Merge branch 'develop' into fix/json_pointer_create_object_5357

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

docs/docset/docSet.sql

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json', 'Class', 'api/ba
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::accept', 'Function', 'api/basic_json/accept/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::array', 'Function', 'api/basic_json/array/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::array_t', 'Type', 'api/basic_json/array_t/index.html');
-INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::as_base_class', 'Method', 'api/basic_json/as_base_class/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::at', 'Method', 'api/basic_json/at/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::back', 'Method', 'api/basic_json/back/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::basic_json', 'Constructor', 'api/basic_json/basic_json/index.html');

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

@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# <small>nlohmann::basic_json::</small>as_base_class
-
-```cpp
-json_base_class_t& as_base_class() noexcept;
-const json_base_class_t& as_base_class() const noexcept;
-```
-
-Returns a reference to this object as its custom base class [`json_base_class_t`](json_base_class_t.md). No copy is
-made.
-
-Since `basic_json` derives from `json_base_class_t`, a member of `basic_json` hides any member of the custom base class
-with the same name. This function makes such hidden members accessible again.
-
-## Return value
-
-reference to this object as [`json_base_class_t`](json_base_class_t.md)
-
-## Exception safety
-
-No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
-
-## Complexity
-
-Constant.
-
-## Notes
-
-The function is equivalent to `static_cast<json_base_class_t&>(j)` (or `static_cast<const json_base_class_t&>(j)`).
-
-## Examples
-
-??? example
-
-    The example shows how to use `as_base_class` to access members of the custom base class that are hidden by members
-    of `basic_json`.
-    
-    ```cpp
-    --8<-- "examples/as_base_class.cpp"
-    ```
-    
-    Output:
-    
-    ```json
-    --8<-- "examples/as_base_class.output"
-    ```
-
-## See also
-
-- [json_base_class_t](json_base_class_t.md) - type of the custom base class
-
-## Version history
-
-- Added in version 3.13.0.

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

@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON va
   the end of the file was not reached when `strict` was set to true
 - Throws [parse_error.112](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error112) if unsupported features from CBOR were
   used in the given input or if the input is not valid CBOR
-- Throws [parse_error.113](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113) if a map key is not a string (keys of other
-  types are not supported, as JSON object keys are always strings) or a string is malformed
+- Throws [parse_error.113](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113) if a string was expected as a map key,
+  but not found
 
 ## Complexity
 

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

@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON va
   the end of the file was not reached when `strict` was set to true
 - Throws [parse_error.112](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error112) if unsupported features from
   MessagePack were used in the given input or if the input is not valid MessagePack
-- Throws [parse_error.113](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113) if a map key is not a string (keys of other
-  types are not supported, as JSON object keys are always strings) or a string is malformed
+- Throws [parse_error.113](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113) if a string was expected as a map key,
+  but not found
 
 ## Complexity
 

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

@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ Direct access to the stored value of a JSON value.
 - [**get_ref**](get_ref.md) - get a reference value
 - [**operator ValueType**](operator_ValueType.md) - get a value
 - [**get_binary**](get_binary.md) - get a binary value
-- [**as_base_class**](as_base_class.md) - access the custom base class
 
 ### Element access
 

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

@@ -27,18 +27,6 @@ A `CustomBaseClass` with non-static data members forfeits `basic_json`'s
 [standard layout](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/StandardLayoutType) guarantee. See
 [Template Parameter Requirements](../../features/types/template_parameters.md#custombaseclass).
 
-#### Name conflicts
-
-Since `basic_json` derives from `CustomBaseClass`, members of `basic_json` hide members of `CustomBaseClass` with the
-same name. Hidden members remain accessible via [`as_base_class`](as_base_class.md) or by casting the value to
-`json_base_class_t`.
-
-!!! warning "Avoid generic member names"
-
-    Future versions of the library may add members to `basic_json` that hide members of `CustomBaseClass` that are
-    accessible today. To reduce the risk of such conflicts, avoid generic names for the members of `CustomBaseClass`,
-    for instance by using a distinctive prefix.
-
 ## Examples
 
 ??? example
@@ -55,11 +43,6 @@ same name. Hidden members remain accessible via [`as_base_class`](as_base_class.
     --8<-- "examples/json_base_class_t.output"
     ```
 
-## See also
-
-- [as_base_class](as_base_class.md) - access the custom base class
-
 ## Version history
 
 - Added in version 3.12.0.
-- Made a public member type in version 3.13.0; it was private before, so it could not be named outside the class.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/operator[].md

@@ -128,10 +128,13 @@ Strong exception safety: if an exception occurs, the original value stays intact
 
         When the JSON pointer traverses intermediate levels that don't exist at all yet (not just a missing
         leaf), each missing level is created as an array or an object depending on whether the corresponding
-        pointer token parses as a non-negative integer: a numeric token creates an array, a non-numeric token
-        creates an object. For example, on an initially `#!json null` value, `/foo/0/0/0` creates nested arrays,
-        while `/foo/one/one/one` creates nested objects. This is not specified by the JSON Pointer RFC; it is
-        this library's own, intentional disambiguation rule. See also [JSON Pointer](../../features/json_pointer.md).
+        pointer token is a valid array index: the token `0`, a sequence of digits that does not begin with `0`,
+        or the token `-` creates an array, and every other token creates an object. For example, on an
+        initially `#!json null` value, `/foo/0/0/0` creates nested arrays, while `/foo/one/one/one` creates
+        nested objects. Tokens such as `01` or the empty token cannot be array indices (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
+        and therefore create objects, just as they would if the level already existed as an object. This is not
+        specified by the JSON Pointer RFC; it is this library's own, intentional disambiguation rule. See also
+        [JSON Pointer](../../features/json_pointer.md).
 
 ## Examples
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/as_base_class.cpp

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#include <iostream>
-#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
-
-class base_class_with_hidden_members
-{
-  public:
-    const char* type_name() const noexcept
-    {
-        return "my_type_name";
-    }
-
-    std::size_t size() const noexcept
-    {
-        return 42;
-    }
-};
-
-using json = 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>,
-             base_class_with_hidden_members
-             >;
-
-int main()
-{
-    json j = {1, 2, 3};
-
-    // the members of basic_json hide the members of the base class
-    std::cout << j.type_name() << ' ' << j.size() << '\n';
-
-    // access the hidden members of the base class
-    std::cout << j.as_base_class().type_name() << ' ' << j.as_base_class().size() << '\n';
-}

docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/as_base_class.output

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-array 3
-my_type_name 42

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

@@ -174,20 +174,7 @@ The library maps CBOR types to JSON value types as follows:
 
 !!! warning "Object keys"
 
-    CBOR allows map keys of any type, whereas JSON only allows strings as keys in object values. Therefore, CBOR maps
-    with keys other than text strings (major type 3) are rejected with a
-    [`parse_error.113`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113) exception (or, with `allow_exceptions` set
-    to `false`, a discarded value) naming the type of the key that was found, for instance:
-
-    ```
-    [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found an unsigned integer; last byte: 0x01
-    ```
-
-    This applies to the [SAX interface](../parsing/sax_interface.md) as well, as the key is read before it is passed
-    on. This is a deliberate restriction of the library's JSON value model, not an oversight: formats built on CBOR
-    maps with integer keys, such as COSE ([RFC 9052](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9052.html)) or CWT
-    ([RFC 8392](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8392.html)), cannot be read with this library and need a
-    general-purpose CBOR library instead.
+    CBOR allows map keys of any type, whereas JSON only allows strings as keys in object values. Therefore, CBOR maps with keys other than UTF-8 strings are rejected.
 
 !!! warning "UTF-8 validation of text strings"
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/binary_formats/messagepack.md

@@ -138,21 +138,6 @@ The library maps MessagePack types to JSON value types as follows:
 
     Any MessagePack output created by `to_msgpack` can be successfully parsed by `from_msgpack`.
 
-!!! warning "Object keys"
-
-    MessagePack allows map keys of any type, whereas JSON only allows strings as keys in object values. Like the
-    JSON-compatible [profile](https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack/blob/master/spec.md#profile) sketched in the
-    MessagePack specification, this library restricts map keys to `str` values. Maps with keys of any other type are
-    rejected with a [`parse_error.113`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113) exception (or, with
-    `allow_exceptions` set to `false`, a discarded value) naming the type of the key that was found, for instance:
-
-    ```
-    [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack object key: only string keys are supported, but found nil; last byte: 0xC0
-    ```
-
-    This applies to the [SAX interface](../parsing/sax_interface.md) as well, as the key is read before it is passed
-    on. Such input needs a general-purpose MessagePack library instead.
-
 !!! warning "UTF-8 validation of string values"
 
     The MessagePack specification requires `str` values (`fixstr`, `str 8`, `str 16`, `str 32`) to be valid UTF-8.

docs/mkdocs/docs/home/exceptions.md

@@ -343,20 +343,13 @@ A string could not be read from a [binary format](../features/binary_formats/ind
 string was read where one was required (for instance as a map key), the string's length specification is invalid, or
 the string's bytes are not valid UTF-8.
 
-CBOR and MessagePack allow map keys of any type, but JSON object keys are always strings. Maps with keys of any other
-type (for instance integers or `null`) are therefore not supported; see the notes on
-[CBOR](../features/binary_formats/cbor.md) and [MessagePack](../features/binary_formats/messagepack.md).
-
 !!! failure "Example messages"
 
     ```
-    [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found an unsigned integer; last byte: 0x01
+    [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0xFF
     ```
     ```
-    [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack object key: only string keys are supported, but found nil; last byte: 0xC0
-    ```
-    ```
-    [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0x7C
+    [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack string: expected length specification (0xA0-0xBF, 0xD9-0xDB); last byte: 0xFF
     ```
     ```
     [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing UBJSON char: byte after 'C' must be in range 0x00..0x7F; last byte: 0x82

docs/mkdocs/mkdocs.yml

@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ nav:
           - 'accept': api/basic_json/accept.md
           - 'array': api/basic_json/array.md
           - 'array_t': api/basic_json/array_t.md
-          - 'as_base_class': api/basic_json/as_base_class.md
           - 'at': api/basic_json/at.md
           - 'back': api/basic_json/back.md
           - 'begin': api/basic_json/begin.md

include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp

@@ -1324,80 +1324,6 @@ class binary_reader
         }
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief reads a CBOR object key
-
-    RFC 8949 allows any data item as a map key, but only strings have a
-    counterpart in JSON. A key of any other type is rejected with a message
-    naming that type, rather than the one @ref get_cbor_string gives for a
-    malformed string.
-
-    @param[out] result  created key
-
-    @return whether key creation completed
-    */
-    bool get_cbor_object_key(string_t& result)
-    {
-        // EOF and major type 3 (text string) are left to get_cbor_string
-        if (current == char_traits<char_type>::eof() || (static_cast<unsigned int>(current) & 0xE0u) == 0x60u)
-        {
-            return get_cbor_string(result);
-        }
-
-        const char* found = nullptr;
-        switch (static_cast<unsigned int>(current) >> 5u)
-        {
-            case 0:
-                found = "an unsigned integer";
-                break;
-            case 1:
-                found = "a negative integer";
-                break;
-            case 2:
-                found = "a byte string";
-                break;
-            case 4:
-                found = "an array";
-                break;
-            case 5:
-                found = "a map";
-                break;
-            case 6:
-                found = "a tag";
-                break;
-            default: // major type 7
-                switch (current)
-                {
-                    case 0xF4:
-                    case 0xF5:
-                        found = "a boolean";
-                        break;
-                    case 0xF6:
-                        found = "null";
-                        break;
-                    case 0xF7:
-                        found = "undefined";
-                        break;
-                    case 0xF9:
-                    case 0xFA:
-                    case 0xFB:
-                        found = "a floating-point number";
-                        break;
-                    case 0xFF:
-                        found = "a break stop code";
-                        break;
-                    default:
-                        found = "a simple value";
-                        break;
-                }
-                break;
-        }
-
-        auto last_token = get_token_string();
-        return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read,
-                                exception_message(input_format_t::cbor, concat("only string keys are supported, but found ", found, "; last byte: 0x", last_token), "object key"), nullptr));
-    }
-
     /*!
     @brief reads a definite-length CBOR byte array
 
@@ -1642,7 +1568,7 @@ class binary_reader
                 if (top.is_object)
                 {
                     key.clear();
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_cbor_object_key(key) || !sax->key(key)))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_cbor_string(key) || !sax->key(key)))
                     {
                         return false;
                     }
@@ -2143,98 +2069,6 @@ class binary_reader
         }
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief reads a MessagePack object key
-
-    The MessagePack specification allows any type as a map key, but only
-    strings have a counterpart in JSON. A key of any other type is rejected
-    with a message naming that type, rather than the one @ref
-    get_msgpack_string gives for a malformed string.
-
-    @param[out] result  created key
-
-    @return whether key creation completed
-    */
-    bool get_msgpack_object_key(string_t& result)
-    {
-        const char* found = nullptr;
-        switch (current)
-        {
-            case 0xC0:
-                found = "nil";
-                break;
-            case 0xC2:
-            case 0xC3:
-                found = "a boolean";
-                break;
-            case 0xCA:
-            case 0xCB:
-                found = "a float";
-                break;
-            case 0xC4:
-            case 0xC5:
-            case 0xC6:
-                found = "a bin";
-                break;
-            case 0xC7:
-            case 0xC8:
-            case 0xC9:
-            case 0xD4:
-            case 0xD5:
-            case 0xD6:
-            case 0xD7:
-            case 0xD8:
-                found = "an ext";
-                break;
-            case 0xCC:
-            case 0xCD:
-            case 0xCE:
-            case 0xCF:
-            case 0xD0:
-            case 0xD1:
-            case 0xD2:
-            case 0xD3:
-                found = "an integer";
-                break;
-            case 0xDC:
-            case 0xDD:
-                found = "an array";
-                break;
-            case 0xDE:
-            case 0xDF:
-                found = "a map";
-                break;
-            default:
-                // fixint, fixmap, and fixarray; strings, EOF, and the unused
-                // byte 0xC1 are left to get_msgpack_string
-                if (current == char_traits<char_type>::eof())
-                {
-                    return get_msgpack_string(result);
-                }
-                if (current <= 0x7F || current >= 0xE0)
-                {
-                    found = "an integer";
-                }
-                else if (current <= 0x8F)
-                {
-                    found = "a map";
-                }
-                else if (current <= 0x9F)
-                {
-                    found = "an array";
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    return get_msgpack_string(result);
-                }
-                break;
-        }
-
-        auto last_token = get_token_string();
-        return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read,
-                                exception_message(input_format_t::msgpack, concat("only string keys are supported, but found ", found, "; last byte: 0x", last_token), "object key"), nullptr));
-    }
-
     /*!
     @brief reads a MessagePack byte array
 
@@ -2397,7 +2231,7 @@ class binary_reader
                 {
                     get();
                     key.clear();
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_msgpack_object_key(key) || !sax->key(key)))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_msgpack_string(key) || !sax->key(key)))
                     {
                         return false;
                     }

include/nlohmann/detail/input/lexer.hpp

@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false, bool discard_number_values_ = false) noexcept
         : ia(std::move(adapter))
         , ignore_comments(ignore_comments_)
+        , decimal_point_char(static_cast<char_int_type>(get_decimal_point()))
         , discard_number_values(discard_number_values_)
     {}
 
@@ -221,7 +222,8 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     // locales
     /////////////////////
 
-    /// return the decimal point of the current locale
+    /// return the locale-dependent decimal point
+    JSON_HEDLEY_PURE
     static char get_decimal_point() noexcept
     {
         const auto* loc = localeconv();
@@ -1090,10 +1092,9 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
             token_type::value_float if number could be successfully scanned,
             token_type::parse_error otherwise
 
-    @note The scanner is independent of the current locale: token_buffer
-          always holds `.`. Only the std::strtod fallback of convert_number()
-          depends on the locale, and it looks up the decimal point right
-          before converting (see convert_float_locale_aware()).
+    @note The scanner is independent of the current locale. Internally, the
+          locale's decimal point is used instead of `.` to work with the
+          locale-dependent converters.
     */
     token_type scan_number()  // lgtm [cpp/use-of-goto] `goto` is used in this function to implement the number-parsing state machine described above. By design, any finite input will eventually reach the "done" state or return token_type::parse_error. In each intermediate state, 1 byte of the input is appended to the token_buffer vector, and only the already initialized variables token_buffer, number_type, and error_message are manipulated.
     {
@@ -1182,7 +1183,7 @@ scan_number_zero:
         {
             case '.':
             {
-                add(current);
+                add(decimal_point_char);
                 decimal_point_position = token_buffer.size() - 1;
                 goto scan_number_decimal1;
             }
@@ -1219,7 +1220,7 @@ scan_number_any1:
 
             case '.':
             {
-                add(current);
+                add(decimal_point_char);
                 decimal_point_position = token_buffer.size() - 1;
                 goto scan_number_decimal1;
             }
@@ -1461,9 +1462,9 @@ scan_number_done:
 
         // Only a number below 1 can carry further insignificant zeros, and only
         // while the count stays at the limit does removing them change the
-        // answer - so this loop is skipped for all but a few tokens. The
-        // fraction is located through decimal_point_position rather than by
-        // searching '.'.
+        // answer - so this loop is skipped for all but a few tokens. Note
+        // token_buffer holds the locale's decimal point, so the fraction is
+        // located through decimal_point_position rather than by searching '.'.
         if (lead_zero != 0)
         {
             JSON_ASSERT(has_dot != 0); // an integer "0" cannot reach the limit
@@ -1481,8 +1482,8 @@ scan_number_done:
     @brief convert the number text in token_buffer to its value and token type
 
     The digit sequence in token_buffer has already been validated (by the
-    scan_number() state machine or by the contiguous fast path) and holds '.'
-    as decimal point, independent of the locale. Integers are parsed first and fall
+    scan_number() state machine or by the contiguous fast path) and holds the
+    locale decimal point in place of '.'. Integers are parsed first and fall
     back to floating point on overflow. This is shared so both scanners produce
     identical results.
 
@@ -1562,7 +1563,7 @@ scan_number_done:
         // integer conversion above overflowed. Prefer std::from_chars
         // (Eisel-Lemire, locale-independent, correctly rounded) when available;
         // otherwise the exact Clinger fast path (double only); otherwise the
-        // locale-aware strtof/strtod/strtold.
+        // locale-aware strtof/strtod.
         if (parse_float_from_chars(num_begin, num_end, value_float))
         {
             return token_type::value_float;
@@ -1571,75 +1572,26 @@ scan_number_done:
         // extra pass over the token's bytes, which otherwise shows up on
         // high-precision inputs such as canada.json
         if (mantissa_fits_clinger(mantissa_end)
-                && parse_float_fast(num_begin, num_end, value_float))
+                && parse_float_fast(num_begin, num_end, decimal_point_char, value_float))
         {
             return token_type::value_float;
         }
 
-        convert_float_locale_aware();
+        char* endptr = nullptr; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness,cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg,hicpp-vararg)
+        strtof(value_float, token_buffer.data(), &endptr);
+
+        // we checked the number format before
+        JSON_ASSERT(endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size());
+
         return token_type::value_float;
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief convert the float in token_buffer with strtof/strtod/strtold
-
-    These functions expect the decimal point of the *current* locale, so it is
-    looked up right before the conversion instead of once when the lexer is
-    constructed: a locale change in between (by a parser callback, a SAX
-    handler, or another thread) must not truncate the value (#5198). The
-    token has been validated before, so if the conversion stops early and the
-    decimal point changed in the meantime, the locale changed between the
-    lookup and the call, and the conversion is repeated with the new decimal
-    point. If the decimal point did not change, a retry cannot succeed: the
-    locale's decimal point is not a single character (e.g., the two-byte
-    U+066B of ar_EG.UTF-8 or fa_IR.UTF-8) and cannot be substituted in place.
-    The value strtod parsed up to that point is kept, as before this change.
-
-    Note that changing the locale in another thread *while* strtod runs is
-    undefined behavior of the C library, which this function cannot prevent.
-    */
-    void convert_float_locale_aware()
-    {
-        const bool has_dot = decimal_point_position != std::string::npos;
-        char decimal_point = get_decimal_point();
-        for (;;)
-        {
-            const bool substitute = has_dot && decimal_point != '.';
-            if (substitute)
-            {
-                token_buffer[decimal_point_position] = static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(decimal_point);
-            }
-
-            char* endptr = nullptr; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness,cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg,hicpp-vararg)
-            strtof(value_float, token_buffer.data(), &endptr);
-
-            if (substitute)
-            {
-                // get_string() hands the token to the SAX interface with '.'
-                token_buffer[decimal_point_position] = '.';
-            }
-
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size()))
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // retry only if the locale changed; otherwise, this would loop forever
-            const char current_decimal_point = get_decimal_point();
-            if (current_decimal_point == decimal_point)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-            decimal_point = current_decimal_point;
-        }
-    }
-
     /*!
     @brief contiguous fast path for scanning a number
 
     Parses the whole number token straight from the input buffer, avoiding the
     per-character get()/add() of scan_number(). On success it fills token_buffer
-    (as scan_number() does) and
+    (with the locale decimal point substituted, as scan_number() does) and
     returns the token type. On anything it does not fully recognize as a
     well-formed number it makes no state change and returns
     token_type::uninitialized, so the caller falls back to scan_number(), which
@@ -1755,11 +1707,16 @@ scan_number_done:
         }
 #endif
 
-        // materialize the token exactly as scan_number() would. reset() already
-        // cleared token_buffer, so append() fills it (assign() is avoided
-        // because custom string_t types need not provide it)
+        // materialize the token exactly as scan_number() would, substituting the
+        // locale decimal point so convert_number()'s strtof fallback stays valid.
+        // reset() already cleared token_buffer, so append() fills it (assign() is
+        // avoided because custom string_t types need not provide it)
         token_buffer.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), len);
-        decimal_point_position = dot_index;
+        if (dot_index != std::string::npos)
+        {
+            token_buffer[dot_index] = static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(decimal_point_char);
+            decimal_point_position = dot_index;
+        }
 
         ia.bulk_skip(len - 1);
         position.chars_read_total += (len - 1);
@@ -2026,7 +1983,11 @@ scan_number_done:
     /// return current string value (implicitly resets the token; useful only once)
     string_t& get_string()
     {
-        // a number token holds '.' regardless of the locale (#4084)
+        // translate decimal points from locale back to '.' (#4084)
+        if (decimal_point_char != '.' && decimal_point_position != std::string::npos)
+        {
+            token_buffer[decimal_point_position] = '.';
+        }
         return token_buffer;
     }
 
@@ -2322,7 +2283,9 @@ scan_number_done:
     number_unsigned_t value_unsigned = 0;
     number_float_t value_float = 0;
 
-    /// the position of the decimal point in token_buffer
+    /// the decimal point
+    const char_int_type decimal_point_char = '.';
+    /// the position of the decimal point in the input
     std::size_t decimal_point_position = std::string::npos;
 
     /// whether the caller (e.g. accept()/json_sax_acceptor) only needs the

include/nlohmann/detail/input/number_parse.hpp

@@ -118,12 +118,14 @@ std::strtod. The parser only activates for number_float_t == double; float and
 long double keep the std::strtof/std::strtold paths (see the templated overload
 below).
 
-@param[in]  first  pointer to the first character of the number
-@param[in]  last   pointer past the last character
-@param[out] out    the parsed value on success
+@param[in]  first          pointer to the first character of the number
+@param[in]  last           pointer past the last character
+@param[in]  decimal_point  the (locale-dependent) decimal point character
+@param[out] out            the parsed value on success
 @return true if the value was parsed exactly; false to fall back to strtod
 */
-inline bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, double& out) noexcept
+template<typename DecimalPointType>
+bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, DecimalPointType decimal_point, double& out) noexcept
 {
 #if defined(FLT_EVAL_METHOD) && FLT_EVAL_METHOD != 0
     // Clinger's fast path is only exact when double operations are evaluated in
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ inline bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, double& out) n
     // std::from_chars / std::strtod path.
     static_cast<void>(first);
     static_cast<void>(last);
+    static_cast<void>(decimal_point);
     static_cast<void>(out);
     return false;
 #else
@@ -172,7 +175,7 @@ inline bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, double& out) n
             ++num_digits;
             fractional_digits += static_cast<int>(seen_dot);
         }
-        else if (c == '.')
+        else if (static_cast<DecimalPointType>(c) == decimal_point)
         {
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(seen_dot))
             {
@@ -257,8 +260,8 @@ inline bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, double& out) n
 }
 
 /// fast float path is only exact for `double`; decline for float/long double
-template<typename FloatType>
-bool parse_float_fast(const char* /*first*/, const char* /*last*/, FloatType& /*out*/) noexcept
+template<typename DecimalPointType, typename FloatType>
+bool parse_float_fast(const char* /*first*/, const char* /*last*/, DecimalPointType /*decimal_point*/, FloatType& /*out*/) noexcept
 {
     return false;
 }
@@ -270,7 +273,9 @@ std::from_chars is locale-independent, correctly rounded, and - via the
 Eisel-Lemire algorithm in modern standard libraries - much faster than strtod
 over the whole value range (not just the Clinger subset). It is used only when
 __cpp_lib_to_chars indicates full floating-point support and only when it
-consumes the entire token ([first, last)). An under-/overflow (result_out_of_range) also declines, so
+consumes the entire token ([first, last)); a partial parse means the buffer
+uses a non-'.' locale decimal point, in which case the caller falls back to the
+locale-aware path. An under-/overflow (result_out_of_range) also declines, so
 the caller's strtod fallback supplies the well-defined ±inf/0 result the parser
 expects (side-stepping the P4168 divergence between implementations).
 

include/nlohmann/detail/json_pointer.hpp

@@ -416,15 +416,19 @@ class json_pointer
             // convert null values to arrays or objects before continuing
             if (ptr->is_null())
             {
-                // check if the reference token is a number
-                const bool nums =
-                    std::all_of(reference_token.begin(), reference_token.end(),
-                                [](const unsigned char x)
+                // check if the reference token is a valid array index, that is
+                // a nonempty sequence of digits without a leading '0'
+                // (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4); tokens that could never be a valid
+                // array index (such as "01" or "") are treated as object keys
+                const bool nums = !reference_token.empty()
+                                  && (reference_token.size() == 1 || reference_token[0] != '0')
+                                  && std::all_of(reference_token.begin(), reference_token.end(),
+                                                 [](const unsigned char x)
                 {
                     return std::isdigit(x);
                 });
 
-                // change value to an array for numbers or "-" or to object otherwise
+                // change value to an array for array indices or "-" or to object otherwise
                 *ptr = (nums || reference_token == "-")
                        ? detail::value_t::array
                        : detail::value_t::object;

include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
 
     /// workaround type for MSVC
     using basic_json_t = NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL;
+    using json_base_class_t = ::nlohmann::detail::json_base_class<CustomBaseClass>;
 
   JSON_PRIVATE_UNLESS_TESTED:
     // convenience aliases for types residing in namespace detail;
@@ -212,9 +213,6 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     using cbor_tag_handler_t = detail::cbor_tag_handler_t;
     /// how to encode BJData
     using bjdata_version_t = detail::bjdata_version_t;
-    /// base class used to inject custom functionality into each instance of basic_json
-    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/json_base_class_t/
-    using json_base_class_t = ::nlohmann::detail::json_base_class<CustomBaseClass>;
     /// helper type for initializer lists of basic_json values
     using initializer_list_t = std::initializer_list<detail::json_ref<basic_json>>;
 
@@ -2692,20 +2690,6 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         return *get_ptr<const binary_t*>();
     }
 
-    /// @brief access the custom base class
-    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/as_base_class/
-    json_base_class_t& as_base_class() noexcept
-    {
-        return static_cast<json_base_class_t&>(*this);
-    }
-
-    /// @brief access the custom base class
-    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/as_base_class/
-    const json_base_class_t& as_base_class() const noexcept
-    {
-        return static_cast<const json_base_class_t&>(*this);
-    }
-
     /// @}
 
     ////////////////////

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -8605,12 +8605,14 @@ std::strtod. The parser only activates for number_float_t == double; float and
 long double keep the std::strtof/std::strtold paths (see the templated overload
 below).
 
-@param[in]  first  pointer to the first character of the number
-@param[in]  last   pointer past the last character
-@param[out] out    the parsed value on success
+@param[in]  first          pointer to the first character of the number
+@param[in]  last           pointer past the last character
+@param[in]  decimal_point  the (locale-dependent) decimal point character
+@param[out] out            the parsed value on success
 @return true if the value was parsed exactly; false to fall back to strtod
 */
-inline bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, double& out) noexcept
+template<typename DecimalPointType>
+bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, DecimalPointType decimal_point, double& out) noexcept
 {
 #if defined(FLT_EVAL_METHOD) && FLT_EVAL_METHOD != 0
     // Clinger's fast path is only exact when double operations are evaluated in
@@ -8621,6 +8623,7 @@ inline bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, double& out) n
     // std::from_chars / std::strtod path.
     static_cast<void>(first);
     static_cast<void>(last);
+    static_cast<void>(decimal_point);
     static_cast<void>(out);
     return false;
 #else
@@ -8659,7 +8662,7 @@ inline bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, double& out) n
             ++num_digits;
             fractional_digits += static_cast<int>(seen_dot);
         }
-        else if (c == '.')
+        else if (static_cast<DecimalPointType>(c) == decimal_point)
         {
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(seen_dot))
             {
@@ -8744,8 +8747,8 @@ inline bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, double& out) n
 }
 
 /// fast float path is only exact for `double`; decline for float/long double
-template<typename FloatType>
-bool parse_float_fast(const char* /*first*/, const char* /*last*/, FloatType& /*out*/) noexcept
+template<typename DecimalPointType, typename FloatType>
+bool parse_float_fast(const char* /*first*/, const char* /*last*/, DecimalPointType /*decimal_point*/, FloatType& /*out*/) noexcept
 {
     return false;
 }
@@ -8757,7 +8760,9 @@ std::from_chars is locale-independent, correctly rounded, and - via the
 Eisel-Lemire algorithm in modern standard libraries - much faster than strtod
 over the whole value range (not just the Clinger subset). It is used only when
 __cpp_lib_to_chars indicates full floating-point support and only when it
-consumes the entire token ([first, last)). An under-/overflow (result_out_of_range) also declines, so
+consumes the entire token ([first, last)); a partial parse means the buffer
+uses a non-'.' locale decimal point, in which case the caller falls back to the
+locale-aware path. An under-/overflow (result_out_of_range) also declines, so
 the caller's strtod fallback supplies the well-defined ±inf/0 result the parser
 expects (side-stepping the P4168 divergence between implementations).
 
@@ -9298,6 +9303,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false, bool discard_number_values_ = false) noexcept
         : ia(std::move(adapter))
         , ignore_comments(ignore_comments_)
+        , decimal_point_char(static_cast<char_int_type>(get_decimal_point()))
         , discard_number_values(discard_number_values_)
     {}
 
@@ -9313,7 +9319,8 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     // locales
     /////////////////////
 
-    /// return the decimal point of the current locale
+    /// return the locale-dependent decimal point
+    JSON_HEDLEY_PURE
     static char get_decimal_point() noexcept
     {
         const auto* loc = localeconv();
@@ -10182,10 +10189,9 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
             token_type::value_float if number could be successfully scanned,
             token_type::parse_error otherwise
 
-    @note The scanner is independent of the current locale: token_buffer
-          always holds `.`. Only the std::strtod fallback of convert_number()
-          depends on the locale, and it looks up the decimal point right
-          before converting (see convert_float_locale_aware()).
+    @note The scanner is independent of the current locale. Internally, the
+          locale's decimal point is used instead of `.` to work with the
+          locale-dependent converters.
     */
     token_type scan_number()  // lgtm [cpp/use-of-goto] `goto` is used in this function to implement the number-parsing state machine described above. By design, any finite input will eventually reach the "done" state or return token_type::parse_error. In each intermediate state, 1 byte of the input is appended to the token_buffer vector, and only the already initialized variables token_buffer, number_type, and error_message are manipulated.
     {
@@ -10274,7 +10280,7 @@ scan_number_zero:
         {
             case '.':
             {
-                add(current);
+                add(decimal_point_char);
                 decimal_point_position = token_buffer.size() - 1;
                 goto scan_number_decimal1;
             }
@@ -10311,7 +10317,7 @@ scan_number_any1:
 
             case '.':
             {
-                add(current);
+                add(decimal_point_char);
                 decimal_point_position = token_buffer.size() - 1;
                 goto scan_number_decimal1;
             }
@@ -10553,9 +10559,9 @@ scan_number_done:
 
         // Only a number below 1 can carry further insignificant zeros, and only
         // while the count stays at the limit does removing them change the
-        // answer - so this loop is skipped for all but a few tokens. The
-        // fraction is located through decimal_point_position rather than by
-        // searching '.'.
+        // answer - so this loop is skipped for all but a few tokens. Note
+        // token_buffer holds the locale's decimal point, so the fraction is
+        // located through decimal_point_position rather than by searching '.'.
         if (lead_zero != 0)
         {
             JSON_ASSERT(has_dot != 0); // an integer "0" cannot reach the limit
@@ -10573,8 +10579,8 @@ scan_number_done:
     @brief convert the number text in token_buffer to its value and token type
 
     The digit sequence in token_buffer has already been validated (by the
-    scan_number() state machine or by the contiguous fast path) and holds '.'
-    as decimal point, independent of the locale. Integers are parsed first and fall
+    scan_number() state machine or by the contiguous fast path) and holds the
+    locale decimal point in place of '.'. Integers are parsed first and fall
     back to floating point on overflow. This is shared so both scanners produce
     identical results.
 
@@ -10654,7 +10660,7 @@ scan_number_done:
         // integer conversion above overflowed. Prefer std::from_chars
         // (Eisel-Lemire, locale-independent, correctly rounded) when available;
         // otherwise the exact Clinger fast path (double only); otherwise the
-        // locale-aware strtof/strtod/strtold.
+        // locale-aware strtof/strtod.
         if (parse_float_from_chars(num_begin, num_end, value_float))
         {
             return token_type::value_float;
@@ -10663,75 +10669,26 @@ scan_number_done:
         // extra pass over the token's bytes, which otherwise shows up on
         // high-precision inputs such as canada.json
         if (mantissa_fits_clinger(mantissa_end)
-                && parse_float_fast(num_begin, num_end, value_float))
+                && parse_float_fast(num_begin, num_end, decimal_point_char, value_float))
         {
             return token_type::value_float;
         }
 
-        convert_float_locale_aware();
+        char* endptr = nullptr; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness,cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg,hicpp-vararg)
+        strtof(value_float, token_buffer.data(), &endptr);
+
+        // we checked the number format before
+        JSON_ASSERT(endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size());
+
         return token_type::value_float;
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief convert the float in token_buffer with strtof/strtod/strtold
-
-    These functions expect the decimal point of the *current* locale, so it is
-    looked up right before the conversion instead of once when the lexer is
-    constructed: a locale change in between (by a parser callback, a SAX
-    handler, or another thread) must not truncate the value (#5198). The
-    token has been validated before, so if the conversion stops early and the
-    decimal point changed in the meantime, the locale changed between the
-    lookup and the call, and the conversion is repeated with the new decimal
-    point. If the decimal point did not change, a retry cannot succeed: the
-    locale's decimal point is not a single character (e.g., the two-byte
-    U+066B of ar_EG.UTF-8 or fa_IR.UTF-8) and cannot be substituted in place.
-    The value strtod parsed up to that point is kept, as before this change.
-
-    Note that changing the locale in another thread *while* strtod runs is
-    undefined behavior of the C library, which this function cannot prevent.
-    */
-    void convert_float_locale_aware()
-    {
-        const bool has_dot = decimal_point_position != std::string::npos;
-        char decimal_point = get_decimal_point();
-        for (;;)
-        {
-            const bool substitute = has_dot && decimal_point != '.';
-            if (substitute)
-            {
-                token_buffer[decimal_point_position] = static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(decimal_point);
-            }
-
-            char* endptr = nullptr; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness,cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg,hicpp-vararg)
-            strtof(value_float, token_buffer.data(), &endptr);
-
-            if (substitute)
-            {
-                // get_string() hands the token to the SAX interface with '.'
-                token_buffer[decimal_point_position] = '.';
-            }
-
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size()))
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // retry only if the locale changed; otherwise, this would loop forever
-            const char current_decimal_point = get_decimal_point();
-            if (current_decimal_point == decimal_point)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-            decimal_point = current_decimal_point;
-        }
-    }
-
     /*!
     @brief contiguous fast path for scanning a number
 
     Parses the whole number token straight from the input buffer, avoiding the
     per-character get()/add() of scan_number(). On success it fills token_buffer
-    (as scan_number() does) and
+    (with the locale decimal point substituted, as scan_number() does) and
     returns the token type. On anything it does not fully recognize as a
     well-formed number it makes no state change and returns
     token_type::uninitialized, so the caller falls back to scan_number(), which
@@ -10847,11 +10804,16 @@ scan_number_done:
         }
 #endif
 
-        // materialize the token exactly as scan_number() would. reset() already
-        // cleared token_buffer, so append() fills it (assign() is avoided
-        // because custom string_t types need not provide it)
+        // materialize the token exactly as scan_number() would, substituting the
+        // locale decimal point so convert_number()'s strtof fallback stays valid.
+        // reset() already cleared token_buffer, so append() fills it (assign() is
+        // avoided because custom string_t types need not provide it)
         token_buffer.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), len);
-        decimal_point_position = dot_index;
+        if (dot_index != std::string::npos)
+        {
+            token_buffer[dot_index] = static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(decimal_point_char);
+            decimal_point_position = dot_index;
+        }
 
         ia.bulk_skip(len - 1);
         position.chars_read_total += (len - 1);
@@ -11118,7 +11080,11 @@ scan_number_done:
     /// return current string value (implicitly resets the token; useful only once)
     string_t& get_string()
     {
-        // a number token holds '.' regardless of the locale (#4084)
+        // translate decimal points from locale back to '.' (#4084)
+        if (decimal_point_char != '.' && decimal_point_position != std::string::npos)
+        {
+            token_buffer[decimal_point_position] = '.';
+        }
         return token_buffer;
     }
 
@@ -11414,7 +11380,9 @@ scan_number_done:
     number_unsigned_t value_unsigned = 0;
     number_float_t value_float = 0;
 
-    /// the position of the decimal point in token_buffer
+    /// the decimal point
+    const char_int_type decimal_point_char = '.';
+    /// the position of the decimal point in the input
     std::size_t decimal_point_position = std::string::npos;
 
     /// whether the caller (e.g. accept()/json_sax_acceptor) only needs the
@@ -14091,80 +14059,6 @@ class binary_reader
         }
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief reads a CBOR object key
-
-    RFC 8949 allows any data item as a map key, but only strings have a
-    counterpart in JSON. A key of any other type is rejected with a message
-    naming that type, rather than the one @ref get_cbor_string gives for a
-    malformed string.
-
-    @param[out] result  created key
-
-    @return whether key creation completed
-    */
-    bool get_cbor_object_key(string_t& result)
-    {
-        // EOF and major type 3 (text string) are left to get_cbor_string
-        if (current == char_traits<char_type>::eof() || (static_cast<unsigned int>(current) & 0xE0u) == 0x60u)
-        {
-            return get_cbor_string(result);
-        }
-
-        const char* found = nullptr;
-        switch (static_cast<unsigned int>(current) >> 5u)
-        {
-            case 0:
-                found = "an unsigned integer";
-                break;
-            case 1:
-                found = "a negative integer";
-                break;
-            case 2:
-                found = "a byte string";
-                break;
-            case 4:
-                found = "an array";
-                break;
-            case 5:
-                found = "a map";
-                break;
-            case 6:
-                found = "a tag";
-                break;
-            default: // major type 7
-                switch (current)
-                {
-                    case 0xF4:
-                    case 0xF5:
-                        found = "a boolean";
-                        break;
-                    case 0xF6:
-                        found = "null";
-                        break;
-                    case 0xF7:
-                        found = "undefined";
-                        break;
-                    case 0xF9:
-                    case 0xFA:
-                    case 0xFB:
-                        found = "a floating-point number";
-                        break;
-                    case 0xFF:
-                        found = "a break stop code";
-                        break;
-                    default:
-                        found = "a simple value";
-                        break;
-                }
-                break;
-        }
-
-        auto last_token = get_token_string();
-        return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read,
-                                exception_message(input_format_t::cbor, concat("only string keys are supported, but found ", found, "; last byte: 0x", last_token), "object key"), nullptr));
-    }
-
     /*!
     @brief reads a definite-length CBOR byte array
 
@@ -14409,7 +14303,7 @@ class binary_reader
                 if (top.is_object)
                 {
                     key.clear();
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_cbor_object_key(key) || !sax->key(key)))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_cbor_string(key) || !sax->key(key)))
                     {
                         return false;
                     }
@@ -14910,98 +14804,6 @@ class binary_reader
         }
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief reads a MessagePack object key
-
-    The MessagePack specification allows any type as a map key, but only
-    strings have a counterpart in JSON. A key of any other type is rejected
-    with a message naming that type, rather than the one @ref
-    get_msgpack_string gives for a malformed string.
-
-    @param[out] result  created key
-
-    @return whether key creation completed
-    */
-    bool get_msgpack_object_key(string_t& result)
-    {
-        const char* found = nullptr;
-        switch (current)
-        {
-            case 0xC0:
-                found = "nil";
-                break;
-            case 0xC2:
-            case 0xC3:
-                found = "a boolean";
-                break;
-            case 0xCA:
-            case 0xCB:
-                found = "a float";
-                break;
-            case 0xC4:
-            case 0xC5:
-            case 0xC6:
-                found = "a bin";
-                break;
-            case 0xC7:
-            case 0xC8:
-            case 0xC9:
-            case 0xD4:
-            case 0xD5:
-            case 0xD6:
-            case 0xD7:
-            case 0xD8:
-                found = "an ext";
-                break;
-            case 0xCC:
-            case 0xCD:
-            case 0xCE:
-            case 0xCF:
-            case 0xD0:
-            case 0xD1:
-            case 0xD2:
-            case 0xD3:
-                found = "an integer";
-                break;
-            case 0xDC:
-            case 0xDD:
-                found = "an array";
-                break;
-            case 0xDE:
-            case 0xDF:
-                found = "a map";
-                break;
-            default:
-                // fixint, fixmap, and fixarray; strings, EOF, and the unused
-                // byte 0xC1 are left to get_msgpack_string
-                if (current == char_traits<char_type>::eof())
-                {
-                    return get_msgpack_string(result);
-                }
-                if (current <= 0x7F || current >= 0xE0)
-                {
-                    found = "an integer";
-                }
-                else if (current <= 0x8F)
-                {
-                    found = "a map";
-                }
-                else if (current <= 0x9F)
-                {
-                    found = "an array";
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    return get_msgpack_string(result);
-                }
-                break;
-        }
-
-        auto last_token = get_token_string();
-        return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read,
-                                exception_message(input_format_t::msgpack, concat("only string keys are supported, but found ", found, "; last byte: 0x", last_token), "object key"), nullptr));
-    }
-
     /*!
     @brief reads a MessagePack byte array
 
@@ -15164,7 +14966,7 @@ class binary_reader
                 {
                     get();
                     key.clear();
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_msgpack_object_key(key) || !sax->key(key)))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_msgpack_string(key) || !sax->key(key)))
                     {
                         return false;
                     }
@@ -19258,15 +19060,19 @@ class json_pointer
             // convert null values to arrays or objects before continuing
             if (ptr->is_null())
             {
-                // check if the reference token is a number
-                const bool nums =
-                    std::all_of(reference_token.begin(), reference_token.end(),
-                                [](const unsigned char x)
+                // check if the reference token is a valid array index, that is
+                // a nonempty sequence of digits without a leading '0'
+                // (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4); tokens that could never be a valid
+                // array index (such as "01" or "") are treated as object keys
+                const bool nums = !reference_token.empty()
+                                  && (reference_token.size() == 1 || reference_token[0] != '0')
+                                  && std::all_of(reference_token.begin(), reference_token.end(),
+                                                 [](const unsigned char x)
                 {
                     return std::isdigit(x);
                 });
 
-                // change value to an array for numbers or "-" or to object otherwise
+                // change value to an array for array indices or "-" or to object otherwise
                 *ptr = (nums || reference_token == "-")
                        ? detail::value_t::array
                        : detail::value_t::object;
@@ -26234,6 +26040,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
 
     /// workaround type for MSVC
     using basic_json_t = NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL;
+    using json_base_class_t = ::nlohmann::detail::json_base_class<CustomBaseClass>;
 
   JSON_PRIVATE_UNLESS_TESTED:
     // convenience aliases for types residing in namespace detail;
@@ -26293,9 +26100,6 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     using cbor_tag_handler_t = detail::cbor_tag_handler_t;
     /// how to encode BJData
     using bjdata_version_t = detail::bjdata_version_t;
-    /// base class used to inject custom functionality into each instance of basic_json
-    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/json_base_class_t/
-    using json_base_class_t = ::nlohmann::detail::json_base_class<CustomBaseClass>;
     /// helper type for initializer lists of basic_json values
     using initializer_list_t = std::initializer_list<detail::json_ref<basic_json>>;
 
@@ -28773,20 +28577,6 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         return *get_ptr<const binary_t*>();
     }
 
-    /// @brief access the custom base class
-    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/as_base_class/
-    json_base_class_t& as_base_class() noexcept
-    {
-        return static_cast<json_base_class_t&>(*this);
-    }
-
-    /// @brief access the custom base class
-    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/as_base_class/
-    const json_base_class_t& as_base_class() const noexcept
-    {
-        return static_cast<const json_base_class_t&>(*this);
-    }
-
     /// @}
 
     ////////////////////

tests/src/unit-cbor.cpp

@@ -1830,51 +1830,10 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR")
         SECTION("invalid string in map")
         {
             json _;
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xa1, 0xff, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found a break stop code; last byte: 0xFF", json::parse_error&);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xa1, 0xff, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0xFF", json::parse_error&);
             CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xa1, 0xff, 0x01}), true, false).is_discarded());
         }
 
-        SECTION("non-string key (see #2766 and #3381)")
-        {
-            // only text strings map to JSON object keys; any other key is
-            // rejected with a message naming its type
-            const std::vector<std::pair<std::vector<std::uint8_t>, std::string>> cases =
-            {
-                {{0xA1, 0x01, 0x01}, "an unsigned integer; last byte: 0x01"},
-                {{0xA1, 0x20, 0x01}, "a negative integer; last byte: 0x20"},
-                {{0xA1, 0x41, 0x61, 0x01}, "a byte string; last byte: 0x41"},
-                {{0xA1, 0x80, 0x01}, "an array; last byte: 0x80"},
-                {{0xA1, 0xA0, 0x01}, "a map; last byte: 0xA0"},
-                {{0xA1, 0xC0, 0x61, 0x61, 0x01}, "a tag; last byte: 0xC0"},
-                {{0xA1, 0xF4, 0x01}, "a boolean; last byte: 0xF4"},
-                {{0xA1, 0xF5, 0x01}, "a boolean; last byte: 0xF5"},
-                {{0xA1, 0xF6, 0x01}, "null; last byte: 0xF6"},
-                {{0xA1, 0xF7, 0x01}, "undefined; last byte: 0xF7"},
-                {{0xA1, 0xF9, 0x3C, 0x00, 0x01}, "a floating-point number; last byte: 0xF9"},
-                {{0xA1, 0xFA, 0x3F, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a floating-point number; last byte: 0xFA"},
-                {{0xA1, 0xFB, 0x3F, 0xF0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a floating-point number; last byte: 0xFB"},
-                {{0xA1, 0xE0, 0x01}, "a simple value; last byte: 0xE0"},
-                {{0xA1, 0xF8, 0x20, 0x01}, "a simple value; last byte: 0xF8"},
-                // indefinite-length map
-                {{0xBF, 0x01, 0x01, 0xFF}, "an unsigned integer; last byte: 0x01"},
-            };
-
-            for (const auto& c : cases)
-            {
-                CAPTURE(c.first)
-                const std::string expected = "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found " + c.second;
-                json _;
-                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(c.first), expected.c_str(), json::parse_error&);
-                CHECK(json::from_cbor(c.first, true, false).is_discarded());
-            }
-
-            // a key of major type 3 with a reserved length is still reported as
-            // a malformed string, and a missing key as the end of input
-            json _;
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xA1})), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xA1, 0x7C, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0x7C", json::parse_error&);
-        }
-
         SECTION("invalid UTF-8 in string (see #5529)")
         {
             // a two-character text string (major type 3) whose bytes are not
@@ -2325,7 +2284,7 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR indefinite-length strings do not recurse per chunk")
     SECTION("a break marker outside an indefinite-length string is not a string")
     {
         // 0xFF only closes a string that was opened; on its own it is not one
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xA1, 0xFF, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found a break stop code; last byte: 0xFF", json::parse_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xA1, 0xFF, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0xFF", json::parse_error&);
     }
 }
 

tests/src/unit-class_lexer.cpp

@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ TEST_CASE("parse_float_fast declines what it cannot convert exactly")
     // always safe: the caller then falls back to a slower, exact conversion.
     const auto fast = [](const std::string & s, double & out)
     {
-        return nlohmann::detail::parse_float_fast(s.data(), s.data() + s.size(), out);
+        return nlohmann::detail::parse_float_fast(s.data(), s.data() + s.size(), '.', out);
     };
     double out = 0;
 

tests/src/unit-custom-base-class.cpp

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 #include <set>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
-#include <type_traits>
-#include <utility>
 
 #include "doctest_compatibility.h"
 
@@ -335,71 +333,3 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON Visit Node")
         );
     CHECK(expected.empty());
 }
-
-// Test accessing members of a custom base class that are hidden by members of nlohmann::basic_json
-class base_class_with_hidden_members
-{
-  public:
-    const char* type_name() const noexcept // NOLINT(readability-convert-member-functions-to-static)
-    {
-        return "custom type_name";
-    }
-
-    std::size_t size() const noexcept
-    {
-        return m_size;
-    }
-
-    std::size_t m_size = 42;
-};
-
-using json_with_hidden_base_members =
-    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>,
-    base_class_with_hidden_members
-    >;
-
-TEST_CASE("JSON Node as_base_class")
-{
-    using json = json_with_hidden_base_members;
-
-    static_assert(std::is_same<decltype(std::declval<json&>().as_base_class()), json::json_base_class_t&>::value, "");
-    static_assert(std::is_same<decltype(std::declval<const json&>().as_base_class()), const json::json_base_class_t&>::value, "");
-    static_assert(noexcept(std::declval<json&>().as_base_class()), "");
-    static_assert(noexcept(std::declval<const json&>().as_base_class()), "");
-
-    SECTION("non-const")
-    {
-        json j = {1, 2, 3};
-
-        CHECK(std::string(j.type_name()) == "array");
-        CHECK(j.size() == 3);
-        CHECK(std::string(j.as_base_class().type_name()) == "custom type_name");
-        CHECK(j.as_base_class().size() == 42);
-        CHECK(&j.as_base_class() == &static_cast<json::json_base_class_t&>(j));
-
-        j.as_base_class().m_size = 7;
-        CHECK(j.as_base_class().size() == 7);
-        CHECK(j.size() == 3);
-    }
-
-    SECTION("const")
-    {
-        const json j = {1, 2, 3};
-
-        CHECK(std::string(j.type_name()) == "array");
-        CHECK(j.size() == 3);
-        CHECK(std::string(j.as_base_class().type_name()) == "custom type_name");
-        CHECK(j.as_base_class().size() == 42);
-        CHECK(&j.as_base_class() == &static_cast<const json::json_base_class_t&>(j));
-    }
-}

tests/src/unit-json_pointer.cpp

@@ -438,6 +438,72 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON pointers")
         }
     }
 
+    SECTION("creating intermediate levels")
+    {
+        SECTION("tokens that are valid array indices create arrays")
+        {
+            json j;
+            j["/0"_json_pointer] = 1;
+            CHECK(j == json({1}));
+
+            json j2;
+            j2["/2"_json_pointer] = 1;
+            CHECK(j2 == json({nullptr, nullptr, 1}));
+
+            json j3;
+            j3["/-"_json_pointer] = 1;
+            CHECK(j3 == json({1}));
+
+            json j4;
+            j4["/foo/0/0"_json_pointer] = 1;
+            CHECK(j4 == json({{"foo", {{1}}}}));
+        }
+
+        SECTION("tokens that are no valid array indices create objects")
+        {
+            json j;
+            j["/one"_json_pointer] = 1;
+            CHECK(j == json({{"one", 1}}));
+
+            // leading '0' can never be a valid array index (RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
+            json j2;
+            j2["/01"_json_pointer] = 1;
+            CHECK(j2 == json({{"01", 1}}));
+
+            // the empty token is a valid object key, but no valid array index
+            json j3;
+            j3["/"_json_pointer] = 1;
+            CHECK(j3 == json({{"", 1}}));
+        }
+
+        SECTION("creating a level yields the same result as reusing it (#5357)")
+        {
+            json j;
+            j["/a/b/01/d"_json_pointer] = "value";
+
+            json j_init = json::object();
+            j_init["/a/b"_json_pointer] = json::object();
+            j_init["/a/b/01/d"_json_pointer] = "value";
+
+            const json expected = json::parse(R"({"a":{"b":{"01":{"d":"value"}}}})");
+            CHECK(j == expected);
+            CHECK(j_init == expected);
+
+            // unflatten uses the same key
+            const json flat = {{"/a/b/01/d", "value"}};
+            CHECK(flat.unflatten() == expected);
+        }
+
+        SECTION("existing arrays still reject invalid indices")
+        {
+            json j = {1, 2, 3};
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j["/01"_json_pointer],
+                                 "[json.exception.parse_error.106] parse error: array index '01' must not begin with '0'", json::parse_error&);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j.at("/01"_json_pointer),
+                                 "[json.exception.parse_error.106] parse error: array index '01' must not begin with '0'", json::parse_error&);
+        }
+    }
+
     SECTION("flatten")
     {
         json j =

tests/src/unit-locale-cpp.cpp

@@ -12,12 +12,7 @@
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 using nlohmann::json;
 
-#include <array>
 #include <clocale>
-#include <map>
-#include <string>
-#include <utility>
-#include <vector>
 
 struct ParserImpl final: public nlohmann::json_sax<json>
 {
@@ -180,208 +175,3 @@ TEST_CASE("locale-dependent test (LC_NUMERIC=de_DE)")
         MESSAGE("locale de_DE is not usable");
     }
 }
-
-namespace
-{
-// records the numbers of a flat array and switches LC_NUMERIC to the given
-// locale once the array opens - after the lexer was constructed, but before
-// any number in the array is lexed
-struct LocaleSwitchingSax final: public nlohmann::json_sax<json>
-{
-    explicit LocaleSwitchingSax(const char* switch_to)
-        : locale_after_open(switch_to)
-    {}
-
-    bool null() override
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-    bool boolean(bool /*val*/) override
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-    bool number_integer(json::number_integer_t /*val*/) override
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-    bool number_unsigned(json::number_unsigned_t /*val*/) override
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-    bool number_float(json::number_float_t val, const json::string_t& s) override
-    {
-        values.push_back(val);
-        strings.push_back(s);
-        return true;
-    }
-    bool string(json::string_t& /*val*/) override
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-    bool binary(json::binary_t& /*val*/) override
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-    bool start_object(std::size_t /*val*/) override
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-    bool key(json::string_t& /*val*/) override
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-    bool end_object() override
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-    bool start_array(std::size_t /*val*/) override
-    {
-        switched = std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, locale_after_open.c_str()) != nullptr;
-        return true;
-    }
-    bool end_array() override
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-    bool parse_error(std::size_t /*val*/, const std::string& /*val*/, const nlohmann::detail::exception& /*val*/) override
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    std::string locale_after_open;
-    bool switched = false;
-    std::vector<json::number_float_t> values {}; // NOLINT(readability-redundant-member-init)
-    std::vector<json::string_t> strings {}; // NOLINT(readability-redundant-member-init)
-};
-} // namespace
-
-TEST_CASE("locale changes between lexer construction and number conversion (#5198)")
-{
-    // The numbers are chosen so that the conversion also takes the strtod
-    // fallback, which honors the locale that is current at conversion time:
-    // too many significant digits for Clinger's fast path, an underflow that
-    // std::from_chars rejects, and a plain value.
-    const std::vector<std::string> numbers = {"3.14159265358979323846", "1.5e-400", "12.34", "-0.000123456789012345678"};
-    std::string text = "[";
-    for (const auto& n : numbers)
-    {
-        text += (text.size() == 1 ? "" : ",") + n;
-    }
-    text += "]";
-
-    using long_double_json = nlohmann::basic_json<std::map, std::vector, std::string, bool, std::int64_t, std::uint64_t, long double>;
-
-    // reference values, parsed without a locale switch
-    REQUIRE(std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C") != nullptr);
-    const json expected = json::parse(text);
-    const long_double_json expected_ld = long_double_json::parse(text);
-
-    const std::array<std::pair<const char*, const char*>, 2> transitions =
-    {
-        {
-            {"C", "de_DE"},
-            {"de_DE", "C"}
-        }
-    };
-
-    for (const auto& transition : transitions)
-    {
-        CAPTURE(transition.first);
-        CAPTURE(transition.second);
-
-        if (std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, transition.first) == nullptr)
-        {
-            MESSAGE("locale is not usable");
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        // SAX parsing
-        {
-            LocaleSwitchingSax sax(transition.second);
-            CHECK(json::sax_parse(text, &sax));
-            if (sax.switched)
-            {
-                CHECK(sax.values == expected.get<std::vector<json::number_float_t>>());
-                CHECK(sax.strings == numbers);
-            }
-        }
-
-        // DOM parsing with a callback
-        {
-            bool switched = false;
-            const auto cb = [&](int /*depth*/, json::parse_event_t event, json& /*parsed*/) noexcept
-            {
-                if (event == json::parse_event_t::array_start)
-                {
-                    switched = std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, transition.second) != nullptr;
-                }
-                return true;
-            };
-            const json j = json::parse(text, cb);
-            if (switched)
-            {
-                CHECK(j == expected);
-            }
-        }
-
-        // a long double goes through std::strtold unless std::from_chars supports it
-        {
-            bool switched = false;
-            const auto cb = [&](int /*depth*/, long_double_json::parse_event_t event, long_double_json& /*parsed*/) noexcept
-            {
-                if (event == long_double_json::parse_event_t::array_start)
-                {
-                    switched = std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, transition.second) != nullptr;
-                }
-                return true;
-            };
-            const long_double_json j = long_double_json::parse(text, cb);
-            if (switched)
-            {
-                CHECK(j == expected_ld);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    CHECK(std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C") != nullptr);
-}
-
-TEST_CASE("locale with a multi-byte decimal point")
-{
-    // Some locales use a decimal point that is not a single character, e.g.
-    // U+066B ARABIC DECIMAL SEPARATOR (two bytes in UTF-8). It cannot be
-    // substituted in place for '.', so the strtod fallback stops early. The
-    // conversion must still terminate rather than retry forever.
-    const std::array<const char*, 6> names = {{"ar_EG.UTF-8", "ar_SA.UTF-8", "fa_IR.UTF-8", "ps_AF.UTF-8", "ar_EG", "fa_IR"}};
-    bool tested = false;
-    for (const char* name : names)
-    {
-        if (std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, name) == nullptr)
-        {
-            continue;
-        }
-        const std::string decimal_point = std::localeconv()->decimal_point;
-        if (decimal_point.size() < 2)
-        {
-            continue;
-        }
-        CAPTURE(name);
-        tested = true;
-
-        // too many significant digits for Clinger's fast path, and an underflow
-        // that std::from_chars rejects: both reach the strtod fallback
-        json j;
-        CHECK_NOTHROW(j = json::parse("[3.14159265358979323846, 1.5e-400, -0.000123456789012345678]"));
-        CHECK(j.is_array());
-        CHECK(json::accept("3.14159265358979323846"));
-
-        // a value the locale-independent paths convert is not affected
-        CHECK(json::parse("12.5") == 12.5);
-    }
-    if (!tested)
-    {
-        MESSAGE("no locale with a multi-byte decimal point is usable");
-    }
-
-    CHECK(std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C") != nullptr);
-}

tests/src/unit-msgpack.cpp

@@ -1551,69 +1551,10 @@ TEST_CASE("MessagePack")
         SECTION("invalid string in map")
         {
             json _;
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81, 0xff, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack object key: only string keys are supported, but found an integer; last byte: 0xFF", json::parse_error&);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81, 0xff, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack string: expected length specification (0xA0-0xBF, 0xD9-0xDB); last byte: 0xFF", json::parse_error&);
             CHECK(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81, 0xff, 0x01}), true, false).is_discarded());
         }
 
-        SECTION("non-string key (see #3381)")
-        {
-            // only strings map to JSON object keys; any other key is rejected
-            // with a message naming its type
-            const std::vector<std::pair<std::vector<std::uint8_t>, std::string>> cases =
-            {
-                {{0x81, 0xC0, 0x01}, "nil; last byte: 0xC0"},
-                {{0x81, 0xC2, 0x01}, "a boolean; last byte: 0xC2"},
-                {{0x81, 0xC3, 0x01}, "a boolean; last byte: 0xC3"},
-                {{0x81, 0xCA, 0x3F, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a float; last byte: 0xCA"},
-                {{0x81, 0xCB, 0x3F, 0xF0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a float; last byte: 0xCB"},
-                {{0x81, 0xC4, 0x00, 0x01}, "a bin; last byte: 0xC4"},
-                {{0x81, 0xC5, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a bin; last byte: 0xC5"},
-                {{0x81, 0xC6, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a bin; last byte: 0xC6"},
-                {{0x81, 0xC7, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xC7"},
-                {{0x81, 0xC8, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xC8"},
-                {{0x81, 0xC9, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xC9"},
-                {{0x81, 0xD4, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xD4"},
-                {{0x81, 0xD5, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xD5"},
-                {{0x81, 0xD6, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xD6"},
-                {{0x81, 0xD7, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xD7"},
-                {{0x81, 0xD8, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xD8"},
-                {{0x81, 0xCC, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xCC"},
-                {{0x81, 0xCD, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xCD"},
-                {{0x81, 0xCE, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xCE"},
-                {{0x81, 0xCF, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xCF"},
-                {{0x81, 0xD0, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xD0"},
-                {{0x81, 0xD1, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xD1"},
-                {{0x81, 0xD2, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xD2"},
-                {{0x81, 0xD3, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xD3"},
-                {{0x81, 0x00, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0x00"},
-                {{0x81, 0x7F, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0x7F"},
-                {{0x81, 0xE0, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xE0"},
-                {{0x81, 0x80, 0x01}, "a map; last byte: 0x80"},
-                {{0x81, 0x8F, 0x01}, "a map; last byte: 0x8F"},
-                {{0x81, 0xDE, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a map; last byte: 0xDE"},
-                {{0x81, 0xDF, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a map; last byte: 0xDF"},
-                {{0x81, 0x90, 0x01}, "an array; last byte: 0x90"},
-                {{0x81, 0x9F, 0x01}, "an array; last byte: 0x9F"},
-                {{0x81, 0xDC, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "an array; last byte: 0xDC"},
-                {{0x81, 0xDD, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "an array; last byte: 0xDD"},
-            };
-
-            for (const auto& c : cases)
-            {
-                CAPTURE(c.first)
-                const std::string expected = "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack object key: only string keys are supported, but found " + c.second;
-                json _;
-                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_msgpack(c.first), expected.c_str(), json::parse_error&);
-                CHECK(json::from_msgpack(c.first, true, false).is_discarded());
-            }
-
-            json _;
-            // the unused byte 0xC1 is still reported as a malformed string
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81, 0xC1, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack string: expected length specification (0xA0-0xBF, 0xD9-0xDB); last byte: 0xC1", json::parse_error&);
-            // a missing key is still reported as the end of input
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81})), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack string: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
-        }
-
         SECTION("invalid UTF-8 in string (see #5529)")
         {
             // a fixstr of length 2 (0xA0 | 2) whose bytes are not valid UTF-8

tests/src/unit-regression1.cpp

@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests 1")
         };
 
         json _;
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(vec), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found an array; last byte: 0x98", json::parse_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(vec), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0x98", json::parse_error&);
 
         // related test case: nonempty UTF-8 string (indefinite length)
         std::vector<uint8_t> const vec1 {0x7f, 0x61, 0x61};
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests 1")
         };
 
         json _;
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(vec1), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 13: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found a map; last byte: 0xB4", json::parse_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(vec1), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 13: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0xB4", json::parse_error&);
 
         // related test case: double-precision
         std::vector<uint8_t> const vec2
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests 1")
             0x96, 0x96, 0xb4, 0xb4, 0xfa, 0x94, 0x94, 0x61,
             0x61, 0x61, 0x61, 0x61, 0x61, 0x61, 0x61, 0xfb
         };
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(vec2), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 13: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found a map; last byte: 0xB4", json::parse_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(vec2), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 13: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0xB4", json::parse_error&);
     }
 
     SECTION("issue #452 - Heap-buffer-overflow (OSS-Fuzz issue 585)")