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Niels Lohmann ef97a360c8 Document why the digit-count fast path is safe regardless of number_unsigned_t/number_integer_t width
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-09-05 21:36:16 +02:00
Niels Lohmann 7b648c7dc4 Skip integer conversion in accept()/SAX validation when the value is unused
lexer::scan_number() always converted every numeric token with
strtoull()/strtoll() before returning, even though accept() (and any
consumer using json_sax_acceptor) immediately discards the converted
value. For value_unsigned/value_integer tokens whose digit count
already guarantees the value fits into 64 bits, the conversion cannot
change the accept/reject decision (such tokens are always finite and
unconditionally accepted), so scan_number() can skip strtoull()/
strtoll() entirely in that case when the caller signals it does not
need the value. Numbers with more digits keep using the exact,
unmodified conversion path, so overflow reclassification to
value_float (and the finiteness check on it) is unaffected.

parse() and value_float handling are completely unchanged.

Fixes #5411

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-09-05 20:59:51 +02:00
7 changed files with 232 additions and 151 deletions
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@@ -149,10 +149,11 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
public:
using token_type = typename lexer_base<BasicJsonType>::token_type;
explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false) noexcept
explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false, bool discard_number_values_ = false) noexcept
: ia(std::move(adapter))
, ignore_comments(ignore_comments_)
, decimal_point_char(static_cast<char_int_type>(get_decimal_point()))
, discard_number_values(discard_number_values_)
{}
// deleted because of pointer members
@@ -1279,6 +1280,58 @@ scan_number_done:
// we are done scanning a number)
unget();
// If the caller does not need the converted value (only whether the
// input is syntactically valid; see json_sax_acceptor/accept()), an
// unsigned/integer token can be reported without calling
// strtoull()/strtoll() at all, *provided* we can already tell from
// the digit count alone that the conversion cannot overflow 64 bits.
// Such tokens are always finite and are accepted unconditionally by
// the parser regardless of their actual value (parser::sax_parse_internal()
// never checks finiteness for value_unsigned/value_integer), so the
// classification below is all that is needed.
//
// A decimal number with up to 18 digits is always representable in
// both std::uint64_t and std::int64_t (18 nines is ~1e18, well below
// both UINT64_MAX ~1.8e19 and INT64_MAX ~9.2e18), so strtoull()/strtoll()
// could not have set errno to ERANGE for it. Numbers with more digits
// (rare in practice) fall through to the exact code below, unchanged,
// so their handling -- including reclassification to value_float when
// the value overflows 64 bits, and rejection when it is not even
// finite as a double -- is bit-for-bit identical to before this
// optimization.
//
// Note this reasons about std::uint64_t/std::int64_t, not about
// number_unsigned_t/number_integer_t (BasicJsonType's own, possibly
// narrower, template parameters -- e.g. std::uint32_t). That is fine
// *only* because discard_number_values is exclusively set by
// accept() (see json.hpp), and accept() always parses through the
// library's own json_sax_acceptor -- never a user-supplied SAX
// consumer -- whose number_unsigned()/number_integer()/number_float()
// callbacks unconditionally discard their argument and return true.
// So for every caller that can reach this branch, neither the token
// classification below nor the eventual (possibly narrowed, and on
// this fast path left stale/unset) value_unsigned/value_integer is
// ever consulted -- an unsigned/integer token is accepted outright,
// and even a >18-digit token that this fast path deliberately falls
// through for is, once reclassified to value_float, still finite
// (and thus accepted) for any digit count that fits in number_unsigned_t
// or number_integer_t regardless of that type's width. If this
// function is ever taught to run with discard_number_values true for
// a caller that *does* read the converted value, this reasoning (and
// the fast path below) would need to be revisited.
if (discard_number_values)
{
constexpr std::size_t safe_digit_count = 18;
if (number_type == token_type::value_unsigned && token_buffer.size() <= safe_digit_count)
{
return token_type::value_unsigned;
}
if (number_type == token_type::value_integer && token_buffer.size() - 1 <= safe_digit_count)
{
return token_type::value_integer;
}
}
char* endptr = nullptr; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness,cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg,hicpp-vararg)
errno = 0;
@@ -1754,6 +1807,13 @@ scan_number_done:
const char_int_type decimal_point_char = '.';
/// the position of the decimal point in the input
std::size_t decimal_point_position = std::string::npos;
/// whether the caller (e.g. accept()/json_sax_acceptor) only needs the
/// token classification and never looks at the converted numeric value;
/// when set, scan_number() may skip strtoull()/strtoll() for
/// value_unsigned/value_integer tokens whose digit count guarantees they
/// fit into 64 bits (see scan_number())
const bool discard_number_values = false;
};
} // namespace detail
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@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ class parser
parser_callback_t<BasicJsonType> cb = nullptr,
const bool allow_exceptions_ = true,
const bool ignore_comments = false,
const bool ignore_trailing_commas_ = false)
const bool ignore_trailing_commas_ = false,
const bool discard_number_values_ = false)
: callback(std::move(cb))
, m_lexer(std::move(adapter), ignore_comments)
, m_lexer(std::move(adapter), ignore_comments, discard_number_values_)
, allow_exceptions(allow_exceptions_)
, ignore_trailing_commas(ignore_trailing_commas_)
{
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@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class serializer
, thousands_sep(loc->thousands_sep == nullptr ? '\0' : std::char_traits<char>::to_char_type(* (loc->thousands_sep)))
, decimal_point(loc->decimal_point == nullptr ? '\0' : std::char_traits<char>::to_char_type(* (loc->decimal_point)))
, indent_char(ichar)
, indent_string()
, indent_string(512, indent_char)
, error_handler(error_handler_)
{}
@@ -126,10 +126,6 @@ class serializer
// variable to hold indentation for recursive calls
const auto new_indent = current_indent + indent_step;
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(indent_string.empty()))
{
indent_string.resize(512, indent_char);
}
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(indent_string.size() < new_indent))
{
indent_string.resize(indent_string.size() * 2, ' ');
@@ -203,10 +199,6 @@ class serializer
// variable to hold indentation for recursive calls
const auto new_indent = current_indent + indent_step;
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(indent_string.empty()))
{
indent_string.resize(512, indent_char);
}
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(indent_string.size() < new_indent))
{
indent_string.resize(indent_string.size() * 2, ' ');
@@ -268,10 +260,6 @@ class serializer
// variable to hold indentation for recursive calls
const auto new_indent = current_indent + indent_step;
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(indent_string.empty()))
{
indent_string.resize(512, indent_char);
}
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(indent_string.size() < new_indent))
{
indent_string.resize(indent_string.size() * 2, ' ');
@@ -1022,7 +1010,7 @@ class serializer
/// the indentation character
const char indent_char;
/// the indentation string (lazily allocated on first use by a pretty-print branch)
/// the indentation string
string_t indent_string;
/// error_handler how to react on decoding errors
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@@ -164,11 +164,12 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
detail::parser_callback_t<basic_json>cb = nullptr,
const bool allow_exceptions = true,
const bool ignore_comments = false,
const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false
const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false,
const bool discard_number_values = false
)
{
return ::nlohmann::detail::parser<basic_json, InputAdapterType>(std::move(adapter),
std::move(cb), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
std::move(cb), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, discard_number_values);
}
private:
@@ -4133,7 +4134,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
const bool ignore_comments = false,
const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
{
return parser(detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i)), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas).accept(true);
return parser(detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i)), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, true).accept(true);
}
/// @brief check if the input is valid JSON (iterator pair, or iterator+sentinel pair for C++20 ranges support)
@@ -4144,7 +4145,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
const bool ignore_comments = false,
const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
{
return parser(detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last)), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas).accept(true);
return parser(detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last)), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, true).accept(true);
}
JSON_HEDLEY_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
@@ -4153,7 +4154,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
const bool ignore_comments = false,
const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
{
return parser(i.get(), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas).accept(true);
return parser(i.get(), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, true).accept(true);
}
/// @brief generate SAX events
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@@ -7932,10 +7932,11 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
public:
using token_type = typename lexer_base<BasicJsonType>::token_type;
explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false) noexcept
explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false, bool discard_number_values_ = false) noexcept
: ia(std::move(adapter))
, ignore_comments(ignore_comments_)
, decimal_point_char(static_cast<char_int_type>(get_decimal_point()))
, discard_number_values(discard_number_values_)
{}
// deleted because of pointer members
@@ -9062,6 +9063,58 @@ scan_number_done:
// we are done scanning a number)
unget();
// If the caller does not need the converted value (only whether the
// input is syntactically valid; see json_sax_acceptor/accept()), an
// unsigned/integer token can be reported without calling
// strtoull()/strtoll() at all, *provided* we can already tell from
// the digit count alone that the conversion cannot overflow 64 bits.
// Such tokens are always finite and are accepted unconditionally by
// the parser regardless of their actual value (parser::sax_parse_internal()
// never checks finiteness for value_unsigned/value_integer), so the
// classification below is all that is needed.
//
// A decimal number with up to 18 digits is always representable in
// both std::uint64_t and std::int64_t (18 nines is ~1e18, well below
// both UINT64_MAX ~1.8e19 and INT64_MAX ~9.2e18), so strtoull()/strtoll()
// could not have set errno to ERANGE for it. Numbers with more digits
// (rare in practice) fall through to the exact code below, unchanged,
// so their handling -- including reclassification to value_float when
// the value overflows 64 bits, and rejection when it is not even
// finite as a double -- is bit-for-bit identical to before this
// optimization.
//
// Note this reasons about std::uint64_t/std::int64_t, not about
// number_unsigned_t/number_integer_t (BasicJsonType's own, possibly
// narrower, template parameters -- e.g. std::uint32_t). That is fine
// *only* because discard_number_values is exclusively set by
// accept() (see json.hpp), and accept() always parses through the
// library's own json_sax_acceptor -- never a user-supplied SAX
// consumer -- whose number_unsigned()/number_integer()/number_float()
// callbacks unconditionally discard their argument and return true.
// So for every caller that can reach this branch, neither the token
// classification below nor the eventual (possibly narrowed, and on
// this fast path left stale/unset) value_unsigned/value_integer is
// ever consulted -- an unsigned/integer token is accepted outright,
// and even a >18-digit token that this fast path deliberately falls
// through for is, once reclassified to value_float, still finite
// (and thus accepted) for any digit count that fits in number_unsigned_t
// or number_integer_t regardless of that type's width. If this
// function is ever taught to run with discard_number_values true for
// a caller that *does* read the converted value, this reasoning (and
// the fast path below) would need to be revisited.
if (discard_number_values)
{
constexpr std::size_t safe_digit_count = 18;
if (number_type == token_type::value_unsigned && token_buffer.size() <= safe_digit_count)
{
return token_type::value_unsigned;
}
if (number_type == token_type::value_integer && token_buffer.size() - 1 <= safe_digit_count)
{
return token_type::value_integer;
}
}
char* endptr = nullptr; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness,cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg,hicpp-vararg)
errno = 0;
@@ -9537,6 +9590,13 @@ scan_number_done:
const char_int_type decimal_point_char = '.';
/// the position of the decimal point in the input
std::size_t decimal_point_position = std::string::npos;
/// whether the caller (e.g. accept()/json_sax_acceptor) only needs the
/// token classification and never looks at the converted numeric value;
/// when set, scan_number() may skip strtoull()/strtoll() for
/// value_unsigned/value_integer tokens whose digit count guarantees they
/// fit into 64 bits (see scan_number())
const bool discard_number_values = false;
};
} // namespace detail
@@ -14043,9 +14103,10 @@ class parser
parser_callback_t<BasicJsonType> cb = nullptr,
const bool allow_exceptions_ = true,
const bool ignore_comments = false,
const bool ignore_trailing_commas_ = false)
const bool ignore_trailing_commas_ = false,
const bool discard_number_values_ = false)
: callback(std::move(cb))
, m_lexer(std::move(adapter), ignore_comments)
, m_lexer(std::move(adapter), ignore_comments, discard_number_values_)
, allow_exceptions(allow_exceptions_)
, ignore_trailing_commas(ignore_trailing_commas_)
{
@@ -20150,7 +20211,7 @@ class serializer
, thousands_sep(loc->thousands_sep == nullptr ? '\0' : std::char_traits<char>::to_char_type(* (loc->thousands_sep)))
, decimal_point(loc->decimal_point == nullptr ? '\0' : std::char_traits<char>::to_char_type(* (loc->decimal_point)))
, indent_char(ichar)
, indent_string()
, indent_string(512, indent_char)
, error_handler(error_handler_)
{}
@@ -20205,10 +20266,6 @@ class serializer
// variable to hold indentation for recursive calls
const auto new_indent = current_indent + indent_step;
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(indent_string.empty()))
{
indent_string.resize(512, indent_char);
}
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(indent_string.size() < new_indent))
{
indent_string.resize(indent_string.size() * 2, ' ');
@@ -20282,10 +20339,6 @@ class serializer
// variable to hold indentation for recursive calls
const auto new_indent = current_indent + indent_step;
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(indent_string.empty()))
{
indent_string.resize(512, indent_char);
}
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(indent_string.size() < new_indent))
{
indent_string.resize(indent_string.size() * 2, ' ');
@@ -20347,10 +20400,6 @@ class serializer
// variable to hold indentation for recursive calls
const auto new_indent = current_indent + indent_step;
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(indent_string.empty()))
{
indent_string.resize(512, indent_char);
}
if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(indent_string.size() < new_indent))
{
indent_string.resize(indent_string.size() * 2, ' ');
@@ -21101,7 +21150,7 @@ class serializer
/// the indentation character
const char indent_char;
/// the indentation string (lazily allocated on first use by a pretty-print branch)
/// the indentation string
string_t indent_string;
/// error_handler how to react on decoding errors
@@ -21604,11 +21653,12 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
detail::parser_callback_t<basic_json>cb = nullptr,
const bool allow_exceptions = true,
const bool ignore_comments = false,
const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false
const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false,
const bool discard_number_values = false
)
{
return ::nlohmann::detail::parser<basic_json, InputAdapterType>(std::move(adapter),
std::move(cb), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
std::move(cb), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, discard_number_values);
}
private:
@@ -25573,7 +25623,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
const bool ignore_comments = false,
const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
{
return parser(detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i)), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas).accept(true);
return parser(detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i)), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, true).accept(true);
}
/// @brief check if the input is valid JSON (iterator pair, or iterator+sentinel pair for C++20 ranges support)
@@ -25584,7 +25634,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
const bool ignore_comments = false,
const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
{
return parser(detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last)), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas).accept(true);
return parser(detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last)), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, true).accept(true);
}
JSON_HEDLEY_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
@@ -25593,7 +25643,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
const bool ignore_comments = false,
const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
{
return parser(i.get(), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas).accept(true);
return parser(i.get(), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, true).accept(true);
}
/// @brief generate SAX events
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@@ -930,6 +930,94 @@ TEST_CASE("parser class")
CHECK(accept_helper("+1") == false);
CHECK(accept_helper("+0") == false);
}
SECTION("issue #5411 - skip conversion when accept() does not need the numeric value")
{
// lexer::scan_number() may skip strtoull()/strtoll() for
// value_unsigned/value_integer tokens when the caller (e.g.
// json::accept()) does not need the converted value, as long
// as the digit count alone guarantees no 64-bit overflow (see
// the "safe_digit_count" fast path in scan_number()). This
// differential test checks that json::accept() (which enables
// the fast path) and json::parse() (which never does) always
// agree, over a corpus that exercises both the fast path
// (<=18 digits) and the untouched, exact fallback path (>=19
// digits) -- including reclassification of huge digit-only
// integers to a (possibly non-finite) floating-point value.
const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, bool>> cases =
{
// normal small/large integers, both signs
{"0", true}, {"1", true}, {"-1", true}, {"42", true}, {"-42", true},
{"123456789", true}, {"-123456789", true},
// digit-count boundary around the 18-digit safe cutoff (both signs)
{std::string(17, '9'), true},
{std::string(18, '9'), true},
{std::string(19, '9'), true},
{std::string(20, '9'), true},
{"-" + std::string(17, '9'), true},
{"-" + std::string(18, '9'), true},
{"-" + std::string(19, '9'), true},
{"-" + std::string(20, '9'), true},
// 64-bit boundaries
{"9223372036854775807", true}, // INT64_MAX
{"-9223372036854775808", true}, // INT64_MIN
{"18446744073709551615", true}, // UINT64_MAX
{"18446744073709551616", true}, // UINT64_MAX + 1 (overflows uint64_t, finite double)
// the 28-digit example from the issue: overflows uint64_t
// but is finite as a double, so the scanner reclassifies
// it to value_float and it is accepted
{"9999999999999999999999999999", true},
// huge digit-only integers that overflow even a double -> rejected
{std::string(309, '9'), false},
{std::string(400, '9'), false},
{"1" + std::string(400, '0'), false},
// 1e999 / 1e400 style overflow -> rejected
{"1e999", false},
{"1e400", false},
{"-1e999", false},
{"1E999", false},
// values straddling DBL_MAX
{"1.7976931348623157e308", true}, // <= DBL_MAX, finite
{"1.7976931348623159e308", false}, // > DBL_MAX, overflows to inf
// a mix of other valid/invalid numeric syntax
{"3.14159", true},
{"-0.0", true},
{"1.0e10", true},
{"01", false},
{"-", false},
{"1.", false},
{"1e", false},
{"+1", false},
};
for (const auto& c : cases)
{
const std::string& number = c.first;
const bool expected = c.second;
CAPTURE(number)
CAPTURE(expected)
// accept() takes the fast path (skips conversion when possible)
CHECK(json::accept(number) == expected);
// parse() always performs the full conversion; it must agree
json j;
CHECK_NOTHROW(json::parser(nlohmann::detail::input_adapter(number), nullptr, false).parse(true, j));
CHECK(!j.is_discarded() == expected);
// wrap in an array so get_token() is exercised beyond the
// very first (constructor-time) scan as well
const std::string wrapped = "[" + number + "," + number + "]";
CHECK(json::accept(wrapped) == expected);
}
}
}
}
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@@ -14,40 +14,6 @@ using nlohmann::json;
#include <array>
#include <sstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <new>
namespace
{
// heap allocation counter used by the regression test for issue #5413
// (https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/5413); disabled (and thus a
// no-op besides the counting) unless explicitly toggled on
bool count_heap_allocations = false; // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
std::size_t heap_allocations = 0; // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
} // namespace
void* operator new (std::size_t size) // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory,misc-new-delete-overloads)
{
if (count_heap_allocations)
{
++heap_allocations;
}
if (void* ptr = std::malloc(size)) // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-no-malloc,cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
{
return ptr;
}
throw std::bad_alloc(); // NOLINT(hicpp-exception-baseclass)
}
void operator delete (void* ptr) noexcept // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory,misc-new-delete-overloads)
{
std::free(ptr); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-no-malloc,cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
}
void operator delete (void* ptr, std::size_t /*size*/) noexcept // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory,misc-new-delete-overloads)
{
std::free(ptr); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-no-malloc,cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
}
TEST_CASE("serialization")
{
@@ -416,76 +382,3 @@ TEST_CASE("dump for basic_json with long double number_float_t")
check_same(100.0L, 100.0);
}
}
TEST_CASE("regression test for issue #5413 - lazily allocated indent_string")
{
// the serializer used to unconditionally allocate a 512-byte
// indent_string in its constructor, even though it is only ever read
// inside the pretty_print branches of dump(). This wasted a heap
// allocation (and its matching deallocation) on every single compact
// (i.e. non-pretty, the default) dump() call. indent_string is now
// allocated lazily, the first time a pretty-print branch actually
// needs it -- so a compact dump() must perform strictly fewer heap
// allocations than a pretty dump() of the same value.
const json j = {{"level", "info"}, {"msg", "hello world"}, {"id", 12345}};
// warm up anything unrelated to indentation (e.g., one-time locale
// lookups) that might otherwise allocate on first use regardless of
// pretty-printing, so it does not skew the counts measured below
const auto warmup = j.dump();
const auto warmup_pretty = j.dump(4);
CHECK(!warmup.empty());
CHECK(!warmup_pretty.empty());
SECTION("compact dump() has a stable, minimal allocation count")
{
count_heap_allocations = true;
heap_allocations = 0;
const auto compact1 = j.dump();
const auto allocs_compact1 = heap_allocations;
heap_allocations = 0;
const auto compact2 = j.dump(-1);
const auto allocs_compact2 = heap_allocations;
count_heap_allocations = false;
CHECK(compact1 == compact2);
// dump() and dump(-1) both take the compact code path and must
// never touch indent_string, so they allocate identically often
CHECK(allocs_compact1 == allocs_compact2);
}
SECTION("first pretty dump() allocates more than a compact dump()")
{
// use a tiny value whose compact ({"a":1}, 7 bytes) and pretty
// ({"a": 1} with 1-space indent, 11 bytes) serializations both stay
// well inside every common std::string small-string-optimization
// buffer (>= 15 bytes on libstdc++/MSVC STL, >= 22 on libc++), so
// building the result string itself causes no heap allocation
// either way -- isolating indent_string as the only thing that can
// possibly account for a difference in allocation count
const json tiny = {{"a", 1}};
count_heap_allocations = true;
heap_allocations = 0;
const auto compact = tiny.dump();
const auto allocs_compact = heap_allocations;
heap_allocations = 0;
const auto pretty = tiny.dump(1);
const auto allocs_pretty = heap_allocations;
count_heap_allocations = false;
CHECK(compact == "{\"a\":1}");
CHECK(pretty == "{\n \"a\": 1\n}");
// a fresh serializer is created per dump() call; the pretty branch
// lazily allocates indent_string on its first use, so it must
// allocate at least once more than the compact branch, which never
// touches indent_string at all
CHECK(allocs_pretty > allocs_compact);
}
}