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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@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
#define JSON_TEST_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING_ENABLED 1
#endif
// capture whether JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS was enabled on the command
// line *before* including json.hpp, since the library #undefs it once the header
// has been fully processed (see include/nlohmann/detail/macro_unscope.hpp); the
// tests of deprecated functions are skipped if these functions are deleted
#if defined(JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS) && (JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS == 1)
#define JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
#endif
#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
using nlohmann::json;
#ifdef JSON_TEST_NO_GLOBAL_UDLS
@@ -291,6 +299,7 @@ TEST_CASE("deserialization")
}));
}
#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
SECTION("operator<<")
{
std::stringstream ss;
@@ -299,6 +308,7 @@ TEST_CASE("deserialization")
j << ss;
CHECK(j == json({"foo", 1, 2, 3, false, {{"one", 1}}}));
}
#endif
SECTION("operator>>")
{
@@ -423,6 +433,7 @@ TEST_CASE("deserialization")
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(nullptr), "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error: attempting to parse an empty input; check that your input string or stream contains the expected JSON", json::parse_error&);
}
#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
SECTION("operator<<")
{
std::stringstream ss;
@@ -430,6 +441,7 @@ TEST_CASE("deserialization")
json j;
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j << ss, "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 29: syntax error while parsing array - unexpected end of input; expected ']'", json::parse_error&);
}
#endif
SECTION("operator>>")
{
@@ -1148,9 +1160,9 @@ TEST_CASE("deserialization")
{
std::istringstream s(bom + "123 456");
json j;
j << s;
s >> j;
CHECK(j == 123);
j << s;
s >> j;
CHECK(j == 456);
}
}