Skip integer conversion in accept()/SAX validation when the value is unused

lexer::scan_number() always converted every numeric token with
strtoull()/strtoll() before returning, even though accept() (and any
consumer using json_sax_acceptor) immediately discards the converted
value. For value_unsigned/value_integer tokens whose digit count
already guarantees the value fits into 64 bits, the conversion cannot
change the accept/reject decision (such tokens are always finite and
unconditionally accepted), so scan_number() can skip strtoull()/
strtoll() entirely in that case when the caller signals it does not
need the value. Numbers with more digits keep using the exact,
unmodified conversion path, so overflow reclassification to
value_float (and the finiteness check on it) is unaffected.

parse() and value_float handling are completely unchanged.

Fixes #5411

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

include/nlohmann/detail/input/lexer.hpp

@@ -149,10 +149,11 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
   public:
     using token_type = typename lexer_base<BasicJsonType>::token_type;
 
-    explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false) noexcept
+    explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false, bool discard_number_values_ = false) noexcept
         : ia(std::move(adapter))
         , ignore_comments(ignore_comments_)
         , decimal_point_char(static_cast<char_int_type>(get_decimal_point()))
+        , discard_number_values(discard_number_values_)
     {}
 
     // deleted because of pointer members
@@ -1279,6 +1280,38 @@ scan_number_done:
         // we are done scanning a number)
         unget();
 
+        // If the caller does not need the converted value (only whether the
+        // input is syntactically valid; see json_sax_acceptor/accept()), an
+        // unsigned/integer token can be reported without calling
+        // strtoull()/strtoll() at all, *provided* we can already tell from
+        // the digit count alone that the conversion cannot overflow 64 bits.
+        // Such tokens are always finite and are accepted unconditionally by
+        // the parser regardless of their actual value (parser::sax_parse_internal()
+        // never checks finiteness for value_unsigned/value_integer), so the
+        // classification below is all that is needed.
+        //
+        // A decimal number with up to 18 digits is always representable in
+        // both std::uint64_t and std::int64_t (18 nines is ~1e18, well below
+        // both UINT64_MAX ~1.8e19 and INT64_MAX ~9.2e18), so strtoull()/strtoll()
+        // could not have set errno to ERANGE for it. Numbers with more digits
+        // (rare in practice) fall through to the exact code below, unchanged,
+        // so their handling -- including reclassification to value_float when
+        // the value overflows 64 bits, and rejection when it is not even
+        // finite as a double -- is bit-for-bit identical to before this
+        // optimization.
+        if (discard_number_values)
+        {
+            constexpr std::size_t safe_digit_count = 18;
+            if (number_type == token_type::value_unsigned && token_buffer.size() <= safe_digit_count)
+            {
+                return token_type::value_unsigned;
+            }
+            if (number_type == token_type::value_integer && token_buffer.size() - 1 <= safe_digit_count)
+            {
+                return token_type::value_integer;
+            }
+        }
+
         char* endptr = nullptr; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness,cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg,hicpp-vararg)
         errno = 0;
 
@@ -1754,6 +1787,13 @@ scan_number_done:
     const char_int_type decimal_point_char = '.';
     /// the position of the decimal point in the input
     std::size_t decimal_point_position = std::string::npos;
+
+    /// whether the caller (e.g. accept()/json_sax_acceptor) only needs the
+    /// token classification and never looks at the converted numeric value;
+    /// when set, scan_number() may skip strtoull()/strtoll() for
+    /// value_unsigned/value_integer tokens whose digit count guarantees they
+    /// fit into 64 bits (see scan_number())
+    const bool discard_number_values = false;
 };
 
 }  // namespace detail

include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp

@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ class parser
                     parser_callback_t<BasicJsonType> cb = nullptr,
                     const bool allow_exceptions_ = true,
                     const bool ignore_comments = false,
-                    const bool ignore_trailing_commas_ = false)
+                    const bool ignore_trailing_commas_ = false,
+                    const bool discard_number_values_ = false)
         : callback(std::move(cb))
-        , m_lexer(std::move(adapter), ignore_comments)
+        , m_lexer(std::move(adapter), ignore_comments, discard_number_values_)
         , allow_exceptions(allow_exceptions_)
         , ignore_trailing_commas(ignore_trailing_commas_)
     {

include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -164,11 +164,12 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         detail::parser_callback_t<basic_json>cb = nullptr,
         const bool allow_exceptions = true,
         const bool ignore_comments = false,
-        const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false
+        const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false,
+        const bool discard_number_values = false
     )
     {
         return ::nlohmann::detail::parser<basic_json, InputAdapterType>(std::move(adapter),
-               std::move(cb), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
+               std::move(cb), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, discard_number_values);
     }
 
   private:
@@ -4133,7 +4134,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                        const bool ignore_comments = false,
                        const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
     {
-        return parser(detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i)), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas).accept(true);
+        return parser(detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i)), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, true).accept(true);
     }
 
     /// @brief check if the input is valid JSON (iterator pair, or iterator+sentinel pair for C++20 ranges support)
@@ -4144,7 +4145,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                        const bool ignore_comments = false,
                        const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
     {
-        return parser(detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last)), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas).accept(true);
+        return parser(detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last)), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, true).accept(true);
     }
 
     JSON_HEDLEY_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
@@ -4153,7 +4154,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                        const bool ignore_comments = false,
                        const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
     {
-        return parser(i.get(), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas).accept(true);
+        return parser(i.get(), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, true).accept(true);
     }
 
     /// @brief generate SAX events