Merge branch 'develop' into feature/ubjson

.gitignore

@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ benchmarks/files/numbers/*.json
 cmake-build-debug
 
 test/test-*
+third_party/Amalgamate

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
 project(nlohmann_json VERSION 3.0.1 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 ##
+## INCLUDE
+##
+##
+include(ExternalProject)
+
+##
 ## OPTIONS
 ##
 option(JSON_BuildTests "Build the unit tests when BUILD_TESTING is enabled." ON)
@@ -15,7 +21,7 @@ option(JSON_BuildTests "Build the unit tests when BUILD_TESTING is enabled." ON)
 ## CONFIGURATION
 ##
 set(NLOHMANN_JSON_TARGET_NAME               ${PROJECT_NAME})
-set(NLOHMANN_JSON_SOURCE_DIR                "src/")
+set(NLOHMANN_JSON_SOURCE_DIR                "src")
 set(NLOHMANN_JSON_CONFIG_INSTALL_DIR        "lib/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}")
 set(NLOHMANN_JSON_INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR       "include")
 set(NLOHMANN_JSON_HEADER_INSTALL_DIR        "${NLOHMANN_JSON_INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}/nlohmann")

Makefile

 .PHONY: pretty clean ChangeLog.md
 
+SRCS = develop/json.hpp \
+       develop/json_fwd.hpp \
+       develop/detail/macro_scope.hpp \
+       develop/detail/macro_unscope.hpp \
+       develop/detail/meta.hpp \
+       develop/detail/exceptions.hpp \
+       develop/detail/value_t.hpp \
+       develop/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp \
+       develop/detail/conversions/to_json.hpp \
+       develop/detail/parsing/input_adapters.hpp \
+       develop/detail/parsing/lexer.hpp \
+       develop/detail/parsing/parser.hpp \
+       develop/detail/iterators/primitive_iterator.hpp \
+       develop/detail/iterators/internal_iterator.hpp \
+       develop/detail/iterators/iter_impl.hpp \
+       develop/detail/iterators/iteration_proxy.hpp \
+       develop/detail/iterators/json_reverse_iterator.hpp \
+       develop/detail/parsing/output_adapters.hpp \
+       develop/detail/parsing/binary_reader.hpp \
+       develop/detail/parsing/binary_writer.hpp \
+       develop/detail/serializer.hpp \
+       develop/detail/json_ref.hpp \
+       develop/adl_serializer.hpp
+
+UNAME = $(shell uname)
+CXX=clang++
+
+# main target
 all:
+	@echo "amalgamate - amalgamate file src/json.hpp from the develop sources"
 	@echo "ChangeLog.md - generate ChangeLog file"
 	@echo "check - compile and execute test suite"
+	@echo "check-amalagamation - check whether sources have been amalgamated"
 	@echo "check-fast - compile and execute test suite (skip long-running tests)"
 	@echo "clean - remove built files"
 	@echo "coverage - create coverage information with lcov"
@@ -16,7 +46,6 @@ all:
 	@echo "pedantic_gcc - run GCC with maximal warning flags"
 	@echo "pretty - beautify code with Artistic Style"
 
-
 ##########################################################################
 # unit tests
 ##########################################################################
@@ -218,9 +247,23 @@ pretty:
 	   --indent-col1-comments --pad-oper --pad-header --align-pointer=type \
 	   --align-reference=type --add-brackets --convert-tabs --close-templates \
 	   --lineend=linux --preserve-date --suffix=none --formatted \
-	   src/json.hpp test/src/*.cpp \
+	   $(SRCS) src/json.hpp test/src/*.cpp \
 	   benchmarks/src/benchmarks.cpp doc/examples/*.cpp
 
+# create single header file
+amalgamate: src/json.hpp
+
+src/json.hpp: $(SRCS)
+	develop/amalgamate/amalgamate.py -c develop/amalgamate/config.json -s develop --verbose=yes
+	$(MAKE) pretty
+
+# check if src/json.hpp has been amalgamated from the develop sources
+check-amalagamation:
+	@mv src/json.hpp src/json.hpp~
+	@$(MAKE) amalgamate
+	@diff src/json.hpp src/json.hpp~ || (echo "===================================================================\n  Amalgamation required! Please read the contribution guidelines\n  in file .github/CONTRIBUTING.md.\n===================================================================" ; mv src/json.hpp~ src/json.hpp ; false)
+	@mv src/json.hpp~ src/json.hpp
+
 
 ##########################################################################
 # changelog

develop/adl_serializer.hpp

+#pragma once
+
+#include <utility>
+
+#include "detail/conversions/from_json.hpp"
+#include "detail/conversions/to_json.hpp"
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+template<typename, typename>
+struct adl_serializer
+{
+    /*!
+    @brief convert a JSON value to any value type
+
+    This function is usually called by the `get()` function of the
+    @ref basic_json class (either explicit or via conversion operators).
+
+    @param[in] j         JSON value to read from
+    @param[in,out] val  value to write to
+    */
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename ValueType>
+    static void from_json(BasicJsonType&& j, ValueType& val) noexcept(
+        noexcept(::nlohmann::from_json(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), val)))
+    {
+        ::nlohmann::from_json(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), val);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief convert any value type to a JSON value
+
+    This function is usually called by the constructors of the @ref basic_json
+    class.
+
+    @param[in,out] j  JSON value to write to
+    @param[in] val     value to read from
+    */
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename ValueType>
+    static void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, ValueType&& val) noexcept(
+        noexcept(::nlohmann::to_json(j, std::forward<ValueType>(val))))
+    {
+        ::nlohmann::to_json(j, std::forward<ValueType>(val));
+    }
+};
+}

develop/amalgamate/CHANGES.md

+The following changes have been made to the code with respect to <https://github.com/edlund/amalgamate/commit/c91f07eea1133aa184f652b8f1398eaf03586208>:
+
+- Resolved inspection results from PyCharm:
+  - replaced tabs with spaces
+  - added encoding annotation
+  - reindented file to remove trailing whitespaces
+  - unused import `sys`
+  - membership check
+  - made function from `_is_within`
+  - removed unused variable `actual_path`

develop/amalgamate/LICENSE.md

+amalgamate.py - Amalgamate C source and header files
+Copyright (c) 2012, Erik Edlund <erik.edlund@32767.se>
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
+are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+ * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+ * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+ * Neither the name of Erik Edlund, nor the names of its contributors may
+   be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
+   specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
+ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
+ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
+ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

develop/amalgamate/README.md

+
+# amalgamate.py - Amalgamate C source and header files
+
+Origin: https://bitbucket.org/erikedlund/amalgamate
+
+Mirror: https://github.com/edlund/amalgamate
+
+`amalgamate.py` aims to make it easy to use SQLite-style C source and header
+amalgamation in projects.
+
+For more information, please refer to: http://sqlite.org/amalgamation.html
+
+## Here be dragons
+
+`amalgamate.py` is quite dumb, it only knows the bare minimum about C code
+required in order to be able to handle trivial include directives. It can
+produce weird results for unexpected code.
+
+Things to be aware of:
+
+`amalgamate.py` will not handle complex include directives correctly:
+
+        #define HEADER_PATH "path/to/header.h"
+        #include HEADER_PATH
+
+In the above example, `path/to/header.h` will not be included in the
+amalgamation (HEADER_PATH is never expanded).
+
+`amalgamate.py` makes the assumption that each source and header file which
+is not empty will end in a new-line character, which is not immediately
+preceded by a backslash character (see 5.1.1.2p1.2 of ISO C99).
+
+`amalgamate.py` should be usable with C++ code, but raw string literals from
+C++11 will definitely cause problems:
+
+        R"delimiter(Terrible raw \ data " #include <sneaky.hpp>)delimiter"
+        R"delimiter(Terrible raw \ data " escaping)delimiter"
+
+In the examples above, `amalgamate.py` will stop parsing the raw string literal
+when it encounters the first quotation mark, which will produce unexpected
+results.
+
+## Installing amalgamate.py
+
+Python v.2.7.0 or higher is required.
+
+`amalgamate.py` can be tested and installed using the following commands:
+
+        ./test.sh && sudo -k cp ./amalgamate.py /usr/local/bin/
+
+## Using amalgamate.py
+
+        amalgamate.py [-v] -c path/to/config.json -s path/to/source/dir \
+                [-p path/to/prologue.(c|h)]
+
+ * The `-c, --config` option should specify the path to a JSON config file which
+   lists the source files, include paths and where to write the resulting
+   amalgamation. Have a look at `test/source.c.json` and `test/include.h.json`
+   to see two examples.
+
+ * The `-s, --source` option should specify the path to the source directory.
+   This is useful for supporting separate source and build directories.
+
+ * The `-p, --prologue` option should specify the path to a file which will be
+   added to the beginning of the amalgamation. It is optional.
+

develop/amalgamate/config.json

+{
+	"project": "JSON for Modern C++",
+	"target": "src/json.hpp",
+	"sources": [
+		"json.hpp"
+	],
+	"include_paths": ["."]
+}

develop/detail/iterators/internal_iterator.hpp

+#pragma once
+
+#include "detail/iterators/primitive_iterator.hpp"
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+/*!
+@brief an iterator value
+
+@note This structure could easily be a union, but MSVC currently does not allow
+unions members with complex constructors, see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/105.
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType> struct internal_iterator
+{
+    /// iterator for JSON objects
+    typename BasicJsonType::object_t::iterator object_iterator {};
+    /// iterator for JSON arrays
+    typename BasicJsonType::array_t::iterator array_iterator {};
+    /// generic iterator for all other types
+    primitive_iterator_t primitive_iterator {};
+};
+}
+}

develop/detail/iterators/iteration_proxy.hpp

+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <string> // string, to_string
+
+#include "detail/value_t.hpp"
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+/// proxy class for the iterator_wrapper functions
+template<typename IteratorType> class iteration_proxy
+{
+  private:
+    /// helper class for iteration
+    class iteration_proxy_internal
+    {
+      private:
+        /// the iterator
+        IteratorType anchor;
+        /// an index for arrays (used to create key names)
+        std::size_t array_index = 0;
+
+      public:
+        explicit iteration_proxy_internal(IteratorType it) noexcept : anchor(it) {}
+
+        /// dereference operator (needed for range-based for)
+        iteration_proxy_internal& operator*()
+        {
+            return *this;
+        }
+
+        /// increment operator (needed for range-based for)
+        iteration_proxy_internal& operator++()
+        {
+            ++anchor;
+            ++array_index;
+
+            return *this;
+        }
+
+        /// inequality operator (needed for range-based for)
+        bool operator!=(const iteration_proxy_internal& o) const noexcept
+        {
+            return anchor != o.anchor;
+        }
+
+        /// return key of the iterator
+        std::string key() const
+        {
+            assert(anchor.m_object != nullptr);
+
+            switch (anchor.m_object->type())
+            {
+                // use integer array index as key
+                case value_t::array:
+                    return std::to_string(array_index);
+
+                // use key from the object
+                case value_t::object:
+                    return anchor.key();
+
+                // use an empty key for all primitive types
+                default:
+                    return "";
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// return value of the iterator
+        typename IteratorType::reference value() const
+        {
+            return anchor.value();
+        }
+    };
+
+    /// the container to iterate
+    typename IteratorType::reference container;
+
+  public:
+    /// construct iteration proxy from a container
+    explicit iteration_proxy(typename IteratorType::reference cont)
+        : container(cont) {}
+
+    /// return iterator begin (needed for range-based for)
+    iteration_proxy_internal begin() noexcept
+    {
+        return iteration_proxy_internal(container.begin());
+    }
+
+    /// return iterator end (needed for range-based for)
+    iteration_proxy_internal end() noexcept
+    {
+        return iteration_proxy_internal(container.end());
+    }
+};
+}
+}

develop/detail/iterators/json_reverse_iterator.hpp

+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstddef> // ptrdiff_t
+#include <iterator> // reverse_iterator
+#include <utility> // declval
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+//////////////////////
+// reverse_iterator //
+//////////////////////
+
+/*!
+@brief a template for a reverse iterator class
+
+@tparam Base the base iterator type to reverse. Valid types are @ref
+iterator (to create @ref reverse_iterator) and @ref const_iterator (to
+create @ref const_reverse_iterator).
+
+@requirement The class satisfies the following concept requirements:
+-
+[BidirectionalIterator](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/BidirectionalIterator):
+  The iterator that can be moved can be moved in both directions (i.e.
+  incremented and decremented).
+- [OutputIterator](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/OutputIterator):
+  It is possible to write to the pointed-to element (only if @a Base is
+  @ref iterator).
+
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+template<typename Base>
+class json_reverse_iterator : public std::reverse_iterator<Base>
+{
+  public:
+    using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+    /// shortcut to the reverse iterator adapter
+    using base_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<Base>;
+    /// the reference type for the pointed-to element
+    using reference = typename Base::reference;
+
+    /// create reverse iterator from iterator
+    json_reverse_iterator(const typename base_iterator::iterator_type& it) noexcept
+        : base_iterator(it) {}
+
+    /// create reverse iterator from base class
+    json_reverse_iterator(const base_iterator& it) noexcept : base_iterator(it) {}
+
+    /// post-increment (it++)
+    json_reverse_iterator const operator++(int)
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator++(1));
+    }
+
+    /// pre-increment (++it)
+    json_reverse_iterator& operator++()
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator&>(base_iterator::operator++());
+    }
+
+    /// post-decrement (it--)
+    json_reverse_iterator const operator--(int)
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator--(1));
+    }
+
+    /// pre-decrement (--it)
+    json_reverse_iterator& operator--()
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator&>(base_iterator::operator--());
+    }
+
+    /// add to iterator
+    json_reverse_iterator& operator+=(difference_type i)
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator&>(base_iterator::operator+=(i));
+    }
+
+    /// add to iterator
+    json_reverse_iterator operator+(difference_type i) const
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator+(i));
+    }
+
+    /// subtract from iterator
+    json_reverse_iterator operator-(difference_type i) const
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator-(i));
+    }
+
+    /// return difference
+    difference_type operator-(const json_reverse_iterator& other) const
+    {
+        return base_iterator(*this) - base_iterator(other);
+    }
+
+    /// access to successor
+    reference operator[](difference_type n) const
+    {
+        return *(this->operator+(n));
+    }
+
+    /// return the key of an object iterator
+    auto key() const -> decltype(std::declval<Base>().key())
+    {
+        auto it = --this->base();
+        return it.key();
+    }
+
+    /// return the value of an iterator
+    reference value() const
+    {
+        auto it = --this->base();
+        return it.operator * ();
+    }
+};
+}
+}

develop/detail/iterators/primitive_iterator.hpp

+#pragma once
+
+#include <ciso646> // not
+#include <cstddef> // ptrdiff_t
+#include <limits>  // numeric_limits
+#include <ostream> // ostream
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+/*
+@brief an iterator for primitive JSON types
+
+This class models an iterator for primitive JSON types (boolean, number,
+string). It's only purpose is to allow the iterator/const_iterator classes
+to "iterate" over primitive values. Internally, the iterator is modeled by
+a `difference_type` variable. Value begin_value (`0`) models the begin,
+end_value (`1`) models past the end.
+*/
+class primitive_iterator_t
+{
+  public:
+    using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+
+    constexpr difference_type get_value() const noexcept
+    {
+        return m_it;
+    }
+
+    /// set iterator to a defined beginning
+    void set_begin() noexcept
+    {
+        m_it = begin_value;
+    }
+
+    /// set iterator to a defined past the end
+    void set_end() noexcept
+    {
+        m_it = end_value;
+    }
+
+    /// return whether the iterator can be dereferenced
+    constexpr bool is_begin() const noexcept
+    {
+        return m_it == begin_value;
+    }
+
+    /// return whether the iterator is at end
+    constexpr bool is_end() const noexcept
+    {
+        return m_it == end_value;
+    }
+
+    friend constexpr bool operator==(primitive_iterator_t lhs, primitive_iterator_t rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return lhs.m_it == rhs.m_it;
+    }
+
+    friend constexpr bool operator<(primitive_iterator_t lhs, primitive_iterator_t rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return lhs.m_it < rhs.m_it;
+    }
+
+    primitive_iterator_t operator+(difference_type i)
+    {
+        auto result = *this;
+        result += i;
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    friend constexpr difference_type operator-(primitive_iterator_t lhs, primitive_iterator_t rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return lhs.m_it - rhs.m_it;
+    }
+
+    friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, primitive_iterator_t it)
+    {
+        return os << it.m_it;
+    }
+
+    primitive_iterator_t& operator++()
+    {
+        ++m_it;
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    primitive_iterator_t const operator++(int)
+    {
+        auto result = *this;
+        m_it++;
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    primitive_iterator_t& operator--()
+    {
+        --m_it;
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    primitive_iterator_t const operator--(int)
+    {
+        auto result = *this;
+        m_it--;
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    primitive_iterator_t& operator+=(difference_type n)
+    {
+        m_it += n;
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    primitive_iterator_t& operator-=(difference_type n)
+    {
+        m_it -= n;
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    static constexpr difference_type begin_value = 0;
+    static constexpr difference_type end_value = begin_value + 1;
+
+    /// iterator as signed integer type
+    difference_type m_it = (std::numeric_limits<std::ptrdiff_t>::min)();
+};
+}
+}

develop/detail/json_ref.hpp

+#pragma once
+
+#include <initializer_list>
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class json_ref
+{
+  public:
+    using value_type = BasicJsonType;
+
+    json_ref(value_type&& value)
+        : owned_value(std::move(value)), value_ref(&owned_value), is_rvalue(true)
+    {}
+
+    json_ref(const value_type& value)
+        : value_ref(const_cast<value_type*>(&value)), is_rvalue(false)
+    {}
+
+    json_ref(std::initializer_list<json_ref> init)
+        : owned_value(init), value_ref(&owned_value), is_rvalue(true)
+    {}
+
+    template<class... Args>
+    json_ref(Args&& ... args)
+        : owned_value(std::forward<Args>(args)...), value_ref(&owned_value), is_rvalue(true)
+    {}
+
+    // class should be movable only
+    json_ref(json_ref&&) = default;
+    json_ref(const json_ref&) = delete;
+    json_ref& operator=(const json_ref&) = delete;
+
+    value_type moved_or_copied() const
+    {
+        if (is_rvalue)
+        {
+            return std::move(*value_ref);
+        }
+        return *value_ref;
+    }
+
+    value_type const& operator*() const
+    {
+        return *static_cast<value_type const*>(value_ref);
+    }
+
+    value_type const* operator->() const
+    {
+        return static_cast<value_type const*>(value_ref);
+    }
+
+  private:
+    mutable value_type owned_value = nullptr;
+    value_type* value_ref = nullptr;
+    const bool is_rvalue;
+};
+}
+}

develop/detail/macro_scope.hpp

+#pragma once
+
+#include <ciso646> // not
+
+// This file contains all internal macro definitions
+// You MUST include macro_unscope.hpp at the end of json.hpp to undef all of them
+
+// exclude unsupported compilers
+#if defined(__clang__)
+    #if (__clang_major__ * 10000 + __clang_minor__ * 100 + __clang_patchlevel__) < 30400
+        #error "unsupported Clang version - see https://github.com/nlohmann/json#supported-compilers"
+    #endif
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) && !(defined(__ICC) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER))
+    #if (__GNUC__ * 10000 + __GNUC_MINOR__ * 100 + __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__) < 40900
+        #error "unsupported GCC version - see https://github.com/nlohmann/json#supported-compilers"
+    #endif
+#endif
+
+// disable float-equal warnings on GCC/clang
+#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic push
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wfloat-equal"
+#endif
+
+// disable documentation warnings on clang
+#if defined(__clang__)
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic push
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdocumentation"
+#endif
+
+// allow for portable deprecation warnings
+#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+    #define JSON_DEPRECATED __attribute__((deprecated))
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+    #define JSON_DEPRECATED __declspec(deprecated)
+#else
+    #define JSON_DEPRECATED
+#endif
+
+// allow to disable exceptions
+#if (defined(__cpp_exceptions) || defined(__EXCEPTIONS) || defined(_CPPUNWIND)) && not defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
+    #define JSON_THROW(exception) throw exception
+    #define JSON_TRY try
+    #define JSON_CATCH(exception) catch(exception)
+#else
+    #define JSON_THROW(exception) std::abort()
+    #define JSON_TRY if(true)
+    #define JSON_CATCH(exception) if(false)
+#endif
+
+// manual branch prediction
+#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+    #define JSON_LIKELY(x)      __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
+    #define JSON_UNLIKELY(x)    __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
+#else
+    #define JSON_LIKELY(x)      x
+    #define JSON_UNLIKELY(x)    x
+#endif
+
+// C++ language standard detection
+#if (defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus >= 201703L) || (defined(_HAS_CXX17) && _HAS_CXX17 == 1) // fix for issue #464
+    #define JSON_HAS_CPP_17
+    #define JSON_HAS_CPP_14
+#elif (defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus >= 201402L) || (defined(_HAS_CXX14) && _HAS_CXX14 == 1)
+    #define JSON_HAS_CPP_14
+#endif
+
+// Ugly macros to avoid uglier copy-paste when specializing basic_json. They
+// may be removed in the future once the class is split.
+
+#define NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION                                \
+    template<template<typename, typename, typename...> class ObjectType,   \
+             template<typename, typename...> class ArrayType,              \
+             class StringType, class BooleanType, class NumberIntegerType, \
+             class NumberUnsignedType, class NumberFloatType,              \
+             template<typename> class AllocatorType,                       \
+             template<typename, typename = void> class JSONSerializer>
+
+#define NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL                                            \
+    basic_json<ObjectType, ArrayType, StringType, BooleanType,             \
+    NumberIntegerType, NumberUnsignedType, NumberFloatType,                \
+    AllocatorType, JSONSerializer>
+
+/*!
+@brief Helper to determine whether there's a key_type for T.
+
+This helper is used to tell associative containers apart from other containers
+such as sequence containers. For instance, `std::map` passes the test as it
+contains a `mapped_type`, whereas `std::vector` fails the test.
+
+@sa http://stackoverflow.com/a/7728728/266378
+@since version 1.0.0, overworked in version 2.0.6
+*/
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_HAS_HELPER(type)                                        \
+    template<typename T> struct has_##type {                                  \
+    private:                                                                  \
+        template<typename U, typename = typename U::type>                     \
+        static int detect(U &&);                                              \
+        static void detect(...);                                              \
+    public:                                                                   \
+        static constexpr bool value =                                         \
+                std::is_integral<decltype(detect(std::declval<T>()))>::value; \
+    }

develop/detail/macro_unscope.hpp

+#pragma once
+
+// restore GCC/clang diagnostic settings
+#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
+#if defined(__clang__)
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
+
+// clean up
+#undef JSON_CATCH
+#undef JSON_THROW
+#undef JSON_TRY
+#undef JSON_LIKELY
+#undef JSON_UNLIKELY
+#undef JSON_DEPRECATED
+#undef JSON_HAS_CPP_14
+#undef JSON_HAS_CPP_17
+#undef NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
+#undef NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL
+#undef NLOHMANN_JSON_HAS_HELPER

develop/detail/meta.hpp

+#pragma once
+
+#include <ciso646> // not
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <limits> // numeric_limits
+#include <type_traits> // conditional, enable_if, false_type, integral_constant, is_constructible, is_integral, is_same, remove_cv, remove_reference, true_type
+#include <utility> // declval
+
+#include "json_fwd.hpp"
+#include "detail/macro_scope.hpp"
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+/*!
+@brief detail namespace with internal helper functions
+
+This namespace collects functions that should not be exposed,
+implementations of some @ref basic_json methods, and meta-programming helpers.
+
+@since version 2.1.0
+*/
+namespace detail
+{
+/////////////
+// helpers //
+/////////////
+
+template<typename> struct is_basic_json : std::false_type {};
+
+NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
+struct is_basic_json<NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL> : std::true_type {};
+
+// alias templates to reduce boilerplate
+template<bool B, typename T = void>
+using enable_if_t = typename std::enable_if<B, T>::type;
+
+template<typename T>
+using uncvref_t = typename std::remove_cv<typename std::remove_reference<T>::type>::type;
+
+// implementation of C++14 index_sequence and affiliates
+// source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/32223343
+template<std::size_t... Ints>
+struct index_sequence
+{
+    using type = index_sequence;
+    using value_type = std::size_t;
+    static constexpr std::size_t size() noexcept
+    {
+        return sizeof...(Ints);
+    }
+};
+
+template<class Sequence1, class Sequence2>
+struct merge_and_renumber;
+
+template<std::size_t... I1, std::size_t... I2>
+struct merge_and_renumber<index_sequence<I1...>, index_sequence<I2...>>
+        : index_sequence < I1..., (sizeof...(I1) + I2)... > {};
+
+template<std::size_t N>
+struct make_index_sequence
+    : merge_and_renumber < typename make_index_sequence < N / 2 >::type,
+      typename make_index_sequence < N - N / 2 >::type > {};
+
+template<> struct make_index_sequence<0> : index_sequence<> {};
+template<> struct make_index_sequence<1> : index_sequence<0> {};
+
+template<typename... Ts>
+using index_sequence_for = make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Ts)>;
+
+/*
+Implementation of two C++17 constructs: conjunction, negation. This is needed
+to avoid evaluating all the traits in a condition
+
+For example: not std::is_same<void, T>::value and has_value_type<T>::value
+will not compile when T = void (on MSVC at least). Whereas
+conjunction<negation<std::is_same<void, T>>, has_value_type<T>>::value will
+stop evaluating if negation<...>::value == false
+
+Please note that those constructs must be used with caution, since symbols can
+become very long quickly (which can slow down compilation and cause MSVC
+internal compiler errors). Only use it when you have to (see example ahead).
+*/
+template<class...> struct conjunction : std::true_type {};
+template<class B1> struct conjunction<B1> : B1 {};
+template<class B1, class... Bn>
+struct conjunction<B1, Bn...> : std::conditional<bool(B1::value), conjunction<Bn...>, B1>::type {};
+
+template<class B> struct negation : std::integral_constant<bool, not B::value> {};
+
+// dispatch utility (taken from ranges-v3)
+template<unsigned N> struct priority_tag : priority_tag < N - 1 > {};
+template<> struct priority_tag<0> {};
+
+////////////////////////
+// has_/is_ functions //
+////////////////////////
+
+NLOHMANN_JSON_HAS_HELPER(mapped_type);
+NLOHMANN_JSON_HAS_HELPER(key_type);
+NLOHMANN_JSON_HAS_HELPER(value_type);
+NLOHMANN_JSON_HAS_HELPER(iterator);
+
+template<bool B, class RealType, class CompatibleObjectType>
+struct is_compatible_object_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+
+template<class RealType, class CompatibleObjectType>
+struct is_compatible_object_type_impl<true, RealType, CompatibleObjectType>
+{
+    static constexpr auto value =
+        std::is_constructible<typename RealType::key_type, typename CompatibleObjectType::key_type>::value and
+        std::is_constructible<typename RealType::mapped_type, typename CompatibleObjectType::mapped_type>::value;
+};
+
+template<class BasicJsonType, class CompatibleObjectType>
+struct is_compatible_object_type
+{
+    static auto constexpr value = is_compatible_object_type_impl <
+                                  conjunction<negation<std::is_same<void, CompatibleObjectType>>,
+                                  has_mapped_type<CompatibleObjectType>,
+                                  has_key_type<CompatibleObjectType>>::value,
+                                  typename BasicJsonType::object_t, CompatibleObjectType >::value;
+};
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+struct is_basic_json_nested_type
+{
+    static auto constexpr value = std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::iterator>::value or
+                                  std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::const_iterator>::value or
+                                  std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::reverse_iterator>::value or
+                                  std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::const_reverse_iterator>::value;
+};
+
+template<class BasicJsonType, class CompatibleArrayType>
+struct is_compatible_array_type
+{
+    static auto constexpr value =
+        conjunction<negation<std::is_same<void, CompatibleArrayType>>,
+        negation<is_compatible_object_type<
+        BasicJsonType, CompatibleArrayType>>,
+        negation<std::is_constructible<typename BasicJsonType::string_t,
+        CompatibleArrayType>>,
+        negation<is_basic_json_nested_type<BasicJsonType, CompatibleArrayType>>,
+        has_value_type<CompatibleArrayType>,
+        has_iterator<CompatibleArrayType>>::value;
+};
+
+template<bool, typename, typename>
+struct is_compatible_integer_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+
+template<typename RealIntegerType, typename CompatibleNumberIntegerType>
+struct is_compatible_integer_type_impl<true, RealIntegerType, CompatibleNumberIntegerType>
+{
+    // is there an assert somewhere on overflows?
+    using RealLimits = std::numeric_limits<RealIntegerType>;
+    using CompatibleLimits = std::numeric_limits<CompatibleNumberIntegerType>;
+
+    static constexpr auto value =
+        std::is_constructible<RealIntegerType, CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::value and
+        CompatibleLimits::is_integer and
+        RealLimits::is_signed == CompatibleLimits::is_signed;
+};
+
+template<typename RealIntegerType, typename CompatibleNumberIntegerType>
+struct is_compatible_integer_type
+{
+    static constexpr auto value =
+        is_compatible_integer_type_impl <
+        std::is_integral<CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::value and
+        not std::is_same<bool, CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::value,
+        RealIntegerType, CompatibleNumberIntegerType > ::value;
+};
+
+
+// trait checking if JSONSerializer<T>::from_json(json const&, udt&) exists
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+struct has_from_json
+{
+  private:
+    // also check the return type of from_json
+    template<typename U, typename = enable_if_t<std::is_same<void, decltype(uncvref_t<U>::from_json(
+                 std::declval<BasicJsonType>(), std::declval<T&>()))>::value>>
+    static int detect(U&&);
+    static void detect(...);
+
+  public:
+    static constexpr bool value = std::is_integral<decltype(
+                                      detect(std::declval<typename BasicJsonType::template json_serializer<T, void>>()))>::value;
+};
+
+// This trait checks if JSONSerializer<T>::from_json(json const&) exists
+// this overload is used for non-default-constructible user-defined-types
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+struct has_non_default_from_json
+{
+  private:
+    template <
+        typename U,
+        typename = enable_if_t<std::is_same<
+                                   T, decltype(uncvref_t<U>::from_json(std::declval<BasicJsonType>()))>::value >>
+    static int detect(U&&);
+    static void detect(...);
+
+  public:
+    static constexpr bool value = std::is_integral<decltype(detect(
+                                      std::declval<typename BasicJsonType::template json_serializer<T, void>>()))>::value;
+};
+
+// This trait checks if BasicJsonType::json_serializer<T>::to_json exists
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+struct has_to_json
+{
+  private:
+    template<typename U, typename = decltype(uncvref_t<U>::to_json(
+                 std::declval<BasicJsonType&>(), std::declval<T>()))>
+    static int detect(U&&);
+    static void detect(...);
+
+  public:
+    static constexpr bool value = std::is_integral<decltype(detect(
+                                      std::declval<typename BasicJsonType::template json_serializer<T, void>>()))>::value;
+};
+
+// taken from ranges-v3
+template<typename T>
+struct static_const
+{
+    static constexpr T value{};
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+constexpr T static_const<T>::value;
+}
+}

develop/detail/parsing/input_adapters.hpp

+#pragma once
+
+#include <algorithm> // min
+#include <array> // array
+#include <cassert> // assert
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <cstring> // strlen
+#include <ios> // streamsize, streamoff, streampos
+#include <istream> // istream
+#include <iterator> // begin, end, iterator_traits, random_access_iterator_tag, distance, next
+#include <memory> // shared_ptr, make_shared, addressof
+#include <numeric> // accumulate
+#include <string> // string, char_traits
+#include <type_traits> // enable_if, is_base_of, is_pointer, is_integral, remove_pointer
+#include <utility> // pair, declval
+
+#include "detail/macro_scope.hpp"
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+////////////////////
+// input adapters //
+////////////////////
+
+/*!
+@brief abstract input adapter interface
+
+Produces a stream of std::char_traits<char>::int_type characters from a
+std::istream, a buffer, or some other input type.  Accepts the return of exactly
+one non-EOF character for future input.  The int_type characters returned
+consist of all valid char values as positive values (typically unsigned char),
+plus an EOF value outside that range, specified by the value of the function
+std::char_traits<char>::eof().  This value is typically -1, but could be any
+arbitrary value which is not a valid char value.
+*/
+struct input_adapter_protocol
+{
+    /// get a character [0,255] or std::char_traits<char>::eof().
+    virtual std::char_traits<char>::int_type get_character() = 0;
+    /// restore the last non-eof() character to input
+    virtual void unget_character() = 0;
+    virtual ~input_adapter_protocol() = default;
+};
+
+/// a type to simplify interfaces
+using input_adapter_t = std::shared_ptr<input_adapter_protocol>;
+
+/*!
+Input adapter for a (caching) istream. Ignores a UFT Byte Order Mark at
+beginning of input. Does not support changing the underlying std::streambuf
+in mid-input. Maintains underlying std::istream and std::streambuf to support
+subsequent use of standard std::istream operations to process any input
+characters following those used in parsing the JSON input.  Clears the
+std::istream flags; any input errors (e.g., EOF) will be detected by the first
+subsequent call for input from the std::istream.
+*/
+class input_stream_adapter : public input_adapter_protocol
+{
+  public:
+    ~input_stream_adapter() override
+    {
+        // clear stream flags; we use underlying streambuf I/O, do not
+        // maintain ifstream flags
+        is.clear();
+    }
+
+    explicit input_stream_adapter(std::istream& i)
+        : is(i), sb(*i.rdbuf())
+    {
+        // skip byte order mark
+        std::char_traits<char>::int_type c;
+        if ((c = get_character()) == 0xEF)
+        {
+            if ((c = get_character()) == 0xBB)
+            {
+                if ((c = get_character()) == 0xBF)
+                {
+                    return; // Ignore BOM
+                }
+                else if (c != std::char_traits<char>::eof())
+                {
+                    is.unget();
+                }
+                is.putback('\xBB');
+            }
+            else if (c != std::char_traits<char>::eof())
+            {
+                is.unget();
+            }
+            is.putback('\xEF');
+        }
+        else if (c != std::char_traits<char>::eof())
+        {
+            is.unget(); // no byte order mark; process as usual
+        }
+    }
+
+    // delete because of pointer members
+    input_stream_adapter(const input_stream_adapter&) = delete;
+    input_stream_adapter& operator=(input_stream_adapter&) = delete;
+
+    // std::istream/std::streambuf use std::char_traits<char>::to_int_type, to
+    // ensure that std::char_traits<char>::eof() and the character 0xFF do not
+    // end up as the same value, eg. 0xFFFFFFFF.
+    std::char_traits<char>::int_type get_character() override
+    {
+        return sb.sbumpc();
+    }
+
+    void unget_character() override
+    {
+        sb.sungetc();  // is.unget() avoided for performance
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// the associated input stream
+    std::istream& is;
+    std::streambuf& sb;
+};
+
+/// input adapter for buffer input
+class input_buffer_adapter : public input_adapter_protocol
+{
+  public:
+    input_buffer_adapter(const char* b, const std::size_t l)
+        : cursor(b), limit(b + l), start(b)
+    {
+        // skip byte order mark
+        if (l >= 3 and b[0] == '\xEF' and b[1] == '\xBB' and b[2] == '\xBF')
+        {
+            cursor += 3;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // delete because of pointer members
+    input_buffer_adapter(const input_buffer_adapter&) = delete;
+    input_buffer_adapter& operator=(input_buffer_adapter&) = delete;
+
+    std::char_traits<char>::int_type get_character() noexcept override
+    {
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(cursor < limit))
+        {
+            return std::char_traits<char>::to_int_type(*(cursor++));
+        }
+
+        return std::char_traits<char>::eof();
+    }
+
+    void unget_character() noexcept override
+    {
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(cursor > start))
+        {
+            --cursor;
+        }
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// pointer to the current character
+    const char* cursor;
+    /// pointer past the last character
+    const char* limit;
+    /// pointer to the first character
+    const char* start;
+};
+
+class input_adapter
+{
+  public:
+    // native support
+
+    /// input adapter for input stream
+    input_adapter(std::istream& i)
+        : ia(std::make_shared<input_stream_adapter>(i)) {}
+
+    /// input adapter for input stream
+    input_adapter(std::istream&& i)
+        : ia(std::make_shared<input_stream_adapter>(i)) {}
+
+    /// input adapter for buffer
+    template<typename CharT,
+             typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_pointer<CharT>::value and
+                 std::is_integral<typename std::remove_pointer<CharT>::type>::value and
+                 sizeof(typename std::remove_pointer<CharT>::type) == 1,
+                 int>::type = 0>
+    input_adapter(CharT b, std::size_t l)
+        : ia(std::make_shared<input_buffer_adapter>(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(b), l)) {}
+
+    // derived support
+
+    /// input adapter for string literal
+    template<typename CharT,
+             typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_pointer<CharT>::value and
+                 std::is_integral<typename std::remove_pointer<CharT>::type>::value and
+                 sizeof(typename std::remove_pointer<CharT>::type) == 1,
+                 int>::type = 0>
+    input_adapter(CharT b)
+        : input_adapter(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(b),
+                        std::strlen(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(b))) {}
+
+    /// input adapter for iterator range with contiguous storage
+    template<class IteratorType,
+             typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_same<typename std::iterator_traits<IteratorType>::iterator_category, std::random_access_iterator_tag>::value,
+                 int>::type = 0>
+    input_adapter(IteratorType first, IteratorType last)
+    {
+        // assertion to check that the iterator range is indeed contiguous,
+        // see http://stackoverflow.com/a/35008842/266378 for more discussion
+        assert(std::accumulate(
+                   first, last, std::pair<bool, int>(true, 0),
+                   [&first](std::pair<bool, int> res, decltype(*first) val)
+        {
+            res.first &= (val == *(std::next(std::addressof(*first), res.second++)));
+            return res;
+        }).first);
+
+        // assertion to check that each element is 1 byte long
+        static_assert(
+            sizeof(typename std::iterator_traits<IteratorType>::value_type) == 1,
+            "each element in the iterator range must have the size of 1 byte");
+
+        const auto len = static_cast<size_t>(std::distance(first, last));
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(len > 0))
+        {
+            // there is at least one element: use the address of first
+            ia = std::make_shared<input_buffer_adapter>(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&(*first)), len);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // the address of first cannot be used: use nullptr
+            ia = std::make_shared<input_buffer_adapter>(nullptr, len);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// input adapter for array
+    template<class T, std::size_t N>
+    input_adapter(T (&array)[N])
+        : input_adapter(std::begin(array), std::end(array)) {}
+
+    /// input adapter for contiguous container
+    template<class ContiguousContainer, typename
+             std::enable_if<not std::is_pointer<ContiguousContainer>::value and
+                            std::is_base_of<std::random_access_iterator_tag, typename std::iterator_traits<decltype(std::begin(std::declval<ContiguousContainer const>()))>::iterator_category>::value,
+                            int>::type = 0>
+    input_adapter(const ContiguousContainer& c)
+        : input_adapter(std::begin(c), std::end(c)) {}
+
+    operator input_adapter_t()
+    {
+        return ia;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// the actual adapter
+    input_adapter_t ia = nullptr;
+};
+}
+}

develop/detail/parsing/output_adapters.hpp

+#pragma once
+
+#include <algorithm> // copy
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <ios> // streamsize
+#include <iterator> // back_inserter
+#include <memory> // shared_ptr, make_shared
+#include <ostream> // basic_ostream
+#include <string> // basic_string
+#include <vector> // vector
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+/// abstract output adapter interface
+template<typename CharType> struct output_adapter_protocol
+{
+    virtual void write_character(CharType c) = 0;
+    virtual void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) = 0;
+    virtual ~output_adapter_protocol() = default;
+};
+
+/// a type to simplify interfaces
+template<typename CharType>
+using output_adapter_t = std::shared_ptr<output_adapter_protocol<CharType>>;
+
+/// output adapter for byte vectors
+template<typename CharType>
+class output_vector_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
+{
+  public:
+    explicit output_vector_adapter(std::vector<CharType>& vec) : v(vec) {}
+
+    void write_character(CharType c) override
+    {
+        v.push_back(c);
+    }
+
+    void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
+    {
+        std::copy(s, s + length, std::back_inserter(v));
+    }
+
+  private:
+    std::vector<CharType>& v;
+};
+
+/// output adapter for output streams
+template<typename CharType>
+class output_stream_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
+{
+  public:
+    explicit output_stream_adapter(std::basic_ostream<CharType>& s) : stream(s) {}
+
+    void write_character(CharType c) override
+    {
+        stream.put(c);
+    }
+
+    void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
+    {
+        stream.write(s, static_cast<std::streamsize>(length));
+    }
+
+  private:
+    std::basic_ostream<CharType>& stream;
+};
+
+/// output adapter for basic_string
+template<typename CharType>
+class output_string_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
+{
+  public:
+    explicit output_string_adapter(std::basic_string<CharType>& s) : str(s) {}
+
+    void write_character(CharType c) override
+    {
+        str.push_back(c);
+    }
+
+    void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
+    {
+        str.append(s, length);
+    }
+
+  private:
+    std::basic_string<CharType>& str;
+};
+
+template<typename CharType>
+class output_adapter
+{
+  public:
+    output_adapter(std::vector<CharType>& vec)
+        : oa(std::make_shared<output_vector_adapter<CharType>>(vec)) {}
+
+    output_adapter(std::basic_ostream<CharType>& s)
+        : oa(std::make_shared<output_stream_adapter<CharType>>(s)) {}
+
+    output_adapter(std::basic_string<CharType>& s)
+        : oa(std::make_shared<output_string_adapter<CharType>>(s)) {}
+
+    operator output_adapter_t<CharType>()
+    {
+        return oa;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    output_adapter_t<CharType> oa = nullptr;
+};
+}
+}

develop/detail/value_t.hpp

+#pragma once
+
+#include <array> // array
+#include <ciso646> // and
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+///////////////////////////
+// JSON type enumeration //
+///////////////////////////
+
+/*!
+@brief the JSON type enumeration
+
+This enumeration collects the different JSON types. It is internally used to
+distinguish the stored values, and the functions @ref basic_json::is_null(),
+@ref basic_json::is_object(), @ref basic_json::is_array(),
+@ref basic_json::is_string(), @ref basic_json::is_boolean(),
+@ref basic_json::is_number() (with @ref basic_json::is_number_integer(),
+@ref basic_json::is_number_unsigned(), and @ref basic_json::is_number_float()),
+@ref basic_json::is_discarded(), @ref basic_json::is_primitive(), and
+@ref basic_json::is_structured() rely on it.
+
+@note There are three enumeration entries (number_integer, number_unsigned, and
+number_float), because the library distinguishes these three types for numbers:
+@ref basic_json::number_unsigned_t is used for unsigned integers,
+@ref basic_json::number_integer_t is used for signed integers, and
+@ref basic_json::number_float_t is used for floating-point numbers or to
+approximate integers which do not fit in the limits of their respective type.
+
+@sa @ref basic_json::basic_json(const value_t value_type) -- create a JSON
+value with the default value for a given type
+
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+enum class value_t : std::uint8_t
+{
+    null,             ///< null value
+    object,           ///< object (unordered set of name/value pairs)
+    array,            ///< array (ordered collection of values)
+    string,           ///< string value
+    boolean,          ///< boolean value
+    number_integer,   ///< number value (signed integer)
+    number_unsigned,  ///< number value (unsigned integer)
+    number_float,     ///< number value (floating-point)
+    discarded         ///< discarded by the the parser callback function
+};
+
+/*!
+@brief comparison operator for JSON types
+
+Returns an ordering that is similar to Python:
+- order: null < boolean < number < object < array < string
+- furthermore, each type is not smaller than itself
+- discarded values are not comparable
+
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+inline bool operator<(const value_t lhs, const value_t rhs) noexcept
+{
+    static constexpr std::array<std::uint8_t, 8> order = {{
+            0 /* null */, 3 /* object */, 4 /* array */, 5 /* string */,
+            1 /* boolean */, 2 /* integer */, 2 /* unsigned */, 2 /* float */
+        }
+    };
+
+    const auto l_index = static_cast<std::size_t>(lhs);
+    const auto r_index = static_cast<std::size_t>(rhs);
+    return l_index < order.size() and r_index < order.size() and order[l_index] < order[r_index];
+}
+}
+}

develop/json_fwd.hpp

+#ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP
+
+#include <cstdint> // int64_t, uint64_t
+#include <map> // map
+#include <memory> // allocator
+#include <string> // string
+#include <vector> // vector
+
+/*!
+@brief namespace for Niels Lohmann
+@see https://github.com/nlohmann
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+/*!
+@brief default JSONSerializer template argument
+
+This serializer ignores the template arguments and uses ADL
+([argument-dependent lookup](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/adl))
+for serialization.
+*/
+template<typename = void, typename = void>
+struct adl_serializer;
+
+template<template<typename U, typename V, typename... Args> class ObjectType =
+         std::map,
+         template<typename U, typename... Args> class ArrayType = std::vector,
+         class StringType = std::string, class BooleanType = bool,
+         class NumberIntegerType = std::int64_t,
+         class NumberUnsignedType = std::uint64_t,
+         class NumberFloatType = double,
+         template<typename U> class AllocatorType = std::allocator,
+         template<typename T, typename SFINAE = void> class JSONSerializer =
+         adl_serializer>
+class basic_json;
+
+/*!
+@brief JSON Pointer
+
+A JSON pointer defines a string syntax for identifying a specific value
+within a JSON document. It can be used with functions `at` and
+`operator[]`. Furthermore, JSON pointers are the base for JSON patches.
+
+@sa [RFC 6901](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901)
+
+@since version 2.0.0
+*/
+class json_pointer;
+
+/*!
+@brief default JSON class
+
+This type is the default specialization of the @ref basic_json class which
+uses the standard template types.
+
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+using json = basic_json<>;
+}
+
+#endif

test/Makefile

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ test-%: src/unit-%.o src/unit.o ../src/json.hpp thirdparty/catch/catch.hpp
 
 TEST_PATTERN ?= "*"
 TEST_PREFIX = ""
-check: $(TESTCASES)
+check: $(OBJECTS) $(TESTCASES)
 	@cd .. ; for testcase in $(TESTCASES); do echo "Executing $$testcase..."; $(TEST_PREFIX)test/$$testcase $(TEST_PATTERN) || exit 1; done