e) {}
-          angular.compile(window.document).$init();
+          angular.compile(window.document);
          };
        })(window, window.onload);
       &lt;/script&gt;
@@ -1002,8 +1000,6 @@ function angularInit(config){
       $browser.addCss(config.base_url + config.css);
     else if(msie<8)
       $browser.addJs(config.base_url + config.ie_compat, config.ie_compat_id);
-
-    scope.$init();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Compiler.js b/src/Compiler.js
index 804a9622..6aee40b8 100644
--- a/src/Compiler.js
+++ b/src/Compiler.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function Template(priority) {
 }
 
 Template.prototype = {
-  init: function(element, scope) {
+  attach: function(element, scope) {
     var inits = {};
     this.collectInits(element, inits, scope);
     forEachSorted(inits, function(queue){
@@ -96,18 +96,14 @@ Compiler.prototype = {
     template = this.templatize(element, index, 0) || new Template();
     return function(element, parentScope){
       element = jqLite(element);
-      var scope = parentScope && parentScope.$eval ?
-          parentScope : createScope(parentScope);
+      var scope = parentScope && parentScope.$eval
+          ? parentScope
+          : createScope(parentScope);
       element.data($$scope, scope);
-      return extend(scope, {
-        $element:element,
-        $init: function() {
-          template.init(element, scope);
-          scope.$eval();
-          delete scope.$init;
-          return scope;
-        }
-      });
+      template.attach(element, scope);
+      scope.$element = element;
+      scope.$eval();
+      return scope;
     };
   },
 
diff --git a/src/widgets.js b/src/widgets.js
index 7438254d..66c9ecc5 100644
--- a/src/widgets.js
+++ b/src/widgets.js
@@ -677,7 +677,6 @@ angularWidget('ng:include', function(element){
             element.html(response);
             childScope = useScope || createScope(scope);
             compiler.compile(element)(element, childScope);
-            childScope.$init();
             scope.$eval(onloadExp);
           });
         } else {
@@ -795,7 +794,6 @@ var ngSwitch = angularWidget('ng:switch', function (element){
           element.append(caseElement);
           childScope.$tryEval(switchCase.change, element);
           switchCase.template(caseElement, childScope);
-          childScope.$init();
         }
       });
     });
@@ -891,7 +889,7 @@ angularWidget('a', function() {
 angularWidget("@ng:repeat", function(expression, element){
   element.removeAttr('ng:repeat');
   element.replaceWith(jqLite("<!-- ng:repeat: " + expression + " --!>"));
-  var template = this.compile(element);
+  var linker = this.compile(element);
   return function(reference){
     var match = expression.match(/^\s*(.+)\s+in\s+(.*)\s*$/),
         lhs, rhs, valueIdent, keyIdent;
@@ -912,6 +910,7 @@ angularWidget("@ng:repeat", function(expression, element){
     var children = [], currentScope = this;
     this.$onEval(function(){
       var index = 0,
+          cloneElement,
           childCount = children.length,
           lastElement = reference,
           collection = this.$tryEval(rhs, reference),
@@ -937,16 +936,17 @@ angularWidget("@ng:repeat", function(expression, element){
             if (keyIdent) childScope[keyIdent] = key;
           } else {
             // grow children
-            childScope = template(quickClone(element), createScope(currentScope));
+            childScope = createScope(currentScope);
             childScope[valueIdent] = collection[key];
             if (keyIdent) childScope[keyIdent] = key;
-            lastElement.after(childScope.$element);
             childScope.$index = index;
             childScope.$position = index == 0 ?
-                                      'first' :
-                                      (index == collectionLength - 1 ? 'last' : 'middle');
-            childScope.$element.attr('ng:repeat-index', index);
-            childScope.$init();
+                'first' :
+                  (index == collectionLength - 1 ? 'last' : 'middle');
+            cloneElement = quickClone(element);
+            lastElement.after(cloneElement);
+            cloneElement.attr('ng:repeat-index', index);
+            linker(cloneElement, childScope);
             children.push(childScope);
           }
           childScope.$eval();
@@ -1069,7 +1069,6 @@ angularWidget('ng:view', function(element) {
           $xhr('GET', src, function(code, response){
             element.html(response);
             compiler.compile(element)(element, childScope);
-            childScope.$init();
           });
         } else {
           element.html('');