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Niels Lohmann 8366d86068 Merge branch 'develop' into claude/copy-without-assignable-base-5674
Conflicts:
- include/nlohmann/json.hpp: copy_array_level() keeps develop's #5721
  "set the array type only once the container exists" and then builds the
  elements with the PR's copy_construct_tag emplace_back loop
- single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp: regenerated with make amalgamate

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-09-30 20:31:23 +02:00
Niels Lohmann 2edeefaa43 Copy-construct the base class of a deep copy's elements, not assign it
The bounded-descent copy added by #5389 built the elements of a deep copy
(nested past the 128-level bound) by default-constructing them and then
having copy_metadata() assign their base class afterwards. That assignment
is only instantiated for values nested past the bound, but being called
from copy_structured() at all meant it was compiled for every copy, so a
CustomBaseClass that is copy-constructible but not move-assignable (for
example one with a const data member) no longer let its basic_json be
copy-constructed, at any depth.

copy_array_level() and copy_object_level() now build each element with a
private-tag-selected constructor that copy-constructs the base class (and,
under JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, copies the positions) directly, the same
way the copy constructor already builds elements within the 128-level
bound. Copying a basic_json is therefore back to requiring only a
copy-constructible base class, as documented and as it was before #5389;
copy assignment is unchanged and still requires an assignable one.

Fixes #5674.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-09-29 23:32:13 +02:00
6 changed files with 178 additions and 104 deletions
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@@ -679,29 +679,19 @@ class json_pointer
return nullptr;
}
// tokens that array_index() rejects with parse_error.106/109
// are passed on to it; all other tokens that it would reject
// with out_of_range.404/410 are detected here, so that this
// also works without exceptions
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() > 1 && !(reference_token[0] >= '1' && reference_token[0] <= '9')))
// may throw parse_error.106/109 for a malformed index; an
// index that is syntactically valid but cannot be
// represented (out_of_range.404/410) is treated like an
// out-of-range index below
typename BasicJsonType::size_type idx{};
JSON_TRY
{
static_cast<void>(array_index<BasicJsonType>(reference_token)); // throws parse_error.106/109
idx = array_index<BasicJsonType>(reference_token);
}
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(reference_token.empty() || !std::all_of(reference_token.begin(), reference_token.end(), [](const char c)
{
return c >= '0' && c <= '9';
})))
JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH (detail::out_of_range&)
{
return nullptr;
}
errno = 0; // strtoull() does not reset errno on success
char* p_end = nullptr; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness)
const unsigned long long magnitude = std::strtoull(reference_token.data(), &p_end, 10); // NOLINT(runtime/int)
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(errno == ERANGE || magnitude >= static_cast<unsigned long long>((std::numeric_limits<typename BasicJsonType::size_type>::max)()))) // NOLINT(runtime/int)
{
return nullptr;
}
const auto idx = static_cast<typename BasicJsonType::size_type>(magnitude);
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(idx >= ptr->m_data.m_value.array->size()))
{
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@@ -1004,19 +1004,39 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
using copy_scratch_value_t = std::pair<typename object_t::key_type, basic_json>;
using copy_scratch_t = std::vector<copy_scratch_value_t, AllocatorType<copy_scratch_value_t>>;
/// @brief copy everything of @a src into @a dst but its type and value
static void copy_metadata(const basic_json& src, basic_json& dst)
{
// a custom base class is only required to be copy-constructible and
// move-assignable, so the copy has to go through a temporary
static_cast<json_base_class_t&>(dst) = json_base_class_t(static_cast<const json_base_class_t&>(src));
/// @brief tag selecting the constructor below; used only to build the
/// elements of a deep copy (@ref copy_array_level, @ref copy_object_level)
struct copy_construct_tag {};
public:
/*!
@brief construct a null value whose base class - and, with @ref
JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, positions - are copied from @a src
Copy-constructing @ref json_base_class_t here, rather than default-
constructing the element and assigning its base class afterwards, means
that copying a @ref basic_json only ever requires a copy-constructible
base class, and never a move-assignable one as well.
@note this constructor has to be public: @ref copy_array_level and
@ref copy_object_level reach it through @ref array_t's or @ref
object_t's own emplace_back(), which constructs the element from
outside @ref basic_json and so cannot call a private constructor.
@ref copy_construct_tag is private, though, and nothing in the
public interface hands out a value of it, so outside code can still
never name it to call this constructor itself.
*/
basic_json(copy_construct_tag /*unused*/, const basic_json& src)
: json_base_class_t(src)
#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
dst.start_position = src.start_position;
dst.end_position = src.end_position;
, start_position(src.start_position)
, end_position(src.end_position)
#endif
{
}
private:
/*!
@brief copy the value of @a src into @a dst, which must not be structured
@@ -1079,8 +1099,11 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
}
/*!
@brief copy everything of @a src into the null value @a dst but the children
@brief finish the copy @a dst of @a src that a @ref copy_construct_tag
constructor started, other than the children of an object or array
@a dst already has @a src's base class and, with @ref
JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, positions; only its value is still missing.
Objects and arrays are not copied here; they are appended to @a worklist to
be created later by @ref copy_iteratively. Until that happens, @a dst remains
a null value, so that a partially built copy can be destroyed at any point
@@ -1088,8 +1111,6 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
*/
static void copy_shallow(const basic_json& src, basic_json& dst, copy_worklist_t& worklist)
{
copy_metadata(src, dst);
if (src.m_data.m_type == value_t::object || src.m_data.m_type == value_t::array)
{
// defer: dst stays a null value until its container exists
@@ -1110,15 +1131,19 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
{
const array_t& src_array = *src.m_data.m_value.array;
// create all elements up front: growing the array afterwards could
// invalidate the pointers that are handed to the worklist; resize()
// rather than the fill constructor, because not every array type
// provides the latter (e.g., ones without a matching allocator-aware
// fill constructor)
dst.m_data.m_value.array = create<array_t>();
// only now that the array exists may dst stop being a null value
dst.m_data.m_type = value_t::array;
dst.m_data.m_value.array->resize(src_array.size());
// create every element - its base class already copy-constructed from
// its counterpart in src, via the copy_construct_tag constructor -
// before any of their addresses are handed to worklist below: growing
// the array while that is going on could reallocate it and invalidate
// addresses taken from an earlier iteration
for (const auto& src_element : src_array)
{
dst.m_data.m_value.array->emplace_back(copy_construct_tag{}, src_element);
}
auto dst_it = dst.m_data.m_value.array->begin();
for (auto src_it = src_array.cbegin(); src_it != src_array.cend(); ++src_it, ++dst_it)
@@ -1136,12 +1161,14 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
// build the complete key skeleton and hand it to the object's range
// constructor: adding the keys one by one would be quadratic for object
// types that are backed by a vector, such as nlohmann::ordered_map
// types that are backed by a vector, such as nlohmann::ordered_map; each
// value's base class is already copy-constructed from its counterpart
// in src, via the copy_construct_tag constructor
scratch.clear();
scratch.reserve(src_object.size());
for (const auto& element : src_object)
{
scratch.emplace_back(element.first, basic_json());
scratch.emplace_back(element.first, basic_json(copy_construct_tag{}, element.second));
}
dst.m_data.m_value.object = create<object_t>(std::make_move_iterator(scratch.begin()),
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@@ -20291,29 +20291,19 @@ class json_pointer
return nullptr;
}
// tokens that array_index() rejects with parse_error.106/109
// are passed on to it; all other tokens that it would reject
// with out_of_range.404/410 are detected here, so that this
// also works without exceptions
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() > 1 && !(reference_token[0] >= '1' && reference_token[0] <= '9')))
// may throw parse_error.106/109 for a malformed index; an
// index that is syntactically valid but cannot be
// represented (out_of_range.404/410) is treated like an
// out-of-range index below
typename BasicJsonType::size_type idx{};
JSON_TRY
{
static_cast<void>(array_index<BasicJsonType>(reference_token)); // throws parse_error.106/109
idx = array_index<BasicJsonType>(reference_token);
}
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(reference_token.empty() || !std::all_of(reference_token.begin(), reference_token.end(), [](const char c)
{
return c >= '0' && c <= '9';
})))
JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH (detail::out_of_range&)
{
return nullptr;
}
errno = 0; // strtoull() does not reset errno on success
char* p_end = nullptr; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness)
const unsigned long long magnitude = std::strtoull(reference_token.data(), &p_end, 10); // NOLINT(runtime/int)
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(errno == ERANGE || magnitude >= static_cast<unsigned long long>((std::numeric_limits<typename BasicJsonType::size_type>::max)()))) // NOLINT(runtime/int)
{
return nullptr;
}
const auto idx = static_cast<typename BasicJsonType::size_type>(magnitude);
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(idx >= ptr->m_data.m_value.array->size()))
{
@@ -27941,19 +27931,39 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
using copy_scratch_value_t = std::pair<typename object_t::key_type, basic_json>;
using copy_scratch_t = std::vector<copy_scratch_value_t, AllocatorType<copy_scratch_value_t>>;
/// @brief copy everything of @a src into @a dst but its type and value
static void copy_metadata(const basic_json& src, basic_json& dst)
{
// a custom base class is only required to be copy-constructible and
// move-assignable, so the copy has to go through a temporary
static_cast<json_base_class_t&>(dst) = json_base_class_t(static_cast<const json_base_class_t&>(src));
/// @brief tag selecting the constructor below; used only to build the
/// elements of a deep copy (@ref copy_array_level, @ref copy_object_level)
struct copy_construct_tag {};
public:
/*!
@brief construct a null value whose base class - and, with @ref
JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, positions - are copied from @a src
Copy-constructing @ref json_base_class_t here, rather than default-
constructing the element and assigning its base class afterwards, means
that copying a @ref basic_json only ever requires a copy-constructible
base class, and never a move-assignable one as well.
@note this constructor has to be public: @ref copy_array_level and
@ref copy_object_level reach it through @ref array_t's or @ref
object_t's own emplace_back(), which constructs the element from
outside @ref basic_json and so cannot call a private constructor.
@ref copy_construct_tag is private, though, and nothing in the
public interface hands out a value of it, so outside code can still
never name it to call this constructor itself.
*/
basic_json(copy_construct_tag /*unused*/, const basic_json& src)
: json_base_class_t(src)
#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
dst.start_position = src.start_position;
dst.end_position = src.end_position;
, start_position(src.start_position)
, end_position(src.end_position)
#endif
{
}
private:
/*!
@brief copy the value of @a src into @a dst, which must not be structured
@@ -28016,8 +28026,11 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
}
/*!
@brief copy everything of @a src into the null value @a dst but the children
@brief finish the copy @a dst of @a src that a @ref copy_construct_tag
constructor started, other than the children of an object or array
@a dst already has @a src's base class and, with @ref
JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, positions; only its value is still missing.
Objects and arrays are not copied here; they are appended to @a worklist to
be created later by @ref copy_iteratively. Until that happens, @a dst remains
a null value, so that a partially built copy can be destroyed at any point
@@ -28025,8 +28038,6 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
*/
static void copy_shallow(const basic_json& src, basic_json& dst, copy_worklist_t& worklist)
{
copy_metadata(src, dst);
if (src.m_data.m_type == value_t::object || src.m_data.m_type == value_t::array)
{
// defer: dst stays a null value until its container exists
@@ -28047,15 +28058,19 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
{
const array_t& src_array = *src.m_data.m_value.array;
// create all elements up front: growing the array afterwards could
// invalidate the pointers that are handed to the worklist; resize()
// rather than the fill constructor, because not every array type
// provides the latter (e.g., ones without a matching allocator-aware
// fill constructor)
dst.m_data.m_value.array = create<array_t>();
// only now that the array exists may dst stop being a null value
dst.m_data.m_type = value_t::array;
dst.m_data.m_value.array->resize(src_array.size());
// create every element - its base class already copy-constructed from
// its counterpart in src, via the copy_construct_tag constructor -
// before any of their addresses are handed to worklist below: growing
// the array while that is going on could reallocate it and invalidate
// addresses taken from an earlier iteration
for (const auto& src_element : src_array)
{
dst.m_data.m_value.array->emplace_back(copy_construct_tag{}, src_element);
}
auto dst_it = dst.m_data.m_value.array->begin();
for (auto src_it = src_array.cbegin(); src_it != src_array.cend(); ++src_it, ++dst_it)
@@ -28073,12 +28088,14 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
// build the complete key skeleton and hand it to the object's range
// constructor: adding the keys one by one would be quadratic for object
// types that are backed by a vector, such as nlohmann::ordered_map
// types that are backed by a vector, such as nlohmann::ordered_map; each
// value's base class is already copy-constructed from its counterpart
// in src, via the copy_construct_tag constructor
scratch.clear();
scratch.reserve(src_object.size());
for (const auto& element : src_object)
{
scratch.emplace_back(element.first, basic_json());
scratch.emplace_back(element.first, basic_json(copy_construct_tag{}, element.second));
}
dst.m_data.m_value.object = create<object_t>(std::make_move_iterator(scratch.begin()),
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@@ -405,3 +405,73 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON Visit Node")
);
CHECK(expected.empty());
}
// A custom base class with a const member: copy-constructible (initializing a
// const member works fine), but not copy-/move-assignable (assigning one does
// not). Used to check that copy construction never requires more than that.
struct const_member_base
{
const int id = 7; // NOLINT(misc-non-private-member-variables-in-classes)
};
using json_with_const_base = nlohmann::basic_json <
std::map,
std::vector,
std::string,
bool,
std::int64_t,
std::uint64_t,
double,
std::allocator,
nlohmann::adl_serializer,
std::vector<std::uint8_t>,
const_member_base
>;
// build an array nested @a depth levels deep, with the innermost value 1;
// every level is constructed (never assigned), since const_member_base does
// not support assignment
static json_with_const_base make_nested_array(std::size_t depth)
{
if (depth == 0)
{
return json_with_const_base(1);
}
return json_with_const_base::array({make_nested_array(depth - 1)});
}
TEST_CASE("Regression test for issue #5674 - copy construction must not require an assignable base class")
{
SECTION("depth 0")
{
// as in the original bug report: copy construction only, no assignment
const json_with_const_base j = {1, 2};
const json_with_const_base copy = j; // NOLINT(performance-unnecessary-copy-initialization)
CHECK(copy.size() == 2);
CHECK(copy.id == 7);
}
SECTION("nested deeper than the copy constructor's descent bound")
{
// beyond nesting_depth_limit() (128) levels, the copy constructor
// copies without the call stack (copy_iteratively / copy_array_level),
// which used to assign the base class of every element it created
const std::size_t depth = 300;
const json_with_const_base j = make_nested_array(depth);
const json_with_const_base copy = j; // NOLINT(performance-unnecessary-copy-initialization)
const json_with_const_base* c = &copy;
for (std::size_t level = 0; level <= depth; ++level)
{
CAPTURE(level)
REQUIRE(c->id == 7);
if (level < depth)
{
c = &c->at(0);
}
}
CHECK(*c == 1);
}
}
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@@ -47,21 +47,6 @@ TEST_CASE("Tests with disabled exceptions")
delete sax_no_exception::error_string; // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
}
SECTION("issue #5672 - value(json_pointer, default) must not abort for array tokens that are not a valid index")
{
const json j = {1, 2, 3};
// a syntactically valid index that is out of range for this array
CHECK(j.value("/7"_json_pointer, 42) == 42);
// a reference token that is not a number at all
CHECK(j.value("/1a"_json_pointer, 42) == 42);
// the empty reference token (JSON pointer "/")
CHECK(j.value("/"_json_pointer, 42) == 42);
// an index whose magnitude does not fit into size_type
CHECK(j.value("/99999999999999999999999"_json_pointer, 42) == 42);
CHECK(j.value("/18446744073709551615"_json_pointer, 42) == 42);
}
SECTION("growing an ordered_json object")
{
auto j = nlohmann::ordered_json::object();
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@@ -516,21 +516,6 @@ TEST_CASE_TEMPLATE("element access 2", Json, nlohmann::json, nlohmann::ordered_j
CHECK(j_array.value("/-"_json_pointer, 42) == 42);
CHECK(j_array_const.value("/-"_json_pointer, 42) == 42);
// Test an index with a non-digit after a valid leading digit; this is
// out_of_range (not parse_error) and must not throw (see #5672)
CHECK(j_array.value("/1a"_json_pointer, 42) == 42);
CHECK(j_array_const.value("/1a"_json_pointer, 42) == 42);
// Test the empty reference token (JSON pointer "/"); see #5672
CHECK(j_array.value("/"_json_pointer, 42) == 42);
CHECK(j_array_const.value("/"_json_pointer, 42) == 42);
// Test an index whose magnitude does not fit into size_type (see #5672)
CHECK(j_array.value("/99999999999999999999999"_json_pointer, 42) == 42);
CHECK(j_array_const.value("/99999999999999999999999"_json_pointer, 42) == 42);
CHECK(j_array.value("/18446744073709551615"_json_pointer, 42) == 42);
CHECK(j_array_const.value("/18446744073709551615"_json_pointer, 42) == 42);
#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
// Test malformed index (non-numeric) throws parse_error
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j_array.value("/foo"_json_pointer, 1), "[json.exception.parse_error.109] parse error: array index 'foo' is not a number", typename Json::parse_error&);