Fix for #3284

I have a fix in place for #3284 that should not break the build this
time (again, sorry!). Is it OK to check this in or should I hold off?
Also, this change modifies the JSON parsing api slightly (parse is
deprecated in favor of parseRaw due to some underlying architecture
changes), so I was wondering if this is something I should submit to
review board before proceeding. I've attached the diff in case anyone
wants to take a look at it.

Derek

I've gone ahead and commited the fix for #3284 (JSON Parsing) with
Martin's OK (per Antonio). I have not done the svnmerge because I'm a
bit wary of doing that myself. Could someone please look at r22170 and
merge that into the 2.8 branch?

Thanks,

Derek