Error: [jqLite:nosel] when compiling cached template

[mozey]

When I try to compile a template cached with

<script type="text/ng-template" id="template.html"> 

I get the error:

Error: [jqLite:nosel] Looking up elements via selectors is not supported by jqLite!

If I remove the script tag and create a file named template.html the same code works without any errors.

Here is a plunker with the code:
http://plnkr.co/edit/AM28MtrrzxHOmxgGhiA0

[vojtajina]

jqLite throws when given a string that does not start with "<", it should trim the string first.

[caitp]

HTML strings are being trim'd in many parts of the framework for this reason, I think these could all be factored out by this fix, with a fairly negligible perf cost (most likely).

In the mean time, it should be noted that this works as expected if you use jQuery rather than jqLite.