Merge branch 'develop' into claude/fix-issue-2649-738aba

Conflicts:
- tests/src/unit-alt-string.cpp: kept both new sections (this PR's
  "conversion between basic_json specializations (#2649)" and develop's
  "strict enum" regression test for #5667)

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

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

@@ -272,6 +272,15 @@ basic_json(basic_json&& other) noexcept;
         When used without parentheses around an empty initializer list, `basic_json()` is called instead of this
         function, yielding the JSON `#!json null` value.
 
+- Overload 4:
+
+    !!! info "Implicit conversion"
+
+        The conversion is implicit unless [`JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS`](../macros/json_use_implicit_conversions.md)
+        is defined to `0` and `BasicJsonType::string_t` differs from `string_t`. In that case, the constructor is
+        `explicit`, so a JSON value with a different string type is no longer silently converted, for example when it is
+        passed to a function taking `#!cpp const json&`. Write `#!cpp json(other)` or `#!cpp other.get<json>()` instead.
+
 - Overload 7:
 
     !!! info "Preconditions"
@@ -420,7 +429,8 @@ basic_json(basic_json&& other) noexcept;
 1. Since version 1.0.0.
 2. Since version 1.0.0.
 3. Since version 2.1.0.
-4. Since version 3.2.0.
+4. Since version 3.2.0. Explicit for different string types if `JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS` is `0` since
+   version 3.13.0.
 5. Since version 1.0.0.
 6. Since version 1.0.0.
 7. Since version 1.0.0. Fixed in version 3.13.0 to also check the iterator range for binary values; before, a range

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/macros/json_no_automatic_udls.md

@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ By default, `#!cpp JSON_NO_AUTOMATIC_UDLS` is not defined, and `<nlohmann/json.h
 - [`operator""_json`](../operator_literal_json.md)
 - [`operator""_json_pointer`](../operator_literal_json_pointer.md)
 - [`JSON_USE_GLOBAL_UDLS`](json_use_global_udls.md) - place user-defined string literals (UDLs) into the global namespace
-- [Compile times](../../integration/compile_times.md) - options to reduce compile times
 
 ## Version history
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/macros/json_use_implicit_conversions.md

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 ```
 
 When defined to `0`, implicit conversions are switched off. By default, implicit conversions are switched on. The
-value directly affects [`operator ValueType`](../basic_json/operator_ValueType.md).
+value directly affects [`operator ValueType`](../basic_json/operator_ValueType.md) and the
+[converting constructor](../basic_json/basic_json.md) from a `basic_json` specialization with a different string
+type (overload 4).
 
 ## Default definition
 
@@ -57,6 +59,25 @@ By default, implicit conversions are enabled.
     auto s = j.get<std::string>();
     ```
 
+??? example "Conversion between `basic_json` specializations"
+
+    A `basic_json` specialization with a different string type is also no longer converted implicitly when
+    `JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS` is defined to `0`:
+
+    ```cpp
+    using wjson = nlohmann::basic_json<std::map, std::vector, std::wstring>;
+
+    void load(const nlohmann::json& j);
+
+    wjson wj = /* ... */;
+    load(wj);                            // error: no implicit conversion
+    load(nlohmann::json(wj));            // OK: explicit conversion
+    load(wj.get<nlohmann::json>());      // OK: explicit conversion
+    ```
+
+    Specializations that share the same string type, such as `json` and `ordered_json`, remain implicitly
+    convertible.
+
 ## See also
 
 - [**operator ValueType**](../basic_json/operator_ValueType.md) - get a value (implicit)
@@ -66,3 +87,4 @@ By default, implicit conversions are enabled.
 ## Version history
 
 - Added in version 3.9.0.
+- Also affects the conversion between `basic_json` specializations with different string types since version 3.13.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/operator_gtgt.md

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Deserializes an input stream to a JSON value.
 
 the stream `i`
 
+## Exception safety
+
+Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in `j`.
+
 ## Exceptions
 
 - Throws [`parse_error.101`](../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error101) in case of an unexpected token, or if
@@ -125,3 +129,5 @@ being read.
   the stream; planned to become the default in version 4.0.0.
 - Fixed a null pointer dereference for an `std::istream` without a stream buffer (now throws `parse_error.101`), and a
   crash (`std::terminate`) when `i` has `eofbit` in its exception mask, in version 3.13.0.
+- Changed to the strong exception safety guarantee in version 3.13.0: `j` is no longer left with a partially parsed
+  value if parsing throws.

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/types/template_parameters.md

@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ using array_t = ArrayType<basic_json, AllocatorType<basic_json>>;
 | Functionality                                                                                                                     | Additional requirement                                                                                                                                                                       |
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | [`diff`](../../api/basic_json/diff.md), [`items`](../../api/basic_json/items.md), [`std::hash`](../../api/basic_json/std_hash.md) | conversion of a `#!cpp std::size_t` to `StringType`: either assignability from the result of `#!cpp std::to_string`, or an ADL overload `#!cpp void int_to_string(StringType&, std::size_t)` |
+| [`operator/(std::size_t)`](../../api/json_pointer/operator_slash.md)                                                              | the same conversion of a `#!cpp std::size_t` to `StringType` as `diff`, `items`, and `std::hash` above                                                                                       |
 | [`std::hash<basic_json>`](../../api/basic_json/std_hash.md)                                                                       | additionally a specialization of `#!cpp std::hash<StringType>`                                                                                                                               |
 | [`to_bson`](../../api/basic_json/to_bson.md)                                                                                      | `find(value_type)` and `npos`                                                                                                                                                                |
 | [`parse`](../../api/basic_json/parse.md) from a `string_t`                                                                        | the input adapters must accept it; otherwise pass a character range                                                                                                                          |

docs/mkdocs/docs/integration/compile_times.md

@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-# Compile times
-
-The library is header-only and makes heavy use of templates, so every translation unit that includes
-`<nlohmann/json.hpp>` pays for parsing the header and instantiating what it uses. This page lists the options to reduce
-that cost, ordered by how much they typically save.
-
-!!! info "Measurements"
-
-    The numbers below are medians of nine runs compiling a single translation unit with `-std=c++17 -c` against the
-    single-header version, with Apple clang and GCC 16 on macOS (Apple silicon). They show the order of magnitude to
-    expect; measure your own code before and after a change.
-
-## Include `json_fwd.hpp` in headers
-
-Header files that only need to *name* the `json` type — for function declarations, members held by pointer or
-reference, or friend declarations — can include `<nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>` instead of `<nlohmann/json.hpp>`. It only
-forward-declares `basic_json`, `json`, `ordered_json`, `json_pointer`, and `adl_serializer`. The translation units that
-actually use the values then include `<nlohmann/json.hpp>`.
-
-```cpp title="person.hpp"
-#pragma once
-#include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
-
-struct person;
-void to_json(nlohmann::json& j, const person& p);
-void from_json(const nlohmann::json& j, person& p);
-```
-
-```cpp title="person.cpp"
-#include "person.hpp"
-#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
-
-void to_json(nlohmann::json& j, const person& p) { /* ... */ }
-void from_json(const nlohmann::json& j, person& p) { /* ... */ }
-```
-
-| Compiler    | `json.hpp` (`-O0`) | `json_fwd.hpp` (`-O0`) | Change |
-|-------------|-------------------:|-----------------------:|-------:|
-| Apple clang |             704 ms |                 329 ms |   −53% |
-| GCC 16      |             779 ms |                 242 ms |   −69% |
-
-This is the most effective option, because it avoids the full header in every translation unit that includes
-*your* headers.
-
-## Opt out of the automatic user-defined string literals
-
-The user-defined string literals [`operator""_json`](../api/operator_literal_json.md) and
-[`operator""_json_pointer`](../api/operator_literal_json_pointer.md) are ordinary inline functions whose bodies call the
-parser. As `<nlohmann/json.hpp>` includes them by default, every translation unit instantiates the parser, even if it
-never parses anything itself.
-
-Define [`JSON_NO_AUTOMATIC_UDLS`](../api/macros/json_no_automatic_udls.md) for the whole project and include
-`<nlohmann/json_literals.hpp>` only in the files that use the literals:
-
-```cmake
-target_compile_definitions(my_target PRIVATE JSON_NO_AUTOMATIC_UDLS)
-```
-
-```cpp
-#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
-#include <nlohmann/json_literals.hpp> // only where "..."_json is used
-```
-
-The saving applies to translation units that do not parse JSON, for example ones that define types and their
-conversions or only pass `json` values around:
-
-| Compiler    | Translation unit | Default (`-O0` / `-O2`) | `JSON_NO_AUTOMATIC_UDLS` (`-O0` / `-O2`) | Change      |
-|-------------|------------------|------------------------:|-----------------------------------------:|------------:|
-| Apple clang | model            |         776 ms / 846 ms |                          629 ms / 692 ms | −19% / −18% |
-| GCC 16      | model            |       1022 ms / 1120 ms |                          882 ms / 965 ms | −14% / −14% |
-| Apple clang | parsing          |       992 ms / 1815 ms |                        1006 ms / 1823 ms |   +1% / 0% |
-| GCC 16      | parsing          |      2018 ms / 3420 ms |                        1990 ms / 3454 ms |   −1% / +1% |
-
-Translation units that include only the header save up to a third. Translation units that parse anyway instantiate
-the parser regardless and see no difference.
-
-## Instantiate `basic_json` once
-
-Each translation unit instantiates the member functions of `nlohmann::json` it uses. An explicit instantiation
-declaration tells the compiler that the non-template members are instantiated elsewhere, so it can skip them:
-
-```cpp title="json_instance.hpp"
-#pragma once
-#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
-
-extern template class nlohmann::basic_json<>;
-```
-
-```cpp title="json_instance.cpp"
-#include "json_instance.hpp"
-
-template class nlohmann::basic_json<>;
-```
-
-Include `json_instance.hpp` instead of `<nlohmann/json.hpp>` and compile and link `json_instance.cpp` once.
-
-| Compiler    | Translation unit    | Default (`-O0` / `-O2`) | `extern template` (`-O0` / `-O2`) | Change      |
-|-------------|---------------------|------------------------:|----------------------------------:|------------:|
-| Apple clang | parsing             |        992 ms / 1815 ms |                  953 ms / 1625 ms |  −4% / −10% |
-| GCC 16      | parsing             |       2018 ms / 3420 ms |                 1522 ms / 2728 ms | −25% / −20% |
-| Apple clang | `json_instance.cpp` |                       — |                 2166 ms / 4660 ms |           — |
-| GCC 16      | `json_instance.cpp` |                       — |                5085 ms / 10616 ms |           — |
-
-Notes:
-
-- The saving grows with the number of translation units that use `json`, while the instantiation translation unit is
-  compiled only once (and is rarely recompiled, as it does not depend on your code).
-- Member function templates (such as `get<T>()`, `parse(InputType&&)`, or `value(key, default)`) are not covered by
-  the explicit instantiation and are still instantiated where they are used.
-- The declaration covers exactly `nlohmann::json`. Add the same lines for `nlohmann::ordered_json`
-  (`nlohmann::basic_json<nlohmann::ordered_map>`) or your own `basic_json` specializations if you use them.
-
-## Use C++20 modules
-
-With a toolchain that supports named modules, `import nlohmann.json;` compiles the library once into a module and
-avoids parsing the header in every translation unit. See [Modules](../features/modules.md) for requirements and known
-issues. Module support is experimental and currently depends heavily on the compiler version.
-
-## Use precompiled headers
-
-Build systems can precompile `<nlohmann/json.hpp>` together with other stable headers, for example with CMake's
-[`target_precompile_headers`](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/target_precompile_headers.html):
-
-```cmake
-target_precompile_headers(my_target PRIVATE <nlohmann/json.hpp>)
-```
-
-This removes the cost of parsing the header, but not of instantiating templates in each translation unit, so it
-combines well with the options above.
-
-## Options without effect on compile times
-
-Some configuration macros change what the library declares, but do not measurably change compile times:
-
-| Macro                                                                  | Apple clang, model (`-O0` / `-O2`) | GCC 16, model (`-O0` / `-O2`) |
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------:|------------------------------:|
-| default                                                                |                    776 ms / 846 ms |             1022 ms / 1120 ms |
-| [`JSON_NO_IO`](../api/macros/json_no_io.md)                            |                    764 ms / 836 ms |             1022 ms / 1117 ms |
-| [`JSON_USE_GLOBAL_UDLS`](../api/macros/json_use_global_udls.md)`=0`    |                    763 ms / 852 ms |             1019 ms / 1106 ms |
-
-`JSON_USE_GLOBAL_UDLS` only controls *where* the literals are declared; to avoid their cost, use
-`JSON_NO_AUTOMATIC_UDLS` instead.
-
-## See also
-
-- [`JSON_NO_AUTOMATIC_UDLS`](../api/macros/json_no_automatic_udls.md) - do not include the user-defined string
-  literals automatically
-- [Modules](../features/modules.md) - C++20 module support
-- [Header only](index.md) - including the library

docs/mkdocs/docs/integration/index.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Clang).
 
 You can further use file
 [`single_include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp`](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/blob/develop/single_include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp)
-for forward declarations (see [Compile times](compile_times.md)), and file
+for forward declarations, and file
 [`single_include/nlohmann/json_literals.hpp`](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/blob/develop/single_include/nlohmann/json_literals.hpp)
 for the user-defined string literals if you define
 [`JSON_NO_AUTOMATIC_UDLS`](../api/macros/json_no_automatic_udls.md).

docs/mkdocs/mkdocs.yml

@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ nav:
       - integration/cmake.md
       - integration/package_managers.md
       - integration/pkg-config.md
-      - integration/compile_times.md
   - API Documentation:
       - basic_json:
           - 'Overview': api/basic_json/index.md

include/nlohmann/detail/conversions/to_json.hpp

@@ -291,7 +291,9 @@ void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const std::optional<T>& opt) noexcept(std::is_not
 {
     if (opt.has_value())
     {
-        j = *opt;
+        // explicit construction, as the conversion from a basic_json with a different
+        // string type is explicit if JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS is 0 (#2649)
+        j = BasicJsonType(*opt);
     }
     else
     {

include/nlohmann/detail/json_pointer.hpp

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/string_concat.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/string_escape.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/detail/string_utils.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
 
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ class json_pointer
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/json_pointer/operator_slasheq/
     json_pointer& operator/=(std::size_t array_idx)
     {
-        return *this /= std::to_string(array_idx);
+        return *this /= detail::to_string<string_t>(array_idx);
     }
 
     /// @brief create a new JSON pointer by appending the right JSON pointer at the end of the left JSON pointer
@@ -752,7 +753,7 @@ class json_pointer
                         // would throw out_of_range.404 -- contains() must not throw (see #5395)
                         return false;
                     }
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() == 1 && !("0" <= reference_token && reference_token <= "9")))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() == 1 && !('0' <= reference_token[0] && reference_token[0] <= '9')))
                     {
                         // invalid char
                         return false;
@@ -780,7 +781,7 @@ class json_pointer
                     // not throw (see #5395), so such a reference token is treated as "not found"
                     errno = 0; // strtoull() does not reset errno on success
                     char* p_end = nullptr; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness)
-                    const unsigned long long magnitude = std::strtoull(reference_token.c_str(), &p_end, 10); // NOLINT(runtime/int)
+                    const unsigned long long magnitude = std::strtoull(reference_token.data(), &p_end, 10); // NOLINT(runtime/int)
                     if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(errno == ERANGE // the value exceeds ULLONG_MAX
                                              || magnitude >= static_cast<unsigned long long>((std::numeric_limits<typename BasicJsonType::size_type>::max)()))) // NOLINT(runtime/int)
                     {

include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -1606,12 +1606,42 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         assert_invariant();
     }
 
+  private:
+    /// whether a basic_json specialization can be converted implicitly into this one;
+    /// with JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS set to 0, this is only the case if both share
+    /// the same string type (see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/2649)
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    using is_implicitly_convertible_basic_json = std::integral_constant < bool,
+          (JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS != 0)
+          || std::is_same<typename BasicJsonType::string_t, string_t>::value >;
+
+    /// tag to select the constructor that performs the conversion from another basic_json specialization
+    struct convert_basic_json_tag {};
+
+  public:
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an existing one
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/basic_json/
     template < typename BasicJsonType,
                detail::enable_if_t <
-                   detail::is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value&& !std::is_same<basic_json, BasicJsonType>::value, int > = 0 >
+                   detail::is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value&& !std::is_same<basic_json, BasicJsonType>::value
+                   && is_implicitly_convertible_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value, int > = 0 >
     basic_json(const BasicJsonType& val)
+        : basic_json(val, convert_basic_json_tag{})
+    {}
+
+    /// @brief create a JSON value from an existing one
+    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/basic_json/
+    template < typename BasicJsonType,
+               detail::enable_if_t <
+                   detail::is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value&& !std::is_same<basic_json, BasicJsonType>::value
+                   && !is_implicitly_convertible_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value, int > = 0 >
+    explicit basic_json(const BasicJsonType& val)
+        : basic_json(val, convert_basic_json_tag{})
+    {}
+
+  private:
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    basic_json(const BasicJsonType& val, convert_basic_json_tag /*unused*/)
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
         : start_position(val.start_pos()),
           end_position(val.end_pos())
@@ -1667,6 +1697,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         assert_invariant();
     }
 
+  public:
     /// @brief create a container (array or object) from an initializer list
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/basic_json/
     basic_json(initializer_list_t init,
@@ -2433,7 +2464,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                    int > = 0 >
     BasicJsonType get_impl(detail::priority_tag<2> /*unused*/) const
     {
-        return *this;
+        return BasicJsonType(*this);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -2572,7 +2603,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                  int> = 0>
     ValueType & get_to(ValueType& v) const
     {
-        v = *this;
+        v = ValueType(*this);
         return v;
     }
 
@@ -5092,7 +5123,10 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_gtgt/
     friend std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& i, basic_json& j)
     {
-        parser(detail::input_adapter(i)).parse(false, j);
+        // parse into a temporary so that j is left unchanged if parsing fails
+        basic_json result;
+        parser(detail::input_adapter(i)).parse(false, result);
+        j = std::move(result);
         return i;
     }
 #endif  // JSON_NO_IO

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -6822,7 +6822,9 @@ void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const std::optional<T>& opt) noexcept(std::is_not
 {
     if (opt.has_value())
     {
-        j = *opt;
+        // explicit construction, as the conversion from a basic_json with a different
+        // string type is explicit if JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS is 0 (#2649)
+        j = BasicJsonType(*opt);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -19636,6 +19638,8 @@ NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/string_escape.hpp>
 
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/string_utils.hpp>
+
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
 
 
@@ -19727,7 +19731,7 @@ class json_pointer
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/json_pointer/operator_slasheq/
     json_pointer& operator/=(std::size_t array_idx)
     {
-        return *this /= std::to_string(array_idx);
+        return *this /= detail::to_string<string_t>(array_idx);
     }
 
     /// @brief create a new JSON pointer by appending the right JSON pointer at the end of the left JSON pointer
@@ -20363,7 +20367,7 @@ class json_pointer
                         // would throw out_of_range.404 -- contains() must not throw (see #5395)
                         return false;
                     }
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() == 1 && !("0" <= reference_token && reference_token <= "9")))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() == 1 && !('0' <= reference_token[0] && reference_token[0] <= '9')))
                     {
                         // invalid char
                         return false;
@@ -20391,7 +20395,7 @@ class json_pointer
                     // not throw (see #5395), so such a reference token is treated as "not found"
                     errno = 0; // strtoull() does not reset errno on success
                     char* p_end = nullptr; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness)
-                    const unsigned long long magnitude = std::strtoull(reference_token.c_str(), &p_end, 10); // NOLINT(runtime/int)
+                    const unsigned long long magnitude = std::strtoull(reference_token.data(), &p_end, 10); // NOLINT(runtime/int)
                     if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(errno == ERANGE // the value exceeds ULLONG_MAX
                                              || magnitude >= static_cast<unsigned long long>((std::numeric_limits<typename BasicJsonType::size_type>::max)()))) // NOLINT(runtime/int)
                     {
@@ -28531,12 +28535,42 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         assert_invariant();
     }
 
+  private:
+    /// whether a basic_json specialization can be converted implicitly into this one;
+    /// with JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS set to 0, this is only the case if both share
+    /// the same string type (see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/2649)
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    using is_implicitly_convertible_basic_json = std::integral_constant < bool,
+        (JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS != 0)
+        || std::is_same<typename BasicJsonType::string_t, string_t>::value >;
+
+    /// tag to select the constructor that performs the conversion from another basic_json specialization
+    struct convert_basic_json_tag {};
+
+  public:
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an existing one
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/basic_json/
     template < typename BasicJsonType,
                detail::enable_if_t <
-                   detail::is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value&& !std::is_same<basic_json, BasicJsonType>::value, int > = 0 >
+                   detail::is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value&& !std::is_same<basic_json, BasicJsonType>::value
+                   && is_implicitly_convertible_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value, int > = 0 >
     basic_json(const BasicJsonType& val)
+        : basic_json(val, convert_basic_json_tag{})
+    {}
+
+    /// @brief create a JSON value from an existing one
+    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/basic_json/
+    template < typename BasicJsonType,
+               detail::enable_if_t <
+                   detail::is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value&& !std::is_same<basic_json, BasicJsonType>::value
+                   && !is_implicitly_convertible_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value, int > = 0 >
+    explicit basic_json(const BasicJsonType& val)
+        : basic_json(val, convert_basic_json_tag{})
+    {}
+
+  private:
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    basic_json(const BasicJsonType& val, convert_basic_json_tag /*unused*/)
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
         : start_position(val.start_pos()),
           end_position(val.end_pos())
@@ -28592,6 +28626,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         assert_invariant();
     }
 
+  public:
     /// @brief create a container (array or object) from an initializer list
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/basic_json/
     basic_json(initializer_list_t init,
@@ -29358,7 +29393,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                    int > = 0 >
     BasicJsonType get_impl(detail::priority_tag<2> /*unused*/) const
     {
-        return *this;
+        return BasicJsonType(*this);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -29497,7 +29532,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                  int> = 0>
     ValueType & get_to(ValueType& v) const
     {
-        v = *this;
+        v = ValueType(*this);
         return v;
     }
 
@@ -32017,7 +32052,10 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_gtgt/
     friend std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& i, basic_json& j)
     {
-        parser(detail::input_adapter(i)).parse(false, j);
+        // parse into a temporary so that j is left unchanged if parsing fails
+        basic_json result;
+        parser(detail::input_adapter(i)).parse(false, result);
+        j = std::move(result);
         return i;
     }
 #endif  // JSON_NO_IO

tests/src/unit-alt-string.cpp

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <string>
+#include <type_traits>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -352,6 +353,41 @@ TEST_CASE("alternative string type")
         CHECK(j2.flatten().unflatten() == j2);
     }
 
+    SECTION("contains(json_pointer)")
+    {
+        // contains(json_pointer) must compile and work with a string_t that has
+        // no c_str() and no comparison with const char* (see #5666)
+        auto j = alt_json::parse(R"({"foo": ["bar", "baz"]})");
+
+        // present: object key and array indices
+        CHECK(j.contains(alt_json::json_pointer("/foo")));
+        CHECK(j.contains(alt_json::json_pointer("/foo/0")));
+        CHECK(j.contains(alt_json::json_pointer("/foo/1")));
+
+        // missing: absent object key and out-of-range array index
+        CHECK_FALSE(j.contains(alt_json::json_pointer("/bar")));
+        CHECK_FALSE(j.contains(alt_json::json_pointer("/foo/2")));
+
+        // "-" always fails the range check
+        CHECK_FALSE(j.contains(alt_json::json_pointer("/foo/-")));
+
+        // an array index must not have a leading zero
+        CHECK_FALSE(j.contains(alt_json::json_pointer("/foo/01")));
+
+        // a reference token that is not a number
+        CHECK_FALSE(j.contains(alt_json::json_pointer("/foo/bar")));
+    }
+
+    SECTION("operator/(std::size_t)")
+    {
+        // json_pointer::operator/=(std::size_t) must compile without string_t
+        // being constructible from std::string (see #5666)
+        auto j = alt_json::parse(R"({"foo": ["bar", "baz"]})");
+
+        CHECK(j.at(alt_json::json_pointer("/foo") / std::size_t(0)) == j["foo"][0]);
+        CHECK(j.at(alt_json::json_pointer("/foo") / std::size_t(1)) == j["foo"][1]);
+    }
+
     SECTION("patch")
     {
         alt_json const patch1 = alt_json::parse(R"([{ "op": "add", "path": "/a/b", "value": [ "foo", "bar" ] }])");
@@ -384,6 +420,41 @@ TEST_CASE("alternative string type")
         CHECK(j2.dump() == R"({"/foo/0":"bar","/foo/1":"baz"})");
     }
 
+    SECTION("conversion between basic_json specializations (#2649)")
+    {
+        // explicit conversions are always possible
+        CHECK(std::is_constructible<nlohmann::json, alt_json>::value);
+        CHECK(std::is_constructible<alt_json, nlohmann::json>::value);
+        CHECK(std::is_constructible<nlohmann::json, nlohmann::ordered_json>::value);
+        CHECK(std::is_constructible<nlohmann::ordered_json, nlohmann::json>::value);
+
+        // specializations with the same string type are implicitly convertible
+        CHECK(std::is_convertible<nlohmann::ordered_json, nlohmann::json>::value);
+        CHECK(std::is_convertible<nlohmann::json, nlohmann::ordered_json>::value);
+
+        // specializations with different string types are only implicitly convertible
+        // if implicit conversions are enabled
+#if JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS
+        CHECK(std::is_convertible<alt_json, nlohmann::json>::value);
+        CHECK(std::is_convertible<nlohmann::json, alt_json>::value);
+#else
+        CHECK_FALSE(std::is_convertible<alt_json, nlohmann::json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(std::is_convertible<nlohmann::json, alt_json>::value);
+#endif
+
+        // get<BasicJsonType>() works in either case
+        const nlohmann::json j = {{"foo", 1}, {"bar", true}};
+        CHECK(j.get<nlohmann::ordered_json>() == nlohmann::ordered_json(j));
+        // (only a number is converted here, as objects and strings are affected by #3425)
+        CHECK(nlohmann::json(42).get<alt_json>() == 42);
+        CHECK(alt_json(nlohmann::json(42)) == 42);
+
+        // get_to() also works in either case
+        alt_json a;
+        nlohmann::json(42).get_to(a);
+        CHECK(a == 42);
+    }
+
     SECTION("strict enum")
     {
         // regression test for #5667: NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM_STRICT's from_json

tests/src/unit-diagnostics.cpp

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ using nlohmann::json;
 
 #include <map>
 #include <unordered_map>
+#include <sstream>
 
 TEST_CASE("Better diagnostics")
 {
@@ -492,6 +493,21 @@ TEST_CASE("Regression tests for extended diagnostics")
             CHECK(copy == j);
         }
     }
+
+    SECTION("Regression test for issue #5652 - operator>> leaves a partial value in its target on a parse error")
+    {
+        json j = "old value";
+        std::istringstream is("[1, x");
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(is >> j, "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 5: syntax error while parsing value - invalid literal; last read: '1, x'", json::parse_error);
+
+        // j must be left unchanged, as json::parse() guarantees for its result
+        CHECK(j == "old value");
+
+        // copying j must not trigger assert_invariant(): a failed parse must
+        // not leave array/object elements without a parent pointer
+        json const copy = j; // NOLINT(performance-unnecessary-copy-initialization)
+        CHECK(copy == j);
+    }
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("Better diagnostics past the descent bound of update() and merge_patch()")