$.get() doesn't shift 'type' argument when 'data' argument is omitted

[Wim Leers]

callback is shifted, but type isn't.

[dmethvin]

Looks like a good fix.

[john]

I think this is OK, though - the type argument isn't meant to be used by external developers (it's for internal uses, only). Actually, it should probably just be removed outright.

[dmethvin]

Also, it's tricky to shift the parameters because getScript and getJSON always pass the type as the fourth arg even if not all the args are provided.

Maybe we just need the docs to clarify that if an arg is left out it should be replaced with a null rather than shifting down the subsequent args.

[dmethvin]

See duplicate #4384 for a patch that can be applied if this functionality is not removed. Note that $.get and $.post publicly document that type is a parameter so I'm not sure it can be removed at this point without heartache.

 http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/jQuery.get#urldatacallbacktype

 http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/jQuery.post#urldatacallbacktype

[paul.irish]

This ticket is a dupe of #2452 which has a patch that'll fix both $.get() and $.post()