json_view: dump() without StringType::capacity() (#5994)

output_buffer::grow() compared the output size with m_out.capacity(),
which the StringType requirements do not include, so dump() did not
compile with the tests' alt_string. Keep what was last reserved in the
buffer itself and use it as a lower bound of the capacity instead.

Add json_view tests with alt_string (read-only and editable documents,
dump with several growth steps, save/load), and document reserve(n) and
resize(n) as the StringType requirements of basic_json_view::dump.

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

.github/workflows/cancel_closed_pr_runs.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       actions: write
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner

.github/workflows/check_amalgamation.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   save:
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@dc2769abcc0fcfbadfc1df54081c1608579ef6b2 # v2.22.2

.github/workflows/check_docs_links.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   check_docs_links:
     if: github.repository == 'nlohmann/json'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner

.github/workflows/comment_check_amalgamation.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
   comment:
     # push runs on develop have no PR to comment on (and no "pr" artifact)
     if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' && github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     permissions:
       contents: read
       actions: read

.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   dependency-review:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@dc2769abcc0fcfbadfc1df54081c1608579ef6b2 # v2.22.2

.github/workflows/flawfinder.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   flawfinder:
     name: Flawfinder
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     permissions:
       actions: read
       contents: read

.github/workflows/labeler.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       pull-requests: write
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner

.github/workflows/publish_documentation.yml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
 
     if: github.repository == 'nlohmann/json'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@dc2769abcc0fcfbadfc1df54081c1608579ef6b2 # v2.22.2

.github/workflows/scorecards.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   analysis:
     name: Scorecard analysis
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     permissions:
       # Needed to upload the results to code-scanning dashboard.
       security-events: write

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   stale:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     permissions:
       issues: write

.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   ci_test_gcc:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     container: gcc:latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ${{ matrix.target }}
 
   ci_static_analysis_clang:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     container: silkeh/clang:22
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ${{ matrix.target }}
 
   ci_cmake_options:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     container: ubuntu:24.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ jobs:
           fail-on-error: false
 
   ci_test_compilers_gcc_old:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
         compiler: ['4.8', '4.9', '5', '6']
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ci_test_compiler_g++-${{ matrix.compiler }}
 
   ci_test_compilers_gcc:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # older GCC docker images (4, 5, 6) fail to check out code
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ci_test_compiler_default
 
   ci_test_compilers_clang:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
         compiler: ['3.4', '3.5', '3.6', '3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12', '13', '14', '15-bullseye', '16', '17', '18', '19', '20', '21', '22', 'latest']
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ci_test_compiler_default
 
   ci_test_standards_gcc:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     container: gcc:latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ci_test_gcc_cxx${{ matrix.standard }}
 
   ci_test_standards_clang:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     container: silkeh/clang:latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.stdlib == 'libstdcxx' }}
 
   ci_cuda_example:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         container: ['gcc:latest', 'silkeh/clang:latest']
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     container: ${{ matrix.container }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ci_module_cpp20
 
   ci_icpc:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     # Intel discontinued the classic icc/icpc compiler in oneAPI 2024.0; this is
     # Intel's own last officially published image that still includes it.
     container: intel/oneapi-hpckit:2023.2.1-devel-ubuntu22.04
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ci_icpc
 
   ci_icpx:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     container: intel/oneapi-hpckit:latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ci_icpx
 
   ci_nvhpc:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     container: nvcr.io/nvidia/nvhpc:25.5-devel-cuda12.9-ubuntu22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/get.md

@@ -120,16 +120,6 @@ overload (3).
     See [Number conversion](../../features/types/number_handling.md#number-conversion)
     for more information.
 
-!!! note "Booleans as numbers"
-
-    A JSON boolean converts to `#!cpp 0` or `#!cpp 1` for every arithmetic type **except** [`number_integer_t`](number_integer_t.md),
-    [`number_unsigned_t`](number_unsigned_t.md) and [`number_float_t`](number_float_t.md) (by default `#!cpp std::int64_t`,
-    `#!cpp std::uint64_t`, and `#!cpp double`), for which `#!cpp get<T>()` throws
-    [`type_error.302`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error302) ("type must be number, but is boolean"). So
-    `#!cpp json(true).get<int>()` is `#!cpp 1`, while `#!cpp json(true).get<std::int64_t>()` and
-    `#!cpp json(true).get<double>()` throw. This is the behavior of all 3.x versions;
-    [`basic_json_view::get<T>()`](../basic_json_view/get.md) behaves the same.
-
 !!! note "`std::optional` conversions"
 
     Prior to version 3.13.0, `#!cpp get<std::optional<T>>()` (and other conversions to `std::optional<T>`) failed to

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/get.md

@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ For the types below, the conversion works directly on the flat index — no `Bas
 
 - `#!cpp bool`
 - arithmetic types other than `#!cpp bool` (for a boolean, `#!cpp 0`/`#!cpp 1`, exactly as for
-  [`BasicJsonType::get<T>()`](../basic_json/get.md#notes), except for `number_integer_t`, `number_unsigned_t` and
-  `number_float_t`, which throw `type_error.302` for a boolean, as `BasicJsonType::get<T>()` does)
+  [`BasicJsonType::get<T>()`](../basic_json/get.md))
 - `#!cpp std::nullptr_t`
 - `#!cpp std::basic_string<char, Traits, Alloc>` (including `string_t`) — a copy of the string
 - [`string_view_t`](index.md#member-types) — **no copy**: the returned view points into the document's

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/types/template_parameters.md

@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ using array_t = ArrayType<basic_json, AllocatorType<basic_json>>;
 | `#!cpp operator<<(std::ostream&, const json_pointer&)`                                                                            | streamability to `#!cpp std::ostream`                                                                                                                                                        |
 | [`to_string`](../../api/basic_json/to_string.md)                                                                                  | conversion of `StringType` to `#!cpp std::string` (the function returns a `#!cpp std::string`)                                                                                               |
 | exception messages                                                                                                                | `data()` and `size()`, or `begin()` and `end()`                                                                                                                                              |
+| [`basic_json_view::dump`](../../api/basic_json_view/dump.md)                                                                      | `reserve(n)` and `resize(n)` (one argument); `capacity()` is **not** required                                                                                                                |
 
 ### Compatible types
 

include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp

@@ -467,11 +467,13 @@ class binary_reader
 
             const std::size_t element_type_parse_position = chars_read;
             // an array's elements are named "0", "1", ... in the wire format,
-            // and those names are not passed on: they are skipped unless
-            // error_handler_t::strict must reject ill-formed UTF-8 in them
+            // and those names are not passed on: they are skipped, and only
+            // checked if error_handler_t::strict must reject ill-formed UTF-8
             const bool is_object = container_stack.back().is_object;
             key.clear();
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_bson_cstr(key, is_object || error_handler == error_handler_t::strict)))
+            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(is_object || error_handler != error_handler_t::strict
+                                       ? get_bson_cstr(key, is_object)
+                                       : check_bson_cstr(key, std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan> {}))))
             {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -495,7 +497,7 @@ class binary_reader
     @param[in] store  whether the characters are needed; if not (the names of
                       an array's elements), they are skipped and @a result may
                       be left unchanged, and they are not checked against
-                      @ref error_handler
+                      @ref error_handler (@ref check_bson_cstr checks them)
     @return `true` if the \\x00-byte indicating the end of the string was
              encountered before the EOF; false` indicates an unexpected EOF.
     */
@@ -554,6 +556,42 @@ class binary_reader
         return true;
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief skip a C-style string that error_handler_t::strict must check
+
+    The names of an array's elements are not passed on. On contiguous input,
+    a well-formed name is checked in place and skipped without being copied.
+    Otherwise (no \\x00-byte in the input that can be scanned, or ill-formed
+    UTF-8), it is read by @ref get_bson_cstr, which reports the error.
+
+    @param[in,out] result  an empty string, which may receive the name
+    @return whether the name was read and is well-formed
+    */
+    bool check_bson_cstr(string_t& result, std::true_type /*bulk*/)
+    {
+        const std::size_t remaining = ia.bulk_remaining();
+        if (remaining != 0)
+        {
+            const auto* const data = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(ia.bulk_data());
+            const std::size_t length = find_zero_byte(data, remaining);
+            if (length != remaining && JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(valid_utf8_string(data, length)))
+            {
+                // consume the string and its \x00-byte, as get_bson_cstr does
+                ia.bulk_skip(length + 1);
+                chars_read += length + 1;
+                current = 0x00;
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return get_bson_cstr(result);
+    }
+
+    /// input that is not contiguous: the name is read and checked byte by byte
+    bool check_bson_cstr(string_t& result, std::false_type /*bulk*/)
+    {
+        return get_bson_cstr(result);
+    }
+
     /// input that is not contiguous: C-style strings are read byte by byte
     bool get_bson_cstr_bulk(string_t& /*result*/, const bool /*store*/, std::false_type /*bulk*/) const noexcept
     {

include/nlohmann/detail/view/serializer.hpp

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class output_buffer
         : m_out(sized(out, estimate))
         , m_pos(&m_out[0])
         , m_end(m_pos + m_out.size())
+        , m_reserved((std::max)(estimate, m_out.size()))
     {}
 
     void finish()
@@ -116,11 +117,12 @@ class output_buffer
         const auto used = static_cast<std::size_t>(m_pos - m_out.data());
         // (a step does not go beyond the reserved estimate, so that a good
         // estimate is never copied to a larger allocation; not a clamp: the
-        // lower bound used + n + 256 can exceed capacity(), and then it must win)
-        const std::size_t size = (std::max)((std::min)(m_out.size() + step, m_out.capacity()), used + n + 256);
-        if (size > m_out.capacity())
+        // lower bound used + n + 256 can exceed m_reserved, and then it must win)
+        const std::size_t size = (std::max)((std::min)(m_out.size() + step, m_reserved), used + n + 256);
+        if (size > m_reserved)
         {
-            m_out.reserve((std::max)(m_out.capacity() * 2, size));
+            m_reserved = (std::max)(m_reserved * 2, size);
+            m_out.reserve(m_reserved);
         }
         m_out.resize(size);
         m_pos = &m_out[0] + used;
@@ -130,6 +132,9 @@ class output_buffer
     StringType& m_out;
     char* m_pos;
     char* m_end;
+    /// what was last passed to reserve(), a lower bound of the capacity
+    /// (StringType need not have a capacity() member)
+    std::size_t m_reserved;
 };
 
 /// The length of the run at s that dump() writes unchanged without

include/nlohmann/detail/view/value.hpp

@@ -33,37 +33,12 @@ namespace view
 template<typename T>
 struct value_tag {};
 
-/// whether basic_json reads T with a dedicated from_json() overload that does
-/// not accept a boolean: exactly number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t and
-/// number_float_t (the other arithmetic types convert a boolean to 0 or 1)
-template<typename T, typename BasicJsonType>
-struct rejects_boolean : std::integral_constant < bool,
-    std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t>::value
-    || std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t>::value
-    || std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t>::value >
-{};
-
-/// a boolean as T: 0 or 1
-template<typename T>
-NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T boolean_as(const document_data& /*d*/, const node& n, std::false_type /*rejects*/)
-{
-    return static_cast<T>((n.flags & node_flags::is_true) != 0);
-}
-
-/// a boolean as number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t or number_float_t: type_error.302, as in basic_json
-template<typename T>
-[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T boolean_as(const document_data& d, const node& n, std::true_type /*rejects*/)
-{
-    throw_type_error(error_site(&d, &n), exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be number, but is ", value_type_name(static_cast<value_t>(n.kind)));
-}
-
 /*!
 @brief the number or boolean of a node converted to an arithmetic type
 
 As basic_json's get<T>() for arithmetic types: integers and floats are
-converted with static_cast, booleans give 0 or 1 (but throw type_error.302 for
-number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t and number_float_t, as basic_json does),
-and other types throw type_error.302.
+converted with static_cast, booleans give 0 or 1, and other types throw
+type_error.302.
 */
 template<typename T, typename BasicJsonType>
 NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T arithmetic_value(const document_data& d, const node& n)
@@ -77,7 +52,7 @@ NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T arithmetic_value(const document_data& d, const nod
         case value_t::number_float:
             return static_cast<T>(float_value<typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t>(d, n));
         case value_t::boolean:
-            return boolean_as<T>(d, n, rejects_boolean<T, BasicJsonType> {});
+            return static_cast<T>((n.flags & node_flags::is_true) != 0);
         case value_t::null:
         case value_t::object:
         case value_t::array:

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -18474,11 +18474,13 @@ class binary_reader
 
             const std::size_t element_type_parse_position = chars_read;
             // an array's elements are named "0", "1", ... in the wire format,
-            // and those names are not passed on: they are skipped unless
-            // error_handler_t::strict must reject ill-formed UTF-8 in them
+            // and those names are not passed on: they are skipped, and only
+            // checked if error_handler_t::strict must reject ill-formed UTF-8
             const bool is_object = container_stack.back().is_object;
             key.clear();
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_bson_cstr(key, is_object || error_handler == error_handler_t::strict)))
+            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(is_object || error_handler != error_handler_t::strict
+                                       ? get_bson_cstr(key, is_object)
+                                       : check_bson_cstr(key, std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan> {}))))
             {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -18502,7 +18504,7 @@ class binary_reader
     @param[in] store  whether the characters are needed; if not (the names of
                       an array's elements), they are skipped and @a result may
                       be left unchanged, and they are not checked against
-                      @ref error_handler
+                      @ref error_handler (@ref check_bson_cstr checks them)
     @return `true` if the \\x00-byte indicating the end of the string was
              encountered before the EOF; false` indicates an unexpected EOF.
     */
@@ -18561,6 +18563,42 @@ class binary_reader
         return true;
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief skip a C-style string that error_handler_t::strict must check
+
+    The names of an array's elements are not passed on. On contiguous input,
+    a well-formed name is checked in place and skipped without being copied.
+    Otherwise (no \\x00-byte in the input that can be scanned, or ill-formed
+    UTF-8), it is read by @ref get_bson_cstr, which reports the error.
+
+    @param[in,out] result  an empty string, which may receive the name
+    @return whether the name was read and is well-formed
+    */
+    bool check_bson_cstr(string_t& result, std::true_type /*bulk*/)
+    {
+        const std::size_t remaining = ia.bulk_remaining();
+        if (remaining != 0)
+        {
+            const auto* const data = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(ia.bulk_data());
+            const std::size_t length = find_zero_byte(data, remaining);
+            if (length != remaining && JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(valid_utf8_string(data, length)))
+            {
+                // consume the string and its \x00-byte, as get_bson_cstr does
+                ia.bulk_skip(length + 1);
+                chars_read += length + 1;
+                current = 0x00;
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return get_bson_cstr(result);
+    }
+
+    /// input that is not contiguous: the name is read and checked byte by byte
+    bool check_bson_cstr(string_t& result, std::false_type /*bulk*/)
+    {
+        return get_bson_cstr(result);
+    }
+
     /// input that is not contiguous: C-style strings are read byte by byte
     bool get_bson_cstr_bulk(string_t& /*result*/, const bool /*store*/, std::false_type /*bulk*/) const noexcept
     {

single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp

@@ -8511,6 +8511,7 @@ class output_buffer
         : m_out(sized(out, estimate))
         , m_pos(&m_out[0])
         , m_end(m_pos + m_out.size())
+        , m_reserved((std::max)(estimate, m_out.size()))
     {}
 
     void finish()
@@ -8580,11 +8581,12 @@ class output_buffer
         const auto used = static_cast<std::size_t>(m_pos - m_out.data());
         // (a step does not go beyond the reserved estimate, so that a good
         // estimate is never copied to a larger allocation; not a clamp: the
-        // lower bound used + n + 256 can exceed capacity(), and then it must win)
-        const std::size_t size = (std::max)((std::min)(m_out.size() + step, m_out.capacity()), used + n + 256);
-        if (size > m_out.capacity())
+        // lower bound used + n + 256 can exceed m_reserved, and then it must win)
+        const std::size_t size = (std::max)((std::min)(m_out.size() + step, m_reserved), used + n + 256);
+        if (size > m_reserved)
         {
-            m_out.reserve((std::max)(m_out.capacity() * 2, size));
+            m_reserved = (std::max)(m_reserved * 2, size);
+            m_out.reserve(m_reserved);
         }
         m_out.resize(size);
         m_pos = &m_out[0] + used;
@@ -8594,6 +8596,9 @@ class output_buffer
     StringType& m_out;
     char* m_pos;
     char* m_end;
+    /// what was last passed to reserve(), a lower bound of the capacity
+    /// (StringType need not have a capacity() member)
+    std::size_t m_reserved;
 };
 
 /// The length of the run at s that dump() writes unchanged without
@@ -10067,37 +10072,12 @@ namespace view
 template<typename T>
 struct value_tag {};
 
-/// whether basic_json reads T with a dedicated from_json() overload that does
-/// not accept a boolean: exactly number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t and
-/// number_float_t (the other arithmetic types convert a boolean to 0 or 1)
-template<typename T, typename BasicJsonType>
-struct rejects_boolean : std::integral_constant < bool,
-    std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t>::value
-    || std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t>::value
-    || std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t>::value >
-{};
-
-/// a boolean as T: 0 or 1
-template<typename T>
-NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T boolean_as(const document_data& /*d*/, const node& n, std::false_type /*rejects*/)
-{
-    return static_cast<T>((n.flags & node_flags::is_true) != 0);
-}
-
-/// a boolean as number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t or number_float_t: type_error.302, as in basic_json
-template<typename T>
-[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T boolean_as(const document_data& d, const node& n, std::true_type /*rejects*/)
-{
-    throw_type_error(error_site(&d, &n), exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be number, but is ", value_type_name(static_cast<value_t>(n.kind)));
-}
-
 /*!
 @brief the number or boolean of a node converted to an arithmetic type
 
 As basic_json's get<T>() for arithmetic types: integers and floats are
-converted with static_cast, booleans give 0 or 1 (but throw type_error.302 for
-number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t and number_float_t, as basic_json does),
-and other types throw type_error.302.
+converted with static_cast, booleans give 0 or 1, and other types throw
+type_error.302.
 */
 template<typename T, typename BasicJsonType>
 NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T arithmetic_value(const document_data& d, const node& n)
@@ -10111,7 +10091,7 @@ NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T arithmetic_value(const document_data& d, const nod
         case value_t::number_float:
             return static_cast<T>(float_value<typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t>(d, n));
         case value_t::boolean:
-            return boolean_as<T>(d, n, rejects_boolean<T, BasicJsonType> {});
+            return static_cast<T>((n.flags & node_flags::is_true) != 0);
         case value_t::null:
         case value_t::object:
         case value_t::array:

tests/src/unit-alt-string.cpp

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "doctest_compatibility.h"
 
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
 
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <string>
@@ -483,4 +484,56 @@ TEST_CASE("alternative string type")
     }
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("alternative string type with json_view")
+{
+    // regression test for #5994: basic_json_view::dump() called
+    // StringType::capacity(), which alt_string (and the documented StringType
+    // requirements) do not provide
+    using alt_document = nlohmann::basic_json_document<alt_json, nlohmann::view_mode::read_only>;
+    using alt_editable_document = nlohmann::basic_json_document<alt_json, nlohmann::view_mode::editable>;
+
+    const char* text = "{\"a\":[1,\"x\\u00e4\"],\"b\":{\"c\":true,\"d\":null},\"e\":2.5}";
+    const alt_json j = alt_json::parse(text);
+
+    SECTION("read-only document")
+    {
+        const alt_document d = alt_document::parse(text);
+        CHECK(d.root().dump() == j.dump());
+        CHECK(d.root().dump(2) == j.dump(2));
+        CHECK(d.root().dump(-1, ' ', true) == j.dump(-1, ' ', true));
+        CHECK(d.root().materialize() == j);
+        CHECK(d.root().contains(alt_string("b")));
+        CHECK(d.root()[alt_string("b")][alt_string("c")].dump() == "true");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("long output")
+    {
+        // more than one growth step of the output buffer
+        alt_json big = alt_json::array();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 20000; ++i)
+        {
+            big.push_back(alt_json::parse(text));
+        }
+        const alt_string big_text = big.dump();
+        const alt_document d = alt_document::parse(big_text);
+        CHECK(d.root().dump() == big_text);
+        CHECK(d.root().dump(4) == big.dump(4));
+    }
+
+    SECTION("editable document")
+    {
+        alt_editable_document d = alt_editable_document::parse(text);
+        d.set(d.root(), "f", "new");
+        d.push_back(d.root()[alt_string("a")], 3);
+        alt_json expected = j;
+        expected["f"] = "new";
+        expected["a"].push_back(3);
+        CHECK(d.root().materialize() == expected);
+        CHECK(alt_json::parse(d.root().dump()) == expected);
+
+        const alt_editable_document loaded = alt_editable_document::load(d.save());
+        CHECK(loaded.root().materialize() == expected);
+    }
+}
+
 DOCTEST_CLANG_SUPPRESS_WARNING_POP

tests/src/unit-bson.cpp

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ using nlohmann::json;
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <limits>
+#include <list>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <vector>
 #include "make_test_data_available.hpp"
@@ -1199,6 +1200,31 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON keys from contiguous and stream input")
             from_stream = e.what();
         }
         CHECK(from_vector == from_stream);
+
+        // error_handler_t::strict checks the array element names in place on
+        // contiguous input and byte by byte otherwise; the names are
+        // well-formed, so both give the same value or error as above
+        std::string strict_from_vector;
+        std::string strict_from_list;
+        try
+        {
+            strict_from_vector = json::from_bson(input, true, true, json::error_handler_t::strict).dump();
+        }
+        catch (const json::parse_error& e)
+        {
+            strict_from_vector = e.what();
+        }
+        try
+        {
+            const std::list<std::uint8_t> list(input.begin(), input.end());
+            strict_from_list = json::from_bson(list.begin(), list.end(), true, true, json::error_handler_t::strict).dump();
+        }
+        catch (const json::parse_error& e)
+        {
+            strict_from_list = e.what();
+        }
+        CHECK(strict_from_vector == from_vector);
+        CHECK(strict_from_list == from_vector);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1227,6 +1253,18 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON array element names")
 
     std::istringstream stream(std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(bson.data()), bson.size()));
     CHECK(json::from_bson(stream) == expected);
+
+    // input that is not contiguous reads the names byte by byte and must reject
+    // the same name
+    const std::list<std::uint8_t> list(bson.begin(), bson.end());
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(list.begin(), list.end(), true, true, json::error_handler_t::strict), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 14: syntax error while parsing BSON key: invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte", json::parse_error&);
+
+    // without exceptions, the rejected name ends the parse
+    CHECK(json::from_bson(bson, true, false, json::error_handler_t::strict).is_discarded());
+
+    // well-formed names pass the check without being stored
+    const json valid = {{"a", {true, false, {{"k", json::array({1, 2})}}}}};
+    CHECK(json::from_bson(json::to_bson(valid), true, true, json::error_handler_t::strict) == valid);
 }
 #endif
 

tests/src/unit-conversions1.cpp

@@ -1260,44 +1260,6 @@ TEST_CASE("value conversion")
     #undef JSON_HAS_CPP_17
 #endif
 
-TEST_CASE("get<T>() of a boolean (#5988)")
-{
-    // a boolean converts to 0/1 for every arithmetic type except number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t and
-    // number_float_t, whose dedicated from_json() overloads throw
-    const json t = true;
-    const json f = false;
-
-    SECTION("0 and 1")
-    {
-        // long and unsigned long are left out: they are std::int64_t and std::uint64_t on some platforms
-        CHECK(t.get<bool>() == true);
-        CHECK(f.get<bool>() == false);
-        CHECK(t.get<char>() == 1);
-        CHECK(t.get<signed char>() == 1);
-        CHECK(t.get<unsigned char>() == 1);
-        CHECK(t.get<short>() == 1); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
-        CHECK(t.get<unsigned short>() == 1); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
-        CHECK(t.get<int>() == 1);
-        CHECK(t.get<unsigned>() == 1);
-        CHECK(t.get<float>() == 1.0F);
-        CHECK(t.get<long double>() == 1.0L);
-        CHECK(f.get<int>() == 0);
-        CHECK(f.get<float>() == 0.0F);
-    }
-
-#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
-    SECTION("number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t and number_float_t throw")
-    {
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(t.get<json::number_integer_t>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is boolean", json::type_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(t.get<json::number_unsigned_t>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is boolean", json::type_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(t.get<json::number_float_t>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is boolean", json::type_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(f.get<json::number_integer_t>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is boolean", json::type_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(f.get<json::number_unsigned_t>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is boolean", json::type_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(f.get<json::number_float_t>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is boolean", json::type_error&);
-    }
-#endif
-}
-
 #ifdef JSON_HAS_CPP_14
     #undef JSON_HAS_CPP_14
 #endif

tests/src/unit-json_view.cpp

@@ -1551,77 +1551,6 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view values")
     }
 }
 
-namespace
-{
-// get<T>() of a boolean: the same value or the same exception in basic_json and in the view (#5988)
-template<typename T>
-void check_boolean_get_parity()
-{
-    for (const bool b :
-            {
-                true, false
-            })
-    {
-        const std::string text = b ? "true" : "false";
-        const json j = json::parse(text);
-        const json_document d = json_document::parse(text);
-        CAPTURE(text)
-#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
-        T dom_value {};
-        T view_value{};
-        const std::string dom_error = json_view_test::exception_of_call([&] { dom_value = j.get<T>(); });
-        const std::string view_error = json_view_test::exception_of_call([&] { view_value = d.root().template get<T>(); });
-        CHECK(dom_error == view_error);
-        if (dom_error.empty())
-        {
-            CHECK(dom_value == view_value);
-            CHECK(view_value == static_cast<T>(b));
-        }
-#else
-        CHECK(j.get<T>() == d.root().template get<T>());
-#endif
-    }
-}
-} // namespace
-
-TEST_CASE("json_view get<T>() of a boolean (#5988)")
-{
-    check_boolean_get_parity<bool>();
-    check_boolean_get_parity<char>();
-    check_boolean_get_parity<signed char>();
-    check_boolean_get_parity<unsigned char>();
-    check_boolean_get_parity<short>(); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
-    check_boolean_get_parity<unsigned short>(); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
-    check_boolean_get_parity<int>();
-    check_boolean_get_parity<unsigned>();
-    check_boolean_get_parity<long>(); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
-    check_boolean_get_parity<unsigned long>(); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
-    check_boolean_get_parity<long long>(); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
-    check_boolean_get_parity<unsigned long long>(); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
-    check_boolean_get_parity<std::int64_t>();
-    check_boolean_get_parity<std::uint64_t>();
-    check_boolean_get_parity<float>();
-    check_boolean_get_parity<double>();
-    check_boolean_get_parity<long double>();
-
-#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
-    SECTION("the exceptions of the exact number types")
-    {
-        const json_document d = json_document::parse("true");
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.root().get<json::number_integer_t>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is boolean", json::type_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.root().get<json::number_unsigned_t>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is boolean", json::type_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.root().get<json::number_float_t>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is boolean", json::type_error&);
-        CHECK(d.root().get<int>() == 1);
-        // get_to() and value() go through get<T>()
-        json::number_float_t x = 0;
-        CHECK_THROWS_AS(d.root().get_to(x), json::type_error&);
-        const json_document o = json_document::parse("{\"b\":true}");
-        CHECK_THROWS_AS(static_cast<void>(o.root().value("b", 0.0)), json::type_error&);
-        CHECK(o.root().value("b", 0) == 1);
-    }
-#endif
-}
-
 TEST_CASE("json_view JSON pointers")
 {
     SECTION("every value of generated documents")

tests/src/unit-json_view_builder.cpp

@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view builder: fraction digits")
             check_same(number);
             check_same("[" + number + "]");
             std::string pair;
-            pair.reserve(number.size() * 2 + 3);
+            pair.reserve((number.size() * 2) + 3);
             pair += '[';
             pair += number;
             pair += ',';

tests/src/unit-json_view_positions.cpp

@@ -521,7 +521,8 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view exceptions name the path and the bytes of the value")
         std::string text = "7";
         for (int level = 0; level < 40; ++level)
         {
-            text = R"([[1, [2]], )" + text + R"(, {"k": [3, {"l": [4]}]}, [5, [6, [7]]]])";
+            text.insert(0, R"([[1, [2]], )");
+            text += R"(, {"k": [3, {"l": [4]}]}, [5, [6, [7]]]])";
         }
         CAPTURE(text)
         const json j = json::parse(text);