accept() tests: emplace the string literals that start each text

ci_clang_tidy reports modernize-use-emplace for texts.push_back("[") and the
other literals in the accept() string test.

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

include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp

@@ -465,17 +465,15 @@ class binary_reader
             }
 
             const std::size_t element_type_parse_position = chars_read;
-            // an array's elements are named "0", "1", ... in the wire format,
-            // and those names are not passed on: they are skipped unless
-            // error_handler_t::strict must reject ill-formed UTF-8 in them
-            const bool is_object = container_stack.back().is_object;
             key.clear();
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_bson_cstr(key, is_object || error_handler == error_handler_t::strict)))
+            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_bson_cstr(key)))
             {
                 return false;
             }
 
-            if (is_object && !sax->key(key))
+            // an array's elements are named "0", "1", ... in the wire format,
+            // and those names are not passed on
+            if (container_stack.back().is_object && !sax->key(key))
             {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -491,18 +489,14 @@ class binary_reader
     @brief Parses a C-style string from the BSON input.
     @param[in,out] result  A reference to the string variable where the read
                             string is to be stored.
-    @param[in] store  whether the characters are needed; if not (the names of
-                      an array's elements), they are skipped and @a result may
-                      be left unchanged, and they are not checked against
-                      @ref error_handler
     @return `true` if the \\x00-byte indicating the end of the string was
              encountered before the EOF; false` indicates an unexpected EOF.
     */
-    bool get_bson_cstr(string_t& result, const bool store = true)
+    bool get_bson_cstr(string_t& result)
     {
-        if (get_bson_cstr_bulk(result, store, std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan> {}))
+        if (get_bson_cstr_bulk(result, std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan> {}))
         {
-            return !store || check_string_utf8(result, "key");
+            return check_string_utf8(result, "key");
         }
 
         auto out = std::back_inserter(result);
@@ -515,7 +509,7 @@ class binary_reader
             }
             if (current == 0x00)
             {
-                return !store || check_string_utf8(result, "key");
+                return check_string_utf8(result, "key");
             }
             *out++ = static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(current);
         }
@@ -525,11 +519,10 @@ class binary_reader
     @brief read a C-style string from contiguous input in one step
 
     @param[in,out] result  the string to append to
-    @param[in] store  whether to append the characters to @a result
     @return whether the string was read; if the input has no \\x00-byte, nothing
             is read, and @ref get_bson_cstr reports the end of the input
     */
-    bool get_bson_cstr_bulk(string_t& result, const bool store, std::true_type /*bulk*/)
+    bool get_bson_cstr_bulk(string_t& result, std::true_type /*bulk*/)
     {
         const std::size_t remaining = ia.bulk_remaining();
         if (remaining == 0)
@@ -537,15 +530,18 @@ class binary_reader
             return false;
         }
         const auto* const data = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(ia.bulk_data());
-        const std::size_t length = find_zero_byte(data, remaining);
+        // a plain loop rather than std::memchr: most keys are short (array
+        // indices are keys, too), and the call would cost more than it saves
+        std::size_t length = 0;
+        while (length < remaining && data[length] != 0x00)
+        {
+            ++length;
+        }
         if (length == remaining)
         {
             return false;
         }
-        if (store)
-        {
-            result.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), length);
-        }
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), length);
         // consume the string and its \x00-byte, as the byte-wise path does
         ia.bulk_skip(length + 1);
         chars_read += length + 1;
@@ -554,7 +550,7 @@ class binary_reader
     }
 
     /// input that is not contiguous: C-style strings are read byte by byte
-    bool get_bson_cstr_bulk(string_t& /*result*/, const bool /*store*/, std::false_type /*bulk*/) const noexcept
+    bool get_bson_cstr_bulk(string_t& /*result*/, std::false_type /*bulk*/) const noexcept
     {
         return false;
     }

include/nlohmann/detail/input/lexer.hpp

@@ -209,8 +209,13 @@ constexpr bool input_adapter_bulk_window(std::false_type /*detected*/)
 @brief lexical analysis
 
 This class organizes the lexical analysis during JSON deserialization.
+
+DiscardValues: the caller only needs the token types and never looks at the values of number and string tokens (only
+accept(), which parses through json_sax_acceptor). A template parameter rather than a member, so that the lexer of
+parse() is compiled without the paths of accept(): with both string scans in one scan(), parse() was up to 2 % slower
+on Apple M1.
 */
-template<typename BasicJsonType, typename InputAdapterType>
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename InputAdapterType, bool DiscardValues = false>
 class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
 {
     using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
@@ -268,10 +273,9 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
   public:
     using token_type = typename lexer_base<BasicJsonType>::token_type;
 
-    explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false, bool discard_number_values_ = false) noexcept
+    explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false) noexcept
         : ia(std::move(adapter))
         , ignore_comments(ignore_comments_)
-        , discard_number_values(discard_number_values_)
     {
         // the token string of an error before the first token is everything
         // read so far
@@ -388,6 +392,8 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     checks if it is inside the range. If a violation was detected, set up an
     error message and return false. Otherwise, return true.
 
+    @param[in] keep    whether the bytes are added to token_buffer (false for
+                       accept(), see scan())
     @param[in] ranges  list of integers; interpreted as list of pairs of
                        inclusive lower and upper bound, respectively
 
@@ -396,17 +402,18 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
 
     @return true if and only if no range violation was detected
     */
-    bool next_byte_in_range(std::initializer_list<char_int_type> ranges)
+    template<bool Keep>
+    bool next_byte_in_range(std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> keep, std::initializer_list<char_int_type> ranges)
     {
         JSON_ASSERT(ranges.size() == 2 || ranges.size() == 4 || ranges.size() == 6);
-        add(current);
+        add_string_char(keep, current);
 
         for (auto range = ranges.begin(); range != ranges.end(); ++range)
         {
             get();
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(*range <= current && current <= *(++range))) // NOLINT(bugprone-inc-dec-in-conditions)
             {
-                add(current);
+                add_string_char(keep, current);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -419,14 +426,16 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     }
 
     /// contiguous input: bulk-append the run of ordinary characters and complete
-    /// well-formed UTF-8 sequences starting at the current read position, then
+    /// well-formed UTF-8 sequences starting at the current read position (only
+    /// skip it if @a keep is false), then
     /// read the first byte that needs individual handling (the closing quote, an
     /// escape, a control character, or an ill-formed UTF-8 byte) like get().
     /// That byte is taken from the buffer that was just scanned. Through get(),
     /// Apple Clang merged this read with the other get() calls of the scan
     /// function, which load the read position again right after it was stored
     /// (3% of json::accept() on jeopardy.json on Apple M1).
-    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::true_type /*bulk*/)
+    template<bool Keep>
+    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::true_type /*bulk*/, std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> keep)
     {
         // a pending unget must be consumed through the normal path first
         if (next_unget)
@@ -444,7 +453,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
         const std::size_t pos = lexer_string_bulk_run(data, remaining);
         if (pos != 0)
         {
-            token_buffer.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), pos);
+            append_string_run(keep, data, pos);
             bulk_consume(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data), pos);
         }
         if (pos == remaining)
@@ -488,7 +497,8 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     }
 
     /// streaming input: no bulk fast path
-    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::false_type /*bulk*/)
+    template<bool Keep>
+    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::false_type /*bulk*/, std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> /*keep*/)
     {
         return get();
     }
@@ -502,13 +512,18 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     may contain \0 bytes), and token_buffer.size() is the number of bytes in the
     string.
 
+    @param[in] keep  whether the string is copied into token_buffer; if false
+                     (accept(), see scan()), it is only checked, with the same
+                     errors, and token_buffer stays empty
+
     @return token_type::value_string if string could be successfully scanned,
             token_type::parse_error otherwise
 
     @note In case of errors, variable error_message contains a textual
           description.
     */
-    token_type scan_string()
+    template<bool Keep>
+    token_type scan_string(std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> keep)
     {
         // reset token_buffer (ignore opening quote)
         reset();
@@ -520,7 +535,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
         {
             // bulk-consume ordinary characters from contiguous input, then
             // get the next character, the one that ends the run
-            switch (get_after_string_run(std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan>()))
+            switch (get_after_string_run(std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan>(), keep))
             {
                 // end of file while parsing the string
                 case char_traits<char_type>::eof():
@@ -542,35 +557,35 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                     {
                         // quotation mark
                         case '\"':
-                            add('\"');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\"');
                             break;
                         // reverse solidus
                         case '\\':
-                            add('\\');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\\');
                             break;
                         // solidus
                         case '/':
-                            add('/');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '/');
                             break;
                         // backspace
                         case 'b':
-                            add('\b');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\b');
                             break;
                         // form feed
                         case 'f':
-                            add('\f');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\f');
                             break;
                         // line feed
                         case 'n':
-                            add('\n');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\n');
                             break;
                         // carriage return
                         case 'r':
-                            add('\r');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\r');
                             break;
                         // tab
                         case 't':
-                            add('\t');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\t');
                             break;
 
                         // unicode escapes
@@ -638,10 +653,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                             JSON_ASSERT(0x00 <= codepoint && codepoint <= 0x10FFFF);
 
                             // translate codepoint into bytes
-                            encode_utf8(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(codepoint), [this](std::uint32_t byte)
-                            {
-                                add(static_cast<char_int_type>(byte));
-                            });
+                            add_codepoint(keep, codepoint);
 
                             break;
                         }
@@ -824,7 +836,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0x7E:
                 case 0x7F:
                 {
-                    add(current);
+                    add_string_char(keep, current);
                     break;
                 }
 
@@ -860,7 +872,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0xDE:
                 case 0xDF:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF})))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0xBF})))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -870,7 +882,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+0800..U+0FFF: bytes E0 A0..BF 80..BF
                 case 0xE0:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0xA0, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0xA0, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -894,7 +906,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0xEE:
                 case 0xEF:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -904,7 +916,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+D000..U+D7FF: bytes ED 80..9F 80..BF
                 case 0xED:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0x9F, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0x9F, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -914,7 +926,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+10000..U+3FFFF F0 90..BF 80..BF 80..BF
                 case 0xF0:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x90, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x90, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -926,7 +938,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0xF2:
                 case 0xF3:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -936,7 +948,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+100000..U+10FFFF F4 80..8F 80..BF 80..BF
                 case 0xF4:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0x8F, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0x8F, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -1427,7 +1439,7 @@ scan_number_done:
     token_type convert_number(token_type number_type, std::size_t mantissa_end)
     {
         // accept() only needs to know whether the input is valid, so it sets
-        // discard_number_values (see json.hpp), and an integer token whose
+        // discard_values (see json.hpp), and an integer token whose
         // digit count shows that it fits is reported without calling
         // convert_integer(). A number with up to 18 digits always fits into
         // both std::uint64_t and std::int64_t (18 nines is about 1e18, below
@@ -1442,7 +1454,7 @@ scan_number_done:
         // json_sax_acceptor, whose number callbacks discard their argument and
         // return true, and the parser rejects neither integers nor finite
         // floats. value_unsigned/value_integer are left unset here, so a caller
-        // that reads the converted value must not set discard_number_values.
+        // that reads the converted value must not set discard_values.
         //
         // On contiguous input, scan_number_bulk_contiguous() converts integer
         // tokens itself and does not pass them to this function, unless
@@ -1450,7 +1462,7 @@ scan_number_done:
         // reached for input without bulk access (e.g. streams), with
         // JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, or when scan_number_bulk_contiguous()
         // falls back to scan_number().
-        if (discard_number_values)
+        if (discard_values())
         {
             constexpr std::size_t safe_digit_count = 18;
             if (number_type == token_type::value_unsigned && token_buffer.size() <= safe_digit_count)
@@ -1701,7 +1713,7 @@ scan_number_done:
         // w < 10^19, so a value below 10^max_exponent10 cannot overflow, and a
         // value that underflows is a finite number as well. Only a token that
         // may overflow has to be converted to find out.
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(discard_number_values && s.exponent + 19 <= std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent10))
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(discard_values() && s.exponent + 19 <= std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent10))
         {
             value_float = 0;
             return true;
@@ -2033,6 +2045,34 @@ scan_number_done:
         token_buffer.push_back(static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(c));
     }
 
+    /// add a character of a string token; accept() checks the string but does
+    /// not keep its value (@a keep is false)
+    void add_string_char(std::true_type /*keep*/, char_int_type c)
+    {
+        token_buffer.push_back(static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(c));
+    }
+
+    static void add_string_char(std::false_type /*keep*/, char_int_type /*c*/) noexcept {}
+
+    /// add the UTF-8 bytes of a code point from a \\u escape to a string token
+    void add_codepoint(std::true_type /*keep*/, int codepoint)
+    {
+        encode_utf8(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(codepoint), [this](std::uint32_t byte)
+        {
+            add(static_cast<char_int_type>(byte));
+        });
+    }
+
+    static void add_codepoint(std::false_type /*keep*/, int /*codepoint*/) noexcept {}
+
+    /// append a run of ordinary string characters (see get_after_string_run())
+    void append_string_run(std::true_type /*keep*/, const unsigned char* data, std::size_t n)
+    {
+        token_buffer.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), n);
+    }
+
+    static void append_string_run(std::false_type /*keep*/, const unsigned char* /*data*/, std::size_t /*n*/) noexcept {}
+
   public:
     /////////////////////
     // value getters
@@ -2427,7 +2467,9 @@ scan_number_done:
 
             // string
             case '\"':
-                return scan_string();
+                // accept() (DiscardValues) checks strings without copying them
+                // into token_buffer
+                return scan_string(keep_strings {});
 
             // number
             case '-':
@@ -2512,11 +2554,19 @@ scan_number_done:
     std::size_t decimal_point_position = std::string::npos;
 
     /// whether the caller only needs the token types and never looks at the
-    /// converted numeric values; set only by accept(), which parses through
-    /// json_sax_acceptor. When set, convert_number() skips converting integer
-    /// tokens whose digit count guarantees that they fit into 64 bits (see
-    /// there)
-    const bool discard_number_values = false;
+    /// values of number and string tokens; DiscardValues, set only by accept(), which parses
+    /// through json_sax_acceptor. When set, convert_number() skips converting
+    /// integer tokens whose digit count guarantees that they fit into 64 bits
+    /// (see there), floats are converted only when they may overflow (see
+    /// convert_accumulated_float()), and strings are checked without being
+    /// copied into token_buffer (see scan())
+    static bool discard_values() noexcept
+    {
+        return DiscardValues;
+    }
+
+    /// the tag of scan_string(): whether string tokens are kept
+    using keep_strings = typename std::conditional<DiscardValues, std::false_type, std::true_type>::type;
 };
 
 }  // namespace detail

include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp

@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ This class implements a parser for JSON text. Nested arrays and objects are trac
 stack instead of recursion, so deeply nested input does not exhaust the call stack, and what is read
 is reported as SAX events.
 */
-template<typename BasicJsonType, typename InputAdapterType>
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename InputAdapterType, bool DiscardValues = false>
 class parser
 {
     using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
     using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
     using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
     using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
-    using lexer_t = lexer<BasicJsonType, InputAdapterType>;
+    using lexer_t = lexer<BasicJsonType, InputAdapterType, DiscardValues>;
     using token_type = typename lexer_t::token_type;
 
   public:
@@ -88,10 +88,9 @@ class parser
                     parser_callback_t<BasicJsonType> cb = nullptr,
                     const bool allow_exceptions_ = true,
                     const bool ignore_comments = false,
-                    const bool ignore_trailing_commas_ = false,
-                    const bool discard_number_values_ = false)
+                    const bool ignore_trailing_commas_ = false)
         : callback(std::move(cb))
-        , m_lexer(std::move(adapter), ignore_comments, discard_number_values_)
+        , m_lexer(std::move(adapter), ignore_comments)
         , allow_exceptions(allow_exceptions_)
         , ignore_trailing_commas(ignore_trailing_commas_)
     {

include/nlohmann/detail/input/string_scan.hpp

@@ -90,34 +90,6 @@ JSON_HEDLEY_ALWAYS_INLINE std::size_t find_string_special(const unsigned char* d
     return n;
 }
 
-// return the index of the first 0x00 byte in [data, data+n), or n if there is
-// none; scans 8 bytes at a time (BSON's C-style strings)
-JSON_HEDLEY_ALWAYS_INLINE std::size_t find_zero_byte(const unsigned char* data, 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(data + i);
-        const std::uint64_t zero = (v - ones) & ~v & high;
-        if (zero != 0)
-        {
-            // the lowest flagged byte is the first zero byte (see
-            // find_string_special())
-            return i + (static_cast<std::size_t>(count_trailing_zeros(zero)) / 8);
-        }
-    }
-    for (; i < n; ++i)
-    {
-        if (data[i] == 0x00)
-        {
-            return i;
-        }
-    }
-    return n;
-}
-
 // classify a byte as one the serializer must NOT copy verbatim when
 // ensure_ascii is requested: the closing quote, an escape, a control character
 // (< 0x20), DEL (0x7F), or any non-ASCII byte (>= 0x80). Everything else -

include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     // can be restored when json_pointer backwards compatibility is removed
     // friend ::nlohmann::json_pointer<StringType>;
 
-    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename InputType>
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename InputType, bool DiscardValues>
     friend class ::nlohmann::detail::parser;
     friend ::nlohmann::detail::serializer<basic_json>;
     template<typename BasicJsonType>
@@ -183,12 +183,11 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         detail::parser_callback_t<basic_json>cb = nullptr,
         const bool allow_exceptions = true,
         const bool ignore_comments = false,
-        const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false,
-        const bool discard_number_values = false
+        const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false
     )
     {
         return ::nlohmann::detail::parser<basic_json, InputAdapterType>(std::move(adapter),
-               std::move(cb), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, discard_number_values);
+               std::move(cb), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
     }
 
   private:
@@ -3117,7 +3116,9 @@ public:
                             const bool ignore_comments,
                             const bool ignore_trailing_commas)
     {
-        return parser(std::forward<InputAdapterType>(adapter), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, true).accept(true);
+        // the parser and lexer that discard the values of tokens (see lexer)
+        return ::nlohmann::detail::parser<basic_json, typename std::decay<InputAdapterType>::type, true>(std::forward<InputAdapterType>(adapter),
+                nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas).accept(true);
     }
 
     /// generate SAX events from the input behind an already created adapter

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -12458,34 +12458,6 @@ JSON_HEDLEY_ALWAYS_INLINE std::size_t find_string_special(const unsigned char* d
     return n;
 }
 
-// return the index of the first 0x00 byte in [data, data+n), or n if there is
-// none; scans 8 bytes at a time (BSON's C-style strings)
-JSON_HEDLEY_ALWAYS_INLINE std::size_t find_zero_byte(const unsigned char* data, 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(data + i);
-        const std::uint64_t zero = (v - ones) & ~v & high;
-        if (zero != 0)
-        {
-            // the lowest flagged byte is the first zero byte (see
-            // find_string_special())
-            return i + (static_cast<std::size_t>(count_trailing_zeros(zero)) / 8);
-        }
-    }
-    for (; i < n; ++i)
-    {
-        if (data[i] == 0x00)
-        {
-            return i;
-        }
-    }
-    return n;
-}
-
 // classify a byte as one the serializer must NOT copy verbatim when
 // ensure_ascii is requested: the closing quote, an escape, a control character
 // (< 0x20), DEL (0x7F), or any non-ASCII byte (>= 0x80). Everything else -
@@ -13093,8 +13065,13 @@ constexpr bool input_adapter_bulk_window(std::false_type /*detected*/)
 @brief lexical analysis
 
 This class organizes the lexical analysis during JSON deserialization.
+
+DiscardValues: the caller only needs the token types and never looks at the values of number and string tokens (only
+accept(), which parses through json_sax_acceptor). A template parameter rather than a member, so that the lexer of
+parse() is compiled without the paths of accept(): with both string scans in one scan(), parse() was up to 2 % slower
+on Apple M1.
 */
-template<typename BasicJsonType, typename InputAdapterType>
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename InputAdapterType, bool DiscardValues = false>
 class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
 {
     using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
@@ -13152,10 +13129,9 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
   public:
     using token_type = typename lexer_base<BasicJsonType>::token_type;
 
-    explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false, bool discard_number_values_ = false) noexcept
+    explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false) noexcept
         : ia(std::move(adapter))
         , ignore_comments(ignore_comments_)
-        , discard_number_values(discard_number_values_)
     {
         // the token string of an error before the first token is everything
         // read so far
@@ -13272,6 +13248,8 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     checks if it is inside the range. If a violation was detected, set up an
     error message and return false. Otherwise, return true.
 
+    @param[in] keep    whether the bytes are added to token_buffer (false for
+                       accept(), see scan())
     @param[in] ranges  list of integers; interpreted as list of pairs of
                        inclusive lower and upper bound, respectively
 
@@ -13280,17 +13258,18 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
 
     @return true if and only if no range violation was detected
     */
-    bool next_byte_in_range(std::initializer_list<char_int_type> ranges)
+    template<bool Keep>
+    bool next_byte_in_range(std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> keep, std::initializer_list<char_int_type> ranges)
     {
         JSON_ASSERT(ranges.size() == 2 || ranges.size() == 4 || ranges.size() == 6);
-        add(current);
+        add_string_char(keep, current);
 
         for (auto range = ranges.begin(); range != ranges.end(); ++range)
         {
             get();
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(*range <= current && current <= *(++range))) // NOLINT(bugprone-inc-dec-in-conditions)
             {
-                add(current);
+                add_string_char(keep, current);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -13303,14 +13282,16 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     }
 
     /// contiguous input: bulk-append the run of ordinary characters and complete
-    /// well-formed UTF-8 sequences starting at the current read position, then
+    /// well-formed UTF-8 sequences starting at the current read position (only
+    /// skip it if @a keep is false), then
     /// read the first byte that needs individual handling (the closing quote, an
     /// escape, a control character, or an ill-formed UTF-8 byte) like get().
     /// That byte is taken from the buffer that was just scanned. Through get(),
     /// Apple Clang merged this read with the other get() calls of the scan
     /// function, which load the read position again right after it was stored
     /// (3% of json::accept() on jeopardy.json on Apple M1).
-    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::true_type /*bulk*/)
+    template<bool Keep>
+    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::true_type /*bulk*/, std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> keep)
     {
         // a pending unget must be consumed through the normal path first
         if (next_unget)
@@ -13328,7 +13309,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
         const std::size_t pos = lexer_string_bulk_run(data, remaining);
         if (pos != 0)
         {
-            token_buffer.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), pos);
+            append_string_run(keep, data, pos);
             bulk_consume(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data), pos);
         }
         if (pos == remaining)
@@ -13372,7 +13353,8 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     }
 
     /// streaming input: no bulk fast path
-    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::false_type /*bulk*/)
+    template<bool Keep>
+    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::false_type /*bulk*/, std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> /*keep*/)
     {
         return get();
     }
@@ -13386,13 +13368,18 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     may contain \0 bytes), and token_buffer.size() is the number of bytes in the
     string.
 
+    @param[in] keep  whether the string is copied into token_buffer; if false
+                     (accept(), see scan()), it is only checked, with the same
+                     errors, and token_buffer stays empty
+
     @return token_type::value_string if string could be successfully scanned,
             token_type::parse_error otherwise
 
     @note In case of errors, variable error_message contains a textual
           description.
     */
-    token_type scan_string()
+    template<bool Keep>
+    token_type scan_string(std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> keep)
     {
         // reset token_buffer (ignore opening quote)
         reset();
@@ -13404,7 +13391,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
         {
             // bulk-consume ordinary characters from contiguous input, then
             // get the next character, the one that ends the run
-            switch (get_after_string_run(std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan>()))
+            switch (get_after_string_run(std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan>(), keep))
             {
                 // end of file while parsing the string
                 case char_traits<char_type>::eof():
@@ -13426,35 +13413,35 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                     {
                         // quotation mark
                         case '\"':
-                            add('\"');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\"');
                             break;
                         // reverse solidus
                         case '\\':
-                            add('\\');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\\');
                             break;
                         // solidus
                         case '/':
-                            add('/');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '/');
                             break;
                         // backspace
                         case 'b':
-                            add('\b');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\b');
                             break;
                         // form feed
                         case 'f':
-                            add('\f');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\f');
                             break;
                         // line feed
                         case 'n':
-                            add('\n');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\n');
                             break;
                         // carriage return
                         case 'r':
-                            add('\r');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\r');
                             break;
                         // tab
                         case 't':
-                            add('\t');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\t');
                             break;
 
                         // unicode escapes
@@ -13522,10 +13509,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                             JSON_ASSERT(0x00 <= codepoint && codepoint <= 0x10FFFF);
 
                             // translate codepoint into bytes
-                            encode_utf8(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(codepoint), [this](std::uint32_t byte)
-                            {
-                                add(static_cast<char_int_type>(byte));
-                            });
+                            add_codepoint(keep, codepoint);
 
                             break;
                         }
@@ -13708,7 +13692,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0x7E:
                 case 0x7F:
                 {
-                    add(current);
+                    add_string_char(keep, current);
                     break;
                 }
 
@@ -13744,7 +13728,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0xDE:
                 case 0xDF:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF})))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0xBF})))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -13754,7 +13738,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+0800..U+0FFF: bytes E0 A0..BF 80..BF
                 case 0xE0:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0xA0, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0xA0, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -13778,7 +13762,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0xEE:
                 case 0xEF:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -13788,7 +13772,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+D000..U+D7FF: bytes ED 80..9F 80..BF
                 case 0xED:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0x9F, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0x9F, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -13798,7 +13782,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+10000..U+3FFFF F0 90..BF 80..BF 80..BF
                 case 0xF0:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x90, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x90, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -13810,7 +13794,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0xF2:
                 case 0xF3:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -13820,7 +13804,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+100000..U+10FFFF F4 80..8F 80..BF 80..BF
                 case 0xF4:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0x8F, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0x8F, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -14311,7 +14295,7 @@ scan_number_done:
     token_type convert_number(token_type number_type, std::size_t mantissa_end)
     {
         // accept() only needs to know whether the input is valid, so it sets
-        // discard_number_values (see json.hpp), and an integer token whose
+        // discard_values (see json.hpp), and an integer token whose
         // digit count shows that it fits is reported without calling
         // convert_integer(). A number with up to 18 digits always fits into
         // both std::uint64_t and std::int64_t (18 nines is about 1e18, below
@@ -14326,7 +14310,7 @@ scan_number_done:
         // json_sax_acceptor, whose number callbacks discard their argument and
         // return true, and the parser rejects neither integers nor finite
         // floats. value_unsigned/value_integer are left unset here, so a caller
-        // that reads the converted value must not set discard_number_values.
+        // that reads the converted value must not set discard_values.
         //
         // On contiguous input, scan_number_bulk_contiguous() converts integer
         // tokens itself and does not pass them to this function, unless
@@ -14334,7 +14318,7 @@ scan_number_done:
         // reached for input without bulk access (e.g. streams), with
         // JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, or when scan_number_bulk_contiguous()
         // falls back to scan_number().
-        if (discard_number_values)
+        if (discard_values())
         {
             constexpr std::size_t safe_digit_count = 18;
             if (number_type == token_type::value_unsigned && token_buffer.size() <= safe_digit_count)
@@ -14585,7 +14569,7 @@ scan_number_done:
         // w < 10^19, so a value below 10^max_exponent10 cannot overflow, and a
         // value that underflows is a finite number as well. Only a token that
         // may overflow has to be converted to find out.
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(discard_number_values && s.exponent + 19 <= std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent10))
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(discard_values() && s.exponent + 19 <= std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent10))
         {
             value_float = 0;
             return true;
@@ -14917,6 +14901,34 @@ scan_number_done:
         token_buffer.push_back(static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(c));
     }
 
+    /// add a character of a string token; accept() checks the string but does
+    /// not keep its value (@a keep is false)
+    void add_string_char(std::true_type /*keep*/, char_int_type c)
+    {
+        token_buffer.push_back(static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(c));
+    }
+
+    static void add_string_char(std::false_type /*keep*/, char_int_type /*c*/) noexcept {}
+
+    /// add the UTF-8 bytes of a code point from a \\u escape to a string token
+    void add_codepoint(std::true_type /*keep*/, int codepoint)
+    {
+        encode_utf8(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(codepoint), [this](std::uint32_t byte)
+        {
+            add(static_cast<char_int_type>(byte));
+        });
+    }
+
+    static void add_codepoint(std::false_type /*keep*/, int /*codepoint*/) noexcept {}
+
+    /// append a run of ordinary string characters (see get_after_string_run())
+    void append_string_run(std::true_type /*keep*/, const unsigned char* data, std::size_t n)
+    {
+        token_buffer.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), n);
+    }
+
+    static void append_string_run(std::false_type /*keep*/, const unsigned char* /*data*/, std::size_t /*n*/) noexcept {}
+
   public:
     /////////////////////
     // value getters
@@ -15311,7 +15323,9 @@ scan_number_done:
 
             // string
             case '\"':
-                return scan_string();
+                // accept() (DiscardValues) checks strings without copying them
+                // into token_buffer
+                return scan_string(keep_strings {});
 
             // number
             case '-':
@@ -15396,11 +15410,19 @@ scan_number_done:
     std::size_t decimal_point_position = std::string::npos;
 
     /// whether the caller only needs the token types and never looks at the
-    /// converted numeric values; set only by accept(), which parses through
-    /// json_sax_acceptor. When set, convert_number() skips converting integer
-    /// tokens whose digit count guarantees that they fit into 64 bits (see
-    /// there)
-    const bool discard_number_values = false;
+    /// values of number and string tokens; DiscardValues, set only by accept(), which parses
+    /// through json_sax_acceptor. When set, convert_number() skips converting
+    /// integer tokens whose digit count guarantees that they fit into 64 bits
+    /// (see there), floats are converted only when they may overflow (see
+    /// convert_accumulated_float()), and strings are checked without being
+    /// copied into token_buffer (see scan())
+    static bool discard_values() noexcept
+    {
+        return DiscardValues;
+    }
+
+    /// the tag of scan_string(): whether string tokens are kept
+    using keep_strings = typename std::conditional<DiscardValues, std::false_type, std::true_type>::type;
 };
 
 }  // namespace detail
@@ -18269,17 +18291,15 @@ class binary_reader
             }
 
             const std::size_t element_type_parse_position = chars_read;
-            // an array's elements are named "0", "1", ... in the wire format,
-            // and those names are not passed on: they are skipped unless
-            // error_handler_t::strict must reject ill-formed UTF-8 in them
-            const bool is_object = container_stack.back().is_object;
             key.clear();
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_bson_cstr(key, is_object || error_handler == error_handler_t::strict)))
+            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_bson_cstr(key)))
             {
                 return false;
             }
 
-            if (is_object && !sax->key(key))
+            // an array's elements are named "0", "1", ... in the wire format,
+            // and those names are not passed on
+            if (container_stack.back().is_object && !sax->key(key))
             {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -18295,18 +18315,14 @@ class binary_reader
     @brief Parses a C-style string from the BSON input.
     @param[in,out] result  A reference to the string variable where the read
                             string is to be stored.
-    @param[in] store  whether the characters are needed; if not (the names of
-                      an array's elements), they are skipped and @a result may
-                      be left unchanged, and they are not checked against
-                      @ref error_handler
     @return `true` if the \\x00-byte indicating the end of the string was
              encountered before the EOF; false` indicates an unexpected EOF.
     */
-    bool get_bson_cstr(string_t& result, const bool store = true)
+    bool get_bson_cstr(string_t& result)
     {
-        if (get_bson_cstr_bulk(result, store, std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan> {}))
+        if (get_bson_cstr_bulk(result, std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan> {}))
         {
-            return !store || check_string_utf8(result, "key");
+            return check_string_utf8(result, "key");
         }
 
         auto out = std::back_inserter(result);
@@ -18319,7 +18335,7 @@ class binary_reader
             }
             if (current == 0x00)
             {
-                return !store || check_string_utf8(result, "key");
+                return check_string_utf8(result, "key");
             }
             *out++ = static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(current);
         }
@@ -18329,11 +18345,10 @@ class binary_reader
     @brief read a C-style string from contiguous input in one step
 
     @param[in,out] result  the string to append to
-    @param[in] store  whether to append the characters to @a result
     @return whether the string was read; if the input has no \\x00-byte, nothing
             is read, and @ref get_bson_cstr reports the end of the input
     */
-    bool get_bson_cstr_bulk(string_t& result, const bool store, std::true_type /*bulk*/)
+    bool get_bson_cstr_bulk(string_t& result, std::true_type /*bulk*/)
     {
         const std::size_t remaining = ia.bulk_remaining();
         if (remaining == 0)
@@ -18341,15 +18356,18 @@ class binary_reader
             return false;
         }
         const auto* const data = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(ia.bulk_data());
-        const std::size_t length = find_zero_byte(data, remaining);
+        // a plain loop rather than std::memchr: most keys are short (array
+        // indices are keys, too), and the call would cost more than it saves
+        std::size_t length = 0;
+        while (length < remaining && data[length] != 0x00)
+        {
+            ++length;
+        }
         if (length == remaining)
         {
             return false;
         }
-        if (store)
-        {
-            result.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), length);
-        }
+        result.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), length);
         // consume the string and its \x00-byte, as the byte-wise path does
         ia.bulk_skip(length + 1);
         chars_read += length + 1;
@@ -18358,7 +18376,7 @@ class binary_reader
     }
 
     /// input that is not contiguous: C-style strings are read byte by byte
-    bool get_bson_cstr_bulk(string_t& /*result*/, const bool /*store*/, std::false_type /*bulk*/) const noexcept
+    bool get_bson_cstr_bulk(string_t& /*result*/, std::false_type /*bulk*/) const noexcept
     {
         return false;
     }
@@ -22596,14 +22614,14 @@ This class implements a parser for JSON text. Nested arrays and objects are trac
 stack instead of recursion, so deeply nested input does not exhaust the call stack, and what is read
 is reported as SAX events.
 */
-template<typename BasicJsonType, typename InputAdapterType>
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename InputAdapterType, bool DiscardValues = false>
 class parser
 {
     using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
     using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
     using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
     using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
-    using lexer_t = lexer<BasicJsonType, InputAdapterType>;
+    using lexer_t = lexer<BasicJsonType, InputAdapterType, DiscardValues>;
     using token_type = typename lexer_t::token_type;
 
   public:
@@ -22612,10 +22630,9 @@ class parser
                     parser_callback_t<BasicJsonType> cb = nullptr,
                     const bool allow_exceptions_ = true,
                     const bool ignore_comments = false,
-                    const bool ignore_trailing_commas_ = false,
-                    const bool discard_number_values_ = false)
+                    const bool ignore_trailing_commas_ = false)
         : callback(std::move(cb))
-        , m_lexer(std::move(adapter), ignore_comments, discard_number_values_)
+        , m_lexer(std::move(adapter), ignore_comments)
         , allow_exceptions(allow_exceptions_)
         , ignore_trailing_commas(ignore_trailing_commas_)
     {
@@ -36978,7 +36995,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     // can be restored when json_pointer backwards compatibility is removed
     // friend ::nlohmann::json_pointer<StringType>;
 
-    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename InputType>
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename InputType, bool DiscardValues>
     friend class ::nlohmann::detail::parser;
     friend ::nlohmann::detail::serializer<basic_json>;
     template<typename BasicJsonType>
@@ -37011,12 +37028,11 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         detail::parser_callback_t<basic_json>cb = nullptr,
         const bool allow_exceptions = true,
         const bool ignore_comments = false,
-        const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false,
-        const bool discard_number_values = false
+        const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false
                                  )
     {
         return ::nlohmann::detail::parser<basic_json, InputAdapterType>(std::move(adapter),
-            std::move(cb), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, discard_number_values);
+            std::move(cb), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
     }
 
   private:
@@ -39945,7 +39961,9 @@ public:
                             const bool ignore_comments,
                             const bool ignore_trailing_commas)
     {
-        return parser(std::forward<InputAdapterType>(adapter), nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, true).accept(true);
+        // the parser and lexer that discard the values of tokens (see lexer)
+        return ::nlohmann::detail::parser<basic_json, typename std::decay<InputAdapterType>::type, true>(std::forward<InputAdapterType>(adapter),
+                nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas).accept(true);
     }
 
     /// generate SAX events from the input behind an already created adapter

tests/src/unit-bson.cpp

@@ -1164,13 +1164,7 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON keys from contiguous and stream input")
     // contiguous input reads a key up to its \x00-byte in one step, a stream
     // reads it byte by byte; both must give the same value or error for the
     // complete document and for every truncation of it
-    json j = {{"", true}, {"k", {1, 2, 3}}, {std::string(40, 'x'), {{"nested key", "value"}}}};
-    // keys and array element names ("0" to "11") that end at every position of
-    // an 8-byte word, which contiguous input scans at a time
-    for (std::size_t length = 1; length <= 17; ++length)
-    {
-        j[std::string(length, static_cast<char>('a' + length))] = json::array({0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, {11}});
-    }
+    const json j = {{"", true}, {"k", {1, 2, 3}}, {std::string(40, 'x'), {{"nested key", "value"}}}};
     const std::vector<std::uint8_t> bson = json::to_bson(j);
     CHECK(json::from_bson(bson) == j);
 
@@ -1190,7 +1184,7 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON keys from contiguous and stream input")
         }
         try
         {
-            std::istringstream stream(std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(input.data()), input.size()));
+            std::istringstream stream(std::string(input.begin(), input.end()));
             from_stream = json::from_bson(stream).dump();
         }
         catch (const json::parse_error& e)
@@ -1200,33 +1194,6 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON keys from contiguous and stream input")
         CHECK(from_vector == from_stream);
     }
 }
-
-TEST_CASE("BSON array element names")
-{
-    // an array's element names are not part of the value, so they are not
-    // passed on; error_handler_t::strict still rejects ill-formed UTF-8 in them
-    const std::vector<std::uint8_t> bson =
-    {
-        0x1D, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // size (little endian)
-        0x04, 'a', 0x00,        // entry: array "a"
-        0x15, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // size (little endian)
-        0x08, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x01, // entry: boolean named "\xFF", true
-        0x08, '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 0x00, 0x00, // entry: boolean named "123456789", false
-        0x00,                   // end of the array
-        0x00                    // end of the document
-    };
-    const json expected = {{"a", {true, false}}};
-
-    CHECK(json::from_bson(bson) == expected);
-    CHECK(json::from_bson(bson, true, true, json::error_handler_t::replace) == expected);
-    CHECK(json::from_bson(bson, true, true, json::error_handler_t::ignore) == expected);
-
-    json _;
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(bson, true, true, json::error_handler_t::strict), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 14: syntax error while parsing BSON key: invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte", json::parse_error&);
-
-    std::istringstream stream(std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(bson.data()), bson.size()));
-    CHECK(json::from_bson(stream) == expected);
-}
 #endif
 
 TEST_CASE("Negative size of binary value")

tests/src/unit-class_parser.cpp

@@ -2982,6 +2982,67 @@ TEST_CASE("accept() agrees with parse() on floats around the overflow limit")
     }
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("accept() agrees with parse() on strings, which it checks without copying them")
+{
+    // accept() scans strings and object keys with a separate instantiation of
+    // the string scanner that does not copy them into the token buffer; it
+    // must accept and reject exactly what parse() does
+    const std::vector<std::string> pieces =
+    {
+        "", "abc", R"(\"\\\/\b\f\n\r\t)", R"(\u0041\u00e4\u20AC)", "\\ud83d\\ude00", "\\uD83D\\uDE00",
+        "\\ud800", "\\udc00", "\\ud800\\u0041", "\\ud800x", "\\udbff\\udfff", "\\u12", "\\u12g4", "\\x", "\\",
+        "\xc3\xa4", "\xe2\x82\xac", "\xf0\x9f\x98\x80", "\xf4\x8f\xbf\xbf", "\xc0\xaf", "\xed\xa0\x80", "\xf4\x90\x80\x80",
+        "\xff", "\xe2\x82", "\xc3", "\x01", "\x1f", "\x7f", "\n", std::string(1, '\0')
+    };
+
+    for (std::size_t run = 0; run <= 70; ++run)
+    {
+        for (const std::string& piece : pieces)
+        {
+            // a run of ordinary characters puts the piece at every offset of the bulk scanners
+            const std::string str = std::string(run, 'a') + piece;
+            std::string opened = "\"";
+            opened += str;
+            std::string closed = opened;
+            closed += '"';
+            std::vector<std::string> texts;
+            texts.push_back(closed);
+            texts.emplace_back("[");
+            texts.back() += closed;
+            texts.back() += ']';
+            texts.emplace_back("{");
+            texts.back() += closed;
+            texts.back() += ":1}";
+            texts.emplace_back("{\"k\":");
+            texts.back() += closed;
+            texts.back() += ',';
+            texts.back() += closed;
+            texts.back() += ":[";
+            texts.back() += closed;
+            texts.back() += "]}";
+            texts.emplace_back("[");
+            texts.back() += opened;
+            for (const std::string& text : texts)
+            {
+                CAPTURE(text)
+                for (int options = 0; options < 4; ++options)
+                {
+                    const bool ignore_comments = (options & 1) != 0;
+                    const bool ignore_trailing_commas = (options & 2) != 0;
+                    const bool parses = !json::parse(text, nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas).is_discarded();
+                    CHECK(json::accept(text, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas) == parses);
+
+                    std::istringstream stream(text);
+                    CHECK(json::accept(stream, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas) == parses);
+
+                    const std::list<char> chars(text.begin(), text.end());
+                    CHECK(json::accept(chars.begin(), chars.end(), ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas) == parses);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 namespace
 {
 // a DOM parser that reports parse errors without throwing, as in the sax_no_exception example