Write compact dumps of json_view without a library call per token

The default dump() (no indentation, no ensure_ascii) gets its own writer: the same walk and output, with the write position in a local variable (stores through char pointers would otherwise force a reload of the buffer's members after each one), strings and number tokens of the source copied by fixed-size moves of 32 bytes where the source has that many bytes left (the buffer keeps 64 bytes of slack), and decoded strings copied in runs up to the next quote, backslash, or control character. Documents that are not edited are walked through the node array in order, so that a frame only needs the end of its container, and integer tokens are read from the source directly. The innermost open container is kept in local variables, and the stack holds only the ones around it; the stack starts in a local array of 32 and moves to the heap only for deeper nesting (its address does not escape, so its pointers stay in registers). Dumps of shallow documents thus allocate only the output, whose first size includes the slack, so it does not grow just before the end. The long copies are out of line: otherwise, the compiler merges the fixed-size moves into the same library call. These techniques come from the prototype; the writer lost them when the view was split into pull requests, which made dump() 2 to 3 times slower. Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
Document how images store the node index of json_view
2026-09-29 19:20:30 +00:00 · 2026-09-29 14:03:24 +02:00 · 2026-09-29 14:03:23 +02:00 · 2026-09-29 14:03:22 +02:00 · 2026-09-29 14:03:21 +02:00 · 2026-09-29 14:03:20 +02:00
543 changed files with 32747 additions and 5697 deletions
@@ -142,16 +142,6 @@ The documentation will then be available at <http://127.0.0.1:8000/>. See the do
 [mkdocs](https://www.mkdocs.org) and [Material for MkDocs](https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/) for more
 information.

-Before opening a pull request, check the documentation like the CI does:
-
-```shell
-make build -C docs/mkdocs          # strict build: fails on broken links, anchors, and structure problems
-make check_mermaid -C docs/mkdocs  # checks the Mermaid diagrams (requires Node.js)
-```
-
-A new API page also needs an entry in [`docs/docset/docSet.sql`](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/blob/develop/docs/docset/docSet.sql),
-the search index of the docset; `make build` reports missing entries.
-
 ### Amalgamate the source code

 The single-header files
@@ -18,17 +18,6 @@ updates:
    cooldown:
      default-days: 7

-  - package-ecosystem: npm
-    directory: /docs/mkdocs/scripts/mermaid
-    schedule:
-      interval: daily
-    cooldown:
-      default-days: 7
-    ignore:
-      # Material for MkDocs loads mermaid@11; keep the checker on the same major version
-      - dependency-name: mermaid
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
-
  - package-ecosystem: pip
    directory: /tools/astyle
    schedule:
@@ -45,6 +45,24 @@ labels:
 - label: "aspect: binary formats"
  title: "(?i)(bson|cbor|msgpack|messagepack|ubjson|bjdata|bon8|binary format)"

+- label: "aspect: json_view"
+  files:
+    - "include/nlohmann/json_view\\.hpp"
+    - "include/nlohmann/detail/view/.*"
+    - "single_include/nlohmann/json_view\\.hpp"
+    - "tests/src/unit-json_view.*"
+    - "tests/src/fuzzer-(parse_json_view|json_view_image)\\.cpp"
+    - "tests/benchmarks/json_view/.*"
+    - "tools/amalgamate/config_json_view\\.json"
+    - "docs/mkdocs/docs/features/json_view\\.md"
+    - "docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_(document|view)/.*"
+    - "docs/mkdocs/docs/api/(ordered_)?json_(editable_)?(document|view)\\.md"
+    - "docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/(basic_json_(document|view)__|(ordered_)?json_(editable_)?(document|view)).*"
+    - "tests/benchmarks/src/benchmarks_view\\.cpp"
+
+- label: "aspect: json_view"
+  title: "(?i)(json_view|json_document|zero-copy)"
+
 - label: "python"
  files:
    - "\\.py$"
@@ -67,12 +67,13 @@ jobs:

          python3 $TOOL_DIR/amalgamate.py -c $TOOL_DIR/config_json.json -s .
          python3 $TOOL_DIR/amalgamate.py -c $TOOL_DIR/config_json_fwd.json -s .
+          python3 $TOOL_DIR/amalgamate.py -c $TOOL_DIR/config_json_view.json -s .

          # the header list of the Bazel "json" target must match the files in include/
          cmake -P cmake/scripts/gen_bazel_build_file.cmake

          ${{ github.workspace }}/venv/bin/astyle --project=tools/astyle/.astylerc --suffix=none --quiet \
-            $INCLUDE_DIR/json.hpp $INCLUDE_DIR/json_fwd.hpp
+            $INCLUDE_DIR/json.hpp $INCLUDE_DIR/json_fwd.hpp $INCLUDE_DIR/json_view.hpp

          # fail loudly if a directory is renamed or removed: find would only warn
          # about the missing path and silently drop its files from the check
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-name: Check documentation links
-
-# check the links of the documentation weekly; external links break without any change in this repository
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '17 4 * * 1'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  check_docs_links:
-    if: github.repository == 'nlohmann/json'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 30
-    steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@e14015d583714f6e62063499dc959a02595150a1 # v2.21.1
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Install virtual environment
-        run: make install_venv -C docs/mkdocs
-
-      - name: Check links
-        shell: bash  # adds -o pipefail, so tee does not hide the exit code
-        run: make link_check -C docs/mkdocs 2>&1 | tee link_check.log
-
-      - name: Summarize broken links
-        if: failure()
-        run: |
-          {
-            echo '### Broken documentation links'
-            echo '```'
-            grep 'invalid url' link_check.log || true
-            echo '```'
-          } >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+name: "json_view benchmarks"
+
+# On demand only: runs the comparison of json_view with yyjson, simdjson, and
+# Boost.JSON (tests/benchmarks/json_view/compare.py) on GitHub-hosted runners,
+# for numbers from x86-64 and AArch64 Linux. It runs when started by hand, or
+# when a pull request gets the label "benchmark" (on both architectures, with
+# GCC and the default settings). Shared runners are noisy: the results show
+# where json_view stands, but published numbers need a quiet machine (see
+# tests/benchmarks/json_view/README.md).
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [labeled]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      runner:
+        description: "Runner image"
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - ubuntu-24.04
+          - ubuntu-24.04-arm
+        default: ubuntu-24.04
+      compiler:
+        description: "Compiler"
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - g++
+          - clang++
+        default: g++
+      native:
+        description: "Compile for the runner's CPU (-march=native)"
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      rounds:
+        description: "Rounds of bench_view"
+        type: number
+        default: 30
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  compare:
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event.label.name == 'benchmark'
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        runner: ${{ fromJSON(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && format('["{0}"]', inputs.runner) || '["ubuntu-24.04", "ubuntu-24.04-arm"]') }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Harden Runner
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@e14015d583714f6e62063499dc959a02595150a1 # v2.21.1
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Download test data
+        run: |
+          cmake -S . -B build -DJSON_BuildTests=On
+          cmake --build build --target download_test_data
+
+      - name: Run the comparison
+        env:
+          CXX: ${{ inputs.compiler || 'g++' }}
+          CC: ${{ inputs.compiler == 'clang++' && 'clang' || 'gcc' }}
+          ROUNDS: ${{ inputs.rounds || 30 }}
+          NATIVE: ${{ inputs.native && '--native' || '' }}
+        run: python3 tests/benchmarks/json_view/compare.py --data build/test_files --download --rounds "$ROUNDS" $NATIVE
+
+      - name: Summary
+        run: cat tests/benchmarks/json_view/results/*.md >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: json_view-benchmarks-${{ matrix.runner }}-${{ inputs.compiler || 'g++' }}
+          path: tests/benchmarks/json_view/results/
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ jobs:
          egress-policy: audit

      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-        with:
-          # the git-revision-date-localized plugin needs the history for correct "last update" dates and so the
-          # strict build does not fail on a shallow clone
-          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Install virtual environment
        run: make install_venv -C docs/mkdocs
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
-        target: [ci_test_examples, ci_test_build_documentation, ci_test_documentation_mermaid]
+        target: [ci_test_examples, ci_test_build_documentation]
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
        uses: step-security/harden-runner@e14015d583714f6e62063499dc959a02595150a1 # v2.21.1
@@ -399,12 +399,6 @@ jobs:
      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
-          # the git-revision-date-localized plugin needs the history; a shallow clone makes the strict build fail
-          fetch-depth: ${{ matrix.target == 'ci_test_build_documentation' && '0' || '1' }}
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
-        if: matrix.target == 'ci_test_documentation_mermaid'
-        with:
-          node-version: 24
      - name: Run CMake
        run: cmake -S . -B build -DJSON_CI=On
      - name: Build
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 /docs/docset/docSet.dsidx
 /docs/mkdocs/.cache/
 /docs/mkdocs/docs/__pycache__/
-/docs/mkdocs/hooks/__pycache__/
-/docs/mkdocs/scripts/mermaid/node_modules/
 /docs/mkdocs/site/
 /docs/mkdocs/venv/

@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ cc_library(
    hdrs = [
        "include/nlohmann/adl_serializer.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/byte_container_with_subtype.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/abi_config.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/abi_macros.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/bit_ops.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/conversions/to_chars.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/conversions/to_json.hpp",
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ cc_library(
        "include/nlohmann/detail/input/number_parse.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/input/position_t.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/input/pow5_table.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/input/string_scan.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/iterators/internal_iterator.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/iterators/iter_impl.hpp",
@@ -63,8 +66,31 @@ cc_library(
        "include/nlohmann/detail/string_escape.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/string_utils.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/builder.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/compare.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/document_data.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/edit.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/edit_storage.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/errors.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/image.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/input.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/iterator.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/lookup.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/macro_scope.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/macro_unscope.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/materialize.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/node.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/number.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/object_index.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/pointer.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/scan.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/serializer.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/simd.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/string_ref.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/value.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/json.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/ordered_map.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/thirdparty/hedley/hedley.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/thirdparty/hedley/hedley_undef.hpp",
@@ -77,6 +103,7 @@ cc_library(
    name = "singleheader-json",
    hdrs = [
        "single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp",
+        "single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp",
    ],
    includes = ["single_include"],
    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ TESTS_SRCS=$(shell find tests -type f \( -name '*.hpp' -o -name '*.cpp' -o -name
 # the single headers (amalgamated from the source files)
 AMALGAMATED_FILE=single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
 AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE=single_include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp
+AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE=single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp


 ##########################################################################
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE=single_include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp

 # main target
 all:
-	@echo "amalgamate - amalgamate files single_include/nlohmann/json{,_fwd}.hpp from the include/nlohmann sources"
+	@echo "amalgamate - amalgamate files single_include/nlohmann/json{,_fwd,_view}.hpp from the include/nlohmann sources"
 	@echo "BUILD.bazel - regenerate the Bazel BUILD file from the include/nlohmann sources"
 	@echo "ChangeLog.md - generate ChangeLog file"
 	@echo "check-amalgamation - check whether sources have been amalgamated and BUILD.bazel is up to date"
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ all:
 	@echo "fuzz_testing_bon8 - prepare fuzz testing of the BON8 parser"
 	@echo "fuzz_testing_bson - prepare fuzz testing of the BSON parser"
 	@echo "fuzz_testing_cbor - prepare fuzz testing of the CBOR parser"
+	@echo "fuzz_testing_json_view - prepare fuzz testing of the json_document/json_view parser"
 	@echo "fuzz_testing_msgpack - prepare fuzz testing of the MessagePack parser"
 	@echo "fuzz_testing_ubjson - prepare fuzz testing of the UBJSON parser"
 	@echo "pretty - beautify code with Artistic Style"
@@ -96,6 +98,14 @@ fuzz_testing_cbor:
 	find tests/data -size -5k -name *.cbor | xargs -I{} cp "{}" fuzz-testing/testcases
 	@echo "Execute: afl-fuzz -i fuzz-testing/testcases -o fuzz-testing/out fuzz-testing/fuzzer"

+fuzz_testing_json_view:
+	rm -fr fuzz-testing
+	mkdir -p fuzz-testing fuzz-testing/testcases fuzz-testing/out
+	$(MAKE) parse_json_view_fuzzer -C tests CXX=afl-clang++
+	mv tests/parse_json_view_fuzzer fuzz-testing/fuzzer
+	find tests/data/json_tests -size -5k -name *json | xargs -I{} cp "{}" fuzz-testing/testcases
+	@echo "Execute: afl-fuzz -i fuzz-testing/testcases -o fuzz-testing/out fuzz-testing/fuzzer"
+
 fuzz_testing_msgpack:
 	rm -fr fuzz-testing
 	mkdir -p fuzz-testing fuzz-testing/testcases fuzz-testing/out
@@ -154,14 +164,14 @@ install_astyle:

 # call the Artistic Style pretty printer on all source files
 pretty: install_astyle
-	$(ASTYLE) --project=tools/astyle/.astylerc $(SRCS) $(TESTS_SRCS) $(AMALGAMATED_FILE) $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE) docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/*.cpp
+	$(ASTYLE) --project=tools/astyle/.astylerc $(SRCS) $(TESTS_SRCS) $(AMALGAMATED_FILE) $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE) $(AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE) docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/*.cpp

 # call the Clang-Format on all source files
 pretty_format:
 	for FILE in $(SRCS) $(TESTS_SRCS) $(AMALGAMATED_FILE) docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/*.cpp; do echo $$FILE; clang-format -i $$FILE; done

 # create single header files and pretty print
-amalgamate: $(AMALGAMATED_FILE) $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE)
+amalgamate: $(AMALGAMATED_FILE) $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE) $(AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE)
 	$(MAKE) pretty

 # call the amalgamation tool for json.hpp
@@ -172,16 +182,23 @@ $(AMALGAMATED_FILE): $(SRCS)
 $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE): $(SRCS)
 	tools/amalgamate/amalgamate.py -c tools/amalgamate/config_json_fwd.json -s . --verbose=yes

+# call the amalgamation tool for json_view.hpp (keeps including json.hpp)
+$(AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE): $(SRCS)
+	tools/amalgamate/amalgamate.py -c tools/amalgamate/config_json_view.json -s . --verbose=yes
+
 # check if file single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp has been amalgamated from the nlohmann sources
 # Note: this target is called by Travis
 check-amalgamation:
 	@mv $(AMALGAMATED_FILE) $(AMALGAMATED_FILE)~
 	@mv $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE) $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE)~
+	@mv $(AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE) $(AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE)~
 	@$(MAKE) amalgamate
 	@diff $(AMALGAMATED_FILE) $(AMALGAMATED_FILE)~ || (echo "===================================================================\n  Amalgamation required! Please read the contribution guidelines\n  in file .github/CONTRIBUTING.md.\n===================================================================" ; mv $(AMALGAMATED_FILE)~ $(AMALGAMATED_FILE) ; false)
 	@diff $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE) $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE)~ || (echo "===================================================================\n  Amalgamation required! Please read the contribution guidelines\n  in file .github/CONTRIBUTING.md.\n===================================================================" ; mv $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE)~ $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE) ; false)
+	@diff $(AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE) $(AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE)~ || (echo "===================================================================\n  Amalgamation required! Please read the contribution guidelines\n  in file .github/CONTRIBUTING.md.\n===================================================================" ; mv $(AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE)~ $(AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE) ; false)
 	@mv $(AMALGAMATED_FILE)~ $(AMALGAMATED_FILE)
 	@mv $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE)~ $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE)
+	@mv $(AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE)~ $(AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE)
 	@mv BUILD.bazel BUILD.bazel~
 	@$(MAKE) BUILD.bazel
 	@diff BUILD.bazel BUILD.bazel~ || (echo "===================================================================\n  BUILD.bazel is out of date! Please run 'make BUILD.bazel'.\n===================================================================" ; mv BUILD.bazel~ BUILD.bazel ; false)
@@ -222,7 +239,7 @@ json.tar.xz:
 # We use `-X` to make the resulting ZIP file reproducible, see
 # <https://content.pivotal.io/blog/barriers-to-deterministic-reproducible-zip-files>.
 include.zip: BUILD.bazel
-	zip -9 --recurse-paths -X include.zip $(SRCS) $(AMALGAMATED_FILE) $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE) BUILD.bazel MODULE.bazel meson.build LICENSE.MIT
+	zip -9 --recurse-paths -X include.zip $(SRCS) $(AMALGAMATED_FILE) $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE) $(AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE) BUILD.bazel MODULE.bazel meson.build LICENSE.MIT

 # Create the files for a release and add signatures and hashes.
 release: include.zip json.tar.xz
@@ -231,11 +248,13 @@ release: include.zip json.tar.xz
 	gpg --armor --detach-sig include.zip
 	gpg --armor --detach-sig $(AMALGAMATED_FILE)
 	gpg --armor --detach-sig $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE)
+	gpg --armor --detach-sig $(AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE)
 	gpg --armor --detach-sig json.tar.xz
 	cp $(AMALGAMATED_FILE) release_files
 	cp $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE) release_files
-	mv $(AMALGAMATED_FILE).asc $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE).asc json.tar.xz json.tar.xz.asc include.zip include.zip.asc release_files
-	cd release_files ; shasum -a 256 json.hpp include.zip json.tar.xz > hashes.txt
+	cp $(AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE) release_files
+	mv $(AMALGAMATED_FILE).asc $(AMALGAMATED_FWD_FILE).asc $(AMALGAMATED_VIEW_FILE).asc json.tar.xz json.tar.xz.asc include.zip include.zip.asc release_files
+	cd release_files ; shasum -a 256 json.hpp json_view.hpp include.zip json.tar.xz > hashes.txt


 ##########################################################################
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 [![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-mkdocs-blue.svg)](https://json.nlohmann.me)
 [![GitHub license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nlohmann/json/develop/LICENSE.MIT)
 [![GitHub Releases](https://img.shields.io/github/release/nlohmann/json.svg)](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases)
+[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/tiny-repos/nlohmann-json.svg)](https://repology.org/project/nlohmann-json/versions)
 [![GitHub Downloads](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/nlohmann/json/total)](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases)
 [![GitHub Issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues/nlohmann/json.svg)](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues)
 [![Average time to resolve an issue](https://isitmaintained.com/badge/resolution/nlohmann/json.svg)](https://isitmaintained.com/project/nlohmann/json "Average time to resolve an issue")
@@ -1188,6 +1189,14 @@ binary.set_subtype(0x10);
 auto cbor = json::to_msgpack(j); // 0xD5 (fixext2), 0x10, 0xCA, 0xFE
 ```

+### Zero-copy views
+
+Header `<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>` adds `json_document`/`json_view`, a read-only, non-owning way to look at a parsed
+JSON text: parsing builds a flat index (16 bytes per value) instead of a tree, strings and numbers stay in the source
+text, and `materialize()` builds a `json` value for a subtree only when you actually need one. See
+[Zero-copy JSON views](https://json.nlohmann.me/features/json_view/) for the details, including which inputs are
+borrowed and which are copied.
+
 ## Customers

 The library is used in multiple projects, applications, operating systems, etc. The list below is not exhaustive, but the result of an internet search. If you know further customers of the library, please let me know, see [contact](#contact).
@@ -1394,6 +1403,9 @@ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR I
 - The class contains a slightly modified version of the Grisu2 algorithm from Florian Loitsch which is licensed under the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) (see above). Copyright &copy; 2009 [Florian Loitsch](https://florian.loitsch.com/)
 - The class contains a copy of [Hedley](https://nemequ.github.io/hedley/) from Evan Nemerson which is licensed as [CC0-1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).
 - The class contains parts of [Google Abseil](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp) which is licensed under the [Apache 2.0 License](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0).
+- The class contains an adapted version of the Eisel-Lemire algorithm and its table of powers of five from [fast_float](https://github.com/fastfloat/fast_float) by Daniel Lemire and contributors, which is available under the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) (used here), the Apache 2.0 License, and the Boost Software License. Copyright &copy; 2021 The fast_float authors
+- The view's parser (`<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`) contains techniques and code adapted from [yyjson](https://github.com/ibireme/yyjson) by YaoYuan, which is licensed under the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) (see above): table-driven decoding of `\u` escapes and fixed-offset unrolled checks.
+- The view's parser (`<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`) validates non-ASCII strings with the vector UTF-8 check of [simdjson](https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson) by Daniel Lemire, Geoff Langdale, John Keiser, and contributors (its "lookup4" algorithm and tables, after J. Keiser and D. Lemire, "Validating UTF-8 In Less Than One Instruction Per Byte", 2021), which is available under the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) (used here) and the Apache 2.0 License. Copyright &copy; 2018-2025 The simdjson authors

 <img align="right" src="https://git.fsfe.org/reuse/reuse-ci/raw/branch/master/reuse-horizontal.png" alt="REUSE Software">

@@ -373,9 +373,10 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE INDENT_FILES
 set(include_dir ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/single_include/nlohmann)
 set(tool_dir ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/amalgamate)
 add_custom_target(ci_test_amalgamation
-    COMMAND rm -fr ${include_dir}/json.hpp~ ${include_dir}/json_fwd.hpp~
+    COMMAND rm -fr ${include_dir}/json.hpp~ ${include_dir}/json_fwd.hpp~ ${include_dir}/json_view.hpp~
    COMMAND cp ${include_dir}/json.hpp ${include_dir}/json.hpp~
    COMMAND cp ${include_dir}/json_fwd.hpp ${include_dir}/json_fwd.hpp~
+    COMMAND cp ${include_dir}/json_view.hpp ${include_dir}/json_view.hpp~

    COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} -mvenv venv_astyle
    COMMAND venv_astyle/bin/pip3 --quiet install -r ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/astyle/requirements.txt
@@ -383,10 +384,12 @@ add_custom_target(ci_test_amalgamation

    COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${tool_dir}/amalgamate.py -c ${tool_dir}/config_json.json -s .
    COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${tool_dir}/amalgamate.py -c ${tool_dir}/config_json_fwd.json -s .
-    COMMAND venv_astyle/bin/astyle --project=tools/astyle/.astylerc --suffix=none ${include_dir}/json.hpp ${include_dir}/json_fwd.hpp
+    COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${tool_dir}/amalgamate.py -c ${tool_dir}/config_json_view.json -s .
+    COMMAND venv_astyle/bin/astyle --project=tools/astyle/.astylerc --suffix=none ${include_dir}/json.hpp ${include_dir}/json_fwd.hpp ${include_dir}/json_view.hpp

    COMMAND diff ${include_dir}/json.hpp~ ${include_dir}/json.hpp
    COMMAND diff ${include_dir}/json_fwd.hpp~ ${include_dir}/json_fwd.hpp
+    COMMAND diff ${include_dir}/json_view.hpp~ ${include_dir}/json_view.hpp

    COMMAND venv_astyle/bin/astyle --project=tools/astyle/.astylerc --suffix=orig ${INDENT_FILES}
    COMMAND for FILE in `find . -name '*.orig'`\; do false \; done
@@ -849,12 +852,6 @@ add_custom_target(ci_test_build_documentation
    COMMENT "Build the documentation"
 )

-add_custom_target(ci_test_documentation_mermaid
-    COMMAND make check_mermaid
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/docs/mkdocs
-    COMMENT "Check the Mermaid diagrams of the documentation"
-)
-
 ###############################################################################
 # Clean up all generated files.
 ###############################################################################
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ cc_library(
    name = "singleheader-json",
    hdrs = [
        "single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp",
+        "single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp",
    ],
    includes = ["single_include"],
    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
@@ -35,10 +35,9 @@ create_output: $(EXAMPLES:.cpp=.output)
 # check output of all stand-alone example files
 check_output: $(EXAMPLES:.cpp=.test)

-# check output of all stand-alone example files (exclude files whose output depends on the platform by nature:
-# library and compiler information, container size limits, and hash values)
+# check output of all stand-alone example files (exclude files with platform-dependent output.)
 # This target is used in the CI (ci_test_documentation).
-check_output_portable: $(filter-out mkdocs/docs/examples/meta.test mkdocs/docs/examples/max_size.test mkdocs/docs/examples/std_hash.test,$(EXAMPLES:.cpp=.test))
+check_output_portable: $(filter-out mkdocs/docs/examples/meta.test mkdocs/docs/examples/max_size.test mkdocs/docs/examples/std_hash.test mkdocs/docs/examples/basic_json__CompatibleType.test,$(EXAMPLES:.cpp=.test))

 clean:
 	rm -fr $(EXAMPLES:.cpp=)
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 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json', 'Class', 'api/basic_json/index.html');
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 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::array_t', 'Type', 'api/basic_json/array_t/index.html');
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 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::~basic_json', 'Method', 'api/basic_json/~basic_json/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document', 'Class', 'api/basic_json_document/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::basic_json_document', 'Constructor', 'api/basic_json_document/basic_json_document/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::accept', 'Function', 'api/basic_json_document/accept/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::erase', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/erase/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::insert', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/insert/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::is_discarded', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/is_discarded/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::load', 'Function', 'api/basic_json_document/load/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::memory_usage', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/memory_usage/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::node_count', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/node_count/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::owns_source', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/owns_source/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::parse', 'Function', 'api/basic_json_document/parse/index.html');
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+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::push_back', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/push_back/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::read', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/read/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::root', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/root/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::save', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/save/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::set', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/set/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::shrink_to_fit', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/shrink_to_fit/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::source', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/source/index.html');
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+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::basic_json_view', 'Constructor', 'api/basic_json_view/basic_json_view/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::at', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/at/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::back', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/back/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::begin', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/begin/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::cbegin', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/cbegin/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::cend', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/cend/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::contains', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/contains/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::count', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/count/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::dump', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/dump/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::empty', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/empty/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::end', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/end/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::find', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/find/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::front', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/front/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::get', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/get/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::get_string', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/get_string/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::get_to', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/get_to/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::is_array', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/is_array/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::is_binary', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/is_binary/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::is_boolean', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/is_boolean/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::is_discarded', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/is_discarded/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::is_null', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/is_null/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::is_number', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/is_number/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::is_number_float', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/is_number_float/index.html');
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+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::is_object', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/is_object/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::is_primitive', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/is_primitive/index.html');
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+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::is_structured', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/is_structured/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::items', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/items/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::materialize', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/materialize/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::number_format', 'Enum', 'api/basic_json_view/number_format/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::number_token', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/number_token/index.html');
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+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::operator<<', 'Operator', 'api/basic_json_view/operator_ltlt/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::operator[]', 'Operator', 'api/basic_json_view/operator[]/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::operator==', 'Operator', 'api/basic_json_view/operator_eq/index.html');
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+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::size', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/size/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::source_offset', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/source_offset/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::type', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/type/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::type_name', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/type_name/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_view::value', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_view/value/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('json', 'Class', 'api/json/index.html');
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+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('json_editable_document', 'Class', 'api/json_editable_document/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('json_editable_view', 'Class', 'api/json_editable_view/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('json_view', 'Class', 'api/json_view/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('json_pointer', 'Class', 'api/json_pointer/index.html');
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 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('ordered_json', 'Class', 'api/ordered_json/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('ordered_json_document', 'Class', 'api/ordered_json_document/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('ordered_json_editable_document', 'Class', 'api/ordered_json_editable_document/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('ordered_json_editable_view', 'Class', 'api/ordered_json_editable_view/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('ordered_json_view', 'Class', 'api/ordered_json_view/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('ordered_map', 'Class', 'api/ordered_map/index.html');
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 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON Pointer', 'Guide', 'features/json_pointer/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('Zero-copy JSON views', 'Guide', 'features/json_view/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('nlohmann Namespace', 'Guide', 'features/namespace/index.html');
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-INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('Parsing: Untrusted Input', 'Guide', 'features/parsing/untrusted_input/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('Runtime Assertions', 'Guide', 'features/assertions/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('Specializing enum conversion', 'Guide', 'features/enum_conversion/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('Supported Macros', 'Guide', 'features/macros/index.html');

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 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_CATCH_USER', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_throw_user/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_DIAGNOSTICS', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_diagnostics/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_diagnostic_positions/index.html');
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 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_HAS_FILESYSTEM', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_has_filesystem/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_HAS_RANGES', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_has_ranges/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_HAS_STATIC_RTTI', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_has_static_rtti/index.html');
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@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-# The MkDocs 2.0 banners of Material for MkDocs and ProperDocs (via mkdocs-redirects) are printed to stderr, not
-# logged, so they do not affect --strict; silence them anyway.
-export NO_MKDOCS_2_WARNING := true
-export DISABLE_MKDOCS_2_WARNING := true
-
 # serve the site locally
 serve: style_check
 	venv/bin/mkdocs serve
@@ -13,17 +8,11 @@ serve_dirty: style_check
 # This target is used in the CI (ci_test_build_documentation).
 # This target is used by the docset Makefile.
 build: style_check
-	venv/bin/mkdocs build --strict
+	venv/bin/mkdocs build

 style_check:
 	@cd docs ; ../venv/bin/python3 ../scripts/check_structure.py

-# check that all Mermaid diagrams parse (needs Node.js)
-# This target is used in the CI (ci_test_documentation_mermaid).
-check_mermaid:
-	npm ci --prefix scripts/mermaid --ignore-scripts --no-audit --no-fund
-	node scripts/mermaid/check_mermaid.mjs docs
-
 # check the links in the documentation files in docs/mkdocs
 link_check:
 	ENABLED_HTMLPROOFER=true venv/bin/mkdocs build
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ outside of a string, invalid) byte; see the [FAQ entry](../../home/faq.md#nul-by

 ## Examples

-??? example "Example: (1) reading from a string"
+??? example

    The example below demonstrates the `accept()` function reading from a string.

@@ -110,21 +110,6 @@ outside of a string, invalid) byte; see the [FAQ entry](../../home/faq.md#nul-by
    --8<-- "examples/accept__string.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (2) reading from an iterator pair"
-
-    The example below demonstrates the `accept()` function reading from an iterator pair. Only the first call covers
-    exactly the JSON text; the second one also covers the trailing bytes and is therefore rejected.
-
-    ```cpp
-    --8<-- "examples/accept__iterator_pair.cpp"
-    ```
-
-    Output:
-
-    ```json
-    --8<-- "examples/accept__iterator_pair.output"
-    ```
-
 ## See also

 - [parse](parse.md) - deserialize from a compatible input
@@ -152,5 +137,3 @@ outside of a string, invalid) byte; see the [FAQ entry](../../home/faq.md#nul-by

    You should be warned by your compiler with a `-Wdeprecated-declarations` warning if you are using a deprecated
    function.
-
-    See the [migration guide](../../integration/migration_guide.md#parsing) for how to update existing code.
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ To store objects in C++, a type is defined by the template parameters explained

 ## Notes

-### Default type
+#### Default type

 With the default values for `ArrayType` (`std::vector`) and `AllocatorType` (`std::allocator`), the default value for
 `array_t` is:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ std::vector<
 >
 ```

-### Limits
+#### Limits

 [RFC 8259](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259) specifies:
 > An implementation may set limits on the maximum depth of nesting.
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ In this class, the array's limit of nesting is not explicitly constrained. Howev
 introduced by the compiler or runtime environment. A theoretical limit can be queried by calling the
 [`max_size`](max_size.md) function of a JSON array.

-### Storage
+#### Storage

 Arrays are stored as pointers in a `basic_json` type. That is, for any access to array values, a pointer of type
 `#!cpp array_t*` must be dereferenced.
@@ -67,13 +67,6 @@ Arrays are stored as pointers in a `basic_json` type. That is, for any access to
    --8<-- "examples/array_t.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [object_t](object_t.md) the type used to store JSON objects
- [binary_t](binary_t.md) the type used to store binary values
- [is_array](is_array.md) checks whether the JSON value is an array
- [max_size](max_size.md) returns the maximum possible number of elements
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 1.0.0.
@@ -92,20 +92,6 @@ Strong exception safety: if an exception occurs, the original value stays intact
 3. Logarithmic in the size of the container.
 4. Logarithmic in the size of the container.

-## Notes
-
-!!! warning "Deprecation"
-
-    Overload (4) also accepts a [`json_pointer`](../json_pointer/index.md) whose template argument is a `basic_json`
-    specialization (e.g., `nlohmann::json_pointer<nlohmann::json>`) instead of a string type. This is deprecated since
-    version 3.11.0 and will be removed in a future major version; use `basic_json::json_pointer` (for `json`,
-    `nlohmann::json_pointer<std::string>`) instead.
-
-    You should be warned by your compiler with a `-Wdeprecated-declarations` warning if you are using a deprecated
-    function.
-
-    See the [migration guide](../../integration/migration_guide.md#json-pointers) for how to update existing code.
-
 ## Examples

 ??? example "Example: (1) access specified array element with bounds checking"
@@ -233,6 +219,7 @@ Strong exception safety: if an exception occurs, the original value stays intact
 - documentation on [checked access](../../features/element_access/checked_access.md)
 - [`operator[]`](operator%5B%5D.md) for unchecked access by reference
 - [`value`](value.md) for access with default value
+- [basic_json_view::at](../basic_json_view/at.md) - the same access on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Constant.
 ## See also

 - [front](front.md) to access the first element
+- [basic_json_view::back](../basic_json_view/back.md) - the same access on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -99,25 +99,6 @@ basic_json(basic_json&& other) noexcept;
      elements of the pairs are treated as keys and the second elements are as values.
    3. In all other cases, an array is created.
    
-    The following flowchart also takes into account what happens when `type_deduction` is `#!cpp false`, in which case
-    `manual_type` decides between object and array, and an object can only be forced if `init` actually matches rule 2
-    (or is empty):
-
-    ```mermaid
-    flowchart TD
-        A(["initializer_list init"]) --> B{"empty, or every element is a 2-element<br/>array whose first element is a string?"}
-        B -->|"yes"| C{"type_deduction"}
-        B -->|"no"| D{"type_deduction"}
-        C -->|"true"| OBJ["create object"]
-        C -->|"false"| E{"manual_type"}
-        E -->|"object"| OBJ
-        E -->|"array"| ARR["create array"]
-        D -->|"true"| ARR
-        D -->|"false"| F{"manual_type"}
-        F -->|"array"| ARR
-        F -->|"object"| ERR["throw type_error.301"]
-    ```
-
    The rules aim to create the best fit between a C++ initializer list and JSON values. The rationale is as follows:
    
    1. The empty initializer list is written as `#!cpp {}` which is exactly an empty JSON object.
@@ -188,8 +169,8 @@ basic_json(basic_json&& other) noexcept;
    - `BasicJsonType` has different template arguments than `basic_json_t`.
    
    **Note:** For cross-`basic_json` conversions to produce correct results, the target `basic_json`'s
-    [`object_t`](object_t.md)`::key_type` and [`string_t`](string_t.md) must be directly constructible from the source
-    `basic_json`'s corresponding types. See the description of overload (4) above for details on what happens when
+    `object_t::key_type` and `string_t` must be directly constructible from the source `basic_json`'s
+    corresponding types. See the description of overload (4) above for details on what happens when
    this requirement is not met.

 `U`:
@@ -364,22 +345,6 @@ basic_json(basic_json&& other) noexcept;

    Note the output is platform-dependent.

-??? example "Example: (4) create a JSON value from another `basic_json` specialization"
-
-    The example below shows how a `json` value is converted to an `ordered_json` value and back using the converting
-    constructor. Note how the original insertion order of `oj` is not restored, because it was already given up when
-    converting to `json`, whose `object_t` sorts by key.
-
-    ```cpp
-    --8<-- "examples/basic_json__BasicJsonType.cpp"
-    ```
-
-    Output:
-
-    ```json
-    --8<-- "examples/basic_json__BasicJsonType.output"
-    ```
-
 ??? example "Example: (5) create a container (array or object) from an initializer list"

    The example below shows how JSON values are created from initializer lists.
@@ -450,15 +415,6 @@ basic_json(basic_json&& other) noexcept;
    --8<-- "examples/basic_json__moveconstructor.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [array](array.md) create a JSON array value, forcing array creation from an initializer list even when it looks like
-  an object
- [object](object.md) create a JSON object value, forcing object creation from an initializer list
- [binary](binary.md) create a JSON binary array value
- [operator=](operator=.md) copy assignment operator
- [Creating JSON values](../../features/creating_values.md) - the article on creating JSON values
-
 ## Version history

 1. Since version 1.0.0.
@@ -39,11 +39,9 @@ Constant.

 ## See also

- [end](end.md) returns an iterator to one past the last element
- [cbegin](cbegin.md) returns a const iterator to the first element
- [rbegin](rbegin.md) returns a reverse iterator to the last element
- [items](items.md) returns an iteration proxy to access keys and values during range-based for loops
- [Iterators](../../features/iterators.md) - the article on iterators
+- [end](end.md) - returns an iterator to one past the last element
+- [basic_json_view::begin](../basic_json_view/begin.md) - the same iteration on a zero-copy view (in document order,
+  not sorted by key)

 ## Version history

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ static basic_json binary(typename binary_t::container_type&& init);

 // (2)
 static basic_json binary(const typename binary_t::container_type& init,
-                         typename binary_t::subtype_type subtype);
+                         std::uint8_t subtype);
 static basic_json binary(typename binary_t::container_type&& init,
-                         typename binary_t::subtype_type subtype);
+                         std::uint8_t subtype);
 ```

 1. Creates a JSON binary array value from a given binary container.
@@ -61,15 +61,6 @@ initialization of a binary array type, for backwards compatibility and so it doe
    --8<-- "examples/binary.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [binary_t](binary_t.md) type for binary values
- [get_binary](get_binary.md) get a reference to the stored binary value
- [is_binary](is_binary.md) return whether the value is binary
- [byte_container_with_subtype](../byte_container_with_subtype/index.md) container for binary values with subtype
- [Binary Values](../../features/binary_values.md) - the article on binary values
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 3.8.0.
- Changed the type of `subtype` from `std::uint8_t` to `binary_t::subtype_type` (`std::uint64_t`) in version 3.10.0.
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ represent a byte array in modern C++.

 ## Notes

-### Default type
+#### Default type

 The default values for `BinaryType` is `#!cpp std::vector<std::uint8_t>`.

-### Supported byte types
+#### Supported byte types

 `#!cpp std::vector<std::uint8_t>`, `#!cpp std::vector<char>`, and `#!cpp std::vector<std::byte>` are supported.
 Regardless of which of them is configured, [`dump`](dump.md) writes the bytes as the numbers 0..255.

-### Custom BinaryType behavior
+#### Custom BinaryType behavior

 When a custom `BinaryType` is configured (other than the default `#!cpp std::vector<std::uint8_t>`), you can assign
 values of that type directly to a `basic_json` instance, and they will automatically be recognized as binary values
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ assert(extracted == data);
 This automatic type detection is a convenience feature that only applies to custom (non-default) `BinaryType` configurations.
 The default `nlohmann::json` continues to treat `#!cpp std::vector<std::uint8_t>` as arrays for backward compatibility.

-### Storage
+#### Storage

 Binary Arrays are stored as pointers in a `basic_json` type. That is, for any access to array values, a pointer of the
 type `#!cpp binary_t*` must be dereferenced.

-### Notes on subtypes
+#### Notes on subtypes

 - CBOR
    - Binary values are represented as byte strings. Subtypes are written as tags.
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ To store boolean values in C++, a type is defined by the template parameter  `Bo

 ## Notes

-### Default type
+#### Default type

 With the default values for `BooleanType` (`#!cpp bool`), the default value for `boolean_t` is `#!cpp bool`.

-### Storage
+#### Storage

 Boolean values are stored directly inside a `basic_json` type.

@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ Boolean values are stored directly inside a `basic_json` type.
    --8<-- "examples/boolean_t.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [is_boolean](is_boolean.md) checks whether the JSON value is a boolean
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 1.0.0.
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ Constant.

 ## See also

- [begin](begin.md) returns an iterator to the first element
- [cend](cend.md) returns a const iterator to one past the last element
- [crbegin](crbegin.md) returns a const reverse iterator to the last element
- [Iterators](../../features/iterators.md) - the article on iterators
+- [cend](cend.md) - returns a const iterator to one past the last element
+- [basic_json_view::cbegin](../basic_json_view/cbegin.md) - the same iteration on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@ store
    --8<-- "examples/cbor_tag_handler_t.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [from_cbor](from_cbor.md) deserializes a JSON value from CBOR
- [input_format_t](input_format_t.md) the enumeration of supported input formats
- [CBOR](../../features/binary_formats/cbor.md) - the article on the CBOR format
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 3.9.0. Added value `store` in 3.10.0.
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ Constant.

 ## See also

- [end](end.md) returns an iterator to one past the last element
- [cbegin](cbegin.md) returns a const iterator to the first element
- [crend](crend.md) returns a const reverse iterator to one before the first element
- [Iterators](../../features/iterators.md) - the article on iterators
+- [cbegin](cbegin.md) - returns a const iterator to the first element
+- [basic_json_view::cend](../basic_json_view/cend.md) - the same iteration on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ All iterators, pointers, and references related to this container are invalidate
    --8<-- "examples/clear.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [erase](erase.md) removes elements from a JSON value
- [empty](empty.md) checks whether the JSON value has no elements
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 1.0.0.
@@ -63,18 +63,6 @@ Logarithmic in the size of the JSON object.

    If `#!cpp j.contains(x)` returns `#!c true` for a key or JSON pointer `x`, then it is safe to call `j[x]`.

-!!! warning "Deprecation"
-
-    Overload (3) also accepts a [`json_pointer`](../json_pointer/index.md) whose template argument is a `basic_json`
-    specialization (e.g., `nlohmann::json_pointer<nlohmann::json>`) instead of a string type. This is deprecated since
-    version 3.11.0 and will be removed in a future major version; use `basic_json::json_pointer` (for `json`,
-    `nlohmann::json_pointer<std::string>`) instead.
-
-    You should be warned by your compiler with a `-Wdeprecated-declarations` warning if you are using a deprecated
-    function.
-
-    See the [migration guide](../../integration/migration_guide.md#json-pointers) for how to update existing code.
-
 ## Examples

 ??? example "Example: (1) check with key"
@@ -123,6 +111,7 @@ Logarithmic in the size of the JSON object.

 - [find](find.md) find a value in an object
 - [count](count.md) returns the number of occurrences of a key
+- [basic_json_view::contains](../basic_json_view/contains.md) - the same check on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ This method always returns `0` when executed on a JSON type that is not an objec

 - [find](find.md) find a value in an object
 - [contains](contains.md) checks whether a key exists
+- [basic_json_view::count](../basic_json_view/count.md) - the same check on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -36,13 +36,6 @@ Constant.
    --8<-- "examples/crbegin.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [crend](crend.md) returns a const reverse iterator to one before the first element
- [rbegin](rbegin.md) returns a reverse iterator to the last element
- [cbegin](cbegin.md) returns a const iterator to the first element
- [Iterators](../../features/iterators.md) - the article on iterators
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 1.0.0.
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@ Constant.
    --8<-- "examples/crend.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [crbegin](crbegin.md) returns a const reverse iterator to the last element
- [rend](rend.md) returns a reverse iterator to one before the first element
- [cend](cend.md) returns a const iterator to one past the last element
- [Iterators](../../features/iterators.md) - the article on iterators
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 1.0.0.
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ The actual comparator used depends on [`object_t`](object_t.md) and can be obtai
    --8<-- "examples/default_object_comparator_t.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [object_comparator_t](object_comparator_t.md) the comparator actually used by `object_t`
- [object_t](object_t.md) the type used to store JSON objects
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 3.11.0.
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ Binary values are serialized as an object containing two keys:

 - [to_string](to_string.md) returns a string representation of a JSON value
 - [operator<<](../operator_ltlt.md) serialize to stream
+- [`basic_json_view::dump`](../basic_json_view/dump.md) the corresponding function of `basic_json_view`, serializing
+  directly from a flat index without building a `basic_json` value
 - [Serialization](../../features/serialization.md) - the serialization article

 ## Version history
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ a `#!cpp bool` denoting whether the insertion took place.

 ## Exception safety

-Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes to any JSON value. As an exception, a `#!json null`
-value is converted to an empty object before the element is added and keeps that type if adding the element throws.
+Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes to any JSON value.

 ## Exceptions

@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ iterator is invalidated.

 reference to the inserted element

-## Exception safety
-
-Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes to any JSON value. As an exception, a `#!json null`
-value is converted to an empty array before the element is added and keeps that type if adding the element throws.
-
 ## Exceptions

 Throws [`type_error.311`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error311) when called on a type other than JSON
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ itself is empty which is `#!cpp false` in the case of a string.

 ## See also

- [size](size.md) returns the number of elements
- [clear](clear.md) clears the content and resets the value to the default value
+- [basic_json_view::empty](../basic_json_view/empty.md) - the same check on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@ Constant.

 ## See also

- [begin](begin.md) returns an iterator to the first element
- [cend](cend.md) returns a const iterator to one past the last element
- [rend](rend.md) returns a reverse iterator to one before the first element
- [Iterators](../../features/iterators.md) - the article on iterators
+- [begin](begin.md) - returns an iterator to the first element
+- [basic_json_view::end](../basic_json_view/end.md) - the same iteration on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ ignore
    --8<-- "examples/error_handler_t.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [dump](dump.md) serializes a JSON value, with an `error_handler_t` parameter to configure invalid UTF-8 handling
- [Handling invalid UTF-8](../../features/serialization.md#handling-invalid-utf-8) - the article on handling invalid UTF-8
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 3.4.0.
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ This method always returns `end()` when executed on a JSON type that is not an o

 - [count](count.md) returns the number of occurrences of a key
 - [contains](contains.md) checks whether a key exists
+- [basic_json_view::find](../basic_json_view/find.md) - the same lookup on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Empty objects and arrays are flattened to `#!json null` and will not be reconstr

 ## Examples

-??? example "Example: flatten a JSON object"
+??? example

    The following code shows how a JSON object is flattened to an object whose keys consist of JSON pointers.
    
@@ -41,21 +41,6 @@ Empty objects and arrays are flattened to `#!json null` and will not be reconstr
    --8<-- "examples/flatten.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: empty objects and arrays are flattened to `#!json null`"
-
-    The following code shows that an empty object and an empty array are both flattened to `#!json null`, and that
-    `unflatten()` restores them as `#!json null` rather than as empty containers.
-
-    ```cpp
-    --8<-- "examples/flatten__empty.cpp"
-    ```
-
-    Output:
-
-    ```json
-    --8<-- "examples/flatten__empty.output"
-    ```
-
 ## See also

 - [unflatten](unflatten.md) the reverse function
@@ -123,5 +123,3 @@ Linear in the size of the input.

    You should be warned by your compiler with a `-Wdeprecated-declarations` warning if you are using a deprecated
    function.
-
-    See the [migration guide](../../integration/migration_guide.md#parsing) for how to update existing code.
@@ -133,5 +133,3 @@ Linear in the size of the input.

    You should be warned by your compiler with a `-Wdeprecated-declarations` warning if you are using a deprecated
    function.
-
-    See the [migration guide](../../integration/migration_guide.md#parsing) for how to update existing code.
@@ -125,5 +125,3 @@ Linear in the size of the input.

    You should be warned by your compiler with a `-Wdeprecated-declarations` warning if you are using a deprecated
    function.
-
-    See the [migration guide](../../integration/migration_guide.md#parsing) for how to update existing code.
@@ -124,5 +124,3 @@ Linear in the size of the input.

    You should be warned by your compiler with a `-Wdeprecated-declarations` warning if you are using a deprecated
    function.
-
-    See the [migration guide](../../integration/migration_guide.md#parsing) for how to update existing code.
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Constant.
 ## See also

 - [back](back.md) to access the last element
+- [basic_json_view::front](../basic_json_view/front.md) - the same access on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ BasicJsonType get() const;

 // (3)
 template<typename PointerType>
-PointerType get() noexcept;
+PointerType get_ptr();

 template<typename PointerType>
-const PointerType get() const noexcept;  // constexpr since C++14
+constexpr const PointerType get_ptr() const noexcept;
 ```

 1. Explicit type conversion between the JSON value and a compatible value which is
   [CopyConstructible](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/CopyConstructible) and
   [DefaultConstructible](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/DefaultConstructible). The value is converted by
-   calling the [`json_serializer<ValueType>`](json_serializer.md) `from_json()` method.
+   calling the `json_serializer<ValueType>` `from_json()` method.
   
    The function is equivalent to executing
    ```cpp
@@ -84,12 +84,6 @@ const PointerType get() const noexcept;  // constexpr since C++14
 3. pointer to the internally stored JSON value if the requested pointer type fits to the JSON value; `#!cpp nullptr`
   otherwise

-## Exception safety
-
-Depends on what `json_serializer<ValueType>` `from_json()` method throws for overloads (1) and (2); the JSON value
-itself is never modified, since `get()` is a `#!cpp const` member function. No-throw guarantee for overload (3): this
-function never throws exceptions.
-
 ## Exceptions

 Depends on what `json_serializer<ValueType>` `from_json()` method throws
@@ -129,13 +123,13 @@ overload (3).

 ## Examples

-??? example "Example: (1) explicit conversion to compatible types"
+??? example

    The example below shows several conversions from JSON values
    to other types. There a few things to note: (1) Floating-point numbers can
    be converted to integers, (2) A JSON array can be converted to a standard
    `std::vector<short>`, (3) A JSON object can be converted to C++
-    associative containers such as `std::map<std::string, json>`.
+    associative containers such as `std::unordered_map<std::string, json>`.
        
    ```cpp
    --8<-- "examples/get__ValueType_const.cpp"
@@ -147,21 +141,7 @@ overload (3).
    --8<-- "examples/get__ValueType_const.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (2) explicit conversion to another `basic_json` specialization"
-
-    The example below shows how a `json` value is converted to an `ordered_json` value using `get<BasicJsonType>()`.
-
-    ```cpp
-    --8<-- "examples/get__BasicJsonType.cpp"
-    ```
-
-    Output:
-
-    ```json
-    --8<-- "examples/get__BasicJsonType.output"
-    ```
-
-??? example "Example: (3) explicit pointer access to the stored value"
+??? example

    The example below shows how pointers to internal values of a JSON value can be requested. Note that no type
    conversions are made and a `#cpp nullptr` is returned if the value and the requested pointer type does not match.
@@ -183,6 +163,8 @@ overload (3).
 - [get_ref](get_ref.md) get a reference to the stored value
 - [operator ValueType](operator_ValueType.md) get a value via implicit conversion
 - [Converting values](../../features/conversions.md) - the type conversions article
+- [basic_json_view::get](../basic_json_view/get.md) - the same conversion on a zero-copy view (many types are
+  converted without ever building a `basic_json` value)

 ## Version history

@@ -10,14 +10,6 @@ Returns the allocator associated with the container.

 associated allocator

-## Exception safety
-
-Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes to any JSON value.
-
-## Complexity
-
-Constant.
-
 ## Examples

 ??? example
@@ -34,11 +26,6 @@ Constant.
    --8<-- "examples/get_allocator.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [basic_json](index.md#template-parameters) the class template, with `AllocatorType` as one of its template parameters
- [Template Parameter Requirements](../../features/types/template_parameters.md#allocatortype) - the requirements for `AllocatorType`
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 1.0.0.
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ Constant.
 ## See also

 - [get_ptr()](get_ptr.md) get a pointer value
+- [basic_json_view::get_string](../basic_json_view/get_string.md) - the closest counterpart on a zero-copy view: a
+  string without a copy, but as a view rather than a reference to a value that must already exist

 ## Version history

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ValueType& get_to(ValueType& v) const noexcept(
 ```

 Explicit type conversion between the JSON value and a compatible value. The value is filled into the input parameter by
-calling the [`json_serializer<ValueType>`](json_serializer.md) `from_json()` method.
+calling the `json_serializer<ValueType>` `from_json()` method.

 The function is equivalent to executing
 ```cpp
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ the compiler reports that no matching `get_to` was found.

 the input parameter, allowing chaining calls

-## Exception safety
-
-Depends on what `json_serializer<ValueType>` `from_json()` method throws; the JSON value itself is never modified,
-since `get_to()` is a `#!cpp const` member function.
-
 ## Exceptions

 Depends on what `json_serializer<ValueType>` `from_json()` method throws
@@ -54,7 +49,7 @@ Depends on the `json_serializer<ValueType>::from_json()` implementation.
    The example below shows several conversions from JSON values to other types. There a few things to note: (1)
    Floating-point numbers can be converted to integers, (2) A JSON array can be converted to a standard
    `#!cpp std::vector<short>`, (3) A JSON object can be converted to C++ associative containers such as
-    `#!cpp std::map<std::string, json>`.
+    `#cpp std::unordered_map<std::string, json>`.
        
    ```cpp
    --8<-- "examples/get_to.cpp"
@@ -72,6 +67,7 @@ Depends on the `json_serializer<ValueType>::from_json()` implementation.
 - [get_ref](get_ref.md) get a reference to the stored value
 - [get_ptr](get_ptr.md) get a pointer to the stored value
 - [Converting values](../../features/conversions.md) - the type conversions article
+- [basic_json_view::get_to](../basic_json_view/get_to.md) - the same conversion on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@ bon8
    --8<-- "examples/sax_parse__binary.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [sax_parse](sax_parse.md) generic SAX parse interface, taking an `input_format_t` to select the input format
- [cbor_tag_handler_t](cbor_tag_handler_t.md) configures how CBOR tags are treated while parsing
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 3.2.0.
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ Strong exception safety: if an exception occurs, the original value stays intact
 2. Linear in `cnt` plus linear in the distance between `pos` and end of the container.
 3. Linear in `#!cpp std::distance(first, last)` plus linear in the distance between `pos` and end of the container.
 4. Linear in `ilist.size()` plus linear in the distance between `pos` and end of the container.
-5. `O(N*log(size() + N))`, where `N` is the number of elements to insert.
+5. Logarithmic: `O(N*log(size() + N))`, where `N` is the number of elements to insert.

 ## Examples

-??? example "Example: (1) insert element into array"
+??? example "Example (1): insert element into array"

    The example shows how `insert()` is used.
    
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Strong exception safety: if an exception occurs, the original value stays intact
    --8<-- "examples/insert.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (2) insert copies of element into array"
+??? example "Example (2): insert copies of element into array"

    The example shows how `insert()` is used.
    
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Strong exception safety: if an exception occurs, the original value stays intact
    --8<-- "examples/insert__count.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (3) insert a range of elements into an array"
+??? example "Example (3): insert a range of elements into an array"

    The example shows how `insert()` is used.
    
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Strong exception safety: if an exception occurs, the original value stays intact
    --8<-- "examples/insert__range.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (4) insert elements from an initializer list into an array"
+??? example "Example (4): insert elements from an initializer list into an array"

    The example shows how `insert()` is used.
    
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Strong exception safety: if an exception occurs, the original value stays intact
    --8<-- "examples/insert__ilist.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (5) insert a range of elements into an object"
+??? example "Example (5): insert a range of elements into an object"

    The example shows how `insert()` is used.
    
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ Constant.

 ## See also

- [is_object](is_object.md) checks whether the JSON value is an object
- [is_structured](is_structured.md) checks whether the JSON value is structured (array or object)
- [type](type.md) returns the type of the JSON value
- [array_t](array_t.md) the type used to store JSON arrays
+- [basic_json_view::is_array](../basic_json_view/is_array.md) - the same check on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ Constant.

 ## See also

- [is_primitive](is_primitive.md) checks whether the JSON value is primitive
- [binary_t](binary_t.md) the type used to store binary values
- [get_binary](get_binary.md) returns a reference to the stored binary value
+- [basic_json_view::is_binary](../basic_json_view/is_binary.md) - the same check on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ Constant.

 ## See also

- [boolean_t](boolean_t.md) the type used to store JSON booleans
- [is_primitive](is_primitive.md) checks whether the JSON value is primitive
+- [basic_json_view::is_boolean](../basic_json_view/is_boolean.md) - the same check on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ with `allow_exceptions` set to `#!cpp false`: a parse error then yields a discar

 ## Examples

-??? example "Example: `is_discarded()` for ordinary JSON values"
+??? example

    The following code exemplifies `is_discarded()` for all JSON types.
    
@@ -69,21 +69,10 @@ with `allow_exceptions` set to `#!cpp false`: a parse error then yields a discar
    --8<-- "examples/is_discarded.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: discarded values from parsing"
+## See also

-    The following code shows the two situations in which a discarded value can be observed: parsing invalid JSON with
-    `allow_exceptions` set to `#!cpp false`, and a parser callback that discards the top-level value (which is replaced
-    by `#!json null` and therefore does *not* remain discarded).
-
-    ```cpp
-    --8<-- "examples/is_discarded__parse.cpp"
-    ```
-
-    Output:
-
-    ```json
-    --8<-- "examples/is_discarded__parse.output"
-    ```
+- [basic_json_view::is_discarded](../basic_json_view/is_discarded.md) - the corresponding check on a zero-copy view,
+  which is `#!cpp true` if the view refers to no value

 ## Version history

@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ Constant.

 ## See also

- [is_array](is_array.md) checks whether the JSON value is an array
- [is_object](is_object.md) checks whether the JSON value is an object
- [type](type.md) returns the type of the JSON value
- [value_t](value_t.md) the enumeration of JSON types
+- [basic_json_view::is_null](../basic_json_view/is_null.md) - the same check on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ constexpr bool is_number() const noexcept
 - [is_number_integer()](is_number_integer.md) check if the value is an integer or unsigned integer number
 - [is_number_unsigned()](is_number_unsigned.md) check if the value is an unsigned integer number
 - [is_number_float()](is_number_float.md) check if the value is a floating-point number
+- [basic_json_view::is_number](../basic_json_view/is_number.md) - the same check on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Constant.
 - [is_number()](is_number.md) check if the value is a number
 - [is_number_integer()](is_number_integer.md) check if the value is an integer or unsigned integer number
 - [is_number_unsigned()](is_number_unsigned.md) check if the value is an unsigned integer number
+- [basic_json_view::is_number_float](../basic_json_view/is_number_float.md) - the same check on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Constant.
 - [is_number()](is_number.md) check if the value is a number
 - [is_number_unsigned()](is_number_unsigned.md) check if the value is an unsigned integer number
 - [is_number_float()](is_number_float.md) check if the value is a floating-point number
+- [basic_json_view::is_number_integer](../basic_json_view/is_number_integer.md) - the same check on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Constant.
 - [is_number()](is_number.md) check if the value is a number
 - [is_number_integer()](is_number_integer.md) check if the value is an integer or unsigned integer number
 - [is_number_float()](is_number_float.md) check if the value is a floating-point number
+- [basic_json_view::is_number_unsigned](../basic_json_view/is_number_unsigned.md) - the same check on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ Constant.

 ## See also

- [is_array](is_array.md) checks whether the JSON value is an array
- [is_structured](is_structured.md) checks whether the JSON value is structured (array or object)
- [type](type.md) returns the type of the JSON value
- [object_t](object_t.md) the type used to store JSON objects
+- [basic_json_view::is_object](../basic_json_view/is_object.md) - the same check on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ This library extends primitive types to binary types, because binary types are r
 - [is_boolean()](is_boolean.md) returns whether the JSON value is a boolean
 - [is_number()](is_number.md) returns whether the JSON value is a number
 - [is_binary()](is_binary.md) returns whether the JSON value is a binary array
+- [basic_json_view::is_primitive](../basic_json_view/is_primitive.md) - the same check on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ Constant.

 ## See also

- [is_primitive](is_primitive.md) checks whether the JSON value is primitive
- [type](type.md) returns the type of the JSON value
- [string_t](string_t.md) the type used to store JSON strings
+- [basic_json_view::is_string](../basic_json_view/is_string.md) - the same check on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Note that though strings are containers in C++, they are treated as primitive va
 - [is_primitive()](is_primitive.md) returns whether JSON value is primitive
 - [is_array()](is_array.md) returns whether the value is an array
 - [is_object()](is_object.md) returns whether the value is an object
+- [basic_json_view::is_structured](../basic_json_view/is_structured.md) - the same check on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ When iterating over an array, `key()` will return the index of the element as st

 - [begin](begin.md) returns an iterator to the first element
 - [end](end.md) returns an iterator to one past the last element
+- [basic_json_view::items](../basic_json_view/items.md) - the same range on a zero-copy view (`#!cpp const auto`,
+  not `#!cpp const auto&`: items are produced on the fly)

 ## Version history

@@ -114,5 +116,3 @@ When iterating over an array, `key()` will return the index of the element as st

    You should be warned by your compiler with a `-Wdeprecated-declarations` warning if you are using a deprecated
    function.
-
-    See the [migration guide](../../integration/migration_guide.md#miscellaneous-functions) for how to update existing code.
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ Examples of such functionality might be metadata, additional member functions (e

 ## Notes

-### Default type
+#### Default type

 The default value for `CustomBaseClass` is `void`. In this case, an
 [empty base class](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/ebo) is used and no additional functionality is injected.

-### Limitations
+#### Limitations

 The type `CustomBaseClass` has to be a default-constructible, non-`final` class.
 `basic_json` only supports copy/move construction/assignment if `CustomBaseClass` does so as well.
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ A `CustomBaseClass` with non-static data members forfeits `basic_json`'s
    --8<-- "examples/json_base_class_t.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [Template Parameter Requirements](../../features/types/template_parameters.md#custombaseclass) - the requirements for `CustomBaseClass`
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 3.12.0.
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ using json_serializer = JSONSerializer<T, SFINAE>;

 ## Notes

-### Default type
+#### Default type

 The default values for `json_serializer` is [`adl_serializer`](../adl_serializer/index.md).

-### Requirements
+#### Requirements

 A custom serializer must provide `#!cpp static void to_json(basic_json&, T)` for every type it serializes, and either
 `#!cpp static void from_json(const basic_json&, T&)` or `#!cpp static T from_json(const basic_json&)` for every type it
@@ -42,13 +42,6 @@ deserializes. See [Template Parameter Requirements](../../features/types/templat
    --8<-- "examples/from_json__non_default_constructible.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [adl_serializer](../adl_serializer/index.md) the default `json_serializer`
- [get](get.md) explicit type conversion using the `json_serializer`'s `from_json()` method
- [get_to](get_to.md) explicit type conversion into a variable using the `json_serializer`'s `from_json()` method
- [Arbitrary Type Conversions](../../features/arbitrary_types.md) - the article on converting between JSON values and arbitrary types
-
 ## Version history

 - Since version 2.0.0.
@@ -54,12 +54,6 @@ string elements the JSON value can store which is `1`.

    Note the output is platform-dependent.

-## See also
-
- [size](size.md) returns the number of elements
- [array_t](array_t.md) the type used to store JSON arrays
- [object_t](object_t.md) the type used to store JSON objects
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 1.0.0.
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ Thereby, `Target` is the current object; that is, the patch is applied to the cu
 `apply_patch` (in)
 :   the patch to apply

-## Exception safety
-
-Basic guarantee: if an exception is thrown during the operation, the JSON value may be partially modified.
-
 ## Complexity

 Linear in the lengths of `apply_patch`.
@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ type to use.

 ## Notes

-### Default type
+#### Default type

 With the default values for `NumberFloatType` (`double`), the default value for `number_float_t` is `#!cpp double`.

-### Default behavior
+#### Default behavior

 - The restrictions about leading zeros are not enforced in C++. Instead, leading zeros in floating-point literals will
  be ignored. Internally, the value will be stored as a decimal number. For instance, the C++ floating-point literal
  `01.2` will be serialized to `1.2`. During deserialization, leading zeros yield an error.
 - Not-a-number (NaN) values will be serialized to `null`.

-### Limits
+#### Limits

 [RFC 8259](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259) states:
 > This specification allows implementations to set limits on the range and precision of numbers accepted. Since software
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ This implementation does exactly follow this approach, as it uses double precisi
 smaller than `-1.79769313486232e+308` and values greater than `1.79769313486232e+308` will be stored as NaN internally
 and be serialized to `null`.

-### Storage
+#### Storage

 Floating-point number values are stored directly inside a `basic_json` type.

@@ -75,13 +75,6 @@ Floating-point number values are stored directly inside a `basic_json` type.
    --8<-- "examples/number_float_t.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [number_integer_t](number_integer_t.md) the type used to store JSON integer numbers
- [number_unsigned_t](number_unsigned_t.md) the type used to store JSON unsigned integer numbers
- [is_number_float](is_number_float.md) checks whether the JSON value is a floating-point number
- [Number Handling](../../features/types/number_handling.md) - the article on number handling
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 1.0.0.
@@ -29,18 +29,18 @@ to use.

 ## Notes

-### Default type
+#### Default type

 With the default values for `NumberIntegerType` (`std::int64_t`), the default value for `number_integer_t` is
 `#!cpp std::int64_t`.

-### Default behavior
+#### Default behavior

 - The restrictions about leading zeros are not enforced in C++. Instead, leading zeros in integer literals lead to an
  interpretation as an octal number. Internally, the value will be stored as a decimal number. For instance, the C++
  integer literal `010` will be serialized to `8`. During deserialization, leading zeros yield an error.

-### Limits
+#### Limits

 [RFC 8259](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259) specifies:
 > An implementation may set limits on the range and precision of numbers.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ will automatically be stored as [`number_unsigned_t`](number_unsigned_t.md) or [
 As this range is a subrange of the exactly supported range [INT64_MIN, INT64_MAX], this class's integer type is
 interoperable.

-### Storage
+#### Storage

 Integer number values are stored directly inside a `basic_json` type.

@@ -77,13 +77,6 @@ Integer number values are stored directly inside a `basic_json` type.
    --8<-- "examples/number_integer_t.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [number_unsigned_t](number_unsigned_t.md) the type used to store JSON unsigned integer numbers
- [number_float_t](number_float_t.md) the type used to store JSON floating-point numbers
- [is_number_integer](is_number_integer.md) checks whether the JSON value is a signed integer number
- [Number Handling](../../features/types/number_handling.md) - the article on number handling
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 1.0.0.
@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ the type to use.

 ## Notes

-### Default type
+#### Default type

 With the default values for `NumberUnsignedType` (`std::uint64_t`), the default value for `number_unsigned_t` is
 `#!cpp std::uint64_t`.

-### Default behavior
+#### Default behavior

 - The restrictions about leading zeros are not enforced in C++. Instead, leading zeros in integer literals lead to an
  interpretation as an octal number. Internally, the value will be stored as a decimal number. For instance, the C++
  integer  literal `010` will be serialized to `8`. During deserialization, leading zeros yield an error.

-### Limits
+#### Limits

 [RFC 8259](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259) specifies:
 > An implementation may set limits on the range and precision of numbers.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ as [`number_integer_t`](number_integer_t.md) or [`number_float_t`](number_float_
 As this range is a subrange (when considered in conjunction with the `number_integer_t` type) of the exactly supported
 range [0, UINT64_MAX], this class's integer type is interoperable.

-### Storage
+#### Storage

 Integer number values are stored directly inside a `basic_json` type.

@@ -78,13 +78,6 @@ Integer number values are stored directly inside a `basic_json` type.
    --8<-- "examples/number_unsigned_t.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [number_integer_t](number_integer_t.md) the type used to store JSON integer numbers
- [number_float_t](number_float_t.md) the type used to store JSON floating-point numbers
- [is_number_unsigned](is_number_unsigned.md) checks whether the JSON value is an unsigned integer number
- [Number Handling](../../features/types/number_handling.md) - the article on number handling
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 2.0.0.
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ and [`default_object_comparator_t`](default_object_comparator_t.md) otherwise.
    --8<-- "examples/object_comparator_t.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [object_t](object_t.md) the type used to store JSON objects
- [default_object_comparator_t](default_object_comparator_t.md) the fallback comparator used when `object_t` has no `key_compare` member type
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 3.0.0.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ To store objects in C++, a type is defined by the template parameters described

 ## Notes

-### Default type
+#### Default type

 With the default values for `ObjectType` (`std::map`), `StringType` (`std::string`), and `AllocatorType`
 (`std::allocator`), the default value for `object_t` is:
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ std::map<

 See [`default_object_comparator_t`](default_object_comparator_t.md) for more information.

-### Behavior
+#### Behavior

 The choice of `object_t` influences the behavior of the JSON class. With the default type, objects have the following
 behavior:
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ behavior:
  that they will not be affected by these differences. For instance, `#!json {"b": 1, "a": 2}` and
  `#!json {"a": 2, "b": 1}` will be treated as equal.

-### Limits
+#### Limits

 [RFC 8259](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259) specifies:
 > An implementation may set limits on the maximum depth of nesting.
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ In this class, the object's limit of nesting is not explicitly constrained. Howe
 introduced by the compiler or runtime environment. A theoretical limit can be queried by calling the
 [`max_size`](max_size.md) function of a JSON object.

-### Storage
+#### Storage

 Objects are stored as pointers in a `basic_json` type. That is, for any access to object values, a pointer of type
 `object_t*` must be dereferenced.

-### Object key order
+#### Object key order

 The order name/value pairs are added to the object are *not* preserved by the library. Therefore, iterating an object
 may return name/value pairs in a different order than they were originally stored. In fact, keys will be traversed in
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ alphabetical order as `std::map` with `std::less` is used by default. Please not
 [RFC 8259](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259), because any order implements the specified "unordered" nature of JSON
 objects.

-### Cross-`basic_json` conversion requirements
+#### Cross-`basic_json` conversion requirements

 When converting an object from one `basic_json` specialization to another via the
-[converting constructor](basic_json.md) (overload 4), the target `object_t`'s `key_type` must be
+[converting constructor](basic_json.md#overload-4), the target `object_t`'s `key_type` must be
 directly constructible from the source `basic_json`'s `string_t` type (or more generally, from the
 source object's key type). If this requirement is not met, the conversion does not fail; instead,
 the object is silently converted as an array of key-value pairs, which is incorrect. See
@@ -123,13 +123,6 @@ the object is silently converted as an array of key-value pairs, which is incorr
    --8<-- "examples/object_t.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [array_t](array_t.md) the type used to store JSON arrays
- [string_t](string_t.md) the type used to store JSON strings
- [object_comparator_t](object_comparator_t.md) the comparator used to order object keys
- [Object Order](../../features/object_order.md) - the article on object key ordering
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 1.0.0.
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@ invalidates all iterators and all references.

 `#!cpp *this`

-## Exception safety
-
-Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes to any JSON value. As an exception, a `#!json null`
-value is converted to an empty array or object before the element is added and keeps that type if adding the element
-throws.
-
 ## Exceptions

 1. Throws [`type_error.308`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error308) when called on a type other than
@@ -133,18 +133,6 @@ Strong exception safety: if an exception occurs, the original value stays intact
        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).

-!!! warning "Deprecation"
-
-    Overload (4) also accepts a [`json_pointer`](../json_pointer/index.md) whose template argument is a `basic_json`
-    specialization (e.g., `nlohmann::json_pointer<nlohmann::json>`) instead of a string type. This is deprecated since
-    version 3.11.0 and will be removed in a future major version; use `basic_json::json_pointer` (for `json`,
-    `nlohmann::json_pointer<std::string>`) instead.
-
-    You should be warned by your compiler with a `-Wdeprecated-declarations` warning if you are using a deprecated
-    function.
-
-    See the [migration guide](../../integration/migration_guide.md#json-pointers) for how to update existing code.
-
 ## Examples

 ??? example "Example: (1) access specified array element"
@@ -266,6 +254,8 @@ Strong exception safety: if an exception occurs, the original value stays intact
 - documentation on [runtime assertions](../../features/assertions.md)
 - see [`at`](at.md) for access by reference with range checking
 - see [`value`](value.md) for access with default value
+- [basic_json_view::operator[]](../basic_json_view/operator%5B%5D.md) - the same access on a zero-copy view (always
+  returns a discarded view instead of assuming undefined behavior)

 ## Version history

@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ Implicit type conversion between the JSON value and a compatible value. The call

 copy of the JSON value, converted to `ValueType`

-## Exception safety
-
-Depends on what `json_serializer<ValueType>` `from_json()` method throws; the JSON value itself is never modified,
-since `#!cpp operator ValueType()` is a `#!cpp const` member function that only calls [`get()`](get.md).
-
 ## Exceptions

 Depends on what `json_serializer<ValueType>` `from_json()` method throws
@@ -61,8 +56,6 @@ Linear in the size of the JSON value.
    [`JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS`](../macros/json_use_implicit_conversions.md) to `0` and replace any implicit
    conversions with calls to [`get`](../basic_json/get.md).

-    See the [migration guide](../../integration/migration_guide.md#replace-implicit-conversions) for how to update existing code.
-
 ## Examples

 ??? example
@@ -70,7 +63,7 @@ Linear in the size of the JSON value.
    The example below shows several conversions from JSON values to other types. There are a few things to note: (1)
    Floating-point numbers can be converted to integers, (2) A JSON array can be converted to a standard
    `std::vector<short>`, (3) A JSON object can be converted to C++ associative containers such as
-    `std::map<std::string, json>`.
+    `std::unordered_map<std::string, json>`.
        
    ```cpp
    --8<-- "examples/operator__ValueType.cpp"
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Linear.

 ## Examples

-??? example "Example: (1) compare JSON values"
+??? example

    The example demonstrates comparing several JSON types.
        
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Linear.
    --8<-- "examples/operator__equal.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (2) compare JSON values with `#!cpp nullptr`"
+??? example

    The example demonstrates comparing several JSON types against the null pointer (JSON `#!json null`).
        
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ Linear.

 - [operator!=](operator_ne.md) compare for inequality
 - [operator<=>](operator_spaceship.md) comparison: 3-way (C++20)
+- [basic_json_view::operator==](../basic_json_view/operator_eq.md) - the same comparison on a zero-copy view, without
+  building a `basic_json` value for it

 ## Version history

@@ -60,16 +60,6 @@ Linear.
    Since C++20 overload resolution will consider the _rewritten candidate_ generated from
    [`operator<=>`](operator_spaceship.md).

-!!! warning "Deprecation"
-
-    If [`JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON`](../macros/json_use_legacy_discarded_value_comparison.md) is
-    defined to `1`, the library declares a member `#!cpp bool operator>=(const_reference rhs) const noexcept` in
-    C++20 mode to emulate the legacy comparison of discarded values. This member is deprecated since version 3.11.0,
-    together with the legacy comparison behavior.
-
-    See the [migration guide](../../integration/migration_guide.md#miscellaneous-functions) for how to update existing
-    code.
-
 ## Examples

 ??? example
@@ -61,16 +61,6 @@ Linear.
    Since C++20 overload resolution will consider the _rewritten candidate_ generated from
    [`operator<=>`](operator_spaceship.md).

-!!! warning "Deprecation"
-
-    If [`JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON`](../macros/json_use_legacy_discarded_value_comparison.md) is
-    defined to `1`, the library declares a member `#!cpp bool operator<=(const_reference rhs) const noexcept` in
-    C++20 mode to emulate the legacy comparison of discarded values. This member is deprecated since version 3.11.0,
-    together with the legacy comparison behavior.
-
-    See the [migration guide](../../integration/migration_guide.md#miscellaneous-functions) for how to update existing
-    code.
-
 ## Examples

 ??? example
@@ -9,9 +9,17 @@ bool operator!=(const_reference lhs, const ScalarType rhs) noexcept;  // (2)

 template<typename ScalarType>
 bool operator!=(ScalarType lhs, const const_reference rhs) noexcept;  // (2)
+
+// since C++20
+class basic_json {
+    bool operator!=(const_reference rhs) const noexcept;              // (1)
+
+    template<typename ScalarType>
+    bool operator!=(ScalarType rhs) const noexcept;                   // (2)
+};
 ```

-1. Compares two JSON values for inequality. Returns `#!cpp !(lhs == rhs)`.
+1. Compares two JSON values for inequality. Returns `#!cpp !(lhs == rhs)` (until C++20) or `#!cpp !(*this == rhs)` (since C++20).
    - This means the comparison is simply the logical negation of `operator==`, including for special values like `NaN` and `discarded`.

 2. Compares a JSON value and a scalar or a scalar and a JSON value for inequality by converting the scalar to a JSON
@@ -44,11 +52,6 @@ Linear.

 ## Notes

-!!! note "C++20"
-
-    Since C++20, `basic_json` declares no `operator!=`. The compiler rewrites `#!cpp a != b` as `#!cpp !(a == b)`
-    using [`operator==`](operator_eq.md), so the result is the same as described above.
-
 !!! note "Comparing `NaN` and `discarded`"

    Since `operator!=` is defined as `!(a == b)`, the behavior for special values follows that of `operator==`:
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ Linear.

 ## Examples

-??? example "Example: (1) compare JSON values"
+??? example

    The example demonstrates comparing several JSON types.
        
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ Linear.
    --8<-- "examples/operator__notequal.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (2) compare JSON values with `#!cpp nullptr`"
+??? example

    The example demonstrates comparing several JSON types against the null pointer (JSON `#!json null`).
        
@@ -88,13 +91,13 @@ Linear.

 ## See also

- [operator==](operator_eq.md) comparison: equal
- [operator<=>](operator_spaceship.md) comparison: 3-way (C++20)
+- [operator==](operator_eq.md) compare for equality
+- [basic_json_view::operator!=](../basic_json_view/operator_ne.md) - the same comparison on a zero-copy view, without
+  building a `basic_json` value for it

 ## Version history

-1. Added in version 1.0.0. Added a C++20 member function in version 3.11.0. Changed in version 3.13.0 to remove
-   special-casing for `NaN` and `discarded` values; `operator!=` now consistently means `!(a == b)`. Removed the C++20
-   member function in version 3.13.0; since C++20, the compiler rewrites `a != b` using `operator==`.
-2. Added in version 1.0.0. Changed in version 3.13.0 to remove special-casing for `NaN` and `discarded` values;
-   `operator!=` now consistently means `!(a == b)`. Since C++20, the compiler rewrites `a != b` using `operator==`.
+1. Added in version 1.0.0. Added C++20 member functions in version 3.11.0. Changed in version 3.13.0 to remove 
+   special-casing for `NaN` and `discarded` values; `operator!=` now consistently means `!(a == b)`.
+2. Added in version 1.0.0. Added C++20 member functions in version 3.11.0. Changed in version 3.13.0 to remove
+   special-casing for `NaN` and `discarded` values; `operator!=` now consistently means `!(a == b)`.
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ Constant.
    --8<-- "examples/operator__value_t.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [type](type.md) named member function equivalent to this implicit conversion operator
- [value_t](value_t.md) the enumeration of JSON types
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 1.0.0.
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ outside of a string, invalid) byte; see the [FAQ entry](../../home/faq.md#nul-by

 ## Examples

-??? example "Example: (1) parse from a character array"
+??? example "Parsing from a character array"

    The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function reading from an array.

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ outside of a string, invalid) byte; see the [FAQ entry](../../home/faq.md#nul-by
    --8<-- "examples/parse__array__parser_callback_t.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (1) parse from a string"
+??? example "Parsing from a string"

    The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function with and without callback function.

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ outside of a string, invalid) byte; see the [FAQ entry](../../home/faq.md#nul-by
    --8<-- "examples/parse__string__parser_callback_t.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (1) parse from an input stream"
+??? example "Parsing from an input stream"

    The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function with and without callback function.

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ outside of a string, invalid) byte; see the [FAQ entry](../../home/faq.md#nul-by
    --8<-- "examples/parse__istream__parser_callback_t.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (1) parse from a contiguous container"
+??? example "Parsing from a contiguous container"

    The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function reading from a contiguous container.

@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ outside of a string, invalid) byte; see the [FAQ entry](../../home/faq.md#nul-by
    --8<-- "examples/parse__contiguouscontainer__parser_callback_t.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (2) parse from a non-null-terminated string"
+??? example "Parsing from a non-null-terminated string"

    The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function reading from a string that is not null-terminated.

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ outside of a string, invalid) byte; see the [FAQ entry](../../home/faq.md#nul-by
    --8<-- "examples/parse__pointers.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (2) parse from an iterator pair"
+??? example "Parsing from an iterator pair"

    The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function reading from an iterator pair.

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ outside of a string, invalid) byte; see the [FAQ entry](../../home/faq.md#nul-by
    --8<-- "examples/parse__iterator_pair.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: effect of `allow_exceptions` parameter"
+??? example "Effect of `allow_exceptions` parameter"

    The example below demonstrates the effect of the `allow_exceptions` parameter in the `parse()` function.

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ outside of a string, invalid) byte; see the [FAQ entry](../../home/faq.md#nul-by
    --8<-- "examples/parse__allow_exceptions.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: effect of `ignore_comments` parameter"
+??? example "Effect of `ignore_comments` parameter"

    The example below demonstrates the effect of the `ignore_comments` parameter in the `parse()` function.

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ outside of a string, invalid) byte; see the [FAQ entry](../../home/faq.md#nul-by
    --8<-- "examples/comments.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: effect of `ignore_trailing_commas` parameter"
+??? example "Effect of `ignore_trailing_commas` parameter"

    The example below demonstrates the effect of the `ignore_trailing_commas` parameter in the `parse()` function.

@@ -263,5 +263,3 @@ outside of a string, invalid) byte; see the [FAQ entry](../../home/faq.md#nul-by

    You should be warned by your compiler with a `-Wdeprecated-declarations` warning if you are using a deprecated
    function.
-
-    See the [migration guide](../../integration/migration_guide.md#parsing) for how to update existing code.
@@ -24,21 +24,6 @@ The parser callback distinguishes the following events:

 ![Example when certain parse events are triggered](../../images/callback_events.png)

-??? example
-
-    The following code parses a small JSON text with a parser callback that reports every event together with its
-    depth and keeps every value (by always returning `#!cpp true`).
-
-    ```cpp
-    --8<-- "examples/parse_event_t.cpp"
-    ```
-
-    Output:
-
-    ```json
-    --8<-- "examples/parse_event_t.output"
-    ```
-
 ## See also

 - [parser_callback_t](parser_callback_t.md) callback function type for the parser
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ the latter case, it is skipped completely, or replaced by `null` if it is the to

 ## Examples

-??? example "Example: skip an object key while parsing"
+??? example

    The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function with
    and without callback function.
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ the latter case, it is skipped completely, or replaced by `null` if it is the to
    --8<-- "examples/parse__string__parser_callback_t.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: how discarded values are removed"
+??? example

    The example below shows where discarded values are removed. The array and the number are discarded in different
    ways, but in each case the parse result contains neither the value nor its key.
@@ -26,24 +26,10 @@ Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON va
 - Throws [`parse_error.104`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error104) if the JSON patch does not consist of
  an array of objects.
 - Throws [`parse_error.105`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error105) if the JSON patch is malformed (e.g.,
-  mandatory attributes are missing); example: `"operation 'add' must have member 'path'"`.
+  mandatory attributes are missing); example: `"operation add must have member path"`.
 - Throws [`out_of_range.401`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range401) if an array index is out of range.
- Throws [`parse_error.106`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error106) if an array index in a "path" or
-  "from" member begins with '0'; example: `"array index '01' must not begin with '0'"`.
- Throws [`parse_error.107`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error107) if a "path" or "from" member is not
-  empty and does not begin with a slash (`/`); example: `"JSON pointer must be empty or begin with '/' - was: 'a'"`.
- Throws [`parse_error.108`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error108) if a tilde (`~`) in a "path" or
-  "from" member is not followed by `0` or `1`; example: `"escape character '~' must be followed with '0' or '1'"`.
- Throws [`parse_error.109`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error109) if an array index in a "path" or
-  "from" member is not a number; example: `"array index 'foo' is not a number"`.
- Throws [`out_of_range.402`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range402) if the array index `-` is used
-  where an existing element is required (the "path" of "replace", the "from" of "move" and "copy"); example:
-  `"array index '-' (3) is out of range"`.
 - Throws [`out_of_range.403`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range403) if a JSON pointer inside the patch
  could not be resolved successfully in the current JSON value; example: `"key baz not found"`.
- Throws [`out_of_range.404`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range404) if a reference token of a JSON
-  pointer inside the patch cannot be resolved, e.g., `-` in a "remove" operation or `1a` for an array; example:
-  `"unresolved reference token '-'"`.
 - Throws [`out_of_range.405`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range405) if JSON pointer has no parent
  ("add", "remove", "move")
 - Throws [`out_of_range.411`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range411) if an "add" operation's target
@@ -67,7 +53,7 @@ is thrown. In any case, the original value is not changed: the patch is applied

 ## Examples

-??? example "Example: apply a JSON patch"
+??? example

    The following code shows how a JSON patch is applied to a value.
     
@@ -81,21 +67,6 @@ is thrown. In any case, the original value is not changed: the patch is applied
    --8<-- "examples/patch.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: out_of_range.414 exception"
-
-    The following code shows how a "move" operation whose "from" location is a proper prefix of its "path" location is
-    rejected, and how the original document is left unchanged because the patch is applied to a copy.
-
-    ```cpp
-    --8<-- "examples/patch__exception.cpp"
-    ```
-
-    Output:
-
-    ```json
-    --8<-- "examples/patch__exception.output"
-    ```
-
 ## See also

 - [RFC 6902 (JSON Patch)](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902)
@@ -22,24 +22,10 @@ No guarantees, value may be corrupted by an unsuccessful patch operation.
 - Throws [`parse_error.104`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error104) if the JSON patch does not consist of
  an array of objects.
 - Throws [`parse_error.105`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error105) if the JSON patch is malformed (e.g.,
-  mandatory attributes are missing); example: `"operation 'add' must have member 'path'"`.
+  mandatory attributes are missing); example: `"operation add must have member path"`.
 - Throws [`out_of_range.401`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range401) if an array index is out of range.
- Throws [`parse_error.106`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error106) if an array index in a "path" or
-  "from" member begins with '0'; example: `"array index '01' must not begin with '0'"`.
- Throws [`parse_error.107`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error107) if a "path" or "from" member is not
-  empty and does not begin with a slash (`/`); example: `"JSON pointer must be empty or begin with '/' - was: 'a'"`.
- Throws [`parse_error.108`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error108) if a tilde (`~`) in a "path" or
-  "from" member is not followed by `0` or `1`; example: `"escape character '~' must be followed with '0' or '1'"`.
- Throws [`parse_error.109`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error109) if an array index in a "path" or
-  "from" member is not a number; example: `"array index 'foo' is not a number"`.
- Throws [`out_of_range.402`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range402) if the array index `-` is used
-  where an existing element is required (the "path" of "replace", the "from" of "move" and "copy"); example:
-  `"array index '-' (3) is out of range"`.
 - Throws [`out_of_range.403`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range403) if a JSON pointer inside the patch
  could not be resolved successfully in the current JSON value; example: `"key baz not found"`.
- Throws [`out_of_range.404`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range404) if a reference token of a JSON
-  pointer inside the patch cannot be resolved, e.g., `-` in a "remove" operation or `1a` for an array; example:
-  `"unresolved reference token '-'"`.
 - Throws [`out_of_range.405`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range405) if JSON pointer has no parent
  ("add", "remove", "move")
 - Throws [`out_of_range.411`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range411) if an "add" operation's target
@@ -64,7 +50,7 @@ function throws an exception.

 ## Examples

-??? example "Example: apply a JSON patch in place"
+??? example

    The following code shows how a JSON patch is applied to a value.
     
@@ -78,22 +64,6 @@ function throws an exception.
    --8<-- "examples/patch_inplace.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: out_of_range.403 exception with a partially applied patch"
-
-    The following code shows a patch whose first operation succeeds and whose second operation fails. Because
-    `patch_inplace` applies each operation directly to the value, the first operation's effect is still visible after
-    the exception is caught, unlike [`patch`](patch.md).
-
-    ```cpp
-    --8<-- "examples/patch_inplace__exception.cpp"
-    ```
-
-    Output:
-
-    ```json
-    --8<-- "examples/patch_inplace__exception.output"
-    ```
-
 ## See also

 - [RFC 6902 (JSON Patch)](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902)
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@ invalidates all iterators and all references.
 `init` (in)
 :   an initializer list

-## Exception safety
-
-Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes to any JSON value. As an exception, a `#!json null`
-value is converted to an empty array or object before the element is added and keeps that type if adding the element
-throws.
-
 ## Exceptions

 1. Throws [`type_error.308`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error308) when called on a type other than
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@ Constant.
    --8<-- "examples/rbegin.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [rend](rend.md) returns a reverse iterator to one before the first element
- [crbegin](crbegin.md) returns a const reverse iterator to the last element
- [begin](begin.md) returns an iterator to the first element
- [Iterators](../../features/iterators.md) - the article on iterators
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 1.0.0.
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@ Constant.
    --8<-- "examples/rend.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [rbegin](rbegin.md) returns a reverse iterator to the last element
- [crend](crend.md) returns a const reverse iterator to one before the first element
- [end](end.md) returns an iterator to one past the last element
- [Iterators](../../features/iterators.md) - the article on iterators
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 1.0.0.
@@ -147,5 +147,3 @@ A UTF-8 byte order mark is silently ignored.
    Overload (2) replaces calls to `sax_parse` with a pair of iterators as their first parameter which has been
    deprecated in version 3.8.0. This overload will be removed in version 4.0.0. Please replace all calls like
    `#!cpp sax_parse({ptr, ptr+len});` with `#!cpp sax_parse(ptr, ptr+len);`.
-
-    See the [migration guide](../../integration/migration_guide.md#parsing) for how to update existing code.
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ JSON value which is `1` in the case of a string.

 ## See also

- [empty](empty.md) checks whether the JSON value has no elements
- [max_size](max_size.md) returns the maximum possible number of elements
+- [basic_json_view::size](../basic_json_view/size.md) - the same function on a zero-copy view

 ## Version history

@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ type of the JSON value is taken into account to have different hash values for `

    Note the output is platform-dependent.

-## See also
-
- [operator==](operator_eq.md) compares two JSON values for equality, consistent with equal hash values
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 1.0.0.
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ JSON class into byte-sized characters during deserialization.

 ## Notes

-### Default type
+#### Default type

 With the default values for `StringType` (`std::string`), the default value for `string_t` is `#!cpp std::string`.

-### Encoding
+#### Encoding

 Strings are stored in UTF-8 encoding. Therefore, functions like `std::string::size()` or `std::string::length()` return
 the number of bytes in the string rather than the number of characters or glyphs.

-### String comparison
+#### String comparison

 [RFC 8259](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259) states:
 > Software implementations are typically required to test names of object members for equality. Implementations that
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ the number of bytes in the string rather than the number of characters or glyphs

 This implementation is interoperable as it does compare strings code unit by code unit.

-### Storage
+#### Storage

 String values are stored as pointers in a `basic_json` type. That is, for any access to string values, a pointer of type
 `string_t*` must be dereferenced.

-### Cross-`basic_json` conversion requirements
+#### Cross-`basic_json` conversion requirements

 When converting a string value from one `basic_json` specialization to another via the
-[converting constructor](basic_json.md) (overload 4), the target `string_t` must be directly
+[converting constructor](basic_json.md#overload-4), the target `string_t` must be directly
 constructible from the source `basic_json`'s `string_t` type. If this requirement is not met, the
 conversion does not fail; instead, the string is silently converted as an array of character codes,
 which is incorrect. See [issue #3425](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/3425) for details
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@ and an example.
    --8<-- "examples/string_t.output"
    ```

-## See also
-
- [object_t](object_t.md) the type used to store JSON objects (and their keys, which are also `string_t`)
- [binary_t](binary_t.md) the type used to store binary values
- [get_ptr](get_ptr.md) returns a pointer to the stored string value
-
 ## Version history

 - Added in version 1.0.0.
@@ -65,16 +65,6 @@ void swap(typename binary_t::container_type& other);
 `right` (in, out)
 :   value to exchange the contents with

-## Exception safety
-
-1. No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
-2. No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
-3. Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes to any JSON value.
-4. Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes to any JSON value.
-5. Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes to any JSON value.
-6. Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes to any JSON value.
-7. Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes to any JSON value.
-
 ## Exceptions

 1. No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
@@ -96,7 +86,7 @@ Constant.

 ## Examples

-??? example "Example: (1, 2) swap JSON values"
+??? example "Example: Swap JSON value (1, 2)"

    The example below shows how JSON values can be swapped with `swap()`.
    
@@ -110,7 +100,7 @@ Constant.
    --8<-- "examples/swap__reference.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (3) swap array"
+??? example "Example: Swap array (3)"

    The example below shows how arrays can be swapped with `swap()`.
    
@@ -124,7 +114,7 @@ Constant.
    --8<-- "examples/swap__array_t.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (4) swap object"
+??? example "Example: Swap object (4)"

    The example below shows how objects can be swapped with `swap()`.
    
@@ -138,7 +128,7 @@ Constant.
    --8<-- "examples/swap__object_t.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (5) swap string"
+??? example "Example: Swap string (5)"

    The example below shows how strings can be swapped with `swap()`.
    
@@ -152,7 +142,7 @@ Constant.
    --8<-- "examples/swap__string_t.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: (6) swap binary"
+??? example "Example: Swap binary (6)"

    The example below shows how binary values can be swapped with `swap()`.
    
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON va
 ## Exceptions

 - Throws [`other_error.502`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionother_error502) if `use_type` is true and `use_size`
-  is false, and `j` contains a non-empty array, object, or binary value.
+  is false.

 ## Complexity

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Linear in the size of the JSON value `j`.

 ## Examples

-??? example "Example: serialize a JSON value to BJData"
+??? example

    The example shows the serialization of a JSON value to a byte vector in BJData format.
     
@@ -77,21 +77,6 @@ Linear in the size of the JSON value `j`.
    --8<-- "examples/to_bjdata.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: other_error.502 exception"
-
-    The example shows how requesting type annotations (`use_type`) without size annotations (`use_size`) throws an
-    exception, because type-optimized containers can only be read back with a preceding size.
-
-    ```cpp
-    --8<-- "examples/to_bjdata__exception.cpp"
-    ```
-
-    Output:
-
-    ```json
-    --8<-- "examples/to_bjdata__exception.output"
-    ```
-
 ## See also

 - [from_bjdata](from_bjdata.md) create a JSON value from an input in BJData format
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Linear in the size of the JSON value `j`.

 ## Examples

-??? example "Example: serialize a JSON value to BON8"
+??? example

    The example shows the serialization of a JSON value to a byte vector in BON8 format.
     
@@ -62,21 +62,6 @@ Linear in the size of the JSON value `j`.
    --8<-- "examples/to_bon8.output"
    ```

-??? example "Example: type_error.316 exception"
-
-    The example shows how serializing a string that is not valid UTF-8 throws an exception, because BON8 stores strings
-    as UTF-8.
-
-    ```cpp
-    --8<-- "examples/to_bon8__exception.cpp"
-    ```
-
-    Output:
-
-    ```json
-    --8<-- "examples/to_bon8__exception.output"
-    ```
-
 ## See also

 - [from_bon8](from_bon8.md) create a JSON value from an input in BON8 format
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