jQuery: is element.click(func) or element.attr('onlick','func()') more efficient?

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I'm populating a list by cloning elements into it. Then I change attrs to make each item unique. They need to call a function on click, so I'm wondering if it's more efficient to use new_element.click(func); or new_element.attr('onlick','func();');

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