Assert that update() and merge_patch() are not called with *this

Passing *this itself is cheap to detect; a value contained in *this is not. Document the assertion. Addresses review comment by @gregmarr.

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

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/merge_patch.md

@@ -37,6 +37,25 @@ Thereby, `Target` is the current object; that is, the patch is applied to the cu
 
 Linear in the lengths of `apply_patch`.
 
+## Notes
+
+!!! danger "Undefined behavior and runtime assertions"
+
+    `merge_patch()` reads `apply_patch` while it modifies `#!cpp *this`. `apply_patch` must not be `#!cpp *this`
+    itself and must not refer to a value contained in `#!cpp *this` (for example, a subobject returned by
+    `#!cpp (*this)[key]`). Calling `merge_patch()` with such an argument reads the argument after it has been
+    invalidated by the modification, which is undefined behavior. If the patch may alias `#!cpp *this`, pass a copy
+    instead:
+
+    ```cpp
+    j.merge_patch(json(j));  // instead of j.merge_patch(j)
+    ```
+
+    Passing `#!cpp *this` itself is **guarded by a [runtime assertion](../../features/assertions.md)**; a value
+    contained in `#!cpp *this` is not detected.
+
+    See [GitHub issue #5641](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/5641) for more information.
+
 ## Examples
 
 ??? example
@@ -61,3 +80,5 @@ Linear in the lengths of `apply_patch`.
 ## Version history
 
 - Added in version 3.0.0.
+- Documented that `apply_patch` must not be `#!cpp *this` or refer to a value contained in `#!cpp *this`, in version
+  3.13.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/number_float_t.md

@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ This implementation does exactly follow this approach, as it uses double precisi
 smaller than `-1.79769313486232e+308` and values greater than `1.79769313486232e+308` will be stored as NaN internally
 and be serialized to `null`.
 
-During deserialization (from JSON text or any of the binary formats), a finite number that does not fit into
-`number_float_t` is rejected with [`out_of_range.406`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range406), for
-example a double-precision number in a binary format when `number_float_t` is `#!cpp float`.
-
 #### Storage
 
 Floating-point number values are stored directly inside a `basic_json` type.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/number_integer_t.md

@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ With the default values for `NumberIntegerType` (`std::int64_t`), the default va
 
 When the default type is used, the maximal integer number that can be stored is `9223372036854775807` (INT64_MAX) and
 the minimal integer number that can be stored is `-9223372036854775808` (INT64_MIN). Integer numbers that are out of
-range will yield over/underflow when used in a constructor. During deserialization (from JSON text or any of the binary
-formats), too large or small integer numbers will automatically be stored as [`number_unsigned_t`](number_unsigned_t.md)
-or [`number_float_t`](number_float_t.md).
+range will yield over/underflow when used in a constructor. During deserialization, too large or small integer numbers
+will automatically be stored as [`number_unsigned_t`](number_unsigned_t.md) or [`number_float_t`](number_float_t.md).
 
 [RFC 8259](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259) further states:
 > Note that when such software is used, numbers that are integers and are in the range $[-2^{53}+1, 2^{53}-1]$ are

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/number_unsigned_t.md

@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@ With the default values for `NumberUnsignedType` (`std::uint64_t`), the default
 
 When the default type is used, the maximal integer number that can be stored is `18446744073709551615` (UINT64_MAX) and
 the minimal integer number that can be stored is `0`. Integer numbers that are out of range will yield over/underflow
-when used in a constructor. During deserialization (from JSON text or any of the binary formats), too large or small
-integer numbers will automatically be stored as [`number_integer_t`](number_integer_t.md) or
-[`number_float_t`](number_float_t.md).
+when used in a constructor. During deserialization, too large or small integer numbers will automatically be stored
+as [`number_integer_t`](number_integer_t.md) or [`number_float_t`](number_float_t.md).
 
 [RFC 8259](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259) further states:
 > Note that when such software is used, numbers that are integers and are in the range $[-2^{53}+1, 2^{53}-1]$ are

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/update.md

@@ -59,6 +59,25 @@ Basic guarantee: if an exception is thrown during the operation, the JSON value
 1. O(N*log(size() + N)), where N is the number of elements to insert.
 2. O(N*log(size() + N)), where N is the number of elements to insert.
 
+## Notes
+
+!!! danger "Undefined behavior and runtime assertions"
+
+    Both overloads read the argument while they modify `#!cpp *this`. The argument `j` (or, for overload (2), the
+    range `[first, last)`) must not be `#!cpp *this` itself and must not refer to a value contained in
+    `#!cpp *this` (for example, a subobject returned by `#!cpp (*this)[key]`). Calling `update()` with such an
+    argument reads the argument after it has been invalidated by the modification, which is undefined behavior. If
+    the argument may alias `#!cpp *this`, pass a copy instead:
+
+    ```cpp
+    j.update(json(j["defaults"]));  // instead of j.update(j["defaults"])
+    ```
+
+    Passing `#!cpp *this` itself is **guarded by a [runtime assertion](../../features/assertions.md)**; a value
+    contained in `#!cpp *this` is not detected.
+
+    See [GitHub issue #5641](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/5641) for more information.
+
 ## Examples
 
 ??? example
@@ -155,3 +174,5 @@ Basic guarantee: if an exception is thrown during the operation, the JSON value
 
 - Added in version 3.0.0.
 - Added `merge_objects` parameter in 3.10.5.
+- Documented that the argument must not be `#!cpp *this` or refer to a value contained in `#!cpp *this`, in version
+  3.13.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/assertions.md

@@ -103,6 +103,36 @@ behavior and yields a runtime assertion.
     Assertion failed: (m_object != nullptr), function operator++, file iter_impl.hpp, line 368.
     ```
 
+### Updating or merge-patching a value with itself
+
+Functions [`update`](../api/basic_json/update.md) and [`merge_patch`](../api/basic_json/merge_patch.md) read their
+argument while they modify the value they are called on. Passing that value itself as the argument is undefined
+behavior and yields a runtime assertion. Pass a copy instead, for example `#!cpp j.merge_patch(json(j))`. An argument
+that refers to a value contained in the value (e.g., `#!cpp j.update(j["defaults"])`) is undefined behavior as well, but
+is not detected.
+
+??? example "Example 4: Merge-patching a value with itself"
+
+    The following code will trigger an assertion at runtime:
+
+    ```cpp
+    #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+    
+    using json = nlohmann::json;
+    
+    int main()
+    {
+        json j = {{"key", "value"}};
+        j.merge_patch(j);
+    }
+    ```
+
+    Output:
+
+    ```
+    Assertion failed: (&apply_patch != this), function merge_patch, file json.hpp, line 6310.
+    ```
+
 ## Changes
 
 ### Reading from a null `FILE` or `char` pointer

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/binary_formats/cbor.md

@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ The library maps CBOR types to JSON value types as follows:
 !!! warning "Negative integer overflow"
 
     CBOR negative integers (major type 1) are decoded as `-1 - n`. If the encoded magnitude `n` is too large for the
-    result to fit into `number_integer_t` (`std::int64_t` by default), the result is stored as `number_float_t`, like
-    a too small integer in JSON text. For example, `-18446744073709551616` (`0x3B` followed by eight `0xFF` bytes) is
-    stored as `-1.8446744073709552e+19`.
+    result to fit into `number_integer_t` (`std::int64_t` by default), parsing fails with a
+    [`parse_error.112`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error112) exception rather than overflowing
+    silently.
 
 !!! warning "Object keys"
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/home/exceptions.md

@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ An unexpected byte was read in a [binary format](../features/binary_formats/inde
     [json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 15: syntax error while parsing BSON binary: byte array length cannot be negative, is -1
     ```
     ```
+    [json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 9: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: negative integer overflow
+    ```
+    ```
     [json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 5: syntax error while parsing BSON document: document size 6 does not match the number of bytes read (5)
     ```
 
@@ -851,18 +854,13 @@ The JSON Patch operations 'remove' and 'add' cannot be applied to the root eleme
 
 ### json.exception.out_of_range.406
 
-A parsed number could not be stored without changing it to NaN or INF. For the binary formats, this happens when a
-finite floating-point number does not fit into [`number_float_t`](../api/basic_json/number_float_t.md), for example a
-double-precision number when `number_float_t` is `#!cpp float`.
+A parsed number could not be stored as without changing it to NaN or INF.
 
-!!! failure "Example messages"
+!!! failure "Example message"
 
     ```
     number overflow parsing '10E1000'
     ```
-    ```
-    [json.exception.out_of_range.406] syntax error while parsing CBOR value: number overflow
-    ```
 
 ### json.exception.out_of_range.407
 

include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp

@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x01: // double
             {
                 double number{};
-                return get_number<double, true>(input_format_t::bson, number) && emit_float(input_format_t::bson, number);
+                return get_number<double, true>(input_format_t::bson, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0x02: // string
@@ -600,19 +600,19 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x10: // int32
             {
                 std::int32_t value{};
-                return get_number<std::int32_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, value) && emit_signed(input_format_t::bson, value);
+                return get_number<std::int32_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, value) && sax->number_integer(value);
             }
 
             case 0x12: // int64
             {
                 std::int64_t value{};
-                return get_number<std::int64_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, value) && emit_signed(input_format_t::bson, value);
+                return get_number<std::int64_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, value) && sax->number_integer(value);
             }
 
             case 0x11: // uint64
             {
                 std::uint64_t value{};
-                return get_number<std::uint64_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, value) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::bson, value);
+                return get_number<std::uint64_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, value) && sax->number_unsigned(value);
             }
 
             default: // anything else is not supported (yet)
@@ -638,19 +638,14 @@ class binary_reader
         {
             return false;
         }
-
-        // the value is -1 - number, which fits into number_integer_t
-        // whenever number does
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(value_in_range_of<number_integer_t>(number)))
+        const auto max_val = static_cast<NumberType>((std::numeric_limits<number_integer_t>::max)());
+        if (number > max_val)
         {
-            return sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - static_cast<number_integer_t>(number));
+            return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(),
+                                    parse_error::create(112, chars_read,
+                                            exception_message(input_format_t::cbor, "negative integer overflow", "value"), nullptr));
         }
-
-        // like the lexer does for JSON text, store a value too small for
-        // number_integer_t as number_float_t; compute it as long double so
-        // that emit_float sees a finite value and can detect an overflow of
-        // number_float_t
-        return emit_float(input_format_t::cbor, static_cast<long double>(-1) - static_cast<long double>(number));
+        return sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - static_cast<number_integer_t>(number));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -707,25 +702,25 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x18: // Unsigned integer (one-byte uint8_t follows)
             {
                 std::uint8_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::cbor, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0x19: // Unsigned integer (two-byte uint16_t follows)
             {
                 std::uint16_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::cbor, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0x1A: // Unsigned integer (four-byte uint32_t follows)
             {
                 std::uint32_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::cbor, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0x1B: // Unsigned integer (eight-byte uint64_t follows)
             {
                 std::uint64_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::cbor, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             // Negative integer -1-0x00..-1-0x17 (-1..-24)
@@ -1170,13 +1165,13 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xFA: // Single-Precision Float (four-byte IEEE 754)
             {
                 float number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && emit_float(input_format_t::cbor, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0xFB: // Double-Precision Float (eight-byte IEEE 754)
             {
                 double number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && emit_float(input_format_t::cbor, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             default: // anything else (0xFF is handled inside the other types)
@@ -1940,61 +1935,61 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xCA: // float 32
             {
                 float number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_float(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0xCB: // float 64
             {
                 double number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_float(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0xCC: // uint 8
             {
                 std::uint8_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xCD: // uint 16
             {
                 std::uint16_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xCE: // uint 32
             {
                 std::uint32_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xCF: // uint 64
             {
                 std::uint64_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD0: // int 8
             {
                 std::int8_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_signed(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD1: // int 16
             {
                 std::int16_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_signed(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD2: // int 32
             {
                 std::int32_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_signed(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD3: // int 64
             {
                 std::int64_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_signed(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xDC: // array 16
@@ -2927,7 +2922,7 @@ class binary_reader
                         {
                             return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(), out_of_range::create(408, exception_message(input_format, "excessive ndarray size caused overflow", "size"), nullptr));
                         }
-                        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!emit_unsigned(input_format, i)))
+                        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!sax->number_unsigned(static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(i))))
                         {
                             return false;
                         }
@@ -3059,37 +3054,37 @@ class binary_reader
                     break;
                 }
                 std::uint8_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 'U':
             {
                 std::uint8_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 'i':
             {
                 std::int8_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_signed(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'I':
             {
                 std::int16_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_signed(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'l':
             {
                 std::int32_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_signed(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'L':
             {
                 std::int64_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_signed(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'u':
@@ -3099,7 +3094,7 @@ class binary_reader
                     break;
                 }
                 std::uint16_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 'm':
@@ -3109,7 +3104,7 @@ class binary_reader
                     break;
                 }
                 std::uint32_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 'M':
@@ -3119,7 +3114,7 @@ class binary_reader
                     break;
                 }
                 std::uint64_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 'h':
@@ -3177,13 +3172,13 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'd':
             {
                 float number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_float(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 'D':
             {
                 double number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_float(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 'H':
@@ -3650,13 +3645,13 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x8E: // binary32
             {
                 float number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::bon8, number) && emit_float(input_format_t::bon8, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::bon8, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0x8F: // binary64
             {
                 double number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::bon8, number) && emit_float(input_format_t::bon8, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::bon8, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0xF8:
@@ -3722,9 +3717,7 @@ class binary_reader
     @brief pass an integer to the SAX parser
 
     Non-negative integers are passed as unsigned, negative integers as signed
-    numbers, like the other binary formats do. A value that does not fit the
-    number type is passed as described for @ref emit_unsigned and
-    @ref emit_signed.
+    numbers, like the other binary formats do.
 
     @param[in] number  the integer
     @return whether the SAX parser accepted the value
@@ -3733,9 +3726,9 @@ class binary_reader
     {
         if (number >= 0)
         {
-            return emit_unsigned(input_format_t::bon8, static_cast<std::uint64_t>(number));
+            return sax->number_unsigned(static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(number));
         }
-        return emit_signed(input_format_t::bon8, number);
+        return sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(number));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -3792,7 +3785,8 @@ class binary_reader
             value = (value << 8) | static_cast<std::int64_t>(current);
         }
 
-        return emit_bon8_integer(negative ? -(value + offset) : value + offset);
+        return negative ? sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-(value + offset)))
+               : sax->number_unsigned(static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(value + offset));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -4089,88 +4083,6 @@ class binary_reader
         return true;
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief pass a signed integer read from the input to the SAX parser
-
-    Like the lexer does for JSON text, a value that does not fit into
-    number_integer_t is passed as number_unsigned_t if it is non-negative and
-    fits there, and as number_float_t otherwise. With the default number
-    types, every integer the binary formats can encode fits, so this only
-    matters for narrower custom number types.
-
-    @tparam NumberType a signed integer type
-    @param[in] format  the current format (for diagnostics)
-    @param[in] number  the integer
-    @return whether the SAX parser accepted the value
-
-    @throw out_of_range.406 if @a number overflows number_float_t (see
-           @ref emit_float)
-    */
-    template<typename NumberType>
-    bool emit_signed(const input_format_t format, const NumberType number)
-    {
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(value_in_range_of<number_integer_t>(number)))
-        {
-            return sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(number));
-        }
-        if (value_in_range_of<number_unsigned_t>(number))
-        {
-            return sax->number_unsigned(static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(number));
-        }
-        return emit_float(format, number);
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief pass an unsigned integer read from the input to the SAX parser
-
-    Like the lexer does for JSON text, a value that does not fit into
-    number_unsigned_t is passed as number_float_t.
-
-    @tparam NumberType an unsigned integer type
-    @param[in] format  the current format (for diagnostics)
-    @param[in] number  the integer
-    @return whether the SAX parser accepted the value
-
-    @throw out_of_range.406 if @a number overflows number_float_t (see
-           @ref emit_float)
-    */
-    template<typename NumberType>
-    bool emit_unsigned(const input_format_t format, const NumberType number)
-    {
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(value_in_range_of<number_unsigned_t>(number)))
-        {
-            return sax->number_unsigned(static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(number));
-        }
-        return emit_float(format, number);
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief pass a floating-point number read from the input to the SAX parser
-
-    Like the lexer does for JSON text, a finite value that overflows
-    number_float_t is rejected instead of silently becoming infinity. Infinity
-    and NaN in the input are passed on unchanged. Integers only overflow if
-    number_float_t cannot represent 2^64, e.g., a half-precision type.
-
-    @tparam NumberType a floating-point or integer type
-    @param[in] format  the current format (for diagnostics)
-    @param[in] number  the number
-    @return whether the SAX parser accepted the value
-
-    @throw out_of_range.406 if a finite @a number overflows number_float_t
-    */
-    template<typename NumberType>
-    bool emit_float(const input_format_t format, const NumberType number)
-    {
-        const auto result = static_cast<number_float_t>(number);
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(std::isfinite(number) && !std::isfinite(result)))
-        {
-            return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(),
-                                    out_of_range::create(406, exception_message(format, "number overflow", "value"), nullptr));
-        }
-        return sax->number_float(result, "");
-    }
-
     /*!
     @brief create a string by reading characters from the input
 

include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -4218,6 +4218,9 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
             JSON_THROW(type_error::create(312, detail::concat("cannot use update() with ", first.m_object->type_name()), first.m_object));
         }
 
+        // the range must not be *this; a range inside *this is not detected
+        JSON_ASSERT(first.m_object != this);
+
         update_members(first, last, merge_objects, 0);
     }
 
@@ -6303,6 +6306,9 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/merge_patch/
     void merge_patch(const basic_json& apply_patch)
     {
+        // the patch must not be *this; a patch inside *this is not detected
+        JSON_ASSERT(&apply_patch != this);
+
         apply_merge_patch(apply_patch, 0);
     }
 

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -13326,7 +13326,7 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x01: // double
             {
                 double number{};
-                return get_number<double, true>(input_format_t::bson, number) && emit_float(input_format_t::bson, number);
+                return get_number<double, true>(input_format_t::bson, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0x02: // string
@@ -13367,19 +13367,19 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x10: // int32
             {
                 std::int32_t value{};
-                return get_number<std::int32_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, value) && emit_signed(input_format_t::bson, value);
+                return get_number<std::int32_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, value) && sax->number_integer(value);
             }
 
             case 0x12: // int64
             {
                 std::int64_t value{};
-                return get_number<std::int64_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, value) && emit_signed(input_format_t::bson, value);
+                return get_number<std::int64_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, value) && sax->number_integer(value);
             }
 
             case 0x11: // uint64
             {
                 std::uint64_t value{};
-                return get_number<std::uint64_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, value) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::bson, value);
+                return get_number<std::uint64_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, value) && sax->number_unsigned(value);
             }
 
             default: // anything else is not supported (yet)
@@ -13405,19 +13405,14 @@ class binary_reader
         {
             return false;
         }
-
-        // the value is -1 - number, which fits into number_integer_t
-        // whenever number does
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(value_in_range_of<number_integer_t>(number)))
+        const auto max_val = static_cast<NumberType>((std::numeric_limits<number_integer_t>::max)());
+        if (number > max_val)
         {
-            return sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - static_cast<number_integer_t>(number));
+            return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(),
+                                    parse_error::create(112, chars_read,
+                                            exception_message(input_format_t::cbor, "negative integer overflow", "value"), nullptr));
         }
-
-        // like the lexer does for JSON text, store a value too small for
-        // number_integer_t as number_float_t; compute it as long double so
-        // that emit_float sees a finite value and can detect an overflow of
-        // number_float_t
-        return emit_float(input_format_t::cbor, static_cast<long double>(-1) - static_cast<long double>(number));
+        return sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - static_cast<number_integer_t>(number));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -13474,25 +13469,25 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x18: // Unsigned integer (one-byte uint8_t follows)
             {
                 std::uint8_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::cbor, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0x19: // Unsigned integer (two-byte uint16_t follows)
             {
                 std::uint16_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::cbor, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0x1A: // Unsigned integer (four-byte uint32_t follows)
             {
                 std::uint32_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::cbor, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0x1B: // Unsigned integer (eight-byte uint64_t follows)
             {
                 std::uint64_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::cbor, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             // Negative integer -1-0x00..-1-0x17 (-1..-24)
@@ -13937,13 +13932,13 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xFA: // Single-Precision Float (four-byte IEEE 754)
             {
                 float number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && emit_float(input_format_t::cbor, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0xFB: // Double-Precision Float (eight-byte IEEE 754)
             {
                 double number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && emit_float(input_format_t::cbor, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             default: // anything else (0xFF is handled inside the other types)
@@ -14707,61 +14702,61 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0xCA: // float 32
             {
                 float number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_float(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0xCB: // float 64
             {
                 double number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_float(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0xCC: // uint 8
             {
                 std::uint8_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xCD: // uint 16
             {
                 std::uint16_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xCE: // uint 32
             {
                 std::uint32_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xCF: // uint 64
             {
                 std::uint64_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD0: // int 8
             {
                 std::int8_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_signed(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD1: // int 16
             {
                 std::int16_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_signed(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD2: // int 32
             {
                 std::int32_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_signed(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xD3: // int 64
             {
                 std::int64_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && emit_signed(input_format_t::msgpack, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 0xDC: // array 16
@@ -15694,7 +15689,7 @@ class binary_reader
                         {
                             return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(), out_of_range::create(408, exception_message(input_format, "excessive ndarray size caused overflow", "size"), nullptr));
                         }
-                        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!emit_unsigned(input_format, i)))
+                        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!sax->number_unsigned(static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(i))))
                         {
                             return false;
                         }
@@ -15826,37 +15821,37 @@ class binary_reader
                     break;
                 }
                 std::uint8_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 'U':
             {
                 std::uint8_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 'i':
             {
                 std::int8_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_signed(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'I':
             {
                 std::int16_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_signed(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'l':
             {
                 std::int32_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_signed(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'L':
             {
                 std::int64_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_signed(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
             case 'u':
@@ -15866,7 +15861,7 @@ class binary_reader
                     break;
                 }
                 std::uint16_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 'm':
@@ -15876,7 +15871,7 @@ class binary_reader
                     break;
                 }
                 std::uint32_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 'M':
@@ -15886,7 +15881,7 @@ class binary_reader
                     break;
                 }
                 std::uint64_t number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_unsigned(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
             case 'h':
@@ -15944,13 +15939,13 @@ class binary_reader
             case 'd':
             {
                 float number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_float(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 'D':
             {
                 double number{};
-                return get_number(input_format, number) && emit_float(input_format, number);
+                return get_number(input_format, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 'H':
@@ -16417,13 +16412,13 @@ class binary_reader
             case 0x8E: // binary32
             {
                 float number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::bon8, number) && emit_float(input_format_t::bon8, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::bon8, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0x8F: // binary64
             {
                 double number{};
-                return get_number(input_format_t::bon8, number) && emit_float(input_format_t::bon8, number);
+                return get_number(input_format_t::bon8, number) && sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
             case 0xF8:
@@ -16489,9 +16484,7 @@ class binary_reader
     @brief pass an integer to the SAX parser
 
     Non-negative integers are passed as unsigned, negative integers as signed
-    numbers, like the other binary formats do. A value that does not fit the
-    number type is passed as described for @ref emit_unsigned and
-    @ref emit_signed.
+    numbers, like the other binary formats do.
 
     @param[in] number  the integer
     @return whether the SAX parser accepted the value
@@ -16500,9 +16493,9 @@ class binary_reader
     {
         if (number >= 0)
         {
-            return emit_unsigned(input_format_t::bon8, static_cast<std::uint64_t>(number));
+            return sax->number_unsigned(static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(number));
         }
-        return emit_signed(input_format_t::bon8, number);
+        return sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(number));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -16559,7 +16552,8 @@ class binary_reader
             value = (value << 8) | static_cast<std::int64_t>(current);
         }
 
-        return emit_bon8_integer(negative ? -(value + offset) : value + offset);
+        return negative ? sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-(value + offset)))
+               : sax->number_unsigned(static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(value + offset));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -16856,88 +16850,6 @@ class binary_reader
         return true;
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief pass a signed integer read from the input to the SAX parser
-
-    Like the lexer does for JSON text, a value that does not fit into
-    number_integer_t is passed as number_unsigned_t if it is non-negative and
-    fits there, and as number_float_t otherwise. With the default number
-    types, every integer the binary formats can encode fits, so this only
-    matters for narrower custom number types.
-
-    @tparam NumberType a signed integer type
-    @param[in] format  the current format (for diagnostics)
-    @param[in] number  the integer
-    @return whether the SAX parser accepted the value
-
-    @throw out_of_range.406 if @a number overflows number_float_t (see
-           @ref emit_float)
-    */
-    template<typename NumberType>
-    bool emit_signed(const input_format_t format, const NumberType number)
-    {
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(value_in_range_of<number_integer_t>(number)))
-        {
-            return sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(number));
-        }
-        if (value_in_range_of<number_unsigned_t>(number))
-        {
-            return sax->number_unsigned(static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(number));
-        }
-        return emit_float(format, number);
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief pass an unsigned integer read from the input to the SAX parser
-
-    Like the lexer does for JSON text, a value that does not fit into
-    number_unsigned_t is passed as number_float_t.
-
-    @tparam NumberType an unsigned integer type
-    @param[in] format  the current format (for diagnostics)
-    @param[in] number  the integer
-    @return whether the SAX parser accepted the value
-
-    @throw out_of_range.406 if @a number overflows number_float_t (see
-           @ref emit_float)
-    */
-    template<typename NumberType>
-    bool emit_unsigned(const input_format_t format, const NumberType number)
-    {
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(value_in_range_of<number_unsigned_t>(number)))
-        {
-            return sax->number_unsigned(static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(number));
-        }
-        return emit_float(format, number);
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief pass a floating-point number read from the input to the SAX parser
-
-    Like the lexer does for JSON text, a finite value that overflows
-    number_float_t is rejected instead of silently becoming infinity. Infinity
-    and NaN in the input are passed on unchanged. Integers only overflow if
-    number_float_t cannot represent 2^64, e.g., a half-precision type.
-
-    @tparam NumberType a floating-point or integer type
-    @param[in] format  the current format (for diagnostics)
-    @param[in] number  the number
-    @return whether the SAX parser accepted the value
-
-    @throw out_of_range.406 if a finite @a number overflows number_float_t
-    */
-    template<typename NumberType>
-    bool emit_float(const input_format_t format, const NumberType number)
-    {
-        const auto result = static_cast<number_float_t>(number);
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(std::isfinite(number) && !std::isfinite(result)))
-        {
-            return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(),
-                                    out_of_range::create(406, exception_message(format, "number overflow", "value"), nullptr));
-        }
-        return sax->number_float(result, "");
-    }
-
     /*!
     @brief create a string by reading characters from the input
 
@@ -30387,6 +30299,9 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
             JSON_THROW(type_error::create(312, detail::concat("cannot use update() with ", first.m_object->type_name()), first.m_object));
         }
 
+        // the range must not be *this; a range inside *this is not detected
+        JSON_ASSERT(first.m_object != this);
+
         update_members(first, last, merge_objects, 0);
     }
 
@@ -32472,6 +32387,9 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/merge_patch/
     void merge_patch(const basic_json& apply_patch)
     {
+        // the patch must not be *this; a patch inside *this is not detected
+        JSON_ASSERT(&apply_patch != this);
+
         apply_merge_patch(apply_patch, 0);
     }
 

tests/src/unit-assert_macro.cpp

@@ -41,6 +41,33 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON_ASSERT(x)")
         // check that assertion actually happened
         CHECK(assert_counter == 1);
     }
+
+    SECTION("update() and merge_patch() with *this")
+    {
+        // update() and merge_patch() must not be called with *this (#5641);
+        // the values are chosen so the calls still happen to work without
+        // aborting, and only the assertion counter is checked
+        json j = {{"a", 1}};
+
+        assert_counter = 0;
+        j.update(j);
+        CHECK(assert_counter == 1);
+
+        assert_counter = 0;
+        j.update(j.cbegin(), j.cend());
+        CHECK(assert_counter == 1);
+
+        assert_counter = 0;
+        j.merge_patch(j);
+        CHECK(assert_counter == 1);
+
+        // a copy is fine
+        assert_counter = 0;
+        j.update(json(j));
+        j.merge_patch(json(j));
+        CHECK(assert_counter == 0);
+        CHECK(j == json({{"a", 1}}));
+    }
 }
 #endif
 

tests/src/unit-binary_formats.cpp

@@ -11,12 +11,7 @@
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 using nlohmann::json;
 
-#include <cmath>
 #include <fstream>
-#include <limits>
-#include <map>
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
 #include "make_test_data_available.hpp"
 
 TEST_CASE("Binary Formats" * doctest::skip())
@@ -229,139 +224,3 @@ TEST_CASE("Binary Formats" * doctest::skip())
         CHECK((100.0 * double(ubjson_3_size) / double(json_size)) == Approx(89.450));
     }
 }
-
-namespace
-{
-// the binary formats as function pointers for "Binary formats with narrow number types";
-// named functions rather than lambdas, because clang 3.5 cannot convert a lambda
-// to a function pointer in the braced initializer of the format table
-using narrow_json = nlohmann::basic_json<std::map, std::vector, std::string, bool, std::int32_t, std::uint32_t, float>;
-using bytes = std::vector<std::uint8_t>;
-
-bytes encode_cbor(const json& j)
-{
-    return json::to_cbor(j);
-}
-narrow_json decode_cbor(const bytes& v, bool allow_exceptions)
-{
-    return narrow_json::from_cbor(v, true, allow_exceptions);
-}
-
-bytes encode_msgpack(const json& j)
-{
-    return json::to_msgpack(j);
-}
-narrow_json decode_msgpack(const bytes& v, bool allow_exceptions)
-{
-    return narrow_json::from_msgpack(v, true, allow_exceptions);
-}
-
-bytes encode_ubjson(const json& j)
-{
-    return json::to_ubjson(j);
-}
-narrow_json decode_ubjson(const bytes& v, bool allow_exceptions)
-{
-    return narrow_json::from_ubjson(v, true, allow_exceptions);
-}
-
-bytes encode_bjdata(const json& j)
-{
-    return json::to_bjdata(j);
-}
-narrow_json decode_bjdata(const bytes& v, bool allow_exceptions)
-{
-    return narrow_json::from_bjdata(v, true, allow_exceptions);
-}
-
-// BSON can only store numbers as object members
-bytes encode_bson(const json& j)
-{
-    return json::to_bson(json{{"a", j}});
-}
-narrow_json decode_bson(const bytes& v, bool allow_exceptions)
-{
-    const auto result = narrow_json::from_bson(v, true, allow_exceptions);
-    return result.is_discarded() ? result : result.at("a");
-}
-
-bytes encode_bon8(const json& j)
-{
-    return json::to_bon8(j);
-}
-narrow_json decode_bon8(const bytes& v, bool allow_exceptions)
-{
-    return narrow_json::from_bon8(v, true, allow_exceptions);
-}
-
-} // namespace
-
-TEST_CASE("Binary formats with narrow number types")
-{
-    // Numbers that do not fit the number types are handled like the lexer
-    // handles them in JSON text: an integer that fits neither integer type is
-    // stored as a floating-point number, and a finite floating-point number
-    // that overflows number_float_t is rejected with out_of_range.406.
-    struct binary_format
-    {
-        const char* name;
-        bytes (*encode)(const json&);
-        narrow_json (*decode)(const bytes&, bool);
-    };
-
-    const std::vector<binary_format> formats =
-    {
-        {"CBOR", encode_cbor, decode_cbor},
-        {"MessagePack", encode_msgpack, decode_msgpack},
-        {"UBJSON", encode_ubjson, decode_ubjson},
-        {"BJData", encode_bjdata, decode_bjdata},
-        {"BSON", encode_bson, decode_bson},
-        {"BON8", encode_bon8, decode_bon8},
-    };
-
-    for (const auto& format : formats)
-    {
-        const std::string name = format.name;
-        INFO("format := ", name);
-        const auto roundtrip = [&format](const json & j)
-        {
-            return format.decode(format.encode(j), true);
-        };
-
-        // integers that fit keep their type
-        CHECK(roundtrip(json(-5)).is_number_integer());
-        CHECK(roundtrip(json(-5)).get<std::int32_t>() == -5);
-        CHECK(roundtrip(json(3000000000u)).is_number_unsigned());
-        CHECK(roundtrip(json(3000000000u)).get<std::uint32_t>() == 3000000000u);
-
-        // integers that fit neither integer type are stored as float
-        CHECK(roundtrip(json(5000000000u)).is_number_float());
-        CHECK(roundtrip(json(5000000000u)).get<float>() == 5000000000.0f);
-        if (name != "BON8") // BON8 cannot encode integers above INT64_MAX
-        {
-            CHECK(roundtrip(json(10000000000000000000u)).is_number_float());
-            CHECK(roundtrip(json(10000000000000000000u)).get<float>() == 10000000000000000000.0f);
-        }
-        CHECK(roundtrip(json(-3000000000LL)).is_number_float());
-        CHECK(roundtrip(json(-3000000000LL)).get<float>() == -3000000000.0f);
-        CHECK(roundtrip(json(-5000000000LL)).is_number_float());
-        CHECK(roundtrip(json(-5000000000LL)).get<float>() == -5000000000.0f);
-
-        // floating-point numbers that fit
-        CHECK(roundtrip(json(1.5)).get<float>() == 1.5f);
-        const auto just_above_max = std::nextafter(static_cast<double>((std::numeric_limits<float>::max)()),
-                                    std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity());
-        CHECK(roundtrip(json(just_above_max)).get<float>() == (std::numeric_limits<float>::max)());
-
-        // infinity and NaN are passed on
-        CHECK(std::isinf(roundtrip(json(std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity())).get<float>()));
-        CHECK(std::isnan(roundtrip(json(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN())).get<float>()));
-
-        // finite floating-point numbers that overflow number_float_t are rejected
-        const std::string message = "[json.exception.out_of_range.406] syntax error while parsing " + name
-                                    + " value: number overflow";
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(roundtrip(json(1e300)), message.c_str(), narrow_json::out_of_range&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(roundtrip(json(-1e300)), message.c_str(), narrow_json::out_of_range&);
-        CHECK(format.decode(format.encode(json(1e300)), false).is_discarded());
-    }
-}

tests/src/unit-cbor.cpp

@@ -3187,8 +3187,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Tagged values")
         // CBOR encodes negative integers as: result = -1 - n
         // For type 0x3B, n is an 8-byte uint64_t. Valid range for n with
         // the default int64_t is [0, INT64_MAX], producing results in [INT64_MIN, -1].
-        // When n > INT64_MAX, the result exceeds int64_t range and is stored
-        // as a floating-point number, as the lexer does for JSON text.
+        // When n > INT64_MAX, the result exceeds int64_t range and is rejected.
 
         SECTION("n = 0 is valid (result = -1)")
         {
@@ -3209,34 +3208,33 @@ TEST_CASE("Tagged values")
             CHECK(result.get<int64_t>() == (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::min)());
         }
 
-        SECTION("n = INT64_MAX + 1 is stored as float")
+        SECTION("n = INT64_MAX + 1 is rejected (overflow)")
         {
             // n = INT64_MAX + 1 (0x8000000000000000)
-            // result = -1 - n = -9223372036854775809, which exceeds int64_t range;
-            // the nearest double is -9223372036854775808.0
+            // result = -1 - n = -9223372036854775809, which exceeds int64_t range
             const std::vector<uint8_t> input = {0x3B, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
-            const auto result = json::from_cbor(input);
-            CHECK(result.is_number_float());
-            CHECK(result.get<double>() == -9223372036854775808.0);
-            CHECK(result == json::parse("-9223372036854775809"));
+            json _;
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(input),
+                                 "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 9: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: negative integer overflow",
+                                 json::parse_error);
         }
 
-        SECTION("n = UINT64_MAX is stored as float")
+        SECTION("n = UINT64_MAX is rejected (overflow)")
         {
             // n = UINT64_MAX (0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
             // result = -1 - n = -18446744073709551616, which exceeds int64_t range
             const std::vector<uint8_t> input = {0x3B, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF};
-            const auto result = json::from_cbor(input);
-            CHECK(result.is_number_float());
-            CHECK(result.get<double>() == -18446744073709551616.0);
-            CHECK(result == json::parse("-18446744073709551616"));
+            json _;
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(input),
+                                 "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 9: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: negative integer overflow",
+                                 json::parse_error);
         }
 
-        SECTION("overflow with allow_exceptions=false is not an error")
+        SECTION("overflow with allow_exceptions=false returns discarded")
         {
             const std::vector<uint8_t> input = {0x3B, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
             const auto result = json::from_cbor(input, true, false);
-            CHECK(result.is_number_float());
+            CHECK(result.is_discarded());
         }
     }