json_view: no save() and load() on big-endian targets

The image format is little-endian only. Instead of throwing
type_error.320 at runtime, save_image(), load_image() and the members
save() and load() do not exist on a big-endian target, so a call fails to
compile, like set() on a read-only document. type_error.320 remains for
saving a discarded document.

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

BUILD.bazel

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ cc_library(
         "include/nlohmann/detail/view/simd.hpp",
         "include/nlohmann/detail/view/string_ref.hpp",
         "include/nlohmann/detail/view/value.hpp",
+        "include/nlohmann/detail/view/view_mode.hpp",
         "include/nlohmann/json.hpp",
         "include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp",
         "include/nlohmann/json_literals.hpp",

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/erase.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ void erase(view_type array, I idx);
 std::size_t erase(const json_pointer& ptr);
 ```
 
-Only an **editable** document (`#!cpp Editable == true`, e.g. [`json_editable_document`](../json_editable_document.md))
+Only an **editable** document (`#!cpp view_mode::editable`, e.g. [`json_editable_document`](../json_editable_document.md))
 has `erase`; calling it on a read-only `basic_json_document` fails to compile (`#!cpp static_assert`).
 
 1. Removes every member of `object` whose key is `key` (see [Notes](#notes) on duplicate keys) and returns how many

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/index.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <small>Defined in header `<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`</small>
 
 ```cpp
-template<typename BasicJsonType, bool Editable = false>
+template<typename BasicJsonType, view_mode Mode = view_mode::read_only>
 class basic_json_document;
 ```
 
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ is move-only: a copy would duplicate the whole index, the decoded-string buffer,
 enough in every use we know of. The index, the decoded strings, and the owned text live in one heap block that the
 document holds through a `#!cpp std::unique_ptr`; this is also why views survive a move of the document.
 
-With `#!cpp Editable == true`, the document also offers [`set`](set.md), [`push_back`](push_back.md),
+With `#!cpp Mode == view_mode::editable`, the document also offers [`set`](set.md), [`push_back`](push_back.md),
 [`insert`](insert.md), and [`erase`](erase.md) to change values in place, see [Edits](#edits) below. The source text
-itself is never written; a read-only document (`#!cpp Editable == false`, the default) does not carry any of the
+itself is never written; a read-only document (`#!cpp view_mode::read_only`, the default) does not carry any of the
 bookkeeping edits need, and calling any of them on one fails to compile (`#!cpp static_assert`).
 
 ## Template parameters
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ bookkeeping edits need, and calling any of them on one fails to compile (`#!cpp
     [`ordered_json`](../ordered_json.md). Only 64-bit `number_integer_t`/`number_unsigned_t` types are supported; this
     is checked with a `static_assert`.
 
-`Editable`
-:   whether the document supports [`set`](set.md), [`push_back`](push_back.md), [`insert`](insert.md), and
-    [`erase`](erase.md) (optional, `#!cpp false` by default). See [Edits](#edits) below.
+`Mode`
+:   a [`view_mode`](../view_mode.md): `#!cpp view_mode::editable` if the document supports [`set`](set.md),
+    [`push_back`](push_back.md), [`insert`](insert.md), and [`erase`](erase.md) (optional, `#!cpp view_mode::read_only`
+    by default). See [Edits](#edits) below.
 
 ## Specializations
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ bookkeeping edits need, and calling any of them on one fails to compile (`#!cpp
 
 ## Member types
 
-- **view_type** - the type of view returned by [`root()`](root.md) (`#!cpp basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, Editable>`)
+- **view_type** - the type of view returned by [`root()`](root.md) (`#!cpp basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, Mode>`)
 - **value_t** - the JSON type enumeration, see [`basic_json::value_t`](../basic_json/value_t.md)
 - **image_check** - how [`load()`](load.md) validates an image (`full`, `bounds`, `none`), see [`image_check`](load.md#image_check)
 
@@ -80,15 +81,15 @@ bookkeeping edits need, and calling any of them on one fails to compile (`#!cpp
 ### Edits
 
 - [**set**](set.md) - replace a value, or set an object member, an array element, or the value a JSON pointer refers
-  to (`#!cpp Editable` documents only)
-- [**push_back**](push_back.md) - append to an array (`#!cpp Editable` documents only)
-- [**insert**](insert.md) - insert an element into an array before a given position (`#!cpp Editable` documents only)
+  to (editable documents only)
+- [**push_back**](push_back.md) - append to an array (editable documents only)
+- [**insert**](insert.md) - insert an element into an array before a given position (editable documents only)
 - [**erase**](erase.md) - remove an object member, an array element, or the value a JSON pointer refers to
-  (`#!cpp Editable` documents only)
+  (editable documents only)
 
 ## Edits
 
-An editable document (`#!cpp Editable == true`) can be changed after parsing, with [`set`](set.md),
+An editable document (`#!cpp view_mode::editable`) can be changed after parsing, with [`set`](set.md),
 [`push_back`](push_back.md), [`insert`](insert.md), and [`erase`](erase.md);
 [`json_editable_document`](../json_editable_document.md) and
 [`ordered_json_editable_document`](../ordered_json_editable_document.md) are the corresponding specializations. A few

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/insert.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ template<typename I, typename V>
 view_type insert(view_type array, I idx, V&& value);
 ```
 
-Only an **editable** document (`#!cpp Editable == true`, e.g. [`json_editable_document`](../json_editable_document.md))
+Only an **editable** document (`#!cpp view_mode::editable`, e.g. [`json_editable_document`](../json_editable_document.md))
 has `insert`; calling it on a read-only `basic_json_document` fails to compile (`#!cpp static_assert`).
 
 Inserts `value` into `array` as a new element before position `idx`, which must not be past the end

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/load.md

@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@ validate with overload 2 first, if the original vector must survive a failed loa
 
 ## Exceptions
 
-On a big-endian target, throws [`type_error.320`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error320) -- the same
-exception [`save()`](save.md#exceptions) throws there, since the image format is little-endian only.
-
-Otherwise throws [`parse_error.116`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error116) if `image` is not one
+Throws [`parse_error.116`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error116) if `image` is not one
 `save()` could have written, or fails the requested `check`:
 
 | message               | when                                                                                                |
@@ -95,6 +92,9 @@ are checked once, however many nodes refer to it.
 
 ## Notes
 
+**Little-endian targets only.** On a big-endian target, `load()` does not exist, just like
+[`save()`](save.md#notes): the image format is little-endian, so a call fails to compile.
+
 ### `image_check` { #image_check }
 
 ```cpp

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/push_back.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ editable, and it does not have to be `array`'s own document -- which is copied s
 source document afterward; a `BasicJsonType` value; or anything `BasicJsonType` can be constructed from (numbers,
 strings, `#!cpp bool`, `#!cpp nullptr`, containers, ...).
 
-Only an **editable** document (`#!cpp Editable == true`, e.g. [`json_editable_document`](../json_editable_document.md))
+Only an **editable** document (`#!cpp view_mode::editable`, e.g. [`json_editable_document`](../json_editable_document.md))
 has `push_back`; calling it on a read-only `basic_json_document` fails to compile (`#!cpp static_assert`).
 
 ## Template parameters

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/save.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ An edited document is written in its *current* state, with its values in documen
 parser would have produced them for that JSON text: a member [`set`](set.md) added goes at the end, an
 [`erase`](erase.md)d member leaves no trace, and a float that is not finite (NaN or positive/negative infinity)
 becomes null, the same substitution [`dump()`](../basic_json_view/dump.md) makes. The same document always saves to
-the same bytes -- also across `BasicJsonType` and `#!cpp Editable`, since the image reflects document order and
+the same bytes -- also across `BasicJsonType` and the [`view_mode`](../view_mode.md), since the image reflects document order and
 values only, not which specialization produced them.
 
 ## Return value
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ Throws [`type_error.320`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error320) i
 [discarded](is_discarded.md) -- a default-constructed document, or one a failed [`parse()`](parse.md)/
 [`read()`](read.md) with `allow_exceptions == false` left discarded.
 
-On a big-endian target, throws `type_error.320` with a different message instead: the image format is little-endian
-only (see [Notes](#notes)).
-
 Throws [`out_of_range.416`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range416) if the node count, the text, or
 the decoded strings of the image would individually reach 4 GiB -- the same 32-bit offsets
 [`parse()`](parse.md#exceptions) and, for edits, [`set`](set.md)/[`push_back`](push_back.md) are already limited to.
@@ -44,9 +41,6 @@ the decoded strings of the image would individually reach 4 GiB -- the same 32-b
     [json.exception.type_error.320] cannot save a discarded json_document
     ```
     ```
-    [json.exception.type_error.320] json_document images need a little-endian target
-    ```
-    ```
     [json.exception.out_of_range.416] images of 4 GiB or more are not supported by json_document
     ```
 
@@ -70,9 +64,9 @@ else -- see [`load`'s Exceptions](load.md#exceptions).
     the *same* build on the *same* (little-endian) machine -- not as a long-term storage format. Keep the original
     JSON text if you need to read a saved document back with a future library version.
 
-**Little-endian only.** The image is written as raw little-endian bytes, with no byte-swapping. `save()` (and
-[`load`](load.md)) throw `type_error.320` on a big-endian target rather than silently produce bytes a big-endian
-reader could not interpret correctly.
+**Little-endian targets only.** The image is written as raw little-endian bytes, with no byte-swapping. On a
+big-endian target, `save()` and [`load`](load.md) do not exist: a call fails to compile rather than produce bytes a
+big-endian reader could not interpret correctly.
 
 ## Examples
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/set.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ template<typename V>
 view_type set(const json_pointer& ptr, V&& value);
 ```
 
-Only an **editable** document (`#!cpp Editable == true`, e.g. [`json_editable_document`](../json_editable_document.md))
+Only an **editable** document (`#!cpp view_mode::editable`, e.g. [`json_editable_document`](../json_editable_document.md))
 has `set`; calling it on a read-only `basic_json_document` fails to compile (`#!cpp static_assert`).
 
 1. Replaces the value `target` refers to with `value`.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/index.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <small>Defined in header `<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`</small>
 
 ```cpp
-template<typename BasicJsonType, bool Editable = false>
+template<typename BasicJsonType, view_mode Mode = view_mode::read_only>
 class basic_json_view;
 ```
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Moving the document itself does not invalidate its views: the index is heap-allo
 `#!cpp operator ValueType()`), and no `#!cpp get_ptr()` or `#!cpp get_ref()`; see [`get`](get.md).
 
 `basic_json_view` itself is always read-only -- it never has a `set` or `push_back` of its own. A view of an
-**editable** document (`#!cpp Editable == true`) sees every edit made through
+**editable** document (`#!cpp view_mode::editable`) sees every edit made through
 [`basic_json_document::set`](../basic_json_document/set.md) and
 [`basic_json_document::push_back`](../basic_json_document/push_back.md): once a value is changed, every view that
 still refers to it -- including ones taken before the change -- reads the new value. See
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ still refers to it -- including ones taken before the change -- reads the new va
 :   a specialization of [`basic_json`](../basic_json/index.md), matching the
     [`basic_json_document`](../basic_json_document/index.md) the view was taken from.
 
-`Editable`
-:   whether the view is of an editable document, matching the [`basic_json_document`](../basic_json_document/index.md)
-    it was taken from (optional, `#!cpp false` by default). See [Edits](../basic_json_document/index.md#edits).
+`Mode`
+:   a [`view_mode`](../view_mode.md): whether the view is of an editable document, matching the
+    [`basic_json_document`](../basic_json_document/index.md) it was taken from (optional, `#!cpp view_mode::read_only` by
+    default). See [Edits](../basic_json_document/index.md#edits).
 
 ## Specializations
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/json_editable_document.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <small>Defined in header `<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`</small>
 
 ```cpp
-using json_editable_document = basic_json_document<json, true>;
+using json_editable_document = basic_json_document<json, view_mode::editable>;
 ```
 
 This type is an **editable** [`basic_json_document`](basic_json_document/index.md) of the default

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/json_editable_view.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <small>Defined in header `<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`</small>
 
 ```cpp
-using json_editable_view = basic_json_view<json, true>;
+using json_editable_view = basic_json_view<json, view_mode::editable>;
 ```
 
 This type is a [`basic_json_view`](basic_json_view/index.md) of a value of a

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/ordered_json_editable_document.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <small>Defined in header `<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`</small>
 
 ```cpp
-using ordered_json_editable_document = basic_json_document<ordered_json, true>;
+using ordered_json_editable_document = basic_json_document<ordered_json, view_mode::editable>;
 ```
 
 This type is an **editable** [`basic_json_document`](basic_json_document/index.md) of the

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/ordered_json_editable_view.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <small>Defined in header `<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`</small>
 
 ```cpp
-using ordered_json_editable_view = basic_json_view<ordered_json, true>;
+using ordered_json_editable_view = basic_json_view<ordered_json, view_mode::editable>;
 ```
 
 This type is a [`basic_json_view`](basic_json_view/index.md) of a value of an

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/view_mode.md

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# <small>nlohmann::</small>view_mode
+
+<small>Defined in header `<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`</small>
+
+```cpp
+enum class view_mode : std::uint8_t
+{
+    read_only,
+    editable
+};
+```
+
+The second template parameter of [`basic_json_document`](basic_json_document/index.md) and
+[`basic_json_view`](basic_json_view/index.md): whether a document can be changed after parsing, and whether a view is
+of such a document.
+
+`read_only`
+:   the default: the document is parsed once and then only read. It carries none of the bookkeeping edits need, and
+    calling [`set`](basic_json_document/set.md), [`push_back`](basic_json_document/push_back.md),
+    [`insert`](basic_json_document/insert.md), or [`erase`](basic_json_document/erase.md) on it fails to compile.
+
+`editable`
+:   the document also offers [`set`](basic_json_document/set.md), [`push_back`](basic_json_document/push_back.md),
+    [`insert`](basic_json_document/insert.md), and [`erase`](basic_json_document/erase.md); its views see every edit,
+    see [Edits](basic_json_document/index.md#edits).
+
+The shortcuts name both modes: [`json_document`](json_document.md) and [`json_view`](json_view.md) are read-only,
+[`json_editable_document`](json_editable_document.md) and [`json_editable_view`](json_editable_view.md) are editable
+(and likewise for `ordered_json`).
+
+## Notes
+
+The mode is part of the view's type, and there is no conversion between the two modes: a read-only view reads a
+container in place, while a view of an editable document follows the links that edits leave behind. A function that
+accepts views therefore names the modes it accepts in its signature:
+
+```cpp
+// views of editable documents only
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+void f(basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, view_mode::editable> v);
+
+// views of read-only documents only
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+void f(basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, view_mode::read_only> v);
+
+// either
+template<typename BasicJsonType, view_mode Mode>
+void f(basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, Mode> v);
+```
+
+A function that takes a [`json_view`](json_view.md) accepts neither an [`ordered_json_view`](ordered_json_view.md)
+nor a [`json_editable_view`](json_editable_view.md). Views of the two modes still compare with
+[`operator==`](basic_json_view/operator_eq.md).
+
+## Examples
+
+??? example
+
+    The example below shows a function template that accepts the views of both modes, and one that accepts only
+    views of editable documents.
+
+    ```cpp
+    --8<-- "examples/view_mode.cpp"
+    ```
+
+    Output:
+
+    ```
+    --8<-- "examples/view_mode.output"
+    ```
+
+## See also
+
+- [basic_json_document](basic_json_document/index.md) - a parsed JSON text
+- [basic_json_view](basic_json_view/index.md) - a handle to one value of a document
+- [json_editable_document](json_editable_document.md) - an editable document of `json`
+
+## Version history
+
+Added in version 3.13.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/ordered_json_editable_document.cpp

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ using ordered_json_editable_document = nlohmann::ordered_json_editable_document;
 
 int main()
 {
-    // ordered_json_editable_document is basic_json_document<nlohmann::ordered_json, true>
+    // ordered_json_editable_document is basic_json_document<nlohmann::ordered_json, nlohmann::view_mode::editable>
     ordered_json_editable_document doc = ordered_json_editable_document::parse(R"({"z": 1, "a": 2, "m": 3})");
     doc.set(doc.root(), "b", 4); // set() always appends a new member at the end
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/view_mode.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
+
+using nlohmann::basic_json_view;
+using nlohmann::view_mode;
+
+// accepts the views of read-only and of editable documents, of json and of ordered_json
+template<typename BasicJsonType, view_mode Mode>
+std::size_t count_members(basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, Mode> v)
+{
+    return v.is_object() ? v.size() : 0;
+}
+
+// accepts only the views of editable documents
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+bool is_edited(basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, view_mode::editable> v)
+{
+    return v.is_string() && v.get_string() == "edited";
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    const nlohmann::json_document doc = nlohmann::json_document::parse(R"({"a": 1, "b": 2})");
+    nlohmann::json_editable_document edoc = nlohmann::json_editable_document::parse(R"({"a": 1})");
+    edoc.set(edoc.root()["a"], "edited");
+
+    std::cout << count_members(doc.root()) << ' ' << count_members(edoc.root()) << '\n';
+    std::cout << std::boolalpha << is_edited(edoc.root()["a"]) << '\n';
+}

docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/view_mode.output

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+2 1
+true

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/json_view.md

@@ -252,14 +252,14 @@ the stream's `width`/`fill` for indentation.
 ## Editing a document
 
 Everything above is read-only: a `json_document`/`json_view` lets you look at a parsed text without copying it, but
-not change it. [`basic_json_document<BasicJsonType, true>`](../api/basic_json_document/index.md) -- more conveniently
+not change it. [`basic_json_document<BasicJsonType, view_mode::editable>`](../api/basic_json_document/index.md) -- more conveniently
 spelled [`json_editable_document`](../api/json_editable_document.md) or
 [`ordered_json_editable_document`](../api/ordered_json_editable_document.md) -- also lets you
 [`set`](../api/basic_json_document/set.md) a value, [`push_back`](../api/basic_json_document/push_back.md) onto or
 [`insert`](../api/basic_json_document/insert.md) into an array, and [`erase`](../api/basic_json_document/erase.md)
 an object member or an array element, still without ever building a `basic_json` tree for parts you do not touch.
 
-`#!cpp Editable` defaults to `#!cpp false`, so `json_document`/`ordered_json_document` are unaffected -- they carry
+The [mode](../api/view_mode.md) defaults to `#!cpp view_mode::read_only`, so `json_document`/`ordered_json_document` are unaffected -- they carry
 none of the bookkeeping edits need, and calling `set`/`push_back`/`insert`/`erase` on one is a compile error, not a
 runtime one.
 
@@ -354,9 +354,10 @@ validation entirely, for an image trusted as much as the process's own memory. S
 !!! warning "Experimental"
 
     The image format is versioned but not yet stable, and may change in an incompatible way before it is declared
-    stable. It is little-endian only, and tied to the library build that wrote it -- use it to cache a document or to
-    hand one to another process running the *same* build, not as a long-term storage format; keep the original JSON
-    text if a saved document needs to be readable by a future library version.
+    stable. It is little-endian only (on big-endian targets, `save()` and `load()` do not exist), and tied to the
+    library build that wrote it -- use it to cache a document or to hand one to another process running the *same*
+    build, not as a long-term storage format; keep the original JSON text if a saved document needs to be readable by
+    a future library version.
 
 The idea of a document you can read without parsing comes from zero-copy formats such as
 [FlatBuffers](https://github.com/google/flatbuffers) and [YaFF](https://github.com/yandex/yaff); the check

docs/mkdocs/docs/home/exceptions.md

@@ -853,17 +853,12 @@ from JSON text.
 
 [`basic_json_document::save()`](../api/basic_json_document/save.md) cannot write an
 [image](../features/json_view.md#images) of a [discarded](../api/basic_json_document/is_discarded.md) document.
-[`save()`](../api/basic_json_document/save.md) and [`load()`](../api/basic_json_document/load.md) also throw this
-exception on a big-endian target, since the image format is little-endian only.
 
 !!! failure "Example messages"
 
     ```
     [json.exception.type_error.320] cannot save a discarded json_document
     ```
-    ```
-    [json.exception.type_error.320] json_document images need a little-endian target
-    ```
 
 !!! note
 

docs/mkdocs/mkdocs.yml

@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ nav:
       - 'ordered_json_editable_view': api/ordered_json_editable_view.md
       - 'ordered_json_view': api/ordered_json_view.md
       - 'ordered_map': api/ordered_map.md
+      - 'view_mode': api/view_mode.md
       - macros:
           - 'Overview': api/macros/index.md
           - 'JSON_ASSERT': api/macros/json_assert.md

include/nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ enum class exception_id : int
     type_not_serializable = 317, ///< a value cannot be serialized to the requested binary format
     enum_key_duplicate = 318, ///< an enum-keyed map has two keys that serialize to the same string
     document_binary_value = 319, ///< a binary value is stored in a json_document
-    document_image_unsupported = 320, ///< a json_document image cannot be saved or loaded (discarded document, big-endian target)
+    document_image_unsupported = 320, ///< a discarded json_document cannot be saved as an image
     discarded_value_used = 321, ///< a discarded value is used
     // out_of_range
     array_index_out_of_range = 401, ///< an array index is out of range

include/nlohmann/detail/view/builder.hpp

@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ indent_done:
             std::memcpy(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(n), &first, 8);
             std::memcpy(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(n) + 8, &second, 8);
 #else
-            n->kind = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(k);
+            n->kind = static_cast<node_kind>(k);
             n->flags = flags;
             n->extra = extra;
             n->off = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(off);

include/nlohmann/detail/view/document_data.hpp

@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ struct document_data
     /// following loads.
     static NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE const node* deref(const node* n) noexcept
     {
-        return NLOHMANN_VIEW_LIKELY(n->kind != kind_link) ? n : follow_link(n);
+        return NLOHMANN_VIEW_LIKELY(n->kind != node_kind::link) ? n : follow_link(n);
     }
 
     static NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE const node* follow_link(const node* n) noexcept

include/nlohmann/detail/view/edit.hpp

@@ -26,12 +26,10 @@
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/lookup.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/macro_scope.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/node.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/detail/view/view_mode.hpp>
 
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
-template<typename BasicJsonType, bool Editable>
-class basic_json_view;
-
 namespace detail
 {
 namespace view
@@ -120,13 +118,13 @@ class editor
     View set(const View& object, string_view_t key, V&& value)
     {
         node* const o = own(object);
-        if (o->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object) && o->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::null))
+        if (o->kind != node_kind::object && o->kind != node_kind::null)
         {
             throw_type_error(exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with ", object.type_name());
         }
         check_utf8(key.data(), key.size());
         const encoded e = encode(std::forward<V>(value));
-        if (o->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::null))
+        if (o->kind == node_kind::null)
         {
             become_empty(o, value_t::object);
         }
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@ class editor
     View set(const View& array, std::size_t idx, V&& value)
     {
         node* const a = own(array);
-        if (a->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::array))
+        if (a->kind != node_kind::array)
         {
             throw_type_error(exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with ", array.type_name());
         }
@@ -188,12 +186,12 @@ class editor
     View push_back(const View& array, V&& value)
     {
         node* const a = own(array);
-        if (a->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::array) && a->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::null))
+        if (a->kind != node_kind::array && a->kind != node_kind::null)
         {
             throw_type_error(exception_id::push_back_wrong_type, "cannot use push_back() with ", array.type_name());
         }
         const encoded e = encode(std::forward<V>(value));
-        if (a->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::null))
+        if (a->kind == node_kind::null)
         {
             become_empty(a, value_t::array);
         }
@@ -212,7 +210,7 @@ class editor
     View insert(const View& array, std::size_t idx, V&& value)
     {
         node* const a = own(array);
-        if (a->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::array))
+        if (a->kind != node_kind::array)
         {
             throw_type_error(exception_id::insert_wrong_type, "cannot use insert() with ", array.type_name());
         }
@@ -232,7 +230,7 @@ class editor
     std::size_t erase(const View& object, string_view_t key)
     {
         node* const o = own(object);
-        if (o->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object))
+        if (o->kind != node_kind::object)
         {
             throw_type_error(exception_id::erase_wrong_type, "cannot use erase() with ", object.type_name());
         }
@@ -250,7 +248,7 @@ class editor
     void erase(const View& array, std::size_t idx)
     {
         node* const a = own(array);
-        if (a->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::array))
+        if (a->kind != node_kind::array)
         {
             throw_type_error(exception_id::erase_wrong_type, "cannot use erase() with ", array.type_name());
         }
@@ -328,7 +326,7 @@ class editor
     {
         const std::uint8_t linked = n->flags & node_flags::linked;
         *n = node{};
-        n->kind = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(k);
+        n->kind = static_cast<node_kind>(k);
         n->flags = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(node_flags::is_new | linked);
         n->next = 1;
     }
@@ -405,8 +403,8 @@ class editor
     template<typename T>
     struct is_view : std::false_type {};
 
-    template<typename J, bool E>
-    struct is_view<basic_json_view<J, E>> : std::true_type {};
+    template<typename J, view_mode M>
+    struct is_view<basic_json_view<J, M>> : std::true_type {};
 
     template<typename V>
     encoded encode(V&& v)
@@ -421,8 +419,8 @@ class editor
     }
 
     /// a view of any document (copied; nothing is shared with it)
-    template<typename J, bool E>
-    encoded encode_impl(const basic_json_view<J, E>& v, encode_tag<0> /*view*/)
+    template<typename J, view_mode M>
+    encoded encode_impl(const basic_json_view<J, M>& v, encode_tag<0> /*view*/)
     {
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(v.m_node == nullptr))
         {
@@ -434,8 +432,8 @@ class editor
             r.scalar = copy_scalar(*v.m_doc, *v.m_node);
             return r;
         }
-        r.region = alloc_nodes(m_doc, count_nodes<E>(*v.m_doc, v.m_node));
-        fill_nodes<E>(*v.m_doc, v.m_node, r.region);
+        r.region = alloc_nodes(m_doc, count_nodes<M == view_mode::editable>(*v.m_doc, v.m_node));
+        fill_nodes<M == view_mode::editable>(*v.m_doc, v.m_node, r.region);
         edit_state_of(m_doc).regions.emplace(r.region, nullptr);
         return r;
     }
@@ -496,7 +494,7 @@ class editor
     static node plain_node(value_t k) noexcept
     {
         node n{};
-        n.kind = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(k);
+        n.kind = static_cast<node_kind>(k);
         n.flags = node_flags::is_new;
         return n;
     }
@@ -681,7 +679,7 @@ class editor
             ++r;
             if (is_container(*n))
             {
-                open.push_back(frame{walk::first(d, n), walk::end(d, n), n->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object)});
+                open.push_back(frame{walk::first(d, n), walk::end(d, n), n->kind == node_kind::object});
             }
             // the next value: close finished containers, then step over the key
             for (;;)
@@ -730,7 +728,7 @@ class editor
                 node* const self = out++;
                 *self = plain_node(static_cast<value_t>(n->kind));
                 self->len = n->len;
-                open.push_back(frame{walk::first(d, n), walk::end(d, n), n->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object), self});
+                open.push_back(frame{walk::first(d, n), walk::end(d, n), n->kind == node_kind::object, self});
             }
             else
             {

include/nlohmann/detail/view/edit_storage.hpp

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 // live in chunks that never move; strings and number tokens written by edits
 // live in the edit arena. An array/object whose elements change gets
 // node_flags::moved: its elements then live in a separate sequence (a header
-// node, then the entries), whose entries link to the values (kind_link).
+// node, then the entries), whose entries link to the values (node_kind::link).
 
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 namespace detail
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ inline node* block_of(document_data& d, node* n, std::size_t extra)
         return nh;
     }
     reserve_moved(d); // (so that set_moved() below cannot throw: the links are marked before)
-    const bool object = n->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object);
+    const bool object = n->kind == node_kind::object;
     const std::size_t used = 1 + (static_cast<std::size_t>(n->len) * (object ? 2 : 1));
     const std::size_t cap = used + extra;
     node* const h = alloc_nodes(d, cap);
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ inline node* find_parent(const document_data& d, const node* target)
         {
             return nullptr; // LCOV_EXCL_LINE (the value is inside c)
         }
-        const bool object = c->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object);
+        const bool object = c->kind == node_kind::object;
         const node* down = nullptr;
         for (const node* p = d.first_child_edited(c), *e = d.child_end_edited(c); p != e;)
         {

include/nlohmann/detail/view/image.hpp

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ inline void compact_nodes(const document_data& d, std::size_t arena_size, std::v
                 r.off = (v->flags & (node_flags::moved | node_flags::is_new)) != 0 ? 0 : v->off;
                 r.len = 0;  // counted below
                 r.next = 0; // set when the container is complete
-                stack.push_back(frame{d.first_child_edited(v), d.child_end_edited(v), out.size(), 0, v->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object)});
+                stack.push_back(frame{d.first_child_edited(v), d.child_end_edited(v), out.size(), 0, v->kind == node_kind::object});
                 break;
             case value_t::string:
                 r = string_node(*v);
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ inline void compact_nodes(const document_data& d, std::size_t arena_size, std::v
                     if (t[0] == 'n' || t[0] == 'i' || (v->len > 1 && t[1] == 'i'))
                     {
                         r = node{}; // nan and infinity: null, as dump() writes them
-                        r.kind = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::null);
+                        r.kind = node_kind::null;
                         break;
                     }
                     r.off = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(d.size + text_tail.size());
@@ -182,12 +182,10 @@ inline void compact_nodes(const document_data& d, std::size_t arena_size, std::v
     }
 }
 
+#if NLOHMANN_VIEW_LITTLE_ENDIAN // (the image format is little-endian: no save() elsewhere)
 /// the document as an image
 inline std::vector<std::uint8_t> save_image(const document_data& d)
 {
-#if !NLOHMANN_VIEW_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-    throw_type_error(exception_id::document_image_unsupported, "json_document images need a little-endian target"); // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
-#endif
     const std::size_t arena_size = d.arena_size;
     std::vector<node> compacted;
     std::string text_tail;
@@ -221,7 +219,7 @@ inline std::vector<std::uint8_t> save_image(const document_data& d)
     // extra of an object, and the same document saves to the same bytes
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i)
     {
-        if (nodes[i].kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object) && nodes[i].extra != 0)
+        if (nodes[i].kind == node_kind::object && nodes[i].extra != 0)
         {
             std::memset(o + (i * sizeof(node)) + offsetof(node, extra), 0, sizeof(nodes[i].extra));
         }
@@ -243,6 +241,7 @@ inline std::vector<std::uint8_t> save_image(const document_data& d)
     *o = 0;
     return image;
 }
+#endif
 
 /// the parts of a number token that the checks need
 struct number_token
@@ -337,7 +336,7 @@ inline bool float_token_finite(const unsigned char* s, std::size_t len, const nu
     if (static_cast<std::int64_t>(t.int_digits) + t.exponent > 300)
     {
         node n{};
-        n.kind = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_float);
+        n.kind = node_kind::number_float;
         n.len = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(len);
         const auto v = float_value<double>(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(s), n); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
         return v <= (std::numeric_limits<double>::max)() && v >= -(std::numeric_limits<double>::max)();
@@ -358,7 +357,7 @@ inline bool check_integer(const node& n, const unsigned char* text)
     }
     // the token's value is the stored one; number_integer nodes of edits can
     // be non-negative (as basic_json keeps the type of a value)
-    const bool integer = n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_integer);
+    const bool integer = n.kind == node_kind::number_integer;
     if (t.is_float || t.int_digits > 20 || (t.negative && !integer))
     {
         return false;
@@ -540,7 +539,7 @@ inline bool check_image(const node* nodes, std::size_t count, const unsigned cha
         {
             return false;
         }
-        if (n.kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_float))
+        if (n.kind != node_kind::number_float)
         {
             return (n.extra >> 8u) == 0;
         }
@@ -581,7 +580,7 @@ inline bool check_image(const node* nodes, std::size_t count, const unsigned cha
         const node& n = nodes[i];
         if (!stack.empty() && stack.back().object && stack.back().expect_key)
         {
-            if (n.kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::string) || !check_string(n))
+            if (n.kind != node_kind::string || !check_string(n))
             {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -622,7 +621,7 @@ inline bool check_image(const node* nodes, std::size_t count, const unsigned cha
                 {
                     // (the contents of float tokens are checked later; the token of an
                     // integer has at most 256 characters)
-                    if (n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_float))
+                    if (n.kind == node_kind::number_float)
                     {
                         floats.push_back(float_range{n.off, n.len, n.extra});
                     }
@@ -640,7 +639,7 @@ inline bool check_image(const node* nodes, std::size_t count, const unsigned cha
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
-                stack.push_back(frame{i + n.next, n.len, 0, n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object), true});
+                stack.push_back(frame{i + n.next, n.len, 0, n.kind == node_kind::object, true});
                 complete = false;
                 break;
             }
@@ -663,13 +662,11 @@ inline bool check_image(const node* nodes, std::size_t count, const unsigned cha
     throw_parse_error(exception_id::invalid_document_image, concat("invalid json_document image: ", what));
 }
 
+#if NLOHMANN_VIEW_LITTLE_ENDIAN // (the image format is little-endian: no load() elsewhere)
 /// Read an image into d. The text and the decoded strings stay in the image;
 /// the nodes are copied (so that they are aligned, and edits can change them).
 inline void load_image(document_data& d, const std::uint8_t* image, std::size_t size, image_check check)
 {
-#if !NLOHMANN_VIEW_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-    throw_type_error(exception_id::document_image_unsupported, "json_document images need a little-endian target"); // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
-#endif
     if (image == nullptr || size < sizeof(image_header))
     {
         throw_invalid_image("too short");
@@ -729,7 +726,7 @@ inline void load_image(document_data& d, const std::uint8_t* image, std::size_t
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i)
     {
         const node& n = d.nodes[i];
-        if (n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object) && n.len >= document_data::index_min_members)
+        if (n.kind == node_kind::object && n.len >= document_data::index_min_members)
         {
             d.large_objects.push_back(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(i));
         }
@@ -738,6 +735,7 @@ inline void load_image(document_data& d, const std::uint8_t* image, std::size_t
     std::vector<std::uint32_t>().swap(d.large_objects); // (only needed while building)
     d.discarded = false;
 }
+#endif
 
 }  // namespace view
 }  // namespace detail

include/nlohmann/detail/view/lookup.hpp

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ const node* element_at(const document_data& d, const node* array, std::size_t id
 template<bool Editable>
 const node* last_child(const document_data& d, const node* container) noexcept
 {
-    const std::size_t value_offset = container->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object) ? 1 : 0;
+    const std::size_t value_offset = container->kind == node_kind::object ? 1 : 0;
     const node* const end = navigation<Editable>::end(d, container);
     const node* last = navigation<Editable>::first(d, container);
     if (value_offset == 0 && container->next == container->len + 1u && (!navigation<Editable>::editable() || (container->flags & node_flags::moved) == 0))

include/nlohmann/detail/view/materialize.hpp

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ BasicJsonType materialize(const document_data& d, const node* n)
             case value_t::object:
             case value_t::array:
             {
-                const bool object = n->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object);
+                const bool object = n->kind == node_kind::object;
                 if (object)
                 {
                     sax.start_object(n->len);

include/nlohmann/detail/view/node.hpp

@@ -41,9 +41,21 @@ struct node_flags
     static constexpr std::uint8_t linked = 32; ///< an entry of a moved sequence links to this value (editable documents): its extent in the parsed layout no longer matters
 };
 
-/// kind of an entry of an edited sequence that stands for a value stored
-/// elsewhere (the address of the value's node is kept in the len/next bytes)
-constexpr std::uint8_t kind_link = 10;
+/// the kind of a node: the value_t of its value, or link
+enum class node_kind : std::uint8_t
+{
+    null = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::null),
+    object = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object),
+    array = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::array),
+    string = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::string),
+    boolean = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::boolean),
+    number_integer = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_integer),
+    number_unsigned = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_unsigned),
+    number_float = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_float),
+    /// an entry of an edited sequence that stands for a value stored elsewhere
+    /// (the address of the value's node is kept in the len/next bytes)
+    link = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::discarded) + 1,
+};
 
 /// One entry of the flat index, in document order. An object's members are
 /// stored as key node followed by the value's subtree. Integers keep their
@@ -51,7 +63,7 @@ constexpr std::uint8_t kind_link = 10;
 /// always the next one, and the token length follows from `extra`).
 struct node
 {
-    std::uint8_t kind;   ///< value_t, or kind_link
+    node_kind kind;      ///< value_t, or link
     std::uint8_t flags;  ///< node_flags
     std::uint16_t extra; ///< numbers: integer digits (low byte) and fraction digits (high byte), 255 = "many"; objects: number of the object's key hash index (1-based, 0 = none); otherwise 0
     std::uint32_t off;   ///< source offset (string content, number token, literal, bracket); arena offset if escaped/edited; number of the element sequence if moved
@@ -60,8 +72,9 @@ struct node
 };
 static_assert(sizeof(node) == 16, "node must stay 16 bytes");
 
-// the node kinds are value_t values; the test below (object and array are 1
-// and 2) and those of the number kinds depend on this numbering
+// the node kinds are value_t values, and images store them as bytes; the test
+// below (object and array are 1 and 2) and those of the number kinds depend
+// on this numbering
 static_assert(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::null) == 0 && static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object) == 1
               && static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::array) == 2 && static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::string) == 3
               && static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::boolean) == 4 && static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_integer) == 5
@@ -86,7 +99,7 @@ inline void make_link(node& n, node* target) noexcept
 {
     target->flags = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(target->flags | node_flags::linked);
     n = node{};
-    n.kind = kind_link;
+    n.kind = node_kind::link;
     std::memcpy(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&n) + 8, static_cast<const void*>(&target), sizeof(const node*)); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
 }
 
@@ -116,8 +129,8 @@ NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE void set_integer_bits(node& n, std::uint64_t v) noex
 /// token length of a number node
 NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE std::uint32_t number_length(const node& n) noexcept
 {
-    return n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_float) ? n.len
-           : (n.extra & 0xFFu) + (n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_integer) ? 1u : 0u);
+    return n.kind == node_kind::number_float ? n.len
+           : (n.extra & 0xFFu) + (n.kind == node_kind::number_integer ? 1u : 0u);
 }
 
 /// estimated number of nodes for an input of `size` bytes (one node per ~12

include/nlohmann/detail/view/serializer.hpp

@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ class view_serializer
                 case value_t::object:
                 case value_t::array:
                 {
-                    const bool object = n->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object);
+                    const bool object = n->kind == node_kind::object;
                     room(8);
                     if (n->len == 0)
                     {

include/nlohmann/detail/view/view_mode.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//     __ _____ _____ _____
+//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++
+// |  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 3.12.0
+// |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
+//
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013-2026 Niels Lohmann <https://nlohmann.me>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+
+/// whether a basic_json_document and its views can be edited
+enum class view_mode : std::uint8_t
+{
+    read_only, ///< parsed once, then only read (the default)
+    editable,  ///< also has set(), push_back(), insert(), and erase()
+};
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, view_mode Mode>
+class basic_json_view;
+
+NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END

include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/serializer.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/string_ref.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/value.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/detail/view/view_mode.hpp>
 
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
@@ -93,13 +94,16 @@ NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 Trivially copyable (two pointers). Valid as long as the document is alive and
 has not been re-parsed, and as long as a borrowed source text is alive.
 */
-template<typename BasicJsonType, bool Editable = false>
+template<typename BasicJsonType, view_mode Mode = view_mode::read_only>
 class basic_json_view
 {
+    /// whether this is a view of an editable document
+    static constexpr bool is_editable = Mode == view_mode::editable;
+
     using node = detail::view::node;
     using document_data = detail::view::document_data;
     /// how the index is walked (with edits only for editable documents)
-    using navigation = detail::view::navigation<Editable>;
+    using navigation = detail::view::navigation<is_editable>;
 
   public:
     using value_t = detail::value_t;
@@ -446,7 +450,7 @@ class basic_json_view
         if (is_structured() && m_node->len != 0)
         {
             return unedited() ? basic_json_view(m_doc, detail::view::last_child<false>(*m_doc, m_node) + (is_object() ? 1 : 0))
-                   : basic_json_view(m_doc, navigation::value(detail::view::last_child<Editable>(*m_doc, m_node) + (is_object() ? 1 : 0)));
+                   : basic_json_view(m_doc, navigation::value(detail::view::last_child<is_editable>(*m_doc, m_node) + (is_object() ? 1 : 0)));
         }
         return front();
     }
@@ -504,7 +508,7 @@ class basic_json_view
     /// more than once); 0 if this is not an object
     size_type count(string_view_t key) const
     {
-        return is_object() ? detail::view::count_members<Editable>(*m_doc, m_node, key.data(), key.size()) : 0;
+        return is_object() ? detail::view::count_members<is_editable>(*m_doc, m_node, key.data(), key.size()) : 0;
     }
 
     size_type count(const char* key) const
@@ -646,7 +650,7 @@ class basic_json_view
         }
         else
         {
-            detail::view::view_serializer<BasicJsonType, Editable>(*m_doc, out, estimate, style).dump(m_node);
+            detail::view::view_serializer<BasicJsonType, is_editable>(*m_doc, out, estimate, style).dump(m_node);
         }
         return out;
     }
@@ -682,14 +686,14 @@ class basic_json_view
     }
 
     /// a view of an editable document compares with one of a read-only document
-    template < bool E, typename std::enable_if < E != Editable, int >::type = 0 >
-    friend bool operator==(const basic_json_view& a, const basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, E>& b)
+    template < view_mode M, typename std::enable_if < M != Mode, int >::type = 0 >
+    friend bool operator==(const basic_json_view& a, const basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, M>& b)
     {
-        return detail::view::equal<BasicJsonType>(side(a), detail::view::view_side<BasicJsonType, basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, E>>(b));
+        return detail::view::equal<BasicJsonType>(side(a), detail::view::view_side<BasicJsonType, basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, M>>(b));
     }
 
-    template < bool E, typename std::enable_if < E != Editable, int >::type = 0 >
-    friend bool operator!=(const basic_json_view& a, const basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, E>& b)
+    template < view_mode M, typename std::enable_if < M != Mode, int >::type = 0 >
+    friend bool operator!=(const basic_json_view& a, const basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, M>& b)
     {
         return !(a == b);
     }
@@ -727,7 +731,7 @@ class basic_json_view
         {
             return BasicJsonType(value_t::discarded);
         }
-        return unedited() ? detail::view::materialize<BasicJsonType, false>(*m_doc, m_node) : detail::view::materialize<BasicJsonType, Editable>(*m_doc, m_node);
+        return unedited() ? detail::view::materialize<BasicJsonType, false>(*m_doc, m_node) : detail::view::materialize<BasicJsonType, is_editable>(*m_doc, m_node);
     }
 
     /// byte offset of this value in the source text (for strings: of the
@@ -740,8 +744,8 @@ class basic_json_view
     }
 
   private:
-    template<typename, bool> friend class basic_json_document;
-    template<typename, bool> friend class basic_json_view;
+    template<typename, view_mode> friend class basic_json_document;
+    template<typename, view_mode> friend class basic_json_view;
     template<typename, typename> friend class detail::view::editor;
     friend iterator;
 
@@ -757,11 +761,11 @@ class basic_json_view
     }
 
     /// the template argument as a runtime condition: testing it directly in
-    /// `Editable && ...` makes the condition constant, which MSVC reports as
+    /// `is_editable && ...` makes the condition constant, which MSVC reports as
     /// C4127
     static bool editable() noexcept
     {
-        return Editable;
+        return is_editable;
     }
 
     /// the number of source bytes of this value (estimated for values with
@@ -810,7 +814,7 @@ class basic_json_view
             const node* const k = detail::view::find_member<false>(*m_doc, m_node, key.data(), key.size());
             return k != nullptr ? basic_json_view(m_doc, k + 1) : basic_json_view();
         }
-        const node* const k = detail::view::find_member<Editable>(*m_doc, m_node, key.data(), key.size());
+        const node* const k = detail::view::find_member<is_editable>(*m_doc, m_node, key.data(), key.size());
         return k != nullptr ? basic_json_view(m_doc, navigation::value(k + 1)) : basic_json_view();
     }
 
@@ -824,7 +828,7 @@ class basic_json_view
     /// the member of this object with @a key (the last one if the key occurs more than once), or nullptr
     NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE const node* find_key(string_view_t key) const
     {
-        return find_key(key, std::integral_constant<bool, Editable> {});
+        return find_key(key, std::integral_constant<bool, is_editable> {});
     }
 
     NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE const node* find_key(string_view_t key, std::true_type /*editable*/) const
@@ -846,7 +850,7 @@ class basic_json_view
         {
             return basic_json_view(m_doc, detail::view::element_at<false>(*m_doc, m_node, idx));
         }
-        return basic_json_view(m_doc, navigation::value(detail::view::element_at<Editable>(*m_doc, m_node, idx)));
+        return basic_json_view(m_doc, navigation::value(detail::view::element_at<is_editable>(*m_doc, m_node, idx)));
     }
 
     // --- get() dispatch ---
@@ -952,16 +956,19 @@ Borrowed parses keep a pointer to the caller's text, which must outlive the
 document. Owned parses (parse_copy, rvalue std::string, streams, and inputs
 that are not contiguous byte ranges) keep their own copy.
 */
-template<typename BasicJsonType, bool Editable = false>
+template<typename BasicJsonType, view_mode Mode = view_mode::read_only>
 class basic_json_document
 {
+    /// whether the document can be edited
+    static constexpr bool is_editable = Mode == view_mode::editable;
+
     using document_data = detail::view::document_data;
 
     static_assert(sizeof(typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t) == 8 && sizeof(typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t) == 8,
                   "json_view supports 64-bit integer types only");
 
   public:
-    using view_type = basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, Editable>;
+    using view_type = basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, Mode>;
     using value_t = detail::value_t;
 
     /// an empty (discarded) document
@@ -1175,6 +1182,10 @@ class basic_json_document
     /// how load() checks an image (full, bounds, or none)
     using image_check = detail::view::image_check;
 
+#if NLOHMANN_VIEW_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+    // (the image format is little-endian: big-endian targets have no save()
+    // and load(), so that a call fails to compile instead of always throwing)
+
     /// The document as an image that load() reads without parsing: the node
     /// index, the text, and the decoded strings. An edited document is
     /// written in its current state (floats that are not finite become null,
@@ -1216,6 +1227,7 @@ class basic_json_document
         detail::view::load_image(*d.m_data, d.m_data->owned_image.data(), d.m_data->owned_image.size(), check);
         return d;
     }
+#endif
 
     ///////////
     // edits //
@@ -1357,7 +1369,7 @@ class basic_json_document
 
     detail::view::editor<BasicJsonType, view_type> editor()
     {
-        static_assert(Editable, "only an editable document can be edited: use basic_json_document<BasicJsonType, true> (json_editable_document)");
+        static_assert(is_editable, "only an editable document can be edited: use basic_json_document<BasicJsonType, view_mode::editable> (json_editable_document)");
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!m_data || m_data->discarded))
         {
             detail::view::throw_invalid_iterator(detail::exception_id::iterator_from_other_value, "view does not belong to this document");
@@ -1642,13 +1654,13 @@ using ordered_json_document = basic_json_document<ordered_json>;
 /// a value of an ordered_json_document
 using ordered_json_view = basic_json_view<ordered_json>;
 /// an editable parsed JSON text for json
-using json_editable_document = basic_json_document<json, true>;
+using json_editable_document = basic_json_document<json, view_mode::editable>;
 /// a value of a json_editable_document
-using json_editable_view = basic_json_view<json, true>;
+using json_editable_view = basic_json_view<json, view_mode::editable>;
 /// an editable parsed JSON text for ordered_json
-using ordered_json_editable_document = basic_json_document<ordered_json, true>;
+using ordered_json_editable_document = basic_json_document<ordered_json, view_mode::editable>;
 /// a value of an ordered_json_editable_document
-using ordered_json_editable_view = basic_json_view<ordered_json, true>;
+using ordered_json_editable_view = basic_json_view<ordered_json, view_mode::editable>;
 
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -5565,7 +5565,7 @@ enum class exception_id : int
     type_not_serializable = 317, ///< a value cannot be serialized to the requested binary format
     enum_key_duplicate = 318, ///< an enum-keyed map has two keys that serialize to the same string
     document_binary_value = 319, ///< a binary value is stored in a json_document
-    document_image_unsupported = 320, ///< a json_document image cannot be saved or loaded (discarded document, big-endian target)
+    document_image_unsupported = 320, ///< a discarded json_document cannot be saved as an image
     discarded_value_used = 321, ///< a discarded value is used
     // out_of_range
     array_index_out_of_range = 401, ///< an array index is out of range

single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp

@@ -239,9 +239,21 @@ struct node_flags
     static constexpr std::uint8_t linked = 32; ///< an entry of a moved sequence links to this value (editable documents): its extent in the parsed layout no longer matters
 };
 
-/// kind of an entry of an edited sequence that stands for a value stored
-/// elsewhere (the address of the value's node is kept in the len/next bytes)
-constexpr std::uint8_t kind_link = 10;
+/// the kind of a node: the value_t of its value, or link
+enum class node_kind : std::uint8_t
+{
+    null = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::null),
+    object = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object),
+    array = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::array),
+    string = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::string),
+    boolean = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::boolean),
+    number_integer = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_integer),
+    number_unsigned = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_unsigned),
+    number_float = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_float),
+    /// an entry of an edited sequence that stands for a value stored elsewhere
+    /// (the address of the value's node is kept in the len/next bytes)
+    link = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::discarded) + 1,
+};
 
 /// One entry of the flat index, in document order. An object's members are
 /// stored as key node followed by the value's subtree. Integers keep their
@@ -249,7 +261,7 @@ constexpr std::uint8_t kind_link = 10;
 /// always the next one, and the token length follows from `extra`).
 struct node
 {
-    std::uint8_t kind;   ///< value_t, or kind_link
+    node_kind kind;      ///< value_t, or link
     std::uint8_t flags;  ///< node_flags
     std::uint16_t extra; ///< numbers: integer digits (low byte) and fraction digits (high byte), 255 = "many"; objects: number of the object's key hash index (1-based, 0 = none); otherwise 0
     std::uint32_t off;   ///< source offset (string content, number token, literal, bracket); arena offset if escaped/edited; number of the element sequence if moved
@@ -258,8 +270,9 @@ struct node
 };
 static_assert(sizeof(node) == 16, "node must stay 16 bytes");
 
-// the node kinds are value_t values; the test below (object and array are 1
-// and 2) and those of the number kinds depend on this numbering
+// the node kinds are value_t values, and images store them as bytes; the test
+// below (object and array are 1 and 2) and those of the number kinds depend
+// on this numbering
 static_assert(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::null) == 0 && static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object) == 1
               && static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::array) == 2 && static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::string) == 3
               && static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::boolean) == 4 && static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_integer) == 5
@@ -284,7 +297,7 @@ inline void make_link(node& n, node* target) noexcept
 {
     target->flags = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(target->flags | node_flags::linked);
     n = node{};
-    n.kind = kind_link;
+    n.kind = node_kind::link;
     std::memcpy(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&n) + 8, static_cast<const void*>(&target), sizeof(const node*)); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
 }
 
@@ -314,8 +327,8 @@ NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE void set_integer_bits(node& n, std::uint64_t v) noex
 /// token length of a number node
 NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE std::uint32_t number_length(const node& n) noexcept
 {
-    return n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_float) ? n.len
-           : (n.extra & 0xFFu) + (n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_integer) ? 1u : 0u);
+    return n.kind == node_kind::number_float ? n.len
+           : (n.extra & 0xFFu) + (n.kind == node_kind::number_integer ? 1u : 0u);
 }
 
 /// estimated number of nodes for an input of `size` bytes (one node per ~12
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ struct document_data
     /// following loads.
     static NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE const node* deref(const node* n) noexcept
     {
-        return NLOHMANN_VIEW_LIKELY(n->kind != kind_link) ? n : follow_link(n);
+        return NLOHMANN_VIEW_LIKELY(n->kind != node_kind::link) ? n : follow_link(n);
     }
 
     static NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE const node* follow_link(const node* n) noexcept
@@ -2169,7 +2182,7 @@ indent_done:
             std::memcpy(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(n), &first, 8);
             std::memcpy(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(n) + 8, &second, 8);
 #else
-            n->kind = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(k);
+            n->kind = static_cast<node_kind>(k);
             n->flags = flags;
             n->extra = extra;
             n->off = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(off);
@@ -3001,7 +3014,7 @@ NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 // live in chunks that never move; strings and number tokens written by edits
 // live in the edit arena. An array/object whose elements change gets
 // node_flags::moved: its elements then live in a separate sequence (a header
-// node, then the entries), whose entries link to the values (kind_link).
+// node, then the entries), whose entries link to the values (node_kind::link).
 
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 namespace detail
@@ -3159,7 +3172,7 @@ inline node* block_of(document_data& d, node* n, std::size_t extra)
         return nh;
     }
     reserve_moved(d); // (so that set_moved() below cannot throw: the links are marked before)
-    const bool object = n->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object);
+    const bool object = n->kind == node_kind::object;
     const std::size_t used = 1 + (static_cast<std::size_t>(n->len) * (object ? 2 : 1));
     const std::size_t cap = used + extra;
     node* const h = alloc_nodes(d, cap);
@@ -3225,7 +3238,7 @@ inline node* find_parent(const document_data& d, const node* target)
         {
             return nullptr; // LCOV_EXCL_LINE (the value is inside c)
         }
-        const bool object = c->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object);
+        const bool object = c->kind == node_kind::object;
         const node* down = nullptr;
         for (const node* p = d.first_child_edited(c), *e = d.child_end_edited(c); p != e;)
         {
@@ -3692,7 +3705,7 @@ const node* element_at(const document_data& d, const node* array, std::size_t id
 template<bool Editable>
 const node* last_child(const document_data& d, const node* container) noexcept
 {
-    const std::size_t value_offset = container->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object) ? 1 : 0;
+    const std::size_t value_offset = container->kind == node_kind::object ? 1 : 0;
     const node* const end = navigation<Editable>::end(d, container);
     const node* last = navigation<Editable>::first(d, container);
     if (value_offset == 0 && container->next == container->len + 1u && (!navigation<Editable>::editable() || (container->flags & node_flags::moved) == 0))
@@ -3714,12 +3727,38 @@ NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/view/node.hpp>
 
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/view/view_mode.hpp>
+//     __ _____ _____ _____
+//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++
+// |  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 3.12.0
+// |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
+//
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013-2026 Niels Lohmann <https://nlohmann.me>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+
+
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t
+
+// #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
-template<typename BasicJsonType, bool Editable>
+/// whether a basic_json_document and its views can be edited
+enum class view_mode : std::uint8_t
+{
+    read_only, ///< parsed once, then only read (the default)
+    editable,  ///< also has set(), push_back(), insert(), and erase()
+};
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, view_mode Mode>
 class basic_json_view;
 
+NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
+
+
+NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+
 namespace detail
 {
 namespace view
@@ -3808,13 +3847,13 @@ class editor
     View set(const View& object, string_view_t key, V&& value)
     {
         node* const o = own(object);
-        if (o->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object) && o->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::null))
+        if (o->kind != node_kind::object && o->kind != node_kind::null)
         {
             throw_type_error(exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with ", object.type_name());
         }
         check_utf8(key.data(), key.size());
         const encoded e = encode(std::forward<V>(value));
-        if (o->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::null))
+        if (o->kind == node_kind::null)
         {
             become_empty(o, value_t::object);
         }
@@ -3859,7 +3898,7 @@ class editor
     View set(const View& array, std::size_t idx, V&& value)
     {
         node* const a = own(array);
-        if (a->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::array))
+        if (a->kind != node_kind::array)
         {
             throw_type_error(exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with ", array.type_name());
         }
@@ -3876,12 +3915,12 @@ class editor
     View push_back(const View& array, V&& value)
     {
         node* const a = own(array);
-        if (a->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::array) && a->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::null))
+        if (a->kind != node_kind::array && a->kind != node_kind::null)
         {
             throw_type_error(exception_id::push_back_wrong_type, "cannot use push_back() with ", array.type_name());
         }
         const encoded e = encode(std::forward<V>(value));
-        if (a->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::null))
+        if (a->kind == node_kind::null)
         {
             become_empty(a, value_t::array);
         }
@@ -3900,7 +3939,7 @@ class editor
     View insert(const View& array, std::size_t idx, V&& value)
     {
         node* const a = own(array);
-        if (a->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::array))
+        if (a->kind != node_kind::array)
         {
             throw_type_error(exception_id::insert_wrong_type, "cannot use insert() with ", array.type_name());
         }
@@ -3920,7 +3959,7 @@ class editor
     std::size_t erase(const View& object, string_view_t key)
     {
         node* const o = own(object);
-        if (o->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object))
+        if (o->kind != node_kind::object)
         {
             throw_type_error(exception_id::erase_wrong_type, "cannot use erase() with ", object.type_name());
         }
@@ -3938,7 +3977,7 @@ class editor
     void erase(const View& array, std::size_t idx)
     {
         node* const a = own(array);
-        if (a->kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::array))
+        if (a->kind != node_kind::array)
         {
             throw_type_error(exception_id::erase_wrong_type, "cannot use erase() with ", array.type_name());
         }
@@ -4016,7 +4055,7 @@ class editor
     {
         const std::uint8_t linked = n->flags & node_flags::linked;
         *n = node{};
-        n->kind = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(k);
+        n->kind = static_cast<node_kind>(k);
         n->flags = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(node_flags::is_new | linked);
         n->next = 1;
     }
@@ -4093,8 +4132,8 @@ class editor
     template<typename T>
     struct is_view : std::false_type {};
 
-    template<typename J, bool E>
-    struct is_view<basic_json_view<J, E>> : std::true_type {};
+    template<typename J, view_mode M>
+    struct is_view<basic_json_view<J, M>> : std::true_type {};
 
     template<typename V>
     encoded encode(V&& v)
@@ -4109,8 +4148,8 @@ class editor
     }
 
     /// a view of any document (copied; nothing is shared with it)
-    template<typename J, bool E>
-    encoded encode_impl(const basic_json_view<J, E>& v, encode_tag<0> /*view*/)
+    template<typename J, view_mode M>
+    encoded encode_impl(const basic_json_view<J, M>& v, encode_tag<0> /*view*/)
     {
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(v.m_node == nullptr))
         {
@@ -4122,8 +4161,8 @@ class editor
             r.scalar = copy_scalar(*v.m_doc, *v.m_node);
             return r;
         }
-        r.region = alloc_nodes(m_doc, count_nodes<E>(*v.m_doc, v.m_node));
-        fill_nodes<E>(*v.m_doc, v.m_node, r.region);
+        r.region = alloc_nodes(m_doc, count_nodes<M == view_mode::editable>(*v.m_doc, v.m_node));
+        fill_nodes<M == view_mode::editable>(*v.m_doc, v.m_node, r.region);
         edit_state_of(m_doc).regions.emplace(r.region, nullptr);
         return r;
     }
@@ -4184,7 +4223,7 @@ class editor
     static node plain_node(value_t k) noexcept
     {
         node n{};
-        n.kind = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(k);
+        n.kind = static_cast<node_kind>(k);
         n.flags = node_flags::is_new;
         return n;
     }
@@ -4369,7 +4408,7 @@ class editor
             ++r;
             if (is_container(*n))
             {
-                open.push_back(frame{walk::first(d, n), walk::end(d, n), n->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object)});
+                open.push_back(frame{walk::first(d, n), walk::end(d, n), n->kind == node_kind::object});
             }
             // the next value: close finished containers, then step over the key
             for (;;)
@@ -4418,7 +4457,7 @@ class editor
                 node* const self = out++;
                 *self = plain_node(static_cast<value_t>(n->kind));
                 self->len = n->len;
-                open.push_back(frame{walk::first(d, n), walk::end(d, n), n->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object), self});
+                open.push_back(frame{walk::first(d, n), walk::end(d, n), n->kind == node_kind::object, self});
             }
             else
             {
@@ -4903,7 +4942,7 @@ inline void compact_nodes(const document_data& d, std::size_t arena_size, std::v
                 r.off = (v->flags & (node_flags::moved | node_flags::is_new)) != 0 ? 0 : v->off;
                 r.len = 0;  // counted below
                 r.next = 0; // set when the container is complete
-                stack.push_back(frame{d.first_child_edited(v), d.child_end_edited(v), out.size(), 0, v->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object)});
+                stack.push_back(frame{d.first_child_edited(v), d.child_end_edited(v), out.size(), 0, v->kind == node_kind::object});
                 break;
             case value_t::string:
                 r = string_node(*v);
@@ -4924,7 +4963,7 @@ inline void compact_nodes(const document_data& d, std::size_t arena_size, std::v
                     if (t[0] == 'n' || t[0] == 'i' || (v->len > 1 && t[1] == 'i'))
                     {
                         r = node{}; // nan and infinity: null, as dump() writes them
-                        r.kind = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::null);
+                        r.kind = node_kind::null;
                         break;
                     }
                     r.off = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(d.size + text_tail.size());
@@ -4968,12 +5007,10 @@ inline void compact_nodes(const document_data& d, std::size_t arena_size, std::v
     }
 }
 
+#if NLOHMANN_VIEW_LITTLE_ENDIAN // (the image format is little-endian: no save() elsewhere)
 /// the document as an image
 inline std::vector<std::uint8_t> save_image(const document_data& d)
 {
-#if !NLOHMANN_VIEW_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-    throw_type_error(exception_id::document_image_unsupported, "json_document images need a little-endian target"); // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
-#endif
     const std::size_t arena_size = d.arena_size;
     std::vector<node> compacted;
     std::string text_tail;
@@ -5007,7 +5044,7 @@ inline std::vector<std::uint8_t> save_image(const document_data& d)
     // extra of an object, and the same document saves to the same bytes
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i)
     {
-        if (nodes[i].kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object) && nodes[i].extra != 0)
+        if (nodes[i].kind == node_kind::object && nodes[i].extra != 0)
         {
             std::memset(o + (i * sizeof(node)) + offsetof(node, extra), 0, sizeof(nodes[i].extra));
         }
@@ -5029,6 +5066,7 @@ inline std::vector<std::uint8_t> save_image(const document_data& d)
     *o = 0;
     return image;
 }
+#endif
 
 /// the parts of a number token that the checks need
 struct number_token
@@ -5123,7 +5161,7 @@ inline bool float_token_finite(const unsigned char* s, std::size_t len, const nu
     if (static_cast<std::int64_t>(t.int_digits) + t.exponent > 300)
     {
         node n{};
-        n.kind = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_float);
+        n.kind = node_kind::number_float;
         n.len = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(len);
         const auto v = float_value<double>(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(s), n); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
         return v <= (std::numeric_limits<double>::max)() && v >= -(std::numeric_limits<double>::max)();
@@ -5144,7 +5182,7 @@ inline bool check_integer(const node& n, const unsigned char* text)
     }
     // the token's value is the stored one; number_integer nodes of edits can
     // be non-negative (as basic_json keeps the type of a value)
-    const bool integer = n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_integer);
+    const bool integer = n.kind == node_kind::number_integer;
     if (t.is_float || t.int_digits > 20 || (t.negative && !integer))
     {
         return false;
@@ -5326,7 +5364,7 @@ inline bool check_image(const node* nodes, std::size_t count, const unsigned cha
         {
             return false;
         }
-        if (n.kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_float))
+        if (n.kind != node_kind::number_float)
         {
             return (n.extra >> 8u) == 0;
         }
@@ -5367,7 +5405,7 @@ inline bool check_image(const node* nodes, std::size_t count, const unsigned cha
         const node& n = nodes[i];
         if (!stack.empty() && stack.back().object && stack.back().expect_key)
         {
-            if (n.kind != static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::string) || !check_string(n))
+            if (n.kind != node_kind::string || !check_string(n))
             {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -5408,7 +5446,7 @@ inline bool check_image(const node* nodes, std::size_t count, const unsigned cha
                 {
                     // (the contents of float tokens are checked later; the token of an
                     // integer has at most 256 characters)
-                    if (n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::number_float))
+                    if (n.kind == node_kind::number_float)
                     {
                         floats.push_back(float_range{n.off, n.len, n.extra});
                     }
@@ -5426,7 +5464,7 @@ inline bool check_image(const node* nodes, std::size_t count, const unsigned cha
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
-                stack.push_back(frame{i + n.next, n.len, 0, n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object), true});
+                stack.push_back(frame{i + n.next, n.len, 0, n.kind == node_kind::object, true});
                 complete = false;
                 break;
             }
@@ -5449,13 +5487,11 @@ inline bool check_image(const node* nodes, std::size_t count, const unsigned cha
     throw_parse_error(exception_id::invalid_document_image, concat("invalid json_document image: ", what));
 }
 
+#if NLOHMANN_VIEW_LITTLE_ENDIAN // (the image format is little-endian: no load() elsewhere)
 /// Read an image into d. The text and the decoded strings stay in the image;
 /// the nodes are copied (so that they are aligned, and edits can change them).
 inline void load_image(document_data& d, const std::uint8_t* image, std::size_t size, image_check check)
 {
-#if !NLOHMANN_VIEW_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-    throw_type_error(exception_id::document_image_unsupported, "json_document images need a little-endian target"); // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
-#endif
     if (image == nullptr || size < sizeof(image_header))
     {
         throw_invalid_image("too short");
@@ -5515,7 +5551,7 @@ inline void load_image(document_data& d, const std::uint8_t* image, std::size_t
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i)
     {
         const node& n = d.nodes[i];
-        if (n.kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object) && n.len >= document_data::index_min_members)
+        if (n.kind == node_kind::object && n.len >= document_data::index_min_members)
         {
             d.large_objects.push_back(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(i));
         }
@@ -5524,6 +5560,7 @@ inline void load_image(document_data& d, const std::uint8_t* image, std::size_t
     std::vector<std::uint32_t>().swap(d.large_objects); // (only needed while building)
     d.discarded = false;
 }
+#endif
 
 }  // namespace view
 }  // namespace detail
@@ -6108,7 +6145,7 @@ BasicJsonType materialize(const document_data& d, const node* n)
             case value_t::object:
             case value_t::array:
             {
-                const bool object = n->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object);
+                const bool object = n->kind == node_kind::object;
                 if (object)
                 {
                     sax.start_object(n->len);
@@ -7222,7 +7259,7 @@ class view_serializer
                 case value_t::object:
                 case value_t::array:
                 {
-                    const bool object = n->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object);
+                    const bool object = n->kind == node_kind::object;
                     room(8);
                     if (n->len == 0)
                     {
@@ -7773,6 +7810,8 @@ struct is_direct_value<std::unordered_map<K, V, H, E, A>, BasicJsonType, View> :
 }  // namespace detail
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/view/view_mode.hpp>
+
 
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
@@ -7782,13 +7821,16 @@ NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 Trivially copyable (two pointers). Valid as long as the document is alive and
 has not been re-parsed, and as long as a borrowed source text is alive.
 */
-template<typename BasicJsonType, bool Editable = false>
+template<typename BasicJsonType, view_mode Mode = view_mode::read_only>
 class basic_json_view
 {
+    /// whether this is a view of an editable document
+    static constexpr bool is_editable = Mode == view_mode::editable;
+
     using node = detail::view::node;
     using document_data = detail::view::document_data;
     /// how the index is walked (with edits only for editable documents)
-    using navigation = detail::view::navigation<Editable>;
+    using navigation = detail::view::navigation<is_editable>;
 
   public:
     using value_t = detail::value_t;
@@ -8135,7 +8177,7 @@ class basic_json_view
         if (is_structured() && m_node->len != 0)
         {
             return unedited() ? basic_json_view(m_doc, detail::view::last_child<false>(*m_doc, m_node) + (is_object() ? 1 : 0))
-                   : basic_json_view(m_doc, navigation::value(detail::view::last_child<Editable>(*m_doc, m_node) + (is_object() ? 1 : 0)));
+                   : basic_json_view(m_doc, navigation::value(detail::view::last_child<is_editable>(*m_doc, m_node) + (is_object() ? 1 : 0)));
         }
         return front();
     }
@@ -8193,7 +8235,7 @@ class basic_json_view
     /// more than once); 0 if this is not an object
     size_type count(string_view_t key) const
     {
-        return is_object() ? detail::view::count_members<Editable>(*m_doc, m_node, key.data(), key.size()) : 0;
+        return is_object() ? detail::view::count_members<is_editable>(*m_doc, m_node, key.data(), key.size()) : 0;
     }
 
     size_type count(const char* key) const
@@ -8335,7 +8377,7 @@ class basic_json_view
         }
         else
         {
-            detail::view::view_serializer<BasicJsonType, Editable>(*m_doc, out, estimate, style).dump(m_node);
+            detail::view::view_serializer<BasicJsonType, is_editable>(*m_doc, out, estimate, style).dump(m_node);
         }
         return out;
     }
@@ -8371,14 +8413,14 @@ class basic_json_view
     }
 
     /// a view of an editable document compares with one of a read-only document
-    template < bool E, typename std::enable_if < E != Editable, int >::type = 0 >
-    friend bool operator==(const basic_json_view& a, const basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, E>& b)
+    template < view_mode M, typename std::enable_if < M != Mode, int >::type = 0 >
+    friend bool operator==(const basic_json_view& a, const basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, M>& b)
     {
-        return detail::view::equal<BasicJsonType>(side(a), detail::view::view_side<BasicJsonType, basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, E>>(b));
+        return detail::view::equal<BasicJsonType>(side(a), detail::view::view_side<BasicJsonType, basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, M>>(b));
     }
 
-    template < bool E, typename std::enable_if < E != Editable, int >::type = 0 >
-    friend bool operator!=(const basic_json_view& a, const basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, E>& b)
+    template < view_mode M, typename std::enable_if < M != Mode, int >::type = 0 >
+    friend bool operator!=(const basic_json_view& a, const basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, M>& b)
     {
         return !(a == b);
     }
@@ -8416,7 +8458,7 @@ class basic_json_view
         {
             return BasicJsonType(value_t::discarded);
         }
-        return unedited() ? detail::view::materialize<BasicJsonType, false>(*m_doc, m_node) : detail::view::materialize<BasicJsonType, Editable>(*m_doc, m_node);
+        return unedited() ? detail::view::materialize<BasicJsonType, false>(*m_doc, m_node) : detail::view::materialize<BasicJsonType, is_editable>(*m_doc, m_node);
     }
 
     /// byte offset of this value in the source text (for strings: of the
@@ -8429,8 +8471,8 @@ class basic_json_view
     }
 
   private:
-    template<typename, bool> friend class basic_json_document;
-    template<typename, bool> friend class basic_json_view;
+    template<typename, view_mode> friend class basic_json_document;
+    template<typename, view_mode> friend class basic_json_view;
     template<typename, typename> friend class detail::view::editor;
     friend iterator;
 
@@ -8446,11 +8488,11 @@ class basic_json_view
     }
 
     /// the template argument as a runtime condition: testing it directly in
-    /// `Editable && ...` makes the condition constant, which MSVC reports as
+    /// `is_editable && ...` makes the condition constant, which MSVC reports as
     /// C4127
     static bool editable() noexcept
     {
-        return Editable;
+        return is_editable;
     }
 
     /// the number of source bytes of this value (estimated for values with
@@ -8499,7 +8541,7 @@ class basic_json_view
             const node* const k = detail::view::find_member<false>(*m_doc, m_node, key.data(), key.size());
             return k != nullptr ? basic_json_view(m_doc, k + 1) : basic_json_view();
         }
-        const node* const k = detail::view::find_member<Editable>(*m_doc, m_node, key.data(), key.size());
+        const node* const k = detail::view::find_member<is_editable>(*m_doc, m_node, key.data(), key.size());
         return k != nullptr ? basic_json_view(m_doc, navigation::value(k + 1)) : basic_json_view();
     }
 
@@ -8513,7 +8555,7 @@ class basic_json_view
     /// the member of this object with @a key (the last one if the key occurs more than once), or nullptr
     NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE const node* find_key(string_view_t key) const
     {
-        return find_key(key, std::integral_constant<bool, Editable> {});
+        return find_key(key, std::integral_constant<bool, is_editable> {});
     }
 
     NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE const node* find_key(string_view_t key, std::true_type /*editable*/) const
@@ -8535,7 +8577,7 @@ class basic_json_view
         {
             return basic_json_view(m_doc, detail::view::element_at<false>(*m_doc, m_node, idx));
         }
-        return basic_json_view(m_doc, navigation::value(detail::view::element_at<Editable>(*m_doc, m_node, idx)));
+        return basic_json_view(m_doc, navigation::value(detail::view::element_at<is_editable>(*m_doc, m_node, idx)));
     }
 
     // --- get() dispatch ---
@@ -8641,16 +8683,19 @@ Borrowed parses keep a pointer to the caller's text, which must outlive the
 document. Owned parses (parse_copy, rvalue std::string, streams, and inputs
 that are not contiguous byte ranges) keep their own copy.
 */
-template<typename BasicJsonType, bool Editable = false>
+template<typename BasicJsonType, view_mode Mode = view_mode::read_only>
 class basic_json_document
 {
+    /// whether the document can be edited
+    static constexpr bool is_editable = Mode == view_mode::editable;
+
     using document_data = detail::view::document_data;
 
     static_assert(sizeof(typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t) == 8 && sizeof(typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t) == 8,
                   "json_view supports 64-bit integer types only");
 
   public:
-    using view_type = basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, Editable>;
+    using view_type = basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, Mode>;
     using value_t = detail::value_t;
 
     /// an empty (discarded) document
@@ -8864,6 +8909,10 @@ class basic_json_document
     /// how load() checks an image (full, bounds, or none)
     using image_check = detail::view::image_check;
 
+#if NLOHMANN_VIEW_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+    // (the image format is little-endian: big-endian targets have no save()
+    // and load(), so that a call fails to compile instead of always throwing)
+
     /// The document as an image that load() reads without parsing: the node
     /// index, the text, and the decoded strings. An edited document is
     /// written in its current state (floats that are not finite become null,
@@ -8905,6 +8954,7 @@ class basic_json_document
         detail::view::load_image(*d.m_data, d.m_data->owned_image.data(), d.m_data->owned_image.size(), check);
         return d;
     }
+#endif
 
     ///////////
     // edits //
@@ -9046,7 +9096,7 @@ class basic_json_document
 
     detail::view::editor<BasicJsonType, view_type> editor()
     {
-        static_assert(Editable, "only an editable document can be edited: use basic_json_document<BasicJsonType, true> (json_editable_document)");
+        static_assert(is_editable, "only an editable document can be edited: use basic_json_document<BasicJsonType, view_mode::editable> (json_editable_document)");
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!m_data || m_data->discarded))
         {
             detail::view::throw_invalid_iterator(detail::exception_id::iterator_from_other_value, "view does not belong to this document");
@@ -9331,13 +9381,13 @@ using ordered_json_document = basic_json_document<ordered_json>;
 /// a value of an ordered_json_document
 using ordered_json_view = basic_json_view<ordered_json>;
 /// an editable parsed JSON text for json
-using json_editable_document = basic_json_document<json, true>;
+using json_editable_document = basic_json_document<json, view_mode::editable>;
 /// a value of a json_editable_document
-using json_editable_view = basic_json_view<json, true>;
+using json_editable_view = basic_json_view<json, view_mode::editable>;
 /// an editable parsed JSON text for ordered_json
-using ordered_json_editable_document = basic_json_document<ordered_json, true>;
+using ordered_json_editable_document = basic_json_document<ordered_json, view_mode::editable>;
 /// a value of an ordered_json_editable_document
-using ordered_json_editable_view = basic_json_view<ordered_json, true>;
+using ordered_json_editable_view = basic_json_view<ordered_json, view_mode::editable>;
 
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 

tests/src/unit-json_view_builder.cpp

@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view node integer bits")
                 })
         {
             CAPTURE(v)
-            n.kind = 0x5A;
+            n.kind = static_cast<nlohmann::detail::view::node_kind>(0x5A);
             n.flags = 0xA5;
             n.extra = 0x1234;
             n.off = 0x89ABCDEFu;
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view node integer bits")
             CHECK(n.len == static_cast<std::uint32_t>(v));
             CHECK(n.next == static_cast<std::uint32_t>(v >> 32));
             // the other fields are untouched
-            CHECK(n.kind == 0x5A);
+            CHECK(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(n.kind) == 0x5A);
             CHECK(n.flags == 0xA5);
             CHECK(n.extra == 0x1234);
             CHECK(n.off == 0x89ABCDEFu);

tests/src/unit-json_view_edit_values.cpp

@@ -26,12 +26,79 @@ using nlohmann::json_editable_view;
 #include <limits>
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
+#include <type_traits>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
 // These tests were split off unit-json_view_edit.cpp, whose object file got too
 // large for the MinGW linker (see json_view_test_helpers.hpp).
 
+namespace
+{
+// the three ways a function can accept views: editable ones, read-only ones, or both
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+int accepts_editable(nlohmann::basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, nlohmann::view_mode::editable> /*unused*/)
+{
+    return 1;
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+int accepts_read_only(nlohmann::basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, nlohmann::view_mode::read_only> /*unused*/)
+{
+    return 2;
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, nlohmann::view_mode Mode>
+int accepts_any(nlohmann::basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, Mode> /*unused*/)
+{
+    return Mode == nlohmann::view_mode::editable ? 3 : 4;
+}
+
+template<typename View>
+auto overload(View v) -> decltype(accepts_editable(v))
+{
+    return accepts_editable(v);
+}
+
+template<typename View>
+auto overload(View v) -> decltype(accepts_read_only(v))
+{
+    return accepts_read_only(v);
+}
+} // namespace
+
+TEST_CASE("json_view modes")
+{
+    using nlohmann::basic_json_document;
+    using nlohmann::basic_json_view;
+    using nlohmann::ordered_json;
+    using nlohmann::view_mode;
+
+    SECTION("read-only is the default, and the shortcuts name the modes")
+    {
+        static_assert(std::is_same<basic_json_view<json>, basic_json_view<json, view_mode::read_only>>::value, "default mode");
+        static_assert(std::is_same<basic_json_document<json>, basic_json_document<json, view_mode::read_only>>::value, "default mode");
+        static_assert(std::is_same<nlohmann::json_view, basic_json_view<json, view_mode::read_only>>::value, "json_view");
+        static_assert(std::is_same<json_editable_view, basic_json_view<json, view_mode::editable>>::value, "json_editable_view");
+        static_assert(std::is_same<json_editable_document, basic_json_document<json, view_mode::editable>>::value, "json_editable_document");
+        static_assert(std::is_same<nlohmann::ordered_json_editable_view, basic_json_view<ordered_json, view_mode::editable>>::value, "ordered_json_editable_view");
+        static_assert(std::is_same<json_editable_document::view_type, json_editable_view>::value, "view_type");
+        static_assert(std::is_same<json_document::view_type, nlohmann::json_view>::value, "view_type");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("a function template selects views by their mode")
+    {
+        const json_document d = json_document::parse("[1]");
+        const json_editable_document e = json_editable_document::parse("[1]");
+        const nlohmann::ordered_json_editable_document o = nlohmann::ordered_json_editable_document::parse("[1]");
+        CHECK(overload(e.root()) == 1);
+        CHECK(overload(o.root()) == 1);
+        CHECK(overload(d.root()) == 2);
+        CHECK(accepts_any(e.root()) == 3);
+        CHECK(accepts_any(d.root()) == 4);
+    }
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("json_view edits: views and values")
 {
     SECTION("a value that is no longer part of the document")
@@ -100,7 +167,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view edits: views and values")
         // doubles have their own path to the output; other float types are
         // written as basic_json writes them, non-finite values as null
         using json_float = nlohmann::basic_json<std::map, std::vector, std::string, bool, std::int64_t, std::uint64_t, float>;
-        using document_float = nlohmann::basic_json_document<json_float, true>;
+        using document_float = nlohmann::basic_json_document<json_float, nlohmann::view_mode::editable>;
         document_float d = document_float::parse("[1.5]");
         d.push_back(d.root(), std::numeric_limits<float>::quiet_NaN());
         d.push_back(d.root(), -std::numeric_limits<float>::infinity());

tests/src/unit-json_view_image.cpp

@@ -28,11 +28,25 @@ using nlohmann::detail::view::node;
 #include <random>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
+#include <type_traits>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <test_data.hpp>
 
+namespace json_view_image_test
+{
+// whether a document type has save() and load() (only on little-endian targets)
+template<typename T, typename = void>
+struct has_save : std::false_type {};
+template<typename T>
+struct has_save<T, decltype(static_cast<void>(std::declval<const T&>().save()))> : std::true_type {};
+template<typename T, typename = void>
+struct has_load : std::false_type {};
+template<typename T>
+struct has_load<T, decltype(static_cast<void>(T::load(std::declval<const std::vector<std::uint8_t>&>())))> : std::true_type {};
+} // namespace json_view_image_test
+
 #if !(defined(__BYTE_ORDER__) && defined(__ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__) && __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__)
 
 namespace
@@ -171,6 +185,9 @@ std::uint32_t rng()
 
 TEST_CASE("json_view images: round trips")
 {
+    static_assert(json_view_image_test::has_save<json_document>::value && json_view_image_test::has_load<json_document>::value, "save() and load() on a little-endian target");
+    static_assert(json_view_image_test::has_save<ordered_json_editable_document>::value && json_view_image_test::has_load<ordered_json_editable_document>::value, "save() and load() on a little-endian target");
+
     SECTION("small documents")
     {
         for (const char* text :
@@ -480,7 +497,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view images: edited documents")
             {
                 CAPTURE(i)
                 CHECK((node_at(image, i).flags & nlohmann::detail::view::node_flags::linked) == 0);
-                CHECK(node_at(image, i).kind != nlohmann::detail::view::kind_link);
+                CHECK((node_at(image, i).kind != nlohmann::detail::view::node_kind::link));
             }
             for (const image_check check :
                     {
@@ -810,13 +827,13 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view images: check")
         {
             rejected(corrupted(image, 12, [&](node & n)
             {
-                n.kind = kind;
+                n.kind = static_cast<nlohmann::detail::view::node_kind>(kind);
             }), true);
         }
         // a key that is not a string
         rejected(corrupted(image, 1, [](node & n)
         {
-            n.kind = 0;
+            n.kind = nlohmann::detail::view::node_kind::null;
             n.len = 0;
             n.off = 0;
         }), true);
@@ -960,11 +977,11 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view images: check")
         }), true);
         rejected(corrupted(image, 0, [](node & n)
         {
-            n.kind = 2; // an array: the "keys" are values, and the counts do not match
+            n.kind = nlohmann::detail::view::node_kind::array; // an array: the "keys" are values, and the counts do not match
         }), true);
         const std::vector<std::uint8_t> as_array = corrupted(image, 16, [](node & n)
         {
-            n.kind = 2; // {} as []: fine
+            n.kind = nlohmann::detail::view::node_kind::array; // {} as []: fine
         });
         CHECK(load_result(as_array, image_check::full).empty());
         const std::string expected_dump = R"({"s":"x\"y","i":-12,"u":7,"f":1.5e+300,"b":true,"n":null,"a":["t",[]]})";
@@ -1013,13 +1030,13 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view images: check")
         rejected(at_token(u6, 0, '8'), false);      // 8 != 7
         rejected(corrupted(image, 4, [](node & n)
         {
-            n.kind = 6; // "-12" as unsigned: a sign
+            n.kind = nlohmann::detail::view::node_kind::number_unsigned; // "-12" as unsigned: a sign
             n.extra = 3;
         }), false);
         // a non-negative number_integer (as edits write it): fine
         const std::vector<std::uint8_t> positive = corrupted(image, 6, [](node & n)
         {
-            n.kind = 5;
+            n.kind = nlohmann::detail::view::node_kind::number_integer;
             n.extra = 0;
         });
         CHECK(load_result(positive, image_check::full).empty());
@@ -1027,7 +1044,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view images: check")
         CHECK(pos.root()["u"].is_number_integer());
         rejected(corrupted(image, 8, [](node & n)
         {
-            n.kind = 6; // a float token as integer
+            n.kind = nlohmann::detail::view::node_kind::number_unsigned; // a float token as integer
             n.extra = 7;
         }), false);
     }
@@ -1197,7 +1214,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view images: check")
         {
             std::vector<std::uint8_t> b = img;
             node n = node_at(b, i);
-            n.kind = kind;
+            n.kind = static_cast<nlohmann::detail::view::node_kind>(kind);
             n.extra = extra;
             set_node(b, i, n);
             return load_result(b, image_check::full);
@@ -1275,8 +1292,12 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view images: damaged images")
 
 TEST_CASE("json_view images: big-endian targets")
 {
+    // the image format is little-endian: save() and load() do not exist here
+    static_assert(!json_view_image_test::has_save<json_document>::value, "no save() on a big-endian target");
+    static_assert(!json_view_image_test::has_load<json_document>::value, "no load() on a big-endian target");
+    static_assert(!json_view_image_test::has_save<json_editable_document>::value, "no save() on a big-endian target");
     const json_document d = json_document::parse("[1]");
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.save(), "[json.exception.type_error.320] json_document images need a little-endian target", json::type_error&);
+    CHECK(d.root().size() == 1);
 }
 
 #endif