Address review comments on nested indefinite-length CBOR strings

Rename is_chunk to inside_indefinite, update the stale test section
names, and use lowercase comments like the surrounding code.

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

.github/external_ci/appveyor.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ only_commits:
 
 environment:
   matrix:
+    # The Visual Studio 2017 jobs compile everything with /std:c++17, so they
+    # only build the C++17 variant of each test, split into two jobs each to
+    # stay below AppVeyor's 60-minute limit per job.
     - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2015
       configuration: Debug
       platform: x86
@@ -34,7 +37,13 @@ environment:
       configuration: Release
       platform: x86
       CXX_FLAGS: "/permissive- /std:c++17 /utf-8 /W4 /WX"
-      CMAKE_OPTIONS: ""
+      CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DJSON_TestStandards=17 -DJSON_TestShard=0/2"
+      GENERATOR: Visual Studio 15 2017
+    - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2017
+      configuration: Release
+      platform: x86
+      CXX_FLAGS: "/permissive- /std:c++17 /utf-8 /W4 /WX"
+      CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DJSON_TestStandards=17 -DJSON_TestShard=1/2"
       GENERATOR: Visual Studio 15 2017
 
     - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2019
@@ -55,7 +64,13 @@ environment:
       configuration: Release
       platform: x64
       CXX_FLAGS: "/permissive- /std:c++17 /Zc:__cplusplus /utf-8 /W4 /WX"
-      CMAKE_OPTIONS: ""
+      CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DJSON_TestStandards=17 -DJSON_TestShard=0/2"
+      GENERATOR: Visual Studio 15 2017
+    - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2017
+      configuration: Release
+      platform: x64
+      CXX_FLAGS: "/permissive- /std:c++17 /Zc:__cplusplus /utf-8 /W4 /WX"
+      CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DJSON_TestStandards=17 -DJSON_TestShard=1/2"
       GENERATOR: Visual Studio 15 2017
 
 init:
@@ -66,7 +81,7 @@ install:
   - if "%platform%"=="x86"    set GENERATOR_PLATFORM=Win32
 
 before_build:
-  - cmake . -G "%GENERATOR%" -A "%GENERATOR_PLATFORM%" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="%CXX_FLAGS%" -DCMAKE_IGNORE_PATH="C:/Program Files/Git/usr/bin" -DJSON_BuildTests=On "%CMAKE_OPTIONS%"
+  - cmake . -G "%GENERATOR%" -A "%GENERATOR_PLATFORM%" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="%CXX_FLAGS%" -DCMAKE_IGNORE_PATH="C:/Program Files/Git/usr/bin" -DJSON_BuildTests=On %CMAKE_OPTIONS%
 
 build_script:
   - cmake --build . --config "%configuration%" --parallel 2

.github/workflows/macos.yml

@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
-  macos-14:
+  macos-15:
-    runs-on: macos-14 # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/macos/macos-14-Readme.md
+    runs-on: macos-15 # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/macos/macos-15-Readme.md
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        xcode: ['15.0.1', '15.1', '15.2', '15.3', '15.4']
+        xcode: ['16.0', '16.1', '16.2', '16.3', '16.4', '26.0.1', '26.1.1', '26.2', '26.3']
     env:
       DEVELOPER_DIR: /Applications/Xcode_${{ matrix.xcode }}.app/Contents/Developer
 
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test
         run: cd build ; ctest -j 10 --output-on-failure
 
-  macos-15:
+  macos-26:
-    runs-on: macos-15 # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/macos/macos-15-Readme.md
+    runs-on: macos-26 # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/macos/macos-26-arm64-Readme.md
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        xcode: ['16.0', '16.1', '16.2', '16.3', '16.4', '26.0.1']
+        xcode: ['26.4.1', '26.5', '26.6']
     env:
       DEVELOPER_DIR: /Applications/Xcode_${{ matrix.xcode }}.app/Contents/Developer
 

.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
     container: ubuntu:24.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        target: [ci_cmake_flags, ci_test_diagnostics, ci_test_diagnostic_positions, ci_test_noexceptions, ci_test_noimplicitconversions, ci_test_legacycomparison, ci_test_noglobaludls, ci_test_disableenumserialization, ci_test_disabletuplereferenceconversion, ci_test_skiplibraryversioncheck, ci_test_simdutf, ci_test_strict_nul_handling, ci_test_no_thread_local]
+        target: [ci_cmake_flags, ci_test_diagnostics, ci_test_diagnostic_positions, ci_test_noexceptions, ci_test_noimplicitconversions, ci_test_legacycomparison, ci_test_noglobaludls, ci_test_disableenumserialization, ci_test_disabletuplereferenceconversion, ci_test_skiplibraryversioncheck, ci_test_simdutf, ci_test_strict_nul_handling, ci_test_delete_deprecated_functions, ci_test_no_thread_local]
     steps:
       - name: Install build-essential
         run: apt-get update ; apt-get install -y build-essential unzip wget git
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # older GCC docker images (4, 5, 6) fail to check out code
-        compiler: ['7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12', '13', '14', '15', 'latest']
+        compiler: ['7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12', '13', '14', '15', '16', 'latest']
     container: gcc:${{ matrix.compiler }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ option(JSON_MultipleHeaders                "Use non-amalgamated version of the l
 option(JSON_SystemInclude                  "Include as system headers (skip for clang-tidy)." OFF)
 option(JSON_StrictNulHandling              "Build with strict NUL-byte handling enabled." OFF)
 option(JSON_StrictBinaryUTF8               "Build with UTF-8 checks in the CBOR, UBJSON, BJData, and BSON writers enabled." OFF)
+option(JSON_DeleteDeprecatedFunctions      "Delete the deprecated functions instead of only deprecating them." OFF)
 
 if (JSON_CI)
     include(ci)
@@ -123,6 +124,10 @@ if (JSON_StrictBinaryUTF8)
     message(STATUS "Strict UTF-8 checks in binary writers enabled (JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8=1)")
 endif()
 
+if (JSON_DeleteDeprecatedFunctions)
+    message(STATUS "Deprecated functions are deleted (JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS=1)")
+endif()
+
 if (JSON_Diagnostic_Positions)
     message(STATUS "Diagnostic positions enabled (JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS=1)")
 endif()
@@ -159,6 +164,7 @@ target_compile_definitions(
     $<$<BOOL:${JSON_LegacyDiscardedValueComparison}>:JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON=1>
     $<$<BOOL:${JSON_StrictNulHandling}>:JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING=1>
     $<$<BOOL:${JSON_StrictBinaryUTF8}>:JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8=1>
+    $<$<BOOL:${JSON_DeleteDeprecatedFunctions}>:JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS=1>
 )
 
 target_include_directories(

cmake/ci.cmake

@@ -249,6 +249,20 @@ add_custom_target(ci_test_strict_nul_handling
     COMMENT "Compile and test with strict NUL-byte handling enabled"
 )
 
+###############################################################################
+# Delete the deprecated functions.
+###############################################################################
+
+add_custom_target(ci_test_delete_deprecated_functions
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -GNinja
+    -DJSON_BuildTests=ON -DJSON_FastTests=ON -DJSON_DeleteDeprecatedFunctions=ON
+    -S${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} -B${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/build_delete_deprecated_functions
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/build_delete_deprecated_functions
+    COMMAND cd ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/build_delete_deprecated_functions && ${CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND} --parallel ${N} --output-on-failure
+    COMMENT "Compile and test with the deprecated functions deleted"
+)
+
 ###############################################################################
 # Disable global UDLs.
 ###############################################################################
@@ -362,7 +376,7 @@ add_custom_target(ci_test_coverage
 # Sanitizers.
 ###############################################################################
 
-set(CLANG_CXX_FLAGS_SANITIZER "-g -O1 -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined -fsanitize=integer -fsanitize=nullability -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-sanitize-recover=all -fno-sanitize=unsigned-integer-overflow -fno-sanitize=unsigned-shift-base")
+set(CLANG_CXX_FLAGS_SANITIZER "-g -O1 -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined -fsanitize=integer -fsanitize=nullability -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-sanitize-recover=all -fno-sanitize=unsigned-integer-overflow -fno-sanitize=unsigned-shift-base -fsanitize-ignorelist=${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/clang_sanitizer_ignorelist.txt")
 
 add_custom_target(ci_test_clang_sanitizer
     COMMAND CXX=${CLANG_TOOL} CXXFLAGS=${CLANG_CXX_FLAGS_SANITIZER} ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
@@ -705,7 +719,7 @@ ci_get_cmake(4.0.0  CMAKE_4_0_0_BINARY)
 # the tests require CMake 3.13 or later, so they are excluded for CMake 3.5.0
 set(JSON_CMAKE_FLAGS_3_5_0 JSON_Diagnostics JSON_Diagnostic_Positions JSON_GlobalUDLs JSON_ImplicitConversions JSON_DisableEnumSerialization
     JSON_LegacyDiscardedValueComparison JSON_Install JSON_MultipleHeaders JSON_SystemInclude JSON_Valgrind
-    JSON_StrictNulHandling JSON_StrictBinaryUTF8)
+    JSON_StrictNulHandling JSON_StrictBinaryUTF8 JSON_DeleteDeprecatedFunctions)
 set(JSON_CMAKE_FLAGS_3_31_6 JSON_BuildTests ${JSON_CMAKE_FLAGS_3_5_0})
 set(JSON_CMAKE_FLAGS_4_0_0 JSON_BuildTests ${JSON_CMAKE_FLAGS_3_5_0})
 

cmake/clang_sanitizer_ignorelist.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Sanitizer ignore list for ci_test_clang_sanitizer (-fsanitize-ignorelist).
+#
+# libstdc++ 14's <format> declares `_Scanner(basic_string_view<_CharT>, size_t __nargs = -1)`, so every std::format
+# call converts -1 to size_t, which -fsanitize=integer reports as implicit-integer-sign-change. This is
+# https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119429, not a bug in this library. Only that check and only <format> are
+# excluded, so implicit sign changes in the library and the tests are still reported.
+[implicit-integer-sign-change]
+src:*/include/c++/*/format

docs/docset/docSet.sql

@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('Supported Macros', 'Guide', '
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_ASSERT', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_assert/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_BRACE_INIT_COPY_SEMANTICS', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_brace_init_copy_semantics/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_CATCH_USER', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_throw_user/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_delete_deprecated_functions/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_DIAGNOSTICS', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_diagnostics/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_diagnostic_positions/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_DISABLE_ENUM_SERIALIZATION', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_disable_enum_serialization/index.html');
@@ -249,6 +250,7 @@ INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_TRY_USER', 'Macro', 'api
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_USE_GLOBAL_UDLS', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_use_global_udls/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_use_implicit_conversions/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_use_legacy_discarded_value_comparison/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_use_objects_for_enum_keyed_maps/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_USE_SIMDUTF', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_use_simdutf/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('Macros', 'Macro', 'api/macros/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_INTRUSIVE', 'Macro', 'api/macros/nlohmann_define_derived_type/index.html');

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/diff.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ static basic_json diff(const basic_json& source,
 Creates a [JSON Patch](http://jsonpatch.com) so that value `source` can be changed into the value `target` by calling
 [`patch`](patch.md) function.
 
-For two JSON values `source` and `target`, the following code yields always `#!cpp true`:
+For two JSON values `source` and `target`, the following code always yields `#!cpp true`:
 ```cpp
 source.patch(diff(source, target)) == target;
 ```
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ a JSON patch to convert the `source` to `target`
 
 ## Exception safety
 
-Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON value.
+Strong guarantee: `source` and `target` are never modified.
 
 ## Complexity
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/from_bjdata.md

@@ -120,3 +120,12 @@ Linear in the size of the input.
 - Extended container support (1) to include types with lvalue-only ADL `begin`/`end` (matching `std::begin`/`std::end` semantics) in version 3.13.0.
 - Extended overload (2) to accept heterogeneous iterator+sentinel pairs (C++20 ranges support) in version 3.13.0.
 - Added `error_handler` parameter in version 3.13.0.
+
+!!! warning "Deprecation"
+
+    - Overload (2) replaces calls to `from_bjdata` with a pointer and a length as first two parameters, which has been
+      deprecated in version 3.13.0. This overload will be removed in version 4.0.0. Please replace all calls like
+      `#!cpp from_bjdata(ptr, len, ...);` with `#!cpp from_bjdata(ptr, ptr+len, ...);`.
+
+    You should be warned by your compiler with a `-Wdeprecated-declarations` warning if you are using a deprecated
+    function.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/from_bon8.md

@@ -106,3 +106,12 @@ Linear in the size of the input.
 ## Version history
 
 - Added in version 3.13.0.
+
+!!! warning "Deprecation"
+
+    - Overload (2) replaces calls to `from_bon8` with a pointer and a length as first two parameters, which has been
+      deprecated in version 3.13.0. This overload will be removed in version 4.0.0. Please replace all calls like
+      `#!cpp from_bon8(ptr, len, ...);` with `#!cpp from_bon8(ptr, ptr+len, ...);`.
+
+    You should be warned by your compiler with a `-Wdeprecated-declarations` warning if you are using a deprecated
+    function.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/number_float_t.md

@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ This implementation does exactly follow this approach, as it uses double precisi
 smaller than `-1.79769313486232e+308` and values greater than `1.79769313486232e+308` will be stored as NaN internally
 and be serialized to `null`.
 
+During deserialization (from JSON text or any of the binary formats), a finite number that does not fit into
+`number_float_t` is rejected with [`out_of_range.406`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range406), for
+example a double-precision number in a binary format when `number_float_t` is `#!cpp float`.
+
 ### Storage
 
 Floating-point number values are stored directly inside a `basic_json` type.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/number_integer_t.md

@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ With the default values for `NumberIntegerType` (`std::int64_t`), the default va
 
 When the default type is used, the maximal integer number that can be stored is `9223372036854775807` (INT64_MAX) and
 the minimal integer number that can be stored is `-9223372036854775808` (INT64_MIN). Integer numbers that are out of
-range will yield over/underflow when used in a constructor. During deserialization, too large or small integer numbers
+range will yield over/underflow when used in a constructor. During deserialization (from JSON text or any of the binary
-will automatically be stored as [`number_unsigned_t`](number_unsigned_t.md) or [`number_float_t`](number_float_t.md).
+formats), too large or small integer numbers will automatically be stored as [`number_unsigned_t`](number_unsigned_t.md)
+or [`number_float_t`](number_float_t.md).
 
 [RFC 8259](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259) further states:
 > Note that when such software is used, numbers that are integers and are in the range [-2<sup>53</sup>+1, 2<sup>53</sup>-1] are

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/number_unsigned_t.md

@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ With the default values for `NumberUnsignedType` (`std::uint64_t`), the default
 
 When the default type is used, the maximal integer number that can be stored is `18446744073709551615` (UINT64_MAX) and
 the minimal integer number that can be stored is `0`. Integer numbers that are out of range will yield over/underflow
-when used in a constructor. During deserialization, too large or small integer numbers will automatically be stored
+when used in a constructor. During deserialization (from JSON text or any of the binary formats), too large or small
-as [`number_integer_t`](number_integer_t.md) or [`number_float_t`](number_float_t.md).
+integer numbers will automatically be stored as [`number_integer_t`](number_integer_t.md) or
+[`number_float_t`](number_float_t.md).
 
 [RFC 8259](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259) further states:
 > Note that when such software is used, numbers that are integers and are in the range [-2<sup>53</sup>+1, 2<sup>53</sup>-1] are

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/to_bjdata.md

@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON va
 - Throws [type_error.316](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) if a string or object key in `j` is
   not valid UTF-8 and `error_handler` is `strict` (the default only if
   [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled)
+- Throws [type_error.321](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error321) if `j` or a value nested in it is
+  discarded; example: `"cannot serialize discarded value to BJData"`
 
 ## Complexity
 
@@ -119,4 +121,6 @@ Linear in the size of the JSON value `j`.
 - BJData version parameter (for draft3 binary encoding) added in version 3.12.0.
 - Added `error_handler` parameter in version 3.13.0. Its default, `keep`, writes the bytes of a string or object key
   that is not valid UTF-8 unchanged, as before; `strict` (the default if
-  [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled) throws `type_error.316`.
+  [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled) throws `type_error.316`.
+- Throws `type_error.321` for a discarded value since version 3.13.0; previously, a discarded value nested in an
+  array or object was silently skipped, producing invalid BJData.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/to_bson.md

@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON va
 - Throws [type_error.316](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) if a string or object key is
   not valid UTF-8 and `error_handler` is `strict` (the default only if
   [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled)
+- Throws [type_error.321](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error321) if a value nested in `j` is discarded
+  (the top-level value itself is covered by `type_error.317` above, since it must be an object); example:
+  `"cannot serialize discarded value to BSON"`
 
 ## Complexity
 
@@ -110,6 +113,8 @@ pass before anything is written.
 - Throws `out_of_range.412` and `out_of_range.415` since version 3.13.0.
 - Linear in the size of `j`, and no longer limited by the call stack for deeply nested values, since version 3.13.0.
 - `out_of_range.415` is now detected before anything is written, like the other exceptions above, since version 3.13.0.
+- Throws `type_error.321` for a discarded value nested in `j` since version 3.13.0; previously, it was silently
+  skipped, producing a document whose declared size did not match what was actually written.
 - Added `error_handler` parameter in version 3.13.0. Its default, `keep`, writes the bytes of a string or object key
   that is not valid UTF-8 unchanged, as before; `strict` (the default if
   [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled) throws `type_error.316` before anything

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/to_cbor.md

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON va
 - Throws [type_error.316](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) if a string or object key in `j` is
   not valid UTF-8 and `error_handler` is `strict` (the default only if
   [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled)
+- Throws [type_error.321](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error321) if `j` or a value nested in it is
+  discarded; example: `"cannot serialize discarded value to CBOR"`
 
 ## Complexity
 
@@ -86,3 +88,5 @@ Linear in the size of the JSON value `j`.
 - Added `error_handler` parameter in version 3.13.0. Its default, `keep`, writes the bytes of a string or object key
   that is not valid UTF-8 unchanged, as before; `strict` (the default if
   [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled) throws `type_error.316`.
+- Throws `type_error.321` for a discarded value since version 3.13.0; previously, a discarded value nested in an
+  array or object was silently skipped, producing invalid CBOR.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/to_msgpack.md

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON va
   `"subtype 70000 is too large for the MessagePack ext type (max 255)"`
 - Throws [type_error.316](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) if a string or object key in `j` is
   not valid UTF-8 and `error_handler` is `strict`
+- Throws [type_error.321](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error321) if `j` or a value nested in it is
+  discarded; example: `"cannot serialize discarded value to MessagePack"`
 
 ## Complexity
 
@@ -108,3 +110,5 @@ Linear in the size of the JSON value `j`.
 - Fixed in version 3.13.0 to serialize `number_integer_t`/`number_unsigned_t` pairs of different width correctly;
   before, integers could be serialized with the wrong value if `number_integer_t` was narrower than
   `number_unsigned_t`.
+- Throws `type_error.321` for a discarded value since version 3.13.0; previously, a discarded value nested in an
+  array or object was silently skipped, producing invalid MessagePack.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/to_ubjson.md

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON va
 - Throws [type_error.316](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) if a string or object key in `j` is
   not valid UTF-8 and `error_handler` is `strict` (the default only if
   [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled)
+- Throws [type_error.321](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error321) if `j` or a value nested in it is
+  discarded; example: `"cannot serialize discarded value to UBJSON"`
 
 ## Complexity
 
@@ -112,3 +114,5 @@ Linear in the size of the JSON value `j`.
 - Added `error_handler` parameter in version 3.13.0. Its default, `keep`, writes the bytes of a string or object key
   that is not valid UTF-8 unchanged, as before; `strict` (the default if
   [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled) throws `type_error.316`.
+- Throws `type_error.321` for a discarded value since version 3.13.0; previously, a discarded value nested in an
+  array or object was silently skipped, producing invalid UBJSON.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/macros/index.md

@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ header. See also the [macro overview page](../../features/macros.md).
 - [**JSON_DISABLE_ENUM_SERIALIZATION**](json_disable_enum_serialization.md) - switch off default serialization/deserialization functions for enums
 - [**JSON_DISABLE_TUPLE_REFERENCE_CONVERSION**](json_disable_tuple_reference_conversion.md) - switch off conversion from a one-element tuple of a JSON reference
 - [**JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS**](json_use_implicit_conversions.md) - control implicit conversions
+- [**JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS**](json_use_objects_for_enum_keyed_maps.md) - opt in to storing maps with enum
+  keys as objects
+
+## Deprecated functions
+
+- [**JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS**](json_delete_deprecated_functions.md) - opt in to deleting the deprecated
+  functions ahead of their removal in version 4.0.0
 
 ## Comparison behavior
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/macros/json_delete_deprecated_functions.md

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+
+```cpp
+#define JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS /* value */
+```
+
+When defined to `1`, all [deprecated functions](../../community/roadmap.md#removal-of-deprecated-functions) of the
+library are declared as deleted (`= delete`) instead of only being marked as deprecated. Code that still calls one of
+them no longer compiles. This way, you can find all calls that need to be replaced before version 4.0.0 removes these
+functions; the [migration guide](../../integration/migration_guide.md#replace-deprecated-functions) describes how.
+
+A deleted function, unlike a removed one, still takes part in overload resolution. A call that would select it
+therefore fails to compile instead of silently selecting another overload. This matters for the deprecated
+`from_*(ptr, len)` overloads of [`from_cbor`](../basic_json/from_cbor.md), [`from_msgpack`](../basic_json/from_msgpack.md),
+[`from_ubjson`](../basic_json/from_ubjson.md), [`from_bjdata`](../basic_json/from_bjdata.md),
+[`from_bon8`](../basic_json/from_bon8.md), and [`from_bson`](../basic_json/from_bson.md): without them, a call like
+`from_cbor(ptr, len)` would compile, read `ptr` as a NUL-terminated string, and convert `len` to the `strict` parameter.
+
+The macro does not affect the deprecated legacy comparison of discarded values, which is controlled by
+[`JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON`](json_use_legacy_discarded_value_comparison.md).
+
+## Default definition
+
+The default value is `0` (disabled, the deprecated functions can still be called, and the compiler warns about it).
+
+```cpp
+#define JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS 0
+```
+
+## Notes
+
+!!! info "CMake option"
+
+    The macro can also be set with the CMake option
+    [`JSON_DeleteDeprecatedFunctions`](../../integration/cmake.md#json_deletedeprecatedfunctions) (`OFF` by default).
+
+!!! warning "Opt-in only"
+
+    This macro must be defined **before** including `<nlohmann/json.hpp>`. Defining it after the include has no
+    effect. Define it for the whole project to avoid different declarations of the same class in different
+    translation units.
+
+!!! note "ABI compatibility"
+
+    The macro only turns calls that compile into calls that do not; it does not change the layout or the behavior of
+    any type. Its value is therefore not encoded in the [namespace](../../features/namespace.md).
+
+## Examples
+
+??? example "Example: default behavior (macro not defined)"
+
+    Without the macro, the deprecated overload is called, and the compiler warns about it:
+
+    ```cpp
+    #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+    using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+    int main()
+    {
+        const std::vector<std::uint8_t> v = {0x82, 0x01, 0x02};
+        auto j = json::from_cbor(v.data(), v.size());
+        // warning: 'from_cbor' is deprecated: Since 3.8.0; use from_cbor(ptr, ptr + len)
+    }
+    ```
+
+??? example "Example: deleted deprecated functions (macro defined to 1)"
+
+    With the macro, the call does not compile:
+
+    ```cpp
+    #define JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS 1
+    #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+    using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+    int main()
+    {
+        const std::vector<std::uint8_t> v = {0x82, 0x01, 0x02};
+        auto j = json::from_cbor(v.data(), v.size());
+        // error: call to deleted function 'from_cbor'
+    }
+    ```
+
+## See also
+
+- [Roadmap: removal of deprecated functions](../../community/roadmap.md#removal-of-deprecated-functions) - the
+  deprecated functions and the version they were deprecated in
+- [Migration guide: replace deprecated functions](../../integration/migration_guide.md#replace-deprecated-functions) -
+  how to replace each deprecated function
+
+## Version history
+
+- Added in version 3.13.0.
+- Planned to be removed in version 4.0.0, which removes the deprecated functions. The deprecated `from_*(ptr, len)`
+  overloads stay deleted in version 4.0.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/macros/json_disable_tuple_reference_conversion.md

@@ -112,3 +112,4 @@ The default value is `0` (disabled — existing behavior is preserved).
 ## Version history
 
 - Added in version 3.13.0.
+- Planned to become the default (with the macro removed) in version 4.0.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/macros/json_use_implicit_conversions.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ By default, implicit conversions are enabled.
 
 ## Examples
 
-??? example "Example: implicit conversion"
+??? example "Example: implicit and explicit conversions"
 
     This is an example for an implicit conversion:
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/macros/json_use_objects_for_enum_keyed_maps.md

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+# JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+
+```cpp
+#define JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS /* value */
+```
+
+When defined to `1`, maps whose keys are enums (such as `std::map<E, T>` or `std::unordered_map<E, T>`) are stored as
+JSON objects, using the enum's own conversion for the keys. By default, they are stored as arrays of `[key, value]`
+pairs.
+
+## Default definition
+
+The default value is `0` (disabled — existing behavior is preserved).
+
+```cpp
+#define JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS 0
+```
+
+## Notes
+
+!!! note "Background"
+
+    JSON object keys are strings, so a map is only stored as an object if its keys can be converted to a string type.
+    Enums are not, even if [`NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM`](nlohmann_json_serialize_enum.md) maps them to strings, so a
+    map with enum keys becomes an array of `[key, value]` pairs:
+
+    ```json
+    [["stopped", "aa"], ["completed", "bb"]]
+    ```
+
+    With this macro, the same map becomes an object
+    (see [#4378](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/4378)):
+
+    ```json
+    {"completed": "bb", "stopped": "aa"}
+    ```
+
+!!! note "Maps with non-unique keys"
+
+    Maps that allow duplicate keys, such as `std::multimap<E, T>` or `std::unordered_multimap<E, T>`, are not affected
+    by the macro and are still stored as arrays of `[key, value]` pairs, as an object cannot hold duplicate keys.
+
+!!! note "Reading"
+
+    Reading is not affected by the macro: a map with enum keys can always be read from both an array of pairs and an
+    object. For the latter, each key is converted to the enum with its `from_json` function, e.g., the one defined by
+    [`NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM`](nlohmann_json_serialize_enum.md). Data written without the macro can therefore
+    still be read after enabling it.
+
+!!! warning "Keys must serialize to distinct strings"
+
+    Each key is converted with the enum's `to_json` function. If a key is not converted to a string (for instance, an
+    enum without [`NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM`](nlohmann_json_serialize_enum.md), which is stored as an integer, or an
+    enumerator mapped to `nullptr`), [`type_error.302`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error302) is thrown.
+    If two keys are converted to the same string (for instance, because
+    [`NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM`](nlohmann_json_serialize_enum.md) maps an unlisted enumerator to the first entry),
+    [`type_error.318`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error318) is thrown. In both cases, the target value
+    is not changed.
+
+!!! warning "Opt-in only"
+
+    This macro must be defined **before** including `<nlohmann/json.hpp>`. Defining it after the include has no effect.
+
+!!! note "ABI compatibility"
+
+    The value of this macro is encoded in the [namespace](../../features/namespace.md) (tag `_ekmo`), resulting in
+    distinct symbol names. Translation units compiled with and without it can therefore be linked into the same program
+    without One Definition Rule (ODR) violations, but they cannot exchange instances of library types.
+
+## Examples
+
+??? example "Example: default behavior (macro not defined)"
+
+    Without the macro, a map with enum keys is stored as an array of pairs:
+
+    ```cpp
+    #include <map>
+    #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+    using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+    enum TaskState { TS_STOPPED, TS_RUNNING, TS_COMPLETED };
+
+    NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM(TaskState, {
+        {TS_STOPPED, "stopped"},
+        {TS_RUNNING, "running"},
+        {TS_COMPLETED, "completed"},
+    })
+
+    int main()
+    {
+        std::map<TaskState, std::string> m = {{TS_STOPPED, "aa"}, {TS_COMPLETED, "bb"}};
+
+        json j = m;
+        // j is [["stopped","aa"],["completed","bb"]]
+    }
+    ```
+
+??? example "Example: objects for enum-keyed maps (macro defined to 1)"
+
+    With the macro, the same map is stored as an object:
+
+    ```cpp
+    #define JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS 1
+    #include <map>
+    #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+    using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+    enum TaskState { TS_STOPPED, TS_RUNNING, TS_COMPLETED };
+
+    NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM(TaskState, {
+        {TS_STOPPED, "stopped"},
+        {TS_RUNNING, "running"},
+        {TS_COMPLETED, "completed"},
+    })
+
+    int main()
+    {
+        std::map<TaskState, std::string> m = {{TS_STOPPED, "aa"}, {TS_COMPLETED, "bb"}};
+
+        json j = m;
+        // j is {"completed":"bb","stopped":"aa"}
+
+        auto m2 = j.get<std::map<TaskState, std::string>>();
+        // m2 == m
+    }
+    ```
+
+## See also
+
+- [Specializing enum conversion](../../features/enum_conversion.md)
+- [**NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM**](nlohmann_json_serialize_enum.md) - serialize/deserialize an enum
+- [**NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM_STRICT**](nlohmann_json_serialize_enum_strict.md) - serialize/deserialize an enum with
+  exceptions
+
+## Version history
+
+- Added in version 3.13.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/macros/nlohmann_json_serialize_enum.md

@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ inline void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, type& e);
       conversion. Select this default pair carefully. See example 1 below.
     - If an enum or JSON value is specified in multiple conversions, the first matching conversion from the top of the
       list will be returned when converting to or from JSON. See example 2 below.
+    - Maps with enum keys (e.g., `std::map<ENUM_TYPE, T>`) are stored as arrays of `[key, value]` pairs by default.
+      Define [`JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS`](json_use_objects_for_enum_keyed_maps.md) to store them as objects
+      with the converted keys. Such maps can be read from both forms.
 
 ## Examples
 
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ inline void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, type& e);
 - [Specializing enum conversion](../../features/enum_conversion.md)
 - [`NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM_STRICT`](./nlohmann_json_serialize_enum_strict.md)
 - [`JSON_DISABLE_ENUM_SERIALIZATION`](json_disable_enum_serialization.md)
+- [`JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS`](json_use_objects_for_enum_keyed_maps.md)
 
 ## Version history
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/macros/nlohmann_json_serialize_enum_strict.md

@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ inline void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, type& e);
       `"enum value out of range for <type>"`.
     - If an enum or JSON value is specified in multiple conversions, the first matching conversion from the top of the
       list will be returned when converting to or from JSON. See example 2 below.
+    - Maps with enum keys (e.g., `std::map<ENUM_TYPE, T>`) are stored as arrays of `[key, value]` pairs by default.
+      Define [`JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS`](json_use_objects_for_enum_keyed_maps.md) to store them as objects
+      with the converted keys. Such maps can be read from both forms.
 
 ## Examples
 
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ inline void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, type& e);
 - [Specializing enum conversion](../../features/enum_conversion.md)
 - [`NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM`](./nlohmann_json_serialize_enum.md)
 - [`JSON_DISABLE_ENUM_SERIALIZATION`](json_disable_enum_serialization.md)
+- [`JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS`](json_use_objects_for_enum_keyed_maps.md)
 
 ## Version history
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/community/quality_assurance.md

@@ -21,17 +21,18 @@ Note: Some modern features (like C++20 ranges or filesystem support) may be disa
       
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         |----------------------------------------------|--------------|-----------------------------------|-----------|
-        | AppleClang 15.0.0.15000040; Xcode 15.0.1     | arm64        | macOS 14.7.2 (Sonoma)             | GitHub    |
-        | AppleClang 15.0.0.15000100; Xcode 15.1       | arm64        | macOS 14.7.2 (Sonoma)             | GitHub    |
-        | AppleClang 15.0.0.15000100; Xcode 15.2       | arm64        | macOS 14.7.2 (Sonoma)             | GitHub    |
-        | AppleClang 15.0.0.15000309; Xcode 15.3       | arm64        | macOS 14.7.2 (Sonoma)             | GitHub    |
-        | AppleClang 15.0.0.15000309; Xcode 15.4       | arm64        | macOS 14.7.2 (Sonoma)             | GitHub    |
         | AppleClang 16.0.0.16000026; Xcode 16         | arm64        | macOS 15.2 (Sequoia)              | GitHub    |
         | AppleClang 16.0.0.16000026; Xcode 16.1       | arm64        | macOS 15.2 (Sequoia)              | GitHub    |
         | AppleClang 16.0.0.16000026; Xcode 16.2       | arm64        | macOS 15.2 (Sequoia)              | GitHub    |
         | AppleClang 17.0.0.17000013; Xcode 16.3       | arm64        | macOS 15.5 (Sequoia)              | GitHub    |
         | AppleClang 17.0.0.17000013; Xcode 16.4       | arm64        | macOS 15.5 (Sequoia)              | GitHub    |
         | AppleClang 17.0.0.17000319; Xcode 26.0.1     | arm64        | macOS 15.5 (Sequoia)              | GitHub    |
+        | AppleClang 17.0.0.17000404; Xcode 26.1.1     | arm64        | macOS 15.7.9 (Sequoia)            | GitHub    |
+        | AppleClang 17.0.0.17000603; Xcode 26.2       | arm64        | macOS 15.7.9 (Sequoia)            | GitHub    |
+        | AppleClang 17.0.0.17000604; Xcode 26.3       | arm64        | macOS 15.7.9 (Sequoia)            | GitHub    |
+        | AppleClang 21.0.0.21000099; Xcode 26.4.1     | arm64        | macOS 26.6.2 (Tahoe)              | GitHub    |
+        | AppleClang 21.0.0.21000101; Xcode 26.5       | arm64        | macOS 26.6.2 (Tahoe)              | GitHub    |
+        | AppleClang 21.0.0.21000101; Xcode 26.6       | arm64        | macOS 26.6.2 (Tahoe)              | GitHub    |
         | Clang 3.4.2                                  | x86_64       | Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS                | GitHub    |
         | Clang 3.5.2                                  | x86_64       | Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS                | GitHub    |
         | Clang 3.6.2                                  | x86_64       | Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS                | GitHub    |
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ Note: Some modern features (like C++20 ranges or filesystem support) may be disa
         | GNU 13.3.0                                   | x86_64       | Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS                | GitHub    |
         | GNU 14.2.0                                   | x86_64       | Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS                | GitHub    |
         | GNU 15.1.0                                   | x86_64       | Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS                | GitHub    |
-        | GNU 16.1.0                                   | x86_64       | Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS                | GitHub    |
+        | GNU 16.2.0                                   | x86_64       | Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS                | GitHub    |
         | GNU 16.1.0                                   | arm64        | Ubuntu 24.04                      | GitHub    |
         | icpc (ICC) 2021.10.0 20230609                | x86_64       | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS                  | GitHub    |
         | icpx (Intel oneAPI DPC++/C++) 2025.3.2       | x86_64       | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS                  | GitHub    |

docs/mkdocs/docs/community/roadmap.md

@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ The following macros guard changes that are planned to become the default in ver
 | [`JSON_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION`](../api/macros/json_precise_stream_position.md)                                  | `0`         | `1`: reading from a stream does not consume the character after a number                                                      | –                                                                                                                  | 3.13.0 |
 | [`JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING`](../api/macros/json_strict_nul_handling.md)                                          | `0`         | `1`: a NUL byte in the input is a parse error instead of the end of input                                                     | [`JSON_StrictNulHandling`](../integration/cmake.md#json_strictnulhandling)                                         | 3.13.0 |
 | [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../api/macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md)                                            | `0`         | `1`: `to_cbor`, `to_ubjson`, `to_bjdata`, and `to_bson` throw for strings that are not valid UTF-8 by default                 | [`JSON_StrictBinaryUTF8`](../integration/cmake.md#json_strictbinaryutf8)                                           | 3.13.0 |
+| [`JSON_DISABLE_TUPLE_REFERENCE_CONVERSION`](../api/macros/json_disable_tuple_reference_conversion.md)            | `0`         | `1`: a `basic_json` value can no longer be created from a one-element tuple of a reference to it, such as `std::forward_as_tuple(j)`| [`JSON_DisableTupleReferenceConversion`](../integration/cmake.md#json_disabletuplereferenceconversion)             | 3.13.0 |
+| [`JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS`](../api/macros/json_delete_deprecated_functions.md)                          | `0`         | removed: the deprecated functions are removed (see below); the `from_*(ptr, len)` overloads stay deleted                      | [`JSON_DeleteDeprecatedFunctions`](../integration/cmake.md#json_deletedeprecatedfunctions)                         | 3.13.0 |
 
 For example, the following makes a 3.x release behave like version 4.0 with respect to these changes:
 
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ For example, the following makes a 3.x release behave like version 4.0 with resp
 #define JSON_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION 1
 #define JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING 1
 #define JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 1
+#define JSON_DISABLE_TUPLE_REFERENCE_CONVERSION 1
+#define JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS 1
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 ```
 
@@ -84,8 +88,13 @@ way to achieve this.
 ### Removal of deprecated functions
 
 Version 4.0 will remove all deprecated functions. Compiling with deprecation warnings enabled shows which of them your
-code still uses. The [migration guide](../integration/migration_guide.md#replace-deprecated-functions) shows how to
+code still uses. Defining [`JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS`](../api/macros/json_delete_deprecated_functions.md) to
-replace each of them.
+`1` turns these warnings into errors, as the deprecated functions are then deleted. The
+[migration guide](../integration/migration_guide.md#replace-deprecated-functions) shows how to replace each of them.
+
+The `from_*` overloads taking a pointer and a length are not removed in version 4.0, but stay deleted. Without them, a
+call like `from_cbor(ptr, len)` would still compile: it would read `ptr` as a NUL-terminated string and convert `len`
+to the `strict` parameter.
 
 | Deprecated                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Since  | Migration                                                                        |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
@@ -97,6 +106,7 @@ replace each of them.
 | [`json_pointer::operator string_t`](../api/json_pointer/operator_string_t.md)                                                                                                                                                                      | 3.11.0 | [JSON Pointers](../integration/migration_guide.md#json-pointers)                 |
 | [`json_pointer`](../api/json_pointer/index.md) with a `basic_json` type as template argument, and the overloads of `value`, `contains`, `operator[]`, and `at` accepting such a pointer                                                           | 3.11.0 | [JSON Pointers](../integration/migration_guide.md#json-pointers)                 |
 | Comparing a [`json_pointer`](../api/json_pointer/index.md) with a string via [`operator==`](../api/json_pointer/operator_eq.md) or [`operator!=`](../api/json_pointer/operator_ne.md)                                                              | 3.11.2 | [JSON Pointers](../integration/migration_guide.md#json-pointers)                 |
+| [`from_bjdata`](../api/basic_json/from_bjdata.md) and [`from_bon8`](../api/basic_json/from_bon8.md) with `(ptr, len)`                                                                                                                              | 3.13.0 | [Parsing](../integration/migration_guide.md#parsing)                             |
 
 The deprecated legacy comparison of discarded values is controlled by a macro and therefore listed in the table above.
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/binary_formats/cbor.md

@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ The library maps CBOR types to JSON value types as follows:
 | Byte string            | binary          | 0x59       |
 | Byte string            | binary          | 0x5A       |
 | Byte string            | binary          | 0x5B       |
+| Byte string            | binary          | 0x5F       |
 | UTF-8 string           | string          | 0x60..0x77 |
 | UTF-8 string           | string          | 0x78       |
 | UTF-8 string           | string          | 0x79       |
@@ -156,6 +157,9 @@ The library maps CBOR types to JSON value types as follows:
 | Single-Precision Float | number_float    | 0xFA       |
 | Double-Precision Float | number_float    | 0xFB       |
 
+Indefinite-length UTF-8 strings (0x7F) and byte strings (0x5F) are supported. Each chunk must be a definite-length
+string of the same major type, as required by [RFC 8949, Section 3.2.3](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8949.html#section-3.2.3).
+
 !!! warning "Incomplete mapping"
 
     The mapping is **incomplete** in the sense that not all CBOR types can be converted to a JSON value. The following CBOR types are not supported and will yield parse errors:
@@ -168,9 +172,9 @@ The library maps CBOR types to JSON value types as follows:
 !!! warning "Negative integer overflow"
 
     CBOR negative integers (major type 1) are decoded as `-1 - n`. If the encoded magnitude `n` is too large for the
-    result to fit into `number_integer_t` (`std::int64_t` by default), parsing fails with a
+    result to fit into `number_integer_t` (`std::int64_t` by default), the result is stored as `number_float_t`, like
-    [`parse_error.112`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error112) exception rather than overflowing
+    a too small integer in JSON text. For example, `-18446744073709551616` (`0x3B` followed by eight `0xFF` bytes) is
-    silently.
+    stored as `-1.8446744073709552e+19`.
 
 !!! warning "Object keys"
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/enum_conversion.md

@@ -58,6 +58,23 @@ assert(jPi.get<TaskState>() == TS_INVALID );
     --8<-- "examples/nlohmann_json_serialize_enum.output"
     ```
 
+## Maps with enum keys
+
+By default, maps with enum keys, such as `std::map<TaskState, std::string>`, are stored as arrays of `[key, value]`
+pairs, because JSON object keys must be strings. Define
+[`JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS`](../api/macros/json_use_objects_for_enum_keyed_maps.md) before including the
+library to store them as objects, with the keys converted by the enum's `to_json()` function:
+
+```cpp
+std::map<TaskState, std::string> m = {{TS_STOPPED, "aa"}, {TS_COMPLETED, "bb"}};
+
+json j = m;
+// default:                                   [["stopped","aa"],["completed","bb"]]
+// with JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS: {"completed":"bb","stopped":"aa"}
+```
+
+Either form can be read back, with or without the macro.
+
 ## Notes
 
 Just as in [Arbitrary Type Conversions](arbitrary_types.md) above,

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/macros.md

@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ This macro overrides [`#!cpp catch`](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/
 
 See [full documentation of `JSON_CATCH_USER(exception)`](../api/macros/json_throw_user.md).
 
+## `JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS`
+
+When defined to `1`, all deprecated functions are declared as deleted instead of only being marked as deprecated, so
+code that still calls them no longer compiles. This way, you can find all calls that need to be replaced before version
+4.0.0 removes these functions.
+
+The macro can also be set with the CMake option
+[`JSON_DeleteDeprecatedFunctions`](../integration/cmake.md#json_deletedeprecatedfunctions) (`OFF` by default).
+
+See [full documentation of `JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS`](../api/macros/json_delete_deprecated_functions.md).
+
 ## `JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`
 
 This macro enables extended diagnostics for exception messages. Possible values are `1` to enable or `0` to disable
@@ -86,7 +97,8 @@ See [full documentation of `JSON_DISABLE_ENUM_SERIALIZATION`](../api/macros/json
 ## `JSON_DISABLE_TUPLE_REFERENCE_CONVERSION`
 
 When defined to `1`, a JSON value can no longer be created from a one-element `std::tuple` holding a reference to a JSON
-value, such as the result of `std::forward_as_tuple(j)`. This lets `std::tuple` convert such tuples element-wise.
+value, such as the result of `std::forward_as_tuple(j)`. This lets `std::tuple` convert such tuples element-wise. This
+is planned to become the default in version 4.0.0.
 
 See [full documentation of `JSON_DISABLE_TUPLE_REFERENCE_CONVERSION`](../api/macros/json_disable_tuple_reference_conversion.md).
 
@@ -198,6 +210,13 @@ default.
 
 See [full documentation of `JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON`](../api/macros/json_use_legacy_discarded_value_comparison.md).
 
+## `JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS`
+
+When defined to `1`, maps with enum keys (e.g., `std::map<E, T>`) are stored as objects, using the enum's conversion for
+the keys, instead of arrays of `[key, value]` pairs. It is switched off (`0`) by default.
+
+See [full documentation of `JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS`](../api/macros/json_use_objects_for_enum_keyed_maps.md).
+
 ## `JSON_USE_SIMDUTF`
 
 When defined, UTF-8 validation of JSON strings read from contiguous byte input is delegated to the

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/namespace.md

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ The complete default namespace name is derived as follows:
     - [`JSON_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION`](../api/macros/json_precise_stream_position.md) defined non-zero appends `_psp`.
     - [`JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING`](../api/macros/json_strict_nul_handling.md) defined non-zero appends `_snul`.
     - [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../api/macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) defined non-zero appends `_sbu8`.
+    - [`JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS`](../api/macros/json_use_objects_for_enum_keyed_maps.md) defined non-zero
+      appends `_ekmo`.
 - The inline namespace ends with the suffix `_v` followed by the 3 components of the version number separated by
   underscores. To omit the version component, see [Disabling the version component](#disabling-the-version-component)
   below.

docs/mkdocs/docs/home/exceptions.md

@@ -331,9 +331,6 @@ An unexpected byte was read in a [binary format](../features/binary_formats/inde
     [json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 15: syntax error while parsing BSON binary: byte array length cannot be negative, is -1
     ```
     ```
-    [json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 9: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: negative integer overflow
-    ```
-    ```
     [json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 5: syntax error while parsing BSON document: document size 6 does not match the number of bytes read (5)
     ```
 
@@ -599,6 +596,9 @@ During implicit or explicit value conversion, the JSON type must be compatible w
     [json.exception.type_error.302] type must be string, but is object
     ```
 
+This exception is also thrown with [`JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS`](../api/macros/json_use_objects_for_enum_keyed_maps.md)
+if a key of a map with enum keys is not converted to a string, for instance, because the enum is stored as an integer.
+
 ### json.exception.type_error.303
 
 To retrieve a reference to a value stored in a `basic_json` object with `get_ref`, the type of the reference must match the value type. For instance, for a JSON array, the `ReferenceType` must be `array_t &`.
@@ -791,6 +791,33 @@ The dynamic type of the object cannot be represented in the requested serializat
 
     Encapsulate the JSON value in an object. That is, instead of serializing `#!json true`, serialize `#!json {"value": true}`
 
+### json.exception.type_error.318
+
+With [`JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS`](../api/macros/json_use_objects_for_enum_keyed_maps.md), a map with enum
+keys is stored as an object. This exception is thrown if two of its keys are converted to the same string, so one of the
+entries would be lost. This happens, for instance, if [`NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM`](../api/macros/nlohmann_json_serialize_enum.md)
+does not list an enumerator and it is therefore converted like the first listed one.
+
+!!! failure "Example message"
+
+    ```
+    [json.exception.type_error.318] duplicate object key 'red'
+    ```
+
+### json.exception.type_error.321
+
+A discarded value (one created by [`parse()`](../api/basic_json/parse.md) with a callback that returns `false` for the
+value, or by default-constructing a [`basic_json`](../api/basic_json/index.md) with
+[`value_t::discarded`](../api/basic_json/value_t.md)) was passed to a binary serialization function, either directly or
+nested in an array or object. There is no way to represent a discarded value in CBOR, MessagePack, UBJSON, BJData, or BSON.
+
+!!! failure "Example message"
+
+    Serializing `#!json [1, 2]` to CBOR, where the second element was discarded by a parser callback:
+    ```
+    [json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to CBOR
+    ```
+
 ## Out of range
 
 This exception is thrown in case a library function is called on an input parameter that exceeds the expected range, for instance, in the case of array indices or nonexisting object keys.
@@ -863,13 +890,18 @@ The JSON Patch operations 'remove' and 'add' cannot be applied to the root eleme
 
 ### json.exception.out_of_range.406
 
-A parsed number could not be stored as without changing it to NaN or INF.
+A parsed number could not be stored without changing it to NaN or INF. For the binary formats, this happens when a
+finite floating-point number does not fit into [`number_float_t`](../api/basic_json/number_float_t.md), for example a
+double-precision number when `number_float_t` is `#!cpp float`.
 
-!!! failure "Example message"
+!!! failure "Example messages"
 
     ```
     number overflow parsing '10E1000'
     ```
+    ```
+    [json.exception.out_of_range.406] syntax error while parsing CBOR value: number overflow
+    ```
 
 ### json.exception.out_of_range.407
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/integration/cmake.md

@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ Build the unit tests when [`BUILD_TESTING`](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/
 
 Enable CI build targets. The exact targets are used during the several CI steps and are subject to change without notice. This option is `OFF` by default.
 
+### `JSON_DeleteDeprecatedFunctions`
+
+Delete the deprecated functions instead of only deprecating them by defining the macro
+[`JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS`](../api/macros/json_delete_deprecated_functions.md). This option is `OFF` by
+default.
+
 ### `JSON_Diagnostics`
 
 Enable [extended diagnostic messages](../home/exceptions.md#extended-diagnostic-messages) by defining macro [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../api/macros/json_diagnostics.md). This option is `OFF` by default.

docs/mkdocs/docs/integration/migration_guide.md

@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ deprecations are annotated with
 [`HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR`](https://nemequ.github.io/hedley/api-reference.html#HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR) to report which
 function to use instead.
 
+!!! tip "Find all calls of deprecated functions"
+
+    Define [`JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS`](../api/macros/json_delete_deprecated_functions.md) to `1` (or set the
+    CMake option [`JSON_DeleteDeprecatedFunctions`](cmake.md#json_deletedeprecatedfunctions)) to delete all deprecated
+    functions. Every remaining call then fails to compile, even if deprecation warnings are disabled, so your code is
+    ready for version 4.0.0 once it compiles with the macro.
+
 ### Parsing
 
 - Function `friend std::istream& operator<<(basic_json&, std::istream&)` is deprecated since 3.0.0. Please use
@@ -41,8 +48,10 @@ function to use instead.
   [`from_ubjson`](../api/basic_json/from_ubjson.md), and [`from_bson`](../api/basic_json/from_bson.md)) via initializer
   lists is deprecated since 3.8.0. Instead, pass two iterators; for instance, call `from_cbor(ptr, ptr+len)` instead of
   `from_cbor({ptr, len})`. Likewise, passing a pointer and a length as two separate arguments to `from_cbor`,
-  `from_msgpack`, `from_ubjson`, and `from_bson` is deprecated since 3.8.0; call `from_cbor(ptr, ptr+len)` instead of
+  `from_msgpack`, `from_ubjson`, and `from_bson` is deprecated since 3.8.0, and to
-  `from_cbor(ptr, len)`.
+  [`from_bjdata`](../api/basic_json/from_bjdata.md) and [`from_bon8`](../api/basic_json/from_bon8.md) since 3.13.0; call
+  `from_cbor(ptr, ptr+len)` instead of `from_cbor(ptr, len)`. These overloads will not be removed in version 4.0.0, but
+  deleted, so a call like `from_cbor(ptr, len)` cannot compile and convert `len` to the `strict` parameter.
 
     === "Deprecated"
   

docs/mkdocs/mkdocs.yml

@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ nav:
           - 'JSON_BRACE_INIT_COPY_SEMANTICS': api/macros/json_brace_init_copy_semantics.md
           - 'JSON_CATCH_USER, JSON_THROW_USER, JSON_TRY_USER': api/macros/json_throw_user.md
           - 'JSON_DIAGNOSTICS': api/macros/json_diagnostics.md
+          - 'JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS': api/macros/json_delete_deprecated_functions.md
           - 'JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS': api/macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md
           - 'JSON_DISABLE_ENUM_SERIALIZATION': api/macros/json_disable_enum_serialization.md
           - 'JSON_DISABLE_TUPLE_REFERENCE_CONVERSION': api/macros/json_disable_tuple_reference_conversion.md
@@ -313,6 +314,7 @@ nav:
           - 'JSON_USE_GLOBAL_UDLS': api/macros/json_use_global_udls.md
           - 'JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS': api/macros/json_use_implicit_conversions.md
           - 'JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON': api/macros/json_use_legacy_discarded_value_comparison.md
+          - 'JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS': api/macros/json_use_objects_for_enum_keyed_maps.md
           - 'JSON_USE_SIMDUTF': api/macros/json_use_simdutf.md
           - 'NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_INTRUSIVE, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_INTRUSIVE_WITH_DEFAULT, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_INTRUSIVE_ONLY_SERIALIZE, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE_WITH_DEFAULT, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE_ONLY_SERIALIZE': api/macros/nlohmann_define_derived_type.md
           - 'NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_INTRUSIVE, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_INTRUSIVE_WITH_DEFAULT, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_INTRUSIVE_ONLY_SERIALIZE': api/macros/nlohmann_define_type_intrusive.md

include/nlohmann/detail/abi_macros.hpp

@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
     #define JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 0
 #endif
 
+#ifndef JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+    #define JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS 0
+#endif
+
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
     #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTICS _diag
 #else
@@ -92,14 +96,20 @@
     #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
 #endif
 
+#if JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS _ekmo
+#else
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+#endif
+
 #ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_NO_VERSION
     #define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_NO_VERSION 0
 #endif
 
 // Construct the namespace ABI tags component
-#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) json_abi ## a ## b ## c ## d ## e ## f ## g
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) json_abi ## a ## b ## c ## d ## e ## f ## g ## h
-#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) \
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) \
-    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)
+    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h)
 
 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS                                       \
     NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(                                   \
@@ -109,7 +119,8 @@
             NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_BRACE_INIT_COPY_SEMANTICS,         \
             NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION,           \
             NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING,               \
-            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8)
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8,                \
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS)
 
 // Construct the namespace version component
 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION_CONCAT_EX(major, minor, patch) \

include/nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ inline void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, EnumType& e)
           typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t, underlying_type>::type;
     value_type val;
     get_arithmetic_value(j, val);
-    e = static_cast<EnumType>(static_cast<underlying_type>(val));
+    e = static_cast<EnumType>(bool_aware_static_cast<underlying_type>(val));
 }
 #endif  // JSON_DISABLE_ENUM_SERIALIZATION
 
@@ -530,11 +530,40 @@ void from_json_pair_array_to_map(const BasicJsonType& j, MapType& m)
     }
 }
 
+// read a map with enum keys from an object, using the enum's own from_json for
+// the keys (e.g., from NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM); this is the form written
+// with JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename Map>
+inline bool from_json_enum_keyed_object(const BasicJsonType& j, Map& m, std::true_type /*key is enum*/)
+{
+    if (!j.is_object())
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    m.clear();
+    for (const auto& p : *j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::object_t*>())
+    {
+        m.emplace(BasicJsonType(p.first).template get<typename Map::key_type>(), p.second.template get<typename Map::mapped_type>());
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename Map>
+inline bool from_json_enum_keyed_object(const BasicJsonType& /*j*/, Map& /*m*/, std::false_type /*key is enum*/)
+{
+    return false;
+}
+
 template < typename BasicJsonType, typename Key, typename Value, typename Compare, typename Allocator,
            typename = enable_if_t < !std::is_constructible <
                                         typename BasicJsonType::string_t, Key >::value >>
 void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, std::map<Key, Value, Compare, Allocator>& m)
 {
+    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(modernize-type-traits) we use C++11
+    if (from_json_enum_keyed_object(j, m, std::is_enum<Key> {}))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
     from_json_pair_array_to_map(j, m);
 }
 
@@ -543,6 +572,11 @@ template < typename BasicJsonType, typename Key, typename Value, typename Hash,
                                         typename BasicJsonType::string_t, Key >::value >>
 void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, std::unordered_map<Key, Value, Hash, KeyEqual, Allocator>& m)
 {
+    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(modernize-type-traits) we use C++11
+    if (from_json_enum_keyed_object(j, m, std::is_enum<Key> {}))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
     from_json_pair_array_to_map(j, m);
 }
 

include/nlohmann/detail/conversions/to_json.hpp

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <valarray> // valarray
 #include <vector> // vector
 
+#include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/iteration_proxy.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/std_fs.hpp>
@@ -286,9 +287,20 @@ struct external_constructor<value_t::object>
 /////////////
 
 #ifdef JSON_HAS_CPP_17
+// whether storing the value of a std::optional<T> cannot throw; MSVC 2017
+// evaluates std::is_nothrow_assignable as true even if T's to_json throws, so
+// the exception would call std::terminate (#5642)
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__clang__) && _MSC_VER < 1920
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+    using is_nothrow_optional_to_json = std::false_type;
+#else
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+    using is_nothrow_optional_to_json = std::is_nothrow_assignable<BasicJsonType&, const T&>;
+#endif
+
 template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T,
          enable_if_t<std::is_constructible<BasicJsonType, T>::value, int> = 0>
-void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const std::optional<T>& opt) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_assignable<BasicJsonType&, const T&>::value)
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const std::optional<T>& opt) noexcept(is_nothrow_optional_to_json<BasicJsonType, T>::value)
 {
     if (opt.has_value())
     {
@@ -364,7 +376,7 @@ inline void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, EnumType e) noexcept
 {
     using underlying_type = typename std::underlying_type<EnumType>::type;
     static constexpr value_t integral_value_t = std::is_unsigned<underlying_type>::value ? value_t::number_unsigned : value_t::number_integer;
-    external_constructor<integral_value_t>::construct(j, static_cast<underlying_type>(e));
+    external_constructor<integral_value_t>::construct(j, bool_aware_static_cast<underlying_type>(e));
 }
 #endif  // JSON_DISABLE_ENUM_SERIALIZATION
 
@@ -384,6 +396,9 @@ template < typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType,
                          !is_basic_json<CompatibleArrayType>::value
 #if JSON_HAS_RANGE_VIEW_CONVERSION
     && !is_compatible_range_view<CompatibleArrayType>::value
+#endif
+#if JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+    && !is_enum_keyed_map<CompatibleArrayType>::value
 #endif
                          ,
                          int > = 0 >
@@ -438,6 +453,33 @@ inline void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const CompatibleObjectType& obj)
     external_constructor<value_t::object>::construct(j, obj);
 }
 
+#if JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+// store a map with enum keys as an object, using the enum's own to_json for the
+// keys (e.g., from NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM); without the macro, such maps
+// are stored as arrays of [key, value] pairs
+template < typename BasicJsonType, typename EnumKeyedMap,
+           enable_if_t < is_enum_keyed_map<EnumKeyedMap>::value&& !is_basic_json<EnumKeyedMap>::value, int > = 0 >
+inline void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const EnumKeyedMap& map)
+{
+    typename BasicJsonType::object_t obj;
+    for (const auto& p : map)
+    {
+        BasicJsonType key = p.first;
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!key.is_string()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(302, concat("type must be string, but is ", key.type_name()), &key));
+        }
+
+        auto& key_string = *key.template get_ptr<typename BasicJsonType::string_t*>();
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!obj.emplace(key_string, BasicJsonType(p.second)).second))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(318, concat("duplicate object key '", key_string, "'"), &key));
+        }
+    }
+    external_constructor<value_t::object>::construct(j, std::move(obj));
+}
+#endif
+
 template<typename BasicJsonType>
 inline void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::object_t&& obj)
 {

include/nlohmann/detail/json_pointer.hpp

@@ -81,9 +81,13 @@ class json_pointer
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/json_pointer/operator_string_t/
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.11.0, to_string())
     operator string_t() const
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+        = delete;
+#else
     {
         return to_string();
     }
+#endif
 
 #ifndef JSON_NO_IO
     /// @brief write string representation of the JSON pointer to stream
@@ -1022,9 +1026,13 @@ class json_pointer
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/json_pointer/operator_eq/
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.11.2, operator==(json_pointer))
     bool operator==(const string_t& rhs) const
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+        = delete;
+#else
     {
         return *this == json_pointer(rhs);
     }
+#endif
 
     /// @brief 3-way compares two JSON pointers
     template<typename RefStringTypeRhs>
@@ -1102,18 +1110,26 @@ template<typename RefStringTypeLhs,
 JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.11.2, operator==(json_pointer, json_pointer))
 inline bool operator==(const json_pointer<RefStringTypeLhs>& lhs,
                        const StringType& rhs)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
 {
     return lhs == json_pointer<RefStringTypeLhs>(rhs);
 }
+#endif
 
 template<typename RefStringTypeRhs,
          typename StringType = typename json_pointer<RefStringTypeRhs>::string_t>
 JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.11.2, operator==(json_pointer, json_pointer))
 inline bool operator==(const StringType& lhs,
                        const json_pointer<RefStringTypeRhs>& rhs)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
 {
     return json_pointer<RefStringTypeRhs>(lhs) == rhs;
 }
+#endif
 
 template<typename RefStringTypeLhs, typename RefStringTypeRhs>
 inline bool operator!=(const json_pointer<RefStringTypeLhs>& lhs,
@@ -1127,18 +1143,26 @@ template<typename RefStringTypeLhs,
 JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.11.2, operator!=(json_pointer, json_pointer))
 inline bool operator!=(const json_pointer<RefStringTypeLhs>& lhs,
                        const StringType& rhs)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
 {
     return !(lhs == rhs);
 }
+#endif
 
 template<typename RefStringTypeRhs,
          typename StringType = typename json_pointer<RefStringTypeRhs>::string_t>
 JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.11.2, operator!=(json_pointer, json_pointer))
 inline bool operator!=(const StringType& lhs,
                        const json_pointer<RefStringTypeRhs>& rhs)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
 {
     return !(lhs == rhs);
 }
+#endif
 
 template<typename RefStringTypeLhs, typename RefStringTypeRhs>
 inline bool operator<(const json_pointer<RefStringTypeLhs>& lhs,

include/nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp

@@ -888,6 +888,10 @@
     #define JSON_DISABLE_ENUM_SERIALIZATION 0
 #endif
 
+#ifndef JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    #define JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS 0
+#endif
+
 #ifndef JSON_DISABLE_TUPLE_REFERENCE_CONVERSION
     #define JSON_DISABLE_TUPLE_REFERENCE_CONVERSION 0
 #endif

include/nlohmann/detail/macro_unscope.hpp

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
     #undef JSON_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION
     #undef JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING
     #undef JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+    #undef JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    #undef JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
 #endif
 
 #include <nlohmann/thirdparty/hedley/hedley_undef.hpp>

include/nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp

@@ -438,6 +438,30 @@ template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleObjectType>
 struct is_compatible_object_type
     : is_compatible_object_type_impl<BasicJsonType, CompatibleObjectType> {};
 
+template<typename T>
+using insert_result_t = decltype(std::declval<T&>().insert(std::declval<const value_type_t<T>&>()));
+
+template<typename T>
+using insert_result_second_t = decltype(std::declval<T&>().insert(std::declval<const value_type_t<T>&>()).second);
+
+// a map-like type (std::map, std::unordered_map, ...) whose keys are enums; see
+// JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+template<typename T, typename = void>
+struct is_enum_keyed_map : std::false_type {};
+
+template<typename T>
+struct is_enum_keyed_map <
+    T, enable_if_t < is_detected<mapped_type_t, T>::value&&
+    is_detected<key_type_t, T>::value >>
+{
+    // maps with non-unique keys (std::multimap, std::unordered_multimap, ...)
+    // are excluded, because an object cannot hold duplicate keys; they are
+    // detected by insert() returning an iterator instead of a pair<iterator, bool>
+    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(modernize-type-traits) we use C++11
+    static constexpr bool value = std::is_enum<typename T::key_type>::value &&
+                                  !(is_detected<insert_result_t, T>::value && !is_detected<insert_result_second_t, T>::value);
+};
+
 template<typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleObjectType,
          typename = void>
 struct is_constructible_object_type_impl : std::false_type {};
@@ -882,6 +906,21 @@ T conditional_static_cast(U value)
     return value;
 }
 
+// like conditional_static_cast, but converts to bool by comparing with zero,
+// because MSVC 2015 warns about any conversion to bool (C4800), even with an
+// explicit cast; used for enums whose underlying type is bool
+template < typename T, typename U, enable_if_t < !std::is_same<T, bool>::value, int > = 0 >
+T bool_aware_static_cast(U value)
+{
+    return conditional_static_cast<T>(value);
+}
+
+template<typename T, typename U, enable_if_t<std::is_same<T, bool>::value, int> = 0>
+bool bool_aware_static_cast(U value)
+{
+    return value != U();
+}
+
 template<typename... Types>
 using all_integral = conjunction<std::is_integral<Types>...>;
 

include/nlohmann/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ class binary_writer
     @throw type_error.316 if a string value or an object key is not valid
            UTF-8
     @throw type_error.317 if @a j is not an object
+    @throw type_error.321 if a value nested in @a j is discarded
     */
     void write_bson(const BasicJsonType& j)
     {
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ class binary_writer
     @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
     @throw type_error.316 if a string value or an object key is not valid
            UTF-8
+    @throw type_error.321 if @a j or a value nested in it is discarded
     */
     void write_cbor(const BasicJsonType& j)
     {
@@ -322,7 +324,7 @@ class binary_writer
 
             case value_t::discarded:
             default:
-                break;
+                throw_on_discarded(j, "CBOR");
         }
     }
 
@@ -382,6 +384,7 @@ class binary_writer
 
     /*!
     @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @throw type_error.321 if @a j or a value nested in it is discarded
     */
     void write_msgpack(const BasicJsonType& j)
     {
@@ -655,7 +658,7 @@ class binary_writer
 
             case value_t::discarded:
             default:
-                break;
+                throw_on_discarded(j, "MessagePack");
         }
     }
 
@@ -668,6 +671,7 @@ class binary_writer
     @param[in] bjdata_version  which BJData version to use, default is draft2
     @throw type_error.316 if a string value or an object key is not valid
            UTF-8
+    @throw type_error.321 if @a j or a value nested in it is discarded
     */
     void write_ubjson(const BasicJsonType& j, const bool use_count,
                       const bool use_type, const bool add_prefix = true,
@@ -901,7 +905,7 @@ class binary_writer
 
             case value_t::discarded:
             default:
-                break;
+                throw_on_discarded(j, use_bjdata ? "BJData" : "UBJSON");
         }
     }
 
@@ -921,6 +925,15 @@ class binary_writer
     }
 
   private:
+    /*!
+    @brief throws because @a j is discarded and cannot be serialized
+    @throw type_error.321 always
+    */
+    JSON_HEDLEY_NO_RETURN static void throw_on_discarded(const BasicJsonType& j, const char* format_name)
+    {
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(321, concat("cannot serialize discarded value to ", format_name), &j));
+    }
+
     //////////
     // BSON //
     //////////
@@ -1172,6 +1185,7 @@ class binary_writer
            into a byte, before anything is written
     @throw type_error.316 if @a j is a string that is not valid UTF-8, before
            anything is written
+    @throw type_error.321 if @a j is discarded
     */
     std::size_t calc_bson_value_size(const BasicJsonType& j)
     {
@@ -1198,10 +1212,12 @@ class binary_writer
             case value_t::null:
                 return 0ul;
 
+            case value_t::discarded:
+                throw_on_discarded(j, "BSON");
+
             // LCOV_EXCL_START
             case value_t::object:
             case value_t::array:
-            case value_t::discarded:
             default:
                 JSON_ASSERT(false); // NOLINT(cert-dcl03-c,hicpp-static-assert,misc-static-assert)
                 return 0ul;
@@ -1238,10 +1254,12 @@ class binary_writer
             case value_t::null:
                 return write_bson_null(name);
 
+            case value_t::discarded:
+                throw_on_discarded(j, "BSON");
+
             // LCOV_EXCL_START
             case value_t::object:
             case value_t::array:
-            case value_t::discarded:
             default:
                 JSON_ASSERT(false); // NOLINT(cert-dcl03-c,hicpp-static-assert,misc-static-assert)
                 return;
@@ -1308,6 +1326,8 @@ class binary_writer
            byte, before anything is written
     @throw type_error.316 if a string value or a key is not valid UTF-8,
            before anything is written
+    @throw type_error.321 if a value nested in @a document is discarded,
+           before anything is written
     */
     std::size_t calc_bson_sizes(const BasicJsonType& document, std::vector<std::size_t>& nested_sizes)
     {

include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -612,100 +612,210 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         /// constructor for rvalue binary arrays (internal type)
         json_value(binary_t&& value) : binary(create<binary_t>(std::move(value))) {}
 
-        void destroy(value_t t)
+private:
+        // raw, allocation-free transfer of m_data from src to dst: no
+        // set_parents()/assert_invariant() (the former is O(#children) per
+        // call under JSON_DIAGNOSTICS, which would make the walk below
+        // quadratic); dst takes ownership, src is left as value_t::null.
+        static void take(basic_json& dst, basic_json& src) noexcept
+        {
+            dst.m_data.m_type = src.m_data.m_type;
+            dst.m_data.m_value = src.m_data.m_value;
+            src.m_data.m_type = value_t::null;
+        }
+
+        // true if v is not an array/object, or is an already-empty one
+        static bool has_no_children(const basic_json& v) noexcept
+        {
+            switch (v.m_data.m_type)
+            {
+                case value_t::array:
+                    return v.m_data.m_value.array->empty();
+                case value_t::object:
+                    return v.m_data.m_value.object->empty();
+                default:
+                    return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        static basic_json& last_child(basic_json& v)
+        {
+            if (v.m_data.m_type == value_t::array)
+            {
+                return v.m_data.m_value.array->back();
+            }
+            JSON_ASSERT(v.m_data.m_type == value_t::object);
+            return v.m_data.m_value.object->rbegin()->second;
+        }
+
+        // removes the last child of a non-empty array/object v; this never
+        // allocates, and since it is only ever called when that child is a
+        // scalar or an already-empty array/object, destroying it never
+        // recurses more than one level deep (see destroy() below)
+        static void pop_last_child(basic_json& v)
+        {
+            if (v.m_data.m_type == value_t::array)
+            {
+                v.m_data.m_value.array->pop_back();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                JSON_ASSERT(v.m_data.m_type == value_t::object);
+                // erase() needs a forward iterator, so std::prev(end()) is
+                // used here rather than rbegin() (see last_child() above)
+                v.m_data.m_value.object->erase(std::prev(v.m_data.m_value.object->end()));
+            }
+        }
+
+        // deallocates the (already empty) array/object held by v; this is
+        // the same allocator-based free the old recursive implementation
+        // used, just factored out so every level of the walk in destroy()
+        // can share it
+        static void free_container(basic_json& v) noexcept
+        {
+            if (v.m_data.m_type == value_t::array)
+            {
+                JSON_ASSERT(v.m_data.m_value.array->empty());
+                AllocatorType<array_t> alloc;
+                std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::destroy(alloc, v.m_data.m_value.array);
+                std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::deallocate(alloc, v.m_data.m_value.array, 1);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                JSON_ASSERT(v.m_data.m_type == value_t::object);
+                JSON_ASSERT(v.m_data.m_value.object->empty());
+                AllocatorType<object_t> alloc;
+                std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::destroy(alloc, v.m_data.m_value.object);
+                std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::deallocate(alloc, v.m_data.m_value.object, 1);
+            }
+            v.m_data.m_type = value_t::null; // avoid a double free if v is later destructed
+        }
+
+public:
+        void destroy_string() noexcept
+        {
+            if (string == nullptr)
+            {
+                // not initialized (e.g., due to exception in the ctor)
+                return;
+            }
+            AllocatorType<string_t> alloc;
+            std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::destroy(alloc, string);
+            std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::deallocate(alloc, string, 1);
+        }
+
+        void destroy_binary() noexcept
+        {
+            if (binary == nullptr)
+            {
+                // not initialized (e.g., due to exception in the ctor)
+                return;
+            }
+            AllocatorType<binary_t> alloc;
+            std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::destroy(alloc, binary);
+            std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::deallocate(alloc, binary, 1);
+        }
+
+        // t must be value_t::array or value_t::object
+        void destroy_container(value_t t) noexcept
         {
             if (
                 (t == value_t::object && object == nullptr) ||
-                (t == value_t::array && array == nullptr) ||
+                (t == value_t::array && array == nullptr)
-                (t == value_t::string && string == nullptr) ||
-                (t == value_t::binary && binary == nullptr)
             )
             {
                 // not initialized (e.g., due to exception in the ctor)
                 return;
             }
-            if (t == value_t::array || t == value_t::object)
+
+            // Destroy the tree without recursing per nesting level and
+            // without any heap allocation: a heap-allocated flattening
+            // stack (the previous implementation) can itself throw
+            // bad_alloc, which would escape this noexcept destructor and
+            // terminate the program (#5135).
+            //
+            // Instead, walk down the "last child" chain, reversing links
+            // as we go: cur is the container currently being emptied,
+            // and prev is its parent (value_t::null when there is none).
+            // Each parent's last child slot doubles as storage for that
+            // parent's own parent link while we are below it, so no
+            // extra memory is needed. We only ever remove a child once
+            // it is a scalar or an empty array/object, which neither
+            // allocates nor recurses more than one level deep.
+            //
+            // This json_value is not itself a basic_json, so the
+            // top-level container is first moved into a local stand-in
+            // ("cur"); a default-constructed basic_json has a null
+            // pointer in its m_value (see data::m_value's initializer),
+            // so swapping it with *this leaves this union's own pointer
+            // null, and it is never looked at or freed a second time.
+            basic_json cur;
+            cur.m_data.m_type = t;
+            using std::swap;
+            swap(cur.m_data.m_value, *this);
+
+            basic_json prev; // value_t::null: no parent
+
+            while (true)
             {
-                // flatten the current json_value to a heap-allocated stack
+                if (has_no_children(cur))
-                std::vector<basic_json> stack;
-
-                // move the top-level items to stack
-                if (t == value_t::array)
                 {
-                    stack.reserve(array->size());
+                    if (prev.m_data.m_type == value_t::null)
-                    std::move(array->begin(), array->end(), std::back_inserter(stack));
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    stack.reserve(object->size());
-                    for (auto&& it : *object)
                     {
-                        stack.push_back(std::move(it.second));
+                        free_container(cur);
-                    }
+                        return; // back at the top with nothing left to do
-                }
-
-                while (!stack.empty())
-                {
-                    // move the last item to a local variable to be processed
-                    basic_json current_item(std::move(stack.back()));
-                    stack.pop_back();
-
-                    // if current_item is array/object, move
-                    // its children to the stack to be processed later
-                    if (current_item.is_array())
-                    {
-                        std::move(current_item.m_data.m_value.array->begin(), current_item.m_data.m_value.array->end(), std::back_inserter(stack));
-
-                        current_item.m_data.m_value.array->clear();
-                    }
-                    else if (current_item.is_object())
-                    {
-                        for (auto&& it : *current_item.m_data.m_value.object)
-                        {
-                            stack.push_back(std::move(it.second));
-                        }
-
-                        current_item.m_data.m_value.object->clear();
                     }
 
-                    // it's now safe that current_item gets destructed
+                    // ascend: detach the grandparent link from prev's
-                    // since it doesn't have any children
+                    // last slot, drop that (now null) slot, free cur
+                    // (it is empty), then move up one level
+                    basic_json gp;
+                    take(gp, last_child(prev));
+                    pop_last_child(prev);
+
+                    free_container(cur);
+
+                    take(cur, prev);
+                    take(prev, gp);
+                    continue;
                 }
+
+                basic_json& cur_last_ref = last_child(cur);
+
+                if (has_no_children(cur_last_ref))
+                {
+                    // scalar, or already-empty array/object
+                    pop_last_child(cur);
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // descend into the non-empty last child, reversing the
+                // link: its slot takes over prev, and the child becomes
+                // the new cur
+                basic_json tmp;
+                take(tmp, cur_last_ref);
+                take(cur_last_ref, prev);
+                take(prev, cur);
+                take(cur, tmp);
             }
+        }
 
+        void destroy(value_t t)
+        {
             switch (t)
             {
-                case value_t::object:
-                {
-                    AllocatorType<object_t> alloc;
-                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::destroy(alloc, object);
-                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::deallocate(alloc, object, 1);
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case value_t::array:
-                {
-                    AllocatorType<array_t> alloc;
-                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::destroy(alloc, array);
-                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::deallocate(alloc, array, 1);
-                    break;
-                }
-
                 case value_t::string:
-                {
+                    destroy_string();
-                    AllocatorType<string_t> alloc;
-                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::destroy(alloc, string);
-                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::deallocate(alloc, string, 1);
                     break;
-                }
 
                 case value_t::binary:
-                {
+                    destroy_binary();
-                    AllocatorType<binary_t> alloc;
+                    break;
-                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::destroy(alloc, binary);
+
-                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::deallocate(alloc, binary, 1);
+                case value_t::object:
+                case value_t::array:
+                    destroy_container(t);
                     break;
-                }
 
                 case value_t::null:
                 case value_t::boolean:
@@ -714,9 +824,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                 case value_t::number_float:
                 case value_t::discarded:
                 default:
-                {
                     break;
-                }
             }
         }
     };
@@ -3492,9 +3600,13 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                    && !std::is_same<value_t, detail::uncvref_t<ValueType>>::value, int > = 0 >
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.11.0, basic_json::json_pointer or nlohmann::json_pointer<basic_json::string_t>) // NOLINT(readability/alt_tokens)
     ValueType value(const ::nlohmann::json_pointer<BasicJsonType>& ptr, const ValueType& default_value) const
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
     {
         return value(ptr.convert(), default_value);
     }
+#endif
 
     template < class ValueType, class BasicJsonType, class ReturnType = typename value_return_type<ValueType>::type,
                detail::enable_if_t <
@@ -3503,9 +3615,13 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                    && !std::is_same<value_t, detail::uncvref_t<ValueType>>::value, int > = 0 >
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.11.0, basic_json::json_pointer or nlohmann::json_pointer<basic_json::string_t>) // NOLINT(readability/alt_tokens)
     ReturnType value(const ::nlohmann::json_pointer<BasicJsonType>& ptr, ValueType && default_value) const
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
     {
         return value(ptr.convert(), std::forward<ValueType>(default_value));
     }
+#endif
 
     /// @brief access the first element
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/front/
@@ -3863,9 +3979,13 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     JSON_HEDLEY_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.11.0, basic_json::json_pointer or nlohmann::json_pointer<basic_json::string_t>) // NOLINT(readability/alt_tokens)
     bool contains(const typename ::nlohmann::json_pointer<BasicJsonType>& ptr) const
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
     {
         return ptr.contains(this);
     }
+#endif
 
     /// @}
 
@@ -3976,9 +4096,13 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     ///             that is, replace `json::iterator_wrapper(j)` with `j.items()`.
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.1.0, items())
     static iteration_proxy<iterator> iterator_wrapper(reference ref) noexcept
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+        = delete;
+#else
     {
         return ref.items();
     }
+#endif
 
     /// @brief wrapper to access iterator member functions in range-based for
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/items/
@@ -3987,9 +4111,13 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     ///         that is, replace `json::iterator_wrapper(j)` with `j.items()`.
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.1.0, items())
     static iteration_proxy<const_iterator> iterator_wrapper(const_reference ref) noexcept
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+        = delete;
+#else
     {
         return ref.items();
     }
+#endif
 
     /// @brief helper to access iterator member functions in range-based for
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/items/
@@ -5078,7 +5206,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_le/
     template<typename ScalarType>
     requires std::is_scalar_v<ScalarType>
-    friend bool operator<=(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator<=(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
     {
         return basic_json(lhs) <= rhs;
     }
@@ -5087,7 +5215,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_ge/
     template<typename ScalarType>
     requires std::is_scalar_v<ScalarType>
-    friend bool operator>=(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator>=(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
     {
         return basic_json(lhs) >= rhs;
     }
@@ -5108,11 +5236,16 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
 #endif
     }
 
+    // The friend comparisons with a scalar name the JSON type via decltype of
+    // their parameter in noexcept, because older MSVC versions do not see the
+    // class scope there: MSVC 2015 and 2017 take basic_json as the template,
+    // and MSVC 2019 16.0 rejects member types and template parameters.
+
     /// @brief comparison: equal
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_eq/
     template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    friend bool operator==(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator==(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(lhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
     {
         return lhs == basic_json(rhs);
     }
@@ -5121,7 +5254,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_eq/
     template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    friend bool operator==(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator==(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
     {
         return basic_json(lhs) == rhs;
     }
@@ -5137,7 +5270,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_ne/
     template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    friend bool operator!=(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator!=(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(lhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
     {
         return lhs != basic_json(rhs);
     }
@@ -5146,7 +5279,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_ne/
     template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    friend bool operator!=(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator!=(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
     {
         return basic_json(lhs) != rhs;
     }
@@ -5166,7 +5299,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_lt/
     template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    friend bool operator<(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator<(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(lhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
     {
         return lhs < basic_json(rhs);
     }
@@ -5175,7 +5308,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_lt/
     template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    friend bool operator<(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator<(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
     {
         return basic_json(lhs) < rhs;
     }
@@ -5195,7 +5328,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_le/
     template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    friend bool operator<=(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator<=(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(lhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
     {
         return lhs <= basic_json(rhs);
     }
@@ -5204,7 +5337,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_le/
     template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    friend bool operator<=(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator<=(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
     {
         return basic_json(lhs) <= rhs;
     }
@@ -5225,7 +5358,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_gt/
     template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    friend bool operator>(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator>(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(lhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
     {
         return lhs > basic_json(rhs);
     }
@@ -5234,7 +5367,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_gt/
     template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    friend bool operator>(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator>(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
     {
         return basic_json(lhs) > rhs;
     }
@@ -5254,7 +5387,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_ge/
     template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    friend bool operator>=(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator>=(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(lhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
     {
         return lhs >= basic_json(rhs);
     }
@@ -5263,7 +5396,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_ge/
     template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    friend bool operator>=(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator>=(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
     {
         return basic_json(lhs) >= rhs;
     }
@@ -5299,6 +5432,9 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         return o;
     }
 
+#if !JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    // the deleted version is a function template after the class, because
+    // GCC < 5 and Clang < 10 reject deleted friend functions in class templates
     /// @brief serialize to stream
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/operator_ltlt/
     /// @deprecated This function is deprecated since 3.0.0 and will be removed in
@@ -5310,6 +5446,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     {
         return o << j;
     }
+#endif
 #endif  // JSON_NO_IO
     /// @}
 
@@ -5361,12 +5498,16 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                             const bool allow_exceptions = true,
                             const bool ignore_comments = false,
                             const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+        = delete;
+#else
     {
         basic_json result;
         auto p = parser(i.get(), std::move(cb), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
         p.parse(true, result);
         return result;
     }
+#endif
 
     /// @brief check if the input is valid JSON
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/accept/
@@ -5396,9 +5537,13 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     static bool accept(detail::span_input_adapter&& i,
                        const bool ignore_comments = false,
                        const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+        = delete;
+#else
     {
         return parser(i.get(), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, true).accept(true);
     }
+#endif
 
     /// @brief generate SAX events
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/sax_parse/
@@ -5459,6 +5604,9 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                           const bool strict = true,
                           const bool ignore_comments = false,
                           const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
     {
         auto ia = i.get();
         return format == input_format_t::json
@@ -5467,10 +5615,14 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                // NOLINTNEXTLINE(hicpp-move-const-arg,performance-move-const-arg)
                : detail::binary_reader<basic_json, decltype(ia), SAX>(std::move(ia), format).sax_parse(sax, strict);
     }
+#endif
 #if defined(__clang__)
 #pragma clang diagnostic pop
 #endif
 #ifndef JSON_NO_IO
+#if !JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    // the deleted version is a function template after the class, because
+    // GCC < 5 and Clang < 10 reject deleted friend functions in class templates
     /// @brief deserialize from stream
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/operator_gtgt/
     /// @deprecated This stream operator is deprecated since 3.0.0 and will be removed in
@@ -5482,6 +5634,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     {
         return operator>>(i, j);
     }
+#endif
 
     /// @brief deserialize from stream
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/operator_gtgt/
@@ -5829,9 +5982,13 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                                 const bool strict = true,
                                 const bool allow_exceptions = true,
                                 const cbor_tag_handler_t tag_handler = cbor_tag_handler_t::error)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
     {
         return from_cbor(ptr, ptr + len, strict, allow_exceptions, tag_handler);
     }
+#endif
 
     JSON_HEDLEY_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.8.0, from_cbor(ptr, ptr + len))
@@ -5839,9 +5996,13 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                                 const bool strict = true,
                                 const bool allow_exceptions = true,
                                 const cbor_tag_handler_t tag_handler = cbor_tag_handler_t::error)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+        = delete;
+#else
     {
         return from_binary_impl(i.get(), input_format_t::cbor, strict, allow_exceptions, error_handler_t::keep, tag_handler);
     }
+#endif
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in MessagePack format
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/from_msgpack/
@@ -5874,18 +6035,26 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     static basic_json from_msgpack(const T* ptr, std::size_t len,
                                    const bool strict = true,
                                    const bool allow_exceptions = true)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
     {
         return from_msgpack(ptr, ptr + len, strict, allow_exceptions);
     }
+#endif
 
     JSON_HEDLEY_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.8.0, from_msgpack(ptr, ptr + len))
     static basic_json from_msgpack(detail::span_input_adapter&& i,
                                    const bool strict = true,
                                    const bool allow_exceptions = true)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+        = delete;
+#else
     {
         return from_binary_impl(i.get(), input_format_t::msgpack, strict, allow_exceptions);
     }
+#endif
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in UBJSON format
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/from_ubjson/
@@ -5918,18 +6087,26 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     static basic_json from_ubjson(const T* ptr, std::size_t len,
                                   const bool strict = true,
                                   const bool allow_exceptions = true)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
     {
         return from_ubjson(ptr, ptr + len, strict, allow_exceptions);
     }
+#endif
 
     JSON_HEDLEY_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.8.0, from_ubjson(ptr, ptr + len))
     static basic_json from_ubjson(detail::span_input_adapter&& i,
                                   const bool strict = true,
                                   const bool allow_exceptions = true)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+        = delete;
+#else
     {
         return from_binary_impl(i.get(), input_format_t::ubjson, strict, allow_exceptions);
     }
+#endif
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in BJData format
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/from_bjdata/
@@ -5956,6 +6133,20 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         return from_binary_impl(detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last)), input_format_t::bjdata, strict, allow_exceptions, error_handler);
     }
 
+    template<typename T>
+    JSON_HEDLEY_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
+    JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.13.0, from_bjdata(ptr, ptr + len))
+    static basic_json from_bjdata(const T* ptr, std::size_t len,
+                                  const bool strict = true,
+                                  const bool allow_exceptions = true)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
+    {
+        return from_bjdata(ptr, ptr + len, strict, allow_exceptions);
+    }
+#endif
+
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in BON8 format
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/from_bon8/
     template<typename InputType>
@@ -5979,6 +6170,20 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         return from_binary_impl(detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last)), input_format_t::bon8, strict, allow_exceptions);
     }
 
+    template<typename T>
+    JSON_HEDLEY_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
+    JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.13.0, from_bon8(ptr, ptr + len))
+    static basic_json from_bon8(const T* ptr, std::size_t len,
+                                const bool strict = true,
+                                const bool allow_exceptions = true)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
+    {
+        return from_bon8(ptr, ptr + len, strict, allow_exceptions);
+    }
+#endif
+
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in BSON format
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/from_bson/
     template<typename InputType>
@@ -6010,18 +6215,26 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     static basic_json from_bson(const T* ptr, std::size_t len,
                                 const bool strict = true,
                                 const bool allow_exceptions = true)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
     {
         return from_bson(ptr, ptr + len, strict, allow_exceptions);
     }
+#endif
 
     JSON_HEDLEY_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.8.0, from_bson(ptr, ptr + len))
     static basic_json from_bson(detail::span_input_adapter&& i,
                                 const bool strict = true,
                                 const bool allow_exceptions = true)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+        = delete;
+#else
     {
         return from_binary_impl(i.get(), input_format_t::bson, strict, allow_exceptions);
     }
+#endif
     /// @}
 
     //////////////////////////
@@ -6041,9 +6254,13 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     template<typename BasicJsonType, detail::enable_if_t<detail::is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value, int> = 0>
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.11.0, basic_json::json_pointer or nlohmann::json_pointer<basic_json::string_t>) // NOLINT(readability/alt_tokens)
     reference operator[](const ::nlohmann::json_pointer<BasicJsonType>& ptr)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
     {
         return ptr.get_unchecked(this);
     }
+#endif
 
     /// @brief access specified element via JSON Pointer
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator%5B%5D/
@@ -6055,9 +6272,13 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     template<typename BasicJsonType, detail::enable_if_t<detail::is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value, int> = 0>
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.11.0, basic_json::json_pointer or nlohmann::json_pointer<basic_json::string_t>) // NOLINT(readability/alt_tokens)
     const_reference operator[](const ::nlohmann::json_pointer<BasicJsonType>& ptr) const
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
     {
         return ptr.get_unchecked(this);
     }
+#endif
 
     /// @brief access specified element via JSON Pointer
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/at/
@@ -6069,9 +6290,13 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     template<typename BasicJsonType, detail::enable_if_t<detail::is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value, int> = 0>
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.11.0, basic_json::json_pointer or nlohmann::json_pointer<basic_json::string_t>) // NOLINT(readability/alt_tokens)
     reference at(const ::nlohmann::json_pointer<BasicJsonType>& ptr)
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
     {
         return ptr.get_checked(this);
     }
+#endif
 
     /// @brief access specified element via JSON Pointer
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/at/
@@ -6083,9 +6308,13 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     template<typename BasicJsonType, detail::enable_if_t<detail::is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value, int> = 0>
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.11.0, basic_json::json_pointer or nlohmann::json_pointer<basic_json::string_t>) // NOLINT(readability/alt_tokens)
     const_reference at(const ::nlohmann::json_pointer<BasicJsonType>& ptr) const
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    = delete;
+#else
     {
         return ptr.get_checked(this);
     }
+#endif
 
     /// @brief return flattened JSON value
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/flatten/
@@ -7062,6 +7291,18 @@ std::string format_as(const NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL& j)
     return j.dump();
 }
 
+#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS && !defined(JSON_NO_IO)
+    /// @brief serialize to stream (deleted; use operator<<(std::ostream&, const basic_json&))
+    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/operator_ltlt/
+    NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
+    std::ostream& operator>>(const NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL& j, std::ostream& o) = delete;
+
+    /// @brief deserialize from stream (deleted; use operator>>(std::istream&, basic_json&))
+    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/operator_gtgt/
+    NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
+    std::istream& operator<<(NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL& j, std::istream& i) = delete;
+#endif
+
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 
 ///////////////////////

single_include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp

@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@
     #define JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 0
 #endif
 
+#ifndef JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+    #define JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS 0
+#endif
+
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
     #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTICS _diag
 #else
@@ -109,14 +113,20 @@
     #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
 #endif
 
+#if JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS _ekmo
+#else
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+#endif
+
 #ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_NO_VERSION
     #define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_NO_VERSION 0
 #endif
 
 // Construct the namespace ABI tags component
-#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) json_abi ## a ## b ## c ## d ## e ## f ## g
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) json_abi ## a ## b ## c ## d ## e ## f ## g ## h
-#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) \
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) \
-    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)
+    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h)
 
 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS                                       \
     NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(                                   \
@@ -126,7 +136,8 @@
             NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_BRACE_INIT_COPY_SEMANTICS,         \
             NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION,           \
             NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING,               \
-            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8)
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8,                \
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS)
 
 // Construct the namespace version component
 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION_CONCAT_EX(major, minor, patch) \

tests/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ set(JSON_SIMDUTF_VERSION 9.1.0 CACHE STRING "The simdutf version used by JSON_Te
 
 set(JSON_32bitTest     AUTO CACHE STRING "Enable the 32bit unit test (ON/OFF/AUTO/ONLY).")
 set(JSON_TestStandards "" CACHE STRING "The list of standards to test explicitly.")
+set(JSON_TestShard     "" CACHE STRING "Build only a part of the unit tests, given as <index>/<count> (e.g. 0/2), to split them across CI jobs with a time limit.")
 
 # using an env var, since this will also affect targets executing cmake (such as "ci_test_compiler_default")
 if (NOT "" STREQUAL "$ENV{JSON_FORCED_GLOBAL_COMPILE_OPTIONS}")
@@ -288,6 +289,33 @@ elseif(NOT json_32bit_test)
     list(FILTER files EXCLUDE REGEX src/unit-32bit.cpp)
 endif()
 
+# with JSON_TestShard=<index>/<count>, keep every <count>-th unit test file,
+# starting at <index> (the glob is sorted, so the split is stable)
+set(test_shard_index 0)
+if(NOT "${JSON_TestShard}" STREQUAL "")
+    if(NOT JSON_TestShard MATCHES "^([0-9]+)/([1-9][0-9]*)$")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "JSON_TestShard must be <index>/<count>, e.g. 0/2, not '${JSON_TestShard}'.")
+    endif()
+    set(test_shard_index ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+    set(test_shard_count ${CMAKE_MATCH_2})
+    if(NOT test_shard_index LESS test_shard_count)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "JSON_TestShard: the index must be less than the count, not '${JSON_TestShard}'.")
+    endif()
+    list(LENGTH files test_file_count)
+    set(shard_files "")
+    set(file_position 0)
+    foreach(file ${files})
+        math(EXPR file_shard "${file_position} % ${test_shard_count}")
+        if(file_shard EQUAL test_shard_index)
+            list(APPEND shard_files ${file})
+        endif()
+        math(EXPR file_position "${file_position} + 1")
+    endforeach()
+    set(files ${shard_files})
+    list(LENGTH files shard_file_count)
+    message(STATUS "Test shard ${JSON_TestShard}: ${shard_file_count} of ${test_file_count} unit test files")
+endif()
+
 foreach(file ${files})
     json_test_add_test_for(${file} MAIN test_main CXX_STANDARDS ${test_cxx_standards} ${test_force})
 endforeach()
@@ -305,6 +333,9 @@ if(json_32bit_test_only)
     return()
 endif()
 
+# the following variants of single test files are only built in the first shard
+if(test_shard_index EQUAL 0)
+
 # test legacy comparison of discarded values
 json_test_set_test_options(test-comparison_legacy
     COMPILE_DEFINITIONS JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON=1
@@ -332,6 +363,8 @@ json_test_add_test_for(src/unit-diagnostic-positions.cpp
     MAIN test_main CXX_STANDARDS ${test_cxx_standards} ${test_force}
 )
 
+endif()
+
 # *DO NOT* use json_test_set_test_options() below this line
 
 #############################################################################

tests/abi/config/default.cpp

@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ TEST_CASE("default namespace")
         expected += "_sbu8";
 #endif
 
+#if JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+        expected += "_ekmo";
+#endif
+
         expected += "_v" STRINGIZE(NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MAJOR);
         expected += "_" STRINGIZE(NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MINOR);
         expected += "_" STRINGIZE(NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_PATCH) "::basic_json";

tests/abi/config/noversion.cpp

@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ TEST_CASE("default namespace without version component")
         expected += "_sbu8";
 #endif
 
+#if JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+        expected += "_ekmo";
+#endif
+
         expected += "::basic_json";
 
         // fallback for Clang

tests/src/unit-allocator.cpp

@@ -521,6 +521,10 @@ struct countdown_allocator : std::allocator<T>
 
 TEST_CASE("converting a deeply nested value from another specialization fails cleanly (#5650)")
 {
+    // MSVC 2015's debug STL constructs the containers' debug proxies through
+    // the allocator in noexcept constructors, so a failing construction crashes
+    // the program there instead of throwing std::bad_alloc. Nothing to check.
+#if !(defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1910 && defined(_ITERATOR_DEBUG_LEVEL) && _ITERATOR_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0)
     using countdown_json = nlohmann::basic_json<std::map,
           std::vector,
           std::string,
@@ -558,6 +562,7 @@ TEST_CASE("converting a deeply nested value from another specialization fails cl
         }
     }
     CHECK(failures > 0);
+#endif
 }
 
 namespace
@@ -602,3 +607,88 @@ TEST_CASE("bad my_allocator::construct")
         j["test"].push_back("should not leak");
     }
 }
+
+namespace
+{
+std::size_t counting_allocator_allocations = 0;
+std::size_t counting_allocator_deallocations = 0;
+
+template<class T>
+struct counting_allocator : std::allocator<T>
+{
+    using std::allocator<T>::allocator;
+
+    T* allocate(std::size_t n)
+    {
+        ++counting_allocator_allocations;
+        return std::allocator<T>::allocate(n);
+    }
+
+    void deallocate(T* p, std::size_t n)
+    {
+        ++counting_allocator_deallocations;
+        std::allocator<T>::deallocate(p, n);
+    }
+
+    template <class U>
+    struct rebind
+    {
+        using other = counting_allocator<U>;
+    };
+};
+} // namespace
+
+TEST_CASE("destructor performs no allocation, only deallocation")
+{
+    // see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/4842 and
+    // https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/5135: destroying nested
+    // arrays/objects used to allocate a temporary stack (first with
+    // std::allocator, later - after #4842 - with the provided allocator).
+    // Since that stack could itself throw bad_alloc from inside the
+    // noexcept destructor (#5135), destroy() no longer allocates anything:
+    // it only ever frees what is already there.
+    using counting_json = nlohmann::basic_json<std::map,
+          std::vector,
+          std::string,
+          bool,
+          std::int64_t,
+          std::uint64_t,
+          double,
+          counting_allocator>;
+
+    SECTION("array")
+    {
+        auto* j = new counting_json({1, {2, {3, 4}}, 5}); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
+        const auto allocations_before = counting_allocator_allocations;
+        const auto deallocations_before = counting_allocator_deallocations;
+        delete j; // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
+        CHECK(counting_allocator_allocations == allocations_before);
+        CHECK(counting_allocator_deallocations > deallocations_before);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("object")
+    {
+        auto* j = new counting_json({{"a", {{"b", {1, 2}}}}, {"c", 3}}); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
+        const auto allocations_before = counting_allocator_allocations;
+        const auto deallocations_before = counting_allocator_deallocations;
+        delete j; // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
+        CHECK(counting_allocator_allocations == allocations_before);
+        CHECK(counting_allocator_deallocations > deallocations_before);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("mixed tree of empty/non-empty arrays and objects")
+    {
+        auto* j = new counting_json( // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
+        {
+            {"empty_obj", counting_json::object()},
+            {"empty_arr", counting_json::array()},
+            {"nested", {{"a", counting_json::array({1, 2, counting_json::object()})}, {"b", 3}}},
+            {"tail", counting_json::array({counting_json::array({1}), 2, counting_json::array({3})})}
+        });
+        const auto allocations_before = counting_allocator_allocations;
+        const auto deallocations_before = counting_allocator_deallocations;
+        delete j; // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
+        CHECK(counting_allocator_allocations == allocations_before);
+        CHECK(counting_allocator_deallocations > deallocations_before);
+    }
+}

tests/src/unit-binary_formats.cpp

@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 using nlohmann::json;
 
+#include <cmath>
 #include <fstream>
+#include <limits>
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
 #include "make_test_data_available.hpp"
 
 TEST_CASE("Binary Formats" * doctest::skip())
@@ -224,3 +229,139 @@ TEST_CASE("Binary Formats" * doctest::skip())
         CHECK((100.0 * double(ubjson_3_size) / double(json_size)) == Approx(89.450));
     }
 }
+
+namespace
+{
+// the binary formats as function pointers for "Binary formats with narrow number types";
+// named functions rather than lambdas, because clang 3.5 cannot convert a lambda
+// to a function pointer in the braced initializer of the format table
+using narrow_json = nlohmann::basic_json<std::map, std::vector, std::string, bool, std::int32_t, std::uint32_t, float>;
+using bytes = std::vector<std::uint8_t>;
+
+bytes encode_cbor(const json& j)
+{
+    return json::to_cbor(j);
+}
+narrow_json decode_cbor(const bytes& v, bool allow_exceptions)
+{
+    return narrow_json::from_cbor(v, true, allow_exceptions);
+}
+
+bytes encode_msgpack(const json& j)
+{
+    return json::to_msgpack(j);
+}
+narrow_json decode_msgpack(const bytes& v, bool allow_exceptions)
+{
+    return narrow_json::from_msgpack(v, true, allow_exceptions);
+}
+
+bytes encode_ubjson(const json& j)
+{
+    return json::to_ubjson(j);
+}
+narrow_json decode_ubjson(const bytes& v, bool allow_exceptions)
+{
+    return narrow_json::from_ubjson(v, true, allow_exceptions);
+}
+
+bytes encode_bjdata(const json& j)
+{
+    return json::to_bjdata(j);
+}
+narrow_json decode_bjdata(const bytes& v, bool allow_exceptions)
+{
+    return narrow_json::from_bjdata(v, true, allow_exceptions);
+}
+
+// BSON can only store numbers as object members
+bytes encode_bson(const json& j)
+{
+    return json::to_bson(json{{"a", j}});
+}
+narrow_json decode_bson(const bytes& v, bool allow_exceptions)
+{
+    const auto result = narrow_json::from_bson(v, true, allow_exceptions);
+    return result.is_discarded() ? result : result.at("a");
+}
+
+bytes encode_bon8(const json& j)
+{
+    return json::to_bon8(j);
+}
+narrow_json decode_bon8(const bytes& v, bool allow_exceptions)
+{
+    return narrow_json::from_bon8(v, true, allow_exceptions);
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+TEST_CASE("Binary formats with narrow number types")
+{
+    // Numbers that do not fit the number types are handled like the lexer
+    // handles them in JSON text: an integer that fits neither integer type is
+    // stored as a floating-point number, and a finite floating-point number
+    // that overflows number_float_t is rejected with out_of_range.406.
+    struct binary_format
+    {
+        const char* name;
+        bytes (*encode)(const json&);
+        narrow_json (*decode)(const bytes&, bool);
+    };
+
+    const std::vector<binary_format> formats =
+    {
+        {"CBOR", encode_cbor, decode_cbor},
+        {"MessagePack", encode_msgpack, decode_msgpack},
+        {"UBJSON", encode_ubjson, decode_ubjson},
+        {"BJData", encode_bjdata, decode_bjdata},
+        {"BSON", encode_bson, decode_bson},
+        {"BON8", encode_bon8, decode_bon8},
+    };
+
+    for (const auto& format : formats)
+    {
+        const std::string name = format.name;
+        INFO("format := ", name);
+        const auto roundtrip = [&format](const json & j)
+        {
+            return format.decode(format.encode(j), true);
+        };
+
+        // integers that fit keep their type
+        CHECK(roundtrip(json(-5)).is_number_integer());
+        CHECK(roundtrip(json(-5)).get<std::int32_t>() == -5);
+        CHECK(roundtrip(json(3000000000u)).is_number_unsigned());
+        CHECK(roundtrip(json(3000000000u)).get<std::uint32_t>() == 3000000000u);
+
+        // integers that fit neither integer type are stored as float
+        CHECK(roundtrip(json(5000000000u)).is_number_float());
+        CHECK(roundtrip(json(5000000000u)).get<float>() == 5000000000.0f);
+        if (name != "BON8") // BON8 cannot encode integers above INT64_MAX
+        {
+            CHECK(roundtrip(json(10000000000000000000u)).is_number_float());
+            CHECK(roundtrip(json(10000000000000000000u)).get<float>() == 10000000000000000000.0f);
+        }
+        CHECK(roundtrip(json(-3000000000LL)).is_number_float());
+        CHECK(roundtrip(json(-3000000000LL)).get<float>() == -3000000000.0f);
+        CHECK(roundtrip(json(-5000000000LL)).is_number_float());
+        CHECK(roundtrip(json(-5000000000LL)).get<float>() == -5000000000.0f);
+
+        // floating-point numbers that fit
+        CHECK(roundtrip(json(1.5)).get<float>() == 1.5f);
+        const auto just_above_max = std::nextafter(static_cast<double>((std::numeric_limits<float>::max)()),
+                                    std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity());
+        CHECK(roundtrip(json(just_above_max)).get<float>() == (std::numeric_limits<float>::max)());
+
+        // infinity and NaN are passed on
+        CHECK(std::isinf(roundtrip(json(std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity())).get<float>()));
+        CHECK(std::isnan(roundtrip(json(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN())).get<float>()));
+
+        // finite floating-point numbers that overflow number_float_t are rejected
+        const std::string message = "[json.exception.out_of_range.406] syntax error while parsing " + name
+                                    + " value: number overflow";
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(roundtrip(json(1e300)), message.c_str(), narrow_json::out_of_range&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(roundtrip(json(-1e300)), message.c_str(), narrow_json::out_of_range&);
+        CHECK(format.decode(format.encode(json(1e300)), false).is_discarded());
+    }
+}

tests/src/unit-bjdata.cpp

@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 #include "doctest_compatibility.h"
 
 #define JSON_TESTS_PRIVATE
+// capture whether JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS was enabled on the command
+// line *before* including json.hpp, since the library #undefs it once the header
+// has been fully processed (see include/nlohmann/detail/macro_unscope.hpp); the
+// tests of deprecated functions are skipped if these functions are deleted
+#if defined(JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS) && (JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS == 1)
+    #define JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
+#endif
+
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 using nlohmann::json;
 
@@ -106,10 +114,59 @@ TEST_CASE("BJData")
     {
         SECTION("discarded")
         {
-            // discarded values are not serialized
+            // a discarded value cannot be serialized to BJData
             json const j = json::value_t::discarded;
-            const auto result = json::to_bjdata(j);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bjdata(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to BJData", json::type_error&);
-            CHECK(result.empty());
+        }
+
+        SECTION("discarded values nested in a container")
+        {
+            json const discarded = json::value_t::discarded;
+
+            SECTION("in an array")
+            {
+                json const j = {1, discarded, 2};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bjdata(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/1) cannot serialize discarded value to BJData", json::type_error&);
+#else
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bjdata(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to BJData", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+            }
+
+            SECTION("as an object value")
+            {
+                json j;
+                j["a"] = 1;
+                j["b"] = discarded;
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bjdata(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/b) cannot serialize discarded value to BJData", json::type_error&);
+#else
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bjdata(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to BJData", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+            }
+
+            SECTION("nested deeper (array in object in array)")
+            {
+                json inner_array = {1, discarded};
+                json middle_object;
+                middle_object["x"] = inner_array;
+                json const j = {middle_object};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bjdata(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/0/x/1) cannot serialize discarded value to BJData", json::type_error&);
+#else
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bjdata(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to BJData", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+            }
+
+            SECTION("optimized array of all-discarded elements")
+            {
+                json const j = {discarded, discarded};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bjdata(j, true, true), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/0) cannot serialize discarded value to BJData", json::type_error&);
+#else
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bjdata(j, true, true), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to BJData", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+            }
         }
 
         SECTION("null")
@@ -4490,3 +4547,33 @@ TEST_CASE("BJData roundtrips" * doctest::skip())
         }
     }
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("issue #5648 - from_bjdata(ptr, len) must read len bytes, not treat ptr as a C string")
+{
+    // to_bjdata() encodes the integer 0 as the two bytes 'i' 0x00 (a BJData
+    // type marker followed by the value byte 0x00), so the packed data
+    // below contains a 0x00 byte before its end.
+    const json j = {{"a", 0}};
+    const std::vector<std::uint8_t> packed = json::to_bjdata(j);
+    bool contains_nul = false;
+    for (const auto byte : packed)
+    {
+        contains_nul |= (byte == 0x00);
+    }
+    REQUIRE(contains_nul);
+
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
+    // before the fix, from_bjdata had no (ptr, len) overload, so this call
+    // bound to from_bjdata(InputType&&, bool strict) instead: ptr was read
+    // as a NUL-terminated C string (stopping at the embedded 0x00 byte), and
+    // len was silently converted to the strict flag. The deprecated
+    // overload added for this issue forwards to from_bjdata(ptr, ptr + len,
+    // ...) instead, like from_ubjson's deprecated (ptr, len) overload does.
+    json result;
+    CHECK_NOTHROW(result = json::from_bjdata(packed.data(), packed.size()));
+    CHECK(result == j);
+
+    // len must not collapse into the strict flag either
+    CHECK(json::from_bjdata(packed.data(), packed.size(), false) == j);
+#endif
+}

tests/src/unit-bon8.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 
 #include "doctest_compatibility.h"
 
+// capture whether JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS was enabled on the command
+// line *before* including json.hpp, since the library #undefs it once the header
+// has been fully processed (see include/nlohmann/detail/macro_unscope.hpp); the
+// tests of deprecated functions are skipped if these functions are deleted
+#if defined(JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS) && (JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS == 1)
+    #define JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
+#endif
+
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 using nlohmann::json;
 #ifdef JSON_TEST_NO_GLOBAL_UDLS
@@ -1014,6 +1022,36 @@ TEST_CASE("BON8 roundtrips" * doctest::skip())
     }
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("issue #5648 - from_bon8(ptr, len) must read len bytes, not treat ptr as a C string")
+{
+    // to_bon8() encodes the integer 40 as the two bytes 0xC2 0x00 (a BON8
+    // lead byte followed by a continuation byte of 0x00), so the packed data
+    // below contains a 0x00 byte before its end.
+    const json j = {{"a", 40}, {"b", "x"}};
+    const std::vector<std::uint8_t> packed = json::to_bon8(j);
+    bool contains_nul = false;
+    for (const auto byte : packed)
+    {
+        contains_nul |= (byte == 0x00);
+    }
+    REQUIRE(contains_nul);
+
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
+    // before the fix, from_bon8 had no (ptr, len) overload, so this call
+    // bound to from_bon8(InputType&&, bool strict) instead: ptr was read as
+    // a NUL-terminated C string (stopping at the embedded 0x00 byte), and
+    // len was silently converted to the strict flag. The deprecated
+    // overload added for this issue forwards to from_bon8(ptr, ptr + len,
+    // ...) instead, like from_cbor's deprecated (ptr, len) overload does.
+    json result;
+    CHECK_NOTHROW(result = json::from_bon8(packed.data(), packed.size()));
+    CHECK(result == j);
+
+    // len must not collapse into the strict flag either
+    CHECK(json::from_bon8(packed.data(), packed.size(), false) == j);
+#endif
+}
+
 #ifdef JSON_HAS_CPP_17
 TEST_CASE("BON8 with std::byte")
 {

tests/src/unit-bson.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 
 #include "doctest_compatibility.h"
 
+// capture whether JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS was enabled on the command
+// line *before* including json.hpp, since the library #undefs it once the header
+// has been fully processed (see include/nlohmann/detail/macro_unscope.hpp); the
+// tests of deprecated functions are skipped if these functions are deleted
+#if defined(JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS) && (JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS == 1)
+    #define JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
+#endif
+
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 using nlohmann::json;
 
@@ -141,6 +149,54 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON")
             json const j = std::vector<int> {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7};
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bson(j), "[json.exception.type_error.317] to serialize to BSON, top-level type must be object, but is array", json::type_error&);
         }
+
+        SECTION("discarded")
+        {
+            json const j = json::value_t::discarded;
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bson(j), "[json.exception.type_error.317] to serialize to BSON, top-level type must be object, but is discarded", json::type_error&);
+        }
+    }
+
+    SECTION("discarded values nested in a container cannot be serialized to BSON")
+    {
+        json const discarded = json::value_t::discarded;
+
+        SECTION("as an object value")
+        {
+            json j;
+            j["a"] = 1;
+            j["b"] = discarded;
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bson(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/b) cannot serialize discarded value to BSON", json::type_error&);
+#else
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bson(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to BSON", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+        }
+
+        SECTION("in an array that is an object value")
+        {
+            json j;
+            j["a"] = json::array({1, discarded, 2});
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bson(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/a/1) cannot serialize discarded value to BSON", json::type_error&);
+#else
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bson(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to BSON", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+        }
+
+        SECTION("nested deeper (array in object in object)")
+        {
+            json inner_array = {1, discarded};
+            json middle_object;
+            middle_object["x"] = inner_array;
+            json j;
+            j["outer"] = middle_object;
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bson(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/outer/x/1) cannot serialize discarded value to BSON", json::type_error&);
+#else
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bson(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to BSON", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+        }
     }
 
     SECTION("keys containing code-point U+0000 cannot be serialized to BSON")
@@ -1261,8 +1317,10 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON input that cannot be read is discarded by every overload")
     CHECK_THROWS_AS(_ = json::from_bson(input.begin(), input.end()), json::parse_error&);
     CHECK(json::from_bson(input, true, false).is_discarded());
     CHECK(json::from_bson(input.begin(), input.end(), true, false).is_discarded());
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
     CHECK(json::from_bson(input.data(), input.size(), true, false).is_discarded());
     CHECK(json::from_bson({input.data(), input.size()}, true, false).is_discarded());
+#endif
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("BSON SAX parsing stops at every event")
@@ -1740,6 +1798,7 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON roundtrips" * doctest::skip())
                 CHECK(j1 == j2);
             }
 
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
             {
                 INFO_WITH_TEMP(filename + ": uint8_t* and size");
                 // parse JSON file
@@ -1754,6 +1813,7 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON roundtrips" * doctest::skip())
                 // compare parsed JSON values
                 CHECK(j1 == j2);
             }
+#endif
 
             {
                 INFO_WITH_TEMP(filename + ": output to output adapters");

tests/src/unit-cbor.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 
 #include "doctest_compatibility.h"
 
+// capture whether JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS was enabled on the command
+// line *before* including json.hpp, since the library #undefs it once the header
+// has been fully processed (see include/nlohmann/detail/macro_unscope.hpp); the
+// tests of deprecated functions are skipped if these functions are deleted
+#if defined(JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS) && (JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS == 1)
+    #define JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
+#endif
+
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 using nlohmann::json;
 
@@ -30,10 +38,49 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR")
     {
         SECTION("discarded")
         {
-            // discarded values are not serialized
+            // a discarded value cannot be serialized to CBOR
             json const j = json::value_t::discarded;
-            const auto result = json::to_cbor(j);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_cbor(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to CBOR", json::type_error&);
-            CHECK(result.empty());
+        }
+
+        SECTION("discarded values nested in a container")
+        {
+            json const discarded = json::value_t::discarded;
+
+            SECTION("in an array")
+            {
+                json const j = {1, discarded, 2};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_cbor(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/1) cannot serialize discarded value to CBOR", json::type_error&);
+#else
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_cbor(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to CBOR", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+            }
+
+            SECTION("as an object value")
+            {
+                json j;
+                j["a"] = 1;
+                j["b"] = discarded;
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_cbor(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/b) cannot serialize discarded value to CBOR", json::type_error&);
+#else
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_cbor(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to CBOR", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+            }
+
+            SECTION("nested deeper (array in object in array)")
+            {
+                json inner_array = {1, discarded};
+                json middle_object;
+                middle_object["x"] = inner_array;
+                json const j = {middle_object};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_cbor(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/0/x/1) cannot serialize discarded value to CBOR", json::type_error&);
+#else
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_cbor(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to CBOR", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+            }
         }
 
         SECTION("NaN")
@@ -1652,7 +1699,7 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR")
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xA1, 0x61, 0X61})), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xBF, 0x61, 0X61})), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 4: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x5F})), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR binary: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x5F, 0x00})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR binary: expected length specification (0x40-0x5B) or indefinite binary array type (0x5F); last byte: 0x00", json::parse_error&);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x5F, 0x00})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR binary: expected length specification (0x40-0x5B); last byte: 0x00", json::parse_error&);
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x41})), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR binary: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
 
             CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x18}), true, false).is_discarded());
@@ -2215,8 +2262,10 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR input that cannot be read is discarded by every overload")
     CHECK_THROWS_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(input.begin(), input.end()), json::parse_error&);
     CHECK(json::from_cbor(input, true, false).is_discarded());
     CHECK(json::from_cbor(input.begin(), input.end(), true, false).is_discarded());
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
     CHECK(json::from_cbor(input.data(), input.size(), true, false).is_discarded());
     CHECK(json::from_cbor({input.data(), input.size()}, true, false).is_discarded());
+#endif
 
     // a string that ends early, read through iterators that are not
     // contiguous and have to be copied from one element at a time
@@ -2256,22 +2305,21 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR indefinite-length strings do not recurse per chunk")
 {
     // Reading an indefinite-length string or byte array used to call itself
     // once per chunk, so a payload of repeated 0x7F (or 0x5F) bytes exhausted
-    // the call stack before any of the input was rejected. The open levels are
+    // the call stack before any of the input was rejected. Nested indefinite
-    // counted now, and the levels below prove the reader still reads the same
+    // chunks are now rejected at the second byte, without recursing.
-    // values and reports the same errors at the same byte offsets.
     json _;
 
-    SECTION("many open levels are reported, not crashed on")
+    SECTION("nested levels are rejected, not crashed on")
     {
         const std::vector<uint8_t> input(200000, 0x7F);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(input), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 200001: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(input), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: indefinite-length string is not allowed inside indefinite-length string; last byte: 0x7F", json::parse_error&);
         CHECK(json::from_cbor(input, true, false).is_discarded());
     }
 
-    SECTION("many open levels are reported, not crashed on (binary)")
+    SECTION("nested levels are rejected, not crashed on (binary)")
     {
         const std::vector<uint8_t> input(200000, 0x5F);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(input), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 200001: syntax error while parsing CBOR binary: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(input), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR binary: indefinite-length binary array is not allowed inside indefinite-length binary array; last byte: 0x5F", json::parse_error&);
         CHECK(json::from_cbor(input, true, false).is_discarded());
     }
 
@@ -2279,22 +2327,22 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR indefinite-length strings do not recurse per chunk")
     {
         CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7F, 0xFF})) == json(""));
         CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7F, 0x61, 0x61, 0xFF})) == json("a"));
-        // nested indefinite-length strings are concatenated across levels
+        // empty and nonempty definite-length chunks concatenate in order
-        CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7F, 0x7F, 0x61, 0x61, 0xFF, 0x61, 0x62, 0xFF})) == json("ab"));
+        CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7F, 0x61, 'a', 0x60, 0x61, 'b', 0x61, 'c', 0xFF})) == json("abc"));
-        CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7F, 0x7F, 0x7F, 0x61, 0x7A, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF})) == json("z"));
         CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xA1, 0x7F, 0x61, 0x61, 0xFF, 0x01})) == json({{"a", 1}}));
     }
 
     SECTION("chunks are still concatenated (binary)")
     {
         CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x5F, 0x41, 0x61, 0xFF})) == json::binary({0x61}));
-        CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x5F, 0x5F, 0x41, 0x61, 0xFF, 0x41, 0x62, 0xFF})) == json::binary({0x61, 0x62}));
+        CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x5F, 0xFF})) == json::binary({}));
+        CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x5F, 0x41, 0x61, 0x40, 0x41, 0x62, 0x41, 0x63, 0xFF})) == json::binary({0x61, 0x62, 0x63}));
     }
 
     SECTION("a chunk that is not a string is still rejected")
     {
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7F, 0x7F, 0x00})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0x00", json::parse_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7F, 0x00})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B); last byte: 0x00", json::parse_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x5F, 0x5F, 0x00})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR binary: expected length specification (0x40-0x5B) or indefinite binary array type (0x5F); last byte: 0x00", json::parse_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x5F, 0x00})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR binary: expected length specification (0x40-0x5B); last byte: 0x00", json::parse_error&);
     }
 
     SECTION("a break marker outside an indefinite-length string is not a string")
@@ -2613,12 +2661,14 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR roundtrips" * doctest::skip())
                 CHECK(j1 == j2);
             }
 
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
             {
                 INFO_WITH_TEMP(filename + ": uint8_t* and size");
                 json j2;
                 CHECK_NOTHROW(j2 = json::from_cbor({packed.data(), packed.size()}));
                 CHECK(j1 == j2);
             }
+#endif
 
             {
                 INFO_WITH_TEMP(filename + ": output to output adapters");
@@ -2845,9 +2895,17 @@ TEST_CASE("examples from RFC 8949 Appendix A")
     {
         const auto packed = utils::read_binary_file(TEST_DATA_DIRECTORY "/binary_data/cbor_binary.cbor");
         json j;
-        CHECK_NOTHROW(j = json::from_cbor(packed));
+        // the fixture's tail contains nested indefinite-length byte strings.
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j = json::from_cbor(packed), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 513: syntax error while parsing CBOR binary: indefinite-length binary array is not allowed inside indefinite-length binary array; last byte: 0x5F", json::parse_error&);
 
-        const auto expected = utils::read_binary_file(TEST_DATA_DIRECTORY "/binary_data/cbor_binary.out");
+        // keep the byte-for-byte decoding check for its valid prefix: the first
+        // 512 encoded bytes contain 468 payload bytes in definite-length chunks.
+        auto valid_prefix = packed;
+        valid_prefix.resize(512);
+        valid_prefix.push_back(0xFF);
+        auto expected = utils::read_binary_file(TEST_DATA_DIRECTORY "/binary_data/cbor_binary.out");
+        expected.resize(468);
+        CHECK_NOTHROW(j = json::from_cbor(valid_prefix));
         CHECK(j == json::binary(expected));
 
         // 0xd8
@@ -3185,7 +3243,8 @@ TEST_CASE("Tagged values")
         // CBOR encodes negative integers as: result = -1 - n
         // For type 0x3B, n is an 8-byte uint64_t. Valid range for n with
         // the default int64_t is [0, INT64_MAX], producing results in [INT64_MIN, -1].
-        // When n > INT64_MAX, the result exceeds int64_t range and is rejected.
+        // When n > INT64_MAX, the result exceeds int64_t range and is stored
+        // as a floating-point number, as the lexer does for JSON text.
 
         SECTION("n = 0 is valid (result = -1)")
         {
@@ -3206,33 +3265,34 @@ TEST_CASE("Tagged values")
             CHECK(result.get<int64_t>() == (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::min)());
         }
 
-        SECTION("n = INT64_MAX + 1 is rejected (overflow)")
+        SECTION("n = INT64_MAX + 1 is stored as float")
         {
             // n = INT64_MAX + 1 (0x8000000000000000)
-            // result = -1 - n = -9223372036854775809, which exceeds int64_t range
+            // result = -1 - n = -9223372036854775809, which exceeds int64_t range;
+            // the nearest double is -9223372036854775808.0
             const std::vector<uint8_t> input = {0x3B, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
-            json _;
+            const auto result = json::from_cbor(input);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(input),
+            CHECK(result.is_number_float());
-                                 "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 9: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: negative integer overflow",
+            CHECK(result.get<double>() == -9223372036854775808.0);
-                                 json::parse_error);
+            CHECK(result == json::parse("-9223372036854775809"));
         }
 
-        SECTION("n = UINT64_MAX is rejected (overflow)")
+        SECTION("n = UINT64_MAX is stored as float")
         {
             // n = UINT64_MAX (0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
             // result = -1 - n = -18446744073709551616, which exceeds int64_t range
             const std::vector<uint8_t> input = {0x3B, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF};
-            json _;
+            const auto result = json::from_cbor(input);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(input),
+            CHECK(result.is_number_float());
-                                 "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 9: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: negative integer overflow",
+            CHECK(result.get<double>() == -18446744073709551616.0);
-                                 json::parse_error);
+            CHECK(result == json::parse("-18446744073709551616"));
         }
 
-        SECTION("overflow with allow_exceptions=false returns discarded")
+        SECTION("overflow with allow_exceptions=false is not an error")
         {
             const std::vector<uint8_t> input = {0x3B, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
             const auto result = json::from_cbor(input, true, false);
-            CHECK(result.is_discarded());
+            CHECK(result.is_number_float());
         }
     }
 

tests/src/unit-conversions2.cpp

@@ -191,8 +191,10 @@ TEST_CASE("value conversion")
     {
         enum class bool_enum : bool { off, on };
 
-        CHECK(json(bool_enum::off).get<bool_enum>() == bool_enum::off);
+        // the extra parentheses keep doctest from printing the enum via its
-        CHECK(json(bool_enum::on).get<bool_enum>() == bool_enum::on);
+        // underlying type, which MSVC 2015 reports as C4800
+        CHECK((json(bool_enum::off).get<bool_enum>() == bool_enum::off));
+        CHECK((json(bool_enum::on).get<bool_enum>() == bool_enum::on));
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -851,8 +853,11 @@ TEST_CASE("std::optional")
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json(opt), "cannot serialize throwing_to_json_type", std::runtime_error&);
 
         // the conversion is noexcept exactly when converting the contained value is
+        // (except with MSVC 2017, where it is never noexcept, see to_json.hpp)
+#if !defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__clang__) || _MSC_VER >= 1920
         static_assert(!std::is_nothrow_constructible<json, const std::optional<throwing_to_json_type>&>::value);
         static_assert(std::is_nothrow_constructible<json, const std::optional<int>&>::value);
+#endif
     }
 #endif
 }

tests/src/unit-delete_deprecated_functions.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+//     __ _____ _____ _____
+//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  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"
+
+// This file tests the opt-in JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS, so it defines the
+// macro itself instead of relying on the build configuration.
+#ifdef JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+    #undef JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS
+#endif
+#define JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS 1
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+using nlohmann::json;
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <istream>
+#include <ostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace
+{
+template<typename...>
+struct make_void
+{
+    using type = void;
+};
+
+template<typename... Ts>
+using void_t = typename make_void<Ts...>::type;
+
+// A deleted function is still found by overload resolution, but naming it in an
+// unevaluated operand is ill-formed, so each of the following traits is false
+// exactly if the expression selects a deleted (or no) function.
+#define JSON_TEST_DETECT(name, expr)                                 \
+    template<typename J, typename = void>                            \
+    struct name : std::false_type {};                                \
+    template<typename J>                                             \
+    struct name<J, void_t<decltype(expr)>> : std::true_type {}
+
+using ptr_t = const std::uint8_t*;
+
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_cbor_ptr_len, J::from_cbor(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_msgpack_ptr_len, J::from_msgpack(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_ubjson_ptr_len, J::from_ubjson(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_bjdata_ptr_len, J::from_bjdata(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_bon8_ptr_len, J::from_bon8(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_bson_ptr_len, J::from_bson(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()));
+
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_cbor_ptr_ptr, J::from_cbor(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<ptr_t>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_msgpack_ptr_ptr, J::from_msgpack(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<ptr_t>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_ubjson_ptr_ptr, J::from_ubjson(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<ptr_t>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_bjdata_ptr_ptr, J::from_bjdata(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<ptr_t>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_bon8_ptr_ptr, J::from_bon8(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<ptr_t>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_bson_ptr_ptr, J::from_bson(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<ptr_t>()));
+
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_cbor_init_list, J::from_cbor({std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()}));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_msgpack_init_list, J::from_msgpack({std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()}));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_ubjson_init_list, J::from_ubjson({std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()}));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(from_bson_init_list, J::from_bson({std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()}));
+
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(parse_init_list, J::parse({std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()}));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(accept_init_list, J::accept({std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()}));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(sax_parse_init_list, J::sax_parse({std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<std::size_t>()}, std::declval<nlohmann::json_sax<J>*>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(parse_ptr_ptr, J::parse(std::declval<ptr_t>(), std::declval<ptr_t>()));
+
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(iterator_wrapper, J::iterator_wrapper(std::declval<J&>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(iterator_wrapper_const, J::iterator_wrapper(std::declval<const J&>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(items, std::declval<J&>().items());
+
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(json_ltlt_istream, std::declval<J&>() << std::declval<std::istream&>());
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(istream_gtgt_json, std::declval<std::istream&>() >> std::declval<J&>());
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(json_gtgt_ostream, std::declval<const J&>() >> std::declval<std::ostream&>());
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(ostream_ltlt_json, std::declval<std::ostream&>() << std::declval<const J&>());
+
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_eq_ptr, std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>() == std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>());
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_ne_ptr, std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>() != std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>());
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_eq_string, std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>() == std::declval<const std::string&>());
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(string_eq_ptr, std::declval<const std::string&>() == std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>());
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_eq_c_string, std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>() == std::declval<const char*>());
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(c_string_eq_ptr, std::declval<const char*>() == std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>());
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_ne_string, std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>() != std::declval<const std::string&>());
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(string_ne_ptr, std::declval<const std::string&>() != std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>());
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_to_string, std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>().to_string());
+
+// json_pointer with a basic_json type as template argument
+template<typename J>
+using legacy_ptr_t = const nlohmann::json_pointer<J>& ;
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(legacy_ptr_value, std::declval<const J&>().value(std::declval<legacy_ptr_t<J>>(), 0));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(legacy_ptr_value_rvalue, std::declval<const J&>().value(std::declval<legacy_ptr_t<J>>(), std::string()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(legacy_ptr_contains, std::declval<const J&>().contains(std::declval<legacy_ptr_t<J>>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(legacy_ptr_subscript, std::declval<J&>()[std::declval<legacy_ptr_t<J>>()]);
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(legacy_ptr_subscript_const, std::declval<const J&>()[std::declval<legacy_ptr_t<J>>()]);
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(legacy_ptr_at, std::declval<J&>().at(std::declval<legacy_ptr_t<J>>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(legacy_ptr_at_const, std::declval<const J&>().at(std::declval<legacy_ptr_t<J>>()));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_value, std::declval<const J&>().value(std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>(), 0));
+JSON_TEST_DETECT(ptr_at, std::declval<J&>().at(std::declval<const typename J::json_pointer&>()));
+
+#undef JSON_TEST_DETECT
+} // namespace
+
+TEST_CASE("JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS")
+{
+    // MSVC 2015 does not treat selecting a deleted function in decltype as a
+    // substitution failure, so the traits cannot tell deleted functions apart
+    // there; calling them still fails to compile
+#if !(defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1910)
+    SECTION("from_* with a pointer and a length")
+    {
+        // the overloads are deleted rather than removed, so the length cannot
+        // silently bind to the strict parameter of from_*(InputType&&, bool)
+        CHECK_FALSE(from_cbor_ptr_len<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(from_msgpack_ptr_len<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(from_ubjson_ptr_len<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(from_bjdata_ptr_len<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(from_bon8_ptr_len<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(from_bson_ptr_len<json>::value);
+
+        // the replacement
+        CHECK(from_cbor_ptr_ptr<json>::value);
+        CHECK(from_msgpack_ptr_ptr<json>::value);
+        CHECK(from_ubjson_ptr_ptr<json>::value);
+        CHECK(from_bjdata_ptr_ptr<json>::value);
+        CHECK(from_bon8_ptr_ptr<json>::value);
+        CHECK(from_bson_ptr_ptr<json>::value);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("initializer lists of a pointer and a length")
+    {
+        CHECK_FALSE(from_cbor_init_list<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(from_msgpack_init_list<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(from_ubjson_init_list<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(from_bson_init_list<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(parse_init_list<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(accept_init_list<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(sax_parse_init_list<json>::value);
+
+        // the replacement
+        CHECK(parse_ptr_ptr<json>::value);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("iterator_wrapper")
+    {
+        CHECK_FALSE(iterator_wrapper<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(iterator_wrapper_const<json>::value);
+
+        // the replacement
+        CHECK(items<json>::value);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("stream operators with reversed operands")
+    {
+        CHECK_FALSE(json_ltlt_istream<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(json_gtgt_ostream<json>::value);
+
+        // the replacement
+        CHECK(istream_gtgt_json<json>::value);
+        CHECK(ostream_ltlt_json<json>::value);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("json_pointer")
+    {
+        // conversion to a string
+        CHECK_FALSE(std::is_constructible<std::string, json::json_pointer>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(std::is_convertible<json::json_pointer, std::string>::value);
+
+        // comparison with a string
+        CHECK_FALSE(ptr_eq_string<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(string_eq_ptr<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(ptr_eq_c_string<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(c_string_eq_ptr<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(ptr_ne_string<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(string_ne_ptr<json>::value);
+
+        // the replacement
+        CHECK(ptr_to_string<json>::value);
+        CHECK(ptr_eq_ptr<json>::value);
+        CHECK(ptr_ne_ptr<json>::value);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("json_pointer with a basic_json type as template argument")
+    {
+        CHECK_FALSE(legacy_ptr_value<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(legacy_ptr_value_rvalue<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(legacy_ptr_contains<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(legacy_ptr_subscript<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(legacy_ptr_subscript_const<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(legacy_ptr_at<json>::value);
+        CHECK_FALSE(legacy_ptr_at_const<json>::value);
+
+        // the replacement
+        CHECK(ptr_value<json>::value);
+        CHECK(ptr_at<json>::value);
+    }
+
+#endif
+
+    SECTION("the non-deprecated functions still work")
+    {
+        const json j = {{"a", {1, 2}}};
+        const auto cbor = json::to_cbor(j);
+        CHECK(json::from_cbor(cbor.data(), cbor.data() + cbor.size()) == j);
+
+        const json::json_pointer ptr("/a/1");
+        CHECK(ptr == json::json_pointer("/a/1"));
+        CHECK(ptr.to_string() == "/a/1");
+        CHECK(j[ptr] == 2);
+        CHECK(j.at(ptr) == 2);
+        CHECK(j.value(ptr, 0) == 2);
+        CHECK(j.contains(ptr));
+
+        std::ostringstream os;
+        os << j;
+        CHECK(os.str() == R"({"a":[1,2]})");
+        std::istringstream is(os.str());
+        json parsed;
+        is >> parsed;
+        CHECK(parsed == j);
+    }
+}

tests/src/unit-deserialization.cpp

@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
     #define JSON_TEST_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING_ENABLED 1
 #endif
 
+// capture whether JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS was enabled on the command
+// line *before* including json.hpp, since the library #undefs it once the header
+// has been fully processed (see include/nlohmann/detail/macro_unscope.hpp); the
+// tests of deprecated functions are skipped if these functions are deleted
+#if defined(JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS) && (JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS == 1)
+    #define JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
+#endif
+
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 using nlohmann::json;
 #ifdef JSON_TEST_NO_GLOBAL_UDLS
@@ -291,6 +299,7 @@ TEST_CASE("deserialization")
             }));
         }
 
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
         SECTION("operator<<")
         {
             std::stringstream ss;
@@ -299,6 +308,7 @@ TEST_CASE("deserialization")
             j << ss;
             CHECK(j == json({"foo", 1, 2, 3, false, {{"one", 1}}}));
         }
+#endif
 
         SECTION("operator>>")
         {
@@ -423,6 +433,7 @@ TEST_CASE("deserialization")
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(nullptr), "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error: attempting to parse an empty input; check that your input string or stream contains the expected JSON", json::parse_error&);
         }
 
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
         SECTION("operator<<")
         {
             std::stringstream ss;
@@ -430,6 +441,7 @@ TEST_CASE("deserialization")
             json j;
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j << ss, "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 29: syntax error while parsing array - unexpected end of input; expected ']'", json::parse_error&);
         }
+#endif
 
         SECTION("operator>>")
         {
@@ -1148,9 +1160,9 @@ TEST_CASE("deserialization")
         {
             std::istringstream s(bom + "123 456");
             json j;
-            j << s;
+            s >> j;
             CHECK(j == 123);
-            j << s;
+            s >> j;
             CHECK(j == 456);
         }
     }

tests/src/unit-element_access2.cpp

@@ -1551,6 +1551,10 @@ TEST_CASE_TEMPLATE("element access 2", Json, nlohmann::json, nlohmann::ordered_j
         // count(0) used to compile and then crash instead of failing to compile
         using nlohmann::detail::is_detected;
 
+        // MSVC 2015 does not treat selecting a deleted function in decltype as
+        // a substitution failure, so it detects the deleted overloads as
+        // callable; calling them still fails to compile
+#if !(defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1910)
         CHECK_FALSE(is_detected<can_call_find_with_0, Json&>::value);
         CHECK_FALSE(is_detected<can_call_find_with_0, const Json&>::value);
         CHECK_FALSE(is_detected<can_call_count_with_0, Json&>::value);
@@ -1562,6 +1566,7 @@ TEST_CASE_TEMPLATE("element access 2", Json, nlohmann::json, nlohmann::ordered_j
 
         // another integral literal type must be rejected as well, not just int
         CHECK_FALSE(is_detected<can_call_contains_with_0L, Json&>::value);
+#endif
 
         // the valid overloads must remain callable
         CHECK(is_detected<can_call_find, Json&, const char*>::value);

tests/src/unit-enum_keyed_maps.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+//     __ _____ _____ _____
+//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  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"
+
+// skip tests if JSON_DisableEnumSerialization=ON (#4384)
+#if defined(JSON_DISABLE_ENUM_SERIALIZATION) && (JSON_DISABLE_ENUM_SERIALIZATION == 1)
+    #define SKIP_TESTS_FOR_ENUM_SERIALIZATION
+#endif
+
+// This file tests the opt-in JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS, so it defines
+// the macro itself rather than relying on a -D flag, and runs in every build.
+// The default behavior is tested in unit-enum_keyed_maps_default.cpp.
+#ifdef JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+    #undef JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+#endif
+
+#define JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS 1
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+using nlohmann::json;
+using nlohmann::ordered_json;
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <functional>
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+#define STRINGIZE_EX(x) #x
+#define STRINGIZE(x) STRINGIZE_EX(x)
+
+// NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM uses a static std::pair
+DOCTEST_CLANG_SUPPRESS_WARNING_PUSH
+DOCTEST_CLANG_SUPPRESS_WARNING("-Wexit-time-destructors")
+
+namespace
+{
+// std::hash is only required for enums since C++14
+struct enum_hash
+{
+    template<typename T>
+    std::size_t operator()(T t) const noexcept
+    {
+        return static_cast<std::size_t>(t);
+    }
+};
+} // namespace
+
+// the example from #4378
+enum TaskState // NOLINT(cert-int09-c,readability-enum-initial-value,cppcoreguidelines-use-enum-class)
+{
+    TS_STOPPED,
+    TS_RUNNING,
+    TS_COMPLETED,
+    TS_INVALID = -1,
+};
+
+// NOLINTNEXTLINE(misc-const-correctness,misc-use-internal-linkage,cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays) - false positive
+NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM(TaskState,
+{
+    {TS_INVALID, nullptr},
+    {TS_STOPPED, "stopped"},
+    {TS_RUNNING, "running"},
+    {TS_COMPLETED, "completed"},
+})
+
+enum class color {red, green, blue}; // blue is not mapped and falls back to "red"
+
+// NOLINTNEXTLINE(misc-const-correctness,misc-use-internal-linkage,cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays) - false positive
+NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM(color,
+{
+    {color::red, "red"},
+    {color::green, "green"},
+})
+
+enum class strict_color {red, green, blue}; // blue is not mapped
+
+// NOLINTNEXTLINE(misc-const-correctness,misc-use-internal-linkage,cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays) - false positive
+NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM_STRICT(strict_color,
+{
+    {strict_color::red, "red"},
+    {strict_color::green, "green"},
+})
+
+enum class digit {zero, one};
+
+// NOLINTNEXTLINE(misc-const-correctness,misc-use-internal-linkage,cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays) - false positive
+NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM(digit,
+{
+    {digit::zero, 0},
+    {digit::one, 1},
+})
+
+#ifndef SKIP_TESTS_FOR_ENUM_SERIALIZATION
+enum class plain {zero, one}; // serialized as integer
+#endif
+
+TEST_CASE("JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS")
+{
+    SECTION("the macro is part of the ABI tag")
+    {
+        const std::string ns = STRINGIZE(NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE);
+        CHECK(ns.find("_ekmo") != std::string::npos);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("std::map (#4378)")
+    {
+        using task_map = std::map<TaskState, std::string>;
+        const task_map m = {{TS_STOPPED, "aa"}, {TS_COMPLETED, "bb"}};
+        const json j = m;
+        CHECK(j == json::parse(R"({"stopped":"aa","completed":"bb"})"));
+        CHECK(j.get<task_map>() == m);
+
+        json j2;
+        j2["x"] = m;
+        CHECK(j2.dump() == R"({"x":{"completed":"bb","stopped":"aa"}})");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("std::map with custom comparator")
+    {
+        using task_map = std::map<TaskState, int, std::greater<TaskState>>;
+        const task_map m = {{TS_STOPPED, 1}, {TS_RUNNING, 2}};
+        const json j = m;
+        CHECK(j == json::parse(R"({"stopped":1,"running":2})"));
+        CHECK(j.get<task_map>() == m);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("std::unordered_map")
+    {
+        using task_map = std::unordered_map<TaskState, int, enum_hash>;
+        const task_map m = {{TS_STOPPED, 1}, {TS_RUNNING, 2}};
+        const json j = m;
+        CHECK(j == json::parse(R"({"stopped":1,"running":2})"));
+        CHECK(j.get<task_map>() == m);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("nested maps")
+    {
+        using nested_map = std::map<color, std::map<TaskState, int>>;
+        const nested_map m = {{color::green, {{TS_RUNNING, 1}}}, {color::red, {}}};
+        const json j = m;
+        CHECK(j == json::parse(R"({"green":{"running":1},"red":{}})"));
+        CHECK(j.get<nested_map>() == m);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("ordered_json keeps the order of the map")
+    {
+        using task_map = std::map<TaskState, int>;
+        const task_map m = {{TS_STOPPED, 1}, {TS_RUNNING, 2}, {TS_COMPLETED, 3}};
+        const ordered_json j = m;
+        CHECK(j.dump() == R"({"stopped":1,"running":2,"completed":3})");
+        CHECK(j.get<task_map>() == m);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("empty map")
+    {
+        const json j = std::map<TaskState, int>();
+        CHECK(j.is_object());
+        CHECK(j.empty());
+    }
+
+    SECTION("NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM_STRICT")
+    {
+        using color_map = std::map<strict_color, int>;
+        const color_map m = {{strict_color::red, 1}, {strict_color::green, 2}};
+        const json j = m;
+        CHECK(j == json::parse(R"({"red":1,"green":2})"));
+        CHECK(j.get<color_map>() == m);
+
+        const color_map unmapped = {{strict_color::blue, 1}};
+        json _;
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = unmapped,
+                             "[json.exception.out_of_range.410] enum value out of range for strict_color", json::out_of_range&);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("arrays of [key, value] pairs are still read")
+    {
+        using task_map = std::map<TaskState, int>;
+        const task_map m = {{TS_STOPPED, 1}};
+        CHECK(json::parse(R"([["stopped",1]])").get<task_map>() == m);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("other containers are not affected")
+    {
+        const std::vector<std::pair<TaskState, int>> pairs = {{TS_STOPPED, 1}};
+        const std::map<std::string, TaskState> string_keys = {{"a", TS_STOPPED}};
+        const std::map<int, int> int_keys = {{1, 2}};
+        CHECK(json(pairs) == json::parse(R"([["stopped",1]])"));
+        CHECK(json(string_keys) == json::parse(R"({"a":"stopped"})"));
+        CHECK(json(int_keys) == json::parse("[[1,2]]"));
+    }
+
+    SECTION("maps with non-unique keys are still stored as arrays of pairs")
+    {
+        const std::multimap<TaskState, int> mm = {{TS_STOPPED, 1}, {TS_STOPPED, 2}};
+        const std::unordered_multimap<TaskState, int, enum_hash> umm = {{TS_RUNNING, 3}, {TS_RUNNING, 3}};
+        CHECK(json(mm) == json::parse(R"([["stopped",1],["stopped",2]])"));
+        CHECK(json(umm) == json::parse(R"([["running",3],["running",3]])"));
+    }
+
+    SECTION("keys that do not serialize to strings")
+    {
+        const std::map<TaskState, int> null_key = {{TS_INVALID, 1}};
+        const std::map<digit, int> number_key = {{digit::zero, 1}};
+        json j = "unchanged";
+
+        // mapped to null
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j = null_key,
+                             "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be string, but is null", json::type_error&);
+
+        // mapped to a number
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j = number_key,
+                             "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be string, but is number", json::type_error&);
+
+#ifndef SKIP_TESTS_FOR_ENUM_SERIALIZATION
+        // enum without NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM
+        const std::map<plain, int> plain_key = {{plain::zero, 1}};
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j = plain_key,
+                             "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be string, but is number", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+
+        CHECK(j == "unchanged");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("keys that serialize to the same string")
+    {
+        const std::map<color, int> m = {{color::red, 1}, {color::blue, 2}};
+        json j = "unchanged";
+
+        // color::blue is not mapped and falls back to "red"
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j = m,
+                             "[json.exception.type_error.318] duplicate object key 'red'", json::type_error&);
+
+        CHECK(j == "unchanged");
+    }
+}
+
+DOCTEST_CLANG_SUPPRESS_WARNING_POP

tests/src/unit-enum_keyed_maps_default.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+//     __ _____ _____ _____
+//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  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"
+
+// This file tests maps with enum keys with the default setting of
+// JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS (or whatever a -D flag sets it to).
+// unit-enum_keyed_maps.cpp tests JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS=1.
+// These tests are not part of unit-conversions.cpp, because that object file
+// is already too big for the MinGW linker of some compilers.
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+using nlohmann::json;
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <functional>
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+// NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM uses a static std::pair
+DOCTEST_CLANG_SUPPRESS_WARNING_PUSH
+DOCTEST_CLANG_SUPPRESS_WARNING("-Wexit-time-destructors")
+
+enum class cards {kreuz, pik, herz, karo};
+
+// NOLINTNEXTLINE(misc-use-internal-linkage,misc-const-correctness,cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays) - false positive
+NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM(cards,
+{
+    {cards::kreuz, "kreuz"},
+    {cards::pik, "pik"},
+    {cards::herz, "herz"},
+    {cards::karo, "karo"}
+})
+
+enum TaskState // NOLINT(cert-int09-c,readability-enum-initial-value,cppcoreguidelines-use-enum-class)
+{
+    TS_STOPPED,
+    TS_RUNNING,
+    TS_COMPLETED,
+    TS_INVALID = -1,
+};
+
+// NOLINTNEXTLINE(misc-const-correctness,misc-use-internal-linkage,cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays) - false positive
+NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM(TaskState,
+{
+    {TS_INVALID, nullptr},
+    {TS_STOPPED, "stopped"},
+    {TS_RUNNING, "running"},
+    {TS_COMPLETED, "completed"},
+})
+
+enum class strict_cards {kreuz, pik, herz, karo, andere}; // andere not included in mapping
+
+// NOLINTNEXTLINE(misc-use-internal-linkage,misc-const-correctness,cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays) - false positive
+NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM_STRICT(strict_cards,
+{
+    {strict_cards::kreuz, "kreuz"},
+    {strict_cards::pik, "pik"},
+    {strict_cards::herz, "herz"},
+    {strict_cards::karo, "karo"}
+})
+
+namespace
+{
+// std::hash is only required for enums since C++14
+struct enum_hash
+{
+    template<typename T>
+    std::size_t operator()(T t) const noexcept
+    {
+        return static_cast<std::size_t>(t);
+    }
+};
+} // namespace
+
+// see unit-enum_keyed_maps.cpp for JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS=1
+TEST_CASE("maps with enum keys")
+{
+    using task_map = std::map<TaskState, std::string>;
+    using task_umap = std::unordered_map<TaskState, std::string, enum_hash>;
+    using task_gmap = std::map<TaskState, std::string, std::greater<TaskState>>;
+    using nested_map = std::map<cards, std::map<TaskState, int>>;
+    using strict_map = std::map<strict_cards, int>;
+    using int_map = std::map<int, int>;
+    using int_umap = std::unordered_map<int, int>;
+
+    const task_map m = {{TS_STOPPED, "aa"}, {TS_COMPLETED, "bb"}};
+
+#if !JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
+    SECTION("stored as array of pairs")
+    {
+        CHECK(json(m) == json::parse(R"([["stopped","aa"],["completed","bb"]])"));
+        CHECK(json(task_umap {{TS_RUNNING, "cc"}}) == json::parse(R"([["running","cc"]])"));
+    }
+#endif
+
+    SECTION("read from array of pairs")
+    {
+        CHECK(json::parse(R"([["stopped","aa"],["completed","bb"]])").get<task_map>() == m);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("read from object (#4378)")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"stopped":"aa","completed":"bb"})");
+        CHECK(j.get<task_map>() == m);
+        CHECK(j.get<task_umap>() == task_umap(m.begin(), m.end()));
+        CHECK(j.get<task_gmap>() == task_gmap(m.begin(), m.end()));
+        CHECK(json::parse(R"({"kreuz":{"stopped":1}})").get<nested_map>() == nested_map {{cards::kreuz, {{TS_STOPPED, 1}}}});
+        CHECK(nlohmann::ordered_json::parse(R"({"stopped":"aa","completed":"bb"})").get<task_map>() == m);
+
+        // object keys go through the enum's from_json
+        strict_map sm;
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::parse(R"({"what?":1})").get_to(sm),
+                             "[json.exception.out_of_range.410] enum value out of range for strict_cards: \"what?\"", json::out_of_range&);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("objects are only read for enum keys")
+    {
+        // built rather than parsed, so that the messages do not gain a byte
+        // range with JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+        const json j = {{"1", 2}};
+        int_map im;
+        int_umap ium;
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j.get_to(im),
+                             "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be array, but is object", json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j.get_to(ium),
+                             "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be array, but is object", json::type_error&);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("other types are rejected")
+    {
+        task_map tm;
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json("stopped").get_to(tm),
+                             "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be array, but is string", json::type_error&);
+    }
+}
+
+DOCTEST_CLANG_SUPPRESS_WARNING_POP

tests/src/unit-items.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 
 #include "doctest_compatibility.h"
 
+// capture whether JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS was enabled on the command
+// line *before* including json.hpp, since the library #undefs it once the header
+// has been fully processed (see include/nlohmann/detail/macro_unscope.hpp); the
+// tests of deprecated functions are skipped if these functions are deleted
+#if defined(JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS) && (JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS == 1)
+    #define JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
+#endif
+
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 using nlohmann::json;
 
@@ -19,6 +27,7 @@ DOCTEST_GCC_SUPPRESS_WARNING_PUSH
 DOCTEST_CLANG_SUPPRESS_WARNING_PUSH
 DOCTEST_CLANG_SUPPRESS_WARNING("-Wrange-loop-construct")
 
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
 TEST_CASE("iterator_wrapper")
 {
     SECTION("object")
@@ -715,6 +724,7 @@ TEST_CASE("iterator_wrapper")
         }
     }
 }
+#endif
 
 TEST_CASE("items()")
 {

tests/src/unit-json_pointer.cpp

@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 #include "doctest_compatibility.h"
 
 #define JSON_TESTS_PRIVATE
+// capture whether JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS was enabled on the command
+// line *before* including json.hpp, since the library #undefs it once the header
+// has been fully processed (see include/nlohmann/detail/macro_unscope.hpp); the
+// tests of deprecated functions are skipped if these functions are deleted
+#if defined(JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS) && (JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS == 1)
+    #define JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
+#endif
+
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 using nlohmann::json;
 #ifdef JSON_TEST_NO_GLOBAL_UDLS
@@ -564,7 +572,9 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON pointers")
             std::stringstream ss;
             ss << ptr;
             CHECK(ptr.to_string() == ptr_str);
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
             CHECK(std::string(ptr) == ptr_str);
+#endif
             CHECK(ss.str() == ptr_str);
         }
     }
@@ -744,8 +754,6 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON pointers")
 
     SECTION("equality comparison")
     {
-        const char* ptr_cpstring = "/foo/bar";
-        const char ptr_castring[] = "/foo/bar"; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays,cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays)
         std::string ptr_string{"/foo/bar"};
         auto ptr1 = json::json_pointer(ptr_string);
         auto ptr2 = json::json_pointer(ptr_string);
@@ -755,6 +763,12 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON pointers")
 
         CHECK(ptr1 == ptr2);
 
+        CHECK_FALSE(ptr1 != ptr2);
+
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
+        const char* ptr_cpstring = "/foo/bar";
+        const char ptr_castring[] = "/foo/bar"; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays,cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays)
+
         CHECK(ptr1 == "/foo/bar");
         CHECK(ptr1 == ptr_cpstring);
         CHECK(ptr1 == ptr_castring);
@@ -765,8 +779,6 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON pointers")
         CHECK(ptr_castring == ptr1);
         CHECK(ptr_string == ptr1);
 
-        CHECK_FALSE(ptr1 != ptr2);
-
         CHECK_FALSE(ptr1 != "/foo/bar");
         CHECK_FALSE(ptr1 != ptr_cpstring);
         CHECK_FALSE(ptr1 != ptr_castring);
@@ -788,6 +800,7 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON pointers")
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS("/~~" == ptr1,
                                  "[json.exception.parse_error.108] parse error: escape character '~' must be followed with '0' or '1'", json::parse_error&);
         }
+#endif
     }
 
     SECTION("less-than comparison")
@@ -839,6 +852,7 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON pointers")
         json_ptr_j ptr_j{ptr_string};
         json_ptr_oj ptr_oj{ptr_string};
 
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
         CHECK(j.contains(ptr));
         CHECK(j.contains(ptr_j));
         CHECK(j.contains(ptr_oj));
@@ -851,6 +865,7 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON pointers")
 
         CHECK(j.value(ptr, "x") == j.value(ptr_j, "x"));
         CHECK(j.value(ptr, "x") == j.value(ptr_oj, "x"));
+#endif
 
         CHECK(ptr == ptr_j);
         CHECK(ptr == ptr_oj);

tests/src/unit-msgpack.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 
 #include "doctest_compatibility.h"
 
+// capture whether JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS was enabled on the command
+// line *before* including json.hpp, since the library #undefs it once the header
+// has been fully processed (see include/nlohmann/detail/macro_unscope.hpp); the
+// tests of deprecated functions are skipped if these functions are deleted
+#if defined(JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS) && (JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS == 1)
+    #define JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
+#endif
+
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 using nlohmann::json;
 #ifdef JSON_TEST_NO_GLOBAL_UDLS
@@ -33,10 +41,49 @@ TEST_CASE("MessagePack")
     {
         SECTION("discarded")
         {
-            // discarded values are not serialized
+            // a discarded value cannot be serialized to MessagePack
             json const j = json::value_t::discarded;
-            const auto result = json::to_msgpack(j);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_msgpack(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to MessagePack", json::type_error&);
-            CHECK(result.empty());
+        }
+
+        SECTION("discarded values nested in a container")
+        {
+            json const discarded = json::value_t::discarded;
+
+            SECTION("in an array")
+            {
+                json const j = {1, discarded, 2};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_msgpack(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/1) cannot serialize discarded value to MessagePack", json::type_error&);
+#else
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_msgpack(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to MessagePack", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+            }
+
+            SECTION("as an object value")
+            {
+                json j;
+                j["a"] = 1;
+                j["b"] = discarded;
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_msgpack(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/b) cannot serialize discarded value to MessagePack", json::type_error&);
+#else
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_msgpack(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to MessagePack", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+            }
+
+            SECTION("nested deeper (array in object in array)")
+            {
+                json inner_array = {1, discarded};
+                json middle_object;
+                middle_object["x"] = inner_array;
+                json const j = {middle_object};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_msgpack(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/0/x/1) cannot serialize discarded value to MessagePack", json::type_error&);
+#else
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_msgpack(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to MessagePack", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+            }
         }
 
         SECTION("null")
@@ -1795,8 +1842,10 @@ TEST_CASE("MessagePack input that cannot be read is discarded by every overload"
     CHECK_THROWS_AS(_ = json::from_msgpack(input.begin(), input.end()), json::parse_error&);
     CHECK(json::from_msgpack(input, true, false).is_discarded());
     CHECK(json::from_msgpack(input.begin(), input.end(), true, false).is_discarded());
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
     CHECK(json::from_msgpack(input.data(), input.size(), true, false).is_discarded());
     CHECK(json::from_msgpack({input.data(), input.size()}, true, false).is_discarded());
+#endif
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("MessagePack SAX parsing stops at every event")
@@ -2099,12 +2148,14 @@ TEST_CASE("MessagePack roundtrips" * doctest::skip())
                 CHECK(j1 == j2);
             }
 
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
             {
                 INFO_WITH_TEMP(filename + ": uint8_t* and size");
                 json j2;
                 CHECK_NOTHROW(j2 = json::from_msgpack({packed.data(), packed.size()}));
                 CHECK(j1 == j2);
             }
+#endif
 
             {
                 INFO_WITH_TEMP(filename + ": output to output adapters");

tests/src/unit-regression2.cpp

@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ using ordered_json = nlohmann::ordered_json;
 #endif
 
 #include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <list>
+#include <new>
 #include <tuple>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <utility>
@@ -107,6 +109,84 @@ DOCTEST_CLANG_SUPPRESS_WARNING("-Wexit-time-destructors")
 
 using float_json = nlohmann::basic_json<std::map, std::vector, std::string, bool, std::int64_t, std::uint64_t, float>;
 
+#if (defined(__cpp_exceptions) || defined(__EXCEPTIONS) || defined(_CPPUNWIND)) && !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
+namespace
+{
+// An allocator whose allocate() can be told to fail on demand, so tests can
+// check that ~basic_json() tolerates - in fact, after #5135, never even
+// triggers - an allocation failure. This replaces an earlier version of
+// this test that overrode the process-wide ::operator new/::operator
+// delete, which affected every allocation in the whole unit-regression2
+// binary rather than just the values under test.
+std::size_t failing_allocator_allocations = 0;
+std::size_t failing_allocator_deallocations = 0;
+bool fail_next_allocation = false;
+
+template<class T>
+struct failing_allocator : std::allocator<T>
+{
+    using std::allocator<T>::allocator;
+
+    failing_allocator() noexcept = default;
+    template<class U>
+    failing_allocator(const failing_allocator<U>& /*unused*/) noexcept {} // NOLINT(google-explicit-constructor)
+
+    T* allocate(std::size_t n)
+    {
+        if (fail_next_allocation)
+        {
+            fail_next_allocation = false;
+            throw std::bad_alloc();
+        }
+        ++failing_allocator_allocations;
+        return std::allocator<T>::allocate(n);
+    }
+
+    void deallocate(T* p, std::size_t n)
+    {
+        ++failing_allocator_deallocations;
+        std::allocator<T>::deallocate(p, n);
+    }
+
+    template<class U>
+    struct rebind
+    {
+        using other = failing_allocator<U>;
+    };
+};
+
+using failing_json = nlohmann::basic_json<std::map, std::vector, std::string, bool,
+      std::int64_t, std::uint64_t, double, failing_allocator>;
+using failing_ordered_json = nlohmann::basic_json<nlohmann::ordered_map, std::vector, std::string, bool,
+      std::int64_t, std::uint64_t, double, failing_allocator>;
+
+// builds `depth` levels of nesting around a scalar, iteratively (never
+// recursing: each wrap only moves the previous, already-built value, which
+// is O(1)), each level an array or an object depending on `nest_objects`
+template<class BasicJsonType>
+BasicJsonType make_deep_nest(std::size_t depth, bool nest_objects)
+{
+    BasicJsonType v = 0;
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < depth; ++i)
+    {
+        if (nest_objects)
+        {
+            BasicJsonType wrapper = BasicJsonType::object();
+            wrapper["x"] = std::move(v);
+            v = std::move(wrapper);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            BasicJsonType wrapper = BasicJsonType::array();
+            wrapper.push_back(std::move(v));
+            v = std::move(wrapper);
+        }
+    }
+    return v;
+}
+} // namespace
+#endif
+
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // for #1647
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -569,7 +649,7 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests 2")
     SECTION("issue #2067 - cannot serialize binary data to text JSON")
     {
         const std::array<unsigned char, 23> data = {{0x81, 0xA4, 0x64, 0x61, 0x74, 0x61, 0xC4, 0x0F, 0x33, 0x30, 0x30, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34, 0x30, 0x31, 0x30, 0x37, 0x30, 0x35, 0x30, 0x31, 0x30}};
-        const json j = json::from_msgpack(data.data(), data.size());
+        const json j = json::from_msgpack(data.begin(), data.end());
         // dump() is nodiscard; this only checks that dumping does not throw
         CHECK_NOTHROW(
             utils::ignore_return_value(
@@ -940,4 +1020,211 @@ TEST_CASE("regression test - excessive binary container size honors allow_except
     CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<std::uint8_t> {0x9b, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0x02}, true, false).is_discarded());
 }
 
+#if (defined(__cpp_exceptions) || defined(__EXCEPTIONS) || defined(_CPPUNWIND)) && !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
+TEST_CASE("regression test #5135 - destructor never allocates, even under memory pressure")
+{
+    // Before the fix, ~basic_json() flattened a nested array/object into a
+    // heap-allocated std::vector to avoid recursing; that allocation could
+    // itself throw bad_alloc, which escapes a noexcept destructor and
+    // terminates the program. destroy() no longer allocates anything, so
+    // none of the sections below ever observe fail_next_allocation being
+    // consumed: CHECK(fail_next_allocation) confirms it was never touched.
+
+    SECTION("the original report: a small, mixed array/object nest")
+    {
+        failing_allocator_allocations = 0;
+        failing_allocator_deallocations = 0;
+        {
+            failing_json j = failing_json::array(
+            {
+                failing_json::array({1, 2}),
+                failing_json::object({{"key", failing_json::array({3})}})
+            });
+            fail_next_allocation = true;
+        } // j is destroyed here, with every further allocation set to fail
+
+        CHECK(fail_next_allocation);
+        fail_next_allocation = false;
+        CHECK(failing_allocator_deallocations > 0);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("100000-deep nested array")
+    {
+        std::size_t allocations_before = 0;
+        {
+            failing_json j = make_deep_nest<failing_json>(100000, false);
+            allocations_before = failing_allocator_allocations;
+            fail_next_allocation = true;
+        }
+
+        CHECK(fail_next_allocation);
+        fail_next_allocation = false;
+        CHECK(failing_allocator_allocations == allocations_before);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("100000-deep nested object")
+    {
+        std::size_t allocations_before = 0;
+        {
+            failing_json j = make_deep_nest<failing_json>(100000, true);
+            allocations_before = failing_allocator_allocations;
+            fail_next_allocation = true;
+        }
+
+        CHECK(fail_next_allocation);
+        fail_next_allocation = false;
+        CHECK(failing_allocator_allocations == allocations_before);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("100000-deep nested ordered_json")
+    {
+        std::size_t allocations_before = 0;
+        {
+            failing_ordered_json j = make_deep_nest<failing_ordered_json>(100000, true);
+            allocations_before = failing_allocator_allocations;
+            fail_next_allocation = true;
+        }
+
+        CHECK(fail_next_allocation);
+        fail_next_allocation = false;
+        CHECK(failing_allocator_allocations == allocations_before);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("wide and deep: 1000 arrays of 1000 elements, each a small nested object")
+    {
+        std::size_t allocations_before = 0;
+        {
+            failing_json wide = failing_json::array();
+            for (std::size_t i = 0; i < 1000; ++i)
+            {
+                failing_json inner = failing_json::array();
+                for (std::size_t k = 0; k < 1000; ++k)
+                {
+                    inner.push_back(failing_json::object({{"a", 1}, {"b", failing_json::array({1, 2, 3})}}));
+                }
+                wide.push_back(std::move(inner));
+            }
+
+            allocations_before = failing_allocator_allocations;
+            fail_next_allocation = true;
+        }
+
+        CHECK(fail_next_allocation);
+        fail_next_allocation = false;
+        CHECK(failing_allocator_allocations == allocations_before);
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+namespace
+{
+// a single-element chain of `depth` arrays, built iteratively (never
+// recursing: each wrap only moves the previous, already-built value)
+template<class BasicJsonType>
+BasicJsonType make_single_chain(std::size_t depth)
+{
+    BasicJsonType v = 1;
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < depth; ++i)
+    {
+        BasicJsonType wrapper = BasicJsonType::array();
+        wrapper.push_back(std::move(v));
+        v = std::move(wrapper);
+    }
+    return v;
+}
+
+// copies value first, to make sure nothing was corrupted by building it,
+// then lets both the copy and the original destruct via normal scope exit
+template<class BasicJsonType>
+void check_destroy_edge_case(const BasicJsonType& value)
+{
+    const BasicJsonType copy = value;
+    CHECK(copy == value);
+}
+} // namespace
+
+TEST_CASE_TEMPLATE("regression test #5135 - destroy() edge cases", BasicJsonType, json, ordered_json)
+{
+    using binary_t = typename BasicJsonType::binary_t;
+
+    SECTION("mix of empty objects, empty arrays, non-empty containers, and scalars")
+    {
+        BasicJsonType root = BasicJsonType::array();
+        root.push_back(BasicJsonType::object());
+        root.push_back(BasicJsonType::array());
+        root.push_back(BasicJsonType::object({{"k", 1}}));
+        root.push_back(BasicJsonType::array({1, 2, 3}));
+        root.push_back(nullptr);
+        root.push_back(true);
+        root.push_back(42);
+        root.push_back(3.14);
+        root.push_back("a string");
+        root.push_back(BasicJsonType(binary_t({1, 2, 3})));
+        check_destroy_edge_case(root);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("container child in first position only")
+    {
+        BasicJsonType root = BasicJsonType::array({BasicJsonType::array({1, 2}), 3, 4, 5});
+        check_destroy_edge_case(root);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("container child in last position only")
+    {
+        BasicJsonType root = BasicJsonType::array({1, 2, 3, BasicJsonType::array({4, 5})});
+        check_destroy_edge_case(root);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("container children in first and last position")
+    {
+        BasicJsonType root = BasicJsonType::array({BasicJsonType::array({1}), 2, 3, BasicJsonType::array({4})});
+        check_destroy_edge_case(root);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("single-element chain, 1000 levels deep")
+    {
+        BasicJsonType root = make_single_chain<BasicJsonType>(1000);
+        check_destroy_edge_case(root);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("top-level empty array")
+    {
+        BasicJsonType root = BasicJsonType::array();
+        check_destroy_edge_case(root);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("top-level empty object")
+    {
+        BasicJsonType root = BasicJsonType::object();
+        check_destroy_edge_case(root);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("object whose last child is a non-empty array whose last child is an empty object")
+    {
+        BasicJsonType inner_array = BasicJsonType::array({1, 2, BasicJsonType::object()});
+        BasicJsonType root = BasicJsonType::object({{"a", 1}, {"b", inner_array}});
+        check_destroy_edge_case(root);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("destruction via erase() on a deeply nested child")
+    {
+        BasicJsonType root = BasicJsonType::array();
+        root.push_back(make_single_chain<BasicJsonType>(500));
+        root.push_back(BasicJsonType::object({{"k", BasicJsonType::array({1, 2, 3})}}));
+        // erase() must destroy the removed subtree without recursing or
+        // allocating beyond what erase() itself needs
+        root.erase(0);
+        CAPTURE(root.size())
+        CHECK(root.size() == 1);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("destruction via assignment on a deep tree")
+    {
+        BasicJsonType root = make_single_chain<BasicJsonType>(2000);
+        // assigning a new value destroys the old one in place
+        root = nullptr;
+        CHECK(root.is_null());
+    }
+}
+
 DOCTEST_CLANG_SUPPRESS_WARNING_POP

tests/src/unit-regression3.cpp

@@ -920,4 +920,12 @@ TEST_CASE("regression test #5476 - array type without reserve()")
     }
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("issue #5317 - nested indefinite-length CBOR string chunks are rejected")
+{
+    json _;
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<std::uint8_t>({0x7F, 0x7F, 0x61, 0x61, 0xFF, 0xFF})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: indefinite-length string is not allowed inside indefinite-length string; last byte: 0x7F", json::parse_error&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<std::uint8_t>({0x5F, 0x5F, 0x41, 0x61, 0xFF, 0xFF})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR binary: indefinite-length binary array is not allowed inside indefinite-length binary array; last byte: 0x5F", json::parse_error&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<std::uint8_t>({0xA1, 0x7F, 0x7F, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: indefinite-length string is not allowed inside indefinite-length string; last byte: 0x7F", json::parse_error&);
+}
+
 DOCTEST_CLANG_SUPPRESS_WARNING_POP

tests/src/unit-serialization.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 
 #include "doctest_compatibility.h"
 
+// capture whether JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS was enabled on the command
+// line *before* including json.hpp, since the library #undefs it once the header
+// has been fully processed (see include/nlohmann/detail/macro_unscope.hpp); the
+// tests of deprecated functions are skipped if these functions are deleted
+#if defined(JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS) && (JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS == 1)
+    #define JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
+#endif
+
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 using nlohmann::json;
 
@@ -48,6 +56,7 @@ TEST_CASE("serialization")
         }
     }
 
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
     SECTION("operator>>")
     {
         SECTION("no given width")
@@ -79,6 +88,7 @@ TEST_CASE("serialization")
                   "[\n\t\"foo\",\n\t1,\n\t2,\n\t3,\n\tfalse,\n\t{\n\t\t\"one\": 1\n\t}\n]");
         }
     }
+#endif
 
     SECTION("dump")
     {

tests/src/unit-ubjson.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 
 #include "doctest_compatibility.h"
 
+// capture whether JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS was enabled on the command
+// line *before* including json.hpp, since the library #undefs it once the header
+// has been fully processed (see include/nlohmann/detail/macro_unscope.hpp); the
+// tests of deprecated functions are skipped if these functions are deleted
+#if defined(JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS) && (JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS == 1)
+    #define JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
+#endif
+
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 using nlohmann::json;
 
@@ -27,10 +35,59 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON")
     {
         SECTION("discarded")
         {
-            // discarded values are not serialized
+            // a discarded value cannot be serialized to UBJSON
             json const j = json::value_t::discarded;
-            const auto result = json::to_ubjson(j);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to UBJSON", json::type_error&);
-            CHECK(result.empty());
+        }
+
+        SECTION("discarded values nested in a container")
+        {
+            json const discarded = json::value_t::discarded;
+
+            SECTION("in an array")
+            {
+                json const j = {1, discarded, 2};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/1) cannot serialize discarded value to UBJSON", json::type_error&);
+#else
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to UBJSON", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+            }
+
+            SECTION("as an object value")
+            {
+                json j;
+                j["a"] = 1;
+                j["b"] = discarded;
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/b) cannot serialize discarded value to UBJSON", json::type_error&);
+#else
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to UBJSON", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+            }
+
+            SECTION("nested deeper (array in object in array)")
+            {
+                json inner_array = {1, discarded};
+                json middle_object;
+                middle_object["x"] = inner_array;
+                json const j = {middle_object};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/0/x/1) cannot serialize discarded value to UBJSON", json::type_error&);
+#else
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to UBJSON", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+            }
+
+            SECTION("optimized array of all-discarded elements")
+            {
+                json const j = {discarded, discarded};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(j, true, true), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/0) cannot serialize discarded value to UBJSON", json::type_error&);
+#else
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(j, true, true), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to UBJSON", json::type_error&);
+#endif
+            }
         }
 
         SECTION("null")
@@ -2091,9 +2148,14 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON")
 
         SECTION("discarded")
         {
+            // a discarded value cannot be serialized to UBJSON, even as part
+            // of an optimized array of a single (here: valueless) type
             json const j = {json::value_t::discarded, json::value_t::discarded};
-            std::vector<uint8_t> expected = {'[', '$', 'N', '#', 'i', 2};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
-            CHECK(json::to_ubjson(j, true, true) == expected);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(j, true, true), "[json.exception.type_error.321] (/0) cannot serialize discarded value to UBJSON", json::type_error&);
+#else
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(j, true, true), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to UBJSON", json::type_error&);
+#endif
         }
     }
 }
@@ -2212,8 +2274,10 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON input that cannot be read is discarded by every overload")
     CHECK_THROWS_AS(_ = json::from_ubjson(input.begin(), input.end()), json::parse_error&);
     CHECK(json::from_ubjson(input, true, false).is_discarded());
     CHECK(json::from_ubjson(input.begin(), input.end(), true, false).is_discarded());
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
     CHECK(json::from_ubjson(input.data(), input.size(), true, false).is_discarded());
     CHECK(json::from_ubjson({input.data(), input.size()}, true, false).is_discarded());
+#endif
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("UBJSON SAX parsing stops at every event")
@@ -2961,12 +3025,14 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON roundtrips" * doctest::skip())
                 CHECK(j1 == j2);
             }
 
+#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
             {
                 INFO_WITH_TEMP(filename + ": uint8_t* and size");
                 json j2;
                 CHECK_NOTHROW(j2 = json::from_ubjson({packed.data(), packed.size()}));
                 CHECK(j1 == j2);
             }
+#endif
 
             {
                 INFO_WITH_TEMP(filename + ": output to output adapters");