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Niels Lohmann 160e119efb 📡 Document std::pair/std::tuple conversion and C++20 range-view construction
Both had zero documentation anywhere in docs/mkdocs/. The tuple/pair
gap was first spotted in the very first git-log audit pass but never
turned into an actionable todo, so it persisted uncaught across four
subsequent passes.

- Document basic positional std::pair/std::tuple <-> json array
  conversion, plus #5016's reference-extraction capability
  (get<std::tuple<T&, T&>>() returning references into the stored
  array elements).
- Document #5205's new json-from-C++20-range-view constructor
  (e.g. nums | std::views::filter(...)).

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-07-11 19:09:08 +02:00
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@@ -47,6 +47,28 @@ json j = {{"one", 1}, {"two", 2}};
auto m = j.get<std::map<std::string, int>>(); // {{"one", 1}, {"two", 2}}
```
`#!cpp std::pair` and `#!cpp std::tuple` are also supported, converting positionally to and from a JSON array:
```cpp
json j = {1.0, "hello", 42};
auto t = j.get<std::tuple<double, std::string, int>>(); // {1.0, "hello", 42}
```
!!! info "Extracting references into a tuple"
A tuple type may also hold references (e.g. `#!cpp std::tuple<double&, std::string&>`) to avoid copying: `get`
then returns a tuple of references pointing directly at the elements stored inside the `basic_json` array,
rather than a tuple of copies:
```cpp
json j = {1.0, "hello"};
auto refs = j.get<std::tuple<double&, std::string&>>();
std::get<1>(refs) = "world"; // modifies j[1] in place
```
A referenced type must be one the library actually stores (or an arithmetic type it can convert to/from);
otherwise this is a compile error.
## Implicit conversions
By default, a JSON value implicitly converts to a compatible C++ type, so the explicit `get` call can often be omitted:
@@ -136,6 +158,20 @@ std::vector<int> numbers = {1, 2, 3};
json j = numbers; // [1,2,3]
```
!!! info "Constructing from a C++20 range view"
A `json` array can also be constructed directly from a C++20 range view (`std::ranges::view`), such as the result
of `std::views::filter` or `std::views::transform` -- no intermediate container is needed:
```cpp
std::vector<int> nums{1, 2, 37, 42, 21};
auto filtered = nums | std::views::filter([](int i) { return i > 10; });
json j(filtered); // [37,42,21]
```
This requires [`JSON_HAS_RANGES`](../api/macros/json_has_ranges.md) to be enabled and is unavailable on MinGW due
to incomplete C++20 ranges support there.
## Your own types
The conversions above are built in for standard types. To make the same syntax work for **your own** types, provide