as universally approved on discussions on dev list, replace new Object() with {}. all tests pass ff & ie6

git-svn-id: http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers@3814 dc9f47b5-9b13-0410-9fdd-eb0c1a62fdaf

lib/OpenLayers/Util.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /**
  * Namespace: Util
  */
-OpenLayers.Util = new Object();
+OpenLayers.Util = {};
 
 /** 
  * Function: getElement
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ OpenLayers.Util.createAlphaImageDiv = function(id, px, sz, imgURL,
  * {Object} A new Object with all the same keys but uppercased
  */
 OpenLayers.Util.upperCaseObject = function (object) {
-    var uObject = new Object();
+    var uObject = {};
     for (var key in object) {
         uObject[key.toUpperCase()] = object[key];
     }
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ OpenLayers.Util.getArgs = function(url) {
         return {};
     }
         
-    var args = new Object();
+    var args = {};
     pairs = query.split(/[&;]/);
     for(var i = 0; i < pairs.length; ++i) {
         keyValue = pairs[i].split('=');
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ OpenLayers.Util.pagePosition = function(forElement) {
  * {Boolean} Whether or not the two URLs are equivalent
  */
 OpenLayers.Util.isEquivalentUrl = function(url1, url2, options) {
-    options = options || new Object();
+    options = options || {};
 
     OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults(options, {
         ignoreCase: true,
@@ -1041,9 +1041,9 @@ OpenLayers.Util.isEquivalentUrl = function(url1, url2, options) {
  *          and ready for comparison
  */
 OpenLayers.Util.createUrlObject = function(url, options) {
-    options = options || new Object();
+    options = options || {};
 
-    var urlObject = new Object();
+    var urlObject = {};
   
     if (options.ignoreCase) {
         url = url.toLowerCase();