Move the float conversion chain out of the lexer

lexer::convert_number() converted float tokens with std::from_chars (when
available), Clinger's fast path, and the locale-aware strtod fallback, all
as lexer members. They are now free functions in number_parse.hpp:

- convert_float_fast(): std::from_chars, then Clinger's fast path, skipped
  when the mantissa has too many significant digits
- convert_float_locale_aware(): strtof/strtod/strtold with the decimal point
  of the current locale, retried when the locale changed (#5198)

so that other code converting JSON number tokens gets the same values. No
change in behavior; the lexer no longer includes <clocale> and <cstdlib>.

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

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/from_cbor.md

@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON va
   the end of the file was not reached when `strict` was set to true
 - Throws [parse_error.112](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error112) if unsupported features from CBOR were
   used in the given input or if the input is not valid CBOR
-- Throws [parse_error.113](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113) if a string was expected as a map key,
-  but not found
+- Throws [parse_error.113](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113) if a map key is not a string (keys of other
+  types are not supported, as JSON object keys are always strings) or a string is malformed
 
 ## Complexity
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/from_msgpack.md

@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON va
   the end of the file was not reached when `strict` was set to true
 - Throws [parse_error.112](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error112) if unsupported features from
   MessagePack were used in the given input or if the input is not valid MessagePack
-- Throws [parse_error.113](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113) if a string was expected as a map key,
-  but not found
+- Throws [parse_error.113](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113) if a map key is not a string (keys of other
+  types are not supported, as JSON object keys are always strings) or a string is malformed
 
 ## Complexity
 

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

@@ -174,7 +174,20 @@ The library maps CBOR types to JSON value types as follows:
 
 !!! warning "Object keys"
 
-    CBOR allows map keys of any type, whereas JSON only allows strings as keys in object values. Therefore, CBOR maps with keys other than UTF-8 strings are rejected.
+    CBOR allows map keys of any type, whereas JSON only allows strings as keys in object values. Therefore, CBOR maps
+    with keys other than text strings (major type 3) are rejected with a
+    [`parse_error.113`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113) exception (or, with `allow_exceptions` set
+    to `false`, a discarded value) naming the type of the key that was found, for instance:
+
+    ```
+    [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found an unsigned integer; last byte: 0x01
+    ```
+
+    This applies to the [SAX interface](../parsing/sax_interface.md) as well, as the key is read before it is passed
+    on. This is a deliberate restriction of the library's JSON value model, not an oversight: formats built on CBOR
+    maps with integer keys, such as COSE ([RFC 9052](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9052.html)) or CWT
+    ([RFC 8392](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8392.html)), cannot be read with this library and need a
+    general-purpose CBOR library instead.
 
 !!! warning "UTF-8 validation of text strings"
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/binary_formats/messagepack.md

@@ -138,6 +138,21 @@ The library maps MessagePack types to JSON value types as follows:
 
     Any MessagePack output created by `to_msgpack` can be successfully parsed by `from_msgpack`.
 
+!!! warning "Object keys"
+
+    MessagePack allows map keys of any type, whereas JSON only allows strings as keys in object values. Like the
+    JSON-compatible [profile](https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack/blob/master/spec.md#profile) sketched in the
+    MessagePack specification, this library restricts map keys to `str` values. Maps with keys of any other type are
+    rejected with a [`parse_error.113`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113) exception (or, with
+    `allow_exceptions` set to `false`, a discarded value) naming the type of the key that was found, for instance:
+
+    ```
+    [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack object key: only string keys are supported, but found nil; last byte: 0xC0
+    ```
+
+    This applies to the [SAX interface](../parsing/sax_interface.md) as well, as the key is read before it is passed
+    on. Such input needs a general-purpose MessagePack library instead.
+
 !!! warning "UTF-8 validation of string values"
 
     The MessagePack specification requires `str` values (`fixstr`, `str 8`, `str 16`, `str 32`) to be valid UTF-8.

docs/mkdocs/docs/home/exceptions.md

@@ -343,13 +343,20 @@ A string could not be read from a [binary format](../features/binary_formats/ind
 string was read where one was required (for instance as a map key), the string's length specification is invalid, or
 the string's bytes are not valid UTF-8.
 
+CBOR and MessagePack allow map keys of any type, but JSON object keys are always strings. Maps with keys of any other
+type (for instance integers or `null`) are therefore not supported; see the notes on
+[CBOR](../features/binary_formats/cbor.md) and [MessagePack](../features/binary_formats/messagepack.md).
+
 !!! failure "Example messages"
 
     ```
-    [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0xFF
+    [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found an unsigned integer; last byte: 0x01
     ```
     ```
-    [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack string: expected length specification (0xA0-0xBF, 0xD9-0xDB); last byte: 0xFF
+    [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack object key: only string keys are supported, but found nil; last byte: 0xC0
+    ```
+    ```
+    [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0x7C
     ```
     ```
     [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing UBJSON char: byte after 'C' must be in range 0x00..0x7F; last byte: 0x82

include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp

@@ -1324,6 +1324,80 @@ class binary_reader
         }
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief reads a CBOR object key
+
+    RFC 8949 allows any data item as a map key, but only strings have a
+    counterpart in JSON. A key of any other type is rejected with a message
+    naming that type, rather than the one @ref get_cbor_string gives for a
+    malformed string.
+
+    @param[out] result  created key
+
+    @return whether key creation completed
+    */
+    bool get_cbor_object_key(string_t& result)
+    {
+        // EOF and major type 3 (text string) are left to get_cbor_string
+        if (current == char_traits<char_type>::eof() || (static_cast<unsigned int>(current) & 0xE0u) == 0x60u)
+        {
+            return get_cbor_string(result);
+        }
+
+        const char* found = nullptr;
+        switch (static_cast<unsigned int>(current) >> 5u)
+        {
+            case 0:
+                found = "an unsigned integer";
+                break;
+            case 1:
+                found = "a negative integer";
+                break;
+            case 2:
+                found = "a byte string";
+                break;
+            case 4:
+                found = "an array";
+                break;
+            case 5:
+                found = "a map";
+                break;
+            case 6:
+                found = "a tag";
+                break;
+            default: // major type 7
+                switch (current)
+                {
+                    case 0xF4:
+                    case 0xF5:
+                        found = "a boolean";
+                        break;
+                    case 0xF6:
+                        found = "null";
+                        break;
+                    case 0xF7:
+                        found = "undefined";
+                        break;
+                    case 0xF9:
+                    case 0xFA:
+                    case 0xFB:
+                        found = "a floating-point number";
+                        break;
+                    case 0xFF:
+                        found = "a break stop code";
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        found = "a simple value";
+                        break;
+                }
+                break;
+        }
+
+        auto last_token = get_token_string();
+        return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read,
+                                exception_message(input_format_t::cbor, concat("only string keys are supported, but found ", found, "; last byte: 0x", last_token), "object key"), nullptr));
+    }
+
     /*!
     @brief reads a definite-length CBOR byte array
 
@@ -1568,7 +1642,7 @@ class binary_reader
                 if (top.is_object)
                 {
                     key.clear();
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_cbor_string(key) || !sax->key(key)))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_cbor_object_key(key) || !sax->key(key)))
                     {
                         return false;
                     }
@@ -2069,6 +2143,98 @@ class binary_reader
         }
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief reads a MessagePack object key
+
+    The MessagePack specification allows any type as a map key, but only
+    strings have a counterpart in JSON. A key of any other type is rejected
+    with a message naming that type, rather than the one @ref
+    get_msgpack_string gives for a malformed string.
+
+    @param[out] result  created key
+
+    @return whether key creation completed
+    */
+    bool get_msgpack_object_key(string_t& result)
+    {
+        const char* found = nullptr;
+        switch (current)
+        {
+            case 0xC0:
+                found = "nil";
+                break;
+            case 0xC2:
+            case 0xC3:
+                found = "a boolean";
+                break;
+            case 0xCA:
+            case 0xCB:
+                found = "a float";
+                break;
+            case 0xC4:
+            case 0xC5:
+            case 0xC6:
+                found = "a bin";
+                break;
+            case 0xC7:
+            case 0xC8:
+            case 0xC9:
+            case 0xD4:
+            case 0xD5:
+            case 0xD6:
+            case 0xD7:
+            case 0xD8:
+                found = "an ext";
+                break;
+            case 0xCC:
+            case 0xCD:
+            case 0xCE:
+            case 0xCF:
+            case 0xD0:
+            case 0xD1:
+            case 0xD2:
+            case 0xD3:
+                found = "an integer";
+                break;
+            case 0xDC:
+            case 0xDD:
+                found = "an array";
+                break;
+            case 0xDE:
+            case 0xDF:
+                found = "a map";
+                break;
+            default:
+                // fixint, fixmap, and fixarray; strings, EOF, and the unused
+                // byte 0xC1 are left to get_msgpack_string
+                if (current == char_traits<char_type>::eof())
+                {
+                    return get_msgpack_string(result);
+                }
+                if (current <= 0x7F || current >= 0xE0)
+                {
+                    found = "an integer";
+                }
+                else if (current <= 0x8F)
+                {
+                    found = "a map";
+                }
+                else if (current <= 0x9F)
+                {
+                    found = "an array";
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    return get_msgpack_string(result);
+                }
+                break;
+        }
+
+        auto last_token = get_token_string();
+        return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read,
+                                exception_message(input_format_t::msgpack, concat("only string keys are supported, but found ", found, "; last byte: 0x", last_token), "object key"), nullptr));
+    }
+
     /*!
     @brief reads a MessagePack byte array
 
@@ -2231,7 +2397,7 @@ class binary_reader
                 {
                     get();
                     key.clear();
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_msgpack_string(key) || !sax->key(key)))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_msgpack_object_key(key) || !sax->key(key)))
                     {
                         return false;
                     }

include/nlohmann/detail/input/lexer.hpp

@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <array> // array
-#include <clocale> // localeconv
 #include <cstddef> // size_t
 #include <cstdio> // snprintf
-#include <cstdlib> // strtof, strtod, strtold, strtoll, strtoull
 #include <initializer_list> // initializer_list
 #include <string> // char_traits, string
 #include <utility> // move
@@ -206,7 +204,6 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false, bool discard_number_values_ = false) noexcept
         : ia(std::move(adapter))
         , ignore_comments(ignore_comments_)
-        , decimal_point_char(static_cast<char_int_type>(get_decimal_point()))
         , discard_number_values(discard_number_values_)
     {}
 
@@ -218,19 +215,6 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     ~lexer() = default;
 
   private:
-    /////////////////////
-    // locales
-    /////////////////////
-
-    /// return the locale-dependent decimal point
-    JSON_HEDLEY_PURE
-    static char get_decimal_point() noexcept
-    {
-        const auto* loc = localeconv();
-        JSON_ASSERT(loc != nullptr);
-        return (loc->decimal_point == nullptr) ? '.' : *(loc->decimal_point);
-    }
-
     /////////////////////
     // scan functions
     /////////////////////
@@ -1038,24 +1022,6 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
         }
     }
 
-    JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
-    static void strtof(float& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
-    {
-        f = std::strtof(str, endptr);
-    }
-
-    JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
-    static void strtof(double& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
-    {
-        f = std::strtod(str, endptr);
-    }
-
-    JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
-    static void strtof(long double& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
-    {
-        f = std::strtold(str, endptr);
-    }
-
     /*!
     @brief scan a number literal
 
@@ -1092,9 +1058,10 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
             token_type::value_float if number could be successfully scanned,
             token_type::parse_error otherwise
 
-    @note The scanner is independent of the current locale. Internally, the
-          locale's decimal point is used instead of `.` to work with the
-          locale-dependent converters.
+    @note The scanner is independent of the current locale: token_buffer
+          always holds `.`. Only the std::strtod fallback of convert_number()
+          depends on the locale, and it looks up the decimal point right
+          before converting (see detail::convert_float_locale_aware()).
     */
     token_type scan_number()  // lgtm [cpp/use-of-goto] `goto` is used in this function to implement the number-parsing state machine described above. By design, any finite input will eventually reach the "done" state or return token_type::parse_error. In each intermediate state, 1 byte of the input is appended to the token_buffer vector, and only the already initialized variables token_buffer, number_type, and error_message are manipulated.
     {
@@ -1183,7 +1150,7 @@ scan_number_zero:
         {
             case '.':
             {
-                add(decimal_point_char);
+                add(current);
                 decimal_point_position = token_buffer.size() - 1;
                 goto scan_number_decimal1;
             }
@@ -1220,7 +1187,7 @@ scan_number_any1:
 
             case '.':
             {
-                add(decimal_point_char);
+                add(current);
                 decimal_point_position = token_buffer.size() - 1;
                 goto scan_number_decimal1;
             }
@@ -1425,65 +1392,12 @@ scan_number_done:
         return token_type::uninitialized;
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief check whether Clinger's fast path can still succeed for this token
-
-    parse_float_fast() needs a significand below 2^53. A mantissa with 17 or
-    more significant digits is at least 10^16 and therefore always exceeds it,
-    so calling the fast path would walk the token one extra time only to
-    decline before strtod has to run anyway.
-
-    Significant digits are the mantissa's digits from the first nonzero one on;
-    the sign, the decimal point, leading zeros, and the exponent do not count.
-    The answer is derived from indices - the digits are not scanned again - so
-    this stays off the hot path of the number scanners.
-
-    @param[in] mantissa_end  offset just past the last mantissa byte in
-                             token_buffer
-    @return false if parse_float_fast() is guaranteed to decline
-    */
-    bool mantissa_fits_clinger(std::size_t mantissa_end) const
-    {
-        // 10^16 already exceeds 2^53, so 17 digits can never fit
-        constexpr std::size_t limit = 17;
-
-        const std::size_t neg = (!token_buffer.empty() && token_buffer[0] == '-') ? 1u : 0u;
-        const std::size_t has_dot = (decimal_point_position != std::string::npos) ? 1u : 0u;
-        // the JSON grammar restricts the integer part to "0" or [1-9][0-9]*, so
-        // a leading zero can only be a lone "0", which is not significant
-        const std::size_t lead_zero = (token_buffer[neg] == '0') ? 1u : 0u;
-        JSON_ASSERT(mantissa_end >= neg + has_dot + lead_zero);
-        std::size_t digits = mantissa_end - neg - has_dot - lead_zero;
-
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(digits < limit))
-        {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        // Only a number below 1 can carry further insignificant zeros, and only
-        // while the count stays at the limit does removing them change the
-        // answer - so this loop is skipped for all but a few tokens. Note
-        // token_buffer holds the locale's decimal point, so the fraction is
-        // located through decimal_point_position rather than by searching '.'.
-        if (lead_zero != 0)
-        {
-            JSON_ASSERT(has_dot != 0); // an integer "0" cannot reach the limit
-            for (std::size_t i = decimal_point_position + 1;
-                    digits >= limit && i < mantissa_end && token_buffer[i] == '0'; ++i)
-            {
-                --digits;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return digits < limit;
-    }
-
     /*!
     @brief convert the number text in token_buffer to its value and token type
 
     The digit sequence in token_buffer has already been validated (by the
-    scan_number() state machine or by the contiguous fast path) and holds the
-    locale decimal point in place of '.'. Integers are parsed first and fall
+    scan_number() state machine or by the contiguous fast path) and holds '.'
+    as decimal point, independent of the locale. Integers are parsed first and fall
     back to floating point on overflow. This is shared so both scanners produce
     identical results.
 
@@ -1491,7 +1405,7 @@ scan_number_done:
                              token_buffer (the index of 'e'/'E', or
                              token_buffer.size() when there is no exponent);
                              used to skip Clinger's fast path when it cannot
-                             possibly succeed - see mantissa_fits_clinger()
+                             possibly succeed - see detail::mantissa_fits_clinger()
     */
     token_type convert_number(token_type number_type, std::size_t mantissa_end)
     {
@@ -1563,26 +1477,13 @@ scan_number_done:
         // integer conversion above overflowed. Prefer std::from_chars
         // (Eisel-Lemire, locale-independent, correctly rounded) when available;
         // otherwise the exact Clinger fast path (double only); otherwise the
-        // locale-aware strtof/strtod.
-        if (parse_float_from_chars(num_begin, num_end, value_float))
-        {
-            return token_type::value_float;
-        }
-        // Skipping a fast path that cannot succeed is lossless and saves a full
-        // extra pass over the token's bytes, which otherwise shows up on
-        // high-precision inputs such as canada.json
-        if (mantissa_fits_clinger(mantissa_end)
-                && parse_float_fast(num_begin, num_end, decimal_point_char, value_float))
+        // locale-aware strtof/strtod/strtold.
+        if (convert_float_fast(num_begin, num_end, decimal_point_position, mantissa_end, value_float))
         {
             return token_type::value_float;
         }
 
-        char* endptr = nullptr; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness,cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg,hicpp-vararg)
-        strtof(value_float, token_buffer.data(), &endptr);
-
-        // we checked the number format before
-        JSON_ASSERT(endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size());
-
+        convert_float_locale_aware(token_buffer, decimal_point_position, value_float);
         return token_type::value_float;
     }
 
@@ -1591,7 +1492,7 @@ scan_number_done:
 
     Parses the whole number token straight from the input buffer, avoiding the
     per-character get()/add() of scan_number(). On success it fills token_buffer
-    (with the locale decimal point substituted, as scan_number() does) and
+    (as scan_number() does) and
     returns the token type. On anything it does not fully recognize as a
     well-formed number it makes no state change and returns
     token_type::uninitialized, so the caller falls back to scan_number(), which
@@ -1707,16 +1608,11 @@ scan_number_done:
         }
 #endif
 
-        // materialize the token exactly as scan_number() would, substituting the
-        // locale decimal point so convert_number()'s strtof fallback stays valid.
-        // reset() already cleared token_buffer, so append() fills it (assign() is
-        // avoided because custom string_t types need not provide it)
+        // materialize the token exactly as scan_number() would. reset() already
+        // cleared token_buffer, so append() fills it (assign() is avoided
+        // because custom string_t types need not provide it)
         token_buffer.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), len);
-        if (dot_index != std::string::npos)
-        {
-            token_buffer[dot_index] = static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(decimal_point_char);
-            decimal_point_position = dot_index;
-        }
+        decimal_point_position = dot_index;
 
         ia.bulk_skip(len - 1);
         position.chars_read_total += (len - 1);
@@ -1983,11 +1879,7 @@ scan_number_done:
     /// return current string value (implicitly resets the token; useful only once)
     string_t& get_string()
     {
-        // translate decimal points from locale back to '.' (#4084)
-        if (decimal_point_char != '.' && decimal_point_position != std::string::npos)
-        {
-            token_buffer[decimal_point_position] = '.';
-        }
+        // a number token holds '.' regardless of the locale (#4084)
         return token_buffer;
     }
 
@@ -2283,9 +2175,7 @@ scan_number_done:
     number_unsigned_t value_unsigned = 0;
     number_float_t value_float = 0;
 
-    /// the decimal point
-    const char_int_type decimal_point_char = '.';
-    /// the position of the decimal point in the input
+    /// the position of the decimal point in token_buffer
     std::size_t decimal_point_position = std::string::npos;
 
     /// whether the caller (e.g. accept()/json_sax_acceptor) only needs the

include/nlohmann/detail/input/number_parse.hpp

@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@
 
 #include <array> // array
 #include <cfloat> // FLT_EVAL_METHOD
+#include <clocale> // localeconv
 #include <cstddef> // size_t
 #include <cstdint> // int64_t, uint64_t
+#include <cstdlib> // strtof, strtod, strtold
 #include <limits> // numeric_limits
+#include <string> // string
 
 #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
 
@@ -29,8 +32,9 @@
 
 // This file contains the value-conversion helpers used by the lexer to turn an
 // already-validated number token into a value, without the locale/errno
-// overhead of std::strtoull/std::strtod. They are free functions so the lexer
-// stays focused on scanning; see lexer::convert_number().
+// overhead of std::strtoull/std::strtod where possible. They are free functions
+// so the lexer stays focused on scanning (see lexer::convert_number()) and so
+// that other parsers of JSON text can convert tokens exactly like it does.
 
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 namespace detail
@@ -118,14 +122,12 @@ std::strtod. The parser only activates for number_float_t == double; float and
 long double keep the std::strtof/std::strtold paths (see the templated overload
 below).
 
-@param[in]  first          pointer to the first character of the number
-@param[in]  last           pointer past the last character
-@param[in]  decimal_point  the (locale-dependent) decimal point character
-@param[out] out            the parsed value on success
+@param[in]  first  pointer to the first character of the number
+@param[in]  last   pointer past the last character
+@param[out] out    the parsed value on success
 @return true if the value was parsed exactly; false to fall back to strtod
 */
-template<typename DecimalPointType>
-bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, DecimalPointType decimal_point, double& out) noexcept
+inline bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, double& out) noexcept
 {
 #if defined(FLT_EVAL_METHOD) && FLT_EVAL_METHOD != 0
     // Clinger's fast path is only exact when double operations are evaluated in
@@ -136,7 +138,6 @@ bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, DecimalPointType deci
     // std::from_chars / std::strtod path.
     static_cast<void>(first);
     static_cast<void>(last);
-    static_cast<void>(decimal_point);
     static_cast<void>(out);
     return false;
 #else
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, DecimalPointType deci
             ++num_digits;
             fractional_digits += static_cast<int>(seen_dot);
         }
-        else if (static_cast<DecimalPointType>(c) == decimal_point)
+        else if (c == '.')
         {
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(seen_dot))
             {
@@ -260,8 +261,8 @@ bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, DecimalPointType deci
 }
 
 /// fast float path is only exact for `double`; decline for float/long double
-template<typename DecimalPointType, typename FloatType>
-bool parse_float_fast(const char* /*first*/, const char* /*last*/, DecimalPointType /*decimal_point*/, FloatType& /*out*/) noexcept
+template<typename FloatType>
+bool parse_float_fast(const char* /*first*/, const char* /*last*/, FloatType& /*out*/) noexcept
 {
     return false;
 }
@@ -273,9 +274,7 @@ std::from_chars is locale-independent, correctly rounded, and - via the
 Eisel-Lemire algorithm in modern standard libraries - much faster than strtod
 over the whole value range (not just the Clinger subset). It is used only when
 __cpp_lib_to_chars indicates full floating-point support and only when it
-consumes the entire token ([first, last)); a partial parse means the buffer
-uses a non-'.' locale decimal point, in which case the caller falls back to the
-locale-aware path. An under-/overflow (result_out_of_range) also declines, so
+consumes the entire token ([first, last)). An under-/overflow (result_out_of_range) also declines, so
 the caller's strtod fallback supplies the well-defined ±inf/0 result the parser
 expects (side-stepping the P4168 divergence between implementations).
 
@@ -298,5 +297,183 @@ bool parse_float_from_chars(const char* first, const char* last, FloatType& out)
 #endif
 }
 
+/*!
+@brief check whether Clinger's fast path can still succeed for a float token
+
+parse_float_fast() needs a significand below 2^53. A mantissa with 17 or
+more significant digits is at least 10^16 and therefore always exceeds it,
+so calling the fast path would walk the token one extra time only to
+decline before strtod has to run anyway.
+
+Significant digits are the mantissa's digits from the first nonzero one on;
+the sign, the decimal point, leading zeros, and the exponent do not count.
+The answer is derived from indices - the digits are not scanned again - so
+this stays off the hot path of the number scanners.
+
+@param[in] token                   the validated number token ('.' as decimal point)
+@param[in] decimal_point_position  index of the '.' in @a token, or
+                                   std::string::npos if there is none
+@param[in] mantissa_end            offset just past the last mantissa byte
+@return false if parse_float_fast() is guaranteed to decline
+*/
+inline bool mantissa_fits_clinger(const char* token, std::size_t decimal_point_position, std::size_t mantissa_end) noexcept
+{
+    // 10^16 already exceeds 2^53, so 17 digits can never fit
+    constexpr std::size_t limit = 17;
+
+    const std::size_t neg = (token[0] == '-') ? 1u : 0u;
+    const std::size_t has_dot = (decimal_point_position != std::string::npos) ? 1u : 0u;
+    // the JSON grammar restricts the integer part to "0" or [1-9][0-9]*, so
+    // a leading zero can only be a lone "0", which is not significant
+    const std::size_t lead_zero = (token[neg] == '0') ? 1u : 0u;
+    JSON_ASSERT(mantissa_end >= neg + has_dot + lead_zero);
+    std::size_t digits = mantissa_end - neg - has_dot - lead_zero;
+
+    if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(digits < limit))
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Only a number below 1 can carry further insignificant zeros, and only
+    // while the count stays at the limit does removing them change the
+    // answer - so this loop is skipped for all but a few tokens. The
+    // fraction is located through decimal_point_position rather than by
+    // searching '.'.
+    if (lead_zero != 0)
+    {
+        JSON_ASSERT(has_dot != 0); // an integer "0" cannot reach the limit
+        for (std::size_t i = decimal_point_position + 1;
+                digits >= limit && i < mantissa_end && token[i] == '0'; ++i)
+        {
+            --digits;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return digits < limit;
+}
+
+/*!
+@brief convert a validated float token without the C library, if possible
+
+Tries std::from_chars (when available) and then Clinger's exact fast path
+(double only), skipping the latter when it cannot succeed.
+
+@param[in]  first                   pointer to the first character of the token
+@param[in]  last                    pointer past the last character
+@param[in]  decimal_point_position  index of the '.' in the token, or
+                                    std::string::npos if there is none
+@param[in]  mantissa_end            offset just past the last mantissa byte (the
+                                    index of 'e'/'E', or the token length)
+@param[out] value                   the converted value on success
+@return true if the value was converted; false if convert_float_locale_aware()
+        must convert it
+*/
+template<typename FloatType>
+bool convert_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, std::size_t decimal_point_position,
+                        std::size_t mantissa_end, FloatType& value) noexcept
+{
+    if (parse_float_from_chars(first, last, value))
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    // Skipping a fast path that cannot succeed is lossless and saves a full
+    // extra pass over the token's bytes, which otherwise shows up on
+    // high-precision inputs such as canada.json
+    return mantissa_fits_clinger(first, decimal_point_position, mantissa_end)
+           && parse_float_fast(first, last, value);
+}
+
+/// std::strtof, std::strtod, or std::strtold, chosen by the type of @a f
+JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
+inline void strtof_by_type(float& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
+{
+    f = std::strtof(str, endptr);
+}
+
+/// std::strtof, std::strtod, or std::strtold, chosen by the type of @a f
+JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
+inline void strtof_by_type(double& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
+{
+    f = std::strtod(str, endptr);
+}
+
+/// std::strtof, std::strtod, or std::strtold, chosen by the type of @a f
+JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
+inline void strtof_by_type(long double& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
+{
+    f = std::strtold(str, endptr);
+}
+
+/// return the decimal point of the current locale
+inline char get_decimal_point() noexcept
+{
+    const auto* loc = localeconv();
+    JSON_ASSERT(loc != nullptr);
+    return (loc->decimal_point == nullptr) ? '.' : *(loc->decimal_point);
+}
+
+/*!
+@brief convert a validated float token with strtof/strtod/strtold
+
+These functions expect the decimal point of the *current* locale, so it is
+looked up right before the conversion instead of once when the lexer is
+constructed: a locale change in between (by a parser callback, a SAX
+handler, or another thread) must not truncate the value (#5198). The
+token has been validated before, so if the conversion stops early and the
+decimal point changed in the meantime, the locale changed between the
+lookup and the call, and the conversion is repeated with the new decimal
+point. If the decimal point did not change, a retry cannot succeed: the
+locale's decimal point is not a single character (e.g., the two-byte
+U+066B of ar_EG.UTF-8 or fa_IR.UTF-8) and cannot be substituted in place.
+The value strtod parsed up to that point is kept, as before this change.
+
+Note that changing the locale in another thread *while* strtod runs is
+undefined behavior of the C library, which this function cannot prevent.
+
+@param[in,out] token                   the token with '.' as decimal point; its
+                                       decimal point is replaced during the
+                                       conversion and restored afterwards
+                                       (data() must be NUL-terminated)
+@param[in]     decimal_point_position  index of the '.' in @a token, or
+                                       std::string::npos if there is none
+@param[out]    value                   the converted value
+*/
+template<typename StringType, typename FloatType>
+void convert_float_locale_aware(StringType& token, std::size_t decimal_point_position, FloatType& value)
+{
+    const bool has_dot = decimal_point_position != std::string::npos;
+    char decimal_point = get_decimal_point();
+    for (;;)
+    {
+        const bool substitute = has_dot && decimal_point != '.';
+        if (substitute)
+        {
+            token[decimal_point_position] = static_cast<typename StringType::value_type>(decimal_point);
+        }
+
+        char* endptr = nullptr; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness,cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg,hicpp-vararg)
+        strtof_by_type(value, token.data(), &endptr);
+
+        if (substitute)
+        {
+            // the caller hands the token on (e.g. to the SAX interface) with '.'
+            token[decimal_point_position] = '.';
+        }
+
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(endptr == token.data() + token.size()))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // retry only if the locale changed; otherwise, this would loop forever
+        const char current_decimal_point = get_decimal_point();
+        if (current_decimal_point == decimal_point)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        decimal_point = current_decimal_point;
+    }
+}
+
 }  // namespace detail
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -8472,10 +8472,8 @@ NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 
 
 #include <array> // array
-#include <clocale> // localeconv
 #include <cstddef> // size_t
 #include <cstdio> // snprintf
-#include <cstdlib> // strtof, strtod, strtold, strtoll, strtoull
 #include <initializer_list> // initializer_list
 #include <string> // char_traits, string
 #include <utility> // move
@@ -8496,9 +8494,12 @@ NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 
 #include <array> // array
 #include <cfloat> // FLT_EVAL_METHOD
+#include <clocale> // localeconv
 #include <cstddef> // size_t
 #include <cstdint> // int64_t, uint64_t
+#include <cstdlib> // strtof, strtod, strtold
 #include <limits> // numeric_limits
+#include <string> // string
 
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
 
@@ -8516,8 +8517,9 @@ NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 
 // This file contains the value-conversion helpers used by the lexer to turn an
 // already-validated number token into a value, without the locale/errno
-// overhead of std::strtoull/std::strtod. They are free functions so the lexer
-// stays focused on scanning; see lexer::convert_number().
+// overhead of std::strtoull/std::strtod where possible. They are free functions
+// so the lexer stays focused on scanning (see lexer::convert_number()) and so
+// that other parsers of JSON text can convert tokens exactly like it does.
 
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 namespace detail
@@ -8605,14 +8607,12 @@ std::strtod. The parser only activates for number_float_t == double; float and
 long double keep the std::strtof/std::strtold paths (see the templated overload
 below).
 
-@param[in]  first          pointer to the first character of the number
-@param[in]  last           pointer past the last character
-@param[in]  decimal_point  the (locale-dependent) decimal point character
-@param[out] out            the parsed value on success
+@param[in]  first  pointer to the first character of the number
+@param[in]  last   pointer past the last character
+@param[out] out    the parsed value on success
 @return true if the value was parsed exactly; false to fall back to strtod
 */
-template<typename DecimalPointType>
-bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, DecimalPointType decimal_point, double& out) noexcept
+inline bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, double& out) noexcept
 {
 #if defined(FLT_EVAL_METHOD) && FLT_EVAL_METHOD != 0
     // Clinger's fast path is only exact when double operations are evaluated in
@@ -8623,7 +8623,6 @@ bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, DecimalPointType deci
     // std::from_chars / std::strtod path.
     static_cast<void>(first);
     static_cast<void>(last);
-    static_cast<void>(decimal_point);
     static_cast<void>(out);
     return false;
 #else
@@ -8662,7 +8661,7 @@ bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, DecimalPointType deci
             ++num_digits;
             fractional_digits += static_cast<int>(seen_dot);
         }
-        else if (static_cast<DecimalPointType>(c) == decimal_point)
+        else if (c == '.')
         {
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(seen_dot))
             {
@@ -8747,8 +8746,8 @@ bool parse_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, DecimalPointType deci
 }
 
 /// fast float path is only exact for `double`; decline for float/long double
-template<typename DecimalPointType, typename FloatType>
-bool parse_float_fast(const char* /*first*/, const char* /*last*/, DecimalPointType /*decimal_point*/, FloatType& /*out*/) noexcept
+template<typename FloatType>
+bool parse_float_fast(const char* /*first*/, const char* /*last*/, FloatType& /*out*/) noexcept
 {
     return false;
 }
@@ -8760,9 +8759,7 @@ std::from_chars is locale-independent, correctly rounded, and - via the
 Eisel-Lemire algorithm in modern standard libraries - much faster than strtod
 over the whole value range (not just the Clinger subset). It is used only when
 __cpp_lib_to_chars indicates full floating-point support and only when it
-consumes the entire token ([first, last)); a partial parse means the buffer
-uses a non-'.' locale decimal point, in which case the caller falls back to the
-locale-aware path. An under-/overflow (result_out_of_range) also declines, so
+consumes the entire token ([first, last)). An under-/overflow (result_out_of_range) also declines, so
 the caller's strtod fallback supplies the well-defined ±inf/0 result the parser
 expects (side-stepping the P4168 divergence between implementations).
 
@@ -8785,6 +8782,184 @@ bool parse_float_from_chars(const char* first, const char* last, FloatType& out)
 #endif
 }
 
+/*!
+@brief check whether Clinger's fast path can still succeed for a float token
+
+parse_float_fast() needs a significand below 2^53. A mantissa with 17 or
+more significant digits is at least 10^16 and therefore always exceeds it,
+so calling the fast path would walk the token one extra time only to
+decline before strtod has to run anyway.
+
+Significant digits are the mantissa's digits from the first nonzero one on;
+the sign, the decimal point, leading zeros, and the exponent do not count.
+The answer is derived from indices - the digits are not scanned again - so
+this stays off the hot path of the number scanners.
+
+@param[in] token                   the validated number token ('.' as decimal point)
+@param[in] decimal_point_position  index of the '.' in @a token, or
+                                   std::string::npos if there is none
+@param[in] mantissa_end            offset just past the last mantissa byte
+@return false if parse_float_fast() is guaranteed to decline
+*/
+inline bool mantissa_fits_clinger(const char* token, std::size_t decimal_point_position, std::size_t mantissa_end) noexcept
+{
+    // 10^16 already exceeds 2^53, so 17 digits can never fit
+    constexpr std::size_t limit = 17;
+
+    const std::size_t neg = (token[0] == '-') ? 1u : 0u;
+    const std::size_t has_dot = (decimal_point_position != std::string::npos) ? 1u : 0u;
+    // the JSON grammar restricts the integer part to "0" or [1-9][0-9]*, so
+    // a leading zero can only be a lone "0", which is not significant
+    const std::size_t lead_zero = (token[neg] == '0') ? 1u : 0u;
+    JSON_ASSERT(mantissa_end >= neg + has_dot + lead_zero);
+    std::size_t digits = mantissa_end - neg - has_dot - lead_zero;
+
+    if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(digits < limit))
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Only a number below 1 can carry further insignificant zeros, and only
+    // while the count stays at the limit does removing them change the
+    // answer - so this loop is skipped for all but a few tokens. The
+    // fraction is located through decimal_point_position rather than by
+    // searching '.'.
+    if (lead_zero != 0)
+    {
+        JSON_ASSERT(has_dot != 0); // an integer "0" cannot reach the limit
+        for (std::size_t i = decimal_point_position + 1;
+                digits >= limit && i < mantissa_end && token[i] == '0'; ++i)
+        {
+            --digits;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return digits < limit;
+}
+
+/*!
+@brief convert a validated float token without the C library, if possible
+
+Tries std::from_chars (when available) and then Clinger's exact fast path
+(double only), skipping the latter when it cannot succeed.
+
+@param[in]  first                   pointer to the first character of the token
+@param[in]  last                    pointer past the last character
+@param[in]  decimal_point_position  index of the '.' in the token, or
+                                    std::string::npos if there is none
+@param[in]  mantissa_end            offset just past the last mantissa byte (the
+                                    index of 'e'/'E', or the token length)
+@param[out] value                   the converted value on success
+@return true if the value was converted; false if convert_float_locale_aware()
+        must convert it
+*/
+template<typename FloatType>
+bool convert_float_fast(const char* first, const char* last, std::size_t decimal_point_position,
+                        std::size_t mantissa_end, FloatType& value) noexcept
+{
+    if (parse_float_from_chars(first, last, value))
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    // Skipping a fast path that cannot succeed is lossless and saves a full
+    // extra pass over the token's bytes, which otherwise shows up on
+    // high-precision inputs such as canada.json
+    return mantissa_fits_clinger(first, decimal_point_position, mantissa_end)
+           && parse_float_fast(first, last, value);
+}
+
+/// std::strtof, std::strtod, or std::strtold, chosen by the type of @a f
+JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
+inline void strtof_by_type(float& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
+{
+    f = std::strtof(str, endptr);
+}
+
+/// std::strtof, std::strtod, or std::strtold, chosen by the type of @a f
+JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
+inline void strtof_by_type(double& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
+{
+    f = std::strtod(str, endptr);
+}
+
+/// std::strtof, std::strtod, or std::strtold, chosen by the type of @a f
+JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
+inline void strtof_by_type(long double& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
+{
+    f = std::strtold(str, endptr);
+}
+
+/// return the decimal point of the current locale
+inline char get_decimal_point() noexcept
+{
+    const auto* loc = localeconv();
+    JSON_ASSERT(loc != nullptr);
+    return (loc->decimal_point == nullptr) ? '.' : *(loc->decimal_point);
+}
+
+/*!
+@brief convert a validated float token with strtof/strtod/strtold
+
+These functions expect the decimal point of the *current* locale, so it is
+looked up right before the conversion instead of once when the lexer is
+constructed: a locale change in between (by a parser callback, a SAX
+handler, or another thread) must not truncate the value (#5198). The
+token has been validated before, so if the conversion stops early and the
+decimal point changed in the meantime, the locale changed between the
+lookup and the call, and the conversion is repeated with the new decimal
+point. If the decimal point did not change, a retry cannot succeed: the
+locale's decimal point is not a single character (e.g., the two-byte
+U+066B of ar_EG.UTF-8 or fa_IR.UTF-8) and cannot be substituted in place.
+The value strtod parsed up to that point is kept, as before this change.
+
+Note that changing the locale in another thread *while* strtod runs is
+undefined behavior of the C library, which this function cannot prevent.
+
+@param[in,out] token                   the token with '.' as decimal point; its
+                                       decimal point is replaced during the
+                                       conversion and restored afterwards
+                                       (data() must be NUL-terminated)
+@param[in]     decimal_point_position  index of the '.' in @a token, or
+                                       std::string::npos if there is none
+@param[out]    value                   the converted value
+*/
+template<typename StringType, typename FloatType>
+void convert_float_locale_aware(StringType& token, std::size_t decimal_point_position, FloatType& value)
+{
+    const bool has_dot = decimal_point_position != std::string::npos;
+    char decimal_point = get_decimal_point();
+    for (;;)
+    {
+        const bool substitute = has_dot && decimal_point != '.';
+        if (substitute)
+        {
+            token[decimal_point_position] = static_cast<typename StringType::value_type>(decimal_point);
+        }
+
+        char* endptr = nullptr; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness,cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg,hicpp-vararg)
+        strtof_by_type(value, token.data(), &endptr);
+
+        if (substitute)
+        {
+            // the caller hands the token on (e.g. to the SAX interface) with '.'
+            token[decimal_point_position] = '.';
+        }
+
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(endptr == token.data() + token.size()))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // retry only if the locale changed; otherwise, this would loop forever
+        const char current_decimal_point = get_decimal_point();
+        if (current_decimal_point == decimal_point)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        decimal_point = current_decimal_point;
+    }
+}
+
 }  // namespace detail
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 
@@ -9303,7 +9478,6 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false, bool discard_number_values_ = false) noexcept
         : ia(std::move(adapter))
         , ignore_comments(ignore_comments_)
-        , decimal_point_char(static_cast<char_int_type>(get_decimal_point()))
         , discard_number_values(discard_number_values_)
     {}
 
@@ -9315,19 +9489,6 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     ~lexer() = default;
 
   private:
-    /////////////////////
-    // locales
-    /////////////////////
-
-    /// return the locale-dependent decimal point
-    JSON_HEDLEY_PURE
-    static char get_decimal_point() noexcept
-    {
-        const auto* loc = localeconv();
-        JSON_ASSERT(loc != nullptr);
-        return (loc->decimal_point == nullptr) ? '.' : *(loc->decimal_point);
-    }
-
     /////////////////////
     // scan functions
     /////////////////////
@@ -10135,24 +10296,6 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
         }
     }
 
-    JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
-    static void strtof(float& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
-    {
-        f = std::strtof(str, endptr);
-    }
-
-    JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
-    static void strtof(double& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
-    {
-        f = std::strtod(str, endptr);
-    }
-
-    JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
-    static void strtof(long double& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
-    {
-        f = std::strtold(str, endptr);
-    }
-
     /*!
     @brief scan a number literal
 
@@ -10189,9 +10332,10 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
             token_type::value_float if number could be successfully scanned,
             token_type::parse_error otherwise
 
-    @note The scanner is independent of the current locale. Internally, the
-          locale's decimal point is used instead of `.` to work with the
-          locale-dependent converters.
+    @note The scanner is independent of the current locale: token_buffer
+          always holds `.`. Only the std::strtod fallback of convert_number()
+          depends on the locale, and it looks up the decimal point right
+          before converting (see detail::convert_float_locale_aware()).
     */
     token_type scan_number()  // lgtm [cpp/use-of-goto] `goto` is used in this function to implement the number-parsing state machine described above. By design, any finite input will eventually reach the "done" state or return token_type::parse_error. In each intermediate state, 1 byte of the input is appended to the token_buffer vector, and only the already initialized variables token_buffer, number_type, and error_message are manipulated.
     {
@@ -10280,7 +10424,7 @@ scan_number_zero:
         {
             case '.':
             {
-                add(decimal_point_char);
+                add(current);
                 decimal_point_position = token_buffer.size() - 1;
                 goto scan_number_decimal1;
             }
@@ -10317,7 +10461,7 @@ scan_number_any1:
 
             case '.':
             {
-                add(decimal_point_char);
+                add(current);
                 decimal_point_position = token_buffer.size() - 1;
                 goto scan_number_decimal1;
             }
@@ -10522,65 +10666,12 @@ scan_number_done:
         return token_type::uninitialized;
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief check whether Clinger's fast path can still succeed for this token
-
-    parse_float_fast() needs a significand below 2^53. A mantissa with 17 or
-    more significant digits is at least 10^16 and therefore always exceeds it,
-    so calling the fast path would walk the token one extra time only to
-    decline before strtod has to run anyway.
-
-    Significant digits are the mantissa's digits from the first nonzero one on;
-    the sign, the decimal point, leading zeros, and the exponent do not count.
-    The answer is derived from indices - the digits are not scanned again - so
-    this stays off the hot path of the number scanners.
-
-    @param[in] mantissa_end  offset just past the last mantissa byte in
-                             token_buffer
-    @return false if parse_float_fast() is guaranteed to decline
-    */
-    bool mantissa_fits_clinger(std::size_t mantissa_end) const
-    {
-        // 10^16 already exceeds 2^53, so 17 digits can never fit
-        constexpr std::size_t limit = 17;
-
-        const std::size_t neg = (!token_buffer.empty() && token_buffer[0] == '-') ? 1u : 0u;
-        const std::size_t has_dot = (decimal_point_position != std::string::npos) ? 1u : 0u;
-        // the JSON grammar restricts the integer part to "0" or [1-9][0-9]*, so
-        // a leading zero can only be a lone "0", which is not significant
-        const std::size_t lead_zero = (token_buffer[neg] == '0') ? 1u : 0u;
-        JSON_ASSERT(mantissa_end >= neg + has_dot + lead_zero);
-        std::size_t digits = mantissa_end - neg - has_dot - lead_zero;
-
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(digits < limit))
-        {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        // Only a number below 1 can carry further insignificant zeros, and only
-        // while the count stays at the limit does removing them change the
-        // answer - so this loop is skipped for all but a few tokens. Note
-        // token_buffer holds the locale's decimal point, so the fraction is
-        // located through decimal_point_position rather than by searching '.'.
-        if (lead_zero != 0)
-        {
-            JSON_ASSERT(has_dot != 0); // an integer "0" cannot reach the limit
-            for (std::size_t i = decimal_point_position + 1;
-                    digits >= limit && i < mantissa_end && token_buffer[i] == '0'; ++i)
-            {
-                --digits;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return digits < limit;
-    }
-
     /*!
     @brief convert the number text in token_buffer to its value and token type
 
     The digit sequence in token_buffer has already been validated (by the
-    scan_number() state machine or by the contiguous fast path) and holds the
-    locale decimal point in place of '.'. Integers are parsed first and fall
+    scan_number() state machine or by the contiguous fast path) and holds '.'
+    as decimal point, independent of the locale. Integers are parsed first and fall
     back to floating point on overflow. This is shared so both scanners produce
     identical results.
 
@@ -10588,7 +10679,7 @@ scan_number_done:
                              token_buffer (the index of 'e'/'E', or
                              token_buffer.size() when there is no exponent);
                              used to skip Clinger's fast path when it cannot
-                             possibly succeed - see mantissa_fits_clinger()
+                             possibly succeed - see detail::mantissa_fits_clinger()
     */
     token_type convert_number(token_type number_type, std::size_t mantissa_end)
     {
@@ -10660,26 +10751,13 @@ scan_number_done:
         // integer conversion above overflowed. Prefer std::from_chars
         // (Eisel-Lemire, locale-independent, correctly rounded) when available;
         // otherwise the exact Clinger fast path (double only); otherwise the
-        // locale-aware strtof/strtod.
-        if (parse_float_from_chars(num_begin, num_end, value_float))
-        {
-            return token_type::value_float;
-        }
-        // Skipping a fast path that cannot succeed is lossless and saves a full
-        // extra pass over the token's bytes, which otherwise shows up on
-        // high-precision inputs such as canada.json
-        if (mantissa_fits_clinger(mantissa_end)
-                && parse_float_fast(num_begin, num_end, decimal_point_char, value_float))
+        // locale-aware strtof/strtod/strtold.
+        if (convert_float_fast(num_begin, num_end, decimal_point_position, mantissa_end, value_float))
         {
             return token_type::value_float;
         }
 
-        char* endptr = nullptr; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness,cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg,hicpp-vararg)
-        strtof(value_float, token_buffer.data(), &endptr);
-
-        // we checked the number format before
-        JSON_ASSERT(endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size());
-
+        convert_float_locale_aware(token_buffer, decimal_point_position, value_float);
         return token_type::value_float;
     }
 
@@ -10688,7 +10766,7 @@ scan_number_done:
 
     Parses the whole number token straight from the input buffer, avoiding the
     per-character get()/add() of scan_number(). On success it fills token_buffer
-    (with the locale decimal point substituted, as scan_number() does) and
+    (as scan_number() does) and
     returns the token type. On anything it does not fully recognize as a
     well-formed number it makes no state change and returns
     token_type::uninitialized, so the caller falls back to scan_number(), which
@@ -10804,16 +10882,11 @@ scan_number_done:
         }
 #endif
 
-        // materialize the token exactly as scan_number() would, substituting the
-        // locale decimal point so convert_number()'s strtof fallback stays valid.
-        // reset() already cleared token_buffer, so append() fills it (assign() is
-        // avoided because custom string_t types need not provide it)
+        // materialize the token exactly as scan_number() would. reset() already
+        // cleared token_buffer, so append() fills it (assign() is avoided
+        // because custom string_t types need not provide it)
         token_buffer.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), len);
-        if (dot_index != std::string::npos)
-        {
-            token_buffer[dot_index] = static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(decimal_point_char);
-            decimal_point_position = dot_index;
-        }
+        decimal_point_position = dot_index;
 
         ia.bulk_skip(len - 1);
         position.chars_read_total += (len - 1);
@@ -11080,11 +11153,7 @@ scan_number_done:
     /// return current string value (implicitly resets the token; useful only once)
     string_t& get_string()
     {
-        // translate decimal points from locale back to '.' (#4084)
-        if (decimal_point_char != '.' && decimal_point_position != std::string::npos)
-        {
-            token_buffer[decimal_point_position] = '.';
-        }
+        // a number token holds '.' regardless of the locale (#4084)
         return token_buffer;
     }
 
@@ -11380,9 +11449,7 @@ scan_number_done:
     number_unsigned_t value_unsigned = 0;
     number_float_t value_float = 0;
 
-    /// the decimal point
-    const char_int_type decimal_point_char = '.';
-    /// the position of the decimal point in the input
+    /// the position of the decimal point in token_buffer
     std::size_t decimal_point_position = std::string::npos;
 
     /// whether the caller (e.g. accept()/json_sax_acceptor) only needs the
@@ -14059,6 +14126,80 @@ class binary_reader
         }
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief reads a CBOR object key
+
+    RFC 8949 allows any data item as a map key, but only strings have a
+    counterpart in JSON. A key of any other type is rejected with a message
+    naming that type, rather than the one @ref get_cbor_string gives for a
+    malformed string.
+
+    @param[out] result  created key
+
+    @return whether key creation completed
+    */
+    bool get_cbor_object_key(string_t& result)
+    {
+        // EOF and major type 3 (text string) are left to get_cbor_string
+        if (current == char_traits<char_type>::eof() || (static_cast<unsigned int>(current) & 0xE0u) == 0x60u)
+        {
+            return get_cbor_string(result);
+        }
+
+        const char* found = nullptr;
+        switch (static_cast<unsigned int>(current) >> 5u)
+        {
+            case 0:
+                found = "an unsigned integer";
+                break;
+            case 1:
+                found = "a negative integer";
+                break;
+            case 2:
+                found = "a byte string";
+                break;
+            case 4:
+                found = "an array";
+                break;
+            case 5:
+                found = "a map";
+                break;
+            case 6:
+                found = "a tag";
+                break;
+            default: // major type 7
+                switch (current)
+                {
+                    case 0xF4:
+                    case 0xF5:
+                        found = "a boolean";
+                        break;
+                    case 0xF6:
+                        found = "null";
+                        break;
+                    case 0xF7:
+                        found = "undefined";
+                        break;
+                    case 0xF9:
+                    case 0xFA:
+                    case 0xFB:
+                        found = "a floating-point number";
+                        break;
+                    case 0xFF:
+                        found = "a break stop code";
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        found = "a simple value";
+                        break;
+                }
+                break;
+        }
+
+        auto last_token = get_token_string();
+        return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read,
+                                exception_message(input_format_t::cbor, concat("only string keys are supported, but found ", found, "; last byte: 0x", last_token), "object key"), nullptr));
+    }
+
     /*!
     @brief reads a definite-length CBOR byte array
 
@@ -14303,7 +14444,7 @@ class binary_reader
                 if (top.is_object)
                 {
                     key.clear();
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_cbor_string(key) || !sax->key(key)))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_cbor_object_key(key) || !sax->key(key)))
                     {
                         return false;
                     }
@@ -14804,6 +14945,98 @@ class binary_reader
         }
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief reads a MessagePack object key
+
+    The MessagePack specification allows any type as a map key, but only
+    strings have a counterpart in JSON. A key of any other type is rejected
+    with a message naming that type, rather than the one @ref
+    get_msgpack_string gives for a malformed string.
+
+    @param[out] result  created key
+
+    @return whether key creation completed
+    */
+    bool get_msgpack_object_key(string_t& result)
+    {
+        const char* found = nullptr;
+        switch (current)
+        {
+            case 0xC0:
+                found = "nil";
+                break;
+            case 0xC2:
+            case 0xC3:
+                found = "a boolean";
+                break;
+            case 0xCA:
+            case 0xCB:
+                found = "a float";
+                break;
+            case 0xC4:
+            case 0xC5:
+            case 0xC6:
+                found = "a bin";
+                break;
+            case 0xC7:
+            case 0xC8:
+            case 0xC9:
+            case 0xD4:
+            case 0xD5:
+            case 0xD6:
+            case 0xD7:
+            case 0xD8:
+                found = "an ext";
+                break;
+            case 0xCC:
+            case 0xCD:
+            case 0xCE:
+            case 0xCF:
+            case 0xD0:
+            case 0xD1:
+            case 0xD2:
+            case 0xD3:
+                found = "an integer";
+                break;
+            case 0xDC:
+            case 0xDD:
+                found = "an array";
+                break;
+            case 0xDE:
+            case 0xDF:
+                found = "a map";
+                break;
+            default:
+                // fixint, fixmap, and fixarray; strings, EOF, and the unused
+                // byte 0xC1 are left to get_msgpack_string
+                if (current == char_traits<char_type>::eof())
+                {
+                    return get_msgpack_string(result);
+                }
+                if (current <= 0x7F || current >= 0xE0)
+                {
+                    found = "an integer";
+                }
+                else if (current <= 0x8F)
+                {
+                    found = "a map";
+                }
+                else if (current <= 0x9F)
+                {
+                    found = "an array";
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    return get_msgpack_string(result);
+                }
+                break;
+        }
+
+        auto last_token = get_token_string();
+        return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read,
+                                exception_message(input_format_t::msgpack, concat("only string keys are supported, but found ", found, "; last byte: 0x", last_token), "object key"), nullptr));
+    }
+
     /*!
     @brief reads a MessagePack byte array
 
@@ -14966,7 +15199,7 @@ class binary_reader
                 {
                     get();
                     key.clear();
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_msgpack_string(key) || !sax->key(key)))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_msgpack_object_key(key) || !sax->key(key)))
                     {
                         return false;
                     }

tests/src/unit-cbor.cpp

@@ -1830,10 +1830,51 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR")
         SECTION("invalid string in map")
         {
             json _;
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xa1, 0xff, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0xFF", json::parse_error&);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xa1, 0xff, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found a break stop code; last byte: 0xFF", json::parse_error&);
             CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xa1, 0xff, 0x01}), true, false).is_discarded());
         }
 
+        SECTION("non-string key (see #2766 and #3381)")
+        {
+            // only text strings map to JSON object keys; any other key is
+            // rejected with a message naming its type
+            const std::vector<std::pair<std::vector<std::uint8_t>, std::string>> cases =
+            {
+                {{0xA1, 0x01, 0x01}, "an unsigned integer; last byte: 0x01"},
+                {{0xA1, 0x20, 0x01}, "a negative integer; last byte: 0x20"},
+                {{0xA1, 0x41, 0x61, 0x01}, "a byte string; last byte: 0x41"},
+                {{0xA1, 0x80, 0x01}, "an array; last byte: 0x80"},
+                {{0xA1, 0xA0, 0x01}, "a map; last byte: 0xA0"},
+                {{0xA1, 0xC0, 0x61, 0x61, 0x01}, "a tag; last byte: 0xC0"},
+                {{0xA1, 0xF4, 0x01}, "a boolean; last byte: 0xF4"},
+                {{0xA1, 0xF5, 0x01}, "a boolean; last byte: 0xF5"},
+                {{0xA1, 0xF6, 0x01}, "null; last byte: 0xF6"},
+                {{0xA1, 0xF7, 0x01}, "undefined; last byte: 0xF7"},
+                {{0xA1, 0xF9, 0x3C, 0x00, 0x01}, "a floating-point number; last byte: 0xF9"},
+                {{0xA1, 0xFA, 0x3F, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a floating-point number; last byte: 0xFA"},
+                {{0xA1, 0xFB, 0x3F, 0xF0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a floating-point number; last byte: 0xFB"},
+                {{0xA1, 0xE0, 0x01}, "a simple value; last byte: 0xE0"},
+                {{0xA1, 0xF8, 0x20, 0x01}, "a simple value; last byte: 0xF8"},
+                // indefinite-length map
+                {{0xBF, 0x01, 0x01, 0xFF}, "an unsigned integer; last byte: 0x01"},
+            };
+
+            for (const auto& c : cases)
+            {
+                CAPTURE(c.first)
+                const std::string expected = "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found " + c.second;
+                json _;
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(c.first), expected.c_str(), json::parse_error&);
+                CHECK(json::from_cbor(c.first, true, false).is_discarded());
+            }
+
+            // a key of major type 3 with a reserved length is still reported as
+            // a malformed string, and a missing key as the end of input
+            json _;
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xA1})), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xA1, 0x7C, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0x7C", json::parse_error&);
+        }
+
         SECTION("invalid UTF-8 in string (see #5529)")
         {
             // a two-character text string (major type 3) whose bytes are not
@@ -2284,7 +2325,7 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR indefinite-length strings do not recurse per chunk")
     SECTION("a break marker outside an indefinite-length string is not a string")
     {
         // 0xFF only closes a string that was opened; on its own it is not one
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xA1, 0xFF, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0xFF", json::parse_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xA1, 0xFF, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found a break stop code; last byte: 0xFF", json::parse_error&);
     }
 }
 

tests/src/unit-class_lexer.cpp

@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ TEST_CASE("parse_float_fast declines what it cannot convert exactly")
     // always safe: the caller then falls back to a slower, exact conversion.
     const auto fast = [](const std::string & s, double & out)
     {
-        return nlohmann::detail::parse_float_fast(s.data(), s.data() + s.size(), '.', out);
+        return nlohmann::detail::parse_float_fast(s.data(), s.data() + s.size(), out);
     };
     double out = 0;
 

tests/src/unit-locale-cpp.cpp

@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 using nlohmann::json;
 
+#include <array>
 #include <clocale>
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
 
 struct ParserImpl final: public nlohmann::json_sax<json>
 {
@@ -175,3 +180,208 @@ TEST_CASE("locale-dependent test (LC_NUMERIC=de_DE)")
         MESSAGE("locale de_DE is not usable");
     }
 }
+
+namespace
+{
+// records the numbers of a flat array and switches LC_NUMERIC to the given
+// locale once the array opens - after the lexer was constructed, but before
+// any number in the array is lexed
+struct LocaleSwitchingSax final: public nlohmann::json_sax<json>
+{
+    explicit LocaleSwitchingSax(const char* switch_to)
+        : locale_after_open(switch_to)
+    {}
+
+    bool null() override
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    bool boolean(bool /*val*/) override
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    bool number_integer(json::number_integer_t /*val*/) override
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    bool number_unsigned(json::number_unsigned_t /*val*/) override
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    bool number_float(json::number_float_t val, const json::string_t& s) override
+    {
+        values.push_back(val);
+        strings.push_back(s);
+        return true;
+    }
+    bool string(json::string_t& /*val*/) override
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    bool binary(json::binary_t& /*val*/) override
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    bool start_object(std::size_t /*val*/) override
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    bool key(json::string_t& /*val*/) override
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    bool end_object() override
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    bool start_array(std::size_t /*val*/) override
+    {
+        switched = std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, locale_after_open.c_str()) != nullptr;
+        return true;
+    }
+    bool end_array() override
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    bool parse_error(std::size_t /*val*/, const std::string& /*val*/, const nlohmann::detail::exception& /*val*/) override
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    std::string locale_after_open;
+    bool switched = false;
+    std::vector<json::number_float_t> values {}; // NOLINT(readability-redundant-member-init)
+    std::vector<json::string_t> strings {}; // NOLINT(readability-redundant-member-init)
+};
+} // namespace
+
+TEST_CASE("locale changes between lexer construction and number conversion (#5198)")
+{
+    // The numbers are chosen so that the conversion also takes the strtod
+    // fallback, which honors the locale that is current at conversion time:
+    // too many significant digits for Clinger's fast path, an underflow that
+    // std::from_chars rejects, and a plain value.
+    const std::vector<std::string> numbers = {"3.14159265358979323846", "1.5e-400", "12.34", "-0.000123456789012345678"};
+    std::string text = "[";
+    for (const auto& n : numbers)
+    {
+        text += (text.size() == 1 ? "" : ",") + n;
+    }
+    text += "]";
+
+    using long_double_json = nlohmann::basic_json<std::map, std::vector, std::string, bool, std::int64_t, std::uint64_t, long double>;
+
+    // reference values, parsed without a locale switch
+    REQUIRE(std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C") != nullptr);
+    const json expected = json::parse(text);
+    const long_double_json expected_ld = long_double_json::parse(text);
+
+    const std::array<std::pair<const char*, const char*>, 2> transitions =
+    {
+        {
+            {"C", "de_DE"},
+            {"de_DE", "C"}
+        }
+    };
+
+    for (const auto& transition : transitions)
+    {
+        CAPTURE(transition.first);
+        CAPTURE(transition.second);
+
+        if (std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, transition.first) == nullptr)
+        {
+            MESSAGE("locale is not usable");
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // SAX parsing
+        {
+            LocaleSwitchingSax sax(transition.second);
+            CHECK(json::sax_parse(text, &sax));
+            if (sax.switched)
+            {
+                CHECK(sax.values == expected.get<std::vector<json::number_float_t>>());
+                CHECK(sax.strings == numbers);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // DOM parsing with a callback
+        {
+            bool switched = false;
+            const auto cb = [&](int /*depth*/, json::parse_event_t event, json& /*parsed*/) noexcept
+            {
+                if (event == json::parse_event_t::array_start)
+                {
+                    switched = std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, transition.second) != nullptr;
+                }
+                return true;
+            };
+            const json j = json::parse(text, cb);
+            if (switched)
+            {
+                CHECK(j == expected);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // a long double goes through std::strtold unless std::from_chars supports it
+        {
+            bool switched = false;
+            const auto cb = [&](int /*depth*/, long_double_json::parse_event_t event, long_double_json& /*parsed*/) noexcept
+            {
+                if (event == long_double_json::parse_event_t::array_start)
+                {
+                    switched = std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, transition.second) != nullptr;
+                }
+                return true;
+            };
+            const long_double_json j = long_double_json::parse(text, cb);
+            if (switched)
+            {
+                CHECK(j == expected_ld);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    CHECK(std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C") != nullptr);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("locale with a multi-byte decimal point")
+{
+    // Some locales use a decimal point that is not a single character, e.g.
+    // U+066B ARABIC DECIMAL SEPARATOR (two bytes in UTF-8). It cannot be
+    // substituted in place for '.', so the strtod fallback stops early. The
+    // conversion must still terminate rather than retry forever.
+    const std::array<const char*, 6> names = {{"ar_EG.UTF-8", "ar_SA.UTF-8", "fa_IR.UTF-8", "ps_AF.UTF-8", "ar_EG", "fa_IR"}};
+    bool tested = false;
+    for (const char* name : names)
+    {
+        if (std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, name) == nullptr)
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+        const std::string decimal_point = std::localeconv()->decimal_point;
+        if (decimal_point.size() < 2)
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+        CAPTURE(name);
+        tested = true;
+
+        // too many significant digits for Clinger's fast path, and an underflow
+        // that std::from_chars rejects: both reach the strtod fallback
+        json j;
+        CHECK_NOTHROW(j = json::parse("[3.14159265358979323846, 1.5e-400, -0.000123456789012345678]"));
+        CHECK(j.is_array());
+        CHECK(json::accept("3.14159265358979323846"));
+
+        // a value the locale-independent paths convert is not affected
+        CHECK(json::parse("12.5") == 12.5);
+    }
+    if (!tested)
+    {
+        MESSAGE("no locale with a multi-byte decimal point is usable");
+    }
+
+    CHECK(std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C") != nullptr);
+}

tests/src/unit-msgpack.cpp

@@ -1551,10 +1551,69 @@ TEST_CASE("MessagePack")
         SECTION("invalid string in map")
         {
             json _;
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81, 0xff, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack string: expected length specification (0xA0-0xBF, 0xD9-0xDB); last byte: 0xFF", json::parse_error&);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81, 0xff, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack object key: only string keys are supported, but found an integer; last byte: 0xFF", json::parse_error&);
             CHECK(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81, 0xff, 0x01}), true, false).is_discarded());
         }
 
+        SECTION("non-string key (see #3381)")
+        {
+            // only strings map to JSON object keys; any other key is rejected
+            // with a message naming its type
+            const std::vector<std::pair<std::vector<std::uint8_t>, std::string>> cases =
+            {
+                {{0x81, 0xC0, 0x01}, "nil; last byte: 0xC0"},
+                {{0x81, 0xC2, 0x01}, "a boolean; last byte: 0xC2"},
+                {{0x81, 0xC3, 0x01}, "a boolean; last byte: 0xC3"},
+                {{0x81, 0xCA, 0x3F, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a float; last byte: 0xCA"},
+                {{0x81, 0xCB, 0x3F, 0xF0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a float; last byte: 0xCB"},
+                {{0x81, 0xC4, 0x00, 0x01}, "a bin; last byte: 0xC4"},
+                {{0x81, 0xC5, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a bin; last byte: 0xC5"},
+                {{0x81, 0xC6, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a bin; last byte: 0xC6"},
+                {{0x81, 0xC7, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xC7"},
+                {{0x81, 0xC8, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xC8"},
+                {{0x81, 0xC9, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xC9"},
+                {{0x81, 0xD4, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xD4"},
+                {{0x81, 0xD5, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xD5"},
+                {{0x81, 0xD6, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xD6"},
+                {{0x81, 0xD7, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xD7"},
+                {{0x81, 0xD8, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "an ext; last byte: 0xD8"},
+                {{0x81, 0xCC, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xCC"},
+                {{0x81, 0xCD, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xCD"},
+                {{0x81, 0xCE, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xCE"},
+                {{0x81, 0xCF, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xCF"},
+                {{0x81, 0xD0, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xD0"},
+                {{0x81, 0xD1, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xD1"},
+                {{0x81, 0xD2, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xD2"},
+                {{0x81, 0xD3, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xD3"},
+                {{0x81, 0x00, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0x00"},
+                {{0x81, 0x7F, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0x7F"},
+                {{0x81, 0xE0, 0x01}, "an integer; last byte: 0xE0"},
+                {{0x81, 0x80, 0x01}, "a map; last byte: 0x80"},
+                {{0x81, 0x8F, 0x01}, "a map; last byte: 0x8F"},
+                {{0x81, 0xDE, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a map; last byte: 0xDE"},
+                {{0x81, 0xDF, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "a map; last byte: 0xDF"},
+                {{0x81, 0x90, 0x01}, "an array; last byte: 0x90"},
+                {{0x81, 0x9F, 0x01}, "an array; last byte: 0x9F"},
+                {{0x81, 0xDC, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "an array; last byte: 0xDC"},
+                {{0x81, 0xDD, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, "an array; last byte: 0xDD"},
+            };
+
+            for (const auto& c : cases)
+            {
+                CAPTURE(c.first)
+                const std::string expected = "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack object key: only string keys are supported, but found " + c.second;
+                json _;
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_msgpack(c.first), expected.c_str(), json::parse_error&);
+                CHECK(json::from_msgpack(c.first, true, false).is_discarded());
+            }
+
+            json _;
+            // the unused byte 0xC1 is still reported as a malformed string
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81, 0xC1, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack string: expected length specification (0xA0-0xBF, 0xD9-0xDB); last byte: 0xC1", json::parse_error&);
+            // a missing key is still reported as the end of input
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81})), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack string: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
+        }
+
         SECTION("invalid UTF-8 in string (see #5529)")
         {
             // a fixstr of length 2 (0xA0 | 2) whose bytes are not valid UTF-8

tests/src/unit-regression1.cpp

@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests 1")
         };
 
         json _;
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(vec), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0x98", json::parse_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(vec), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found an array; last byte: 0x98", json::parse_error&);
 
         // related test case: nonempty UTF-8 string (indefinite length)
         std::vector<uint8_t> const vec1 {0x7f, 0x61, 0x61};
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests 1")
         };
 
         json _;
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(vec1), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 13: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0xB4", json::parse_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(vec1), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 13: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found a map; last byte: 0xB4", json::parse_error&);
 
         // related test case: double-precision
         std::vector<uint8_t> const vec2
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests 1")
             0x96, 0x96, 0xb4, 0xb4, 0xfa, 0x94, 0x94, 0x61,
             0x61, 0x61, 0x61, 0x61, 0x61, 0x61, 0x61, 0xfb
         };
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(vec2), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 13: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0xB4", json::parse_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(vec2), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 13: syntax error while parsing CBOR object key: only string keys are supported, but found a map; last byte: 0xB4", json::parse_error&);
     }
 
     SECTION("issue #452 - Heap-buffer-overflow (OSS-Fuzz issue 585)")

tools/amalgamate/CHANGES.md

@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ The following changes have been made to the code with respect to <https://github
   - membership check
   - made function from `_is_within`
   - removed unused variable `actual_path`
+- Added the optional config key `external`: include paths listed there are kept as
+  `#include` directives instead of being inlined (the first directive per path; the
+  repeated ones are commented out).

tools/amalgamate/README.md

@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ Python v.2.7.0 or higher is required.
    amalgamation. Have a look at `test/source.c.json` and `test/include.h.json`
    to see two examples.
 
+   The optional `external` list names include paths that are kept as `#include`
+   directives instead of being inlined, e.g. `["nlohmann/json.hpp"]` for a header
+   that includes another amalgamated header. Only the first directive for each
+   of these paths is kept; the repeated ones are commented out.
+
  * The `-s, --source` option should specify the path to the source directory.
    This is useful for supporting separate source and build directories.
 

tools/amalgamate/amalgamate.py

@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ class Amalgamation(object):
         return None
 
     def __init__(self, args):
+        # include paths that are kept as #include directives instead of
+        # being inlined (e.g. a header amalgamated on its own)
+        self.external = []
+        self.included_external = []
         with open(args.config, 'r') as f:
             config = json.loads(f.read())
             for key in config:
@@ -220,11 +224,14 @@ class TranslationUnit(object):
         while include_match:
             if not _is_within(include_match, skippable_contexts):
                 include_path = include_match.group("path")
-                search_same_dir = include_match.group(1) == '"'
-                found_included_path = self.amalgamation.find_included_file(
-                    include_path, self.file_dir if search_same_dir else None)
-                if found_included_path:
-                    includes.append((include_match, found_included_path))
+                if include_path in self.amalgamation.external:
+                    includes.append((include_match, None))
+                else:
+                    search_same_dir = include_match.group(1) == '"'
+                    found_included_path = self.amalgamation.find_included_file(
+                        include_path, self.file_dir if search_same_dir else None)
+                    if found_included_path:
+                        includes.append((include_match, found_included_path))
 
             include_match = self.include_pattern.search(self.content,
                                                         include_match.end())
@@ -235,6 +242,17 @@ class TranslationUnit(object):
         for include in includes:
             include_match, found_included_path = include
             tmp_content += self.content[prev_end:include_match.start()]
+            if found_included_path is None:
+                # an external header: keep the first directive and comment
+                # out the repeated ones
+                include_path = include_match.group("path")
+                if include_path in self.amalgamation.included_external:
+                    tmp_content += "// {0}".format(include_match.group(0))
+                else:
+                    self.amalgamation.included_external.append(include_path)
+                    tmp_content += include_match.group(0)
+                prev_end = include_match.end()
+                continue
             tmp_content += "// {0}\n".format(include_match.group(0))
             if found_included_path not in self.amalgamation.included_files:
                 t = TranslationUnit(found_included_path, self.amalgamation, False)

tools/amalgamate/config_json_view.json

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+	"project": "JSON for Modern C++",
+	"target": "single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp",
+	"sources": [
+		"include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp"
+	],
+	"include_paths": ["include"],
+	"external": ["nlohmann/json.hpp"]
+}