diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/accept.md b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/accept.md
index c3cbf0f75..766fd20fa 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/accept.md
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/accept.md
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@ function never throws an exception for invalid input, and the returned `#!cpp bo
 is returned.
 
 The result is the same as that of `BasicJsonType::accept()` by design; the difference is how the check is made. This
-function runs the document's builder, which checks the text as [`parse()`](parse.md) does but writes no index (for
-input without comments and trailing commas; with either option it builds the index and discards it), while
+function runs the document's builder, which checks the text as [`parse()`](parse.md) does, while
 `BasicJsonType::accept()` runs the SAX parser with a handler that ignores every event. Use this one if you go on to
 parse the same input with [`parse()`](parse.md) anyway, so that both use the same code; either is fine for a plain
 yes/no answer.
 
+When both `ignore_comments` and `ignore_trailing_commas` are `#!cpp false` (the default), the builder writes no index.
+With either option set, it builds the index as [`parse()`](parse.md) does and discards it: the result is the same, only
+the time differs. (Neither option needs the index; the variant that skips it exists only for the default options to
+keep the code size down.)
+
 ## Template parameters
 
 `InputType`
diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/view/builder.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/view/builder.hpp
index 9f96cbe00..90d435ae6 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/view/builder.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/view/builder.hpp
@@ -1051,11 +1051,6 @@ indent_done:
             {
                 // accept(): nothing is stored, so what computes the arguments is not run either. base and out stay
                 // null: their difference, which open() takes, is 0.
-                static_cast<void>(k);
-                static_cast<void>(flags);
-                static_cast<void>(extra);
-                static_cast<void>(off);
-                static_cast<void>(second);
                 return out;
             }
             if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(out == cap))
@@ -1296,7 +1291,7 @@ indent_done:
 };
 
 /// run the builder with compile-time options
-template<typename FloatType, bool Comments, bool TrailingCommas, bool NulIsEnd, bool Store = true>
+template<typename FloatType, bool Comments, bool TrailingCommas, bool NulIsEnd, bool Store>
 inline bool build_with(document_data& d, const char* src, std::size_t size, bool sentinel, parse_failure& failure)
 {
     if (sentinel)
@@ -1313,22 +1308,27 @@ inline bool build_with(document_data& d, const char* src, std::size_t size, bool
 }
 
 /// sentinel: src[size] is readable and 0 (e.g. std::string); FloatType: the
-/// number_float_t of the document
+/// number_float_t of the document; validate_only: accept(), only the result is
+/// used
 template<typename FloatType, bool NulIsEnd>
-inline bool build(document_data& d, const char* src, std::size_t size, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool sentinel, parse_failure& failure)
+inline bool build(document_data& d, const char* src, std::size_t size, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool sentinel, bool validate_only,
+                  parse_failure& failure)
 {
-    if (d.validate_only && !comments && !trailing_commas)
+    if (validate_only && !comments && !trailing_commas)
     {
-        // accept() of plain JSON: nothing is stored (the other option sets keep the builder that stores)
+        // accept() of plain JSON: nothing is stored. The other option sets
+        // could skip the stores just as well; they keep the builder that
+        // stores only so that there are two more instantiations of the parse
+        // loop, not eight.
         return build_with<FloatType, false, false, NulIsEnd, false>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
     }
     if (comments)
     {
-        return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, true, true, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
-               : build_with<FloatType, true, false, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
+        return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, true, true, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
+               : build_with<FloatType, true, false, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
     }
-    return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, false, true, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
-           : build_with<FloatType, false, false, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
+    return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, false, true, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
+           : build_with<FloatType, false, false, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
 }
 
 }  // namespace view
diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/view/document_data.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/view/document_data.hpp
index 7cf902237..2c5f97767 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/view/document_data.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/view/document_data.hpp
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ struct document_data
     std::vector<std::uint32_t> large_objects; ///< positions of the objects to index (noted while parsing)
     std::array<const char*, 4> base = {{nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr}}; ///< string bases: source, arena, edit arena, unused (indexed by flags & node_flags::storage)
     bool discarded = true;
-    bool validate_only = false; ///< accept(): build() checks the text and stores no nodes (next to `discarded`: no member moves)
 
     /// The storage of edits (editable documents only; see edit_storage.hpp).
     /// No edit moves or resizes the parsed index, and the nodes of values
diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
index 23e43f10c..097e489a4 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ class basic_json_document
                                      const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
     {
         basic_json_document d;
-        d.read_range(first, last, allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
+        d.read_range(first, last, error_mode(allow_exceptions), ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
         return d;
     }
 
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ class basic_json_document
         basic_json_document d;
         std::string buf;
         append_input(buf, std::forward<InputType>(input));
-        d.build_owned(std::move(buf), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
+        d.build_owned(std::move(buf), error_mode(allow_exceptions), ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
         return d;
     }
 
@@ -1088,8 +1088,8 @@ class basic_json_document
     static bool accept(InputType&& input, const bool ignore_comments = false, const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
     {
         basic_json_document d;
-        d.m_validate_only = true; // (nothing is stored: only the result is used)
-        d.read(std::forward<InputType>(input), false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
+        d.read_kind(std::forward<InputType>(input), on_error::validate, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas,
+                    std::integral_constant<detail::view::input_kind, detail::view::classify_input<InputType>::value> {});
         return !d.is_discarded();
     }
 
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ class basic_json_document
               const bool ignore_comments = false,
               const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
     {
-        read_kind(std::forward<InputType>(input), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas,
+        read_kind(std::forward<InputType>(input), error_mode(allow_exceptions), ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas,
                   std::integral_constant<detail::view::input_kind, detail::view::classify_input<InputType>::value> {});
     }
 
@@ -1464,6 +1464,22 @@ class basic_json_document
         return idx;
     }
 
+    /// what a failed parse does
+    enum class on_error : std::uint8_t
+    {
+        discard, ///< the document is discarded
+        raise,   ///< parse_error is thrown
+        validate ///< accept(): the document is discarded, and no node is stored while parsing
+    };
+
+    static on_error error_mode(bool allow_exceptions) noexcept
+    {
+        return allow_exceptions ? on_error::raise : on_error::discard;
+    }
+
+    /// NulIsEnd of the builder: a null byte ends the input unless strict_nul_handling
+    static constexpr bool nul_is_end = !detail::abi_config::strict_nul_handling;
+
     /// create the storage (sized for the input) on first use
     void ensure_data(const char* src, std::size_t size)
     {
@@ -1475,7 +1491,7 @@ class basic_json_document
 
     /// parse a buffer the document takes ownership of (it replaces the
     /// previous owned copy)
-    void build_owned(std::string&& buf, bool allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
+    void build_owned(std::string&& buf, on_error allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
     {
         ensure_data(buf.data(), buf.size());
         m_data->owned = std::move(buf);
@@ -1485,7 +1501,7 @@ class basic_json_document
     /// parse a copy of the input; the copy is appended to the cleared owned
     /// buffer, so that its capacity is reused
     template<typename T>
-    void build_copy(T&& input, bool allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
+    void build_copy(T&& input, on_error allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
     {
         if (!m_data)
         {
@@ -1506,7 +1522,7 @@ class basic_json_document
     }
 
     /// sentinel: src[size] is readable and 0 (std::string, C strings)
-    void build(const char* src, std::size_t size, bool allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool owned, bool sentinel)
+    void build(const char* src, std::size_t size, on_error allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool owned, bool sentinel)
     {
         ensure_data(src, size);
         document_data& d = *m_data;
@@ -1533,9 +1549,8 @@ class basic_json_document
         }
         else
         {
-            d.validate_only = m_validate_only;
-            ok = detail::view::build < typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t, !detail::abi_config::strict_nul_handling > (d, src, size, comments, trailing_commas, sentinel, failure);
-            d.validate_only = false;
+            ok = detail::view::build<typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t, nul_is_end>(d, src, size, comments, trailing_commas, sentinel,
+                 allow_exceptions == on_error::validate, failure);
         }
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_LIKELY(ok))
         {
@@ -1548,7 +1563,7 @@ class basic_json_document
             return;
         }
         std::vector<std::uint32_t>().swap(d.large_objects);
-        if (allow_exceptions)
+        if (allow_exceptions == on_error::raise)
         {
             detail::view::throw_parse_failure<BasicJsonType>(failure, src, size, comments, trailing_commas);
         }
@@ -1556,13 +1571,13 @@ class basic_json_document
 
     // --- input dispatch (see detail::view::input_kind) ---
 
-    void read_kind(std::string&& s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::move_string> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(std::string&& s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::move_string> /*unused*/)
     {
         build_owned(std::move(s), ae, c, tc);
     }
 
     template<typename CharT>
-    void read_kind(CharT* s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::c_string> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(CharT* s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::c_string> /*unused*/)
     {
         if (s == nullptr)
         {
@@ -1576,7 +1591,7 @@ class basic_json_document
     }
 
     template<typename Array>
-    void read_kind(Array& a, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::char_array> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(Array& a, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::char_array> /*unused*/)
     {
         using CharT = typename std::remove_cv<typename std::remove_extent<Array>::type>::type;
         const std::size_t n = std::extent<Array>::value;
@@ -1587,7 +1602,7 @@ class basic_json_document
     }
 
     template<typename T>
-    void read_kind(const T& s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::borrow_range> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(const T& s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::borrow_range> /*unused*/)
     {
         // std::basic_string guarantees data()[size()] == 0: use it as sentinel
         const auto size = static_cast<std::size_t>(s.size());
@@ -1596,13 +1611,13 @@ class basic_json_document
     }
 
     template<typename T>
-    void read_kind(const T& s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::copy_range> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(const T& s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::copy_range> /*unused*/)
     {
         build_copy(s, ae, c, tc);
     }
 
     template<typename CharT>
-    void read_kind(CharT* s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::wide_c_string> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(CharT* s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::wide_c_string> /*unused*/)
     {
         if (s == nullptr)
         {
@@ -1614,13 +1629,13 @@ class basic_json_document
     }
 
     template<typename T>
-    void read_kind(T&& input, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::adapter> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(T&& input, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::adapter> /*unused*/)
     {
         build_copy(std::forward<T>(input), ae, c, tc);
     }
 
     template<typename IteratorType>
-    void read_range(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, bool ae, bool c, bool tc)
+    void read_range(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc)
     {
         using value_type = typename std::remove_cv<typename std::iterator_traits<IteratorType>::value_type>::type;
         // borrow the range where the library's input adapter scans it as one
@@ -1631,14 +1646,14 @@ class basic_json_document
     }
 
     template<typename IteratorType>
-    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::true_type /*contiguous bytes*/)
+    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::true_type /*contiguous bytes*/)
     {
         const auto size = static_cast<std::size_t>(std::distance(first, last));
         build(size == 0 ? "" : reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&*first), size, ae, c, tc, false, size == 0); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
     }
 
     template<typename IteratorType>
-    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::false_type /*other*/)
+    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::false_type /*other*/)
     {
         build_copy(detail::view::make_adapter_input(detail::input_adapter(first, last)), ae, c, tc);
     }
@@ -1696,7 +1711,6 @@ class basic_json_document
     }
 
     std::unique_ptr<document_data, document_data::deleter> m_data{}; // NOLINT(readability-redundant-member-init)
-    bool m_validate_only = false; ///< set by accept(): build() stores no nodes
 };
 
 /*!
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
index 24938d0b3..e410ef3a5 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@ struct document_data
     std::vector<std::uint32_t> large_objects; ///< positions of the objects to index (noted while parsing)
     std::array<const char*, 4> base = {{nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr}}; ///< string bases: source, arena, edit arena, unused (indexed by flags & node_flags::storage)
     bool discarded = true;
-    bool validate_only = false; ///< accept(): build() checks the text and stores no nodes (next to `discarded`: no member moves)
 
     /// The storage of edits (editable documents only; see edit_storage.hpp).
     /// No edit moves or resizes the parsed index, and the nodes of values
@@ -2294,11 +2293,6 @@ indent_done:
             {
                 // accept(): nothing is stored, so what computes the arguments is not run either. base and out stay
                 // null: their difference, which open() takes, is 0.
-                static_cast<void>(k);
-                static_cast<void>(flags);
-                static_cast<void>(extra);
-                static_cast<void>(off);
-                static_cast<void>(second);
                 return out;
             }
             if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(out == cap))
@@ -2539,7 +2533,7 @@ indent_done:
 };
 
 /// run the builder with compile-time options
-template<typename FloatType, bool Comments, bool TrailingCommas, bool NulIsEnd, bool Store = true>
+template<typename FloatType, bool Comments, bool TrailingCommas, bool NulIsEnd, bool Store>
 inline bool build_with(document_data& d, const char* src, std::size_t size, bool sentinel, parse_failure& failure)
 {
     if (sentinel)
@@ -2556,22 +2550,27 @@ inline bool build_with(document_data& d, const char* src, std::size_t size, bool
 }
 
 /// sentinel: src[size] is readable and 0 (e.g. std::string); FloatType: the
-/// number_float_t of the document
+/// number_float_t of the document; validate_only: accept(), only the result is
+/// used
 template<typename FloatType, bool NulIsEnd>
-inline bool build(document_data& d, const char* src, std::size_t size, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool sentinel, parse_failure& failure)
+inline bool build(document_data& d, const char* src, std::size_t size, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool sentinel, bool validate_only,
+                  parse_failure& failure)
 {
-    if (d.validate_only && !comments && !trailing_commas)
+    if (validate_only && !comments && !trailing_commas)
     {
-        // accept() of plain JSON: nothing is stored (the other option sets keep the builder that stores)
+        // accept() of plain JSON: nothing is stored. The other option sets
+        // could skip the stores just as well; they keep the builder that
+        // stores only so that there are two more instantiations of the parse
+        // loop, not eight.
         return build_with<FloatType, false, false, NulIsEnd, false>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
     }
     if (comments)
     {
-        return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, true, true, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
-               : build_with<FloatType, true, false, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
+        return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, true, true, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
+               : build_with<FloatType, true, false, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
     }
-    return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, false, true, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
-           : build_with<FloatType, false, false, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
+    return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, false, true, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
+           : build_with<FloatType, false, false, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
 }
 
 }  // namespace view
@@ -10211,7 +10210,7 @@ class basic_json_document
                                      const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
     {
         basic_json_document d;
-        d.read_range(first, last, allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
+        d.read_range(first, last, error_mode(allow_exceptions), ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
         return d;
     }
 
@@ -10226,7 +10225,7 @@ class basic_json_document
         basic_json_document d;
         std::string buf;
         append_input(buf, std::forward<InputType>(input));
-        d.build_owned(std::move(buf), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
+        d.build_owned(std::move(buf), error_mode(allow_exceptions), ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
         return d;
     }
 
@@ -10239,8 +10238,8 @@ class basic_json_document
     static bool accept(InputType&& input, const bool ignore_comments = false, const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
     {
         basic_json_document d;
-        d.m_validate_only = true; // (nothing is stored: only the result is used)
-        d.read(std::forward<InputType>(input), false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
+        d.read_kind(std::forward<InputType>(input), on_error::validate, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas,
+                    std::integral_constant<detail::view::input_kind, detail::view::classify_input<InputType>::value> {});
         return !d.is_discarded();
     }
 
@@ -10256,7 +10255,7 @@ class basic_json_document
               const bool ignore_comments = false,
               const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
     {
-        read_kind(std::forward<InputType>(input), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas,
+        read_kind(std::forward<InputType>(input), error_mode(allow_exceptions), ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas,
                   std::integral_constant<detail::view::input_kind, detail::view::classify_input<InputType>::value> {});
     }
 
@@ -10615,6 +10614,22 @@ class basic_json_document
         return idx;
     }
 
+    /// what a failed parse does
+    enum class on_error : std::uint8_t
+    {
+        discard, ///< the document is discarded
+        raise,   ///< parse_error is thrown
+        validate ///< accept(): the document is discarded, and no node is stored while parsing
+    };
+
+    static on_error error_mode(bool allow_exceptions) noexcept
+    {
+        return allow_exceptions ? on_error::raise : on_error::discard;
+    }
+
+    /// NulIsEnd of the builder: a null byte ends the input unless strict_nul_handling
+    static constexpr bool nul_is_end = !detail::abi_config::strict_nul_handling;
+
     /// create the storage (sized for the input) on first use
     void ensure_data(const char* src, std::size_t size)
     {
@@ -10626,7 +10641,7 @@ class basic_json_document
 
     /// parse a buffer the document takes ownership of (it replaces the
     /// previous owned copy)
-    void build_owned(std::string&& buf, bool allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
+    void build_owned(std::string&& buf, on_error allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
     {
         ensure_data(buf.data(), buf.size());
         m_data->owned = std::move(buf);
@@ -10636,7 +10651,7 @@ class basic_json_document
     /// parse a copy of the input; the copy is appended to the cleared owned
     /// buffer, so that its capacity is reused
     template<typename T>
-    void build_copy(T&& input, bool allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
+    void build_copy(T&& input, on_error allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
     {
         if (!m_data)
         {
@@ -10657,7 +10672,7 @@ class basic_json_document
     }
 
     /// sentinel: src[size] is readable and 0 (std::string, C strings)
-    void build(const char* src, std::size_t size, bool allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool owned, bool sentinel)
+    void build(const char* src, std::size_t size, on_error allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool owned, bool sentinel)
     {
         ensure_data(src, size);
         document_data& d = *m_data;
@@ -10684,9 +10699,8 @@ class basic_json_document
         }
         else
         {
-            d.validate_only = m_validate_only;
-            ok = detail::view::build < typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t, !detail::abi_config::strict_nul_handling > (d, src, size, comments, trailing_commas, sentinel, failure);
-            d.validate_only = false;
+            ok = detail::view::build<typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t, nul_is_end>(d, src, size, comments, trailing_commas, sentinel,
+                 allow_exceptions == on_error::validate, failure);
         }
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_LIKELY(ok))
         {
@@ -10699,7 +10713,7 @@ class basic_json_document
             return;
         }
         std::vector<std::uint32_t>().swap(d.large_objects);
-        if (allow_exceptions)
+        if (allow_exceptions == on_error::raise)
         {
             detail::view::throw_parse_failure<BasicJsonType>(failure, src, size, comments, trailing_commas);
         }
@@ -10707,13 +10721,13 @@ class basic_json_document
 
     // --- input dispatch (see detail::view::input_kind) ---
 
-    void read_kind(std::string&& s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::move_string> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(std::string&& s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::move_string> /*unused*/)
     {
         build_owned(std::move(s), ae, c, tc);
     }
 
     template<typename CharT>
-    void read_kind(CharT* s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::c_string> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(CharT* s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::c_string> /*unused*/)
     {
         if (s == nullptr)
         {
@@ -10727,7 +10741,7 @@ class basic_json_document
     }
 
     template<typename Array>
-    void read_kind(Array& a, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::char_array> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(Array& a, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::char_array> /*unused*/)
     {
         using CharT = typename std::remove_cv<typename std::remove_extent<Array>::type>::type;
         const std::size_t n = std::extent<Array>::value;
@@ -10738,7 +10752,7 @@ class basic_json_document
     }
 
     template<typename T>
-    void read_kind(const T& s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::borrow_range> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(const T& s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::borrow_range> /*unused*/)
     {
         // std::basic_string guarantees data()[size()] == 0: use it as sentinel
         const auto size = static_cast<std::size_t>(s.size());
@@ -10747,13 +10761,13 @@ class basic_json_document
     }
 
     template<typename T>
-    void read_kind(const T& s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::copy_range> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(const T& s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::copy_range> /*unused*/)
     {
         build_copy(s, ae, c, tc);
     }
 
     template<typename CharT>
-    void read_kind(CharT* s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::wide_c_string> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(CharT* s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::wide_c_string> /*unused*/)
     {
         if (s == nullptr)
         {
@@ -10765,13 +10779,13 @@ class basic_json_document
     }
 
     template<typename T>
-    void read_kind(T&& input, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::adapter> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(T&& input, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::adapter> /*unused*/)
     {
         build_copy(std::forward<T>(input), ae, c, tc);
     }
 
     template<typename IteratorType>
-    void read_range(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, bool ae, bool c, bool tc)
+    void read_range(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc)
     {
         using value_type = typename std::remove_cv<typename std::iterator_traits<IteratorType>::value_type>::type;
         // borrow the range where the library's input adapter scans it as one
@@ -10782,14 +10796,14 @@ class basic_json_document
     }
 
     template<typename IteratorType>
-    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::true_type /*contiguous bytes*/)
+    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::true_type /*contiguous bytes*/)
     {
         const auto size = static_cast<std::size_t>(std::distance(first, last));
         build(size == 0 ? "" : reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&*first), size, ae, c, tc, false, size == 0); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
     }
 
     template<typename IteratorType>
-    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::false_type /*other*/)
+    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::false_type /*other*/)
     {
         build_copy(detail::view::make_adapter_input(detail::input_adapter(first, last)), ae, c, tc);
     }
@@ -10847,7 +10861,6 @@ class basic_json_document
     }
 
     std::unique_ptr<document_data, document_data::deleter> m_data{}; // NOLINT(readability-redundant-member-init)
-    bool m_validate_only = false; ///< set by accept(): build() stores no nodes
 };
 
 /*!
diff --git a/tests/src/unit-json_view_builder.cpp b/tests/src/unit-json_view_builder.cpp
index c0968d59e..c41b5022f 100644
--- a/tests/src/unit-json_view_builder.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/unit-json_view_builder.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ built build(const std::string& text, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool s
         r.copy.assign(text.begin(), text.end());
         src = r.copy.data();
     }
-    r.ok = nlohmann::detail::view::build < FloatType, !nlohmann::detail::abi_config::strict_nul_handling > (*r.data, src, text.size(), comments, trailing_commas, sentinel, r.failure);
+    r.ok = nlohmann::detail::view::build < FloatType, !nlohmann::detail::abi_config::strict_nul_handling > (*r.data, src, text.size(), comments, trailing_commas, sentinel, false, r.failure);
     r.data->src = src;
     r.data->base[0] = src;
     r.data->base[1] = r.data->arena.data();