Store maps with enum keys as objects (opt-in)

Maps with enum keys, such as std::map<E, T>, are stored as arrays of
[key, value] pairs, because enums are not convertible to the string type
of object keys - even if NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM maps them to
strings (#4378).

The new JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS macro stores them as objects
instead, converting each key with the enum's to_json. It applies to any
map-like type with enum keys (std::map with any comparator,
std::unordered_map, ...). A key that does not convert to a string throws
type_error.302, and two keys converting to the same string throw the new
type_error.318, rather than losing an entry. The macro changes the output
of inline functions, so it is part of the ABI tag (_ekmo).

Reading needs no macro: std::map and std::unordered_map with enum keys
are now also read from objects, converting each key with the enum's
from_json. That input was rejected before, and arrays of pairs are still
read, so data written either way can be read.

This supersedes #4531, which first proposed storing these maps as
objects.

Co-authored-by: Muhammad Amir bin Mohamad Ghazaly <amirghaz@umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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Niels Lohmann
2026-09-27 17:48:58 +02:00
co-authored by Muhammad Amir bin Mohamad Ghazaly
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
namespaces = ['nlohmann']
abi_prefix = 'json_abi'
abi_tags = ['_diag', '_ldvcmp', '_dp', '_bics', '_psp', '_snul']
abi_tags = ['_diag', '_ldvcmp', '_dp', '_bics', '_psp', '_snul', '_ekmo']
version = '_v' + args.version.replace('.', '_')
inline_namespaces = []