Label boolean and integer nodes in the natvis view visualizer

Show "boolean:", "int64:" and "uint64:" in front of the value, like the other node kinds, so a bare number is not ambiguous. Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
Add natvis visualizers for json_document and json_view
2026-10-31 18:05:44 +00:00 · 2026-10-30 21:38:44 +01:00 · 2026-10-30 21:16:53 +01:00
30 changed files with 12663 additions and 1600 deletions
@@ -68,10 +68,9 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
    - Throws [`out_of_range.404`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range404) if `ptr` cannot be resolved
      because a reference token is used on a primitive value.

-As for `BasicJsonType`, with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) these exceptions name the JSON
-Pointer path of the value within the document, and with
-[`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md) its bytes in the source text (when
-[`materialize()`](materialize.md) sets them).
+None of these exceptions carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no
+`BasicJsonType` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, even if `BasicJsonType` was built with
+`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` enabled.

 ## Complexity

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
 Throws [`invalid_iterator.214`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptioninvalid_iterator214) if the view is
 [null](is_null.md) or [discarded](is_discarded.md), or if it is an empty array or object.

-As for `BasicJsonType`, with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) the exception names the JSON Pointer
-path of the value within the document, and with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md)
-its bytes in the source text (when [`materialize()`](materialize.md) sets them).
+This exception does not carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no
+`BasicJsonType` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, even if `BasicJsonType` was built with
+`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` enabled.

 ## Complexity

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
 Throws [`invalid_iterator.214`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptioninvalid_iterator214) if the view is
 [null](is_null.md) or [discarded](is_discarded.md), or if it is an empty array or object.

-As for `BasicJsonType`, with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) the exception names the JSON Pointer
-path of the value within the document, and with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md)
-its bytes in the source text (when [`materialize()`](materialize.md) sets them).
+This exception does not carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no
+`BasicJsonType` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, even if `BasicJsonType` was built with
+`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` enabled.

 ## Complexity

@@ -80,13 +80,14 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
 - For every other `T`: whatever [`materialize().get<T>()`](../basic_json/get.md) throws — typically `type_error.302`,
  or whatever a user-provided `from_json()` throws.

-The exceptions thrown directly by this function or by a `from_json()` that reads the view (the first four bullets
-above) carry the context of those of `BasicJsonType`: with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) the
-JSON Pointer path of the value within the document, and with
-[`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md) its bytes in the source text. An exception
-thrown while converting through `materialize()` (the last bullet) is thrown by the materialized `BasicJsonType` value
-instead: its path is relative to the root of the view's subtree, because `materialize()` builds only the subtree
-(with parent pointers), so it is empty if the failing value is the subtree's root itself.
+None of the exceptions thrown directly by this function or by a `from_json()` that reads the view (the first four
+bullets above) carry a
+[`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no `BasicJsonType` value to point at. An
+exception thrown while converting through `materialize()` (the last bullet) is different: it is thrown by a real
+`BasicJsonType` value, so it **does** carry a `JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` path if `BasicJsonType` was built with it enabled.
+That path is relative to the root of the view's subtree, because `materialize()` builds only the subtree (with parent
+pointers): it is empty if the failing value is the subtree's root itself, and it never is the path within the whole
+document.

 ## Complexity

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
 Throws [`type_error.302`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error302) if the value is not a string; example:
 `"type must be string, but is array"`.

-As for `BasicJsonType`, with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) the exception names the JSON Pointer
-path of the value within the document, and with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md)
-its bytes in the source text (when [`materialize()`](materialize.md) sets them).
+This exception does not carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no
+`BasicJsonType` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, even if `BasicJsonType` was built with
+`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` enabled.

 ## Complexity

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
 Throws [`type_error.302`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error302) if the value is not a number; example:
 `"type must be number, but is string"`.

-As for `BasicJsonType`, with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) the exception names the JSON Pointer
-path of the value within the document, and with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md)
-its bytes in the source text (when [`materialize()`](materialize.md) sets them).
+This exception does not carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no
+`BasicJsonType` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, even if `BasicJsonType` was built with
+`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` enabled.

 ## Complexity

@@ -73,10 +73,9 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
    - [`parse_error.109`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error109) if an array index in `ptr` is not a
      number.

-As for `BasicJsonType`, with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) these exceptions name the JSON
-Pointer path of the value within the document, and with
-[`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md) its bytes in the source text (when
-[`materialize()`](materialize.md) sets them).
+None of these exceptions carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no
+`BasicJsonType` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, even if `BasicJsonType` was built with
+`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` enabled.

 ## Complexity

@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
   `default_value` instead of throwing, exactly as [`BasicJsonType::value`](../basic_json/value.md) catches
   `out_of_range` and returns `default_value`.

-As for `BasicJsonType`, with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) these exceptions name the JSON
-Pointer path of the value within the document, and with
-[`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md) its bytes in the source text (when
-[`materialize()`](materialize.md) sets them).
+None of these exceptions carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no
+`BasicJsonType` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, even if `BasicJsonType` was built with
+`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` enabled.

 ## Complexity

@@ -134,21 +134,9 @@ document: `#!cpp auto v = json_document::parse(text).root();` does not compile.
 - **Macros.** [`JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING`](../api/macros/json_strict_nul_handling.md) and
  [`JSON_NOEXCEPTION`](../api/macros/json_noexception.md)/[`JSON_THROW_USER`](../api/macros/json_throw_user.md)
  behave the same way they do for `<nlohmann/json.hpp>`. These are the macros that change what the parser accepts or
-  how it reports errors. Two more macros add context to the exceptions of views, as they do for those of
-  `#!cpp basic_json`:
-
-    - With [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../api/macros/json_diagnostics.md), an exception names the JSON Pointer path of the
-      value within the document.
-    - With [`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../api/macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md), an exception names the bytes of
-      the value in the source text.
-
-    A view has neither parent pointers nor stored positions, so both are found from the document's index when the
-    exception is thrown. This takes time linear in the size of the document. One exception has neither:
-    `key()` of an iterator over an array or a primitive value
-    ([`invalid_iterator.207`](../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptioninvalid_iterator207)), because a view's iterator does
-    not know the value it iterates over.
-
-    The other macros only affect the values `materialize()` produces, through `BasicJsonType`.
+  how it reports errors. The others either do not apply ([`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../api/macros/json_diagnostics.md)
+  needs parent pointers in `basic_json` values) or only affect the values `materialize()` produces, through
+  `BasicJsonType`.

 ## What is different

@@ -179,6 +167,10 @@ document: `#!cpp auto v = json_document::parse(text).root();` does not compile.
  [`at`](../api/basic_json_view/at.md) throws for every missing value.
 - **Duplicate keys: lookups find the first member, `parse()` keeps the last.** See [Duplicate keys](#duplicate-keys)
  below.
+- **No [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../api/macros/json_diagnostics.md) path.** Exceptions thrown by `basic_json_view`'s own
+  element access and lookup functions never carry the JSON Pointer path `JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` would otherwise add: the
+  view has no `basic_json` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, regardless of how
+  `BasicJsonType` was built.
 - **Ordering comparisons are not provided** by `basic_json_view` — there is no `#!cpp operator<`.
  [`operator==`](../api/basic_json_view/operator_eq.md) and [`operator!=`](../api/basic_json_view/operator_ne.md) are
  provided, though: two views, or a view and a `BasicJsonType` value, compare equal exactly when
@@ -337,10 +329,14 @@ Its body may only use what views and `basic_json` have in common: the type check
 a view does not have; such a type is converted through `materialize()`. A `from_json()` for `json` only is
 converted through `materialize()` as well.

-One thing differs when a `from_json()` reads the view: members looked up by name (`at()`, `value()`, ... and thus
-the macros) find the **first** member with a repeated key, see [Duplicate keys](#duplicate-keys);
-`#!cpp materialize().get<T>()` would see the last one. Containers built from an object, such as `#!cpp std::map`,
-keep the **last** value either way, as [`parse()`](../api/basic_json/parse.md) does.
+Two things differ when a `from_json()` reads the view:
+
+- **Duplicate keys.** Members looked up by name (`at()`, `value()`, ... and thus the macros) find the **first** member
+  with a repeated key, see [Duplicate keys](#duplicate-keys); `#!cpp materialize().get<T>()` would see the last one.
+  Containers built from an object, such as `#!cpp std::map`, keep the **last** value either way, as
+  [`parse()`](../api/basic_json/parse.md) does.
+- **[`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../api/macros/json_diagnostics.md).** Exceptions thrown by the view carry no path to the
+  value.

 `to_json()` is unaffected: it writes `basic_json` values, never views.

@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ at its root, a [Natvis](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/
 file that gives `json`/`ordered_json` values a friendly, key/value debugger view instead of showing raw internal
 fields, when debugging with the MSVC debug engine (`cppvsdbg`) in Visual Studio or VS Code.

+The file also has visualizers for `json_document` and `json_view` (and their `ordered_json`/editable variants). They
+show the value of the document or view, and its elements as an expandable list. Because a document is only a flat index
+into the source text, the strings of the direct elements are shown, but the elements of nested arrays and objects are
+shown as index nodes (their kind, size, and numbers; strings only by length). Arrays and objects that have been edited
+in a `json_editable_document` are not expanded. The visualizers read the internal layout of the MSVC STL (`std::array`,
+`std::unique_ptr`).
+
 The checked-in visualizers cover namespace variants with zero, one, or two ABI tags. Configurations with three or more
 ABI tags are not covered and may show raw internal fields instead. To generate a Natvis file for such a configuration:

@@ -29,7 +36,7 @@ ABI tags are not covered and may show raw internal fields instead. To generate a

 4. Use the generated file instead of `nlohmann_json.natvis`.

-`--abi-tags` can be repeated for several configurations, and `--all` generates every combination (about 60 MB for 12
+`--abi-tags` can be repeated for several configurations, and `--all` generates every combination (about 60 MB for 11
 ABI tags, doubling with each further tag). See
 [`tools/generate_natvis`](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/tree/develop/tools/generate_natvis) for all options.

@@ -431,28 +431,6 @@ std::nullptr_t exception_context(const View& /*unused*/) noexcept
    return nullptr;
 }

-namespace view
-{
-// the path and bytes of the value of a view (defined in <nlohmann/detail/view/errors.hpp>)
-template<typename View>
-std::string diagnostics_of(const View& v);
-}  // namespace view
-
-// what goes in front of the message of an exception about j: nothing for a
-// basic_json value (exception_context() passes the value itself), the context
-// basic_json would add (JSON_DIAGNOSTICS, JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS) for a view
-template<typename BasicJsonType, enable_if_t<is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value, int> = 0>
-const char* exception_prefix(const BasicJsonType& /*unused*/) noexcept
-{
-    return "";
-}
-
-template<typename View, enable_if_t<is_json_view<View>::value, int> = 0>
-std::string exception_prefix(const View& v)
-{
-    return view::diagnostics_of(v);
-}
-
 /*!
@brief throws because @a j does not have the type a conversion expects
@param[in] expected  the expected type(s), e.g. "array" or "binary or array"
@@ -464,7 +442,7 @@ JSON_HEDLEY_NO_RETURN JSON_HEDLEY_NEVER_INLINE void throw_type_must_be(const cha
 {
    static_cast<void>(expected); // unused when JSON_NOEXCEPTION is defined
    static_cast<void>(j);
-    JSON_THROW(type_error::create(exception_id::type_mismatch, concat(exception_prefix(j), "type must be ", expected, ", but is ", j.type_name()), exception_context(j)));
+    JSON_THROW(type_error::create(exception_id::type_mismatch, concat("type must be ", expected, ", but is ", j.type_name()), exception_context(j)));
 }

 /*!
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
            return ej_pair.second == j;                                                         \
        });                                                                                     \
        if (it != std::end(m)) e = it->first;                                                   \
-        else ::nlohmann::detail::templated_json_throw<nlohmann::detail::out_of_range>(nlohmann::detail::out_of_range::create(nlohmann::detail::exception_id::value_out_of_range, nlohmann::detail::concat(nlohmann::detail::exception_prefix(j), "enum value out of range for " #ENUM_TYPE ": ", nlohmann::detail::from_json_dump(j)), nlohmann::detail::exception_context(j))); \
+        else ::nlohmann::detail::templated_json_throw<nlohmann::detail::out_of_range>(nlohmann::detail::out_of_range::create(nlohmann::detail::exception_id::value_out_of_range, nlohmann::detail::concat("enum value out of range for " #ENUM_TYPE ": ", nlohmann::detail::from_json_dump(j)), nlohmann::detail::exception_context(j))); \
    }

 // Ugly macros to avoid uglier copy-paste when specializing basic_json. They
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class editor
        node* const o = own(object);
        if (o->kind != node_kind::object && o->kind != node_kind::null)
        {
-            throw_type_error(site_of(object), exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with ", object.type_name());
+            throw_type_error(exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with ", object.type_name());
        }
        check_utf8(key.data(), key.size());
        const encoded e = encode(std::forward<V>(value));
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ class editor
        node* const a = own(array);
        if (a->kind != node_kind::array)
        {
-            throw_type_error(site_of(array), exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with ", array.type_name());
+            throw_type_error(exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with ", array.type_name());
        }
-        check_index(a, idx, a->len);
+        check_index(idx, a->len);
        const encoded e = encode(std::forward<V>(value));
        node* const slot = const_cast<node*>(nav::value(element_at<true>(m_doc, a, idx))); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-const-cast)
        assign(slot, e, a, true);
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class editor
        node* const a = own(array);
        if (a->kind != node_kind::array && a->kind != node_kind::null)
        {
-            throw_type_error(site_of(array), exception_id::push_back_wrong_type, "cannot use push_back() with ", array.type_name());
+            throw_type_error(exception_id::push_back_wrong_type, "cannot use push_back() with ", array.type_name());
        }
        const encoded e = encode(std::forward<V>(value));
        if (a->kind == node_kind::null)
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@ class editor
        node* const a = own(array);
        if (a->kind != node_kind::array)
        {
-            throw_type_error(site_of(array), exception_id::insert_wrong_type, "cannot use insert() with ", array.type_name());
+            throw_type_error(exception_id::insert_wrong_type, "cannot use insert() with ", array.type_name());
        }
-        check_index(a, idx, a->len + 1);
+        check_index(idx, a->len + 1);
        const encoded e = encode(std::forward<V>(value));
        node* const slot = new_slot(e);
        node* const h = block_of(m_doc, a, 1);
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class editor
        node* const o = own(object);
        if (o->kind != node_kind::object)
        {
-            throw_type_error(site_of(object), exception_id::erase_wrong_type, "cannot use erase() with ", object.type_name());
+            throw_type_error(exception_id::erase_wrong_type, "cannot use erase() with ", object.type_name());
        }
        for (const node* k = nav::first(m_doc, o), *end = nav::end(m_doc, o); k != end; k = document_data::after(k + 1))
        {
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ class editor
        node* const a = own(array);
        if (a->kind != node_kind::array)
        {
-            throw_type_error(site_of(array), exception_id::erase_wrong_type, "cannot use erase() with ", array.type_name());
+            throw_type_error(exception_id::erase_wrong_type, "cannot use erase() with ", array.type_name());
        }
-        check_index(a, idx, a->len);
+        check_index(idx, a->len);
        node* const h = block_of(m_doc, a, 0);
        std::memmove(h + 1 + idx, h + 2 + idx, (h->next - 2 - idx) * sizeof(node));
        --h->next;
@@ -316,11 +316,11 @@ class editor
        return const_cast<node*>(v.m_node); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-const-cast): the nodes belong to this document
    }

-    void check_index(const node* array, std::size_t idx, std::size_t limit) const
+    static void check_index(std::size_t idx, std::size_t limit)
    {
        if (idx >= limit)
        {
-            throw_array_index_out_of_range(error_site(&m_doc, array), idx);
+            throw_array_index_out_of_range(idx);
        }
    }

@@ -10,15 +10,11 @@

 #include <algorithm> // min
 #include <cstddef> // size_t
-#include <string> // string, to_string
-#include <vector> // vector
+#include <string> // string

 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/builder.hpp>
-#include <nlohmann/detail/view/document_data.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/macro_scope.hpp>
-#include <nlohmann/detail/view/materialize.hpp>
-#include <nlohmann/detail/view/node.hpp>

 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 namespace detail
@@ -26,292 +22,8 @@ namespace detail
 namespace view
 {

-/*!
-@brief the value an exception is about
-
-basic_json passes the value to the exception, which then names its path
-(JSON_DIAGNOSTICS) and its bytes in the source (JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS). A
-view's value has no parent pointer and no stored positions: both are found
-from the document and the node, when the exception is thrown (so only the
-error path pays for them). Without the two macros, a site is empty.
-*/
-class error_site
-{
-  public:
-    error_site() noexcept = default;
-
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS || JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
-    error_site(const document_data* d, const node* n) noexcept
-        : m_doc(d), m_node(n)
-    {}
-
-    const document_data* doc() const noexcept
-    {
-        return m_doc;
-    }
-    const node* value() const noexcept
-    {
-        return m_node;
-    }
-
-  private:
-    const document_data* m_doc = nullptr;
-    const node* m_node = nullptr;
-#else
-    error_site(const document_data* /*d*/, const node* /*n*/) noexcept {}
-#endif
-};
-
-/// the site of a view's value (the views make this a friend)
-struct view_access
-{
-    template<typename View>
-    static error_site site(const View& v) noexcept
-    {
-        return error_site(v.m_doc, v.m_node);
-    }
-};
-
-template<typename View>
-error_site site_of(const View& v) noexcept
-{
-    static_assert(is_json_view<View>::value, "the site of a value is only defined for views");
-    return view_access::site(v);
-}
-
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
-/*!
-@brief the JSON pointer tokens from the root of document @a d to node @a target
-
-Nodes have no parent index, so the path is found by descending from the root:
-before the first edit, only into the subtree that contains the target (a
-container spans the next `next` nodes); after edits, elements can live in
-other sequences, so every container is searched. Iterative (the nesting depth
-is limited by memory only). False if the target is not found (then tokens is
-unspecified).
-*/
-template<bool Editable>
-bool value_path(const document_data& d, const node* target, std::vector<std::string>& tokens)
-{
-    using nav = navigation<Editable>;
-    struct frame
-    {
-        const node* pos;
-        const node* end;
-        std::size_t index;
-        bool object;
-    };
-    const node* const root = d.nodes;
-    if (target == root)
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-    if (!is_container(*root))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-    std::vector<frame> stack;
-    stack.push_back(frame{nav::first(d, root), nav::end(d, root), 0, root->kind == node_kind::object});
-    // (tokens[i] leads from stack[i] to stack[i + 1], or to the target)
-    for (;;)
-    {
-        // (f is not used after the stack changes: pop_back() below, push_back() at the end)
-        frame& f = stack.back();
-        if (f.pos == f.end)
-        {
-            stack.pop_back();
-            if (stack.empty())
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            tokens.pop_back();
-            continue;
-        }
-        const node* entry = f.pos;
-        std::string token;
-        if (f.object)
-        {
-            // (as basic_json: the key up to a null byte)
-            token.assign(d.str(*entry), entry->len);
-            const std::size_t nul = token.find('\0');
-            if (nul != std::string::npos)
-            {
-                token.resize(nul);
-            }
-            ++entry;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            token = std::to_string(f.index);
-        }
-        const node* const child = nav::value(entry);
-        if (child == target)
-        {
-            tokens.push_back(token);
-            return true;
-        }
-        f.pos = document_data::after(entry);
-        ++f.index;
-        if (is_container(*child) && (nav::editable() || (target > child && target < child + child->next)))
-        {
-            tokens.push_back(token);
-            stack.push_back(frame{nav::first(d, child), nav::end(d, child), 0, child->kind == node_kind::object});
-        }
-    }
-}
-#endif
-
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
-/*!
-@brief the bytes [start, end) of node @a n in the source, as materialize() sets them
-
-Scalars as position_source::set_scalar; an array or object from its opening
-bracket to its closing bracket, which is found by following the chain of last
-elements to a scalar (or an empty container) and scanning from there to the
-closing brackets. None (npos) for values written by edits, and for containers
-whose last element has none, as with materialize().
-*/
-template<bool Editable>
-void value_range(const document_data& d, const node* n, std::size_t& start, std::size_t& end)
-{
-    using nav = navigation<Editable>;
-    position_source p;
-    start = std::string::npos;
-    end = std::string::npos;
-    if (!is_container(*n))
-    {
-        p.set_scalar(d, *n);
-        start = p.start;
-        end = p.end;
-        return;
-    }
-    if ((n->flags & node_flags::is_new) != 0 || n->off >= d.size)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-    // the open brackets: n, then the last element as long as it is a non-empty container
-    std::size_t closing = 0;
-    std::size_t pos = std::string::npos;
-    for (const node* c = n;;)
-    {
-        if (!is_container(*c))
-        {
-            p.set_scalar(d, *c);
-            pos = p.end;
-            break;
-        }
-        if ((c->flags & node_flags::is_new) != 0 || c->off >= d.size)
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-        ++closing;
-        const node* const first = nav::first(d, c);
-        const node* const last_end = nav::end(d, c);
-        if (first == last_end)
-        {
-            pos = std::size_t{c->off} + 1;
-            break;
-        }
-        const std::size_t value_offset = c->kind == node_kind::object ? 1 : 0;
-        const node* last = first;
-        for (const node* e = document_data::after(first + value_offset); e != last_end; e = document_data::after(e + value_offset))
-        {
-            last = e;
-        }
-        c = nav::value(last + value_offset);
-    }
-    for (; closing != 0 && pos != std::string::npos; --closing)
-    {
-        pos = position_source::container_end(d.base[0], d.size, pos);
-    }
-    if (pos != std::string::npos)
-    {
-        start = n->off;
-        end = pos;
-    }
-}
-#endif
-
-/// the context basic_json puts in front of the message of an exception about
-/// a value: "(/path) " with JSON_DIAGNOSTICS (none for the root), then
-/// "(bytes a-b) " with JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS (with JSON_DIAGNOSTICS, only
-/// if there is a path)
-///
-/// This and the throw helpers that take an error_site are templates, so that
-/// the path and range code is instantiated only where an exception can be
-/// thrown: instantiated in every translation unit (as a non-template inline
-/// function makes it), it changed GCC's early inlining of unrelated view
-/// functions, so that GCC 13 no longer inlined a recursive walk over a view
-/// into itself (2.7 times the instructions).
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS || JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
-template<typename Unused = void>
-std::string diagnostics(const error_site site)
-{
-    if (site.doc() == nullptr || site.value() == nullptr)
-    {
-        return "";
-    }
-    const document_data& d = *site.doc();
-    const bool edited = d.edits != nullptr;
-    std::string context;
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
-    std::vector<std::string> tokens;
-    const bool found = edited ? value_path<true>(d, site.value(), tokens) : value_path<false>(d, site.value(), tokens);
-    if (!found || tokens.empty())
-    {
-        return "";
-    }
-    std::string path;
-    for (const std::string& token : tokens)
-    {
-        path.push_back('/');
-        path += detail::escape(token);
-    }
-    context = concat('(', path, ") ");
-#endif
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
-    std::size_t start = 0;
-    std::size_t end = 0;
-    if (edited)
-    {
-        value_range<true>(d, site.value(), start, end);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        value_range<false>(d, site.value(), start, end);
-    }
-    if (start != std::string::npos && end != std::string::npos)
-    {
-        context += concat("(bytes ", std::to_string(start), "-", std::to_string(end), ") ");
-    }
-#endif
-    return context;
-}
-#else
-template<typename Unused = void>
-std::string diagnostics(const error_site /*site*/)
-{
-    return "";
-}
-#endif
-
-/// the context of an exception about view @a v (see exception_prefix())
-template<typename View>
-std::string diagnostics_of(const View& v)
-{
-    return diagnostics<>(site_of(v));
-}
-
 // Exceptions are thrown out of line, so that the accessors that may throw stay
-// small enough to be inlined. The overloads with an error_site put its context
-// in front of the message.
-//
-// The overloads without one are for exceptions that are not about a value of a
-// document: limits and invalid input of the editing and image functions, a
-// discarded view (it has no node), a view of another document (its path would
-// be one in that document), and those that basic_json creates without a
-// context too (the errors of json_pointer, invalid UTF-8). The one exception
-// about a value that has no site is key(), see view_iterator::key().
+// small enough to be inlined.

 [[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE inline void throw_type_error(exception_id id, const char* prefix, const char* type)
 {
@@ -333,24 +45,6 @@ std::string diagnostics_of(const View& v)
    NLOHMANN_VIEW_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(id, msg, nullptr));
 }

-template<typename Unused = void>
-[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_type_error(const error_site site, exception_id id, const char* prefix, const char* type)
-{
-    NLOHMANN_VIEW_THROW(type_error::create(id, concat(diagnostics<>(site), prefix, type), nullptr));
-}
-
-template<typename Unused = void>
-[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_out_of_range(const error_site site, exception_id id, const std::string& msg)
-{
-    NLOHMANN_VIEW_THROW(out_of_range::create(id, concat(diagnostics<>(site), msg), nullptr));
-}
-
-template<typename Unused = void>
-[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_invalid_iterator(const error_site site, exception_id id, const char* msg)
-{
-    NLOHMANN_VIEW_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(id, concat(diagnostics<>(site), msg), nullptr));
-}
-
 /// a parse error without a position (as those of json_pointer)
 [[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE inline void throw_parse_error(exception_id id, const std::string& msg)
 {
@@ -359,23 +53,22 @@ template<typename Unused = void>

 /// out_of_range.401: the array index @a idx is not below the size
 template<typename Index>
-[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_array_index_out_of_range(const error_site site, const Index idx)
+[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_array_index_out_of_range(const Index idx)
 {
-    throw_out_of_range(site, exception_id::array_index_out_of_range, concat("array index ", std::to_string(idx), " is out of range"));
+    throw_out_of_range(exception_id::array_index_out_of_range, concat("array index ", std::to_string(idx), " is out of range"));
 }

 /// out_of_range.402: the JSON Pointer token '-' of an array of @a size elements
-template<typename Unused = void>
-[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_array_index_past_end(const error_site site, std::size_t size)
+[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE inline void throw_array_index_past_end(std::size_t size)
 {
-    throw_out_of_range(site, exception_id::pointer_past_the_end_index, concat("array index '-' (", std::to_string(size), ") is out of range"));
+    throw_out_of_range(exception_id::pointer_past_the_end_index, concat("array index '-' (", std::to_string(size), ") is out of range"));
 }

 /// out_of_range.403: the object has no member @a key
 template<typename Key>
-[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_key_not_found(const error_site site, const Key& key)
+[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_key_not_found(const Key& key)
 {
-    throw_out_of_range(site, exception_id::key_not_found, concat("key '", key, "' not found"));
+    throw_out_of_range(exception_id::key_not_found, concat("key '", key, "' not found"));
 }

 /// SAX handler of the error replay: accepts every event without storing it,
@@ -105,10 +105,7 @@ class view_iterator
    }

    /// the key of the current object member; throws invalid_iterator.207 for
-    /// other iterators, like basic_json's iterators (but without the context
-    /// JSON_DIAGNOSTICS and JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS add: the iterator does not
-    /// know the value it iterates over, and keeping it would make iterators
-    /// larger, which keeps GCC from inlining recursive walks)
+    /// other iterators, like basic_json's iterators
    string_view_t key() const
    {
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(m_value_offset == 0))
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ index_status array_index(const StringType& s, std::size_t& idx) noexcept
 }

 /// throws the exception json_pointer::array_index throws for this status
-/// (without a context, as json_pointer::array_index)
 template<typename StringType>
 [[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_array_index_error(index_status status, const StringType& s)
 {
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ View resolve_pointer(View cur, const Tokens& tokens, pointer_mode mode)
            {
                if (mode == pointer_mode::checked)
                {
-                    throw_key_not_found(site_of(cur), token);
+                    throw_key_not_found(token);
                }
                return View();
            }
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ View resolve_pointer(View cur, const Tokens& tokens, pointer_mode mode)
            {
                if (throwing)
                {
-                    throw_array_index_past_end(site_of(cur), cur.size());
+                    throw_array_index_past_end(cur.size());
                }
                return View();
            }
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ View resolve_pointer(View cur, const Tokens& tokens, pointer_mode mode)
            {
                if (mode == pointer_mode::checked)
                {
-                    throw_array_index_out_of_range(site_of(cur), idx);
+                    throw_array_index_out_of_range(idx);
                }
                return View();
            }
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ View resolve_pointer(View cur, const Tokens& tokens, pointer_mode mode)
        {
            if (throwing)
            {
-                throw_out_of_range(site_of(cur), exception_id::pointer_unresolved, concat("unresolved reference token '", token, "'"));
+                throw_out_of_range(exception_id::pointer_unresolved, concat("unresolved reference token '", token, "'"));
            }
            return View();
        }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T arithmetic_value(const document_data& d, const nod
        case value_t::binary:
        case value_t::discarded:
        default:
-            throw_type_error(error_site(&d, &n), exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be number, but is ", value_type_name(static_cast<value_t>(n.kind)));
+            throw_type_error(exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be number, but is ", value_type_name(static_cast<value_t>(n.kind)));
    }
 }

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ std::vector<U, A> vector_value(const View& v)
 {
    if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!v.is_array()))
    {
-        throw_type_error(site_of(v), exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be array, but is ", v.type_name());
+        throw_type_error(exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be array, but is ", v.type_name());
    }
    std::vector<U, A> r;
    r.reserve(v.size());
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Map map_value(const View& v)
 {
    if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!v.is_object()))
    {
-        throw_type_error(site_of(v), exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be object, but is ", v.type_name());
+        throw_type_error(exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be object, but is ", v.type_name());
    }
    Map r;
    for (auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it)
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class basic_json_view
            {
                return {};
            }
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with ", type_name());
        }
        return lookup(key);
    }
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ class basic_json_view
            {
                return {};
            }
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with ", type_name());
        }
        return idx < m_node->len ? element(idx) : basic_json_view();
    }
@@ -344,12 +344,12 @@ class basic_json_view
    {
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_object()))
        {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::at_wrong_type, "cannot use at() with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::at_wrong_type, "cannot use at() with ", type_name());
        }
        const basic_json_view r = lookup(key);
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(r.is_discarded()))
        {
-            detail::view::throw_key_not_found(site(), std::string(key.data(), key.size()));
+            detail::view::throw_key_not_found(std::string(key.data(), key.size()));
        }
        return r;
    }
@@ -370,11 +370,11 @@ class basic_json_view
    {
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_array()))
        {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::at_wrong_type, "cannot use at() with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::at_wrong_type, "cannot use at() with ", type_name());
        }
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(idx >= m_node->len))
        {
-            detail::view::throw_array_index_out_of_range(site(), idx);
+            detail::view::throw_array_index_out_of_range(idx);
        }
        return element(idx);
    }
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ class basic_json_view
    {
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_object()))
        {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
        }
        const basic_json_view r = lookup(key);
        return r.is_discarded() ? default_value : r.template get<T>();
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ class basic_json_view
    {
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_object()))
        {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
        }
        // (the default is made only if there is no such member)
        const basic_json_view r = lookup(key);
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class basic_json_view
    {
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_structured()))
        {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
        }
        const basic_json_view r = detail::view::resolve_pointer(*this, detail::json_pointer_access::reference_tokens(ptr), detail::view::pointer_mode::value);
        return r.is_discarded() ? default_value : r.template get<T>();
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ class basic_json_view
    {
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_structured()))
        {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
        }
        const basic_json_view r = detail::view::resolve_pointer(*this, detail::json_pointer_access::reference_tokens(ptr), detail::view::pointer_mode::value);
        return r.is_discarded() ? string_t(default_value) : r.template get<string_t>();
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ class basic_json_view
        const iterator it = begin();
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(it == end()))
        {
-            detail::view::throw_invalid_iterator(site(), detail::exception_id::iterator_value_unavailable, "cannot get value");
+            detail::view::throw_invalid_iterator(detail::exception_id::iterator_value_unavailable, "cannot get value");
        }
        return *it;
    }
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ class basic_json_view
    {
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_string()))
        {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be string, but is ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be string, but is ", type_name());
        }
        return {m_doc->str(*m_node), m_node->len};
    }
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ class basic_json_view
    {
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_number()))
        {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be number, but is ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be number, but is ", type_name());
        }
        return {m_doc->str(*m_node), detail::view::number_length(*m_node)};
    }
@@ -764,19 +764,12 @@ class basic_json_view
    template<typename, view_mode> friend class basic_json_view;
    template<typename, typename> friend class detail::view::editor;
    template<typename, typename> friend class detail::view::view_side;
-    friend struct detail::view::view_access;
    friend iterator;

    basic_json_view(const document_data* d, const node* n) noexcept
        : m_doc(d), m_node(n)
    {}

-    /// this value as the context of an exception
-    detail::view::error_site site() const noexcept
-    {
-        return detail::view::error_site(m_doc, m_node);
-    }
-
    using json_side_t = detail::view::json_side<BasicJsonType, string_view_t>;

    static detail::view::view_side<BasicJsonType, basic_json_view> side(const basic_json_view& v) noexcept
@@ -883,7 +876,7 @@ class basic_json_view
    {
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_boolean()))
        {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be boolean, but is ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be boolean, but is ", type_name());
        }
        return (m_node->flags & detail::view::node_flags::is_true) != 0;
    }
@@ -893,7 +886,7 @@ class basic_json_view
    {
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(m_node == nullptr))
        {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be number, but is ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be number, but is ", type_name());
        }
        return detail::view::arithmetic_value<T, BasicJsonType>(*m_doc, *m_node);
    }
@@ -902,7 +895,7 @@ class basic_json_view
    {
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_null()))
        {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be null, but is ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be null, but is ", type_name());
        }
        return nullptr;
    }
@@ -1316,7 +1309,7 @@ class basic_json_document
    template<typename I, typename V, typename std::enable_if<detail::view::is_non_bool_integral<I>::value, int>::type = 0>
    view_type set(view_type array, I idx, V && value)
    {
-        return editor().set(array, index(array, idx), std::forward<V>(value));
+        return editor().set(array, index(idx), std::forward<V>(value));
    }

    /// set the value at a JSON pointer: its parent must exist; an object
@@ -1353,7 +1346,7 @@ class basic_json_document
                const std::size_t idx = pointer_index(token);
                if (idx >= 0xFFFFFFFFu)
                {
-                    detail::view::throw_array_index_out_of_range(detail::view::site_of(parent), idx);
+                    detail::view::throw_array_index_out_of_range(idx);
                }
                for (std::size_t i = 0; i < idx; ++i)
                {
@@ -1387,7 +1380,7 @@ class basic_json_document
    template<typename I, typename V, typename std::enable_if<detail::view::is_non_bool_integral<I>::value, int>::type = 0>
    view_type insert(view_type array, I idx, V && value)
    {
-        return editor().insert(array, index(array, idx), std::forward<V>(value));
+        return editor().insert(array, index(idx), std::forward<V>(value));
    }

    /// remove all members with this key; returns their number
@@ -1400,7 +1393,7 @@ class basic_json_document
    template<typename I, typename std::enable_if<detail::view::is_non_bool_integral<I>::value, int>::type = 0>
    void erase(view_type array, I idx)
    {
-        editor().erase(array, index(array, idx));
+        editor().erase(array, index(idx));
    }

    /// remove the value at a JSON pointer; returns the number of removed
@@ -1434,25 +1427,25 @@ class basic_json_document
        return detail::view::editor<BasicJsonType, view_type>(*m_data);
    }

-    /// an index into @a array (out_of_range.401 if negative)
+    /// an index (out_of_range.401 if negative)
    template<typename I>
-    static std::size_t index(const view_type& array, I idx)
+    static std::size_t index(I idx)
    {
-        return index(array, idx, std::is_signed<I> {});
+        return index(idx, std::is_signed<I> {});
    }

    template<typename I>
-    static std::size_t index(const view_type& array, I idx, std::true_type /*signed*/)
+    static std::size_t index(I idx, std::true_type /*signed*/)
    {
        if (idx < 0)
        {
-            detail::view::throw_array_index_out_of_range(detail::view::site_of(array), idx);
+            detail::view::throw_array_index_out_of_range(idx);
        }
        return static_cast<std::size_t>(idx);
    }

    template<typename I>
-    static std::size_t index(const view_type& /*array*/, I idx, std::false_type /*unsigned*/)
+    static std::size_t index(I idx, std::false_type /*unsigned*/)
    {
        return static_cast<std::size_t>(idx);
    }
@@ -2720,7 +2720,7 @@ JSON_HEDLEY_DIAGNOSTIC_POP
            return ej_pair.second == j;                                                         \
        });                                                                                     \
        if (it != std::end(m)) e = it->first;                                                   \
-        else ::nlohmann::detail::templated_json_throw<nlohmann::detail::out_of_range>(nlohmann::detail::out_of_range::create(nlohmann::detail::exception_id::value_out_of_range, nlohmann::detail::concat(nlohmann::detail::exception_prefix(j), "enum value out of range for " #ENUM_TYPE ": ", nlohmann::detail::from_json_dump(j)), nlohmann::detail::exception_context(j))); \
+        else ::nlohmann::detail::templated_json_throw<nlohmann::detail::out_of_range>(nlohmann::detail::out_of_range::create(nlohmann::detail::exception_id::value_out_of_range, nlohmann::detail::concat("enum value out of range for " #ENUM_TYPE ": ", nlohmann::detail::from_json_dump(j)), nlohmann::detail::exception_context(j))); \
    }

 // Ugly macros to avoid uglier copy-paste when specializing basic_json. They
@@ -5928,28 +5928,6 @@ std::nullptr_t exception_context(const View& /*unused*/) noexcept
    return nullptr;
 }

-namespace view
-{
-// the path and bytes of the value of a view (defined in <nlohmann/detail/view/errors.hpp>)
-template<typename View>
-std::string diagnostics_of(const View& v);
-}  // namespace view
-
-// what goes in front of the message of an exception about j: nothing for a
-// basic_json value (exception_context() passes the value itself), the context
-// basic_json would add (JSON_DIAGNOSTICS, JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS) for a view
-template<typename BasicJsonType, enable_if_t<is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value, int> = 0>
-const char* exception_prefix(const BasicJsonType& /*unused*/) noexcept
-{
-    return "";
-}
-
-template<typename View, enable_if_t<is_json_view<View>::value, int> = 0>
-std::string exception_prefix(const View& v)
-{
-    return view::diagnostics_of(v);
-}
-
 /*!
@brief throws because @a j does not have the type a conversion expects
@param[in] expected  the expected type(s), e.g. "array" or "binary or array"
@@ -5961,7 +5939,7 @@ JSON_HEDLEY_NO_RETURN JSON_HEDLEY_NEVER_INLINE void throw_type_must_be(const cha
 {
    static_cast<void>(expected); // unused when JSON_NOEXCEPTION is defined
    static_cast<void>(j);
-    JSON_THROW(type_error::create(exception_id::type_mismatch, concat(exception_prefix(j), "type must be ", expected, ", but is ", j.type_name()), exception_context(j)));
+    JSON_THROW(type_error::create(exception_id::type_mismatch, concat("type must be ", expected, ", but is ", j.type_name()), exception_context(j)));
 }

 /*!
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>

 #include <algorithm> // any_of
-#include <cstddef> // size_t
 #include <functional> // function
 #include <random> // mt19937
 #include <string> // string
@@ -89,26 +88,6 @@ inline bool has_duplicate_keys(const nlohmann::ordered_json_view& v)
    });
 }

-// the message of an exception about the value at path (a JSON pointer, "" for
-// the root) whose source bytes are [start, end): the context basic_json adds
-// with JSON_DIAGNOSTICS and JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, if enabled, then what
-inline std::string message(const std::string& id, const std::string& path, std::size_t start, std::size_t end, const std::string& what)
-{
-    std::string context;
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
-    context = "(bytes " + std::to_string(start) + "-" + std::to_string(end) + ") ";
-#else
-    static_cast<void>(start);
-    static_cast<void>(end);
-#endif
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
-    context = path.empty() ? "" : "(" + path + ") " + context;
-#else
-    static_cast<void>(path);
-#endif
-    return "[json.exception." + id + "] " + context + what;
-}
-
 #if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
 // the exception a call throws, or "" if it throws none
 inline std::string exception_of_call(const std::function<void()>& f)
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view")
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
        // the parents are set, so errors name the path
        const json m = materialized<json_document>(R"({"a":{"b":[1]}})");
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(m.at("a").at("b").at(0).at("x"), json_view_test::message("type_error.304", "/a/b/0", 11, 12, "cannot use at() with number").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(m.at("a").at("b").at(0).at("x"), "[json.exception.type_error.304] (/a/b/0) cannot use at() with number", json::type_error&);
 #endif
    }

@@ -750,6 +750,19 @@ std::string exception_of(F f)
    return "";
 }

+// the exception a call on a basic_json value throws, without the byte range of
+// the value (JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS), which the exceptions of views lack
+template<typename F>
+std::string json_exception_of(F f)
+{
+    std::string what = exception_of(f);
+    const std::size_t at = what.find("] (bytes ");
+    if (at != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        what.erase(at + 2, what.find(") ", at) - at);
+    }
+    return what;
+}
 #endif

 // compares a view with the ordered_json value materialize() gives for it:
@@ -958,25 +971,24 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view element access and iteration")
 #if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
            if (!j.is_object())
            {
-                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["a"]); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["a"]); }));
+                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["a"]); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["a"]); }));
            }
            if (!j.is_array())
            {
-                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v[0]); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j[0]); }));
+                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v[0]); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j[0]); }));
            }
-            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at("a")); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at("a")); }));
-            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at("missing")); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at("missing")); }));
-            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(0)); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(0)); }));
-            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(5)); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(5)); }));
+            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at("a")); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at("a")); }));
+            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at("missing")); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at("missing")); }));
+            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(0)); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(0)); }));
+            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(5)); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(5)); }));
            if (!(j.is_object() && j.empty())) // (key() of an end iterator)
            {
-                // (without the context of basic_json: view iterators do not know the value they iterate over)
-                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.begin().key()); }) == (j.is_object() ? "" : "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.207] cannot use key() for non-object iterators"));
+                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.begin().key()); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.begin().key()); }));
            }
            if (!j.empty() || j.is_null())
            {
-                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.front()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.front()); }));
-                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.back()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.back()); }));
+                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.front()); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.front()); }));
+                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.back()); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.back()); }));
            }
 #endif
            CHECK(v.contains("a") == j.contains("a"));
@@ -988,8 +1000,8 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view element access and iteration")
        const json_document d = json_document::parse(R"({"a":[]})");
        CHECK(d.root()["b"].is_discarded());
        CHECK(d.root()["a"][0].is_discarded());
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.root()["a"].front(), json_view_test::message("invalid_iterator.214", "/a", 5, 7, "cannot get value").c_str(), json::invalid_iterator&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.root()["a"].back(), json_view_test::message("invalid_iterator.214", "/a", 5, 7, "cannot get value").c_str(), json::invalid_iterator&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.root()["a"].front(), "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.214] cannot get value", json::invalid_iterator&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.root()["a"].back(), "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.214] cannot get value", json::invalid_iterator&);
        const json_view invalid{};
        CHECK(invalid.begin() == invalid.end());
        CHECK(std::string(invalid.type_name()) == "discarded");
@@ -1020,10 +1032,10 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view element access and iteration")
        CHECK(v[json_view::json_pointer("/a/b/5")][0].is_discarded());
 #if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
        // type errors on values that are not discarded stay
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v[0], json_view_test::message("type_error.305", "", 0, 29, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with object").c_str(), json::type_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v["a"]["b"]["c"], json_view_test::message("type_error.305", "/a/b", 10, 17, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with array").c_str(), json::type_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v["s"]["c"], json_view_test::message("type_error.305", "/s", 23, 28, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with string").c_str(), json::type_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v["s"][0], json_view_test::message("type_error.305", "/s", 23, 28, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with string").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v[0], "[json.exception.type_error.305] cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with object", json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v["a"]["b"]["c"], "[json.exception.type_error.305] cannot use operator[] with a string argument with array", json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v["s"]["c"], "[json.exception.type_error.305] cannot use operator[] with a string argument with string", json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v["s"][0], "[json.exception.type_error.305] cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with string", json::type_error&);
        CHECK_THROWS_AS(v["a"]["b"][0]["c"], json::type_error&);
        CHECK_THROWS_AS(v["s"][json_view::json_pointer("/x")], json::out_of_range&);
        // at() keeps throwing on a discarded view
@@ -1098,9 +1110,9 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view element access and iteration")
        CHECK(v[(std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max)()].is_discarded());
        CHECK(v[std::numeric_limits<int>::max()].is_discarded());
 #if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at(3), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.401", "", 0, 10, "array index 3 is out of range").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at(3u), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.401", "", 0, 10, "array index 3 is out of range").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at(std::int64_t(3)), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.401", "", 0, 10, "array index 3 is out of range").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at(3), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index 3 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at(3u), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index 3 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at(std::int64_t(3)), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index 3 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
        CHECK_THROWS_AS(v.at(-1), json::out_of_range&);
        CHECK_THROWS_AS(v.at(-1L), json::out_of_range&);
        CHECK_THROWS_AS(v.at(std::int64_t(-1)), json::out_of_range&);
@@ -1234,6 +1246,26 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view element access and iteration")

 namespace
 {
+#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
+// an exception message without the context that basic_json adds with
+// JSON_DIAGNOSTICS ("(/path) ") and JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS ("(bytes 1-2) ");
+// the view's exceptions have no such context
+std::string without_path(std::string msg)
+{
+    for (const char* prefix :
+            {"] (/", "] (bytes "
+            })
+    {
+        const std::size_t open = msg.find(prefix);
+        if (open != std::string::npos)
+        {
+            msg.erase(open + 2, msg.find(") ", open) + 2 - (open + 2));
+        }
+    }
+    return msg;
+}
+#endif
+
 // the bits of a float, to compare values bit for bit
 std::uint64_t bits(double x)
 {
@@ -1304,18 +1336,18 @@ void check_values(const ordered_json_view& v, const ordered_json& j, const std::
    // conversions to the wrong type throw what basic_json throws
    if (!j.is_number())
    {
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<int>()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<int>()); }));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<int>()); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<int>()); })));
    }
-    CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<bool>()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<bool>()); }));
-    CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::string>()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::string>()); }));
-    CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::nullptr_t>()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::nullptr_t>()); }));
+    CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<bool>()); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<bool>()); })));
+    CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::string>()); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::string>()); })));
+    CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::nullptr_t>()); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::nullptr_t>()); })));
    if (!j.is_array())
    {
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::vector<int>>()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::vector<int>>()); }));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::vector<int>>()); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::vector<int>>()); })));
    }
    if (!j.is_object())
    {
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::map<std::string, int>>()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::map<std::string, int>>()); }));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::map<std::string, int>>()); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::map<std::string, int>>()); })));
    }
 #endif

@@ -1458,8 +1490,8 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view values")
        CHECK(v[3].number_token() == "123456789012345678901234567890");
        CHECK(v[4].number_token() == "-12");
        CHECK(v[5].number_token() == "7");
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v[6].number_token(), json_view_test::message("type_error.302", "/6", 56, 59, "type must be number, but is string").c_str(), json::type_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.get_string(), json_view_test::message("type_error.302", "", 0, 60, "type must be string, but is array").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v[6].number_token(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is string", json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.get_string(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be string, but is array", json::type_error&);
    }

    SECTION("conversions")
@@ -1533,15 +1565,15 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view values")
        CHECK(v["o"]["x"].value(json::json_pointer("/1"), 0) == j["o"]["x"].value(json::json_pointer("/1"), 0));
        CHECK(v["o"]["x"].value(json::json_pointer("/7"), 3) == j["o"]["x"].value(json::json_pointer("/7"), 3));
 #if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["o"]["x"].value("k", 0)); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["o"]["x"].value("k", 0)); }));
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value("s", 0)); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value("s", 0)); }));
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["n"].value("x", 0)); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["n"].value("x", 0)); }));
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["n"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), 0)); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["n"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), 0)); }));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["o"]["x"].value("k", 0)); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["o"]["x"].value("k", 0)); })));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value("s", 0)); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value("s", 0)); })));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["n"].value("x", 0)); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["n"].value("x", 0)); })));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["n"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), 0)); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["n"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), 0)); })));
        // string defaults: the member is not a string, or the value is neither an object nor an array
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value("n", "default")); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value("n", "default")); }));
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["n"].value("x", "default")); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["n"].value("x", "default")); }));
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value(json::json_pointer("/n"), "default")); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value(json::json_pointer("/n"), "default")); }));
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["s"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), "default")); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["s"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), "default")); }));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value("n", "default")); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value("n", "default")); })));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["n"].value("x", "default")); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["n"].value("x", "default")); })));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value(json::json_pointer("/n"), "default")); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value(json::json_pointer("/n"), "default")); })));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["s"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), "default")); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["s"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), "default")); })));
 #endif
        // (defaults and members longer than the short string optimization)
        CHECK(v.value("s", "a default longer than fifteen characters") == "text");
@@ -1600,7 +1632,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view JSON pointers")
        {
            CAPTURE(pointer)
            const json::json_pointer p(pointer);
-            const std::string at_error = exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(p)); });
+            const std::string at_error = without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(p)); }));
            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(p)); }) == at_error);
            if (at_error.empty())
            {
@@ -1614,7 +1646,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view JSON pointers")
            }
            else
            {
-                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v[p]); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j[p]); }));
+                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v[p]); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j[p]); })));
            }
            // (basic_json::contains() throws out_of_range.404 for an empty
            // array index token, although it is not meant to throw; the view
@@ -1625,7 +1657,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view JSON pointers")
                static_cast<void>(found);
            });
            CHECK(v.contains(p) == (contains_error.empty() && j.contains(p)));
-            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value(p, 5)); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value(p, 5)); }));
+            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value(p, 5)); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value(p, 5)); })));
        }
    }
 #endif
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view large objects")
        CHECK(v[""].get_string() == "empty key");
        CHECK(v["k1"].get<int>() == 1); // the first of duplicate keys, as for small objects
        CHECK(!v.contains("missing"));
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at("missing"), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.403", "", 0, text.size(), "key 'missing' not found").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at("missing"), "[json.exception.out_of_range.403] key 'missing' not found", json::out_of_range&);
        CHECK(v == j);
        CHECK(v.materialize() == j);
    }
@@ -532,18 +532,18 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view edits: errors")

    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(other_editable.root(), 1), "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.202] view does not belong to this document", json::invalid_iterator&);
    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(json_editable_view(), 1), "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.202] view does not belong to this document", json::invalid_iterator&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["a"], "k", 1), json_view_test::message("type_error.305", "/a", 21, 27, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with array").c_str(), json::type_error&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["o"], 0, 1), json_view_test::message("type_error.305", "/o", 6, 14, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with object").c_str(), json::type_error&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["a"], 2, 1), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.401", "/a", 21, 27, "array index 2 is out of range").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["a"], -1, 1), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.401", "/a", 21, 27, "array index -1 is out of range").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.push_back(root["o"], 1), json_view_test::message("type_error.308", "/o", 6, 14, "cannot use push_back() with object").c_str(), json::type_error&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.insert(root["n"], 0, 1), json_view_test::message("type_error.309", "/n", 34, 35, "cannot use insert() with number").c_str(), json::type_error&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.insert(root["a"], 3, 1), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.401", "/a", 21, 27, "array index 3 is out of range").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(root["n"], "k"), json_view_test::message("type_error.307", "/n", 34, 35, "cannot use erase() with number").c_str(), json::type_error&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(root["o"], 0), json_view_test::message("type_error.307", "/o", 6, 14, "cannot use erase() with object").c_str(), json::type_error&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(root["a"], 2), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.401", "/a", 21, 27, "array index 2 is out of range").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["a"], "k", 1), "[json.exception.type_error.305] cannot use operator[] with a string argument with array", json::type_error&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["o"], 0, 1), "[json.exception.type_error.305] cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with object", json::type_error&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["a"], 2, 1), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index 2 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["a"], -1, 1), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index -1 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.push_back(root["o"], 1), "[json.exception.type_error.308] cannot use push_back() with object", json::type_error&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.insert(root["n"], 0, 1), "[json.exception.type_error.309] cannot use insert() with number", json::type_error&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.insert(root["a"], 3, 1), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index 3 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(root["n"], "k"), "[json.exception.type_error.307] cannot use erase() with number", json::type_error&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(root["o"], 0), "[json.exception.type_error.307] cannot use erase() with object", json::type_error&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(root["a"], 2), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index 2 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(json::json_pointer("")), "[json.exception.out_of_range.405] JSON pointer has no parent", json::out_of_range&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(json::json_pointer("/missing/x")), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.403", "", 0, 47, "key 'missing' not found").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(json::json_pointer("/missing/x")), "[json.exception.out_of_range.403] key 'missing' not found", json::out_of_range&);
    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(json::json_pointer("/a/01"), 1), "[json.exception.parse_error.106] parse error: array index '01' must not begin with '0'", json::parse_error&);
    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root, json_editable_view()), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be a value, but is discarded", json::type_error&);
    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root, json::binary({1, 2})), "[json.exception.type_error.319] cannot store a binary value in a json_document", json::type_error&);
@@ -337,7 +337,8 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view from_json")
        CHECK(d.root().get<std::unordered_map<std::string, int>>().at("a") == 3);
    }

-#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
+    // (the exceptions of views have neither the path nor the byte range of the value)
+#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION) && !JSON_DIAGNOSTICS && !JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
    SECTION("std types: the same errors as from the materialized value")
    {
        const json_document d = json_document::parse(R"([[1, "x"], {"a": 1}, "text", [1], 5, null])");
@@ -402,10 +403,10 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view from_json")
        CHECK(d.root()[4].get<strict_color>() == strict_color::red);
 #if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
        const json j = d.root().materialize();
-#if !JSON_DIAGNOSTICS && !JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root()[2].get<strict_color>()); }) == "[json.exception.out_of_range.410] enum value out of range for strict_color: \"purple\"");
-#endif
+#if !JSON_DIAGNOSTICS && !JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root()[2].get<strict_color>()); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j[2].get<strict_color>()); }));
+#endif
 #endif
    }

@@ -451,9 +452,11 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view from_json")
        CHECK(o.root().get<shape>().center.y == 2);
    }

-#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
+#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION) && !JSON_DIAGNOSTICS && !JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
    SECTION("errors are those of the same conversion of a json value")
    {
+        // (with JSON_DIAGNOSTICS, those of json name the path of the value,
+        // and with JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS its bytes)
        const json_document d = json_document::parse(R"([{"x": 1}, {"x": "1", "y": 2}, [1, 2], {"id": "7", "c": "red"}])");
        const json j = d.root().materialize();
        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
@@ -81,112 +81,6 @@ std::string range(const json& j)
 {
    return j.start_pos() == npos && j.end_pos() == npos ? "none" : std::to_string(j.start_pos()) + "-" + std::to_string(j.end_pos());
 }
-
-#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
-using json_view_test::exception_of_call;
-
-// the exceptions about every value of v are those about the value at the same
-// place in j, a value of the whole document from parse() or materialize() (so
-// that its parents and positions are set); members whose key repeats are
-// skipped (the view finds the first one, j holds the last)
-template<typename View>
-void check_exceptions(const View& v, const json& j)
-{
-    CAPTURE(j.dump())
-    if (!v.is_number())
-    {
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.template get<int>()); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<int>()); }));
-    }
-    if (!v.is_string())
-    {
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.template get<std::string>()); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::string>()); }));
-    }
-    if (!v.is_array())
-    {
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.template get<std::vector<int>>()); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::vector<int>>()); }));
-    }
-    CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at("missing")); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at("missing")); }));
-    CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(1000)); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(1000)); }));
-    CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(json::json_pointer("/missing"))); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(json::json_pointer("/missing"))); }));
-    CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(json::json_pointer("/-"))); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(json::json_pointer("/-"))); }));
-    CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value("k", 0)); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value("k", 0)); }));
-    if (!v.is_object())
-    {
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v["k"]); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j["k"]); }));
-        // (without the context of basic_json: view iterators do not know the value they iterate over)
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.begin().key()); }) == "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.207] cannot use key() for non-object iterators");
-    }
-    if (!v.is_array())
-    {
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v[0]); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j[0]); }));
-    }
-    if (v.is_null())
-    {
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.front()); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.front()); }));
-    }
-    if (v.is_object())
-    {
-        for (auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it)
-        {
-            const std::string key(it.key().data(), it.key().size());
-            if (v.count(key) == 1)
-            {
-                check_exceptions(it.value(), j.at(key));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    else if (v.is_array())
-    {
-        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i)
-        {
-            check_exceptions(v[i], j[i]);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-// as check_exceptions, for edits that fail (they change neither d nor j)
-void check_edit_exceptions(json_editable_document& d, const json_editable_document::view_type& v, json& j)
-{
-    CAPTURE(j.dump())
-    if (!v.is_object() && !v.is_null())
-    {
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.set(v, "k", 1); }) == exception_of_call([&] { j["k"] = 1; }));
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.erase(v, "k"); }) == exception_of_call([&] { j.erase("k"); }));
-    }
-    if (!v.is_array() && !v.is_null())
-    {
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.set(v, 0, 1); }) == exception_of_call([&] { j[0] = 1; }));
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.push_back(v, 1); }) == exception_of_call([&] { j.push_back(1); }));
-    }
-    if (!v.is_array())
-    {
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.insert(v, 0, 1); }) == exception_of_call([&] { j.insert(j.cbegin(), 1); }));
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.erase(v, 0); }) == exception_of_call([&] { j.erase(0); }));
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.erase(v, 1000); }) == exception_of_call([&] { j.erase(1000); }));
-    }
-    if (v.is_object())
-    {
-        for (auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it)
-        {
-            const std::string key(it.key().data(), it.key().size());
-            if (v.count(key) == 1)
-            {
-                check_edit_exceptions(d, it.value(), j.at(key));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    else if (v.is_array())
-    {
-        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i)
-        {
-            check_edit_exceptions(d, v[i], j[i]);
-        }
-    }
-}
-#endif
 } // namespace

 TEST_CASE("json_view materialize() source positions")
@@ -451,123 +345,3 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view materialize() source positions")
    }
 #endif
 }
-
-#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
-TEST_CASE("json_view exceptions name the path and the bytes of the value")
-{
-    SECTION("as those of basic_json")
-    {
-        const std::vector<std::string> texts =
-        {
-            "null", "true", "42", "\"s\"", "[]", "{}", "[1, [2, [3, []]]]", R"({"a": {"b": [1, {"c": null}]}, "d": "e"})",
-            R"({"a/b": {"~": [1]}, "\u0041\n": {"x": "\t"}, "": [{}]})",
-            R"([1 /* ] */, {"a": [] // }
-, "b": {} } , ])",
-            "\n\t[\r\n  1 ,\n  {\n    \"a\" : [ ]\n  }\n]\n",
-        };
-        for (const auto& text : texts)
-        {
-            CAPTURE(text)
-            const json j = json::parse(text, nullptr, true, true, true);
-            const json_document d = json_document::parse(text, true, true, true);
-            check_exceptions(d.root(), j);
-            json_editable_document e = json_editable_document::parse(text, true, true, true);
-            check_exceptions(e.root(), j);
-            json m = e.root().materialize();
-            check_edit_exceptions(e, e.root(), m);
-        }
-    }
-
-    SECTION("generated documents")
-    {
-        json_view_test::generator gen;
-        for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i)
-        {
-            std::string text;
-            gen.value(text, 0);
-            CAPTURE(text)
-            const json_document d = json_document::parse(text);
-            check_exceptions(d.root(), json::parse(text));
-        }
-    }
-
-    SECTION("edited documents: as those of materialize()")
-    {
-        const std::string text = R"({"a": [1, 2], "b": {"c": "\n", "d": true}, "e": [3, [4]], "f": "x"})";
-        json_editable_document d = json_editable_document::parse(text);
-        d.set(d.root()["f"], 5);
-        d.push_back(d.root()["a"], json::parse(R"({"n": [null]})"));
-        d.erase(d.root()["e"], 0);
-        d.set(d.root()["b"], "c2", d.root()["e"]);
-        d.insert(d.root()["e"], 0, "new");
-        json m = d.root().materialize();
-        check_exceptions(d.root(), m);
-        check_edit_exceptions(d, d.root(), m);
-        // (a value inside a new container: a path, but no bytes)
-        std::string expected = "[json.exception.type_error.302] ";
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
-        expected += "(/a/2/n/0) ";
-#endif
-        expected += "type must be number, but is null";
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root()["a"][2]["n"][0].get<int>()); }) == expected);
-    }
-
-    SECTION("deep documents with siblings after every nested container")
-    {
-        // the search for the path pushes and pops one frame per level (the
-        // stack reallocates while it grows, and shrinks again at every
-        // sibling): run under a sanitizer, a reference to a popped or moved
-        // frame would show here
-        std::string text = "7";
-        for (int level = 0; level < 40; ++level)
-        {
-            text = R"([[1, [2]], )" + text + R"(, {"k": [3, {"l": [4]}]}, [5, [6, [7]]]])";
-        }
-        CAPTURE(text)
-        const json j = json::parse(text);
-        const json_document d = json_document::parse(text);
-        check_exceptions(d.root(), j);
-        json_editable_document e = json_editable_document::parse(text);
-        e.set(e.root()[0][0], 9);
-        check_exceptions(e.root(), e.root().materialize());
-    }
-
-    SECTION("examples")
-    {
-        const std::string text = R"({"people": [{"name": "a", "age": 1}, {"name": "c", "age": "x"}], "o": {"k": 1}})";
-        const json_document d = json_document::parse(text);
-        std::string expected_age = "[json.exception.type_error.302] ";
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
-        expected_age += "(/people/1/age) ";
-#endif
-        expected_age += "(bytes 58-61) type must be number, but is string";
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root()["people"][1]["age"].get<int>()); }) == expected_age);
-
-        std::string expected_zz = "[json.exception.out_of_range.403] ";
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
-        expected_zz += "(/people/0) ";
-#endif
-        expected_zz += "(bytes 12-35) key 'zz' not found";
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root().at(json::json_pointer("/people/0/zz"))); }) == expected_zz);
-
-        // the root has no path, and with JSON_DIAGNOSTICS then no bytes either (as basic_json)
-        std::string expected_missing = "[json.exception.out_of_range.403] ";
-#if !JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
-        expected_missing += "(bytes 0-79) ";
-#endif
-        expected_missing += "key 'missing' not found";
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root().at("missing")); }) == expected_missing);
-    }
-
-    SECTION("duplicate keys: the value the view finds")
-    {
-        const json_document d = json_document::parse(R"({"x": "1", "x": "22"})");
-        std::string expected = "[json.exception.type_error.302] ";
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
-        expected += "(/x) ";
-#endif
-        expected += "(bytes 6-9) type must be number, but is string";
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root()["x"].get<int>()); }) == expected);
-    }
-}
-#endif
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ The checked-in `nlohmann_json.natvis` covers the default namespace (no ABI tags)
 of ABI tags, with both versioned and unversioned namespace variants. Configurations that enable three or more ABI tags
 are not covered by this reduced file; use `--abi-tags` or `--all` (see below) to generate a file for them.

+The visualizers of `basic_json_document` and `basic_json_view` live in the same inline namespaces as `basic_json`, so the
+ABI tags apply to them in the same way, and the `view_mode` template argument is covered by a wildcard: it does not
+multiply the namespaces. Each namespace gets three more types (`basic_json_view<*,*>`, `basic_json_document<*,*>`, and
+`detail::view::node`), which roughly doubles the size of the file.
+
 The ABI tag list and the library version are parsed from
 `include/nlohmann/detail/abi_macros.hpp`, so this script must be re-run (via
 `make natvis`) whenever an `NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_*` macro is added to that
@@ -35,7 +40,7 @@ version other than the one in `abi_macros.hpp`.
 |-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `--list-tags`     | Print every ABI tag (in namespace order) with the macro that enables it and the `NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_*` identifier, then exit.                                                                                                                    |
 | `--abi-tags TAGS` | Add the namespaces of one configuration, given as a comma-separated list of ABI tags (`_diag,_dp,_ns`; the leading underscore is optional, and the order does not matter). Can be repeated for several configurations. Unknown tags are an error. |
-| `--all`           | Generate the namespaces for every combination of ABI tags. The file size doubles with each tag (about 60 MB for 12 tags). Cannot be combined with `--abi-tags`.                                                                                    |
+| `--all`           | Generate the namespaces for every combination of ABI tags. The file size doubles with each tag (about 60 MB for 11 tags). Cannot be combined with `--abi-tags`.                                                                                    |
 | `--output FILE`   | Write the Natvis file to `FILE` instead of `nlohmann_json.natvis` in the repository root.                                                                                                                                                           |

 Each configuration gets both the versioned (`json_abi_diag_dp_ns_v3_12_0`) and the unversioned (`json_abi_diag_dp_ns`,
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                                'optional) of one configuration to add to the default namespaces; can be repeated')
    selection.add_argument('--all', action='store_true',
                           help='Generate the namespaces for every combination of ABI tags; the file size doubles '
-                                'with each ABI tag (about 60 MB for 12 tags)')
+                                'with each ABI tag (about 60 MB for 11 tags)')
    parser.add_argument('--list-tags', action='store_true',
                        help='List the ABI tags with the macros that enable them, and exit')
    parser.add_argument('--output', metavar='FILE',
@@ -5,6 +5,39 @@
 <!-- * * * * * * * * AUTO-GENERATED FILE  * * * * * * * * -->

 <AutoVisualizer xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/vstudio/debugger/natvis/2010">
+{# The children of the container node `node` (a pointer expression) of the document `doc` (a document_data pointer
+   expression). A node is only an index into the source text: strings are read from `doc`, so the strings of the
+   direct children are readable here, but the children of a nested container are shown as nodes (see the node
+   visualizer below). Containers with edits (flag 8, "moved") are not expanded. The node kinds are the numbers of
+   node_kind: 1 object, 2 array, 3 string; the float token is shown only by the node visualizer. #}
+{% macro children(node, doc=none) %}
+            <CustomListItems MaxItemsPerView="1000">
+              <Variable Name="nd" InitialValue="{{ node }}" />
+              <Variable Name="obj" InitialValue="nd != 0 &amp;&amp; (int)nd-&gt;kind == 1" />
+              <Variable Name="n" InitialValue="(nd != 0 &amp;&amp; ((int)nd-&gt;kind == 1 || (int)nd-&gt;kind == 2) &amp;&amp; (nd-&gt;flags &amp; 8) == 0) ? (int)nd-&gt;len : 0" />
+              <Variable Name="p" InitialValue="nd + 1" />
+              <Variable Name="i" InitialValue="0" />
+              <Size>obj ? 2 * n : n</Size>
+              <Loop Condition="i &lt; n">
+{% if doc %}
+                <Item Name="key" Condition="obj">{{ doc }}-&gt;base._Elems[p-&gt;flags &amp; 3] + p-&gt;off,[p-&gt;len]s8</Item>
+{% else %}
+                <Item Name="key" Condition="obj">*p</Item>
+{% endif %}
+                <Exec Condition="obj">p = p + 1</Exec>
+{% if doc %}
+                <Item Name="value" Condition="obj &amp;&amp; (int)p-&gt;kind == 3">{{ doc }}-&gt;base._Elems[p-&gt;flags &amp; 3] + p-&gt;off,[p-&gt;len]s8</Item>
+{% endif %}
+                <Item Name="value" Condition="obj{% if doc %} &amp;&amp; (int)p-&gt;kind != 3{% endif %}">*p</Item>
+{% if doc %}
+                <Item Condition="!obj &amp;&amp; (int)p-&gt;kind == 3">{{ doc }}-&gt;base._Elems[p-&gt;flags &amp; 3] + p-&gt;off,[p-&gt;len]s8</Item>
+{% endif %}
+                <Item Condition="!obj{% if doc %} &amp;&amp; (int)p-&gt;kind != 3{% endif %}">*p</Item>
+                <Exec>p = p + (((int)p-&gt;kind == 1 || (int)p-&gt;kind == 2) ? p-&gt;next : 1)</Exec>
+                <Exec>i = i + 1</Exec>
+              </Loop>
+            </CustomListItems>
+{%- endmacro %}
 {% for ns in namespaces %}
    <!-- Namespace {{ ns }} -->
    <Type Name="{{ ns }}::basic_json&lt;*&gt;">
@@ -62,5 +95,44 @@
    </Type>

 {% endfor %}
+
+    <!-- json_view / json_document (include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp). They live in the same inline namespaces as
+         basic_json, so the ABI tags need no extra entries; the view_mode is a template argument that the wildcard
+         covers. A view is a pointer to the document's data and a pointer to a node of its flat index; the
+         strings of the source are found through document_data::base (std::array of the MSVC STL: _Elems). -->
+    <Type Name="{{ ns }}::detail::view::node">
+        <DisplayString Condition="(int)kind == 0">null</DisplayString>
+        <DisplayString Condition="(int)kind == 1">object, size={len}</DisplayString>
+        <DisplayString Condition="(int)kind == 2">array, size={len}</DisplayString>
+        <DisplayString Condition="(int)kind == 3">string, length={len}</DisplayString>
+        <DisplayString Condition="(int)kind == 4">boolean: {(flags &amp; 4) != 0}</DisplayString>
+        <DisplayString Condition="(int)kind == 5">int64: {(__int64)((unsigned __int64)len | ((unsigned __int64)next &lt;&lt; 32))}</DisplayString>
+        <DisplayString Condition="(int)kind == 6">uint64: {(unsigned __int64)len | ((unsigned __int64)next &lt;&lt; 32)}</DisplayString>
+        <DisplayString Condition="(int)kind == 7">float, length={len}</DisplayString>
+        <DisplayString>link</DisplayString>
+        <Expand>
+{{ children('this') }}
+        </Expand>
+    </Type>
+
+    <Type Name="{{ ns }}::basic_json_view&lt;*,*&gt;">
+        <DisplayString Condition="m_node == 0">discarded</DisplayString>
+        <DisplayString Condition="(int)m_node-&gt;kind == 3">{m_doc-&gt;base._Elems[m_node-&gt;flags &amp; 3] + m_node-&gt;off,[m_node-&gt;len]s8}</DisplayString>
+        <DisplayString Condition="(int)m_node-&gt;kind == 7">{m_doc-&gt;base._Elems[m_node-&gt;flags &amp; 3] + m_node-&gt;off,[m_node-&gt;len]s8b}</DisplayString>
+        <DisplayString>{*m_node}</DisplayString>
+        <Expand>
+{{ children('m_node', 'm_doc') }}
+        </Expand>
+    </Type>
+
+    <Type Name="{{ ns }}::basic_json_document&lt;*,*&gt;">
+        <DisplayString Condition="m_data._Mypair._Myval2 == 0 || m_data._Mypair._Myval2-&gt;discarded">discarded</DisplayString>
+        <DisplayString>{*m_data._Mypair._Myval2-&gt;nodes}</DisplayString>
+        <Expand>
+            <Item Name="[source]" Condition="m_data._Mypair._Myval2 != 0">m_data._Mypair._Myval2-&gt;src,[m_data._Mypair._Myval2-&gt;size]s8b</Item>
+            <Item Name="[nodes]" Condition="m_data._Mypair._Myval2 != 0">m_data._Mypair._Myval2-&gt;node_count</Item>
+{{ children('m_data._Mypair._Myval2->nodes', 'm_data._Mypair._Myval2') }}
+        </Expand>
+    </Type>
 {% endfor %}
 </AutoVisualizer>