Fix -Werror=unused-result on json::from_cbor() in the 408 regression test

from_cbor() is [[nodiscard]]; CHECK_THROWS_AS() otherwise discards its
result, which GCC flags under -Werror. Assign to a throwaway json, as
the rest of the suite already does for from_cbor()/from_msgpack().

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

include/nlohmann/detail/input/json_sax.hpp

@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <algorithm> // find_if
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <string> // string
 #include <type_traits> // enable_if_t
-#include <utility> // move
+#include <utility> // move, pair
 #include <vector> // vector
 
 #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
 
         if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
         {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+            return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
 
         if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
         {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+            return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -568,7 +569,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
             // check object limit
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
             {
-                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+                return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
             }
         }
         return true;
@@ -585,7 +586,17 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
         // add discarded value at the given key and store the reference for later
         if (keep && ref_stack.back())
         {
-            object_element = &(ref_stack.back()->m_data.m_value.object->operator[](val) = discarded);
+            auto& obj = *ref_stack.back()->m_data.m_value.object;
+            const auto it = obj.find(val);
+            if (it != obj.end())
+            {
+                // this is a duplicate key (legal in JSON); remember its
+                // current value so it can be restored later if the new
+                // value is rejected by the callback, instead of being
+                // erased together with the discarded placeholder
+                duplicate_key_stash.emplace_back(&(it->second), it->second);
+            }
+            object_element = &(obj[val] = discarded);
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -597,13 +608,18 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
         {
             if (!callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()) - 1, parse_event_t::object_end, *ref_stack.back()))
             {
-                // discard object
+                // discard object, unless this slot holds a duplicate key's
-                *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
+                // previous value pending restoration, in which case that
+                // value is restored instead of being discarded
+                if (!resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), true))
+                {
+                    *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
 
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
-                // Set start/end positions for discarded object.
+                    // Set start/end positions for discarded object.
-                handle_diagnostic_positions_for_json_value(*ref_stack.back());
+                    handle_diagnostic_positions_for_json_value(*ref_stack.back());
 #endif
+                }
             }
             else
             {
@@ -617,6 +633,10 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
 #endif
 
                 ref_stack.back()->set_parents();
+                // this object is finally, definitively kept; drop any
+                // pending duplicate-key stash entry for its slot since it
+                // can no longer be restored
+                resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), false);
             }
         }
 
@@ -659,7 +679,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
             // check array limit
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
             {
-                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+                return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
             }
         }
 
@@ -686,16 +706,25 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
 #endif
 
                 ref_stack.back()->set_parents();
+                // this array is finally, definitively kept; drop any
+                // pending duplicate-key stash entry for its slot since it
+                // can no longer be restored
+                resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), false);
             }
             else
             {
-                // discard array
+                // discard array, unless this slot holds a duplicate key's
-                *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
+                // previous value pending restoration, in which case that
+                // value is restored instead of being discarded
+                if (!resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), true))
+                {
+                    *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
 
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
-                // Set start/end positions for discarded array.
+                    // Set start/end positions for discarded array.
-                handle_diagnostic_positions_for_json_value(*ref_stack.back());
+                    handle_diagnostic_positions_for_json_value(*ref_stack.back());
 #endif
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -809,14 +838,48 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
     }
 #endif
 
-    /// remove the discarded value the callback rejected from its parent
+    /// if there is a pending duplicate-key stash entry for this exact slot,
-    static void remove_discarded_value(BasicJsonType& parent)
+    /// remove it from the stash; if restore_value is true, the stashed
+    /// previous value is moved back into the slot first (use this when the
+    /// new value at that slot was rejected); otherwise the stash entry is
+    /// simply dropped (use this when the new value was accepted, so it
+    /// correctly supersedes the old one and no restore should ever happen
+    /// for this slot again)
+    /// @return whether a matching stash entry was found (and processed)
+    bool resolve_duplicate_key_stash(BasicJsonType* slot, bool restore_value)
+    {
+        const auto it = std::find_if(duplicate_key_stash.begin(), duplicate_key_stash.end(),
+                                     [slot](const std::pair<BasicJsonType*, BasicJsonType>& entry)
+        {
+            return entry.first == slot;
+        });
+
+        if (it == duplicate_key_stash.end())
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (restore_value)
+        {
+            *slot = std::move(it->second);
+        }
+        duplicate_key_stash.erase(it);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /// remove the discarded value the callback rejected from its parent,
+    /// unless it is a duplicate key's slot with a stashed previous value,
+    /// in which case that previous value is restored instead
+    void remove_discarded_value(BasicJsonType& parent)
     {
         for (auto it = parent.begin(); it != parent.end(); ++it)
         {
             if (it->is_discarded())
             {
-                parent.erase(it);
+                if (!resolve_duplicate_key_stash(&(*it), true))
+                {
+                    parent.erase(it);
+                }
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -914,6 +977,16 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
 
         JSON_ASSERT(object_element);
         *object_element = std::move(value);
+        if (!skip_callback)
+        {
+            // this scalar value finally, definitively replaces whatever was
+            // at this slot; drop any pending duplicate-key stash entry for
+            // it since it can no longer be restored (a container value at
+            // this slot is resolved later, in end_object()/end_array(),
+            // since skip_callback is true for the placeholder handling that
+            // happens here for those)
+            resolve_duplicate_key_stash(object_element, false);
+        }
         return {true, object_element};
     }
 
@@ -927,6 +1000,12 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
     std::vector<bool> key_keep_stack {}; // NOLINT(readability-redundant-member-init)
     /// helper to hold the reference for the next object element
     BasicJsonType* object_element = nullptr;
+    /// stash of (slot pointer, previous value) for object members that
+    /// already existed when key() was called again for the same key
+    /// (duplicate keys); used to restore the previous value if the new
+    /// value is later rejected by the callback, instead of erasing the
+    /// member entirely
+    std::vector<std::pair<BasicJsonType*, BasicJsonType>> duplicate_key_stash {};
     /// whether a syntax error occurred
     bool errored = false;
     /// callback function

include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -3573,6 +3573,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         {
             using std::swap;
             swap(*(m_data.m_value.array), other);
+            set_parents();
         }
         else
         {
@@ -3589,6 +3590,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         {
             using std::swap;
             swap(*(m_data.m_value.object), other);
+            set_parents();
         }
         else
         {
@@ -5157,34 +5159,139 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
 
             case value_t::object:
             {
-                // first pass: traverse this object's elements
+                // first pass: record, for every source key, whether it is
+                // common to both objects (in source's iteration order) or
+                // was deleted (i.e., in source but not in target) -- this is
+                // a by-product of the target.find() call already needed to
+                // tell the two cases apart, so it adds no extra lookups. The
+                // "remove" ops themselves are emitted later, interleaved
+                // with the recursive per-key diffs in the fast path below,
+                // to match source's original iteration order (as the
+                // original, pre-reordering-aware implementation did) instead
+                // of grouping all removes before all recursive diffs.
+                std::vector<typename object_t::key_type> common_keys_source_order;
                 for (auto it = source.cbegin(); it != source.cend(); ++it)
                 {
-                    // escape the key name to be used in a JSON patch
-                    const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
-
                     if (target.find(it.key()) != target.end())
                     {
-                        // recursive call to compare object values at key it
+                        common_keys_source_order.push_back(it.key());
-                        auto temp_diff = diff(it.value(), target[it.key()], path_key);
+                    }
-                        result.insert(result.end(), temp_diff.begin(), temp_diff.end());
+                }
+
+                // second pass: find keys that were added (i.e., in target but
+                // not in source), and record the keys common to both, in
+                // target's iteration order -- again a by-product of the
+                // source.find() call already needed to detect added keys. At
+                // the same time, determine whether every added key comes
+                // after every common key in target's order (a precondition
+                // for the fast path below, which only ever appends new keys
+                // at the very end): for an object_t whose iteration order is
+                // a pure function of the key set (e.g. the default std::map,
+                // which always iterates in sorted key order), the order
+                // check further below is always true and this whole
+                // mechanism is effectively a no-op; it only matters for a
+                // reorderable object_t such as the one backing `ordered_json`.
+                // patch ops for keys that were added (i.e., in target but not
+                // in source); built here so the fast path below can reuse
+                // them without a second source.find() per target key. Only
+                // used by the fast path -- the slow (reordering) path
+                // rebuilds "add" ops for every key itself.
+                std::vector<typename object_t::key_type> common_keys_target_order;
+                basic_json added_ops(value_t::array);
+                bool new_keys_form_suffix = true;
+                bool seen_new_key = false;
+                for (auto it = target.cbegin(); it != target.cend(); ++it)
+                {
+                    if (source.find(it.key()) == source.end())
+                    {
+                        seen_new_key = true;
+                        const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
+                        added_ops.push_back(
+                        {
+                            {"op", "add"}, {"path", path_key},
+                            {"value", it.value()}
+                        });
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        // found a key that is not in o -> remove it
+                        common_keys_target_order.push_back(it.key());
+                        if (seen_new_key)
+                        {
+                            new_keys_form_suffix = false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (common_keys_source_order == common_keys_target_order && new_keys_form_suffix)
+                {
+                    // fast path: order of common keys already matches (or the
+                    // object_t's iteration order does not depend on
+                    // insertion history), so a plain per-key recursive diff
+                    // is correct and minimal, as before. common_keys_source_order
+                    // is, by construction, the subsequence of source's keys
+                    // that are common to both objects, in source's iteration
+                    // order -- so it can be walked in lockstep with `source`
+                    // using a cheap key comparison instead of another lookup.
+                    // Deleted keys (those source keys not in common_keys_source_order)
+                    // are interleaved here too, in source's original order, to
+                    // match the historical (pre-reordering-aware) output order.
+                    auto common_it = common_keys_source_order.cbegin();
+                    for (auto it = source.cbegin(); it != source.cend(); ++it)
+                    {
+                        if (common_it != common_keys_source_order.cend() && it.key() == *common_it)
+                        {
+                            const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
+                            auto temp_diff = diff(it.value(), target[it.key()], path_key);
+                            result.insert(result.end(), temp_diff.begin(), temp_diff.end());
+                            ++common_it;
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            // found a key that is not in target -> remove it
+                            const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
+                            result.push_back(object(
+                            {
+                                {"op", "remove"}, {"path", path_key}
+                            }));
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // append the "add" ops for brand-new keys collected above
+                    // during the pass over target -- no second source.find()
+                    // per target key needed
+                    result.insert(result.end(), added_ops.begin(), added_ops.end());
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // slow path: the common keys are in a different relative
+                    // order in source and target (only possible for a
+                    // reorderable object_t like ordered_map). Building a
+                    // minimal reordering patch is a nontrivial (LCS-like)
+                    // problem; instead, remove every source key -- both
+                    // deleted keys (which must be removed regardless) and
+                    // common keys (removed so they can be re-added in
+                    // target's order) -- and re-add every key that should
+                    // remain, with its final target value, in target's
+                    // order. basic_json::patch()'s "add" operation on an
+                    // object uses operator[], which appends at the end for a
+                    // vector-backed insertion-ordered map when the key does
+                    // not already exist -- so removing a key and then adding
+                    // it moves it to the end, fixing its position.
+                    for (auto it = source.cbegin(); it != source.cend(); ++it)
+                    {
+                        const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
                         result.push_back(object(
                         {
                             {"op", "remove"}, {"path", path_key}
                         }));
                     }
-                }
 
-                // second pass: traverse other object's elements
+                    // add every key that is either common (just removed
-                for (auto it = target.cbegin(); it != target.cend(); ++it)
+                    // above) or brand new, in target's iteration order, so
-                {
+                    // that the final order after applying the patch matches
-                    if (source.find(it.key()) == source.end())
+                    // target exactly
+                    for (auto it = target.cbegin(); it != target.cend(); ++it)
                     {
-                        // found a key that is not in this -> add it
                         const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
                         result.push_back(
                         {

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -7768,10 +7768,11 @@ NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 
 
 
+#include <algorithm> // find_if
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <string> // string
 #include <type_traits> // enable_if_t
-#include <utility> // move
+#include <utility> // move, pair
 #include <vector> // vector
 
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
@@ -9777,7 +9778,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
 
         if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
         {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+            return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -9826,7 +9827,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
 
         if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
         {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+            return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -10096,7 +10097,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
             // check object limit
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
             {
-                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+                return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
             }
         }
         return true;
@@ -10113,7 +10114,17 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
         // add discarded value at the given key and store the reference for later
         if (keep && ref_stack.back())
         {
-            object_element = &(ref_stack.back()->m_data.m_value.object->operator[](val) = discarded);
+            auto& obj = *ref_stack.back()->m_data.m_value.object;
+            const auto it = obj.find(val);
+            if (it != obj.end())
+            {
+                // this is a duplicate key (legal in JSON); remember its
+                // current value so it can be restored later if the new
+                // value is rejected by the callback, instead of being
+                // erased together with the discarded placeholder
+                duplicate_key_stash.emplace_back(&(it->second), it->second);
+            }
+            object_element = &(obj[val] = discarded);
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -10125,13 +10136,18 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
         {
             if (!callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()) - 1, parse_event_t::object_end, *ref_stack.back()))
             {
-                // discard object
+                // discard object, unless this slot holds a duplicate key's
-                *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
+                // previous value pending restoration, in which case that
+                // value is restored instead of being discarded
+                if (!resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), true))
+                {
+                    *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
 
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
-                // Set start/end positions for discarded object.
+                    // Set start/end positions for discarded object.
-                handle_diagnostic_positions_for_json_value(*ref_stack.back());
+                    handle_diagnostic_positions_for_json_value(*ref_stack.back());
 #endif
+                }
             }
             else
             {
@@ -10145,6 +10161,10 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
 #endif
 
                 ref_stack.back()->set_parents();
+                // this object is finally, definitively kept; drop any
+                // pending duplicate-key stash entry for its slot since it
+                // can no longer be restored
+                resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), false);
             }
         }
 
@@ -10187,7 +10207,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
             // check array limit
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
             {
-                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+                return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
             }
         }
 
@@ -10214,16 +10234,25 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
 #endif
 
                 ref_stack.back()->set_parents();
+                // this array is finally, definitively kept; drop any
+                // pending duplicate-key stash entry for its slot since it
+                // can no longer be restored
+                resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), false);
             }
             else
             {
-                // discard array
+                // discard array, unless this slot holds a duplicate key's
-                *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
+                // previous value pending restoration, in which case that
+                // value is restored instead of being discarded
+                if (!resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), true))
+                {
+                    *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
 
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
-                // Set start/end positions for discarded array.
+                    // Set start/end positions for discarded array.
-                handle_diagnostic_positions_for_json_value(*ref_stack.back());
+                    handle_diagnostic_positions_for_json_value(*ref_stack.back());
 #endif
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -10337,14 +10366,48 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
     }
 #endif
 
-    /// remove the discarded value the callback rejected from its parent
+    /// if there is a pending duplicate-key stash entry for this exact slot,
-    static void remove_discarded_value(BasicJsonType& parent)
+    /// remove it from the stash; if restore_value is true, the stashed
+    /// previous value is moved back into the slot first (use this when the
+    /// new value at that slot was rejected); otherwise the stash entry is
+    /// simply dropped (use this when the new value was accepted, so it
+    /// correctly supersedes the old one and no restore should ever happen
+    /// for this slot again)
+    /// @return whether a matching stash entry was found (and processed)
+    bool resolve_duplicate_key_stash(BasicJsonType* slot, bool restore_value)
+    {
+        const auto it = std::find_if(duplicate_key_stash.begin(), duplicate_key_stash.end(),
+                                     [slot](const std::pair<BasicJsonType*, BasicJsonType>& entry)
+        {
+            return entry.first == slot;
+        });
+
+        if (it == duplicate_key_stash.end())
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (restore_value)
+        {
+            *slot = std::move(it->second);
+        }
+        duplicate_key_stash.erase(it);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /// remove the discarded value the callback rejected from its parent,
+    /// unless it is a duplicate key's slot with a stashed previous value,
+    /// in which case that previous value is restored instead
+    void remove_discarded_value(BasicJsonType& parent)
     {
         for (auto it = parent.begin(); it != parent.end(); ++it)
         {
             if (it->is_discarded())
             {
-                parent.erase(it);
+                if (!resolve_duplicate_key_stash(&(*it), true))
+                {
+                    parent.erase(it);
+                }
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -10442,6 +10505,16 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
 
         JSON_ASSERT(object_element);
         *object_element = std::move(value);
+        if (!skip_callback)
+        {
+            // this scalar value finally, definitively replaces whatever was
+            // at this slot; drop any pending duplicate-key stash entry for
+            // it since it can no longer be restored (a container value at
+            // this slot is resolved later, in end_object()/end_array(),
+            // since skip_callback is true for the placeholder handling that
+            // happens here for those)
+            resolve_duplicate_key_stash(object_element, false);
+        }
         return {true, object_element};
     }
 
@@ -10455,6 +10528,12 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
     std::vector<bool> key_keep_stack {}; // NOLINT(readability-redundant-member-init)
     /// helper to hold the reference for the next object element
     BasicJsonType* object_element = nullptr;
+    /// stash of (slot pointer, previous value) for object members that
+    /// already existed when key() was called again for the same key
+    /// (duplicate keys); used to restore the previous value if the new
+    /// value is later rejected by the callback, instead of erasing the
+    /// member entirely
+    std::vector<std::pair<BasicJsonType*, BasicJsonType>> duplicate_key_stash {};
     /// whether a syntax error occurred
     bool errored = false;
     /// callback function
@@ -25001,6 +25080,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         {
             using std::swap;
             swap(*(m_data.m_value.array), other);
+            set_parents();
         }
         else
         {
@@ -25017,6 +25097,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         {
             using std::swap;
             swap(*(m_data.m_value.object), other);
+            set_parents();
         }
         else
         {
@@ -26585,34 +26666,139 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
 
             case value_t::object:
             {
-                // first pass: traverse this object's elements
+                // first pass: record, for every source key, whether it is
+                // common to both objects (in source's iteration order) or
+                // was deleted (i.e., in source but not in target) -- this is
+                // a by-product of the target.find() call already needed to
+                // tell the two cases apart, so it adds no extra lookups. The
+                // "remove" ops themselves are emitted later, interleaved
+                // with the recursive per-key diffs in the fast path below,
+                // to match source's original iteration order (as the
+                // original, pre-reordering-aware implementation did) instead
+                // of grouping all removes before all recursive diffs.
+                std::vector<typename object_t::key_type> common_keys_source_order;
                 for (auto it = source.cbegin(); it != source.cend(); ++it)
                 {
-                    // escape the key name to be used in a JSON patch
-                    const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
-
                     if (target.find(it.key()) != target.end())
                     {
-                        // recursive call to compare object values at key it
+                        common_keys_source_order.push_back(it.key());
-                        auto temp_diff = diff(it.value(), target[it.key()], path_key);
+                    }
-                        result.insert(result.end(), temp_diff.begin(), temp_diff.end());
+                }
+
+                // second pass: find keys that were added (i.e., in target but
+                // not in source), and record the keys common to both, in
+                // target's iteration order -- again a by-product of the
+                // source.find() call already needed to detect added keys. At
+                // the same time, determine whether every added key comes
+                // after every common key in target's order (a precondition
+                // for the fast path below, which only ever appends new keys
+                // at the very end): for an object_t whose iteration order is
+                // a pure function of the key set (e.g. the default std::map,
+                // which always iterates in sorted key order), the order
+                // check further below is always true and this whole
+                // mechanism is effectively a no-op; it only matters for a
+                // reorderable object_t such as the one backing `ordered_json`.
+                // patch ops for keys that were added (i.e., in target but not
+                // in source); built here so the fast path below can reuse
+                // them without a second source.find() per target key. Only
+                // used by the fast path -- the slow (reordering) path
+                // rebuilds "add" ops for every key itself.
+                std::vector<typename object_t::key_type> common_keys_target_order;
+                basic_json added_ops(value_t::array);
+                bool new_keys_form_suffix = true;
+                bool seen_new_key = false;
+                for (auto it = target.cbegin(); it != target.cend(); ++it)
+                {
+                    if (source.find(it.key()) == source.end())
+                    {
+                        seen_new_key = true;
+                        const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
+                        added_ops.push_back(
+                        {
+                            {"op", "add"}, {"path", path_key},
+                            {"value", it.value()}
+                        });
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        // found a key that is not in o -> remove it
+                        common_keys_target_order.push_back(it.key());
+                        if (seen_new_key)
+                        {
+                            new_keys_form_suffix = false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (common_keys_source_order == common_keys_target_order && new_keys_form_suffix)
+                {
+                    // fast path: order of common keys already matches (or the
+                    // object_t's iteration order does not depend on
+                    // insertion history), so a plain per-key recursive diff
+                    // is correct and minimal, as before. common_keys_source_order
+                    // is, by construction, the subsequence of source's keys
+                    // that are common to both objects, in source's iteration
+                    // order -- so it can be walked in lockstep with `source`
+                    // using a cheap key comparison instead of another lookup.
+                    // Deleted keys (those source keys not in common_keys_source_order)
+                    // are interleaved here too, in source's original order, to
+                    // match the historical (pre-reordering-aware) output order.
+                    auto common_it = common_keys_source_order.cbegin();
+                    for (auto it = source.cbegin(); it != source.cend(); ++it)
+                    {
+                        if (common_it != common_keys_source_order.cend() && it.key() == *common_it)
+                        {
+                            const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
+                            auto temp_diff = diff(it.value(), target[it.key()], path_key);
+                            result.insert(result.end(), temp_diff.begin(), temp_diff.end());
+                            ++common_it;
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            // found a key that is not in target -> remove it
+                            const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
+                            result.push_back(object(
+                            {
+                                {"op", "remove"}, {"path", path_key}
+                            }));
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // append the "add" ops for brand-new keys collected above
+                    // during the pass over target -- no second source.find()
+                    // per target key needed
+                    result.insert(result.end(), added_ops.begin(), added_ops.end());
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // slow path: the common keys are in a different relative
+                    // order in source and target (only possible for a
+                    // reorderable object_t like ordered_map). Building a
+                    // minimal reordering patch is a nontrivial (LCS-like)
+                    // problem; instead, remove every source key -- both
+                    // deleted keys (which must be removed regardless) and
+                    // common keys (removed so they can be re-added in
+                    // target's order) -- and re-add every key that should
+                    // remain, with its final target value, in target's
+                    // order. basic_json::patch()'s "add" operation on an
+                    // object uses operator[], which appends at the end for a
+                    // vector-backed insertion-ordered map when the key does
+                    // not already exist -- so removing a key and then adding
+                    // it moves it to the end, fixing its position.
+                    for (auto it = source.cbegin(); it != source.cend(); ++it)
+                    {
+                        const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
                         result.push_back(object(
                         {
                             {"op", "remove"}, {"path", path_key}
                         }));
                     }
-                }
 
-                // second pass: traverse other object's elements
+                    // add every key that is either common (just removed
-                for (auto it = target.cbegin(); it != target.cend(); ++it)
+                    // above) or brand new, in target's iteration order, so
-                {
+                    // that the final order after applying the patch matches
-                    if (source.find(it.key()) == source.end())
+                    // target exactly
+                    for (auto it = target.cbegin(); it != target.cend(); ++it)
                     {
-                        // found a key that is not in this -> add it
                         const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
                         result.push_back(
                         {

tests/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -177,24 +177,6 @@ json_test_add_test_for(src/unit-comparison.cpp
     MAIN test_main CXX_STANDARDS ${test_cxx_standards} ${test_force}
 )
 
-# test the parser again with JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS enabled
-json_test_set_test_options(test-class_parser_diagnostic_positions
-    COMPILE_DEFINITIONS JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS=1
-)
-json_test_add_test_for(src/unit-class_parser.cpp
-    NAME test-class_parser_diagnostic_positions
-    MAIN test_main CXX_STANDARDS ${test_cxx_standards} ${test_force}
-)
-
-# test diagnostic positions again without regular diagnostics (JSON pointer paths)
-json_test_set_test_options(test-diagnostic-positions_only
-    COMPILE_DEFINITIONS JSON_DIAGNOSTICS=0
-)
-json_test_add_test_for(src/unit-diagnostic-positions.cpp
-    NAME test-diagnostic-positions_only
-    MAIN test_main CXX_STANDARDS ${test_cxx_standards} ${test_force}
-)
-
 # *DO NOT* use json_test_set_test_options() below this line
 
 #############################################################################

tests/src/unit-class_parser.cpp

@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ using nlohmann::json;
 
 #include <valarray>
 #include <algorithm>
-#include <cstdio>
-#include <fstream>
 #include <list>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
@@ -346,50 +344,6 @@ void trailing_comma_helper(const std::string& s)
     }
 }
 
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
-/**
- * Validates that the generated JSON object is the same as expected
- * Validates that the start position and end position match the start and end of the string
- *
- * This check assumes that there is no whitespace around the json object in the original string.
- */
-void validate_generated_json_and_start_end_pos_helper(const std::string& original_string, const json& j, const json& check)
-{
-    CHECK(j == check);
-    CHECK(j.start_pos() == 0);
-    CHECK(j.end_pos() == original_string.size());
-}
-
-/**
- * Parses the root object from the given root string and validates that the start and end positions for the nested object are correct.
- *
- * This checks that whitespace around the nested object is included in the start and end positions of the root object.
- */
-void validate_start_end_pos_for_nested_obj_helper(const std::string& nested_type_json_str, const std::string& root_type_json_str, const json& expected_json, const json::parser_callback_t& cb = nullptr)
-{
-    json j;
-
-    // 1. If callback is provided, use callback version of parse()
-    if (cb)
-    {
-        j = json::parse(root_type_json_str, cb);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        j = json::parse(root_type_json_str);
-    }
-
-    // 2. Check if the generated JSON is as expected
-    // Assumptions: The root_type_json_str does not have any whitespace around the json object
-    validate_generated_json_and_start_end_pos_helper(root_type_json_str, j, expected_json);
-
-    // 3. Get the nested object
-    const auto& nested = j["nested"];
-    // 4. Check if the start and end positions are generated correctly for nested objects and arrays
-    CHECK(nested_type_json_str == root_type_json_str.substr(nested.start_pos(), nested.end_pos() - nested.start_pos()));
-}
-#endif
-
 } // namespace
 
 TEST_CASE("parser class")
@@ -1825,228 +1779,6 @@ TEST_CASE("parser class")
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse("/a", nullptr, true, true), "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 2: syntax error while parsing value - invalid comment; expecting '/' or '*' after '/'; last read: '/a'", json::parse_error);
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse("/*", nullptr, true, true), "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 3: syntax error while parsing value - invalid comment; missing closing '*/'; last read: '/*<U+0000>'", json::parse_error);
     }
-
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
-    // Macro for all test cases for start_pos and end_pos
-#define SETUP_TESTCASES() \
-    SECTION("with callback") \
-    { \
-        SECTION("filter nothing") \
-        { \
-            json::parser_callback_t const cb = [](int /*unused*/, json::parse_event_t /*unused*/, json& /*unused*/) noexcept \
-            { \
-                return true; \
-            }; \
-            validate_start_end_pos_for_nested_obj_helper(nested_type_json_str, root_type_json_str, expected, cb); \
-        } \
-        SECTION("filter element") \
-        { \
-            json::parser_callback_t const cb = [](int /*unused*/, json::parse_event_t event, json& j) noexcept \
-            { \
-                return (event != json::parse_event_t::key && event != json::parse_event_t::value) || j != json("a"); \
-            }; \
-            validate_start_end_pos_for_nested_obj_helper(nested_type_json_str, root_type_json_str, filteredExpected, cb); \
-        } \
-    } \
-    SECTION("without callback") \
-    { \
-        validate_start_end_pos_for_nested_obj_helper(nested_type_json_str, root_type_json_str, expected); \
-    }
-
-    SECTION("retrieve start position and end position")
-    {
-        SECTION("for object")
-        {
-            // Create an object with spaces to test the start and end positions. Spaces will not be included in the
-            // JSON object, however, the start and end positions should include the spaces from the input JSON string.
-            const std::string nested_type_json_str =  R"({    "a":       1,"b"      : "test1"})";
-            const std::string root_type_json_str =  R"({    "nested": )" + nested_type_json_str + R"(, "anotherValue": "test2"})";
-            auto expected = json({{"nested", {{"a", 1}, {"b", "test1"}}}, {"anotherValue", "test2"}});
-            auto filteredExpected = expected;
-            filteredExpected["nested"].erase("a");
-
-            SETUP_TESTCASES()
-        }
-
-        SECTION("for array")
-        {
-            const std::string nested_type_json_str =  R"(["a", "test", 45])";
-            const std::string root_type_json_str =  R"({   "nested": )" + nested_type_json_str + R"(, "anotherValue": "test" })";
-            auto expected = json({{"nested", {"a", "test", 45}}, {"anotherValue", "test"}});
-            auto filteredExpected = expected;
-            filteredExpected["nested"] = json({"test", 45});
-            SETUP_TESTCASES()
-        }
-
-        SECTION("for array with objects")
-        {
-            const std::string nested_type_json_str =  R"([{"a": 1, "b": "test"}, {"c": 2, "d": "test2"}])";
-            const std::string root_type_json_str =  R"({   "nested": )" + nested_type_json_str + R"(, "anotherValue": "test" })";
-            auto expected = json({{"nested", {{{"a", 1}, {"b", "test"}}, {{"c", 2}, {"d", "test2"}}}}, {"anotherValue", "test"}});
-            auto filteredExpected = expected;
-            filteredExpected["nested"][0].erase("a");
-            SETUP_TESTCASES()
-
-            auto j = json::parse(root_type_json_str);
-            auto nested_array = j["nested"];
-            const auto& nested_obj = nested_array[0];
-            CHECK(nested_type_json_str.substr(1, 21) == root_type_json_str.substr(nested_obj.start_pos(), nested_obj.end_pos() - nested_obj.start_pos()));
-            CHECK(nested_type_json_str.substr(24, 22) == root_type_json_str.substr(nested_array[1].start_pos(), nested_array[1].end_pos() - nested_array[1].start_pos()));
-        }
-
-        SECTION("for two levels of nesting objects")
-        {
-            const std::string nested_type_json_str =  R"({"nested2": {"b": "test"}})";
-            const std::string root_type_json_str =  R"({   "a": 2, "nested": )" + nested_type_json_str + R"(, "anotherValue": "test" })";
-            auto expected = json({{"a", 2}, {"nested", {{"nested2", {{"b", "test"}}}}}, {"anotherValue", "test"}});
-            auto filteredExpected = expected;
-            filteredExpected.erase("a");
-            SETUP_TESTCASES()
-
-            auto j = json::parse(root_type_json_str);
-            auto nested_obj = j["nested"]["nested2"];
-            CHECK(nested_type_json_str.substr(12, 13) == root_type_json_str.substr(nested_obj.start_pos(), nested_obj.end_pos() - nested_obj.start_pos()));
-        }
-
-        SECTION("for simple types")
-        {
-            SECTION("no nested")
-            {
-                SECTION("with callback")
-                {
-                    json::parser_callback_t const cb = [](int /*unused*/, json::parse_event_t /*unused*/, json& /*unused*/) noexcept
-                    {
-                        return true;
-                    };
-
-                    // 1. string type
-                    std::string json_str =  R"("test")";
-                    auto j = json::parse(json_str, cb);
-                    validate_generated_json_and_start_end_pos_helper(json_str, j, "test");
-
-                    // 2. number type
-                    json_str =  R"(1)";
-                    j = json::parse(json_str, cb);
-                    validate_generated_json_and_start_end_pos_helper(json_str, j, 1);
-
-                    // 3. boolean type
-                    json_str =  R"(true)";
-                    j = json::parse(json_str, cb);
-                    validate_generated_json_and_start_end_pos_helper(json_str, j, true);
-
-                    // 4. null type
-                    json_str =  R"(null)";
-                    j = json::parse(json_str, cb);
-                    validate_generated_json_and_start_end_pos_helper(json_str, j, nullptr);
-                }
-
-                SECTION("without callback")
-                {
-                    // 1. string type
-                    std::string json_str =  R"("test")";
-                    auto j = json::parse(json_str);
-                    validate_generated_json_and_start_end_pos_helper(json_str, j, "test");
-
-                    // 2. number type
-                    json_str =  R"(1)";
-                    j = json::parse(json_str);
-                    validate_generated_json_and_start_end_pos_helper(json_str, j, 1);
-
-                    json_str = R"(1.001239923)";
-                    j = json::parse(json_str);
-                    validate_generated_json_and_start_end_pos_helper(json_str, j, 1.001239923);
-
-                    json_str = R"(1.123812389000000)";
-                    j = json::parse(json_str);
-                    validate_generated_json_and_start_end_pos_helper(json_str, j, 1.123812389);
-
-                    // 3. boolean type
-                    json_str =  R"(true)";
-                    j = json::parse(json_str);
-                    validate_generated_json_and_start_end_pos_helper(json_str, j, true);
-
-                    json_str =  R"(false)";
-                    j = json::parse(json_str);
-                    validate_generated_json_and_start_end_pos_helper(json_str, j, false);
-
-                    // 4. null type
-                    json_str =  R"(null)";
-                    j = json::parse(json_str);
-                    validate_generated_json_and_start_end_pos_helper(json_str, j, nullptr);
-                }
-            }
-
-            SECTION("string type")
-            {
-                const std::string nested_type_json_str =  R"("test")";
-                const std::string root_type_json_str =  R"({ "a": 1,   "nested": )" + nested_type_json_str + R"(, "anotherValue": "test" })";
-                auto expected = json({{"nested", "test"}, {"anotherValue", "test"}, {"a", 1}});
-                auto filteredExpected = expected;
-                filteredExpected.erase("a");
-                SETUP_TESTCASES()
-            }
-
-            SECTION("number type")
-            {
-                const std::string nested_type_json_str =  R"(2)";
-                const std::string root_type_json_str =  R"({ "a": 1,   "nested": )" + nested_type_json_str + R"(, "anotherValue": "test" })";
-                auto expected = json({{"nested", 2}, {"anotherValue", "test"}, {"a", 1}});
-                auto filteredExpected = expected;
-                filteredExpected.erase("a");
-                SETUP_TESTCASES()
-            }
-
-            SECTION("boolean type")
-            {
-                const std::string nested_type_json_str =  R"(true)";
-                const std::string root_type_json_str =  R"({ "a": 1,   "nested": )" + nested_type_json_str + R"(, "anotherValue": "test" })";
-                auto expected = json({{"nested", true}, {"anotherValue", "test"}, {"a", 1}});
-                auto filteredExpected = expected;
-                filteredExpected.erase("a");
-                SETUP_TESTCASES()
-            }
-
-            SECTION("null type")
-            {
-                const std::string nested_type_json_str =  R"(null)";
-                const std::string root_type_json_str =  R"({ "a": 1,   "nested": )" + nested_type_json_str + R"(, "anotherValue": "test" })";
-                auto expected = json({{"nested", nullptr}, {"anotherValue", "test"}, {"a", 1}});
-                auto filteredExpected = expected;
-                filteredExpected.erase("a");
-                SETUP_TESTCASES()
-            }
-        }
-        SECTION("with leading whitespace and newlines around root JSON")
-        {
-            const std::string initial_whitespace = R"(
-                
-            )";
-            const std::string nested_type_json_str = R"({
-                "a": 1,
-                "nested": {
-                    "b": "test"
-                },
-                "anotherValue": "test"
-            })";
-            const std::string end_whitespace = R"(
-                
-            )";
-            const std::string root_type_json_str = initial_whitespace + nested_type_json_str + end_whitespace;
-
-            auto expected = json({{"a", 1}, {"nested", {{"b", "test"}}}, {"anotherValue", "test"}});
-
-            auto j = json::parse(root_type_json_str);
-
-            // 2. Check if the generated JSON is as expected
-            CHECK(j == expected);
-
-            // 3. Check if the start and end positions do not include the surrounding whitespace
-            CHECK(j.start_pos() == initial_whitespace.size());
-            CHECK(j.end_pos() == root_type_json_str.size() - end_whitespace.size());
-        }
-    }
-#undef SETUP_TESTCASES
-#endif
 }
 
 // this test relies on parse errors being thrown, so it is skipped when
@@ -2155,315 +1887,3 @@ TEST_CASE("last-read diagnostics are identical across input adapters")
     }
 }
 #endif // !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
-
-// this test characterizes the current (documented-by-example, not otherwise
-// specified) behavior of JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS positions with respect to
-// value lifetime (copy/move/swap/mutation), the various input adapters, and
-// user-driven SAX usage. It is regression protection, not a behavior
-// specification: if any of these checks fail after a change to json.hpp,
-// that change deliberately altered observable behavior and the test (and
-// this comment) should be updated accordingly, rather than "fixed" blindly.
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
-TEST_CASE("diagnostic positions: value lifetime, input adapters, and SAX")
-{
-    SECTION("value lifetime")
-    {
-        SECTION("copy constructor copies positions, recursively")
-        {
-            // basic_json(const basic_json&) (json.hpp, around line 1192) copies
-            // start_position/end_position for the value itself; nested values
-            // are copied via their own copy constructor (through the copied
-            // object/array container), so positions are preserved throughout
-            // the whole tree.
-            const std::string s = R"({"a":1,"b":[1,2,3]})";
-            const json a = json::parse(s);
-            const json b = a; // NOLINT(performance-unnecessary-copy-initialization)
-
-            CHECK(b.start_pos() == a.start_pos());
-            CHECK(b.end_pos() == a.end_pos());
-            CHECK(b["b"].start_pos() == a["b"].start_pos());
-            CHECK(b["b"].end_pos() == a["b"].end_pos());
-            CHECK(b["b"][0].start_pos() == a["b"][0].start_pos());
-            CHECK(b["b"][0].end_pos() == a["b"][0].end_pos());
-
-            // sanity: the positions are meaningful (not all npos)
-            CHECK(b.start_pos() == 0);
-            CHECK(b.end_pos() == s.size());
-        }
-
-        SECTION("move constructor resets the moved-from value to npos")
-        {
-            // basic_json(basic_json&&) (json.hpp, around line 1265) copies
-            // other's start_position/end_position into *this and then resets
-            // other's to npos (see the "// cppcheck-suppress[accessForwarded]
-            // TODO check" comments there). Only the top-level moved-from value
-            // is affected; its (moved-away) children are gone along with it.
-            const std::string s = R"({"a":1,"b":[1,2,3]})";
-            json a = json::parse(s);
-            const auto a_start = a.start_pos();
-            const auto a_end = a.end_pos();
-            const auto nested_start = a["b"].start_pos();
-            const auto nested_end = a["b"].end_pos();
-
-            const json b(std::move(a));
-
-            // the destination retains the original positions, recursively
-            CHECK(b.start_pos() == a_start);
-            CHECK(b.end_pos() == a_end);
-            CHECK(b["b"].start_pos() == nested_start);
-            CHECK(b["b"].end_pos() == nested_end);
-
-            // the moved-from value is reset to a null and reports npos
-            CHECK(a.is_null()); // NOLINT(bugprone-use-after-move,clang-analyzer-cplusplus.Move)
-            CHECK(a.start_pos() == std::string::npos); // NOLINT(bugprone-use-after-move,clang-analyzer-cplusplus.Move)
-            CHECK(a.end_pos() == std::string::npos); // NOLINT(bugprone-use-after-move,clang-analyzer-cplusplus.Move)
-        }
-
-        SECTION("swap() does NOT exchange positions (likely a real bug, see below)")
-        {
-            // NOTE (characterizing, not fixing, for #5420): basic_json::swap()
-            // (json.hpp, around line 3540, and the friend swap() that forwards
-            // to it) swaps m_data.m_type and m_data.m_value but -- unlike
-            // copy-assignment's operator=(basic_json) (json.hpp, around line
-            // 1291), which swaps start_position/end_position as part of its
-            // copy-and-swap implementation -- it never touches
-            // start_position/end_position. So after swap(a, b), the *values*
-            // of a and b are exchanged, but their *positions* are not: each
-            // ends up with its own original position describing the other's
-            // new content. This looks like an oversight/inconsistency rather
-            // than intended behavior, and is flagged to the maintainer; this
-            // test only pins the current (surprising) behavior so a fix (or a
-            // deliberate decision to keep it) shows up here as an intentional
-            // change rather than a silent regression.
-            json a = json::parse(R"({"a":1})");
-            json b = json::parse(R"([1,2,3,4,5])");
-            const auto a_start = a.start_pos();
-            const auto a_end = a.end_pos();
-            const auto b_start = b.start_pos();
-            const auto b_end = b.end_pos();
-            // both start at 0 (root values start right away), but their
-            // lengths (and thus end positions) differ, which is enough to
-            // tell after the swap whether positions actually moved with
-            // the values
-            CHECK(a_end != b_end);
-
-            using std::swap;
-            swap(a, b);
-
-            // values were exchanged as expected ...
-            CHECK(a == json::parse(R"([1,2,3,4,5])"));
-            CHECK(b == json::parse(R"({"a":1})"));
-
-            // ... but positions were NOT: each variable kept its own
-            // original position, now describing the other's content
-            CHECK(a.start_pos() == a_start);
-            CHECK(a.end_pos() == a_end);
-            CHECK(b.start_pos() == b_start);
-            CHECK(b.end_pos() == b_end);
-        }
-
-        SECTION("mutating a parsed document leaves positions of unrelated values untouched")
-        {
-            // Positions are recorded once, during parsing, and are not
-            // recomputed on mutation. As a consequence, after a mutation the
-            // parent's own recorded span may no longer describe its current
-            // (serialized) content -- it still describes what was originally
-            // parsed. This is characterized here as current behavior, not
-            // asserted to be desirable or specified.
-            SECTION("operator[] adding a new object key")
-            {
-                const std::string s = R"({"a":1})";
-                json j = json::parse(s);
-                const auto root_start = j.start_pos();
-                const auto root_end = j.end_pos();
-                const auto a_start = j["a"].start_pos();
-                const auto a_end = j["a"].end_pos();
-
-                j["c"] = 42;
-
-                // the newly-added value was never parsed, so it has no position
-                CHECK(j["c"].start_pos() == std::string::npos);
-                CHECK(j["c"].end_pos() == std::string::npos);
-
-                // the existing sibling's position is unaffected
-                CHECK(j["a"].start_pos() == a_start);
-                CHECK(j["a"].end_pos() == a_end);
-
-                // the parent's own recorded span is left as-is (now stale:
-                // it still reflects the original, shorter `{"a":1}` string)
-                CHECK(j.start_pos() == root_start);
-                CHECK(j.end_pos() == root_end);
-            }
-
-            SECTION("push_back on a parsed array")
-            {
-                const std::string s = R"([1,2,3])";
-                json j = json::parse(s);
-                const auto root_start = j.start_pos();
-                const auto root_end = j.end_pos();
-                const auto first_start = j[0].start_pos();
-
-                j.push_back(4);
-
-                CHECK(j.back().start_pos() == std::string::npos);
-                CHECK(j.back().end_pos() == std::string::npos);
-                CHECK(j[0].start_pos() == first_start);
-                CHECK(j.start_pos() == root_start);
-                CHECK(j.end_pos() == root_end);
-            }
-
-            SECTION("erase on a parsed array shifts elements but keeps their own positions")
-            {
-                const std::string s = R"([1,2,3])";
-                json j = json::parse(s);
-                const auto second_start = j[1].start_pos();
-                const auto third_start = j[2].start_pos();
-                const auto root_start = j.start_pos();
-                const auto root_end = j.end_pos();
-
-                j.erase(0);
-
-                // remaining elements moved down an index, but each one still
-                // reports the position it had *before* the erase (i.e. its
-                // position in the original source string, not a
-                // recalculated one)
-                CHECK(j[0].start_pos() == second_start);
-                CHECK(j[1].start_pos() == third_start);
-
-                // the parent's own recorded span is again left as-is
-                CHECK(j.start_pos() == root_start);
-                CHECK(j.end_pos() == root_end);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    SECTION("input adapters")
-    {
-        SECTION("wide string input: positions count transcoded UTF-8 bytes, not wide characters")
-        {
-            // 'é' (U+00E9) is a single code unit in a wchar_t/UTF-16 string, but
-            // transcodes to 2 bytes in UTF-8; the lexer only ever sees the
-            // transcoded UTF-8 byte stream, so reported positions are byte
-            // offsets into that UTF-8 stream, not indices into the original
-            // std::wstring.
-            const std::wstring ws = L"{\"a\":\"éé\"}";
-            CHECK(ws.size() == 10); // 10 wide characters
-
-            const json j = json::parse(ws);
-            CHECK(j.start_pos() == 0);
-            // the transcoded UTF-8 form is 2 bytes longer than the wide string,
-            // because each of the two 'é' characters becomes 2 UTF-8 bytes
-            CHECK(j.end_pos() == 12);
-            CHECK(j.end_pos() != ws.size());
-
-            const json& a = j["a"];
-            CHECK(a.start_pos() == 5);
-            CHECK(a.end_pos() == 11);
-        }
-
-        SECTION("BOM-prefixed input: start_pos() reflects the skipped 3-byte BOM")
-        {
-            const std::string s = "\xEF\xBB\xBF{\"a\":1}";
-            const json j = json::parse(s);
-
-            // the lexer silently skips the BOM before parsing the value, so
-            // the root value's recorded span starts right after it
-            CHECK(j.start_pos() == 3);
-            CHECK(j.end_pos() == s.size());
-        }
-
-        SECTION("std::istringstream: positions are consistent, not npos")
-        {
-            const std::string s = R"({"a":1,"b":2})";
-            std::istringstream ss(s);
-            const json j = json::parse(ss);
-
-            CHECK(j.start_pos() == 0);
-            CHECK(j.end_pos() == s.size());
-            CHECK(j["a"].start_pos() == 5);
-        }
-
-        SECTION("std::ifstream: positions are consistent, not npos")
-        {
-            const std::string s = R"({"a":1,"b":2})";
-            {
-                std::ofstream file("unit-class_parser_diagnostic_positions.tmp");
-                file << s;
-            }
-
-            {
-                std::ifstream f("unit-class_parser_diagnostic_positions.tmp");
-                const json j = json::parse(f);
-
-                CHECK(j.start_pos() == 0);
-                CHECK(j.end_pos() == s.size());
-                CHECK(j["a"].start_pos() == 5);
-            }
-
-            static_cast<void>(std::remove("unit-class_parser_diagnostic_positions.tmp"));
-        }
-
-        SECTION("iterator-pair input: positions are consistent, not npos")
-        {
-            const std::string s = R"({"a":1,"b":2})";
-            const json j = json::parse(s.begin(), s.end());
-
-            CHECK(j.start_pos() == 0);
-            CHECK(j.end_pos() == s.size());
-            CHECK(j["a"].start_pos() == 5);
-        }
-
-        SECTION("binary formats have no text positions")
-        {
-            // binary formats (CBOR, MessagePack, UBJSON, BSON, BJData) are
-            // parsed via detail::binary_reader, which never sets
-            // start_position/end_position on the values it produces (they
-            // have no notion of a text offset), so every value's position
-            // stays at its default of npos.
-            const json src = json::parse(R"({"a":1,"b":[1,2]})");
-
-            const json from_cbor = json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(src));
-            CHECK(from_cbor.start_pos() == std::string::npos);
-            CHECK(from_cbor.end_pos() == std::string::npos);
-            CHECK(from_cbor["a"].start_pos() == std::string::npos);
-            CHECK(from_cbor["b"][0].start_pos() == std::string::npos);
-
-            const json from_msgpack = json::from_msgpack(json::to_msgpack(src));
-            CHECK(from_msgpack.start_pos() == std::string::npos);
-            CHECK(from_msgpack.end_pos() == std::string::npos);
-
-            const json from_ubjson = json::from_ubjson(json::to_ubjson(src));
-            CHECK(from_ubjson.start_pos() == std::string::npos);
-            CHECK(from_ubjson.end_pos() == std::string::npos);
-
-            const json from_bson_val = json::from_bson(json::to_bson(src));
-            CHECK(from_bson_val.start_pos() == std::string::npos);
-            CHECK(from_bson_val.end_pos() == std::string::npos);
-        }
-    }
-
-    SECTION("user-driven SAX consumers with no lexer report npos")
-    {
-        // json::parse() internally wires up its json_sax_dom_parser with a
-        // pointer to its own lexer (see parser.hpp), which is how positions
-        // get set at all. A user who constructs a json_sax_dom_parser
-        // directly (e.g. to drive it via json::sax_parse()) and does not
-        // supply a lexer pointer gets a consumer with m_lexer_ref == nullptr;
-        // every "if (m_lexer_ref)" guard in json_sax.hpp is then skipped, so
-        // every value it produces keeps its default, unset position (npos).
-        // This was previously true but silently unasserted (operator==
-        // ignores positions), see #5420.
-        json result;
-        nlohmann::detail::json_sax_dom_parser<json, nlohmann::detail::string_input_adapter_type> sdp(result);
-        const std::string s = R"({"a":1,"b":[1,2,3]})";
-        CHECK(json::sax_parse(s, &sdp));
-
-        CHECK(result.start_pos() == std::string::npos);
-        CHECK(result.end_pos() == std::string::npos);
-        CHECK(result["a"].start_pos() == std::string::npos);
-        CHECK(result["a"].end_pos() == std::string::npos);
-        CHECK(result["b"][0].start_pos() == std::string::npos);
-        CHECK(result["b"][0].end_pos() == std::string::npos);
-    }
-}
-#endif

tests/src/unit-diagnostic-positions-only.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+//     __ _____ _____ _____
+//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (supporting code)
+// |  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 3.12.0
+// |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
+//
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013-2026 Niels Lohmann <https://nlohmann.me>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+#include "doctest_compatibility.h"
+
+#ifdef JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+    #undef JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+#endif
+
+#define JSON_DIAGNOSTICS 0
+#define JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS 1
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+TEST_CASE("Better diagnostics with positions only")
+{
+    SECTION("invalid type")
+    {
+        const std::string json_invalid_string = R"(
+        {
+            "address": {
+                "street": "Fake Street",
+                "housenumber": "1"
+            }
+        }
+        )";
+        json j = json::parse(json_invalid_string);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j.at("address").at("housenumber").get<int>(),
+                             "[json.exception.type_error.302] (bytes 108-111) type must be number, but is string", json::type_error);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("invalid type without positions")
+    {
+        const json j = "foo";
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j.get<int>(),
+                             "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is string", json::type_error);
+    }
+}

tests/src/unit-diagnostic-positions.cpp

@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "doctest_compatibility.h"
 
-#ifndef JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+#define JSON_DIAGNOSTICS 1
-    #define JSON_DIAGNOSTICS 1
-#endif
 #define JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS 1
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
@@ -29,13 +27,8 @@ TEST_CASE("Better diagnostics with positions")
         }
         )";
         json j = json::parse(json_invalid_string);
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j.at("address").at("housenumber").get<int>(),
                              "[json.exception.type_error.302] (/address/housenumber) (bytes 108-111) type must be number, but is string", json::type_error);
-#else
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j.at("address").at("housenumber").get<int>(),
-                             "[json.exception.type_error.302] (bytes 108-111) type must be number, but is string", json::type_error);
-#endif
     }
 
     SECTION("invalid type without positions")
@@ -81,12 +74,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Better diagnostics with positions")
         // (/foo/bar); the position of that parent is reported in the message
         const json doc = json::parse(R"({"foo":{"bar":"a string"}})");
         const json patch = json::parse(R"([{"op":"add","path":"/foo/bar/baz","value":1}])");
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch),
                              "[json.exception.out_of_range.411] (/foo/bar) (bytes 14-24) cannot add value: the JSON Patch 'add' target's parent is of type string, but must be an object or array", json::out_of_range);
-#else
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch),
-                             "[json.exception.out_of_range.411] (bytes 14-24) cannot add value: the JSON Patch 'add' target's parent is of type string, but must be an object or array", json::out_of_range);
-#endif
     }
 }

tests/src/unit-diagnostics.cpp

@@ -273,5 +273,36 @@ TEST_CASE("Regression tests for extended diagnostics")
         CHECK(j1["numbers"]["two"] == 2);
         CHECK(j1["string"] == "t");
     }
+
+    SECTION("Regression test - swap(array_t&)/swap(object_t&) must update JSON_DIAGNOSTICS parent pointers")
+    {
+        // swap(array_t&)
+        {
+            json j = json::array();
+            json::array_t arr = {json::array({1})};
+            j.swap(arr);
+
+            // parent pointers of the moved-in elements must point into j, not
+            // into the now-defunct free-standing array_t
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j[0][0].get<std::string>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] (/0/0) type must be string, but is number", json::type_error);
+
+            // must not trigger assert_invariant() in a debug/assert-enabled build
+            json const k = j;
+            CHECK(k == j);
+        }
+
+        // swap(object_t&)
+        {
+            json o = json::object();
+            json::object_t obj = {{"a", json::array({1})}};
+            o.swap(obj);
+
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(o["a"][0].get<std::string>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] (/a/0) type must be string, but is number", json::type_error);
+
+            // must not trigger assert_invariant() in a debug/assert-enabled build
+            json const p = o;
+            CHECK(p == o);
+        }
+    }
 }
 

tests/src/unit-ordered_json.cpp

@@ -81,3 +81,84 @@ TEST_CASE("regression test for issue #3732 - iteration_proxy_value<iter_impl<ord
     };
     static_cast<void>(fn);
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("regression test - diff() must account for ordered_json member order")
+{
+    SECTION("pure reorder, no value changes")
+    {
+        ordered_json a = {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}};
+        ordered_json b = {{"b", 2}, {"a", 1}};
+        CHECK(a != b); // order-sensitive equality
+        CHECK(a.patch(ordered_json::diff(a, b)) == b);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("new key must land at the front")
+    {
+        ordered_json c = {{"b", 2}};
+        ordered_json e = {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}};
+        CHECK(c.patch(ordered_json::diff(c, e)) == e);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("reorder plus a value change on one of the reordered keys")
+    {
+        ordered_json a = {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}};
+        ordered_json b = {{"b", 20}, {"a", 1}};
+        CHECK(a != b);
+        CHECK(a.patch(ordered_json::diff(a, b)) == b);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("reorder plus a deleted key")
+    {
+        ordered_json a = {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}, {"c", 3}};
+        ordered_json b = {{"b", 2}, {"a", 1}};
+        CHECK(a != b);
+        CHECK(a.patch(ordered_json::diff(a, b)) == b);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("reorder plus a nested value that itself needs a recursive diff")
+    {
+        ordered_json a = {{"a", {{"x", 1}, {"y", 2}}}, {"b", 2}};
+        ordered_json b = {{"b", 2}, {"a", {{"x", 1}, {"y", 99}}}};
+        CHECK(a != b);
+        CHECK(a.patch(ordered_json::diff(a, b)) == b);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("three or more keys shuffled into a different order")
+    {
+        ordered_json a = {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}, {"c", 3}, {"d", 4}};
+        ordered_json b = {{"d", 4}, {"b", 2}, {"a", 1}, {"c", 3}};
+        CHECK(a != b);
+        CHECK(a.patch(ordered_json::diff(a, b)) == b);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("matching order still produces a minimal patch (fast path unaffected)")
+    {
+        ordered_json a = {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}, {"c", 3}};
+        ordered_json b = {{"a", 1}, {"b", 20}, {"c", 3}};
+        auto p = ordered_json::diff(a, b);
+        // only the changed value should be touched, not a wholesale remove+add
+        CHECK(p.size() == 1);
+        CHECK(p[0]["op"] == "replace");
+        CHECK(p[0]["path"] == "/b");
+        CHECK(a.patch(p) == b);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("plain json (std::map-backed) is unaffected by same-key-different-insertion-order")
+    {
+        json a;
+        a["b"] = 2;
+        a["a"] = 1;
+
+        json b;
+        b["a"] = 1;
+        b["b"] = 2;
+
+        // std::map iteration is always sorted by key, so a == b regardless of
+        // insertion order, and diff() must still produce the same minimal
+        // (empty) result as before this fix
+        CHECK(a == b);
+        auto p = json::diff(a, b);
+        CHECK(p.empty());
+        CHECK(a.patch(p) == b);
+    }
+}

tests/src/unit-regression2.cpp

@@ -1566,4 +1566,106 @@ TEST_CASE("issue #5402 - update(merge_objects=true) overwrites a primitive with
     CHECK(mixed == json({{"keep", {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}}}, {"replace", {{"x", 2}}}}));
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("regression test - parser callback must not lose a duplicate key's prior value")
+{
+    // a callback that rejects only the scalar value 2
+    const json::parser_callback_t drop_value_2 = [](int /*depth*/, json::parse_event_t ev, json & v) noexcept
+    {
+        return !(ev == json::parse_event_t::value && v == 2);
+    };
+
+    SECTION("duplicate key, second (scalar) value rejected - prior value is restored")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"a":1,"a":2})", drop_value_2);
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"a\":1}");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("duplicate key, second value is an object rejected at object_end - prior value is restored")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"a":1,"a":{"x":2}})",
+                                   [](int depth, json::parse_event_t ev, json& /*parsed*/) noexcept
+        {
+            return !(ev == json::parse_event_t::object_end && depth == 1);
+        });
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"a\":1}");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("duplicate key, second value is an array rejected at array_end - prior value is restored")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"a":1,"a":[9,9]})",
+                                   [](int depth, json::parse_event_t ev, json& /*parsed*/) noexcept
+        {
+            return !(ev == json::parse_event_t::array_end && depth == 1);
+        });
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"a\":1}");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("duplicate key, second value accepted (scalar) - last value wins")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"a":1,"a":2})", [](int, json::parse_event_t, json&) noexcept
+        {
+            return true;
+        });
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"a\":2}");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("duplicate key, second value accepted (object) - last value wins")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"a":1,"a":{"x":2}})", [](int, json::parse_event_t, json&) noexcept
+        {
+            return true;
+        });
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"a\":{\"x\":2}}");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("brand new (non-duplicate) key, value rejected - member is fully absent")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"a":1,"b":2})", drop_value_2);
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"a\":1}");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("duplicate key nested two levels deep")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"outer":{"a":1,"a":2}})", drop_value_2);
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"outer\":{\"a\":1}}");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("three occurrences of the same key - middle rejected, last accepted")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"k":1,"k":2,"k":3})", drop_value_2);
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"k\":3}");
+    }
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("regression test - excessive binary container size honors allow_exceptions=false")
+{
+    // CBOR array with declared length 2^63
+    const std::vector<std::uint8_t> cbor = {0x9b, 0x80, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
+    // CBOR map with declared length 2^63
+    const std::vector<std::uint8_t> cbor_m = {0xbb, 0x80, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
+    // UBJSON array with declared length 2^63-1
+    const std::vector<std::uint8_t> ubj = {'[', '#', 'L', 0x7f, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff};
+    // BJData array with declared length 2^63-1 (little endian)
+    const std::vector<std::uint8_t> bjd = {'[', '#', 'L', 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7f};
+
+    // allow_exceptions=false must report failure instead of throwing/aborting
+    CHECK(json::from_cbor(cbor, true, false).is_discarded());
+    CHECK(json::from_cbor(cbor_m, true, false).is_discarded());
+    CHECK(json::from_ubjson(ubj, true, false).is_discarded());
+    CHECK(json::from_bjdata(bjd, true, false).is_discarded());
+
+    // allow_exceptions=true (the default) must still throw exactly as before.
+    // The exact message text is not checked here: on platforms where
+    // std::size_t is 32-bit, the CBOR reader's own length-narrowing check
+    // (get_cbor_container_size(), unrelated to this fix) intercepts a
+    // declared length of 2^63 before it ever reaches the check this test
+    // targets, with different (but equally valid, and already correct)
+    // wording -- see unit-cbor.cpp for coverage of that message.
+    json _;
+    CHECK_THROWS_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(cbor), json::out_of_range);
+
+    // regression guard: a genuinely truncated CBOR input must remain discarded
+    CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<std::uint8_t> {0x9b, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0x02}, true, false).is_discarded());
+}
+
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