Provided detailed message for JSON parse errors. Fixes #4435.

src/ajax.js

@@ -417,13 +417,16 @@ jQuery.extend({
 							"notmodified" :
 							"success";
 
+				var errMsg;
+
 				if ( status === "success" ) {
 					// Watch for, and catch, XML document parse errors
 					try {
 						// process the data (runs the xml through httpData regardless of callback)
 						data = jQuery.httpData( xhr, s.dataType, s );
-					} catch(e) {
+					} catch(err) {
 						status = "parsererror";
+						errMsg = err;
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -434,7 +437,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 						success();
 					}
 				} else {
-					jQuery.handleError(s, xhr, status);
+					jQuery.handleError(s, xhr, status, errMsg);
 				}
 
 				// Fire the complete handlers

test/unit/ajax.js

@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ test("jQuery.ajax() - script, Remote with scheme-less URL", function() {
 });
 
 test("jQuery.ajax() - malformed JSON", function() {
-	expect(1);
+	expect(2);
 
 	stop();
 
@@ -903,8 +903,9 @@ test("jQuery.ajax() - malformed JSON", function() {
 			ok( false, "Success." );
 			start();
 		},
-		error: function(xhr, msg) {
+		error: function(xhr, msg, detailedMsg) {
 			equals( "parsererror", msg, "A parse error occurred." );
+			ok( /^Invalid JSON/.test(detailedMsg), "Detailed parsererror message provided" );
 	  		start();
 		}
 	});