Add JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS to delete the deprecated functions (#5755)

* Add JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS to delete the deprecated functions

Defining JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS to 1 (or the CMake option
JSON_DeleteDeprecatedFunctions) declares every deprecated function as
deleted instead of deprecated, so that code that is not ready for 4.0.0
no longer compiles. A deleted function still takes part in overload
resolution, so from_*(ptr, len) cannot silently bind len to the strict
parameter of from_*(InputType&&, bool); the roadmap now plans to keep
these overloads deleted in 4.0.0 instead of removing them.

The legacy discarded-value comparison is left to its own macro.

Also update the 4.0 roadmap: add JSON_DISABLE_TUPLE_REFERENCE_CONVERSION
and JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS to the macro table, add the
from_bjdata/from_bon8 (ptr, len) overloads to the deprecated functions,
document the macro in the migration guide, and fix the docs style check
findings (example titles, missing docset entry for JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8).

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* Declare each deprecated function once and guard only its body

Instead of repeating every deprecated declaration in an
#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS branch, keep one declaration
(with its deprecation attribute) and switch only between "= delete;"
and the function body. Suggested by @gregmarr in the review.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

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Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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// __ _____ _____ _____
// __| | __| | | | JSON for Modern C++ (supporting code)
// | | |__ | | | | | | version 3.12.0
// |_____|_____|_____|_|___| https://github.com/nlohmann/json
//
// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013-2026 Niels Lohmann <https://nlohmann.me>
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
#include "doctest_compatibility.h"
// This file tests the opt-in JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS, so it defines the
// macro itself instead of relying on the build configuration.
#ifdef JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
#undef JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
#endif
#define JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS 1
#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
using nlohmann::json;
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdint>
#include <istream>
#include <ostream>
#include <string>
#include <type_traits>
#include <utility>
namespace
{
template<typename...>
struct make_void
{
using type = void;
};
template<typename... Ts>
using void_t = typename make_void<Ts...>::type;
// A deleted function is still found by overload resolution, but naming it in an
// unevaluated operand is ill-formed, so each of the following traits is false
// exactly if the expression selects a deleted (or no) function.
#define JSON_TEST_DETECT(name, expr) \
template<typename J, typename = void> \
struct name : std::false_type {}; \
template<typename J> \
struct name<J, void_t<decltype(expr)>> : std::true_type {}
using ptr_t = const std::uint8_t*;
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_cbor_ptr_len, J::from_cbor(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_msgpack_ptr_len, J::from_msgpack(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_ubjson_ptr_len, J::from_ubjson(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_bjdata_ptr_len, J::from_bjdata(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_bon8_ptr_len, J::from_bon8(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_bson_ptr_len, J::from_bson(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_cbor_ptr_ptr, J::from_cbor(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<ptr_t>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_msgpack_ptr_ptr, J::from_msgpack(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<ptr_t>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_ubjson_ptr_ptr, J::from_ubjson(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<ptr_t>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_bjdata_ptr_ptr, J::from_bjdata(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<ptr_t>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_bon8_ptr_ptr, J::from_bon8(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<ptr_t>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_bson_ptr_ptr, J::from_bson(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<ptr_t>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_cbor_init_list, J::from_cbor({std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()}));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_msgpack_init_list, J::from_msgpack({std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()}));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_ubjson_init_list, J::from_ubjson({std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()}));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_bson_init_list, J::from_bson({std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()}));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(parse_init_list, J::parse({std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()}));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(accept_init_list, J::accept({std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()}));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(sax_parse_init_list, J::sax_parse({std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()}, std::declval<nlohmann::json_sax<J>*>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(parse_ptr_ptr, J::parse(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<ptr_t>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(iterator_wrapper, J::iterator_wrapper(std::declval<J&>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(iterator_wrapper_const, J::iterator_wrapper(std::declval<const J&>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(items, std::declval<J&>().items());
JSON_TEST_DETECT(json_ltlt_istream, std::declval<J&>() << std::declval<std::istream&>());
JSON_TEST_DETECT(istream_gtgt_json, std::declval<std::istream&>() >> std::declval<J&>());
JSON_TEST_DETECT(json_gtgt_ostream, std::declval<const J&>() >> std::declval<std::ostream&>());
JSON_TEST_DETECT(ostream_ltlt_json, std::declval<std::ostream&>() << std::declval<const J&>());
JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_eq_ptr, std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>() == std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>());
JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_ne_ptr, std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>() != std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>());
JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_eq_string, std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>() == std::declval<const std::string&>());
JSON_TEST_DETECT(string_eq_ptr, std::declval<const std::string&>() == std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>());
JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_eq_c_string, std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>() == std::declval<const char*>());
JSON_TEST_DETECT(c_string_eq_ptr, std::declval<const char*>() == std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>());
JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_ne_string, std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>() != std::declval<const std::string&>());
JSON_TEST_DETECT(string_ne_ptr, std::declval<const std::string&>() != std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>());
JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_to_string, std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>().to_string());
// json_pointer with a basic_json type as template argument
template<typename J>
using legacy_ptr_t = const nlohmann::json_pointer<J>& ;
JSON_TEST_DETECT(legacy_ptr_value, std::declval<const J&>().value(std::declval<legacy_ptr_t<J>>(), 0));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(legacy_ptr_value_rvalue, std::declval<const J&>().value(std::declval<legacy_ptr_t<J>>(), std::string()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(legacy_ptr_contains, std::declval<const J&>().contains(std::declval<legacy_ptr_t<J>>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(legacy_ptr_subscript, std::declval<J&>()[std::declval<legacy_ptr_t<J>>()]);
JSON_TEST_DETECT(legacy_ptr_subscript_const, std::declval<const J&>()[std::declval<legacy_ptr_t<J>>()]);
JSON_TEST_DETECT(legacy_ptr_at, std::declval<J&>().at(std::declval<legacy_ptr_t<J>>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(legacy_ptr_at_const, std::declval<const J&>().at(std::declval<legacy_ptr_t<J>>()));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_value, std::declval<const J&>().value(std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>(), 0));
JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_at, std::declval<J&>().at(std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>()));
#undef JSON_TEST_DETECT
} // namespace
TEST_CASE("JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS")
{
SECTION("from_* with a pointer and a length")
{
// the overloads are deleted rather than removed, so the length cannot
// silently bind to the strict parameter of from_*(InputType&&, bool)
CHECK_FALSE(from_cbor_ptr_len<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(from_msgpack_ptr_len<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(from_ubjson_ptr_len<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(from_bjdata_ptr_len<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(from_bon8_ptr_len<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(from_bson_ptr_len<json>::value);
// the replacement
CHECK(from_cbor_ptr_ptr<json>::value);
CHECK(from_msgpack_ptr_ptr<json>::value);
CHECK(from_ubjson_ptr_ptr<json>::value);
CHECK(from_bjdata_ptr_ptr<json>::value);
CHECK(from_bon8_ptr_ptr<json>::value);
CHECK(from_bson_ptr_ptr<json>::value);
}
SECTION("initializer lists of a pointer and a length")
{
CHECK_FALSE(from_cbor_init_list<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(from_msgpack_init_list<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(from_ubjson_init_list<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(from_bson_init_list<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(parse_init_list<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(accept_init_list<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(sax_parse_init_list<json>::value);
// the replacement
CHECK(parse_ptr_ptr<json>::value);
}
SECTION("iterator_wrapper")
{
CHECK_FALSE(iterator_wrapper<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(iterator_wrapper_const<json>::value);
// the replacement
CHECK(items<json>::value);
}
SECTION("stream operators with reversed operands")
{
CHECK_FALSE(json_ltlt_istream<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(json_gtgt_ostream<json>::value);
// the replacement
CHECK(istream_gtgt_json<json>::value);
CHECK(ostream_ltlt_json<json>::value);
}
SECTION("json_pointer")
{
// conversion to a string
CHECK_FALSE(std::is_constructible<std::string, json::json_pointer>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(std::is_convertible<json::json_pointer, std::string>::value);
// comparison with a string
CHECK_FALSE(ptr_eq_string<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(string_eq_ptr<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(ptr_eq_c_string<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(c_string_eq_ptr<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(ptr_ne_string<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(string_ne_ptr<json>::value);
// the replacement
CHECK(ptr_to_string<json>::value);
CHECK(ptr_eq_ptr<json>::value);
CHECK(ptr_ne_ptr<json>::value);
}
SECTION("json_pointer with a basic_json type as template argument")
{
CHECK_FALSE(legacy_ptr_value<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(legacy_ptr_value_rvalue<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(legacy_ptr_contains<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(legacy_ptr_subscript<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(legacy_ptr_subscript_const<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(legacy_ptr_at<json>::value);
CHECK_FALSE(legacy_ptr_at_const<json>::value);
// the replacement
CHECK(ptr_value<json>::value);
CHECK(ptr_at<json>::value);
}
SECTION("the non-deprecated functions still work")
{
const json j = {{"a", {1, 2}}};
const auto cbor = json::to_cbor(j);
CHECK(json::from_cbor(cbor.data(), cbor.data() + cbor.size()) == j);
const json::json_pointer ptr("/a/1");
CHECK(ptr == json::json_pointer("/a/1"));
CHECK(ptr.to_string() == "/a/1");
CHECK(j[ptr] == 2);
CHECK(j.at(ptr) == 2);
CHECK(j.value(ptr, 0) == 2);
CHECK(j.contains(ptr));
}
}