Removes unnecessary variables and adds much needed comments into the data conversion...

diff --git a/src/ajax.js b/src/ajax.js
index 2c658b1..c307ba5 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ajax.js
+++ b/src/ajax.js
@@ -402,64 +402,86 @@ jQuery.extend({
                                        try {
 
                                                var i,
+                                                       // Current dataType
                                                        current,
+                                                       // Previous dataType
                                                        prev,
-                                                       checker,
+                                                       // Conversion function
                                                        conv,
+                                                       // Conversion functions (when text is used in-between)
                                                        conv1,
                                                        conv2,
-                                                       convertion,
+                                                       // Local references to dataTypes & converters
                                                        dataTypes = s.dataTypes,
                                                        converters = s.converters,
+                                                       // DataType to responseXXX field mapping
                                                        responses = {
                                                                "xml": "XML",
                                                                "text": "Text"
                                                        };
 
+                                               // For each dataType in the chain
                                                for( i = 0 ; i < dataTypes.length ; i++ ) {
 
                                                        current = dataTypes[ i ];
 
+                                                       // If a responseXXX field for this dataType exists
+                                                       // and if it hasn't been set yet
                                                        if ( responses[ current ] ) {
+                                                               // Set it
                                                                jXHR[ "response" + responses[ current ] ] = response;
+                                                               // Mark it as set
                                                                responses[ current ] = 0;
                                                        }
 
+                                                       // If this is not the first element
                                                        if ( i ) {
 
+                                                               // Get the dataType to convert from
                                                                prev = dataTypes[ i - 1 ];
 
+                                                               // If no catch-all and dataTypes are actually different
                                                                if ( prev !== "*" && current !== "*" && prev !== current ) {
 
-                                                                       conv = converters[ ( conversion = prev + " " + current ) ] ||
+                                                                       // Get the converter
+                                                                       conv = converters[ prev + " " + current ] ||
                                                                                converters[ "* " + current ];
 
                                                                        conv1 = conv2 = 0;
 
+                                                                       // If there is no direct converter and none of the dataTypes is text
                                                                        if ( ! conv && prev !== "text" && current !== "text" ) {
+                                                                               // Try with text in-between
                                                                                conv1 = converters[ prev + " text" ] || converters[ "* text" ];
                                                                                conv2 = converters[ "text " + current ];
+                                                                               // Revert back to a single converter
+                                                                               // if one of the converter is an equivalence
                                                                                if ( conv1 === true ) {
                                                                                        conv = conv2;
                                                                                } else if ( conv2 === true ) {
                                                                                        conv = conv1;
                                                                                }
                                                                        }
-
+                                                                       // If we found no converter, dispatch an error
                                                                        if ( ! ( conv || conv1 && conv2 ) ) {
                                                                                throw conversion;
                                                                        }
-
+                                                                       // If found converter is not an equivalence
                                                                        if ( conv !== true ) {
+                                                                               // Convert with 1 or 2 converters accordingly
                                                                                response = conv ? conv( response ) : conv2( conv1( response ) );
                                                                        }
                                                                }
+                                                       // If it is the first element of the chain
+                                                       // and we have a dataFilter
                                                        } else if ( s.dataFilter ) {
-
+                                                               // Apply the dataFilter
                                                                response = s.dataFilter( response , current );
+                                                               // Get dataTypes again in case the filter changed them
                                                                dataTypes = s.dataTypes;
                                                        }
                                                }
+                                               // End of loop
 
                                                // We have a real success
                                                success = response;