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Niels Lohmann 53fc09b3ab Merge branch 'develop' into claude/3453-breaking-change-flags-c937b4
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-09-28 22:22:39 +02:00
Niels Lohmann c6878de6a7 Add JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON to the 4.0 example
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-09-28 18:47:31 +02:00
Niels Lohmann 8502d73729 Merge branch 'develop' into claude/3453-breaking-change-flags-c937b4
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-09-27 20:58:00 +02:00
Niels Lohmann 3d18d2b7c5 Wrap overlong line in cbor_tag_handler_t documentation
The line added in #5559 exceeds the 160-character limit enforced by the
documentation style check.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-09-27 16:55:18 +02:00
Niels Lohmann fb3d9d9b8f List the deprecated functions removed in 4.0 in the roadmap
The roadmap lists what will be removed; the migration guide keeps the
examples for how to replace each item. Also mention the deprecated
(ptr, len) overloads of the from_* functions in the migration guide.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-09-27 16:51:39 +02:00
Niels Lohmann a164f926c5 Document the macros that preview version 4.0 in the roadmap
List the macros that guard breaking changes planned to become the
default in version 4.0.0, and explain that 4.0.0 will be the sum of
these opt-in flags, which can be tried on the 3.x release train.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-09-27 16:39:52 +02:00
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@@ -115,3 +115,4 @@ The default value is `0` (disabled — existing behavior is preserved).
## Version history
- Added in version 3.13.0.
- Planned to become the default (with the macro removed) in version 4.0.0.
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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ work items are tracked in the [GitHub milestones](https://github.com/nlohmann/js
opt-in.
- **Keep the 3.x public API stable.** Releases follow [semantic versioning](https://semver.org). Changes that would
break existing code are only added behind a feature macro, so users can opt in and test their code before a next
major release.
major release, see [Version 4.0](#version-40).
- **Support a broad range of compilers and platforms.** The [CI](quality_assurance.md) keeps testing old and new
versions of GCC, Clang, MSVC, and other compilers on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
- **Keep the quality assurance up.** Every change keeps the test coverage at 100%, passes the static and dynamic
@@ -37,7 +37,65 @@ work items are tracked in the [GitHub milestones](https://github.com/nlohmann/js
## Version 4.0
There is no decision yet on whether or when a version 4.0 with breaking changes will be released. Proposals that need
a major version, for instance stricter type conversions, are collected in issue
[#3453](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/3453). Until then, such changes are only added as opt-in behavior
behind feature macros.
There is no release date for version 4.0 yet. Proposals that need a major version, for instance stricter type
conversions, are collected in issue [#3453](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/3453).
!!! note "Not final"
The plan for version 4.0 described below is not final and may still change: macros may be added to or removed from
the list, and planned defaults may be revised. Any such change will be documented on this page.
### Trying out 4.0 today
Version 4.0 will not be developed on a separate branch. Instead, every breaking change is first added to a 3.x release
behind a macro whose default keeps the 3.x behavior. Version 4.0 then switches the defaults and removes the macros.
Version 4.0 is therefore the sum of these macros: you can try it on the 3.x release train today by defining each macro
to its 4.0 value and fixing what no longer compiles or behaves differently. Once your code works with all of them, it
is ready for version 4.0.
The following macros guard changes that are planned to become the default in version 4.0:
| Macro | 3.x default | 4.0 behavior | CMake option | Added |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| [`JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS`](../api/macros/json_use_implicit_conversions.md) | `1` | `0`: no implicit conversions from `basic_json` to other types; use [`get`](../api/basic_json/get.md) instead | [`JSON_ImplicitConversions`](../integration/cmake.md#json_implicitconversions) | 3.9.0 |
| [`JSON_USE_GLOBAL_UDLS`](../api/macros/json_use_global_udls.md) | `1` | `0`: the string literals `_json` and `_json_pointer` are only available in namespace `nlohmann::literals` | [`JSON_GlobalUDLs`](../integration/cmake.md#json_globaludls) | 3.11.0 |
| [`JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON`](../api/macros/json_use_legacy_discarded_value_comparison.md) | `0` | removed: the deprecated legacy comparison of discarded values can no longer be enabled | [`JSON_LegacyDiscardedValueComparison`](../integration/cmake.md#json_legacydiscardedvaluecomparison) | 3.11.0 |
| [`JSON_BRACE_INIT_COPY_SEMANTICS`](../api/macros/json_brace_init_copy_semantics.md) | `0` | `1`: single-element brace initialization such as `#!cpp json j{obj};` copies the element instead of creating an array | – | 3.13.0 |
| [`JSON_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION`](../api/macros/json_precise_stream_position.md) | `0` | `1`: reading from a stream does not consume the character after a number | – | 3.13.0 |
| [`JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING`](../api/macros/json_strict_nul_handling.md) | `0` | `1`: a NUL byte in the input is a parse error instead of the end of input | [`JSON_StrictNulHandling`](../integration/cmake.md#json_strictnulhandling) | 3.13.0 |
For example, the following makes a 3.x release behave like version 4.0 with respect to these changes:
```cpp
#define JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS 0
#define JSON_USE_GLOBAL_UDLS 0
#define JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON 0
#define JSON_BRACE_INIT_COPY_SEMANTICS 1
#define JSON_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION 1
#define JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING 1
#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
```
The macros must be defined before the library header is included; setting them once in the build system is the easiest
way to achieve this.
### Removal of deprecated functions
Version 4.0 will remove all deprecated functions. Compiling with deprecation warnings enabled shows which of them your
code still uses. The [migration guide](../integration/migration_guide.md#replace-deprecated-functions) shows how to
replace each of them.
| Deprecated | Since | Migration |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `#!cpp operator<<(basic_json&, std::istream&)` | 3.0.0 | [Parsing](../integration/migration_guide.md#parsing) |
| `#!cpp operator>>(const basic_json&, std::ostream&)` | 3.0.0 | [Miscellaneous functions](../integration/migration_guide.md#miscellaneous-functions) |
| `iterator_wrapper` | 3.1.0 | [Miscellaneous functions](../integration/migration_guide.md#miscellaneous-functions) |
| [`parse`](../api/basic_json/parse.md), [`accept`](../api/basic_json/accept.md), and [`sax_parse`](../api/basic_json/sax_parse.md) with an initializer list `{ptr, len}` or `{first, last}` | 3.8.0 | [Parsing](../integration/migration_guide.md#parsing) |
| [`from_bson`](../api/basic_json/from_bson.md), [`from_cbor`](../api/basic_json/from_cbor.md), [`from_msgpack`](../api/basic_json/from_msgpack.md), and [`from_ubjson`](../api/basic_json/from_ubjson.md) with `(ptr, len)` or an initializer list | 3.8.0 | [Parsing](../integration/migration_guide.md#parsing) |
| [`json_pointer::operator string_t`](../api/json_pointer/operator_string_t.md) | 3.11.0 | [JSON Pointers](../integration/migration_guide.md#json-pointers) |
| [`json_pointer`](../api/json_pointer/index.md) with a `basic_json` type as template argument, and the overloads of `value`, `contains`, `operator[]`, and `at` accepting such a pointer | 3.11.0 | [JSON Pointers](../integration/migration_guide.md#json-pointers) |
| Comparing a [`json_pointer`](../api/json_pointer/index.md) with a string via [`operator==`](../api/json_pointer/operator_eq.md) or [`operator!=`](../api/json_pointer/operator_ne.md) | 3.11.2 | [JSON Pointers](../integration/migration_guide.md#json-pointers) |
The deprecated legacy comparison of discarded values is controlled by a macro and therefore listed in the table above.
New breaking changes will follow the same path: they are added to these tables when they land in a 3.x release.
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
# Migration Guide
This page collects some guidelines on how to future-proof your code for future versions of this library.
The [roadmap](../community/roadmap.md#version-40) lists what will change in version 4.0, including the macros that let
you try its behavior with a 3.x release; this page describes how to adjust your code.
## Replace deprecated functions
The following functions have been deprecated and will be removed in the next major version (i.e., 4.0.0). All
The following functions have been deprecated and will be removed in the next major version (i.e., 4.0.0), see the
[roadmap](../community/roadmap.md#removal-of-deprecated-functions) for an overview. All
deprecations are annotated with
[`HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR`](https://nemequ.github.io/hedley/api-reference.html#HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR) to report which
function to use instead.
@@ -34,8 +37,9 @@ function to use instead.
[`accept`](../api/basic_json/accept.md), [`sax_parse`](../api/basic_json/sax_parse.md),
[`from_cbor`](../api/basic_json/from_cbor.md), [`from_msgpack`](../api/basic_json/from_msgpack.md),
[`from_ubjson`](../api/basic_json/from_ubjson.md), and [`from_bson`](../api/basic_json/from_bson.md) via initializer
lists is deprecated since 3.8.0. Instead, pass two iterators; for instance, call `from_cbor(ptr, ptr+len)` instead of
`from_cbor({ptr, len})`.
lists is deprecated since 3.8.0. The same holds for passing a pointer and a length as two arguments to the `from_*`
functions. Instead, pass two iterators; for instance, call `from_cbor(ptr, ptr+len)` instead of
`from_cbor({ptr, len})` or `from_cbor(ptr, len)`.
=== "Deprecated"
@@ -445,10 +445,8 @@ struct wide_string_input_helper<BaseInputAdapter, 4>
}
else
{
// get the current character; converted to an unsigned type so that
// a negative unit (wint_t is signed on some platforms) is not
// mistaken for an ASCII character or for EOF
const auto wc = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(input.get_character());
// get the current character
const auto wc = input.get_character();
// UTF-32 to UTF-8 encoding
if (wc < 0x80)
@@ -543,11 +541,9 @@ struct wide_string_input_helper<BaseInputAdapter, 2>
bool valid_pair = false;
if (wc <= 0xDBFF && JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!input.empty()))
{
// only consume the next unit if it completes the pair
const auto wc2 = static_cast<unsigned int>(*input.current);
const auto wc2 = static_cast<unsigned int>(input.get_character());
if (0xDC00 <= wc2 && wc2 <= 0xDFFF)
{
input.get_character();
const auto charcode = 0x10000u + (((static_cast<unsigned int>(wc) & 0x3FFu) << 10u) | (wc2 & 0x3FFu));
utf8_bytes[0] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0xF0u | (charcode >> 18u));
utf8_bytes[1] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0x80u | ((charcode >> 12u) & 0x3Fu));
@@ -560,8 +556,7 @@ struct wide_string_input_helper<BaseInputAdapter, 2>
if (!valid_pair)
{
// emit a byte that is never valid UTF-8 (see the UTF-32 case)
utf8_bytes[0] = 0xFF;
utf8_bytes[0] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(wc);
utf8_bytes_filled = 1;
}
}
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@@ -7989,10 +7989,8 @@ struct wide_string_input_helper<BaseInputAdapter, 4>
}
else
{
// get the current character; converted to an unsigned type so that
// a negative unit (wint_t is signed on some platforms) is not
// mistaken for an ASCII character or for EOF
const auto wc = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(input.get_character());
// get the current character
const auto wc = input.get_character();
// UTF-32 to UTF-8 encoding
if (wc < 0x80)
@@ -8087,11 +8085,9 @@ struct wide_string_input_helper<BaseInputAdapter, 2>
bool valid_pair = false;
if (wc <= 0xDBFF && JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!input.empty()))
{
// only consume the next unit if it completes the pair
const auto wc2 = static_cast<unsigned int>(*input.current);
const auto wc2 = static_cast<unsigned int>(input.get_character());
if (0xDC00 <= wc2 && wc2 <= 0xDFFF)
{
input.get_character();
const auto charcode = 0x10000u + (((static_cast<unsigned int>(wc) & 0x3FFu) << 10u) | (wc2 & 0x3FFu));
utf8_bytes[0] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0xF0u | (charcode >> 18u));
utf8_bytes[1] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0x80u | ((charcode >> 12u) & 0x3Fu));
@@ -8104,8 +8100,7 @@ struct wide_string_input_helper<BaseInputAdapter, 2>
if (!valid_pair)
{
// emit a byte that is never valid UTF-8 (see the UTF-32 case)
utf8_bytes[0] = 0xFF;
utf8_bytes[0] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(wc);
utf8_bytes_filled = 1;
}
}
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@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
#include "doctest_compatibility.h"
#include <cwchar>
#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
using nlohmann::json;
@@ -99,15 +98,15 @@ TEST_CASE("wide strings")
CHECK_THROWS_AS(_ = json::parse(w), json::parse_error&);
// a lone low surrogate cannot start a pair
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::u16string{u'"', 0xDC00, u'"'}), "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 2: syntax error while parsing value - invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte; last read: '\"\xFF'", json::parse_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::u16string{u'"', 0xDC00, u'"'}), "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 2: syntax error while parsing value - invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte; last read: '\"<U+0000>'", json::parse_error&);
// a high surrogate followed by a non-low-surrogate unit is invalid
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::u16string{u'"', 0xD800, u'a', u'"'}), "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 2: syntax error while parsing value - invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte; last read: '\"\xFF'", json::parse_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::u16string{u'"', 0xD800, u'a', u'"'}), "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 2: syntax error while parsing value - invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte; last read: '\"<U+0000>'", json::parse_error&);
// ... also when the unit is above the low surrogates
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::u16string{u'"', 0xD800, 0xE000, u'"'}), "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 2: syntax error while parsing value - invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte; last read: '\"\xFF'", json::parse_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::u16string{u'"', 0xD800, 0xE000, u'"'}), "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 2: syntax error while parsing value - invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte; last read: '\"<U+0000>'", json::parse_error&);
// a lone low surrogate must not swallow the following unit: pairing
// it with any second unit would produce valid UTF-8, so the error
// has to report an ill-formed byte at the surrogate's own position
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::u16string{u'"', 0xDC00, u'a', u'"'}), "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 2: syntax error while parsing value - invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte; last read: '\"\xFF'", json::parse_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::u16string{u'"', 0xDC00, u'a', u'"'}), "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 2: syntax error while parsing value - invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte; last read: '\"<U+0000>'", json::parse_error&);
// a valid surrogate pair is still decoded (U+1F600)
CHECK(json::parse(std::u16string{u'"', 0xD83D, 0xDE00, u'"'}).get<std::string>() == "\xF0\x9F\x98\x80");
}
@@ -142,56 +141,5 @@ TEST_CASE("wide strings")
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::u32string{U'"', static_cast<char32_t>(0xFFFFFFFF), U'"'}), "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 2: syntax error while parsing value - invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte; last read: '\"\xFF'", json::parse_error&);
}
}
SECTION("malformed wide-string input outside strings (#5645)")
{
json _;
// a lone low surrogate inside a literal must not be truncated to its
// low byte and mistaken for the letter the literal expects next
// (0xDC72 truncates to 'r', which is what "true" expects after 't')
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::u16string{u't', static_cast<char16_t>(0xDC72), u'u', u'e'}),
"[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 2: syntax error while parsing value - invalid literal; last read: 't\xFF'", json::parse_error&);
// ... also when the lone surrogate is the last unit of the input
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::u16string{u'f', u'a', u'l', u's', static_cast<char16_t>(0xDD65)}),
"[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 5: syntax error while parsing value - invalid literal; last read: 'fals\xFF'", json::parse_error&);
// a high surrogate followed by a unit that is not its low surrogate
// must not silently swallow that unit
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::u16string{u't', static_cast<char16_t>(0xD872), u'X', u'u', u'e'}),
"[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 2: syntax error while parsing value - invalid literal; last read: 't\xFF'", json::parse_error&);
// ... in particular, if the swallowed unit is the newline that ends a
// // comment, the comment must not extend over the following line
CHECK(json::parse(std::u16string{u'[', u'1', u' ', u'/', u'/', static_cast<char16_t>(0xD800), u'\n',
u',', u'2', u' ', u'/', u'/', u'\n', u']'},
nullptr, true, /*ignore_comments*/true) == json::parse("[1,2]"));
CHECK(json::accept(std::u16string{u'[', u'1', u' ', u'/', u'/', static_cast<char16_t>(0xD800), u'\n',
u',', u'2', u' ', u'/', u'/', u'\n', u']'}, /*ignore_comments*/true));
// cases 5 and 6 use a 32-bit wchar_t (Linux, macOS, the BSDs) to reach
// the UTF-32 helper tested above via u32string; the 16-bit wchar_t of
// Windows goes through the UTF-16 helper instead, already covered by
// the u16string cases above
#if WCHAR_MAX > 0xFFFFu
// a negative wchar_t must not be mistaken for
// char_traits<char>::eof() and silently end the input, letting
// trailing garbage pass the strict end-of-input check (only observable
// where wint_t is signed, e.g. macOS/the BSDs; on Linux wint_t is
// unsigned and this was already handled by #5348)
std::wstring w = L"[1]";
w.push_back(static_cast<wchar_t>(-1));
w += L"garbage";
CHECK(!json::accept(w));
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(w),
"[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 4: syntax error while parsing value - invalid literal; last read: '1]\xFF'; expected end of input", json::parse_error&);
// other negative wchar_t units must not be truncated to their low
// byte (0xFFFFFF72 truncates to 'r', as in the u16string case above)
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::wstring{L't', static_cast<wchar_t>(0xFFFFFF72), L'u', L'e'}),
"[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 2: syntax error while parsing value - invalid literal; last read: 't\xFF'", json::parse_error&);
#endif
}
}
#endif