The mixed number arms of JSON_IMPLEMENT_OPERATOR cast the integer to
number_float_t before comparing. Past the float's mantissa that cast is lossy:
2^63-2 and 2^63-1 both round to 2^63, so each compares equal to that float
while differing from each other. Equality is therefore intransitive and the
ordering is not a strict weak ordering, which makes std::sort over such values,
or using them as keys in std::set or std::map, undefined behavior.
Compare the two exactly instead. The integer's range is a power of two the
float represents exactly, so a float outside it is ordered by magnitude alone;
inside it, truncating the float is exact, and the integer parts and then any
fractional part decide. The helper hands back a pair whose comparison with the
original operator reproduces that ordering, which keeps every operator's return
type as it was, including partial_ordering for the spaceship.
A NaN operand is returned in both members, so NaN stays false for the
relational operators and unordered for <=>. Values a float represents exactly
still compare equal, so json(1) == json(1.0) is unchanged.
Signed-off-by: qatcod <79017227+qatcod@users.noreply.github.com>
* Fix#3868: Remove operator!= to enable P2468R2 rewritten candidate synthesis
Under C++20 P2468R2, a hand-written operator!= suppresses the compiler's
rewritten-candidate synthesis for operator==, preventing heterogeneous
comparisons like `std::string s; json j; s == j;` from compiling.
Fix by removing the hand-written operator!=, allowing the compiler to
synthesize != as !(a==b) in all language modes (C++20 member functions
and pre-C++20 friend functions).
Behavior change: operator!= now returns !(a==b) unconditionally, including
for special values like NaN and discarded. This means:
- NaN != NaN now returns true (matches IEEE-754 semantics)
- discarded != x now returns true for any x (matches !(discarded == x))
This also fixes underlying defects in previously-working code:
- Restores direct == comparison for views vs json (reverts std::ranges::equal
workaround added in PR #3950 to dodge this bug)
- Re-enables std::string == json comparisons (uncomments check in
unit-constructor1.cpp)
Fixes: #3868, #3979
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
* 🚨 fix warning
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* Add C++20 3-way comparison operator and fix broken comparisons
Fixes#3207.
Fixes#3409.
* Fix iterators to meet (more) std::ranges requirements
Fixes#3130.
Related discussion: #3408
* Add note about CMake standard version selection to unit tests
Document how CMake chooses which C++ standard version to use when
building tests.
* Update documentation
* CI: add legacy discarded value comparison
* Fix internal linkage errors when building a module
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