Cleans up statusText handling and simplifies 304 notmodified logic.

diff --git a/src/ajax.js b/src/ajax.js
index c307ba5..c2dc3e4 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ajax.js
+++ b/src/ajax.js
@@ -365,17 +365,10 @@ jQuery.extend({
                                // Stored success
                                success,
                                // Stored error
-                               error = statusText;
-
-                       // If not timeout, force a jQuery-compliant status text
-                       if ( statusText != "timeout" ) {
-                               statusText = ( status >= 200 && status < 300 ) ?
-                                       "success" :
-                                       ( status === 304 ? "notmodified" : "error" );
-                       }
+                               error;
 
                        // If successful, handle type chaining
-                       if ( statusText === "success" || statusText === "notmodified" ) {
+                       if ( status >= 200 && status < 300 || status === 304 ) {
 
                                // Set the If-Modified-Since and/or If-None-Match header, if in ifModified mode.
                                if ( s.ifModified ) {
@@ -391,12 +384,20 @@ jQuery.extend({
                                        }
                                }
 
-                               if ( s.ifModified && statusText === "notmodified" ) {
+                               // If not modified
+                               if ( status === 304 ) {
 
-                                       success = null;
+                                       // Set the statusText accordingly
+                                       statusText = "notmodified";
+                                       // Mark as a success
                                        isSuccess = 1;
 
+                               // If we have data
                                } else {
+
+                                       // Set the statusText accordingly
+                                       statusText = "success";
+
                                        // Chain data conversions and determine the final value
                                        // (if an exception is thrown in the process, it'll be notified as an error)
                                        try {
@@ -487,17 +488,20 @@ jQuery.extend({
                                                success = response;
                                                isSuccess = 1;
 
+                                       // If an exception was thrown
                                        } catch(e) {
 
+                                               // We have a parsererror
                                                statusText = "parsererror";
                                                error = "" + e;
 
                                        }
                                }
 
-                       } else { // if not success, mark it as an error
+                       // if not success, mark it as an error
+                       } else {
 
-                                       error = error || statusText;
+                                       error = statusText = statusText || "error";
 
                                        // Set responseText if needed
                                        if ( response ) {