Grow the json_view dump's output in steps and compare raw-number dumps

- The output string reserves the size estimate (the source extent) and grows in steps of 64 KiB within it, instead of being resized to the estimate at once: resize() zero-fills, and for a pretty-printed source the estimate is far larger than the compact output. citm_catalog dump: 342 -> 283 us on x86-64, 144 -> 134 us on Apple M1. - bench_corpus compares the dump with source numbers with yyjson writing numbers read as raw text (YYJSON_READ_NUMBER_AS_RAW); both write the same bytes. Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
Scan strings vector-first on x86-64 and avoid a stall when nesting
2026-10-06 14:40:32 +00:00 · 2026-10-06 08:41:16 +02:00 · 2026-10-06 07:22:15 +02:00 · 2026-10-05 22:28:58 +02:00 · 2026-10-05 20:25:36 +02:00 · 2026-10-05 20:16:24 +02:00
110 changed files with 7081 additions and 11857 deletions
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ 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
@@ -37,13 +34,7 @@ environment:
      configuration: Release
      platform: x86
      CXX_FLAGS: "/permissive- /std:c++17 /utf-8 /W4 /WX"
-      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"
+      CMAKE_OPTIONS: ""
      GENERATOR: Visual Studio 15 2017

    - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2019
@@ -64,13 +55,7 @@ environment:
      configuration: Release
      platform: x64
      CXX_FLAGS: "/permissive- /std:c++17 /Zc:__cplusplus /utf-8 /W4 /WX"
-      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"
+      CMAKE_OPTIONS: ""
      GENERATOR: Visual Studio 15 2017

 init:
@@ -81,7 +66,7 @@ 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
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ labels:
    - "include/nlohmann/detail/view/.*"
    - "single_include/nlohmann/json_view\\.hpp"
    - "tests/src/unit-json_view.*"
-    - "tests/src/fuzzer-parse_json_view\\.cpp"
+    - "tests/src/fuzzer-(parse_json_view|json_view_image)\\.cpp"
+    - "tests/benchmarks/json_view/.*"
    - "tools/amalgamate/config_json_view\\.json"
    - "docs/mkdocs/docs/features/json_view\\.md"
    - "docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_(document|view)/.*"
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+name: "json_view benchmarks"
+
+# On demand only: runs the comparison of json_view with yyjson, simdjson, and
+# Boost.JSON (tests/benchmarks/json_view/compare.py) on GitHub-hosted runners,
+# for numbers from x86-64 and AArch64 Linux. It runs when started by hand, or
+# when a pull request gets the label "benchmark" (on both architectures, with
+# GCC and the default settings). Shared runners are noisy: the results show
+# where json_view stands, but published numbers need a quiet machine (see
+# tests/benchmarks/json_view/README.md).
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [labeled]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      runner:
+        description: "Runner image"
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - ubuntu-24.04
+          - ubuntu-24.04-arm
+        default: ubuntu-24.04
+      compiler:
+        description: "Compiler"
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - g++
+          - clang++
+        default: g++
+      native:
+        description: "Compile for the runner's CPU (-march=native)"
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      rounds:
+        description: "Rounds of bench_view"
+        type: number
+        default: 30
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  compare:
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event.label.name == 'benchmark'
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        runner: ${{ fromJSON(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && format('["{0}"]', inputs.runner) || '["ubuntu-24.04", "ubuntu-24.04-arm"]') }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Harden Runner
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@e14015d583714f6e62063499dc959a02595150a1 # v2.21.1
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Download test data
+        run: |
+          cmake -S . -B build -DJSON_BuildTests=On
+          cmake --build build --target download_test_data
+
+      - name: Run the comparison
+        env:
+          CXX: ${{ inputs.compiler || 'g++' }}
+          CC: ${{ inputs.compiler == 'clang++' && 'clang' || 'gcc' }}
+          ROUNDS: ${{ inputs.rounds || 30 }}
+          NATIVE: ${{ inputs.native && '--native' || '' }}
+        run: python3 tests/benchmarks/json_view/compare.py --data build/test_files --download --rounds "$ROUNDS" $NATIVE
+
+      - name: Summary
+        run: cat tests/benchmarks/json_view/results/*.md >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: json_view-benchmarks-${{ matrix.runner }}-${{ inputs.compiler || 'g++' }}
+          path: tests/benchmarks/json_view/results/
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ permissions:
  contents: read

 jobs:
-  macos-15:
-    runs-on: macos-15 # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/macos/macos-15-Readme.md
+  macos-14:
+    runs-on: macos-14 # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/macos/macos-14-Readme.md
    strategy:
      matrix:
-        xcode: ['16.0', '16.1', '16.2', '16.3', '16.4', '26.0.1', '26.1.1', '26.2', '26.3']
+        xcode: ['15.0.1', '15.1', '15.2', '15.3', '15.4']
    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-26:
-    runs-on: macos-26 # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/macos/macos-26-arm64-Readme.md
+  macos-15:
+    runs-on: macos-15 # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/macos/macos-15-Readme.md
    strategy:
      matrix:
-        xcode: ['26.4.1', '26.5', '26.6']
+        xcode: ['16.0', '16.1', '16.2', '16.3', '16.4', '26.0.1']
    env:
      DEVELOPER_DIR: /Applications/Xcode_${{ matrix.xcode }}.app/Contents/Developer

@@ -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_delete_deprecated_functions, 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_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', '16', 'latest']
+        compiler: ['7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12', '13', '14', '15', 'latest']
    container: gcc:${{ matrix.compiler }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ cc_library(
        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/edit.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/edit_storage.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/errors.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/image.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/input.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/iterator.hpp",
        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/lookup.hpp",
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ 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)
@@ -124,10 +123,6 @@ 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()
@@ -164,7 +159,6 @@ 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(
@@ -249,20 +249,6 @@ 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.
 ###############################################################################
@@ -376,7 +362,7 @@ 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 -fsanitize-ignorelist=${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/clang_sanitizer_ignorelist.txt")
+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")

 add_custom_target(ci_test_clang_sanitizer
    COMMAND CXX=${CLANG_TOOL} CXXFLAGS=${CLANG_CXX_FLAGS_SANITIZER} ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
@@ -722,7 +708,7 @@ 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_DeleteDeprecatedFunctions)
+    JSON_StrictNulHandling JSON_StrictBinaryUTF8)
 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})

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# 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
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::accept',
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::erase', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/erase/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::insert', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/insert/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::is_discarded', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/is_discarded/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::load', 'Function', 'api/basic_json_document/load/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::memory_usage', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/memory_usage/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::node_count', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/node_count/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::owns_source', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/owns_source/index.html');
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::parse_co
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::push_back', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/push_back/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::read', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/read/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::root', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/root/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::save', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/save/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::set', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/set/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::shrink_to_fit', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/shrink_to_fit/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json_document::source', 'Method', 'api/basic_json_document/source/index.html');
@@ -289,7 +291,6 @@ 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');
@@ -320,7 +321,6 @@ 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');
@@ -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 always yields `#!cpp true`:
+For two JSON values `source` and `target`, the following code yields always `#!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: `source` and `target` are never modified.
+Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON value.

 ## Complexity

@@ -120,12 +120,3 @@ 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.
@@ -106,12 +106,3 @@ 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.
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ 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.
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ 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 (from JSON text or any of the binary
-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).
+range will yield over/underflow when used in a constructor. During deserialization, 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
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@ 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 (from JSON text or any of the binary formats), too large or small
-integer numbers will automatically be stored as [`number_integer_t`](number_integer_t.md) or
-[`number_float_t`](number_float_t.md).
+when used in a constructor. During deserialization, too large or small 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
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ 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

@@ -121,6 +119,4 @@ 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`.
- 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.
+  [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled) throws `type_error.316`.
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ 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

@@ -113,8 +110,6 @@ 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
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ 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

@@ -88,5 +86,3 @@ 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.
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ 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

@@ -110,5 +108,3 @@ 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.
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ 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

@@ -114,5 +112,3 @@ 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.
@@ -52,10 +52,16 @@ bookkeeping edits need, and calling any of them on one fails to compile (`#!cpp
 ## Member functions

 - [(constructor)](basic_json_document.md)
+
+### Parsing
+
 - [**parse**](parse.md) (_static_) - deserialize from a compatible input, borrowing or owning it as appropriate
 - [**parse_copy**](parse_copy.md) (_static_) - deserialize a copy of a compatible input
 - [**accept**](accept.md) (_static_) - check whether the input is valid JSON
 - [**read**](read.md) - (re-)parse into this document, reusing its memory
+
+### Access
+
 - [**root**](root.md) - the view of the root value
 - [**is_discarded**](is_discarded.md) - return whether the last parse failed
 - [**source**](source.md) - the parsed text
@@ -63,6 +69,14 @@ bookkeeping edits need, and calling any of them on one fails to compile (`#!cpp
 - [**node_count**](node_count.md) - the number of index entries (values plus object keys)
 - [**memory_usage**](memory_usage.md) - the number of bytes held by the document
 - [**shrink_to_fit**](shrink_to_fit.md) - release unused index capacity
+
+### Images
+
+- [**save**](save.md) - the document as an image that `load()` reads without parsing
+- [**load**](load.md) (_static_) - read an image written by `save()`
+
+### Edits
+
 - [**set**](set.md) - replace a value, or set an object member, an array element, or the value a JSON pointer refers
  to (`#!cpp Editable` documents only)
 - [**push_back**](push_back.md) - append to an array (`#!cpp Editable` documents only)
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+# <small>nlohmann::basic_json_document::</small>load
+
+```cpp
+// (1)
+static basic_json_document load(const std::uint8_t* image, std::size_t size,
+                                 const image_check check = image_check::full);
+
+// (2)
+static basic_json_document load(const std::vector<std::uint8_t>& image,
+                                 const image_check check = image_check::full);
+
+// (3)
+static basic_json_document load(std::vector<std::uint8_t>&& image,
+                                 const image_check check = image_check::full);
+```
+
+1. Reads an image [`save()`](save.md) wrote, from a pointer and a byte count. The image is **borrowed**: `image`
+   must stay alive and unchanged for as long as the returned document, and any view taken from it, is used.
+2. Reads an image from a `#!cpp std::vector`. Also **borrowed** -- equivalent to overload 1 called with
+   `#!cpp image.data()` and `#!cpp image.size()`.
+3. Reads an image, keeping the vector instead of copying it: `image` is moved into the document (no copy), which
+   then owns it for as long as it needs the text and the decoded strings. [`owns_source()`](owns_source.md) is
+   `#!cpp true` afterward.
+
+In every overload, the node index is copied into storage the document itself owns -- so that it is properly aligned,
+and, for an [editable](index.md#edits) document, can be edited -- while the text and the decoded strings stay in
+`image`. The hash indexes [large objects](../../features/json_view.md) use for lookup are rebuilt, exactly as after
+parsing.
+
+## Parameters
+
+`image` (in)
+:   the image [`save()`](save.md) wrote (overloads 1 and 2), or one to take ownership of (overload 3)
+
+`size` (in)
+:   the number of bytes at `image` (overload 1)
+
+`check` (in)
+:   how thoroughly to validate `image` before trusting it; see [`image_check`](#image_check) below (optional,
+    `#!cpp image_check::full` by default)
+
+## Return value
+
+The document read from the image.
+
+## Exception safety
+
+Overloads 1 and 2 give the strong guarantee: `image` is only read, never written, so a thrown exception leaves the
+caller's buffer untouched.
+
+Overload 3 moves `image` into the document *before* validating it, so that a good image is kept without a copy. If
+loading then fails, the partially built document -- and the vector now inside it -- is discarded along with the
+exception, and `image` itself is left **empty**, not restored to what was passed in. Move a copy in instead, or
+validate with overload 2 first, if the original vector must survive a failed load.
+
+## Exceptions
+
+On a big-endian target, throws [`type_error.320`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error320) -- the same
+exception [`save()`](save.md#exceptions) throws there, since the image format is little-endian only.
+
+Otherwise throws [`parse_error.116`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error116) if `image` is not one
+`save()` could have written, or fails the requested `check`:
+
+| message               | when                                                                                                |
+|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `too short`            | `image` is `#!cpp nullptr`, or `size` is smaller than the 64-byte header                             |
+| `unknown format`       | the header's magic bytes or version do not match, or a reserved header field is not zero             |
+| `sizes out of range`   | the node count, text size, or decoded-string size the header describes does not fit `size`, or the `#!cpp '\0'` after the text or after the decoded strings is missing |
+| `the check failed`     | `check` is not `#!cpp image_check::none`, and the image fails it -- see [`image_check`](#image_check) |
+
+!!! failure "Example messages"
+
+    ```
+    [json.exception.parse_error.116] parse error: invalid json_document image: too short
+    ```
+    ```
+    [json.exception.parse_error.116] parse error: invalid json_document image: unknown format
+    ```
+    ```
+    [json.exception.parse_error.116] parse error: invalid json_document image: sizes out of range
+    ```
+    ```
+    [json.exception.parse_error.116] parse error: invalid json_document image: the check failed
+    ```
+
+## Complexity
+
+Linear in the number of nodes, which are always copied into the document. With `#!cpp check == image_check::full`,
+additionally linear in the combined length of the text and the decoded strings; `#!cpp image_check::bounds` and
+`#!cpp image_check::none` do not read them.
+
+## Notes
+
+**The `image_check` modes.**
+
+```cpp
+using image_check = detail::view::image_check;
+
+enum class image_check
+{
+    full,
+    bounds,
+    none
+};
+```
+
+How thoroughly `load()` validates `image` before trusting it.
+
+| value    | checks                                                                                                    | guarantees |
+|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
+| `full`   | everything the parser itself guarantees: structure and bounds; that every string is valid UTF-8 (and, for a string still in the source text, that it contains no quote, backslash, or control character); and that every number token is well-formed and matches the value stored for it | reading and serializing a checked image is safe and always produces valid JSON, exactly as for a parsed document |
+| `bounds` | structure and bounds only -- that every offset and count in the node index stays inside the image            | reading and serializing stay memory-safe, but a crafted image can hold strings that are not valid UTF-8 or that serialize to invalid JSON ([`dump()`](../basic_json_view/dump.md) writes them unchanged or throws [`type_error.316`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316)), and numbers whose values differ from their text |
+| `none`   | nothing                                                                                                       | images from a trusted source only -- reading a damaged image is undefined behavior |
+
+`full` is the default and the right choice for an image from anything you do not fully control -- a file, a cache
+shared with other processes, a peer on the network. `bounds` skips scanning the text and the decoded strings, so it
+fits a cache your own process just wrote and reads straight back, where damage would mean a bug or a hardware fault
+rather than adversarial input; it still cannot crash or read out of bounds. `none` skips validation entirely and
+should only be used for an image you trust as much as your own memory.
+
+**Lifetime.** Overloads 1 and 2 borrow `image`: it must stay alive and byte-for-byte unchanged for as long as the
+returned document, and any [view](../basic_json_view/index.md) taken from it, is used -- exactly like a document
+[`parse()`](parse.md) borrowed its input for. Overload 3 avoids this by keeping the vector itself; see
+[`owns_source`](owns_source.md).
+
+!!! warning "Experimental"
+
+    The image format is versioned but not yet stable, and may change in an incompatible way before it is declared
+    stable; `load()` already rejects an image written by a different format version with `parse_error.116`
+    ("unknown format"). Use images to cache a document within one build of the library, or to hand one to another
+    process running the *same* build on the *same* (little-endian) machine -- not as a long-term storage format.
+
+**What `image_check::bounds` does not guarantee.** A bounds-checked image can never make `load()`,
+[`root()`](root.md), element access, or [`materialize()`](../basic_json_view/materialize.md) read outside the image,
+so those stay safe on a damaged one. It does *not* guarantee that the image describes valid JSON: a string
+that a `full` check would have rejected can make [`dump()`](../basic_json_view/dump.md) write invalid UTF-8 or invalid
+JSON, or throw `type_error.316`, and a number can read back with a value that does not match how it is spelled.
+Reserve `bounds` for images you already trust to be well-formed, and use it only to skip the extra scan.
+
+## Examples
+
+??? example "Caching a document, ownership, and a rejected image"
+
+    The example below saves a parsed document as an image, checks that `load()` reproduces the original
+    [`dump()`](../basic_json_view/dump.md) without parsing, and shows the difference between
+    `load(std::move(image))` (owned) and `load(image)` (borrowed). It then damages one byte of the image and shows
+    `image_check::full` rejecting it with `parse_error.116`, while `image_check::bounds` -- meant for a cache the
+    process already trusts -- still reads it without going out of bounds.
+
+    ```cpp
+    --8<-- "examples/basic_json_document__load.cpp"
+    ```
+
+    Output:
+
+    ```json
+    --8<-- "examples/basic_json_document__load.output"
+    ```
+
+## See also
+
+- [save](save.md) - write the document as an image
+- [owns_source](owns_source.md) - return whether the document holds its own copy of the text
+- [parse](parse.md) - deserialize from JSON text instead of an image
+- [Images](../../features/json_view.md#images) - why and when to use images
+
+## Version history
+
+- Added in version 3.13.0.
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ integer type becomes a floating-point value.
 - [accept](accept.md) - check whether the input is valid JSON
 - [read](read.md) - (re-)parse into this document, reusing its memory
 - [owns_source](owns_source.md) - return whether the document holds its own copy of the text
+- [load](load.md) - read a document from an image instead of parsing JSON text
 - [`BasicJsonType::parse`](../basic_json/parse.md) - the corresponding function of `basic_json`

 ## Version history
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ many documents of similar size should therefore keep one document and call `read

 - [parse](parse.md) - deserialize from a compatible input
 - [root](root.md) - the view of the root value
+- [load](load.md) - read a document from an image instead of parsing JSON text

 ## Version history

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# <small>nlohmann::basic_json_document::</small>save
+
+```cpp
+std::vector<std::uint8_t> save() const;
+```
+
+Writes the document as an *image*: a byte buffer that [`load`](load.md) reads back without parsing. The image holds
+the node index, the source text (plus, for an edited document, the number tokens edits wrote), and the decoded
+strings (plus the strings edits wrote) -- everything [`root()`](root.md) needs, with nothing left to parse.
+
+An edited document is written in its *current* state, with its values in document order, the way the library's own
+parser would have produced them for that JSON text: a member [`set`](set.md) added goes at the end, an
+[`erase`](erase.md)d member leaves no trace, and a float that is not finite (NaN or positive/negative infinity)
+becomes null, the same substitution [`dump()`](../basic_json_view/dump.md) makes. The same document always saves to
+the same bytes -- also across `BasicJsonType` and `#!cpp Editable`, since the image reflects document order and
+values only, not which specialization produced them.
+
+## Return value
+
+The image, as a `#!cpp std::vector<std::uint8_t>`. Pass it, or a pointer to its data together with its size, to
+[`load`](load.md) to read the document back.
+
+## Exception safety
+
+Strong guarantee: `save()` does not modify `#!cpp *this` (it is `#!cpp const`), so if it throws, the document is left
+exactly as it was, and the partially built image is discarded with the exception.
+
+## Exceptions
+
+Throws [`type_error.320`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error320) if the document is
+[discarded](is_discarded.md) -- a default-constructed document, or one a failed [`parse()`](parse.md)/
+[`read()`](read.md) with `allow_exceptions == false` left discarded.
+
+On a big-endian target, throws `type_error.320` with a different message instead: the image format is little-endian
+only (see [Notes](#notes)).
+
+Throws [`out_of_range.416`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range416) if the node count, the text, or
+the decoded strings of the image would individually reach 4 GiB -- the same 32-bit offsets
+[`parse()`](parse.md#exceptions) and, for edits, [`set`](set.md)/[`push_back`](push_back.md) are already limited to.
+
+!!! failure "Example messages"
+
+    ```
+    [json.exception.type_error.320] cannot save a discarded json_document
+    ```
+    ```
+    [json.exception.type_error.320] json_document images need a little-endian target
+    ```
+    ```
+    [json.exception.out_of_range.416] images of 4 GiB or more are not supported by json_document
+    ```
+
+## Complexity
+
+Linear in the size of the document: the number of nodes, plus the length of the text and the decoded strings that end
+up in the image.
+
+## Notes
+
+**Format.** The image begins with a 64-byte header (the magic bytes `#!cpp "NJVI"`, a version number, the node count,
+and the sizes of the text and the decoded strings, all little-endian), followed by the nodes
+([16 bytes each](../../home/architecture.md#node-index-of-json-views)), the text and a `#!cpp '\0'`, and the decoded
+strings and a `#!cpp '\0'`. [`load`](load.md) checks the header, and the sizes it describes, before reading anything
+else -- see [`load`'s Exceptions](load.md#exceptions).
+
+!!! warning "Experimental"
+
+    The image format is versioned but not yet stable: it may change in an incompatible way before it is declared
+    stable. Use images to cache a document within one build of the library, or to hand one to another process running
+    the *same* build on the *same* (little-endian) machine -- not as a long-term storage format. Keep the original
+    JSON text if you need to read a saved document back with a future library version.
+
+**Little-endian only.** The image is written as raw little-endian bytes, with no byte-swapping. `save()` (and
+[`load`](load.md)) throw `type_error.320` on a big-endian target rather than silently produce bytes a big-endian
+reader could not interpret correctly.
+
+## Examples
+
+??? example "Caching a parsed document as an image"
+
+    The example below saves a parsed configuration as an image -- the way a service might cache one to answer later
+    requests without parsing the text again -- and confirms that loading it back gives exactly the same result as
+    parsing did, and that saving is deterministic.
+
+    ```cpp
+    --8<-- "examples/basic_json_document__save.cpp"
+    ```
+
+    Output:
+
+    ```json
+    --8<-- "examples/basic_json_document__save.output"
+    ```
+
+## See also
+
+- [load](load.md) - read an image written by `save()`
+- [owns_source](owns_source.md) - return whether the document holds its own copy of the text
+- [`basic_json_view::dump`](../basic_json_view/dump.md) - serialize the document to JSON text instead of an image
+- [Images](../../features/json_view.md#images) - why and when to use images
+
+## Version history
+
+- Added in version 3.13.0.
@@ -60,13 +60,6 @@ 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

@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-# 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.
@@ -112,4 +112,3 @@ 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.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ By default, implicit conversions are enabled.

 ## Examples

-??? example "Example: implicit and explicit conversions"
+??? example "Example: implicit conversion"

    This is an example for an implicit conversion:

@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-# 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.
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ 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

@@ -83,7 +80,6 @@ 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

@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ 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

@@ -102,7 +99,6 @@ 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

@@ -21,18 +21,17 @@ Note: Some modern features (like C++20 ranges or filesystem support) may be disa
      
        | Compiler                                     | Architecture | Operating System                  | CI        |
        |----------------------------------------------|--------------|-----------------------------------|-----------|
+        | 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    |
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ 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 16.2.0                                   | x86_64       | Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS                | GitHub    |
+        | GNU 16.1.0                                   | 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    |
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ 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:

@@ -77,8 +75,6 @@ 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>
 ```

@@ -88,13 +84,8 @@ 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. Defining [`JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS`](../api/macros/json_delete_deprecated_functions.md) to
-`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.
+code still uses. The [migration guide](../integration/migration_guide.md#replace-deprecated-functions) shows how to
+replace each of them.

 | Deprecated                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Since  | Migration                                                                        |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
@@ -106,7 +97,6 @@ to the `strict` parameter.
 | [`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.

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
+
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+using json_document = nlohmann::json_document;
+using image_check = json_document::image_check;
+
+int main()
+{
+    std::cout << std::boolalpha;
+
+    // the image of a parsed document -- as if read back from a cache file or
+    // received from another process running the same build of the library
+    const std::string text = R"({"name": "cache", "note": "caf\u00e9", "replicas": ["db2", "db3"]})";
+    const json_document parsed = json_document::parse(text);
+    const std::vector<std::uint8_t> image = parsed.save();
+
+    // (1)/(2) load() needs no parsing, yet dumps exactly what parsing did
+    const json_document borrowed = json_document::load(image);
+    std::cout << (borrowed.root().dump() == parsed.root().dump()) << '\n';
+    std::cout << borrowed.owns_source() << '\n'; // borrowed: still points into `image`
+
+    // (3) load(std::move(image)) keeps the vector instead of copying it
+    std::vector<std::uint8_t> to_move = image;
+    const json_document owned = json_document::load(std::move(to_move));
+    std::cout << owned.owns_source() << '\n';
+
+    // a damaged image -- the last byte of the decoded string "note" holds
+    // (an escape sequence, so it was unescaped into the document's own
+    // buffer), flipped, as storage or transport corruption might do
+    std::vector<std::uint8_t> damaged = image;
+    damaged[damaged.size() - 2] = 0xFF;
+
+    // image_check::full inspects strings and numbers, so it catches the damage
+    try
+    {
+        static_cast<void>(json_document::load(damaged, image_check::full));
+    }
+    catch (const json::parse_error& e)
+    {
+        std::cout << e.id << '\n';
+    }
+
+    // image_check::bounds only checks structure and bounds, so a cache the
+    // process already trusts loads without the extra scan -- reading a value
+    // the damage did not touch is still safe
+    const json_document trusted = json_document::load(damaged, image_check::bounds);
+    std::cout << trusted.root()["name"].get<std::string>() << '\n';
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+true
+false
+true
+116
+cache
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
+
+using json_document = nlohmann::json_document;
+
+int main()
+{
+    std::cout << std::boolalpha;
+
+    // a configuration a service parses once and then caches as an image, so
+    // that later requests can load() it instead of parsing the text again
+    const std::string text = R"({"name": "cache", "host": "db1", "port": 6379, "replicas": ["db2", "db3"]})";
+    const json_document config = json_document::parse(text);
+
+    // save() turns the parsed document into a byte buffer: a 64-byte header,
+    // the node index, the source text, and the decoded strings
+    const std::vector<std::uint8_t> image = config.save();
+    std::cout << image.size() << '\n';
+
+    // the same document always saves to the same bytes
+    std::cout << (image == json_document::parse(text).save()) << '\n';
+
+    // loading the image back needs no parsing, yet dumps exactly what
+    // parsing the text produced
+    const json_document reloaded = json_document::load(image);
+    std::cout << (reloaded.root().dump() == config.root().dump()) << '\n';
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+316
+true
+true
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ 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), the result is stored as `number_float_t`, like
-    a too small integer in JSON text. For example, `-18446744073709551616` (`0x3B` followed by eight `0xFF` bytes) is
-    stored as `-1.8446744073709552e+19`.
+    result to fit into `number_integer_t` (`std::int64_t` by default), parsing fails with a
+    [`parse_error.112`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error112) exception rather than overflowing
+    silently.

 !!! warning "Object keys"

@@ -58,23 +58,6 @@ 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,
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ C++ types, and finally serialize it again.
  [parsing untrusted input](parsing/untrusted_input.md).
 - [Zero-copy JSON views](json_view.md) — read a JSON text through a flat index instead of building a `json` tree;
  strings and numbers stay in the input and are only decoded when needed.
-  [Editable documents](json_view.md#editing-a-document) can also be modified.
+  [Editable documents](json_view.md#editing-a-document) can also be modified, and [images](json_view.md#images) load a
+  parsed document again without parsing it.
 - [Comments](comments.md) and [trailing commas](trailing_commas.md) — opt-in relaxations of the JSON grammar.

 ## Accessing and modifying values
@@ -250,6 +250,57 @@ edits. See [`basic_json_document`'s Edits](../api/basic_json_document/index.md#e
 throws (the *basic* guarantee, not the strong one `dump()` and the read-only functions provide). How edits are kept in
 the index is described in the [architecture overview](../home/architecture.md#node-index-of-json-views).

+## Images
+
+[`save()`](../api/basic_json_document/save.md) writes a document as an *image*: a byte buffer that
+[`load()`](../api/basic_json_document/load.md) reads back into a document without parsing -- no lexing, no building
+the node index, nothing but copying the nodes and pointing the text and the decoded strings at the image. Where
+[`parse_copy()`](../api/basic_json_document/parse_copy.md) still has to scan the whole input,
+[`load()`](../api/basic_json_document/load.md) turns that scan into a copy of the node index alone.
+
+**Why.** A document that is parsed once and then read many times -- a configuration loaded at startup, a template
+rendered on every request, a large reference dataset a worker process needs in memory -- pays for parsing once but
+can amortize [`save()`](../api/basic_json_document/save.md)'s cost across every later load. That makes images useful
+for a cache: save a document the first time it is parsed (to a file, a shared-memory segment, an in-process cache),
+and [`load()`](../api/basic_json_document/load.md) it on every later use instead of parsing the source text again.
+They are just as useful for handing a parsed document to another process (or a forked worker) running the same build
+of the library, since [`load()`](../api/basic_json_document/load.md) turns the transfer into a copy of the node index
+plus pointers into the received bytes, not a re-parse.
+
+**Choosing a check.** [`load()`](../api/basic_json_document/load.md) takes an
+[`image_check`](../api/basic_json_document/load.md#image_check) that trades validation against speed:
+`image_check::full` (the default) checks everything the parser itself guarantees, so a checked image is exactly as
+safe to read and serialize as a freshly parsed document -- the right choice whenever the image did not come straight
+from this process's own [`save()`](../api/basic_json_document/save.md), such as a file or a network peer.
+`image_check::bounds` only checks structure and bounds -- cheaper, since it skips scanning the text and the decoded
+strings -- and fits a cache the process trusts, one it wrote and reads back itself. `image_check::none` skips
+validation entirely, for an image trusted as much as the process's own memory. See
+[`load()`'s Notes](../api/basic_json_document/load.md#notes) for exactly what each level does and does not guarantee.
+
+??? example "Example: cache a parsed configuration as an image"
+
+    ```cpp
+    --8<-- "examples/basic_json_document__save.cpp"
+    ```
+
+    Output:
+
+    ```json
+    --8<-- "examples/basic_json_document__save.output"
+    ```
+
+!!! warning "Experimental"
+
+    The image format is versioned but not yet stable, and may change in an incompatible way before it is declared
+    stable. It is little-endian only, and tied to the library build that wrote it -- use it to cache a document or to
+    hand one to another process running the *same* build, not as a long-term storage format; keep the original JSON
+    text if a saved document needs to be readable by a future library version.
+
+The idea of a document you can read without parsing comes from zero-copy formats such as
+[FlatBuffers](https://github.com/google/flatbuffers) and [YaFF](https://github.com/yandex/yaff); the check
+[`load()`](../api/basic_json_document/load.md) runs follows the idea of FlatBuffers' Verifier. No code is taken from
+either.
+
 ## Choosing between `json`, `ordered_json`, the SAX interface, and `json_view`

 | | [`json`](../api/json.md) / [`ordered_json`](../api/ordered_json.md) | [SAX interface](parsing/sax_interface.md) | [`json_document`](../api/json_document.md) / [`json_view`](../api/json_view.md) | [`json_editable_document`](../api/json_editable_document.md) / [`json_editable_view`](../api/json_editable_view.md) |
@@ -258,6 +309,7 @@ the index is described in the [architecture overview](../home/architecture.md#no
 | **Mutability** | freely mutable | not applicable (a one-shot event stream) | read-only | [`set`](../api/basic_json_document/set.md)/[`push_back`](../api/basic_json_document/push_back.md)/[`insert`](../api/basic_json_document/insert.md)/[`erase`](../api/basic_json_document/erase.md) edit in place; the source text is never rewritten |
 | **What you get** | a full tree you can read, write, and keep as long as you like | a sequence of callbacks; whatever your handler builds from them | a flat index plus, on demand, [`materialize()`](../api/basic_json_view/materialize.md)d `json`/`ordered_json` values for the parts you actually use | the same, plus [`dump()`](../api/basic_json_view/dump.md) of an edited document that keeps the member order and, with [`number_format::source`](../api/basic_json_view/number_format.md), the spelling of every untouched number |
 | **Typical use** | general-purpose JSON handling: config, request/response bodies you build or modify, anything you hold onto | validating or projecting a text into your own data structure without ever holding the whole thing as JSON | large or high-volume input where you only need part of it, or need it repeatedly, and can keep the source text (or a copy) alive for as long as the document lives | a document you read, patch a few fields of, and write back -- a configuration file, for instance -- where the rest of it should come back exactly as it was |
+| **Caching/reload** | not applicable -- re-parse, or roll your own serialization | not applicable | [`save()`](../api/basic_json_document/save.md)/[`load()`](../api/basic_json_document/load.md): cache the parsed index as an image and reload it without parsing | same, saving the document's current -- possibly edited -- state |

 ## Version history

@@ -23,17 +23,6 @@ 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
@@ -97,8 +86,7 @@ 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. This
-is planned to become the default in version 4.0.0.
+value, such as the result of `std::forward_as_tuple(j)`. This lets `std::tuple` convert such tuples element-wise.

 See [full documentation of `JSON_DISABLE_TUPLE_REFERENCE_CONVERSION`](../api/macros/json_disable_tuple_reference_conversion.md).

@@ -210,13 +198,6 @@ 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
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ 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.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ always use the scalar path regardless of this macro.

 Parsing always produces SAX events internally; [`parse`](../api/basic_json/parse.md) simply feeds them to a consumer
 that builds a complete `basic_json` value tree (a DOM) in memory. For documents too large to comfortably hold as
-a DOM, three alternatives avoid building it:
+a DOM, two alternatives avoid building it:

 - Implement the [SAX interface](parsing/sax_interface.md) directly and pass it to
  [`sax_parse`](../api/basic_json/sax_parse.md); only the parts of the input you choose to keep ever become
@@ -64,12 +64,6 @@ a DOM, three alternatives avoid building it:
  discard finished elements as soon as they are handled, so memory usage stays bounded by one element (plus the
  unparsed remainder of the input) instead of the whole document -- see the [recipe for streaming a large homogeneous
  array](parsing/parser_callbacks.md#recipe-streaming-a-large-homogeneous-array).
- Parse into a [`json_document`](json_view.md) (`#!cpp <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`) instead of a `basic_json`. It keeps
-  the input text and builds a flat index of 16 bytes per value; strings and numbers are not copied, but read from the
-  text when needed. Read-only [views](../api/basic_json_view/index.md) give the familiar element access, and only the
-  parts you [`materialize()`](../api/basic_json_view/materialize.md) become `basic_json` values. A document that
-  borrows the text instead of owning a copy needs the text to outlive it; see
-  [choosing between `json`, the SAX interface, and `json_view`](json_view.md#choosing-between-json-ordered_json-the-sax-interface-and-json_view).

 If the data is naturally record-oriented, consider [JSON Lines](parsing/json_lines.md) instead of one large JSON
 document: reading and parsing it line by line with `#!cpp std::getline` means only one line's value is ever in memory
@@ -215,7 +209,6 @@ those headers are then never processed by the compiler at all.
 - [Architecture](../home/architecture.md) - how input adapters, the lexer, and the serializer fit together
 - [Parsing](parsing/index.md) - the available parsing functions and inputs
 - [SAX interface](parsing/sax_interface.md) - parse without building a DOM
- [Zero-copy JSON views](json_view.md) - parse into a flat index of the text and read it without building a DOM
 - [Binary formats](binary_formats/index.md) - compact alternatives to JSON text
 - [Object Order](object_order.md) - `json` vs. `ordered_json` and other `ObjectType` choices
 - [Template Parameter Requirements](types/template_parameters.md) - custom container and allocator types
@@ -259,6 +259,14 @@ edited:
 - Views of read-only documents compile without any of this: how views walk the index is a template parameter
  (`navigation<Editable>`).

+Images ([`save`](../api/basic_json_document/save.md) and [`load`](../api/basic_json_document/load.md),
+[`detail/view/image.hpp`](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/blob/develop/include/nlohmann/detail/view/image.hpp)) store
+the nodes as they are: a 64-byte header (the magic bytes `NJVI`, a format version, the sizes, and reserved bytes that
+must be zero), the nodes, the text, and the decoded strings. An edited document is first written in document order, as
+the parser would have written it (without links), and the numbers of the hash indexes are cleared, since `load`
+rebuilds the indexes. So a change of the node layout is a change of the image format: it must raise `image_version`,
+and `load` then rejects images of other versions (`parse_error.116`) instead of misreading them.
+
 ## Input adapters

 Input is read via **input adapters** that abstract a source. Every input adapter provides this interface:
@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ 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)
    ```

@@ -388,6 +391,23 @@ A UBJSON high-precision number could not be parsed.
    [json.exception.parse_error.115] parse error at byte 5: syntax error while parsing UBJSON high-precision number: invalid number text: 1A
    ```

+### json.exception.parse_error.116
+
+[`basic_json_document::load()`](../api/basic_json_document/load.md) rejected an
+[image](../features/json_view.md#images): either the bytes are not one [`save()`](../api/basic_json_document/save.md)
+could have written (too short, an unknown magic number or format version, or sizes that do not fit the buffer), or
+they are, but fail the requested [`image_check`](../api/basic_json_document/load.md#image_check).
+
+!!! failure "Example message"
+
+    ```
+    [json.exception.parse_error.116] parse error: invalid json_document image: the check failed
+    ```
+
+!!! note
+
+    This exception was added in version 3.13.0, together with [images](../features/json_view.md#images).
+
 ## Iterator errors

 This exception is thrown if iterators passed to a library function do not match
@@ -596,9 +616,6 @@ 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 &`.
@@ -791,19 +808,6 @@ 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.319

 [`basic_json_document::set`](../api/basic_json_document/set.md) and
@@ -822,19 +826,25 @@ from JSON text.

    This exception was added in version 3.13.0, together with editable [`json_document`s](../features/json_view.md).

-### json.exception.type_error.321
+### json.exception.type_error.320

-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.
+[`basic_json_document::save()`](../api/basic_json_document/save.md) cannot write an
+[image](../features/json_view.md#images) of a [discarded](../api/basic_json_document/is_discarded.md) document.
+[`save()`](../api/basic_json_document/save.md) and [`load()`](../api/basic_json_document/load.md) also throw this
+exception on a big-endian target, since the image format is little-endian only.

-!!! failure "Example message"
+!!! failure "Example messages"

-    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
+    [json.exception.type_error.320] cannot save a discarded json_document
    ```
+    ```
+    [json.exception.type_error.320] json_document images need a little-endian target
+    ```
+
+!!! note
+
+    This exception was added in version 3.13.0, together with [images](../features/json_view.md#images).

 ## Out of range

@@ -908,18 +918,13 @@ 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 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`.
+A parsed number could not be stored as without changing it to NaN or INF.

-!!! failure "Example messages"
+!!! failure "Example message"

    ```
    number overflow parsing '10E1000'
    ```
-    ```
-    [json.exception.out_of_range.406] syntax error while parsing CBOR value: number overflow
-    ```

 ### json.exception.out_of_range.407

@@ -1068,7 +1073,9 @@ MessagePack's ext type and BSON's binary subtype are each stored in a single byt
 so they do not support an input of 4 GiB or more. The same 32-bit limit applies to an **editable** document's own
 storage: [`set`](../api/basic_json_document/set.md) and [`push_back`](../api/basic_json_document/push_back.md) throw
 this exception once the strings and number tokens written by edits reach 4 GiB in total, or once more than
-4294967295 arrays/objects have had an element set or appended to them.
+4294967295 arrays/objects have had an element set or appended to them. The same limit applies to an
+[image](../features/json_view.md#images): [`save()`](../api/basic_json_document/save.md) throws it if the node
+count, the text, or the decoded strings it would write would individually reach 4 GiB.

 !!! failure "Example messages"

@@ -1078,6 +1085,9 @@ this exception once the strings and number tokens written by edits reach 4 GiB i
    ```
    [json.exception.out_of_range.416] edits of 4 GiB or more are not supported by json_document
    ```
+    ```
+    [json.exception.out_of_range.416] images of 4 GiB or more are not supported by json_document
+    ```

 !!! note

@@ -132,12 +132,6 @@ 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.
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@ 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
@@ -48,10 +41,8 @@ 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, and to
-  [`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.
+  `from_msgpack`, `from_ubjson`, and `from_bson` is deprecated since 3.8.0; call `from_cbor(ptr, ptr+len)` instead of
+  `from_cbor(ptr, len)`.

    === "Deprecated"
  
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ nav:
          - 'erase': api/basic_json_document/erase.md
          - 'insert': api/basic_json_document/insert.md
          - 'is_discarded': api/basic_json_document/is_discarded.md
+          - 'load': api/basic_json_document/load.md
          - 'memory_usage': api/basic_json_document/memory_usage.md
          - 'node_count': api/basic_json_document/node_count.md
          - 'owns_source': api/basic_json_document/owns_source.md
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ nav:
          - 'push_back': api/basic_json_document/push_back.md
          - 'read': api/basic_json_document/read.md
          - 'root': api/basic_json_document/root.md
+          - 'save': api/basic_json_document/save.md
          - 'set': api/basic_json_document/set.md
          - 'shrink_to_fit': api/basic_json_document/shrink_to_fit.md
          - 'source': api/basic_json_document/source.md
@@ -364,7 +366,6 @@ 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
@@ -386,7 +387,6 @@ 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
          - 'JSON_VIEW_NO_SIMD': api/macros/json_view_no_simd.md
          - 'JSON_VIEW_USE_SSSE3': api/macros/json_view_use_ssse3.md
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@
    #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
@@ -96,20 +92,14 @@
    #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, h) json_abi ## a ## b ## c ## d ## e ## f ## g ## h
-#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, h)
+#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(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) \
+    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)

 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS                                       \
    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(                                   \
@@ -119,8 +109,7 @@
            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_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS)
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8)

 // Construct the namespace version component
 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION_CONCAT_EX(major, minor, patch) \
@@ -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>(bool_aware_static_cast<underlying_type>(val));
+    e = static_cast<EnumType>(static_cast<underlying_type>(val));
 }
 #endif  // JSON_DISABLE_ENUM_SERIALIZATION

@@ -530,40 +530,11 @@ 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);
 }

@@ -572,11 +543,6 @@ 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);
 }

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #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>
@@ -287,20 +286,9 @@ 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(is_nothrow_optional_to_json<BasicJsonType, T>::value)
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const std::optional<T>& opt) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_assignable<BasicJsonType&, const T&>::value)
 {
    if (opt.has_value())
    {
@@ -376,7 +364,7 @@ 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, bool_aware_static_cast<underlying_type>(e));
+    external_constructor<integral_value_t>::construct(j, static_cast<underlying_type>(e));
 }
 #endif  // JSON_DISABLE_ENUM_SERIALIZATION

@@ -396,9 +384,6 @@ 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 >
@@ -453,33 +438,6 @@ 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)
 {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
    // scan functions
    /////////////////////

-    /// contiguous input: try to decode the 4 hex digits following `\\u`
+    /// contiguous input: try to decode the 4 hex digits following `\u`
    /// directly from the input buffer via hex_codepoint(), instead of 4 calls
    /// to get(). On success, advances the adapter and the position counters
    /// exactly as those 4 get() calls would (a hex digit is never '\n', so
@@ -2070,39 +2070,6 @@ scan_number_done:
        // read the next character and ignore whitespace
        skip_whitespace();

-        return scan_after_whitespace();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief scan the next token when the caller expects a separator (':' or
-           ',') most of the time
-
-    After an object key the next token is almost always ':', after a value
-    inside an object or array almost always ','. Testing for that character
-    first is a compare and a well-predicted branch, where the switch in
-    scan_after_whitespace() is an indirect jump through a table. Anything else
-    goes through the switch, so the result is the same as scan()'s.
-
-    May only be called after scan() has run once (the BOM check is skipped).
-    */
-    token_type scan_expecting(token_type expected_type)
-    {
-        JSON_ASSERT(expected_type == token_type::name_separator || expected_type == token_type::value_separator);
-        JSON_ASSERT(position.chars_read_total > 0);
-        const char_int_type expected_char = static_cast<unsigned char>((expected_type == token_type::name_separator) ? ':' : ',');
-        skip_whitespace();
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(current == expected_char))
-        {
-            return expected_type;
-        }
-        return scan_after_whitespace();
-    }
-
-  private:
-    /// the part of scan() after the leading whitespace: skip comments and
-    /// scan the token that starts with current
-    token_type scan_after_whitespace()
-    {
        // ignore comments
        while (ignore_comments && current == '/')
        {
@@ -2182,6 +2149,7 @@ scan_number_done:
        }
    }

+  private:
    /// input adapter
    InputAdapterType ia;

@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class parser
                        }

                        // parse separator (:)
-                        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_token_expecting(token_type::name_separator)))
+                        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(get_token() != token_type::name_separator))
                        {
                            return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
                                                    m_lexer.get_token_string(),
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ class parser
            {
                // comma -> next value
                // or end of array (ignore_trailing_commas = true)
-                if (get_token_expecting(token_type::value_separator))
+                if (get_token() == token_type::value_separator)
                {
                    // parse a new value
                    get_token();
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ class parser

            // comma -> next value
            // or end of object (ignore_trailing_commas = true)
-            if (get_token_expecting(token_type::value_separator))
+            if (get_token() == token_type::value_separator)
            {
                get_token();

@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ class parser
                    }

                    // parse separator (:)
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_token_expecting(token_type::name_separator)))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(get_token() != token_type::name_separator))
                    {
                        return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
                                                m_lexer.get_token_string(),
@@ -528,13 +528,6 @@ class parser
        return last_token = m_lexer.scan();
    }

-    /// get next token from lexer; true if it is the separator @a expected_type
-    /// (name_separator or value_separator), which it usually is
-    bool get_token_expecting(token_type expected_type)
-    {
-        return (last_token = m_lexer.scan_expecting(expected_type)) == expected_type;
-    }
-
    std::string exception_message(const token_type expected, const std::string& context)
    {
        std::string error_msg = "syntax error ";
@@ -88,13 +88,9 @@ 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
@@ -1033,13 +1029,9 @@ 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>
@@ -1117,26 +1109,18 @@ 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,
@@ -1150,26 +1134,18 @@ 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,
@@ -888,10 +888,6 @@
    #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
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@
    #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>
@@ -438,30 +438,6 @@ 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 {};
@@ -906,21 +882,6 @@ 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>...>;

@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ 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)
    {
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ 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)
    {
@@ -324,7 +322,7 @@ class binary_writer

            case value_t::discarded:
            default:
-                throw_on_discarded(j, "CBOR");
+                break;
        }
    }

@@ -384,7 +382,6 @@ 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)
    {
@@ -658,7 +655,7 @@ class binary_writer

            case value_t::discarded:
            default:
-                throw_on_discarded(j, "MessagePack");
+                break;
        }
    }

@@ -671,7 +668,6 @@ 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,
@@ -905,7 +901,7 @@ class binary_writer

            case value_t::discarded:
            default:
-                throw_on_discarded(j, use_bjdata ? "BJData" : "UBJSON");
+                break;
        }
    }

@@ -925,15 +921,6 @@ 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 //
    //////////
@@ -1185,7 +1172,6 @@ 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)
    {
@@ -1212,12 +1198,10 @@ 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;
@@ -1254,12 +1238,10 @@ 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;
@@ -1326,8 +1308,6 @@ 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)
    {
@@ -164,12 +164,14 @@ class builder
        if (p[1] == '/')
        {
            p += 2;
-            // (as in parse(), a null byte is the end of the input, so it is
-            // left for the caller to see)
            while (p != e && *p != '\n' && *p != '\r' && !(NulIsEnd && *p == 0))
            {
                ++p;
            }
+            if (NulIsEnd && p != e && *p == 0)
+            {
+                ++p; // as in parse(), a null byte ends the comment like a line break
+            }
            return p;
        }
        if (p[1] == '*')
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@

 #include <array> // array
 #include <cstddef> // size_t
-#include <cstdint> // uint32_t
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t, uint32_t
 #include <cstring> // memcpy
 #include <functional> // less
 #include <map> // map
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ struct document_data
    node* inline_tape = nullptr; ///< node array allocated together with this header
    std::size_t inline_cap = 0;
    std::string arena{}; ///< decoded strings that contained escapes // NOLINT(readability-redundant-member-init)
+    std::size_t arena_size = 0; ///< bytes of decoded strings at base[1] (the arena, or those of a loaded image)
    std::string owned{}; ///< owned copy of the input, if any // NOLINT(readability-redundant-member-init)
+    std::vector<std::uint8_t> owned_image{}; ///< a loaded image the document owns (the text and the decoded strings point into it) // NOLINT(readability-redundant-member-init)

    // hash indexes of large objects (see object_index.hpp)
    static constexpr std::uint32_t index_min_members = 128;
@@ -0,0 +1,602 @@
+//     __ _____ _____ _____
+//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++
+// |  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 3.12.0
+// |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
+//
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013-2026 Niels Lohmann <https://nlohmann.me>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <array> // array
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <cstdint> // int64_t, uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t, uint64_t
+#include <cstring> // memcmp, memcpy
+#include <limits> // numeric_limits
+#include <string> // string
+#include <vector> // vector
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/detail/view/document_data.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/detail/view/errors.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/detail/view/macro_scope.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/detail/view/node.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/detail/view/number.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/detail/view/object_index.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/detail/view/scan.hpp>
+
+// Images: a document stored so that loading it needs no parsing.
+//
+// Layout (little-endian): a 64-byte header, the nodes, the text (the source,
+// followed by the number tokens written by edits), a NUL, the decoded strings
+// (followed by the strings written by edits), a NUL. The idea is that of
+// zero-copy formats such as FlatBuffers (https://github.com/google/flatbuffers)
+// and YaFF (https://github.com/yandex/yaff); no code is taken from them.
+// check_image follows the idea of FlatBuffers' Verifier (bounds and
+// structure) and also checks what the parser guarantees about strings and
+// numbers, so that reading and serializing a checked image is safe and yields
+// valid JSON.
+
+NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+namespace detail
+{
+namespace view
+{
+
+/// how load() checks an image
+enum class image_check
+{
+    /// everything the parser guarantees: structure and bounds, strings (valid
+    /// UTF-8; source strings without quotes, backslashes, and control
+    /// characters), and numbers (well-formed, matching the stored values)
+    full,
+    /// structure and bounds only: reading and serializing are safe, but a
+    /// crafted image can yield invalid UTF-8, strings that serialize to
+    /// invalid JSON, or numbers that differ from their text
+    bounds,
+    /// none: for images from a trusted source only (a damaged image is
+    /// undefined behavior)
+    none,
+};
+
+struct image_header
+{
+    std::array<char, 4> magic;              ///< "NJVI"
+    std::uint32_t version;                  ///< 1
+    std::uint64_t node_count;
+    std::uint64_t text_size;
+    std::uint64_t arena_size;
+    std::array<std::uint64_t, 4> reserved;  ///< zero (for later versions)
+};
+static_assert(sizeof(image_header) == 64, "the image header must be 64 bytes");
+
+constexpr std::uint32_t image_version = 1;
+
+/// the largest node count and text or string size of an image (as for parsed
+/// documents, offsets and counts must fit 32 bits)
+constexpr std::uint64_t image_limit = 0xFFFFFFF0u;
+
+/// Copy the current structure of an edited document into nodes in document
+/// order, as the parser would have written them. Text written by edits is
+/// appended to text_tail (number tokens) and arena_tail (strings); floats that
+/// are not finite become null, as dump() writes them.
+inline void compact_nodes(const document_data& d, std::size_t arena_size, std::vector<node>& out, std::string& text_tail, std::string& arena_tail)
+{
+    struct frame
+    {
+        const node* cur;
+        const node* end;
+        std::size_t index; ///< the container's node in out
+        std::uint32_t count;
+        bool object;
+    };
+    std::vector<frame> stack;
+    const auto string_node = [&](const node & s)
+    {
+        node r = s;
+        r.extra = 0;
+        r.flags = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(s.flags & node_flags::storage);
+        if (r.flags == node_flags::edited)
+        {
+            r.off = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(arena_size + arena_tail.size());
+            arena_tail.append(d.str(s), s.len);
+            r.flags = node_flags::escaped;
+        }
+        return r;
+    };
+    const auto emit = [&](const node * v)
+    {
+        node r = *v;
+        switch (static_cast<value_t>(v->kind))
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+            case value_t::array:
+                r.flags = 0;
+                r.extra = 0;
+                r.off = (v->flags & (node_flags::moved | node_flags::is_new)) != 0 ? 0 : v->off;
+                r.len = 0;  // counted below
+                r.next = 0; // set when the container is complete
+                stack.push_back(frame{d.first_child_edited(v), d.child_end_edited(v), out.size(), 0, v->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object)});
+                break;
+            case value_t::string:
+                r = string_node(*v);
+                break;
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+                if ((v->flags & node_flags::storage) == node_flags::edited)
+                {
+                    r.off = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(d.size + text_tail.size());
+                    text_tail.append(d.str(*v), number_length(*v));
+                }
+                r.flags = 0;
+                break;
+            case value_t::number_float:
+                if ((v->flags & node_flags::storage) == node_flags::edited)
+                {
+                    const char* const t = d.str(*v);
+                    if (t[0] == 'n' || t[0] == 'i' || (v->len > 1 && t[1] == 'i'))
+                    {
+                        r = node{}; // nan and infinity: null, as dump() writes them
+                        r.kind = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::null);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    r.off = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(d.size + text_tail.size());
+                    text_tail.append(t, v->len);
+                    r.extra = 0xFFFFu; // the digit layout is not recorded
+                }
+                r.flags = 0;
+                break;
+            case value_t::boolean:
+                r.flags = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(v->flags & node_flags::is_true);
+                break;
+            case value_t::null:
+            case value_t::binary:
+            case value_t::discarded:
+            default:
+                r.flags = 0;
+                break;
+        }
+        out.push_back(r);
+    };
+    emit(d.tape);
+    while (!stack.empty())
+    {
+        frame& top = stack.back();
+        if (top.cur == top.end)
+        {
+            node& c = out[top.index];
+            c.len = top.count;
+            c.next = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(out.size() - top.index);
+            stack.pop_back();
+            continue;
+        }
+        ++top.count;
+        const node* v = nullptr;
+        if (top.object)
+        {
+            out.push_back(string_node(*top.cur));
+            v = document_data::deref(top.cur + 1);
+            top.cur = document_data::after(top.cur + 1);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            v = document_data::deref(top.cur);
+            top.cur = document_data::after(top.cur);
+        }
+        emit(v); // may grow the stack (top is not used afterwards)
+    }
+}
+
+/// the document as an image
+inline std::vector<std::uint8_t> save_image(const document_data& d)
+{
+#if !NLOHMANN_VIEW_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+    throw_type_error(320, "json_document images need a little-endian target"); // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+#endif
+    const std::size_t arena_size = d.arena_size;
+    const node* nodes = d.tape;
+    std::size_t count = d.tape_size;
+    std::vector<node> compacted;
+    std::string text_tail;
+    std::string arena_tail;
+    if (d.edits)
+    {
+        compact_nodes(d, arena_size, compacted, text_tail, arena_tail);
+        nodes = compacted.data();
+        count = compacted.size();
+    }
+    const std::size_t text_size = d.size + text_tail.size();
+    const std::size_t total_arena = arena_size + arena_tail.size();
+    if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(text_size >= image_limit || total_arena >= image_limit || count >= image_limit))
+    {
+        // LCOV_EXCL_START (4 GiB)
+        throw_out_of_range(416, "images of 4 GiB or more are not supported by json_document");
+        // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+    }
+    image_header h{};
+    h.magic = {{'N', 'J', 'V', 'I'}};
+    h.version = image_version;
+    h.node_count = count;
+    h.text_size = text_size;
+    h.arena_size = total_arena;
+    std::vector<std::uint8_t> image(sizeof(h) + (count * sizeof(node)) + text_size + 1 + total_arena + 1);
+    std::uint8_t* o = image.data();
+    std::memcpy(o, &h, sizeof(h));
+    o += sizeof(h);
+    std::memcpy(o, nodes, count * sizeof(node));
+    // the hash indexes are rebuilt by load()
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i)
+    {
+        if (nodes[i].kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object) && nodes[i].extra != 0)
+        {
+            node n = nodes[i];
+            n.extra = 0;
+            std::memcpy(o + (i * sizeof(node)), &n, sizeof(node));
+        }
+    }
+    o += count * sizeof(node);
+    const auto append = [&o](const char* s, std::size_t n)
+    {
+        if (n != 0)
+        {
+            std::memcpy(o, s, n);
+            o += n;
+        }
+    };
+    append(d.src, d.size);
+    append(text_tail.data(), text_tail.size());
+    *o++ = 0;
+    append(d.base[1], arena_size);
+    append(arena_tail.data(), arena_tail.size());
+    *o = 0;
+    return image;
+}
+
+/// whether a number node matches its token the way the parser records it
+/// (after the bounds check)
+inline bool check_number(const node& n, const unsigned char* text)
+{
+    const std::size_t len = number_length(n);
+    const unsigned char* const s = text + n.off;
+    const unsigned char* const e = s + len;
+    const unsigned char* p = s;
+    const bool negative = *p == '-';
+    p += negative ? 1 : 0;
+    const unsigned char* const int_start = p;
+    if (p == e)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (*p == '0')
+    {
+        ++p;
+    }
+    else if (*p >= '1' && *p <= '9')
+    {
+        while (p != e && is_digit(*p))
+        {
+            ++p;
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    const auto int_digits = static_cast<std::size_t>(p - int_start);
+    std::size_t frac_digits = 0;
+    bool is_float = false;
+    if (p != e && *p == '.')
+    {
+        const unsigned char* const f0 = ++p;
+        while (p != e && is_digit(*p))
+        {
+            ++p;
+        }
+        if (p == f0)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        frac_digits = static_cast<std::size_t>(p - f0);
+        is_float = true;
+    }
+    std::int64_t exponent = 0;
+    if (p != e && (*p | 0x20u) == 'e')
+    {
+        ++p;
+        const bool exp_negative = p != e && *p == '-';
+        p += (p != e && (*p == '+' || *p == '-')) ? 1 : 0;
+        if (p == e || !is_digit(*p))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        while (p != e && is_digit(*p))
+        {
+            exponent = exponent < 100000 ? (exponent * 10) + (*p - '0') : exponent;
+            ++p;
+        }
+        exponent = exp_negative ? -exponent : exponent;
+        is_float = true;
+    }
+    if (p != e)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_float))
+    {
+        // the digit layout the parser records (or "many", as compaction
+        // writes it), and a finite value
+        const auto layout = static_cast<std::uint16_t>((int_digits < 255 ? int_digits : 255) | ((frac_digits < 255 ? frac_digits : 255) << 8u));
+        if (n.extra != layout && n.extra != 0xFFFFu)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        // parse() rejects floats that overflow; as there, only a number whose
+        // magnitude could reach 1e308 needs the conversion
+        if (static_cast<std::int64_t>(int_digits) + exponent > 300)
+        {
+            const auto v = float_value<double>(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(s), n); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
+            return v <= (std::numeric_limits<double>::max)() && v >= -(std::numeric_limits<double>::max)();
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    // integers: the token's value is the stored one; number_integer nodes of
+    // edits can be non-negative (as basic_json keeps the type of a value)
+    const bool integer = n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_integer);
+    if (is_float || int_digits > 20 || (negative && !integer))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    // (at most 19 digits cannot overflow; 20 digits are compared with 2^64 - 1)
+    if (int_digits == 20 && std::memcmp(int_start, "18446744073709551615", 20) > 0)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    std::uint64_t m = 0;
+    for (const unsigned char* d = int_start; d != int_start + int_digits; ++d)
+    {
+        m = (m * 10) + static_cast<std::uint64_t>(*d - '0');
+    }
+    if (integer && m > (negative ? std::uint64_t{1} << 63u : (std::uint64_t{1} << 63u) - 1))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return integer_bits(n) == (negative ? 0 - m : m);
+}
+
+/// Check the nodes of a loaded image against its text and decoded strings:
+/// kinds, flags, and `extra`; extents and element counts of arrays and
+/// objects; keys; bounds; string contents (source strings as the parser
+/// leaves them: no quotes, backslashes, or control characters; all strings
+/// valid UTF-8); and number tokens.
+inline bool check_image(const node* nodes, std::size_t count, const unsigned char* text, std::size_t text_size,
+                        const unsigned char* arena, std::size_t arena_size, bool full)
+{
+    struct frame
+    {
+        std::size_t end;
+        std::uint32_t len;
+        std::uint32_t seen;
+        bool object;
+        bool expect_key;
+    };
+    std::vector<frame> stack;
+    const auto check_string = [&](const node & n) -> bool
+    {
+        if ((n.flags & ~node_flags::escaped) != 0 || n.extra != 0)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        const bool decoded = (n.flags & node_flags::escaped) != 0;
+        const unsigned char* const base = decoded ? arena : text;
+        const std::size_t limit = decoded ? arena_size : text_size;
+        if (n.off > limit || n.len > limit - n.off)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!full)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+        const unsigned char* const b = base + n.off;
+        return decoded ? valid_utf8_prefix(b, n.len) == n.len : scan_string_run(b, b + n.len) == b + n.len;
+    };
+    // bounds of a number token; the recorded digit layout must lie within it
+    const auto number_in_bounds = [&](const node & n) -> bool
+    {
+        const std::size_t len = number_length(n);
+        if (len == 0 || n.off > text_size || len > text_size - n.off)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (n.kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_float))
+        {
+            return (n.extra >> 8u) == 0;
+        }
+        // float_value() reads the sign, the integer digits, and the point and
+        // fraction digits the layout records (a layout of more than 19 digits
+        // means the general conversion, which stays within the token)
+        const std::size_t int_digits = n.extra & 0xFFu;
+        const std::size_t frac_digits = n.extra >> 8u;
+        const std::size_t need = (text[n.off] == '-' ? 1u : 0u) + int_digits + (frac_digits != 0 ? frac_digits + 1 : 0);
+        return int_digits + frac_digits > 19 || need <= len;
+    };
+    std::size_t i = 0;
+    for (;;)
+    {
+        // close finished arrays and objects
+        while (!stack.empty() && i == stack.back().end)
+        {
+            const frame f = stack.back();
+            if (f.seen != f.len || (f.object && !f.expect_key))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            stack.pop_back();
+            if (!stack.empty())
+            {
+                ++stack.back().seen;
+                stack.back().expect_key = true;
+            }
+        }
+        if (i == count)
+        {
+            return stack.empty();
+        }
+        if (i != 0 && stack.empty())
+        {
+            return false; // nodes after the root
+        }
+        const node& n = nodes[i];
+        if (!stack.empty() && stack.back().object && stack.back().expect_key)
+        {
+            if (n.kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::string) || !check_string(n))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            stack.back().expect_key = false;
+            ++i;
+            continue;
+        }
+        bool complete = true;
+        switch (static_cast<value_t>(n.kind))
+        {
+            case value_t::null:
+                // (the offset of a literal is read to size the output of dump())
+                if (n.flags != 0 || n.extra != 0 || n.off > text_size)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                break;
+            case value_t::boolean:
+                if ((n.flags & ~node_flags::is_true) != 0 || n.extra != 0 || n.off > text_size)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                break;
+            case value_t::string:
+                if (!check_string(n))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                break;
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            case value_t::number_float:
+                if (n.flags != 0 || !number_in_bounds(n) || (full && !check_number(n, text)))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                break;
+            case value_t::array:
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                const std::size_t limit = stack.empty() ? count : stack.back().end;
+                if (n.flags != 0 || n.extra != 0 || n.next == 0 || n.next > limit - i || n.off > text_size)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                stack.push_back(frame{i + n.next, n.len, 0, n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object), true});
+                complete = false;
+                break;
+            }
+            case value_t::binary:
+            case value_t::discarded:
+            default:
+                return false;
+        }
+        ++i;
+        if (complete && !stack.empty())
+        {
+            ++stack.back().seen;
+            stack.back().expect_key = true;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE inline void throw_invalid_image(const char* what)
+{
+    throw_parse_error(116, concat("invalid json_document image: ", what));
+}
+
+/// Read an image into d. The text and the decoded strings stay in the image;
+/// the nodes are copied (so that they are aligned, and edits can change them).
+inline void load_image(document_data& d, const std::uint8_t* image, std::size_t size, image_check check)
+{
+#if !NLOHMANN_VIEW_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+    throw_type_error(320, "json_document images need a little-endian target"); // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+#endif
+    if (image == nullptr || size < sizeof(image_header))
+    {
+        throw_invalid_image("too short");
+    }
+    image_header h{};
+    std::memcpy(&h, image, sizeof(h));
+    // (the reserved fields are for later versions)
+    if (std::memcmp(h.magic.data(), "NJVI", 4) != 0 || h.version != image_version
+            || (h.reserved[0] | h.reserved[1] | h.reserved[2] | h.reserved[3]) != 0)
+    {
+        throw_invalid_image("unknown format");
+    }
+    const std::size_t room = size - sizeof(h);
+    if (h.node_count == 0 || h.node_count > room / sizeof(node) || h.node_count >= image_limit || h.text_size >= image_limit || h.arena_size >= image_limit)
+    {
+        throw_invalid_image("sizes out of range");
+    }
+    const auto count = static_cast<std::size_t>(h.node_count);
+    const auto text_size = static_cast<std::size_t>(h.text_size);
+    const auto arena_size = static_cast<std::size_t>(h.arena_size);
+    const std::size_t text_at = sizeof(h) + (count * sizeof(node));
+    // the text, a NUL, the decoded strings, a NUL, and nothing after them
+    if (size - text_at < 2 || text_size > size - text_at - 2 || arena_size != size - text_at - text_size - 2
+            || image[text_at + text_size] != 0 || image[size - 1] != 0)
+    {
+        throw_invalid_image("sizes out of range");
+    }
+
+    d.discarded = true;
+    d.edits.reset();
+    d.base[2] = nullptr;
+    d.owned.clear();
+    if (d.owned_image.empty() || image != d.owned_image.data())
+    {
+        d.owned_image.clear();
+    }
+    d.arena.clear();
+    d.indexes.clear();
+    d.index_slots.clear();
+    d.large_objects.clear();
+    d.tape_size = 0;
+    d.reserve(count);
+    std::memcpy(d.tape, image + sizeof(h), count * sizeof(node));
+    d.tape_size = count;
+    const std::uint8_t* const text = image + text_at;
+    const std::uint8_t* const arena = text + text_size + 1;
+    d.src = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(text); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
+    d.size = text_size;
+    d.base[0] = d.src;
+    d.base[1] = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(arena); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
+    d.arena_size = arena_size;
+    if (check != image_check::none && !check_image(d.tape, count, text, text_size, arena, arena_size, check == image_check::full))
+    {
+        throw_invalid_image("the check failed");
+    }
+    // the hash indexes of large objects, as after parsing
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i)
+    {
+        node& n = d.tape[i];
+        if (n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object))
+        {
+            n.extra = 0;
+            if (n.len >= document_data::index_min_members)
+            {
+                d.large_objects.push_back(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(i));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    build_object_indexes(d);
+    d.discarded = false;
+}
+
+}  // namespace view
+}  // namespace detail
+NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
@@ -26,43 +26,76 @@ namespace detail
 namespace view
 {

+/*!
+@brief locate the decimal point and the end of the mantissa of a float token
+
+Also checks that the token is a JSON number. Tokens of the parser and of edits
+always are; an image loaded with image_check::bounds can hold any bytes, which
+must not reach the conversion (it expects a well-formed token).
+*/
+inline bool float_token_layout(const char* first, const char* last, std::size_t& dot, std::size_t& mantissa_end) noexcept
+{
+    const auto digit = [last](const char* q)
+    {
+        return q != last && is_digit(static_cast<unsigned char>(*q));
+    };
+    const char* p = first;
+    p += (p != last && *p == '-') ? 1 : 0;
+    if (!digit(p) || (*p == '0' && digit(p + 1)))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    while (digit(p))
+    {
+        ++p;
+    }
+    dot = std::string::npos;
+    if (p != last && *p == '.')
+    {
+        dot = static_cast<std::size_t>(p - first);
+        if (!digit(++p))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        while (digit(p))
+        {
+            ++p;
+        }
+    }
+    mantissa_end = static_cast<std::size_t>(p - first);
+    if (p != last && (*p == 'e' || *p == 'E'))
+    {
+        ++p;
+        p += (p != last && (*p == '+' || *p == '-')) ? 1 : 0;
+        if (!digit(p))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        while (digit(p))
+        {
+            ++p;
+        }
+    }
+    return p == last;
+}
+
 /*!
@brief the value of the float token of a node, as parse() converts it

 Uses the lexer's conversion (detail::convert_float), so that the values are
 bit-identical to parse(): float and double are converted without allocation
-and independent of the locale. The digit layout recorded while parsing locates
-the decimal point and the exponent without scanning the token.
+and independent of the locale. A token that is not a JSON number (only in a
+damaged image loaded with image_check::bounds) yields 0.
 */
 template<typename FloatType>
 NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE FloatType float_value(const char* first, const node& n)
 {
    const char* const last = first + n.len;
-    const std::size_t neg = first[0] == '-' ? 1 : 0;
-    const std::size_t int_digits = n.extra & 0xFFu;
-    const std::size_t frac_digits = n.extra >> 8u;
-    std::size_t dot = std::string::npos;
-    std::size_t mantissa_end = n.len;
-    if (int_digits != 255 && frac_digits != 255)
+    std::size_t dot = 0;
+    std::size_t mantissa_end = 0;
+    if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!float_token_layout(first, last, dot, mantissa_end)))
    {
-        dot = frac_digits != 0 ? neg + int_digits : std::string::npos;
-        mantissa_end = neg + int_digits + (frac_digits != 0 ? 1 + frac_digits : 0);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        // more digits than the layout records: locate them
-        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < n.len; ++i)
-        {
-            if (first[i] == '.')
-            {
-                dot = i;
-            }
-            else if (first[i] == 'e' || first[i] == 'E')
-            {
-                mantissa_end = i;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
+        return FloatType{};
    }
    return convert_float<FloatType>(first, last, dot, mantissa_end);
 }
@@ -93,16 +126,20 @@ NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE float_significand layout_decimal(const unsigned char
    }
    if (p != e)
    {
-        // [eE][+-]digits; huge exponents saturate (the parser rejected overflow)
+        // [eE][+-]digits; huge exponents saturate (the parser rejected
+        // overflow). The token is not read beyond e, and the digits are taken
+        // as unsigned, so that a token that is not well-formed (a damaged
+        // image loaded with image_check::bounds) yields a wrong value, but no
+        // overflow.
        ++p;
-        const bool exp_negative = *p == '-';
-        p += (*p == '-' || *p == '+') ? 1 : 0;
+        const bool exp_negative = p != e && *p == '-';
+        p += (p != e && (*p == '-' || *p == '+')) ? 1 : 0;
        std::int64_t exp_value = 0;
        for (; p != e; ++p)
        {
            if (exp_value < 0x10000000)
            {
-                exp_value = (exp_value * 10) + (*p - '0');
+                exp_value = (exp_value * 10) + static_cast<unsigned char>(*p - '0');
            }
        }
        q += exp_negative ? -exp_value : exp_value;
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ namespace view
 {

 /// append-only output buffer: writes through a raw pointer into a string that
-/// is resized ahead, and trimmed by finish()
+/// is resized ahead, and trimmed by finish(). The estimate is reserved, and the
+/// string grows in steps of 64 KiB within it: resize() fills the new bytes
+/// with zeros (before C++23, a string cannot grow without), and a small step
+/// is filled while the writer is about to use it, in the cache, instead of
+/// filling the whole estimate in memory first.
 template<typename StringType>
 class output_buffer
 {
@@ -75,17 +79,49 @@ class output_buffer
        m_pos += n;
    }

+    /// the write position and the end of the writable space, for a writer
+    /// that keeps the position in a local variable (set_cursor() hands it back)
+    char* cursor() const noexcept
+    {
+        return m_pos;
+    }
+
+    char* limit() const noexcept
+    {
+        return m_end;
+    }
+
+    void set_cursor(char* p) noexcept
+    {
+        m_pos = p;
+    }
+
  private:
+    /// the size of a growth step (a function: std::min() takes a reference,
+    /// which a static constexpr member does not have before C++17)
+    static constexpr std::size_t step() noexcept
+    {
+        return 65536;
+    }
+
    static StringType& sized(StringType& out, std::size_t estimate)
    {
-        out.resize((std::max)(estimate, static_cast<std::size_t>(64)));
+        out.reserve(estimate);
+        out.resize((std::min)((std::max)(estimate, static_cast<std::size_t>(64)), step()));
        return out;
    }

    NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void grow(std::size_t n)
    {
        const auto used = static_cast<std::size_t>(m_pos - m_out.data());
-        m_out.resize((std::max)(m_out.size() * 2, used + n + 256));
+        // (a step does not go beyond the reserved estimate, so that a good
+        // estimate is never copied to a larger allocation)
+        const std::size_t size = (std::max)((std::min)(m_out.size() + step(), m_out.capacity()), used + n + 256);
+        if (size > m_out.capacity())
+        {
+            m_out.reserve((std::max)(m_out.capacity() * 2, size));
+        }
+        m_out.resize(size);
        m_pos = &m_out[0] + used;
        m_end = &m_out[0] + m_out.size();
    }
@@ -95,6 +131,105 @@ class output_buffer
    char* m_end;
 };

+/// The length of the run at s that dump() writes unchanged without
+/// ensure_ascii: all bytes but quotes, backslashes, and control characters.
+/// Unlike detail::string_bulk_run(), non-ASCII bytes are not validated: the
+/// strings of a document are valid UTF-8 (a damaged image loaded with
+/// image_check::bounds can have others, which are then written unchanged).
+inline std::size_t plain_output_run(const unsigned char* s, std::size_t n) noexcept
+{
+    constexpr std::uint64_t ones = 0x0101010101010101ull;
+    constexpr std::uint64_t high = 0x8080808080808080ull;
+    std::size_t i = 0;
+    for (; i + 8 <= n; i += 8)
+    {
+        const std::uint64_t v = read_eight_bytes(s + i);
+        const std::uint64_t q = v ^ 0x2222222222222222ull; // '"'
+        const std::uint64_t b = v ^ 0x5C5C5C5C5C5C5C5Cull; // '\\'
+        const std::uint64_t stop = (((q - ones) & ~q) | ((b - ones) & ~b) | ((v - 0x2020202020202020ull) & ~v)) & high;
+        if (stop != 0)
+        {
+            // the lowest flagged byte is the first stop: borrows only flag bytes above a true one
+            return i + (static_cast<std::size_t>(count_trailing_zeros(stop)) / 8);
+        }
+    }
+    for (; i < n; ++i)
+    {
+        if (s[i] == '"' || s[i] == '\\' || s[i] < 0x20)
+        {
+            return i;
+        }
+    }
+    return n;
+}
+
+/// A stack that starts in a buffer of the caller (a local array) and moves to
+/// the heap (a vector of the caller) only when that is full, so that dumps of
+/// shallow documents need no allocation. The top is a pointer, as in
+/// std::vector. The address of the stack never escapes (the growth gets the
+/// vector and returns the new storage), so its pointers stay in registers.
+template<typename T>
+class small_stack
+{
+  public:
+    small_stack(T* buffer, std::size_t capacity, std::vector<T>& heap) noexcept
+        : m_begin(buffer), m_top(buffer), m_end(buffer + capacity), m_heap(&heap)
+    {}
+    small_stack(const small_stack&) = delete;
+    small_stack(small_stack&&) = delete;
+    small_stack& operator=(const small_stack&) = delete;
+    small_stack& operator=(small_stack&&) = delete;
+    ~small_stack() = default;
+
+    NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE void push_back(const T& x)
+    {
+        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(m_top == m_end))
+        {
+            const std::size_t used = size();
+            const std::size_t capacity = 2 * static_cast<std::size_t>(m_end - m_begin);
+            m_begin = grow(*m_heap, m_begin, used, capacity);
+            m_top = m_begin + used;
+            m_end = m_begin + capacity;
+        }
+        *m_top++ = x;
+    }
+
+    NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T& back() noexcept
+    {
+        return m_top[-1];
+    }
+
+    NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE void pop_back() noexcept
+    {
+        --m_top;
+    }
+
+    NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE bool empty() const noexcept
+    {
+        return m_top == m_begin;
+    }
+
+    NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE std::size_t size() const noexcept
+    {
+        return static_cast<std::size_t>(m_top - m_begin);
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// the used entries moved to heap storage of the given capacity
+    NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE static T* grow(std::vector<T>& heap, const T* begin, std::size_t used, std::size_t capacity)
+    {
+        std::vector<T> bigger(capacity);
+        std::copy(begin, begin + used, bigger.begin());
+        heap.swap(bigger);
+        return heap.data();
+    }
+
+    T* m_begin;
+    T* m_top;
+    T* m_end;
+    std::vector<T>* m_heap;
+};
+
 /// how the view's dump() writes a value
 struct dump_style
 {
@@ -129,6 +264,18 @@ class view_serializer

    void dump(const node* root)
    {
+        if (!m_style.pretty && !m_style.ensure_ascii)
+        {
+            if (m_style.source_numbers)
+            {
+                dump_compact<true>(root);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                dump_compact<false>(root);
+            }
+            return;
+        }
        struct frame
        {
            const node* pos; ///< next element, or key of the next member
@@ -136,7 +283,9 @@ class view_serializer
            bool object;
            bool first;  ///< nothing written yet
        };
-        std::vector<frame> stack;
+        std::array<frame, 32> buffer; // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-member-init,hicpp-member-init): written before read
+        std::vector<frame> heap;
+        small_stack<frame> stack(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), heap);
        const node* n = root;
        for (;;)
        {
@@ -207,6 +356,289 @@ class view_serializer
    }

  private:
+    /*!
+    @brief the compact output without ensure_ascii (the default dump())
+
+    The same walk as dump(), with the write position in a local variable
+    (stores through char pointers would otherwise force a reload of the
+    buffer's members after each one), and with strings and number tokens of
+    the source copied by fixed-size moves of 32 bytes where the source has
+    that many bytes left, instead of a library call per token. The buffer
+    keeps 64 bytes of slack for the overshoot.
+    */
+    /// a string that is not a plain string of the source (decoded, or written
+    /// by an edit), without ensure_ascii: runs without characters to escape
+    /// are copied
+    NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void write_decoded(const node& n)
+    {
+        const auto* const s = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(m_doc.str(n)); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
+        m_out.put('"');
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < n.len;)
+        {
+            const std::size_t run = plain_output_run(s + i, n.len - i);
+            if (run != 0)
+            {
+                m_out.put(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(s + i), run); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
+                i += run;
+                continue;
+            }
+            write_codepoint<false>(s[i], s + i, 1); // a quote, a backslash, or a control character
+            ++i;
+        }
+        m_out.put('"');
+    }
+
+    /// the copies of dump_compact() that are not fixed-size moves (long
+    /// strings, or near the end of the source); out of line, so that the
+    /// compiler does not merge the fixed-size moves into this call
+    NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE static void copy_long(char* to, const char* from, std::size_t n) noexcept
+    {
+        std::memcpy(to, from, n);
+    }
+
+    template<bool SourceNumbers>
+    void dump_compact(const node* root)
+    {
+        struct frame
+        {
+            const node* pos; ///< (editable documents) next element, or key of the next member
+            const node* end;
+            bool object;
+        };
+        std::array<frame, 32> buffer; // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-member-init,hicpp-member-init): written before read
+        std::vector<frame> heap;
+        small_stack<frame> stack(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), heap);
+        const char* const src = m_doc.src;
+        const char* const src_end = src + m_doc.size;
+        char* w = m_out.cursor();
+        char* lim = m_out.limit();
+        // room for n bytes and the slack
+        const auto room = [&](std::size_t n)
+        {
+            if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(static_cast<std::size_t>(lim - w) < n + 64))
+            {
+                m_out.set_cursor(w);
+                m_out.reserve(n + 64);
+                w = m_out.cursor();
+                lim = m_out.limit();
+            }
+        };
+        // copy n bytes of the source (after room(n))
+        const auto copy = [&](const char* from, std::size_t n)
+        {
+            if (n <= 32 && src_end - from >= 32)
+            {
+                std::memcpy(w, from, 32);
+            }
+            else if (n <= 256 && src_end - from >= static_cast<std::ptrdiff_t>(n) + 32)
+            {
+                for (std::size_t i = 0; i < n; i += 32)
+                {
+                    std::memcpy(w + i, from + i, 32);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                copy_long(w, from, n);
+            }
+            w += n;
+        };
+        // a literal of n bytes (after room(n))
+        const auto literal = [&](const char* text, std::size_t n)
+        {
+            std::memcpy(w, text, n);
+            w += n;
+        };
+        // a string that is not a plain string of the source (out of line, so
+        // that the cursor stays in a register here)
+        const auto escaped = [&](const node & n)
+        {
+            m_out.set_cursor(w);
+            write_decoded(n);
+            w = m_out.cursor();
+            lim = m_out.limit();
+        };
+
+        // Read-only documents: the elements of a container follow it in the
+        // node array, so the walk goes through the array in order, and a
+        // frame only needs the end of its container. Editable documents: the
+        // elements of a moved container live elsewhere, so a frame keeps the
+        // position of the next element (see navigation).
+        // The innermost open container is kept in registers (cur; end ==
+        // nullptr: none), the stack holds the ones around it.
+        frame cur{nullptr, nullptr, false};
+        const node* n = root;
+        for (;;)
+        {
+            // write the value at n (read-only documents: and advance n)
+            bool opened = false;
+            switch (static_cast<value_t>(n->kind))
+            {
+                case value_t::string:
+                    if ((n->flags & node_flags::storage) == 0)
+                    {
+                        room(n->len + 2);
+                        *w++ = '"';
+                        copy(src + n->off, n->len);
+                        *w++ = '"';
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        escaped(*n);
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case value_t::number_integer:
+                case value_t::number_unsigned:
+                {
+                    const std::uint32_t len = number_length(*n);
+                    room(len);
+                    if (Editable && (n->flags & node_flags::storage) != 0)
+                    {
+                        copy_long(w, m_doc.str(*n), len); // a canonical token written by an edit
+                        w += len;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    const char* const token = src + n->off;
+                    if (!SourceNumbers && NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(len == 2 && token[0] == '-' && token[1] == '0'))
+                    {
+                        *w++ = '0'; // parse() reads -0 as the integer 0
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        copy(token, len);
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+                case value_t::number_float:
+                    if (SourceNumbers && (n->flags & node_flags::storage) != node_flags::edited)
+                    {
+                        room(n->len);
+                        copy(src + n->off, n->len);
+                    }
+                    else if (std::is_same<number_float_t, double>::value)
+                    {
+                        room(64);
+                        w = write_double_at(w, *n);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        m_out.set_cursor(w);
+                        write_float_node(*n);
+                        w = m_out.cursor();
+                        lim = m_out.limit();
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case value_t::boolean:
+                    room(8);
+                    if ((n->flags & node_flags::is_true) != 0)
+                    {
+                        literal("true", 4);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        literal("false", 5);
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case value_t::object:
+                case value_t::array:
+                {
+                    const bool object = n->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object);
+                    room(8);
+                    if (n->len == 0)
+                    {
+                        literal(object ? "{}" : "[]", 2);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        *w++ = object ? '{' : '[';
+                        stack.push_back(cur);
+                        if (Editable)
+                        {
+                            cur = frame{nav::first(m_doc, n), nav::end(m_doc, n), object};
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            cur = frame{nullptr, n + n->next, object};
+                        }
+                        opened = true;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+                case value_t::null:
+                    room(8);
+                    literal("null", 4);
+                    break;
+                case value_t::binary:    // LCOV_EXCL_LINE (not in a document)
+                case value_t::discarded: // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+                default:                 // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+                    break;               // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+            }
+            if (!Editable)
+            {
+                ++n; // the next node: the first element of an opened container, or the node after a scalar
+            }
+
+            // go to the next value: close finished containers, then separate
+            // (a container just opened has an element)
+            if (!opened)
+            {
+                for (;;)
+                {
+                    if (cur.end == nullptr)
+                    {
+                        m_out.set_cursor(w);
+                        m_out.finish();
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    if ((Editable ? cur.pos : n) != cur.end)
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    room(1);
+                    *w++ = cur.object ? '}' : ']';
+                    cur = stack.back();
+                    stack.pop_back();
+                }
+                room(1);
+                *w++ = ',';
+            }
+            const node* const at = Editable ? cur.pos : n;
+            if (cur.object)
+            {
+                const node& key = *at;
+                if ((key.flags & node_flags::storage) == 0)
+                {
+                    room(key.len + 3);
+                    *w++ = '"';
+                    copy(src + key.off, key.len);
+                    w[0] = '"';
+                    w[1] = ':';
+                    w += 2;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    escaped(key);
+                    room(1);
+                    *w++ = ':';
+                }
+                if (Editable)
+                {
+                    n = nav::value(at + 1);
+                    cur.pos = document_data::after(at + 1);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    ++n;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (Editable)
+            {
+                n = nav::value(at);
+                cur.pos = document_data::after(at);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
    void newline(std::size_t level)
    {
        if (m_style.pretty)
@@ -258,7 +690,7 @@ class view_serializer
                }
                else
                {
-                    write_float(float_value<number_float_t>(m_doc, n));
+                    write_float_node(n);
                }
                break;
            case value_t::object:    // LCOV_EXCL_LINE (containers are written by dump())
@@ -270,6 +702,83 @@ class view_serializer
        }
    }

+    /// a float node as dump() writes it
+    void write_float_node(const node& n)
+    {
+        write_float_node(n, std::is_same<number_float_t, double> {});
+    }
+
+    void write_float_node(const node& n, std::false_type /*other*/)
+    {
+        write_float(float_value<number_float_t>(m_doc, n));
+    }
+
+    void write_float_node(const node& n, std::true_type /*double*/)
+    {
+        m_out.reserve(64);
+        m_out.set_cursor(write_double_at(m_out.cursor(), n));
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief (doubles) the float at n as dump() writes it, at w (64 bytes of room)
+
+    A token of at most 15 significant digits is written from its digits,
+    without a conversion: two decimals of at most 15 digits are farther
+    apart than the rounding interval of a (normal) double (the argument
+    behind DBL_DIG), so the token's digits are the shortest ones of its
+    double, which the library's conversion writes (Zmij). Other tokens are
+    converted from the digits already read.
+    */
+    char* write_double_at(char* w, const node& n)
+    {
+        const unsigned int_digits = n.extra & 0xFFu;
+        const unsigned frac_digits = n.extra >> 8u;
+        if ((n.flags & node_flags::storage) != node_flags::edited && int_digits + frac_digits <= 19)
+        {
+            const auto* const first = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(m_doc.src + n.off); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
+            const float_significand d = layout_decimal(first, first + n.len, int_digits, frac_digits, reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(m_doc.src + m_doc.size)); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
+            // (the exponent keeps the value far from subnormals and overflow)
+            if (d.w != 0 && d.w < 1000000000000000u && d.exponent >= -290 && d.exponent <= 290)
+            {
+                *w = '-';
+                w += d.negative ? 1 : 0;
+                // (without leading zeros, all digits of the token count)
+                const unsigned char lead = first[d.negative ? 1 : 0];
+                return lead != '0' ? ::nlohmann::detail::dtoa_impl::write_short_decimal(w, d.w, static_cast<int>(int_digits + frac_digits), static_cast<int>(d.exponent))
+                       : ::nlohmann::detail::dtoa_impl::write_short_decimal(w, d.w, static_cast<int>(d.exponent));
+            }
+            return write_double_value_at(w, decimal_to_float<double>(d)); // (without reading the token again)
+        }
+        return write_double_value_at(w, static_cast<double>(float_value<number_float_t>(m_doc, n)));
+    }
+
+    /// n bytes of text at w
+    static char* write_text_at(char* w, const char* text, std::size_t n) noexcept
+    {
+        std::memcpy(w, text, n);
+        return w + n;
+    }
+
+    /// a double as dump() writes it, at w (64 bytes of room)
+    static char* write_double_value_at(char* w, double x)
+    {
+        // (from the bits: without the checks of to_chars())
+        std::uint64_t bits = 0;
+        std::memcpy(&bits, &x, sizeof(bits));
+        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY((bits & 0x7FF0000000000000u) == 0x7FF0000000000000u))
+        {
+            return write_text_at(w, "null", 4);
+        }
+        *w = '-';
+        w += bits >> 63u;
+        bits &= ~(std::uint64_t{1} << 63u);
+        if (bits == 0)
+        {
+            return write_text_at(w, "0.0", 3);
+        }
+        return ::nlohmann::detail::dtoa_impl::write_shortest(w, ::nlohmann::detail::zmij::to_shortest(bits));
+    }
+
    /// as serializer::dump_float()
    void write_float(number_float_t x)
    {
@@ -317,7 +826,9 @@ class view_serializer
        m_out.put('"');
    }

-    /// as serializer::dump_escaped() for valid UTF-8 (the view has no other)
+    /// as serializer::dump_escaped(); strings of a document are valid UTF-8,
+    /// except in a damaged image loaded with image_check::bounds, for which
+    /// this throws what basic_json::dump() throws for the string
    template<bool EnsureAscii>
    void write_escaped(const unsigned char* s, std::size_t n)
    {
@@ -341,12 +852,13 @@ class view_serializer
            }
            std::uint32_t codepoint = s[i];
            std::size_t len = 1;
-            if (codepoint >= 0xC0)
+            if (codepoint >= 0x80)
            {
-                len = 2;
-                if (codepoint >= 0xE0)
+                len = validate_one_utf8(s + i, n - i);
+                if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(len == 0))
                {
-                    len = codepoint >= 0xF0 ? 4 : 3;
+                    invalid_utf8(s, n);
+                    return;
                }
                codepoint &= 0xFFu >> (len + 1);
                for (std::size_t k = 1; k < len; ++k)
@@ -359,6 +871,13 @@ class view_serializer
        }
    }

+    /// throw what basic_json::dump() throws for a string that is not valid UTF-8
+    NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE static void invalid_utf8(const unsigned char* s, std::size_t n)
+    {
+        const string_t dumped = BasicJsonType(string_t(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(s), n)).dump(); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
+        static_cast<void>(dumped);
+    }
+
    template<bool EnsureAscii>
    void write_codepoint(std::uint32_t codepoint, const unsigned char* bytes, std::size_t len)
    {
@@ -613,210 +613,100 @@ 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))) {}

-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
+        void destroy(value_t t)
        {
            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;
            }
-
-            // 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)
+            if (t == value_t::array || t == value_t::object)
            {
-                if (has_no_children(cur))
+                // flatten the current json_value to a heap-allocated stack
+                std::vector<basic_json> stack;
+
+                // move the top-level items to stack
+                if (t == value_t::array)
                {
-                    if (prev.m_data.m_type == value_t::null)
+                    stack.reserve(array->size());
+                    std::move(array->begin(), array->end(), std::back_inserter(stack));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    stack.reserve(object->size());
+                    for (auto&& it : *object)
                    {
-                        free_container(cur);
-                        return; // back at the top with nothing left to do
+                        stack.push_back(std::move(it.second));
+                    }
+                }
+
+                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();
                    }

-                    // ascend: detach the grandparent link from prev's
-                    // 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;
+                    // it's now safe that current_item gets destructed
+                    // since it doesn't have any children
                }
-
-                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::string:
-                    destroy_string();
+                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:
+                {
+                    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();
-                    break;
-
-                case value_t::object:
-                case value_t::array:
-                    destroy_container(t);
+                {
+                    AllocatorType<binary_t> alloc;
+                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::destroy(alloc, binary);
+                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::deallocate(alloc, binary, 1);
                    break;
+                }

                case value_t::null:
                case value_t::boolean:
@@ -825,7 +715,9 @@ public:
                case value_t::number_float:
                case value_t::discarded:
                default:
+                {
                    break;
+                }
            }
        }
    };
@@ -3601,13 +3493,9 @@ public:
                   && !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 <
@@ -3616,13 +3504,9 @@ public:
                   && !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/
@@ -3980,13 +3864,9 @@ public:
    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

    /// @}

@@ -4097,13 +3977,9 @@ public:
    ///             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/
@@ -4112,13 +3988,9 @@ public:
    ///         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/
@@ -5207,7 +5079,7 @@ public:
    /// @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<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator<=(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
    {
        return basic_json(lhs) <= rhs;
    }
@@ -5216,7 +5088,7 @@ public:
    /// @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<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator>=(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
    {
        return basic_json(lhs) >= rhs;
    }
@@ -5237,16 +5109,11 @@ public:
 #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<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(lhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator==(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
    {
        return lhs == basic_json(rhs);
    }
@@ -5255,7 +5122,7 @@ public:
    /// @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<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator==(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
    {
        return basic_json(lhs) == rhs;
    }
@@ -5271,7 +5138,7 @@ public:
    /// @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<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(lhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator!=(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
    {
        return lhs != basic_json(rhs);
    }
@@ -5280,7 +5147,7 @@ public:
    /// @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<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator!=(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
    {
        return basic_json(lhs) != rhs;
    }
@@ -5300,7 +5167,7 @@ public:
    /// @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<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(lhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator<(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
    {
        return lhs < basic_json(rhs);
    }
@@ -5309,7 +5176,7 @@ public:
    /// @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<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator<(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
    {
        return basic_json(lhs) < rhs;
    }
@@ -5329,7 +5196,7 @@ public:
    /// @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<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(lhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator<=(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
    {
        return lhs <= basic_json(rhs);
    }
@@ -5338,7 +5205,7 @@ public:
    /// @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<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator<=(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
    {
        return basic_json(lhs) <= rhs;
    }
@@ -5359,7 +5226,7 @@ public:
    /// @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<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(lhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator>(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
    {
        return lhs > basic_json(rhs);
    }
@@ -5368,7 +5235,7 @@ public:
    /// @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<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator>(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
    {
        return basic_json(lhs) > rhs;
    }
@@ -5388,7 +5255,7 @@ public:
    /// @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<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(lhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator>=(const_reference lhs, ScalarType rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
    {
        return lhs >= basic_json(rhs);
    }
@@ -5397,7 +5264,7 @@ public:
    /// @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<detail::uncvref_t<decltype(rhs)>, ScalarType>::value)
+    friend bool operator>=(ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible<basic_json, ScalarType>::value)
    {
        return basic_json(lhs) >= rhs;
    }
@@ -5433,9 +5300,6 @@ public:
        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
@@ -5447,7 +5311,6 @@ public:
    {
        return o << j;
    }
-#endif
 #endif  // JSON_NO_IO
    /// @}

@@ -5499,16 +5362,12 @@ public:
                            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/
@@ -5538,13 +5397,9 @@ public:
    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/
@@ -5605,9 +5460,6 @@ public:
                          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
@@ -5616,14 +5468,10 @@ public:
               // 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
@@ -5635,7 +5483,6 @@ public:
    {
        return operator>>(i, j);
    }
-#endif

    /// @brief deserialize from stream
    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/operator_gtgt/
@@ -5961,13 +5808,9 @@ public:
                                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))
@@ -5975,13 +5818,9 @@ public:
                                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/
@@ -6014,26 +5853,18 @@ public:
    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/
@@ -6066,26 +5897,18 @@ public:
    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/
@@ -6112,20 +5935,6 @@ public:
        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>
@@ -6149,20 +5958,6 @@ public:
        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>
@@ -6194,26 +5989,18 @@ public:
    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
    /// @}

    //////////////////////////
@@ -6233,13 +6020,9 @@ public:
    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/
@@ -6251,13 +6034,9 @@ public:
    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/
@@ -6269,13 +6048,9 @@ public:
    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/
@@ -6287,13 +6062,9 @@ public:
    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/
@@ -7270,18 +7041,6 @@ 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

 ///////////////////////
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #define INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_VIEW_HPP_

 #include <cstddef> // size_t
-#include <cstdint> // uint32_t
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t, uint32_t
 #include <cstring> // memcpy, strlen
 #include <iterator> // distance, input_iterator_tag, iterator_traits
 #include <map> // map
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/edit.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/edit_storage.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/errors.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/detail/view/image.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/input.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/iterator.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/lookup.hpp>
@@ -591,8 +592,10 @@ class basic_json_view
        style.indent_char = indent_char;
        style.ensure_ascii = ensure_ascii;
        style.source_numbers = numbers == number_format::source;
-        // the compact text is about as long as the source text of the value
-        const std::size_t estimate = source_extent() + (style.pretty ? source_extent() / 2 : 0) + 64;
+        // the compact text is about as long as the source text of the value;
+        // the compact writer keeps 64 bytes of slack, so that it does not grow
+        // the buffer just before the end
+        const std::size_t estimate = source_extent() + (style.pretty ? source_extent() / 2 : 0) + 160;
        detail::view::view_serializer<BasicJsonType, Editable>(*m_doc, out, estimate, style).dump(m_node);
        return out;
    }
@@ -934,7 +937,7 @@ class basic_json_document
    /// whether the document holds its own copy of the text
    bool owns_source() const noexcept
    {
-        return m_data && !m_data->owned.empty() && m_data->src == m_data->owned.data();
+        return m_data && ((!m_data->owned.empty() && m_data->src == m_data->owned.data()) || !m_data->owned_image.empty());
    }

    /// number of index nodes (values plus object keys)
@@ -943,7 +946,7 @@ class basic_json_document
        return m_data ? m_data->tape_size : 0;
    }

-    /// bytes held by the document (index, decoded strings, owned text)
+    /// bytes held by the document (index, decoded strings, owned text or image)
    std::size_t memory_usage() const noexcept
    {
        if (!m_data)
@@ -952,7 +955,7 @@ class basic_json_document
        }
        return sizeof(document_data) + (m_data->inline_cap * sizeof(detail::view::node))
               + (m_data->tape != m_data->inline_tape ? m_data->tape_cap * sizeof(detail::view::node) : 0)
-               + m_data->arena.capacity() + m_data->owned.capacity()
+               + m_data->arena.capacity() + m_data->owned.capacity() + m_data->owned_image.capacity()
               + (m_data->indexes.capacity() * sizeof(document_data::object_index)) + (m_data->index_slots.capacity() * sizeof(std::uint32_t))
               + (m_data->large_objects.capacity() * sizeof(std::uint32_t))
               + (m_data->edits != nullptr ? m_data->edits->bytes : 0);
@@ -972,8 +975,10 @@ class basic_json_document

        // allocate everything first, so that an exception leaves the document
        // unchanged
+        // (the decoded strings of a loaded image stay in the image)
+        const bool arena_in_use = d.base[1] == d.arena.data();
        const bool shrink_arena = d.arena.capacity() > d.arena.size();
-        std::string arena(shrink_arena ? d.arena : std::string());
+        std::string arena(shrink_arena && arena_in_use ? d.arena : std::string());
        // (edits link to the nodes of the index, which then stays in place)
        const bool shrink_tape = d.tape != d.inline_tape && d.tape_size != d.tape_cap && d.edits == nullptr;
        const bool into_header = d.tape_size <= d.inline_cap;
@@ -989,10 +994,62 @@ class basic_json_document
        if (shrink_arena)
        {
            d.arena.swap(arena);
-            d.base[1] = d.arena.data();
+            if (arena_in_use)
+            {
+                d.base[1] = d.arena.data();
+            }
        }
    }

+    ////////////
+    // images //
+    ////////////
+
+    /// how load() checks an image (full, bounds, or none)
+    using image_check = detail::view::image_check;
+
+    /// The document as an image that load() reads without parsing: the node
+    /// index, the text, and the decoded strings. An edited document is
+    /// written in its current state (floats that are not finite become null,
+    /// as in dump()).
+    std::vector<std::uint8_t> save() const
+    {
+        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!m_data || m_data->discarded))
+        {
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(320, "cannot save a discarded json_document");
+        }
+        return detail::view::save_image(*m_data);
+    }
+
+    /// Read an image written by save(). The image is borrowed: it must stay
+    /// alive and unchanged while the document is used.
+    NLOHMANN_VIEW_NODISCARD
+    static basic_json_document load(const std::uint8_t* image, std::size_t size, const image_check check = image_check::full)
+    {
+        basic_json_document d;
+        d.ensure_data(nullptr, 0);
+        detail::view::load_image(*d.m_data, image, size, check);
+        return d;
+    }
+
+    /// read an image (borrowed)
+    NLOHMANN_VIEW_NODISCARD
+    static basic_json_document load(const std::vector<std::uint8_t>& image, const image_check check = image_check::full)
+    {
+        return load(image.data(), image.size(), check);
+    }
+
+    /// read an image and keep it (no copy)
+    NLOHMANN_VIEW_NODISCARD
+    static basic_json_document load(std::vector<std::uint8_t>&& image, const image_check check = image_check::full)
+    {
+        basic_json_document d;
+        d.ensure_data(nullptr, 0);
+        d.m_data->owned_image = std::move(image);
+        detail::view::load_image(*d.m_data, d.m_data->owned_image.data(), d.m_data->owned_image.size(), check);
+        return d;
+    }
+
    ///////////
    // edits //
    ///////////
@@ -1176,6 +1233,7 @@ class basic_json_document
        {
            d.owned.clear();
        }
+        d.owned_image.clear();
        d.src = src;
        d.size = size;
        d.tape_size = 0;
@@ -1200,6 +1258,7 @@ class basic_json_document
        {
            d.base[0] = d.src;
            d.base[1] = d.arena.data();
+            d.arena_size = d.arena.size();
            detail::view::build_object_indexes(d);
            d.discarded = false;
            return;
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@
    #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
@@ -113,20 +109,14 @@
    #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, h) json_abi ## a ## b ## c ## d ## e ## f ## g ## h
-#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, h)
+#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(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) \
+    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)

 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS                                       \
    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(                                   \
@@ -136,8 +126,7 @@
            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_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS)
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8)

 // Construct the namespace version component
 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION_CONCAT_EX(major, minor, patch) \
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ 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}")
@@ -289,33 +288,6 @@ 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()
@@ -333,9 +305,6 @@ 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
@@ -382,7 +351,6 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "^(x86_64|AMD64|amd64)$" AND NOT MSVC)
        MAIN test_main CXX_STANDARDS ${test_cxx_standards} ${test_force}
    )
 endif()
-endif()

 # *DO NOT* use json_test_set_test_options() below this line

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11
 CPPFLAGS += -I ../single_include

 FUZZER_ENGINE = src/fuzzer-driver_afl.cpp
-FUZZERS = parse_afl_fuzzer parse_bson_fuzzer parse_cbor_fuzzer parse_msgpack_fuzzer parse_ubjson_fuzzer parse_bjdata_fuzzer parse_bon8_fuzzer parse_json_view_fuzzer
+FUZZERS = parse_afl_fuzzer parse_bson_fuzzer parse_cbor_fuzzer parse_msgpack_fuzzer parse_ubjson_fuzzer parse_bjdata_fuzzer parse_bon8_fuzzer parse_json_view_fuzzer json_view_image_fuzzer
 fuzzers: $(FUZZERS)

 parse_afl_fuzzer:
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ parse_afl_fuzzer:
 parse_json_view_fuzzer:
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(FUZZER_ENGINE) src/fuzzer-parse_json_view.cpp -o $@

+json_view_image_fuzzer:
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(FUZZER_ENGINE) src/fuzzer-json_view_image.cpp -o $@
+
 parse_bson_fuzzer:
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(FUZZER_ENGINE) src/fuzzer-parse_bson.cpp -o $@

@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ 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";
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ 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
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build/
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# json_view compared with other libraries
+
+The in-tree benchmarks in [`tests/benchmarks`](../README.md) measure `json_document` against `json::parse` only. The
+programs here compare it with [yyjson](https://github.com/ibireme/yyjson),
+[simdjson](https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson), and [Boost.JSON](https://github.com/boostorg/json): the question
+users ask when they pick a library. They are not built by CMake or run by CI.
+
+## Reproducing the numbers
+
+`compare.py` builds the programs against `include/` of this checkout, runs them, and writes the results together with
+everything needed to reproduce them to `results/<date>-<host>.md` (and `.csv`): the date, the commit, the CPU, the
+OS, the compiler, the flags, and the versions of all libraries.
+
+```sh
+python3 tests/benchmarks/json_view/compare.py --data <json_test_data directory> [--native] [--rounds 30]
+```
+
+- `--data` is the downloaded [test data](https://github.com/nlohmann/json_test_data), e.g. the `test_files` directory
+  of a CMake build directory. It needs `nativejson-benchmark/{twitter,citm_catalog,canada}.json` and
+  `jeopardy/jeopardy.json`.
+- The other libraries come from the system: pkg-config, or Homebrew (`brew install yyjson simdjson boost`). With
+  `--download`, pinned releases are downloaded instead and checked against their SHA-256. Without Boost headers (or
+  with `--no-boost`), the Boost.JSON columns are skipped, and the results say so.
+- `--corpus file...` adds files to the corpus benchmark, e.g. those of
+  [simdjson-data](https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson-data) or the
+  [yyjson benchmark](https://github.com/ibireme/yyjson_benchmark).
+- Only the Python 3 standard library is used; a C++17 compiler is needed (`CXX` and `CC` are honored).
+
+For numbers worth publishing, use a quiet machine (see [Getting stable numbers](../README.md#getting-stable-numbers)),
+the default 30 rounds or more, and `--native` only if the other libraries were built for the same CPU.
+
+### On GitHub-hosted runners
+
+The workflow [json_view benchmarks](../../../.github/workflows/json_view_benchmarks.yml) runs `compare.py --download`
+on demand: by hand (Actions → "json_view benchmarks" → "Run workflow"), on an x86-64 or AArch64 Ubuntu runner with GCC
+or Clang, or when a pull request gets the label `benchmark`, on both architectures with GCC. The results appear as the
+job summary and as an artifact. Shared runners are noisy, so these numbers show
+where `json_view` stands on another architecture; they are not meant for publication.
+
+## What is measured
+
+`bench_view.cpp` runs four workloads on twitter, citm_catalog, canada, jeopardy, a single tweet (`status`), and a
+JSON-RPC request (`rpc`):
+
+| workload | what it does |
+|---|---|
+| parse | build and free a document |
+| traverse | parse, then visit every value, convert every number, touch every string and key |
+| select | parse, then read a few fields per record (e.g. id, user name, and retweet count of each tweet) |
+| dump | serialize a parsed document (compact) |
+
+`bench_corpus.cpp` runs parse, traverse, and dump on any list of files, so that no library is tuned to a handful of
+documents. Its dump also writes the numbers as they are in the input: `json_view` with `number_format::source`, and
+yyjson with numbers read as raw text (`YYJSON_READ_NUMBER_AS_RAW`), without converting them.
+
+`bench_edit.cpp` measures read-modify-write: parse, apply the same logical edits with each library's own API, and
+serialize (compact). Workloads: `patch` (a handful of edits at fixed places) and `update` (edits in every record).
+An editable `json_document` edits in place; yyjson copies its immutable document into a mutable one first
+(`yyjson_doc_mut_copy`); Boost.JSON and `json::parse` build mutable DOMs; simdjson cannot edit a document. All
+outputs are checked to describe the same value.
+
+Before anything is timed, all engines must accept each document and agree on the traversal: the number of values, the
+bytes of all strings and keys, and the sum of all numbers. All engines run interleaved in every round, and the best
+round is reported, as time and as a factor of the `json_view` time (below 1 means faster than `json_view`). Each timed
+call follows an untimed call of the same engine: otherwise the engine after `json::parse` pays for the allocator
+cleaning up the tens of thousands of nodes `json::parse` just freed (with glibc, this made `json_view` look 1.7 times
+slower on citm_catalog traverse).
+
+The engines do not all offer the same features, which the numbers should be read with:
+
+| engine | document | random access | editable | notes |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| `json_view` | immutable index into the text | yes | no | a fresh document per parse; "reused" parses into the same document |
+| yyjson | immutable (`yyjson_read`) | yes | via a mutable copy | |
+| simdjson DOM | immutable, parser reused | yes | no | "fresh" uses a new parser per parse |
+| simdjson On-Demand | none: forward-only, lazy | no | no | only traverse and select |
+| Boost.JSON | owning, mutable DOM | yes | yes | monotonic resource |
+| `json::parse` | owning, mutable DOM | yes | yes | |
+
+Reusing memory matters as much as the parser. simdjson DOM reuses its parser, so it writes into memory it already
+touched; a fresh `json_view` document or yyjson document gets new memory for every parse. On Linux, glibc returns large
+blocks to the system when they are freed, so every fresh parse of a large document pays a page fault per 4 KiB page:
+on x86-64 Linux, a fresh `json_view` parse of jeopardy took about twice as long as a reused one. On macOS on Apple
+silicon, with 16 KiB pages, the difference is much smaller. Compare "json_view (reused)" with "simdjson DOM", and the
+fresh `json_view` with "simdjson DOM (fresh)" and yyjson.
+
+## Published results
+
+Results are only published with the file `compare.py` wrote, which names the machine and the versions; see
+`results/`. Numbers from one machine and compiler do not carry over to another: rerun the script.
@@ -0,0 +1,342 @@
+//     __ _____ _____ _____
+//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  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
+
+// Corpus benchmark: the read-only workloads of bench_view.cpp on any list of
+// JSON files (for example the benchmark sets of simdjson and yyjson).
+//
+//   ./bench_corpus [--rounds N] file...
+//
+// For every file, all engines must accept it and agree on a traversal (value
+// count, string bytes, sum of numbers) before anything is timed. Workloads:
+// parse (build and free a document), traverse (visit every value, convert
+// every number), dump (compact), and for json_view also dump with the source
+// number text, compared with yyjson writing numbers read as raw text
+// (YYJSON_READ_NUMBER_AS_RAW). Results go to bench_corpus.csv.
+#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
+
+#if JSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST
+    #include <boost/json.hpp>
+    #include <boost/json/src.hpp>
+#endif
+#include <simdjson.h>
+#include <yyjson.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <functional>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+using nlohmann::json;
+using nlohmann::json_document;
+using nlohmann::json_view;
+
+static volatile double g_sink;
+
+struct stats
+{
+    double num = 0;
+    std::size_t str = 0, nodes = 0;
+};
+
+static void walk(json_view v, stats& st)
+{
+    ++st.nodes;
+    switch (v.type())
+    {
+        case json::value_t::object:
+            for (auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it)
+            {
+                st.str += it.key().size();
+                walk(*it, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case json::value_t::array:
+            for (const json_view e : v)
+            {
+                walk(e, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case json::value_t::string:
+            st.str += v.get_string().size();
+            break;
+        case json::value_t::number_integer:
+            st.num += static_cast<double>(v.get<std::int64_t>());
+            break;
+        case json::value_t::number_unsigned:
+            st.num += static_cast<double>(v.get<std::uint64_t>());
+            break;
+        case json::value_t::number_float:
+            st.num += v.get<double>();
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+static void walk(yyjson_val* v, stats& st)
+{
+    ++st.nodes;
+    switch (yyjson_get_type(v))
+    {
+        case YYJSON_TYPE_OBJ:
+        {
+            std::size_t idx, max;
+            yyjson_val* k, * val;
+            yyjson_obj_foreach(v, idx, max, k, val)
+            {
+                st.str += yyjson_get_len(k);
+                walk(val, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+        case YYJSON_TYPE_ARR:
+        {
+            std::size_t idx, max;
+            yyjson_val* val;
+            yyjson_arr_foreach(v, idx, max, val)
+            {
+                walk(val, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+        case YYJSON_TYPE_STR:
+            st.str += yyjson_get_len(v);
+            break;
+        case YYJSON_TYPE_NUM:
+            st.num += yyjson_is_sint(v) ? static_cast<double>(yyjson_get_sint(v)) : yyjson_is_uint(v) ? static_cast<double>(yyjson_get_uint(v)) : yyjson_get_real(v);
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+static void walk(simdjson::dom::element e, stats& st)
+{
+    ++st.nodes;
+    switch (e.type())
+    {
+        case simdjson::dom::element_type::OBJECT:
+            for (auto f : simdjson::dom::object(e))
+            {
+                st.str += f.key.size();
+                walk(f.value, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case simdjson::dom::element_type::ARRAY:
+            for (auto c : simdjson::dom::array(e))
+            {
+                walk(c, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case simdjson::dom::element_type::STRING:
+            st.str += std::string_view(e).size();
+            break;
+        case simdjson::dom::element_type::INT64:
+            st.num += static_cast<double>(int64_t(e));
+            break;
+        case simdjson::dom::element_type::UINT64:
+            st.num += static_cast<double>(uint64_t(e));
+            break;
+        case simdjson::dom::element_type::DOUBLE:
+            st.num += double(e);
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+#if JSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST
+static void walk(const boost::json::value& v, stats& st)
+{
+    ++st.nodes;
+    switch (v.kind())
+    {
+        case boost::json::kind::object:
+            for (const auto& kv : v.get_object())
+            {
+                st.str += kv.key().size();
+                walk(kv.value(), st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case boost::json::kind::array:
+            for (const auto& c : v.get_array())
+            {
+                walk(c, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case boost::json::kind::string:
+            st.str += v.get_string().size();
+            break;
+        case boost::json::kind::int64:
+            st.num += static_cast<double>(v.get_int64());
+            break;
+        case boost::json::kind::uint64:
+            st.num += static_cast<double>(v.get_uint64());
+            break;
+        case boost::json::kind::double_:
+            st.num += v.get_double();
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+static std::string slurp(const std::string& p)
+{
+    std::ifstream f(p, std::ios::binary);
+    if (!f)
+    {
+        std::fprintf(stderr, "cannot open %s\n", p.c_str());
+        std::exit(1);
+    }
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << f.rdbuf();
+    return ss.str();
+}
+
+static bool same(const stats& a, const stats& b)
+{
+    return a.nodes == b.nodes && a.str == b.str && (a.num == b.num || std::fabs(a.num - b.num) <= 1e-9 * std::fabs(a.num));
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    int rounds = 0; // 0: by size
+    std::vector<std::string> files;
+    for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
+    {
+        if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--rounds") == 0 && i + 1 < argc)
+        {
+            rounds = std::atoi(argv[++i]);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            files.push_back(argv[i]);
+        }
+    }
+    std::FILE* csv = std::fopen("bench_corpus.csv", "w");
+    std::fprintf(csv, "file,bytes,workload,engine,ns\n");
+    json_document reused;
+    simdjson::dom::parser sj;
+    for (const auto& path : files)
+    {
+        const std::string s = slurp(path);
+        const std::string name = path.substr(path.rfind('/') + 1);
+        const simdjson::padded_string ps(s);
+
+        // all engines must agree before timing
+        stats a, b, c, d;
+        const json_document doc = json_document::parse(s);
+        walk(doc.root(), a);
+        yyjson_doc* y = yyjson_read(s.data(), s.size(), 0);
+        auto sjr = sj.parse(ps);
+#if JSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST
+        boost::json::parse_options opt;
+        opt.numbers = boost::json::number_precision::precise;
+        boost::json::monotonic_resource mr0;
+        const boost::json::value bv = boost::json::parse(s, &mr0, opt);
+#endif
+        if (y == nullptr || sjr.error())
+        {
+            std::printf("%-34s skipped (an engine rejects it)\n", name.c_str());
+            yyjson_doc_free(y);
+            continue;
+        }
+        walk(yyjson_doc_get_root(y), b);
+        walk(sjr.value_unsafe(), c);
+#if JSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST
+        walk(bv, d);
+#else
+        d = a;
+#endif
+        yyjson_doc_free(y);
+        const bool ok = same(a, b) && same(a, c) && same(a, d);
+
+        const int r = rounds > 0 ? rounds : static_cast<int>(std::max<std::size_t>(3, std::min<std::size_t>(60, 400000000 / (s.size() + 1))));
+        struct engine
+        {
+            std::string name;
+            std::function<void()> fn;
+        };
+        json_document vd = json_document::parse(s);
+        yyjson_doc* yd = yyjson_read(s.data(), s.size(), 0);
+        yyjson_doc* yd_raw = yyjson_read(s.data(), s.size(), YYJSON_READ_NUMBER_AS_RAW);
+        simdjson::dom::parser sjd;
+        const simdjson::dom::element se = sjd.parse(ps).value_unsafe();
+        const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::vector<engine>>> workloads =
+        {
+            {
+                "parse", {
+                    {"json_view", [&] { auto x = json_document::parse(s); g_sink = static_cast<double>(x.node_count()); }},
+                    {"json_view (reused)", [&] { reused.read(s); g_sink = static_cast<double>(reused.node_count()); }},
+                    {"yyjson", [&] { yyjson_doc* x = yyjson_read(s.data(), s.size(), 0); g_sink = static_cast<double>(yyjson_doc_get_val_count(x)); yyjson_doc_free(x); }},
+                    {"simdjson DOM", [&] { auto e = sj.parse(ps).value_unsafe(); g_sink = e.is_object(); }},
+                    {"simdjson DOM (fresh)", [&] { simdjson::dom::parser p; auto e = p.parse(ps).value_unsafe(); g_sink = e.is_object(); }},
+#if JSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST
+                    {"Boost.JSON", [&] { boost::json::monotonic_resource mr; auto v = boost::json::parse(s, &mr); g_sink = v.is_object(); }},
+#endif
+                }
+            },
+            {
+                "traverse", {
+                    {"json_view", [&] { auto x = json_document::parse(s); stats st; walk(x.root(), st); g_sink = st.num; }},
+                    {"yyjson", [&] { yyjson_doc* x = yyjson_read(s.data(), s.size(), 0); stats st; walk(yyjson_doc_get_root(x), st); g_sink = st.num; yyjson_doc_free(x); }},
+                    {"simdjson DOM", [&] { stats st; walk(sj.parse(ps).value_unsafe(), st); g_sink = st.num; }},
+#if JSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST
+                    {"Boost.JSON", [&] { boost::json::monotonic_resource mr; auto v = boost::json::parse(s, &mr); stats st; walk(v, st); g_sink = st.num; }},
+#endif
+                }
+            },
+            {
+                "dump", {
+                    {"json_view", [&] { std::string o = vd.root().dump(); g_sink = static_cast<double>(o.size()); }},
+                    {"yyjson", [&] { std::size_t n = 0; char* o = yyjson_write(yd, 0, &n); g_sink = static_cast<double>(n); std::free(o); }},
+                    {"simdjson DOM", [&] { std::string o = simdjson::to_string(se); g_sink = static_cast<double>(o.size()); }},
+                    {"json_view (source numbers)", [&] { std::string o = vd.root().dump(-1, ' ', false, json_view::number_format::source); g_sink = static_cast<double>(o.size()); }},
+                    {"yyjson (raw numbers)", [&] { std::size_t n = 0; char* o = yyjson_write(yd_raw, 0, &n); g_sink = static_cast<double>(n); std::free(o); }},
+                }
+            },
+        };
+        std::printf("%-34s %9zu B%s\n", name.c_str(), s.size(), ok ? "" : "  [ENGINES DISAGREE]");
+        for (const auto& wl : workloads)
+        {
+            std::vector<double> best(wl.second.size(), 1e300);
+            for (int i = 0; i < r; ++i)
+            {
+                for (std::size_t k = 0; k < wl.second.size(); ++k)
+                {
+                    // an untimed call first: whatever the previous engine left to the allocator
+                    // (e.g. thousands of freed json nodes) is cleaned up here, not in the timing
+                    wl.second[k].fn();
+                    const auto t0 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+                    wl.second[k].fn();
+                    best[k] = std::min(best[k], std::chrono::duration<double, std::nano>(std::chrono::steady_clock::now() - t0).count());
+                }
+            }
+            std::printf("  %-9s", wl.first.c_str());
+            for (std::size_t k = 0; k < wl.second.size(); ++k)
+            {
+                std::printf("  %s %.2f GB/s (%.2fx)", wl.second[k].name.c_str(), static_cast<double>(s.size()) / best[k], best[k] / best[0]);
+                std::fprintf(csv, "%s,%zu,%s,%s,%.1f\n", name.c_str(), s.size(), wl.first.c_str(), wl.second[k].name.c_str(), best[k]);
+            }
+            std::printf("\n");
+            std::fflush(stdout);
+        }
+        yyjson_doc_free(yd);
+        yyjson_doc_free(yd_raw);
+    }
+    std::fclose(csv);
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,583 @@
+//     __ _____ _____ _____
+//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  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
+
+// Read-modify-write benchmark: parse a document, apply the same logical edits
+// with each library's own API, and serialize it (compact).
+//
+//   json_view     json_editable_document: edits in place, unchanged values stay in the index
+//   yyjson        yyjson_read + yyjson_doc_mut_copy (the way to edit a parsed document)
+//   Boost.JSON    parse into a mutable DOM (monotonic resource, precise numbers), serialize
+//   json::parse   nlohmann::json today
+// simdjson has no mutable document and is not part of this comparison.
+//
+// Workloads:
+//   patch   a handful of edits at fixed places (scalars, a new member, a new array element)
+//   update  edits in every record (twitter: 100 statuses, citm: 243 performances,
+//           canada: 480 rings, jeopardy: 216,930 questions): set scalars, erase a
+//           member, add a member (canada: replace the first point of every ring)
+//
+// Build: see README.md (same flags as bench_view.cpp).
+#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
+
+#if JSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST
+    #include <boost/json.hpp>
+    #include <boost/json/src.hpp>
+#endif
+#include <yyjson.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <functional>
+#include <sstream>
+
+using nlohmann::json;
+using nlohmann::json_editable_document;
+using nlohmann::json_editable_view;
+#if JSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST
+    namespace bj = boost::json;
+#endif
+
+static volatile std::size_t g_sink;
+
+// ---------------- json_view ----------------
+
+static std::string edit_view(const std::string& name, const std::string& s, bool update)
+{
+    json_editable_document d = json_editable_document::parse(s);
+    const json_editable_view r = d.root();
+    if (name == "twitter")
+    {
+        if (update)
+        {
+            std::int64_t i = 0;
+            for (const json_editable_view st : r["statuses"])
+            {
+                d.set(st, "retweet_count", i++);
+                d.set(st, "favorited", true);
+                d.set(st, "text", "redacted");
+                d.erase(st, "entities");
+                d.set(st, "edited", true);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            d.set(r["search_metadata"], "count", 200);
+            d.set(r["statuses"][0], "text", "patched");
+            d.set(r["statuses"][0]["user"], "followers_count", 1);
+            d.set(r["statuses"][99], "favorited", true);
+            d.set(r, "patched", true);
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "citm_catalog")
+    {
+        if (update)
+        {
+            for (const json_editable_view p : r["performances"])
+            {
+                d.set(p, "name", "performance");
+                d.set(p, "start", p["start"].get<std::int64_t>() + 1);
+                d.erase(p, "seatMapImage");
+                d.set(p, "edited", true);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            d.set(r["events"]["138586341"], "name", "patched");
+            d.set(r["performances"][0], "start", 0);
+            d.set(r["venueNames"], "PLEYEL_PLEYEL", "Salle");
+            d.set(r, "patched", true);
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "canada")
+    {
+        const json_editable_view coords = r["features"][0]["geometry"]["coordinates"];
+        if (update)
+        {
+            for (const json_editable_view ring : coords)
+            {
+                d.set(ring, 0, json::array({0.5, 0.5}));
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            d.set(r["features"][0]["properties"], "name", "patched");
+            d.set(r, "type", "FeatureCollection2");
+            d.set(coords[0], 0, json::array({0.0, 0.0}));
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "jeopardy")
+    {
+        if (update)
+        {
+            for (const json_editable_view q : r)
+            {
+                d.set(q, "value", "$1");
+                d.erase(q, "air_date");
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            d.set(r[0], "value", "$0");
+            d.set(r[100000], "answer", "patched");
+            d.set(r[216929], "round", "x");
+            d.push_back(r, json::object({{"category", "NEW"}, {"value", "$5"}}));
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "status")
+    {
+        d.set(r, "retweet_count", 1);
+        d.set(r["user"], "name", "x");
+    }
+    else if (name == "rpc")
+    {
+        d.set(r, "id", 4);
+        d.set(r["params"], "subtrahend", 24);
+    }
+    return r.dump();
+}
+
+// ---------------- nlohmann::json ----------------
+
+static std::string edit_json(const std::string& name, const std::string& s, bool update)
+{
+    json r = json::parse(s);
+    if (name == "twitter")
+    {
+        if (update)
+        {
+            std::int64_t i = 0;
+            for (auto& st : r["statuses"])
+            {
+                st["retweet_count"] = i++;
+                st["favorited"] = true;
+                st["text"] = "redacted";
+                st.erase("entities");
+                st["edited"] = true;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            r["search_metadata"]["count"] = 200;
+            r["statuses"][0]["text"] = "patched";
+            r["statuses"][0]["user"]["followers_count"] = 1;
+            r["statuses"][99]["favorited"] = true;
+            r["patched"] = true;
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "citm_catalog")
+    {
+        if (update)
+        {
+            for (auto& p : r["performances"])
+            {
+                p["name"] = "performance";
+                p["start"] = p["start"].get<std::int64_t>() + 1;
+                p.erase("seatMapImage");
+                p["edited"] = true;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            r["events"]["138586341"]["name"] = "patched";
+            r["performances"][0]["start"] = 0;
+            r["venueNames"]["PLEYEL_PLEYEL"] = "Salle";
+            r["patched"] = true;
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "canada")
+    {
+        json& coords = r["features"][0]["geometry"]["coordinates"];
+        if (update)
+        {
+            for (auto& ring : coords)
+            {
+                ring[0] = json::array({0.5, 0.5});
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            r["features"][0]["properties"]["name"] = "patched";
+            r["type"] = "FeatureCollection2";
+            coords[0][0] = json::array({0.0, 0.0});
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "jeopardy")
+    {
+        if (update)
+        {
+            for (auto& q : r)
+            {
+                q["value"] = "$1";
+                q.erase("air_date");
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            r[0]["value"] = "$0";
+            r[100000]["answer"] = "patched";
+            r[216929]["round"] = "x";
+            r.push_back(json::object({{"category", "NEW"}, {"value", "$5"}}));
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "status")
+    {
+        r["retweet_count"] = 1;
+        r["user"]["name"] = "x";
+    }
+    else if (name == "rpc")
+    {
+        r["id"] = 4;
+        r["params"]["subtrahend"] = 24;
+    }
+    return r.dump();
+}
+
+// ---------------- yyjson ----------------
+
+static std::string edit_yyjson(const std::string& name, const std::string& s, bool update)
+{
+    yyjson_doc* idoc = yyjson_read(s.data(), s.size(), 0);
+    yyjson_mut_doc* d = yyjson_doc_mut_copy(idoc, nullptr);
+    yyjson_doc_free(idoc);
+    yyjson_mut_val* r = yyjson_mut_doc_get_root(d);
+    auto get = [](yyjson_mut_val * o, const char* k)
+    {
+        return yyjson_mut_obj_get(o, k);
+    };
+    if (name == "twitter")
+    {
+        yyjson_mut_val* sts = get(r, "statuses");
+        if (update)
+        {
+            std::size_t idx, max;
+            yyjson_mut_val* st;
+            std::int64_t i = 0;
+            yyjson_mut_arr_foreach(sts, idx, max, st)
+            {
+                yyjson_mut_set_sint(get(st, "retweet_count"), i++);
+                yyjson_mut_set_bool(get(st, "favorited"), true);
+                yyjson_mut_set_str(get(st, "text"), "redacted");
+                yyjson_mut_obj_remove_key(st, "entities");
+                yyjson_mut_obj_add_bool(d, st, "edited", true);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            yyjson_mut_set_sint(get(get(r, "search_metadata"), "count"), 200);
+            yyjson_mut_val* s0 = yyjson_mut_arr_get(sts, 0);
+            yyjson_mut_set_str(get(s0, "text"), "patched");
+            yyjson_mut_set_sint(get(get(s0, "user"), "followers_count"), 1);
+            yyjson_mut_set_bool(get(yyjson_mut_arr_get(sts, 99), "favorited"), true);
+            yyjson_mut_obj_add_bool(d, r, "patched", true);
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "citm_catalog")
+    {
+        if (update)
+        {
+            std::size_t idx, max;
+            yyjson_mut_val* p;
+            yyjson_mut_arr_foreach(get(r, "performances"), idx, max, p)
+            {
+                yyjson_mut_set_str(get(p, "name"), "performance");
+                yyjson_mut_val* start = get(p, "start");
+                yyjson_mut_set_sint(start, yyjson_mut_get_sint(start) + 1);
+                yyjson_mut_obj_remove_key(p, "seatMapImage");
+                yyjson_mut_obj_add_bool(d, p, "edited", true);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            yyjson_mut_set_str(get(get(get(r, "events"), "138586341"), "name"), "patched");
+            yyjson_mut_set_sint(get(yyjson_mut_arr_get(get(r, "performances"), 0), "start"), 0);
+            yyjson_mut_set_str(get(get(r, "venueNames"), "PLEYEL_PLEYEL"), "Salle");
+            yyjson_mut_obj_add_bool(d, r, "patched", true);
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "canada")
+    {
+        yyjson_mut_val* f0 = yyjson_mut_arr_get(get(r, "features"), 0);
+        yyjson_mut_val* coords = get(get(f0, "geometry"), "coordinates");
+        if (update)
+        {
+            static const double half[2] = {0.5, 0.5};
+            std::size_t idx, max;
+            yyjson_mut_val* ring;
+            yyjson_mut_arr_foreach(coords, idx, max, ring)
+            {
+                yyjson_mut_arr_replace(ring, 0, yyjson_mut_arr_with_real(d, half, 2));
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            static const double zero[2] = {0.0, 0.0};
+            yyjson_mut_set_str(get(get(f0, "properties"), "name"), "patched");
+            yyjson_mut_set_str(get(r, "type"), "FeatureCollection2");
+            yyjson_mut_arr_replace(yyjson_mut_arr_get(coords, 0), 0, yyjson_mut_arr_with_real(d, zero, 2));
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "jeopardy")
+    {
+        if (update)
+        {
+            std::size_t idx, max;
+            yyjson_mut_val* q;
+            yyjson_mut_arr_foreach(r, idx, max, q)
+            {
+                yyjson_mut_set_str(get(q, "value"), "$1");
+                yyjson_mut_obj_remove_key(q, "air_date");
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            yyjson_mut_set_str(get(yyjson_mut_arr_get(r, 0), "value"), "$0");
+            yyjson_mut_set_str(get(yyjson_mut_arr_get(r, 100000), "answer"), "patched");
+            yyjson_mut_set_str(get(yyjson_mut_arr_get(r, 216929), "round"), "x");
+            yyjson_mut_val* o = yyjson_mut_obj(d);
+            yyjson_mut_obj_add_str(d, o, "category", "NEW");
+            yyjson_mut_obj_add_str(d, o, "value", "$5");
+            yyjson_mut_arr_append(r, o);
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "status")
+    {
+        yyjson_mut_set_sint(get(r, "retweet_count"), 1);
+        yyjson_mut_set_str(get(get(r, "user"), "name"), "x");
+    }
+    else if (name == "rpc")
+    {
+        yyjson_mut_set_sint(get(r, "id"), 4);
+        yyjson_mut_set_sint(get(get(r, "params"), "subtrahend"), 24);
+    }
+    std::size_t n = 0;
+    char* out = yyjson_mut_write(d, 0, &n);
+    std::string result(out, n);
+    std::free(out);
+    yyjson_mut_doc_free(d);
+    return result;
+}
+
+#if JSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST
+// ---------------- Boost.JSON ----------------
+
+static std::string edit_boost(const std::string& name, const std::string& s, bool update)
+{
+    bj::monotonic_resource mr;
+    bj::parse_options opt;
+    opt.numbers = bj::number_precision::precise; // correctly rounded, like the others
+    bj::value v = bj::parse(s, &mr, opt);
+    bj::object* const obj = v.if_object(); // nullptr for jeopardy (an array)
+    if (name == "twitter")
+    {
+        bj::array& sts = (*obj)["statuses"].as_array();
+        if (update)
+        {
+            std::int64_t i = 0;
+            for (auto& e : sts)
+            {
+                bj::object& st = e.as_object();
+                st["retweet_count"] = i++;
+                st["favorited"] = true;
+                st["text"] = "redacted";
+                st.erase("entities");
+                st["edited"] = true;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            (*obj)["search_metadata"].as_object()["count"] = 200;
+            bj::object& s0 = sts[0].as_object();
+            s0["text"] = "patched";
+            s0["user"].as_object()["followers_count"] = 1;
+            sts[99].as_object()["favorited"] = true;
+            (*obj)["patched"] = true;
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "citm_catalog")
+    {
+        if (update)
+        {
+            for (auto& e : (*obj)["performances"].as_array())
+            {
+                bj::object& p = e.as_object();
+                p["name"] = "performance";
+                p["start"] = p["start"].as_int64() + 1;
+                p.erase("seatMapImage");
+                p["edited"] = true;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            (*obj)["events"].as_object()["138586341"].as_object()["name"] = "patched";
+            (*obj)["performances"].as_array()[0].as_object()["start"] = 0;
+            (*obj)["venueNames"].as_object()["PLEYEL_PLEYEL"] = "Salle";
+            (*obj)["patched"] = true;
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "canada")
+    {
+        bj::object& f0 = (*obj)["features"].as_array()[0].as_object();
+        bj::array& coords = f0["geometry"].as_object()["coordinates"].as_array();
+        if (update)
+        {
+            for (auto& ring : coords)
+            {
+                ring.as_array()[0] = bj::array({0.5, 0.5});
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            f0["properties"].as_object()["name"] = "patched";
+            (*obj)["type"] = "FeatureCollection2";
+            coords[0].as_array()[0] = bj::array({0.0, 0.0});
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "jeopardy")
+    {
+        bj::array& a = v.as_array();
+        if (update)
+        {
+            for (auto& e : a)
+            {
+                bj::object& q = e.as_object();
+                q["value"] = "$1";
+                q.erase("air_date");
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            a[0].as_object()["value"] = "$0";
+            a[100000].as_object()["answer"] = "patched";
+            a[216929].as_object()["round"] = "x";
+            a.push_back(bj::object({{"category", "NEW"}, {"value", "$5"}}));
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "status")
+    {
+        (*obj)["retweet_count"] = 1;
+        (*obj)["user"].as_object()["name"] = "x";
+    }
+    else if (name == "rpc")
+    {
+        (*obj)["id"] = 4;
+        (*obj)["params"].as_object()["subtrahend"] = 24;
+    }
+    return bj::serialize(v);
+}
+#endif
+
+// ---------------- harness ----------------
+
+static std::string slurp(const std::string& p)
+{
+    std::ifstream f(p, std::ios::binary);
+    if (!f)
+    {
+        std::fprintf(stderr, "cannot open %s\n", p.c_str());
+        std::exit(1);
+    }
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << f.rdbuf();
+    return ss.str();
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    if (argc < 2)
+    {
+        std::fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s <json_test_data directory> [rounds] [document]\n", argv[0]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    const std::string T = std::string(argv[1]) + "/";
+    const int rounds = argc > 2 ? std::atoi(argv[2]) : 20;
+    const std::string only = argc > 3 ? argv[3] : "";
+    struct doc
+    {
+        std::string name, text;
+        int batch;
+    };
+    std::vector<doc> docs;
+    for (const char* f :
+            {"nativejson-benchmark/twitter.json", "nativejson-benchmark/citm_catalog.json", "nativejson-benchmark/canada.json", "jeopardy/jeopardy.json"
+            })
+    {
+        std::string n = std::string(f).substr(std::string(f).find('/') + 1);
+        docs.push_back({n.substr(0, n.size() - 5), slurp(T + f), 1});
+    }
+    docs.push_back({"status", json::parse(docs[0].text)["statuses"][0].dump(), 200});
+    docs.push_back({"rpc", R"({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "subtract", "params": {"minuend": 42, "subtrahend": 23}, "id": 3})", 5000});
+
+    using fn = std::string (*)(const std::string&, const std::string&, bool);
+    const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, fn>> engines =
+    {
+        {"json_view", edit_view}, {"yyjson", edit_yyjson},
+#if JSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST
+        {"Boost.JSON", edit_boost},
+#endif
+        {"json::parse", edit_json}
+    };
+
+    std::FILE* csv = std::fopen("bench_edit.csv", "w");
+    std::fprintf(csv, "doc,bytes,workload,engine,ns\n");
+    for (const auto& dc : docs)
+    {
+        if (!only.empty() && dc.name != only)
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+        for (const bool update :
+                {
+                    false, true
+                })
+        {
+            if (update && (dc.name == "status" || dc.name == "rpc"))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+            // all engines must produce the same value
+            const json expected = json::parse(edit_json(dc.name, dc.text, update));
+            bool ok = true;
+            for (const auto& e : engines)
+            {
+                ok = ok && json::parse(e.second(dc.name, dc.text, update)) == expected;
+            }
+            std::vector<double> best(engines.size(), 1e300);
+            const int r = dc.text.size() > 10000000 ? std::max(3, rounds / 4) : rounds;
+            for (int i = 0; i < r; ++i)
+            {
+                for (std::size_t k = 0; k < engines.size(); ++k)
+                {
+                    // an untimed call first: whatever the previous engine left to the allocator
+                    // (e.g. thousands of freed json nodes) is cleaned up here, not in the timing
+                    g_sink = engines[k].second(dc.name, dc.text, update).size();
+                    const auto t0 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+                    for (int b = 0; b < dc.batch; ++b)
+                    {
+                        g_sink = engines[k].second(dc.name, dc.text, update).size();
+                    }
+                    const double ns = std::chrono::duration<double, std::nano>(std::chrono::steady_clock::now() - t0).count() / dc.batch;
+                    best[k] = std::min(best[k], ns);
+                }
+            }
+            const char* wl = update ? "update" : "patch";
+            std::printf("%-13s %-7s %s", dc.name.c_str(), wl, ok ? "" : "[OUTPUT MISMATCH] ");
+            for (std::size_t k = 0; k < engines.size(); ++k)
+            {
+                const double us = best[k] / 1e3;
+                std::printf("  %s %.*fus (%.2fx)", engines[k].first.c_str(), us < 10 ? 3 : (us < 1000 ? 1 : 0), us, best[k] / best[0]);
+                std::fprintf(csv, "%s,%zu,%s,%s,%.1f\n", dc.name.c_str(), dc.text.size(), wl, engines[k].first.c_str(), best[k]);
+            }
+            std::printf("\n");
+            std::fflush(stdout);
+        }
+    }
+    std::fclose(csv);
+}
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+//     __ _____ _____ _____
+//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  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
+
+// Same-feature-set benchmark: read-only JSON documents with random access.
+//
+//   json_view      nlohmann/json_view.hpp (fresh document per parse / reused)
+//   yyjson         yyjson_read(): immutable document, random access
+//   simdjson DOM   dom::parser (reused, as recommended; "fresh": a new parser
+//                  per parse): immutable, random access
+// references (different feature sets):
+//   simdjson OD    On-Demand: forward-only, lazy
+//   Boost.JSON     owning, mutable DOM (monotonic resource)
+//   json::parse    owning, mutable DOM (nlohmann today)
+//
+// Workloads: parse (build + free), traverse (visit everything, convert every
+// number, touch every string and key), select (a few fields per document),
+// dump (compact serialization of the parsed document).
+// All engines run interleaved in every round, each timed call after an untimed
+// one of the same engine; the best round is reported.
+#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
+
+#if JSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST
+    #include <boost/json.hpp>
+    #include <boost/json/src.hpp>
+#endif
+#include <simdjson.h>
+#include <yyjson.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <functional>
+#include <map>
+#include <sstream>
+
+using nlohmann::json;
+using nlohmann::json_document;
+using nlohmann::json_view;
+
+static volatile double g_sink;
+
+struct stats
+{
+    double num = 0;
+    std::size_t str = 0, nodes = 0;
+};
+
+// ---------------- traversal ----------------
+
+static void walk(json_view v, stats& st)
+{
+    ++st.nodes;
+    switch (v.type())
+    {
+        case json::value_t::object:
+            for (auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it)
+            {
+                st.str += it.key().size();
+                walk(*it, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case json::value_t::array:
+            for (const json_view e : v)
+            {
+                walk(e, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case json::value_t::string:
+            st.str += v.get_string().size();
+            break;
+        case json::value_t::number_integer:
+            st.num += static_cast<double>(v.get<std::int64_t>());
+            break;
+        case json::value_t::number_unsigned:
+            st.num += static_cast<double>(v.get<std::uint64_t>());
+            break;
+        case json::value_t::number_float:
+            st.num += v.get<double>();
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+static void walk(const json& j, stats& st)
+{
+    ++st.nodes;
+    switch (j.type())
+    {
+        case json::value_t::object:
+            for (const auto& kv : j.get_ref<const json::object_t&>())
+            {
+                st.str += kv.first.size();
+                walk(kv.second, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case json::value_t::array:
+            for (const auto& e : j.get_ref<const json::array_t&>())
+            {
+                walk(e, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case json::value_t::string:
+            st.str += j.get_ref<const std::string&>().size();
+            break;
+        case json::value_t::number_integer:
+            st.num += static_cast<double>(*j.get_ptr<const json::number_integer_t*>());
+            break;
+        case json::value_t::number_unsigned:
+            st.num += static_cast<double>(*j.get_ptr<const json::number_unsigned_t*>());
+            break;
+        case json::value_t::number_float:
+            st.num += *j.get_ptr<const json::number_float_t*>();
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+static void walk(yyjson_val* v, stats& st)
+{
+    ++st.nodes;
+    switch (yyjson_get_type(v))
+    {
+        case YYJSON_TYPE_OBJ:
+        {
+            std::size_t idx, max;
+            yyjson_val* k, * val;
+            yyjson_obj_foreach(v, idx, max, k, val)
+            {
+                st.str += yyjson_get_len(k);
+                walk(val, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+        case YYJSON_TYPE_ARR:
+        {
+            std::size_t idx, max;
+            yyjson_val* val;
+            yyjson_arr_foreach(v, idx, max, val)
+            {
+                walk(val, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+        case YYJSON_TYPE_STR:
+            st.str += yyjson_get_len(v);
+            break;
+        case YYJSON_TYPE_NUM:
+            if (yyjson_is_sint(v))
+            {
+                st.num += static_cast<double>(yyjson_get_sint(v));
+            }
+            else if (yyjson_is_uint(v))
+            {
+                st.num += static_cast<double>(yyjson_get_uint(v));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                st.num += yyjson_get_real(v);
+            }
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+static void walk(simdjson::dom::element e, stats& st)
+{
+    ++st.nodes;
+    switch (e.type())
+    {
+        case simdjson::dom::element_type::OBJECT:
+            for (auto f : simdjson::dom::object(e))
+            {
+                st.str += f.key.size();
+                walk(f.value, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case simdjson::dom::element_type::ARRAY:
+            for (auto c : simdjson::dom::array(e))
+            {
+                walk(c, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case simdjson::dom::element_type::STRING:
+            st.str += std::string_view(e).size();
+            break;
+        case simdjson::dom::element_type::INT64:
+            st.num += static_cast<double>(int64_t(e));
+            break;
+        case simdjson::dom::element_type::UINT64:
+            st.num += static_cast<double>(uint64_t(e));
+            break;
+        case simdjson::dom::element_type::DOUBLE:
+            st.num += double(e);
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+static void walk_od(simdjson::ondemand::value v, stats& st)
+{
+    ++st.nodes;
+    switch (v.type())
+    {
+        case simdjson::ondemand::json_type::object:
+            for (auto f : v.get_object())
+            {
+                st.str += std::string_view(f.unescaped_key()).size();
+                walk_od(f.value(), st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case simdjson::ondemand::json_type::array:
+            for (auto c : v.get_array())
+            {
+                walk_od(c.value(), st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case simdjson::ondemand::json_type::string:
+            st.str += std::string_view(v.get_string()).size();
+            break;
+        case simdjson::ondemand::json_type::number:
+        {
+            simdjson::ondemand::number n = v.get_number();
+            switch (n.get_number_type())
+            {
+                case simdjson::ondemand::number_type::signed_integer:
+                    st.num += static_cast<double>(n.get_int64());
+                    break;
+                case simdjson::ondemand::number_type::unsigned_integer:
+                    st.num += static_cast<double>(n.get_uint64());
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    st.num += n.get_double();
+                    break;
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+        case simdjson::ondemand::json_type::boolean:
+            (void)bool(v.get_bool());
+            break;
+        default:
+            (void)v.is_null();
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+#if JSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST
+static void walk(const boost::json::value& v, stats& st)
+{
+    ++st.nodes;
+    switch (v.kind())
+    {
+        case boost::json::kind::object:
+            for (const auto& kv : v.get_object())
+            {
+                st.str += kv.key().size();
+                walk(kv.value(), st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case boost::json::kind::array:
+            for (const auto& c : v.get_array())
+            {
+                walk(c, st);
+            }
+            break;
+        case boost::json::kind::string:
+            st.str += v.get_string().size();
+            break;
+        case boost::json::kind::int64:
+            st.num += static_cast<double>(v.get_int64());
+            break;
+        case boost::json::kind::uint64:
+            st.num += static_cast<double>(v.get_uint64());
+            break;
+        case boost::json::kind::double_:
+            st.num += v.get_double();
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+// ---------------- selective access ----------------
+// twitter: per status id, user.screen_name, retweet_count
+// citm: per performance id, eventId, #seatCategories; #events
+// canada: type, features[0].geometry.type, #coordinates
+// jeopardy: per question: round == "Final Jeopardy!", len(category)
+// status (one tweet): id, user.screen_name, retweet_count
+// rpc: method, params.minuend, id
+
+static double pick(const std::string& name, json_view r)
+{
+    double acc = 0;
+    if (name == "twitter" || name == "status")
+    {
+        auto one = [&](json_view s)
+        {
+            acc += static_cast<double>(s["id"].get<std::uint64_t>());
+            acc += static_cast<double>(s["user"]["screen_name"].get_string().size());
+            acc += static_cast<double>(s["retweet_count"].get<std::int64_t>());
+        };
+        if (name == "twitter")
+        {
+            for (const json_view s : r["statuses"])
+            {
+                one(s);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            one(r);
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "citm_catalog")
+    {
+        for (const json_view p : r["performances"])
+        {
+            acc += static_cast<double>(p["id"].get<std::uint64_t>() + p["eventId"].get<std::uint64_t>() + p["seatCategories"].size());
+        }
+        acc += static_cast<double>(r["events"].size());
+    }
+    else if (name == "canada")
+    {
+        const json_view g = r["features"][0]["geometry"];
+        acc += static_cast<double>(r["type"].get_string().size() + g["type"].get_string().size() + g["coordinates"].size());
+    }
+    else if (name == "jeopardy")
+    {
+        for (const json_view q : r)
+        {
+            acc += q["round"].get_string() == "Final Jeopardy!" ? 1 : 0;
+            acc += static_cast<double>(q["category"].get_string().size());
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "rpc")
+    {
+        acc += static_cast<double>(r["method"].get_string().size());
+        acc += static_cast<double>(r["params"]["minuend"].get<std::int64_t>() + r["id"].get<std::int64_t>());
+    }
+    return acc;
+}
+
+static double pick(const std::string& name, const json& r)
+{
+    double acc = 0;
+    if (name == "twitter" || name == "status")
+    {
+        auto one = [&](const json & s)
+        {
+            acc += static_cast<double>(s["id"].get<std::uint64_t>());
+            acc += static_cast<double>(s["user"]["screen_name"].get_ref<const std::string&>().size());
+            acc += static_cast<double>(s["retweet_count"].get<std::int64_t>());
+        };
+        if (name == "twitter")
+        {
+            for (const auto& s : r["statuses"])
+            {
+                one(s);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            one(r);
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "citm_catalog")
+    {
+        for (const auto& p : r["performances"])
+        {
+            acc += static_cast<double>(p["id"].get<std::uint64_t>() + p["eventId"].get<std::uint64_t>() + p["seatCategories"].size());
+        }
+        acc += static_cast<double>(r["events"].size());
+    }
+    else if (name == "canada")
+    {
+        const json& g = r["features"][0]["geometry"];
+        acc += static_cast<double>(r["type"].get_ref<const std::string&>().size() + g["type"].get_ref<const std::string&>().size() + g["coordinates"].size());
+    }
+    else if (name == "jeopardy")
+    {
+        for (const auto& q : r)
+        {
+            acc += q["round"].get_ref<const std::string&>() == "Final Jeopardy!" ? 1 : 0;
+            acc += static_cast<double>(q["category"].get_ref<const std::string&>().size());
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "rpc")
+    {
+        acc += static_cast<double>(r["method"].get_ref<const std::string&>().size());
+        acc += static_cast<double>(r["params"]["minuend"].get<std::int64_t>() + r["id"].get<std::int64_t>());
+    }
+    return acc;
+}
+
+static double pick(const std::string& name, yyjson_val* r)
+{
+    double acc = 0;
+    auto get = [](yyjson_val * o, const char* k)
+    {
+        return yyjson_obj_get(o, k);
+    };
+    if (name == "twitter" || name == "status")
+    {
+        auto one = [&](yyjson_val * s)
+        {
+            acc += static_cast<double>(yyjson_get_uint(get(s, "id")));
+            acc += static_cast<double>(yyjson_get_len(get(get(s, "user"), "screen_name")));
+            acc += static_cast<double>(yyjson_get_sint(get(s, "retweet_count")));
+        };
+        if (name == "twitter")
+        {
+            std::size_t idx, max;
+            yyjson_val* s;
+            yyjson_arr_foreach(get(r, "statuses"), idx, max, s)
+            {
+                one(s);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            one(r);
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "citm_catalog")
+    {
+        std::size_t idx, max;
+        yyjson_val* p;
+        yyjson_arr_foreach(get(r, "performances"), idx, max, p)
+        {
+            acc += static_cast<double>(yyjson_get_uint(get(p, "id")) + yyjson_get_uint(get(p, "eventId")) + yyjson_arr_size(get(p, "seatCategories")));
+        }
+        acc += static_cast<double>(yyjson_obj_size(get(r, "events")));
+    }
+    else if (name == "canada")
+    {
+        yyjson_val* g = get(yyjson_arr_get(get(r, "features"), 0), "geometry");
+        acc += static_cast<double>(yyjson_get_len(get(r, "type")) + yyjson_get_len(get(g, "type")) + yyjson_arr_size(get(g, "coordinates")));
+    }
+    else if (name == "jeopardy")
+    {
+        std::size_t idx, max;
+        yyjson_val* q;
+        yyjson_arr_foreach(r, idx, max, q)
+        {
+            acc += yyjson_equals_str(get(q, "round"), "Final Jeopardy!") ? 1 : 0;
+            acc += static_cast<double>(yyjson_get_len(get(q, "category")));
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "rpc")
+    {
+        acc += static_cast<double>(yyjson_get_len(get(r, "method")));
+        acc += static_cast<double>(yyjson_get_sint(get(get(r, "params"), "minuend")) + yyjson_get_sint(get(r, "id")));
+    }
+    return acc;
+}
+
+static double pick(const std::string& name, simdjson::dom::element r)
+{
+    double acc = 0;
+    if (name == "twitter" || name == "status")
+    {
+        auto one = [&](simdjson::dom::element s)
+        {
+            acc += static_cast<double>(uint64_t(s["id"]));
+            acc += static_cast<double>(std::string_view(s["user"]["screen_name"]).size());
+            acc += static_cast<double>(int64_t(s["retweet_count"]));
+        };
+        if (name == "twitter")
+        {
+            for (auto s : simdjson::dom::array(r["statuses"]))
+            {
+                one(s);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            one(r);
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "citm_catalog")
+    {
+        for (auto p : simdjson::dom::array(r["performances"]))
+        {
+            acc += static_cast<double>(uint64_t(p["id"]) + uint64_t(p["eventId"]) + simdjson::dom::array(p["seatCategories"]).size());
+        }
+        acc += static_cast<double>(simdjson::dom::object(r["events"]).size());
+    }
+    else if (name == "canada")
+    {
+        auto g = r["features"].at(0)["geometry"];
+        acc += static_cast<double>(std::string_view(r["type"]).size() + std::string_view(g["type"]).size() + simdjson::dom::array(g["coordinates"]).size());
+    }
+    else if (name == "jeopardy")
+    {
+        for (auto q : simdjson::dom::array(r))
+        {
+            acc += std::string_view(q["round"]) == "Final Jeopardy!" ? 1 : 0;
+            acc += static_cast<double>(std::string_view(q["category"]).size());
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "rpc")
+    {
+        acc += static_cast<double>(std::string_view(r["method"]).size());
+        acc += static_cast<double>(int64_t(r["params"]["minuend"]) + int64_t(r["id"]));
+    }
+    return acc;
+}
+
+static double pick_od(const std::string& name, simdjson::ondemand::document& d)
+{
+    double acc = 0;
+    if (name == "twitter" || name == "status")
+    {
+        auto one = [&](simdjson::ondemand::object s)
+        {
+            acc += static_cast<double>(uint64_t(s["id"]));
+            acc += static_cast<double>(std::string_view(s["user"]["screen_name"]).size());
+            acc += static_cast<double>(int64_t(s["retweet_count"]));
+        };
+        if (name == "twitter")
+        {
+            for (auto s : d["statuses"])
+            {
+                one(s.get_object());
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            one(d.get_object());
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "citm_catalog")
+    {
+        simdjson::ondemand::object ev = d["events"].get_object();
+        acc += static_cast<double>(ev.count_fields());
+        for (auto p : d["performances"])
+        {
+            simdjson::ondemand::object o = p.get_object();
+            const auto a = uint64_t(o["eventId"]) + uint64_t(o["id"]);
+            simdjson::ondemand::array sc = o["seatCategories"].get_array();
+            acc += static_cast<double>(a + sc.count_elements());
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "canada")
+    {
+        acc += static_cast<double>(std::string_view(d["type"]).size());
+        auto g = d["features"].at(0)["geometry"];
+        acc += static_cast<double>(std::string_view(g["type"]).size());
+        simdjson::ondemand::array co = g["coordinates"].get_array();
+        acc += static_cast<double>(co.count_elements());
+    }
+    else if (name == "jeopardy")
+    {
+        for (auto q : d)
+        {
+            simdjson::ondemand::object o = q.get_object();
+            acc += static_cast<double>(std::string_view(o["category"]).size());
+            acc += std::string_view(o["round"]) == "Final Jeopardy!" ? 1 : 0;
+        }
+    }
+    else if (name == "rpc")
+    {
+        acc += static_cast<double>(std::string_view(d["method"]).size());
+        acc += static_cast<double>(int64_t(d["params"]["minuend"]));
+        acc += static_cast<double>(int64_t(d["id"]));
+    }
+    return acc;
+}
+
+// ---------------- harness ----------------
+
+static std::string slurp(const std::string& p)
+{
+    std::ifstream f(p, std::ios::binary);
+    if (!f)
+    {
+        std::fprintf(stderr, "cannot open %s\n", p.c_str());
+        std::exit(1);
+    }
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << f.rdbuf();
+    return ss.str();
+}
+
+struct engine
+{
+    std::string name;
+    std::function<void()> fn;
+};
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    if (argc < 2)
+    {
+        std::fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s <json_test_data directory> [rounds] [document]\n", argv[0]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    const std::string T = std::string(argv[1]) + "/";
+    const int rounds = argc > 2 ? std::atoi(argv[2]) : 30;
+    const std::string only = argc > 3 ? argv[3] : "";
+    struct doc
+    {
+        std::string name, text;
+        int batch;
+    };
+    std::vector<doc> docs;
+    for (const char* f :
+            {"nativejson-benchmark/twitter.json", "nativejson-benchmark/citm_catalog.json", "nativejson-benchmark/canada.json", "jeopardy/jeopardy.json"
+            })
+    {
+        std::string n = std::string(f).substr(std::string(f).find('/') + 1);
+        docs.push_back({n.substr(0, n.size() - 5), slurp(T + f), 1});
+    }
+    docs.push_back({"status", json::parse(docs[0].text)["statuses"][0].dump(), 200});
+    docs.push_back({"rpc", R"({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "subtract", "params": {"minuend": 42, "subtrahend": 23}, "id": 3})", 5000});
+
+    // correctness cross-check of the workloads
+    for (const auto& dc : docs)
+    {
+        stats a, b, c, dd;
+        walk(json::parse(dc.text), a);
+        auto d = json_document::parse(dc.text);
+        walk(d.root(), b);
+        yyjson_doc* y = yyjson_read(dc.text.data(), dc.text.size(), 0);
+        walk(yyjson_doc_get_root(y), c);
+        simdjson::dom::parser p;
+        walk(p.parse(dc.text).value(), dd);
+        const bool ok = a.nodes == b.nodes && a.nodes == c.nodes && a.nodes == dd.nodes && a.str == b.str && a.str == c.str && a.str == dd.str
+                        && std::fabs(a.num - b.num) <= 1e-9 * std::fabs(a.num) && std::fabs(a.num - c.num) <= 1e-9 * std::fabs(a.num);
+        const double pa = pick(dc.name, json::parse(dc.text)), pb = pick(dc.name, d.root()), pc = pick(dc.name, yyjson_doc_get_root(y)), pd = pick(dc.name, p.parse(dc.text).value());
+        std::printf("check %-13s traverse %s select %s\n", dc.name.c_str(), ok ? "OK" : "MISMATCH", (pa == pb && pa == pc && pa == pd) ? "OK" : "MISMATCH");
+        yyjson_doc_free(y);
+    }
+
+    std::FILE* csv = std::fopen("bench_view.csv", "w");
+    std::fprintf(csv, "doc,bytes,workload,engine,ns\n");
+    json_document reused;
+    simdjson::dom::parser sj;
+    simdjson::ondemand::parser od;
+    for (const auto& dc : docs)
+    {
+        if (!only.empty() && dc.name != only)
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+        const std::string& s = dc.text;
+        const simdjson::padded_string ps(s);
+        const std::string name = dc.name;
+        std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::vector<engine>>> workloads;
+
+        workloads.push_back({"parse", {
+                {"json_view", [&] { auto d = json_document::parse(s); g_sink = static_cast<double>(d.node_count()); }},
+                {"json_view (reused)", [&] { reused.read(s); g_sink = static_cast<double>(reused.node_count()); }},
+                {"yyjson", [&] { yyjson_doc* d = yyjson_read(s.data(), s.size(), 0); g_sink = static_cast<double>(yyjson_doc_get_val_count(d)); yyjson_doc_free(d); }},
+                {"simdjson DOM", [&] { auto e = sj.parse(ps).value_unsafe(); g_sink = e.is_object(); }},
+                {"simdjson DOM (fresh)", [&] { simdjson::dom::parser p; auto e = p.parse(ps).value_unsafe(); g_sink = e.is_object(); }},
+#if JSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST
+                {"Boost.JSON", [&] { boost::json::monotonic_resource mr; auto v = boost::json::parse(s, &mr); g_sink = v.is_object(); }},
+#endif
+                {"json::parse", [&] { json j = json::parse(s); g_sink = static_cast<double>(j.size()); }},
+            }});
+        workloads.push_back({"traverse", {
+                {"json_view", [&] { auto d = json_document::parse(s); stats st; walk(d.root(), st); g_sink = st.num; }},
+                {"json_view (reused)", [&] { reused.read(s); stats st; walk(reused.root(), st); g_sink = st.num; }},
+                {"yyjson", [&] { yyjson_doc* d = yyjson_read(s.data(), s.size(), 0); stats st; walk(yyjson_doc_get_root(d), st); g_sink = st.num; yyjson_doc_free(d); }},
+                {"simdjson DOM", [&] { stats st; walk(sj.parse(ps).value_unsafe(), st); g_sink = st.num; }},
+                {"simdjson OD", [&] { auto d = od.iterate(ps).value_unsafe(); stats st; walk_od(d.get_value().value_unsafe(), st); g_sink = st.num; }},
+#if JSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST
+                {"Boost.JSON", [&] { boost::json::monotonic_resource mr; auto v = boost::json::parse(s, &mr); stats st; walk(v, st); g_sink = st.num; }},
+#endif
+                {"json::parse", [&] { json j = json::parse(s); stats st; walk(j, st); g_sink = st.num; }},
+            }});
+        workloads.push_back({"select", {
+                {"json_view", [&] { auto d = json_document::parse(s); g_sink = pick(name, d.root()); }},
+                {"json_view (reused)", [&] { reused.read(s); g_sink = pick(name, reused.root()); }},
+                {"yyjson", [&] { yyjson_doc* d = yyjson_read(s.data(), s.size(), 0); g_sink = pick(name, yyjson_doc_get_root(d)); yyjson_doc_free(d); }},
+                {"simdjson DOM", [&] { g_sink = pick(name, sj.parse(ps).value_unsafe()); }},
+                {"simdjson OD", [&] { auto d = od.iterate(ps).value_unsafe(); g_sink = pick_od(name, d); }},
+                {"json::parse", [&] { json j = json::parse(s); g_sink = pick(name, j); }},
+            }});
+        {
+            // serialization of an already parsed document
+            static json_document vd;
+            vd.read(s);
+            static yyjson_doc* yd = nullptr;
+            if (yd)
+            {
+                yyjson_doc_free(yd);
+            }
+            yd = yyjson_read(s.data(), s.size(), 0);
+            static simdjson::dom::parser sjd;
+            static simdjson::dom::element se;
+            se = sjd.parse(ps).value_unsafe();
+            static json jd;
+            jd = json::parse(s);
+            workloads.push_back({"dump", {
+                    {"json_view", [&] { std::string o = vd.root().dump(); g_sink = static_cast<double>(o.size()); }},
+                    {"yyjson", [&] { std::size_t n = 0; char* o = yyjson_write(yd, 0, &n); g_sink = static_cast<double>(n); std::free(o); }},
+                    {"simdjson DOM", [&] { std::string o = simdjson::to_string(se); g_sink = static_cast<double>(o.size()); }},
+                    {"json::parse", [&] { std::string o = jd.dump(); g_sink = static_cast<double>(o.size()); }},
+                }});
+        }
+
+        for (auto& wl : workloads)
+        {
+            std::vector<double> best(wl.second.size(), 1e300);
+            const int r = s.size() > 10000000 ? std::max(3, rounds / 5) : rounds;
+            for (int i = 0; i < r; ++i)
+            {
+                for (std::size_t k = 0; k < wl.second.size(); ++k)
+                {
+                    // an untimed call first: whatever the previous engine left to the allocator
+                    // (e.g. thousands of freed json nodes) is cleaned up here, not in the timing
+                    wl.second[k].fn();
+                    const auto t0 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+                    for (int b = 0; b < dc.batch; ++b)
+                    {
+                        wl.second[k].fn();
+                    }
+                    const double ns = std::chrono::duration<double, std::nano>(std::chrono::steady_clock::now() - t0).count() / dc.batch;
+                    best[k] = std::min(best[k], ns);
+                }
+            }
+            const double ref = best[0];
+            std::printf("%-13s %-9s", dc.name.c_str(), wl.first.c_str());
+            for (std::size_t k = 0; k < wl.second.size(); ++k)
+            {
+                const double us = best[k] / 1e3;
+                std::printf("  %s %s%s (%.2fx)", wl.second[k].name.c_str(), us >= 100 ? "" : "", (us >= 1000 ? std::to_string(static_cast<long>(us)) + "us" : (std::to_string(us).substr(0, 5) + "us")).c_str(), best[k] / ref);
+                std::fprintf(csv, "%s,%zu,%s,%s,%.1f\n", dc.name.c_str(), s.size(), wl.first.c_str(), wl.second[k].name.c_str(), best[k]);
+            }
+            std::printf("\n");
+            std::fflush(stdout);
+        }
+    }
+    std::fclose(csv);
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,313 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#     __ _____ _____ _____
+#  __|  |   __|     |   | |  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
+
+"""Compare json_view with yyjson, simdjson, Boost.JSON, and json::parse.
+
+Builds bench_view.cpp, bench_corpus.cpp, and bench_edit.cpp against the include/ directory of
+this checkout, runs them, and writes the results with everything needed to
+reproduce them (date, commit, CPU, OS, compiler, library versions, flags) to
+results/<date>-<host>.md and .csv next to this script.
+
+The other libraries come from the system (--system, the default: pkg-config
+or Homebrew) or are downloaded as pinned releases and checked against their
+SHA-256 (--download). Boost.JSON is optional: without Boost headers, its
+columns are skipped, and the results say so.
+
+Only the Python 3 standard library is used; a C++17 compiler is needed.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import datetime
+import hashlib
+import os
+import platform
+import re
+import shlex
+import shutil
+# runs only the compilers and benchmark binaries this script builds
+import subprocess  # nosec B404
+import sys
+import tarfile
+import urllib.request
+
+HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+REPO = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(HERE, '..', '..', '..'))
+
+# pinned releases for --download; the hashes are those of the archives
+PINNED = {
+    'yyjson': {
+        'version': '0.13.0',
+        'url': 'https://github.com/ibireme/yyjson/archive/refs/tags/0.13.0.tar.gz',
+        'sha256': '34e0f62a2bc11ab20d601e8ca1cc2b2079503aa45119a19133d89d19b94a0fae',
+        'dir': 'yyjson-0.13.0',
+    },
+    'simdjson': {
+        'version': '4.6.11',
+        'url': 'https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson/archive/refs/tags/v4.6.11.tar.gz',
+        'sha256': '61d948fc24f0d793829ad658058e7597d064988a89b4607ea02e401a82df98ff',
+        'dir': 'simdjson-4.6.11',
+    },
+    'boost': {
+        'version': '1.92.0',
+        'url': 'https://archives.boost.io/release/1.92.0/source/boost_1_92_0.tar.gz',
+        'sha256': 'c4a3b310ddd2472416e091067166b0713be97c63f38c212c484ada022fd296ce',
+        'dir': 'boost_1_92_0',
+    },
+}
+
+# the documents of bench_view.cpp, relative to the json_test_data directory
+DEFAULT_CORPUS = [
+    'nativejson-benchmark/twitter.json',
+    'nativejson-benchmark/citm_catalog.json',
+    'nativejson-benchmark/canada.json',
+    'jeopardy/jeopardy.json',
+]
+
+
+def run(cmd, **kwargs):
+    print('+ ' + ' '.join(shlex.quote(c) for c in cmd), flush=True)
+    # cmd is an argument list built by this script, never a shell string
+    return subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, **kwargs)  # nosec B603
+
+
+def output(cmd):
+    try:
+        # cmd is an argument list built by this script, never a shell string
+        return subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True).stdout.strip()  # nosec B603
+    except (OSError, subprocess.CalledProcessError):
+        return ''
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# libraries
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class Library:
+    """include directories, sources to compile, and linker flags of a library"""
+
+    def __init__(self, name, include=None, sources=None, link=None, version=''):
+        self.name = name
+        self.include = include or []
+        self.sources = sources or []
+        self.link = link or []
+        self.version = version
+
+
+def header_version(path, pattern):
+    try:
+        with open(path, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') as f:
+            m = re.search(pattern, f.read())
+        return m.group(1) if m else ''
+    except OSError:
+        return ''
+
+
+def library_version(name, include_dirs):
+    patterns = {
+        'yyjson': ('yyjson.h', r'#define\s+YYJSON_VERSION_STRING\s+"([^"]+)"'),
+        'simdjson': ('simdjson.h', r'#define\s+SIMDJSON_VERSION\s+"?([0-9.]+)"?'),
+        'boost': (os.path.join('boost', 'version.hpp'), r'#define\s+BOOST_LIB_VERSION\s+"([^"]+)"'),
+    }
+    header, pattern = patterns[name]
+    for d in include_dirs:
+        v = header_version(os.path.join(d, header), pattern)
+        if v:
+            return v.replace('_', '.')
+    return ''
+
+
+def system_library(name):
+    """a library found with pkg-config or Homebrew, or None"""
+    flags = output(['pkg-config', '--cflags', '--libs', name]).split()
+    if flags:
+        include = [f[2:] for f in flags if f.startswith('-I')]
+        link = [f for f in flags if f.startswith('-L') or f.startswith('-l')]
+        libdirs = [f[2:] for f in link if f.startswith('-L')]
+        link += ['-Wl,-rpath,' + d for d in libdirs]
+        return Library(name, include, [], link, library_version(name, include))
+    prefix = output(['brew', '--prefix', name]) if shutil.which('brew') else ''
+    if prefix and os.path.isdir(os.path.join(prefix, 'include')):
+        include = [os.path.join(prefix, 'include')]
+        link = []
+        if name != 'boost':
+            lib = os.path.join(prefix, 'lib')
+            link = ['-L' + lib, '-l' + name, '-Wl,-rpath,' + lib]
+        return Library(name, include, [], link, library_version(name, include))
+    if name == 'boost':
+        for d in ['/usr/include', '/usr/local/include']:
+            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(d, 'boost', 'json.hpp')):
+                return Library(name, [d], [], [], library_version(name, [d]))
+    return None
+
+
+def download_library(name, work):
+    """a pinned release, downloaded and checked, or an error"""
+    pin = PINNED[name]
+    archive = os.path.join(work, 'download', os.path.basename(pin['url']))
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(archive), exist_ok=True)
+    if not os.path.isfile(archive):
+        print(f'downloading {pin["url"]}', flush=True)
+        # the URLs are the https constants in PINNED, and the SHA-256 is checked below
+        # (into a .part file first, so that an interrupted download is not kept)
+        urllib.request.urlretrieve(pin['url'], archive + '.part')  # nosec B310
+        os.replace(archive + '.part', archive)
+    with open(archive, 'rb') as f:
+        digest = hashlib.sha256(f.read()).hexdigest()
+    if digest != pin['sha256']:
+        os.remove(archive)  # downloaded again by the next run
+        sys.exit(f'error: SHA-256 of {archive} is {digest}, expected {pin["sha256"]} (removed)')
+    src = os.path.join(work, 'download', pin['dir'])
+    if not os.path.isdir(src):
+        with tarfile.open(archive) as t:
+            # (the 'data' filter rejects links and paths outside the target where Python has it)
+            kwargs = {'filter': 'data'} if hasattr(tarfile, 'data_filter') else {}
+            t.extractall(os.path.join(work, 'download'), **kwargs)  # noqa: S202 (checked archive)  # nosec B202
+    if name == 'yyjson':
+        return Library(name, [os.path.join(src, 'src')], [os.path.join(src, 'src', 'yyjson.c')], [], pin['version'])
+    if name == 'simdjson':
+        single = os.path.join(src, 'singleheader')
+        return Library(name, [single], [os.path.join(single, 'simdjson.cpp')], [], pin['version'])
+    return Library(name, [src], [], [], pin['version'])
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# machine description
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def cpu_model():
+    if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+        return output(['sysctl', '-n', 'machdep.cpu.brand_string'])
+    try:
+        with open('/proc/cpuinfo', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            for line in f:
+                if line.startswith('model name') or line.startswith('Model'):
+                    return line.split(':', 1)[1].strip()
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+    # (AArch64 Linux: /proc/cpuinfo has no model name, lscpu knows it)
+    for line in output(['lscpu']).splitlines():
+        if line.startswith('Model name:'):
+            return line.split(':', 1)[1].strip()
+    return platform.processor() or platform.machine()
+
+
+def git_commit():
+    commit = output(['git', '-C', REPO, 'rev-parse', '--short=12', 'HEAD'])
+    dirty = output(['git', '-C', REPO, 'status', '--porcelain', '--untracked-files=no'])
+    return commit + (' (with local changes)' if dirty else '')
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# main
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def main():
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
+    ap.add_argument('--data', required=True, help='json_test_data directory (with nativejson-benchmark/ and jeopardy/)')
+    ap.add_argument('--download', action='store_true', help='use pinned downloads instead of system libraries')
+    ap.add_argument('--no-boost', action='store_true', help='skip Boost.JSON')
+    ap.add_argument('--native', action='store_true', help='compile for this CPU (-march=native / -mcpu=native)')
+    ap.add_argument('--rounds', type=int, default=30, help='rounds of bench_view (default: 30)')
+    ap.add_argument('--corpus', nargs='*', default=[], help='more files for bench_corpus')
+    ap.add_argument('--build-dir', default=os.path.join(HERE, 'build'), help='where to build (default: build/ next to this script)')
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+    # the benchmarks run in the build directory: make the paths absolute
+    args.data = os.path.abspath(args.data)
+    args.corpus = [os.path.abspath(f) for f in args.corpus]
+    args.build_dir = os.path.abspath(args.build_dir)
+
+    cxx = os.environ.get('CXX', 'c++')
+    cc = os.environ.get('CC', 'cc')
+    os.makedirs(args.build_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    libs = {}
+    for name in ['yyjson', 'simdjson', 'boost']:
+        if name == 'boost' and args.no_boost:
+            continue
+        lib = download_library(name, args.build_dir) if args.download else system_library(name)
+        if lib is None and name != 'boost':
+            sys.exit(f'error: {name} not found; install it, or use --download')
+        if lib is not None:
+            libs[name] = lib
+    with_boost = 'boost' in libs
+    if not with_boost:
+        print('Boost.JSON not found: its columns are skipped', flush=True)
+
+    flags = ['-std=c++17', '-O3', '-DNDEBUG', f'-DJSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST={1 if with_boost else 0}']
+    if args.native:
+        flags.append('-mcpu=native' if platform.machine().lower() in ('arm64', 'aarch64') else '-march=native')
+    include = ['-I' + os.path.join(REPO, 'include')] + ['-I' + d for lib in libs.values() for d in lib.include]
+    link = [f for lib in libs.values() for f in lib.link]
+
+    # C sources of downloaded libraries are compiled once
+    objects = []
+    for lib in libs.values():
+        for src in lib.sources:
+            obj = os.path.join(args.build_dir, os.path.basename(src) + '.o')
+            compiler = cc if src.endswith('.c') else cxx
+            run([compiler] + (['-std=c++17'] if compiler == cxx else []) + ['-O3', '-DNDEBUG', '-c', src, '-o', obj]
+                + ['-I' + d for d in lib.include])
+            objects.append(obj)
+
+    binaries = {}
+    for bench in ['bench_view', 'bench_corpus', 'bench_edit']:
+        exe = os.path.join(args.build_dir, bench)
+        run([cxx] + flags + include + [os.path.join(HERE, bench + '.cpp')] + objects + link + ['-o', exe])
+        binaries[bench] = exe
+
+    # run: bench_view on its documents, bench_corpus on those and the given files
+    corpus = [os.path.join(args.data, f) for f in DEFAULT_CORPUS] + args.corpus
+    outputs = {}
+    outputs['bench_view'] = run([binaries['bench_view'], args.data, str(args.rounds)], cwd=args.build_dir,
+                                capture_output=True, text=True).stdout
+    outputs['bench_corpus'] = run([binaries['bench_corpus']] + corpus, cwd=args.build_dir,
+                                  capture_output=True, text=True).stdout
+    outputs['bench_edit'] = run([binaries['bench_edit'], args.data, str(max(1, args.rounds // 2))], cwd=args.build_dir,
+                                capture_output=True, text=True).stdout
+    for name, text in outputs.items():
+        print(text)
+
+    # results with their metadata
+    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    host = re.sub(r'[^A-Za-z0-9-]+', '-', platform.node().split('.')[0]) or 'host'
+    stem = os.path.join(HERE, 'results', f'{now:%Y-%m-%d}-{host}')
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(stem), exist_ok=True)
+    meta = [
+        ('date', f'{now:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M}'),
+        ('commit', git_commit()),
+        ('CPU', cpu_model()),
+        ('OS', f'{platform.system()} {platform.release()} ({platform.machine()})'),
+        ('compiler', output([cxx, '--version']).splitlines()[0] if output([cxx, '--version']) else cxx),
+        ('flags', ' '.join(flags)),
+        ('yyjson', libs['yyjson'].version),
+        ('simdjson', libs['simdjson'].version),
+        ('Boost.JSON', libs['boost'].version if with_boost else 'skipped (not found)'),
+        ('libraries from', 'pinned downloads' if args.download else 'the system'),
+        ('rounds', str(args.rounds)),
+    ]
+    with open(stem + '.md', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        f.write(f'# json_view comparison, {now:%Y-%m-%d}\n\n')
+        f.write('Generated by `tests/benchmarks/json_view/compare.py`; best of the interleaved rounds.\n\n')
+        f.write('| | |\n|---|---|\n')
+        for key, value in meta:
+            f.write(f'| {key} | {value} |\n')
+        for name, text in outputs.items():
+            f.write(f'\n## {name}\n\n```\n{text.rstrip()}\n```\n')
+    with open(stem + '.csv', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as out:
+        out.write(''.join(f'# {key}: {value}\n' for key, value in meta))
+        for name in ['bench_view', 'bench_corpus', 'bench_edit']:
+            path = os.path.join(args.build_dir, name + '.csv')
+            if os.path.isfile(path):
+                with open(path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                    out.write(f'# {name}\n' + f.read())
+    print(f'results: {stem}.md, {stem}.csv')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ Additionally, `parse_json_view_fuzzer` (`tests/src/fuzzer-parse_json_view.cpp`)
 produces, and that a rejected input makes both parsers throw with an identical `what()`. It takes plain JSON text, so it
 reuses the `corpus_json` corpus rather than a format of its own.

+`json_view_image_fuzzer` (`tests/src/fuzzer-json_view_image.cpp`) tests the images of `json_document` (`save()` and
+`load()`). It uses each input twice: as an image, which `load()` must either reject with `parse_error.116` or read
+safely (with `image_check::full`, the document must also serialize to the JSON it reads as), and as a JSON text, whose
+image must load and serialize to the same text. A corpus of images can be made from JSON files with a small program
+that calls `json_document::parse(text).save()`; plain JSON files work as well.
+
 ## Corpus creation

 For most effective fuzzing, a [corpus](https://llvm.org/docs/LibFuzzer.html#corpus) should be provided. A corpus is a
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+//     __ _____ _____ _____
+//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  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
+
+/*
+This file implements a test of json_document images suitable for fuzz
+testing. The input is used twice:
+
+- as an image: json_document::load() with image_check::full must either throw
+  a parse_error or yield a document that serializes to the JSON text it reads
+  as; with image_check::bounds, reading and serializing must be safe (checked
+  by the sanitizers), and serializing may only throw type_error.316
+- as a JSON text: if json_document::parse() accepts it, the image of the
+  document must load (with every check) and serialize to the same text
+
+The provided function `LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput` can be used in different fuzzer
+drivers.
+*/
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
+
+// the checks below are assertions; NDEBUG would compile them away
+#ifdef NDEBUG
+    #error "the fuzzer drivers must be built without NDEBUG"
+#endif
+
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+using json_document = nlohmann::json_document;
+using image_check = json_document::image_check;
+
+// see http://llvm.org/docs/LibFuzzer.html
+extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t* data, size_t size)
+{
+    // the input as an image
+    for (const image_check check :
+            {
+                image_check::full, image_check::bounds
+            })
+    {
+        json_document d;
+        try
+        {
+            d = json_document::load(data, size, check);
+        }
+        catch (const json::parse_error& e)
+        {
+            assert(e.id == 116);
+            continue;
+        }
+        std::string dumped;
+        try
+        {
+            dumped = d.root().dump();
+        }
+        catch (const json::type_error& e)
+        {
+            // invalid UTF-8 can only pass the bounds check
+            assert(check == image_check::bounds && e.id == 316);
+            continue;
+        }
+        const json j = d.root().materialize();
+        if (check == image_check::full)
+        {
+            assert(json::parse(dumped) == j);
+            // an image of the loaded document is the input
+            assert(d.save() == std::vector<std::uint8_t>(data, data + size));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // the input as a JSON text
+    const std::string text(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data), size); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
+    const json_document parsed = json_document::parse(text, false);
+    if (!parsed.is_discarded())
+    {
+        const std::vector<std::uint8_t> image = parsed.save();
+        for (const image_check check :
+                {
+                    image_check::full, image_check::bounds, image_check::none
+                })
+        {
+            const json_document loaded = json_document::load(image, check);
+            assert(loaded.root().dump() == parsed.root().dump());
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
@@ -521,10 +521,6 @@ 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,
@@ -562,7 +558,6 @@ TEST_CASE("converting a deeply nested value from another specialization fails cl
        }
    }
    CHECK(failures > 0);
-#endif
 }

 namespace
@@ -607,88 +602,3 @@ 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);
-    }
-}
@@ -11,12 +11,7 @@
 #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())
@@ -229,139 +224,3 @@ 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());
-    }
-}
@@ -9,14 +9,6 @@
 #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;

@@ -114,59 +106,10 @@ TEST_CASE("BJData")
    {
        SECTION("discarded")
        {
-            // a discarded value cannot be serialized to BJData
+            // discarded values are not serialized
            json const j = json::value_t::discarded;
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bjdata(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to BJData", json::type_error&);
-        }
-
-        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
-            }
+            const auto result = json::to_bjdata(j);
+            CHECK(result.empty());
        }

        SECTION("null")
@@ -4547,33 +4490,3 @@ 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
-}
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@

 #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
@@ -1022,36 +1014,6 @@ 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")
 {
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@

 #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;

@@ -149,54 +141,6 @@ 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")
@@ -1317,10 +1261,8 @@ 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")
@@ -1798,7 +1740,6 @@ 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
@@ -1813,7 +1754,6 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON roundtrips" * doctest::skip())
                // compare parsed JSON values
                CHECK(j1 == j2);
            }
-#endif

            {
                INFO_WITH_TEMP(filename + ": output to output adapters");
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@

 #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;

@@ -38,49 +30,10 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR")
    {
        SECTION("discarded")
        {
-            // a discarded value cannot be serialized to CBOR
+            // discarded values are not serialized
            json const j = json::value_t::discarded;
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_cbor(j), "[json.exception.type_error.321] cannot serialize discarded value to CBOR", json::type_error&);
-        }
-
-        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
-            }
+            const auto result = json::to_cbor(j);
+            CHECK(result.empty());
        }

        SECTION("NaN")
@@ -2262,10 +2215,8 @@ 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
@@ -2662,14 +2613,12 @@ 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");
@@ -3236,8 +3185,7 @@ 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 stored
-        // as a floating-point number, as the lexer does for JSON text.
+        // When n > INT64_MAX, the result exceeds int64_t range and is rejected.

        SECTION("n = 0 is valid (result = -1)")
        {
@@ -3258,34 +3206,33 @@ TEST_CASE("Tagged values")
            CHECK(result.get<int64_t>() == (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::min)());
        }

-        SECTION("n = INT64_MAX + 1 is stored as float")
+        SECTION("n = INT64_MAX + 1 is rejected (overflow)")
        {
            // n = INT64_MAX + 1 (0x8000000000000000)
-            // result = -1 - n = -9223372036854775809, which exceeds int64_t range;
-            // the nearest double is -9223372036854775808.0
+            // result = -1 - n = -9223372036854775809, which exceeds int64_t range
            const std::vector<uint8_t> input = {0x3B, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
-            const auto result = json::from_cbor(input);
-            CHECK(result.is_number_float());
-            CHECK(result.get<double>() == -9223372036854775808.0);
-            CHECK(result == json::parse("-9223372036854775809"));
+            json _;
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(input),
+                                 "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 9: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: negative integer overflow",
+                                 json::parse_error);
        }

-        SECTION("n = UINT64_MAX is stored as float")
+        SECTION("n = UINT64_MAX is rejected (overflow)")
        {
            // 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};
-            const auto result = json::from_cbor(input);
-            CHECK(result.is_number_float());
-            CHECK(result.get<double>() == -18446744073709551616.0);
-            CHECK(result == json::parse("-18446744073709551616"));
+            json _;
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(input),
+                                 "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 9: syntax error while parsing CBOR value: negative integer overflow",
+                                 json::parse_error);
        }

-        SECTION("overflow with allow_exceptions=false is not an error")
+        SECTION("overflow with allow_exceptions=false returns discarded")
        {
            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_number_float());
+            CHECK(result.is_discarded());
        }
    }

@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ TEST_CASE("lexer escape fast path")
                    })
            {
                const std::string doc = "[\"" + std::string(offset, 'a') + c.first + "\"]";
-                CAPTURE(doc)
+                CAPTURE(doc);
                CHECK(json::accept(doc) == c.second);
                std::stringstream ss(doc);
                CHECK(json::accept(ss) == c.second);
@@ -748,14 +748,14 @@ TEST_CASE("lexer escape fast path")
                    })
            {
                const std::string doc = "[\"" + std::string(offset, 'a') + escape + "\"]";
-                CAPTURE(doc)
+                CAPTURE(doc);
                CHECK(outcome(doc, false) == outcome(doc, true));
            }

            // the escape is the last thing before end of input: no closing
            // quote at all
            const std::string truncated_doc = "[\"" + escape;
-            CAPTURE(truncated_doc)
+            CAPTURE(truncated_doc);
            CHECK(outcome(truncated_doc, false) == outcome(truncated_doc, true));
        }
    }
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ TEST_CASE("lexer escape fast path")
                })
        {
            const std::string doc = "[\"\\u" + tail;
-            CAPTURE(doc)
+            CAPTURE(doc);
            CHECK(outcome(doc, false) == outcome(doc, true));
            CHECK(outcome(doc, false).find("must be followed by 4 hex digits") != std::string::npos);
        }
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ TEST_CASE("lexer escape fast path")
            std::string digits = "1234";
            digits[bad_pos] = 'g'; // not a hex digit
            const std::string doc = "[\"\\u" + digits + "\"]";
-            CAPTURE(doc)
+            CAPTURE(doc);
            CHECK(outcome(doc, false) == outcome(doc, true));
            CHECK(outcome(doc, false).find("must be followed by 4 hex digits") != std::string::npos);
        }
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ TEST_CASE("lexer escape fast path")
                mismatches.push_back(doc);
            }
        }
-        CAPTURE(mismatches)
+        CAPTURE(mismatches);
        CHECK(mismatches.empty());
    }
 #endif
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ TEST_CASE("parse_float_native rounds correctly")
        using long_double_json = nlohmann::basic_json<std::map, std::vector, std::string, bool, std::int64_t, std::uint64_t, long double>;
        for (const auto& t : tokens)
        {
-            CAPTURE(t)
+            CAPTURE(t);
            const auto layout = float_token_layout(t);
            const char* const first = t.data();
            const char* const last = first + t.size();
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Eisel-Lemire float conversion")
            std::array<char, 64> buffer{};
            const char* end = nlohmann::detail::to_chars(buffer.data(), buffer.data() + buffer.size(), f);
            const std::string token(buffer.data(), static_cast<std::size_t>(end - buffer.data()));
-            CAPTURE(token)
+            CAPTURE(token);
            CHECK(native_bits32(token) == b);
        }
    }
@@ -1626,7 +1626,7 @@ TEST_CASE("float conversion of hard cases")
    for (const auto& c : float_hard_cases::cases())
    {
        const std::string token = c.token;
-        CAPTURE(token)
+        CAPTURE(token);
        CHECK(native_bits64(token) == c.bits64);
        CHECK(native_bits32(token) == c.bits32);
        check_parse<json>(token, c.bits64, std::uint64_t{0x7FF0000000000000u});
@@ -1746,8 +1746,8 @@ TEST_CASE("string scanning kernels")
        for (std::size_t offset = 0; offset < 3 && offset <= text.size(); ++offset)
        {
            const std::size_t n = text.size() - offset;
-            CAPTURE(text)
-            CAPTURE(offset)
+            CAPTURE(text);
+            CAPTURE(offset);
            CHECK(nlohmann::detail::find_string_special(data + offset, n) == reference_special(data + offset, n));
            CHECK(nlohmann::detail::find_ascii_copyable_run(data + offset, n) == reference_copyable(data + offset, n));
            CHECK(nlohmann::detail::scalar_string_bulk_run(data + offset, n) == reference_bulk_run(data + offset, n));
@@ -2317,58 +2317,6 @@ TEST_CASE("parser class")
 #endif
    }

-    SECTION("comments before separators")
-    {
-        // The parser first checks for the expected ':' or ',' and only then
-        // falls back to the full token switch, which skips comments. A comment
-        // directly before a separator takes that fallback.
-        json _;
-
-        SECTION("ignored")
-        {
-            const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, json>> inputs =
-            {
-                {"{\"a\" /* c */ : 1}", {{"a", 1}}},
-                {"{\"a\" // c\n: 1}", {{"a", 1}}},
-                {R"({"a": 1, "b" /* c */ : 2})", {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}}},
-                {R"({"a": 1 /* c */ , "b": 2})", {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}}},
-                {"{\"a\": 1 // c\n, \"b\": 2}", {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}}},
-                {"[1 /* c */ , 2]", {1, 2}},
-                {"[1 // c\n, 2]", {1, 2}},
-                {"{\"a\" /* c */ /* d */ : [1 // c\n , 2 /**/ ] /**/ , \"b\" : 3}", {{"a", {1, 2}}, {"b", 3}}}
-            };
-            for (const auto& input : inputs)
-            {
-                CAPTURE(input.first)
-                CHECK(json::parse(input.first, nullptr, true, true) == input.second);
-                CHECK(json::accept(input.first, true));
-            }
-        }
-
-        SECTION("ignored, with trailing commas")
-        {
-            CHECK(json::parse(std::string("[1 /* c */ , ]"), nullptr, true, true, true) == json({1}));
-            CHECK(json::parse(std::string("{\"a\": 1 /* c */ , }"), nullptr, true, true, true) == json({{"a", 1}}));
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::string("[1 /* c */ , ]"), nullptr, true, true),
-                                 "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 14: syntax error while parsing value - unexpected ']'; expected '[', '{', or a literal", json::parse_error);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::string("{\"a\": 1 /* c */ , }"), nullptr, true, true),
-                                 "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 19: syntax error while parsing object key - unexpected '}'; expected string literal", json::parse_error);
-        }
-
-        SECTION("not ignored")
-        {
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::string("{\"a\" /* c */ : 1}")),
-                                 "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 6: syntax error while parsing object separator - invalid literal; last read: '\"a\" /'; expected ':'", json::parse_error);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::string("{\"a\": 1, \"b\" /* c */ : 2}")),
-                                 "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 14: syntax error while parsing object separator - invalid literal; last read: '\"b\" /'; expected ':'", json::parse_error);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::string("{\"a\": 1 /* c */ , \"b\": 2}")),
-                                 "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 9: syntax error while parsing object - invalid literal; last read: '1 /'; expected '}'", json::parse_error);
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::parse(std::string("[1 /* c */ , 2]")),
-                                 "[json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at line 1, column 4: syntax error while parsing array - invalid literal; last read: '1 /'; expected ']'", json::parse_error);
-            CHECK(!json::accept(std::string("[1 /* c */ , 2]")));
-        }
-    }
-
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
    // Macro for all test cases for start_pos and end_pos
 #define SETUP_TESTCASES() \
@@ -191,10 +191,8 @@ TEST_CASE("value conversion")
    {
        enum class bool_enum : bool { off, on };

-        // the extra parentheses keep doctest from printing the enum via its
-        // 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));
+        CHECK(json(bool_enum::off).get<bool_enum>() == bool_enum::off);
+        CHECK(json(bool_enum::on).get<bool_enum>() == bool_enum::on);
    }
 #endif

@@ -853,11 +851,8 @@ 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
 }
@@ -1,229 +0,0 @@
-//     __ _____ _____ _____
-//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  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);
-    }
-}
@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@
    #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
@@ -299,7 +291,6 @@ TEST_CASE("deserialization")
            }));
        }

-#ifndef JSON_TEST_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS_DELETED
        SECTION("operator<<")
        {
            std::stringstream ss;
@@ -308,7 +299,6 @@ TEST_CASE("deserialization")
            j << ss;
            CHECK(j == json({"foo", 1, 2, 3, false, {{"one", 1}}}));
        }
-#endif

        SECTION("operator>>")
        {
@@ -433,7 +423,6 @@ 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;
@@ -441,7 +430,6 @@ 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>>")
        {
@@ -1160,9 +1148,9 @@ TEST_CASE("deserialization")
        {
            std::istringstream s(bom + "123 456");
            json j;
-            s >> j;
+            j << s;
            CHECK(j == 123);
-            s >> j;
+            j << s;
            CHECK(j == 456);
        }
    }
@@ -1551,10 +1551,6 @@ 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);
@@ -1566,7 +1562,6 @@ 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);
@@ -1,246 +0,0 @@
-//     __ _____ _____ _____
-//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  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
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-//     __ _____ _____ _____
-//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  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
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@

 #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;

@@ -27,7 +19,6 @@ 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")
@@ -724,7 +715,6 @@ TEST_CASE("iterator_wrapper")
        }
    }
 }
-#endif

 TEST_CASE("items()")
 {
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More