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Niels LohmannandClaude Opus 4.8 95662c8b0c Buffer serializer output and add ensure_ascii string fast path
Two further serialization speedups on top of the ensure_ascii=false bulk
copy, both reusing the SWAR primitives in detail/input/string_scan.hpp.

1. Internal write buffer (devirtualization). Every structural character
   ('{', '"', ',', ...) previously went straight to the output adapter
   through a virtual call. Route all writes through put_char/put_chars
   into a 1 KiB buffer that flushes in bulk; the public dump() flushes
   once the top-level value is done (the recursive worker is split out as
   dump_internal). Runs larger than the buffer are written straight
   through, so large payloads are not copied twice. This is the dominant
   cost for object/array-heavy values.

2. ensure_ascii fast path. dump_escaped previously ran the UTF-8 DFA over
   every byte when escaping non-ASCII. Add find_ascii_copyable_run() (a
   SWAR scan stopping at '"', '\\', < 0x20, 0x7F, and >= 0x80) so runs of
   printable ASCII are bulk-copied, with the byte path handling each
   escape/non-ASCII byte exactly as before.

Behavior is unchanged: dump output is byte-for-byte identical to the
previous implementation across ~20k randomized byte strings plus curated
edge cases (all escapes, control chars, 0x7F, valid multibyte,
surrogates, overlong, truncated), for object/array/pretty output, both
ensure_ascii settings, and all three error handlers, in C++11/17/20 at
-O2/-O3. New unit tests cover the buffer flush boundaries, the escape and
0x7F handling, multibyte under both settings, and invalid-UTF-8 handling.

Throughput (g++ -O3, vs the ensure_ascii=false-only baseline):
  long ASCII, ensure_ascii=0   4.2x
  long ASCII, ensure_ascii=1   4.1x
  twitter-like objects         2.7x
  dense CJK                    1.8x

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XAYM1qhSA2FDaDcGfPW3fG
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-07-20 22:54:16 +00:00

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// __ _____ _____ _____
// __| | __| | | | 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 <cstddef> // size_t
#include <cstdint> // uint64_t
#include <cstring> // memcpy
#if defined(JSON_USE_SIMDUTF)
// Optional SIMD backend for bulk UTF-8 validation. This is an opt-in
// external dependency: nlohmann/json itself stays header-only and the C++11
// scalar validator below is always available; defining JSON_USE_SIMDUTF
// additionally requires the simdutf headers on the include path and linking
// the simdutf library. See string_bulk_run().
#include <simdutf.h>
#endif
#include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
// This file contains the byte-level string-scanning helpers used by the lexer's
// contiguous fast path. They operate purely on raw bytes (no dependency on the
// lexer's template parameters) so they are free functions, keeping the lexer
// itself focused on the state machine; see lexer::scan_string_bulk().
NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
namespace detail
{
// classify a single byte as needing individual string handling: the closing
// quote, an escape, a control character, or a non-ASCII (UTF-8)
// lead/continuation byte. Ordinary bytes (0x20..0x7F except '"' and '\\') are
// copied verbatim, which the bulk scanner does 8 bytes at a time.
inline bool is_string_special(unsigned char c) noexcept
{
return c == '\"' || c == '\\' || c < 0x20u || c >= 0x80u;
}
// SWAR helper: return a word whose high bit is set in every byte of @a v that
// is_string_special(); zero if the 8 bytes are all ordinary.
inline std::uint64_t swar_string_special(std::uint64_t v) noexcept
{
constexpr std::uint64_t ones = 0x0101010101010101ull;
constexpr std::uint64_t high = 0x8080808080808080ull;
const std::uint64_t q = v ^ 0x2222222222222222ull; // '"' (0x22)
const std::uint64_t b = v ^ 0x5C5C5C5C5C5C5C5Cull; // '\\' (0x5C)
const std::uint64_t has_quote = (q - ones) & ~q & high;
const std::uint64_t has_backslash = (b - ones) & ~b & high;
const std::uint64_t has_control = (v - 0x2020202020202020ull) & ~v & high; // < 0x20
const std::uint64_t has_non_ascii = v & high; // >= 0x80
return has_quote | has_backslash | has_control | has_non_ascii;
}
// return the index of the first is_string_special() byte in [data, data+n), or
// n if every byte is ordinary; scans 8 bytes at a time
inline std::size_t find_string_special(const unsigned char* data, std::size_t n) noexcept
{
std::size_t i = 0;
for (; i + 8 <= n; i += 8)
{
std::uint64_t word = 0;
std::memcpy(&word, data + i, sizeof(word));
if (swar_string_special(word) != 0)
{
// a special byte is in this word; locate it (endian-agnostic)
for (std::size_t j = 0; j < 8; ++j)
{
if (is_string_special(data[i + j]))
{
return i + j;
}
}
}
}
for (; i < n; ++i)
{
if (is_string_special(data[i]))
{
return i;
}
}
return n;
}
// classify a byte as one the serializer must NOT copy verbatim when
// ensure_ascii is requested: the closing quote, an escape, a control character
// (< 0x20), DEL (0x7F), or any non-ASCII byte (>= 0x80). Everything else -
// printable ASCII except '"' and '\\' - is emitted unchanged. Note this differs
// from is_string_special() only in that 0x7F is also a stop (it is escaped as
// \u007f under ensure_ascii).
inline bool is_ascii_copyable(unsigned char c) noexcept
{
return c >= 0x20u && c < 0x7Fu && c != '\"' && c != '\\';
}
// return the index of the first byte in [data, data+n) that is NOT
// is_ascii_copyable(), or n if every byte can be copied verbatim; scans 8 bytes
// at a time. Used by the serializer's ensure_ascii fast path.
inline std::size_t find_ascii_copyable_run(const unsigned char* data, std::size_t n) noexcept
{
constexpr std::uint64_t ones = 0x0101010101010101ull;
constexpr std::uint64_t high = 0x8080808080808080ull;
std::size_t i = 0;
for (; i + 8 <= n; i += 8)
{
std::uint64_t v = 0;
std::memcpy(&v, data + i, sizeof(v));
const std::uint64_t q = v ^ 0x2222222222222222ull; // '"' (0x22)
const std::uint64_t b = v ^ 0x5C5C5C5C5C5C5C5Cull; // '\\' (0x5C)
const std::uint64_t d = v ^ 0x7F7F7F7F7F7F7F7Full; // DEL (0x7F)
const std::uint64_t stop = ((q - ones) & ~q & high) // == '"'
| ((b - ones) & ~b & high) // == '\\'
| ((d - ones) & ~d & high) // == 0x7F
| ((v - 0x2020202020202020ull) & ~v & high) // < 0x20
| (v & high); // >= 0x80
if (stop != 0)
{
for (std::size_t j = 0; j < 8; ++j)
{
if (!is_ascii_copyable(data[i + j]))
{
return i + j;
}
}
}
}
for (; i < n; ++i)
{
if (!is_ascii_copyable(data[i]))
{
return i;
}
}
return n;
}
// Validate one UTF-8 sequence at the front of [data, data+avail). Returns its
// length (2..4) only when the bytes form a *well-formed* sequence using exactly
// the same ranges as scan_string()'s per-byte switch, so the bulk path accepts
// precisely what the byte path accepts. Returns 0 for anything that is invalid,
// incomplete, or that the byte path must diagnose (the caller then defers to
// that path, keeping error messages unchanged). Lead bytes < 0x80 are handled
// by the caller and never passed here.
inline std::size_t validate_one_utf8(const unsigned char* data, std::size_t avail) noexcept
{
const unsigned char c0 = data[0];
if (c0 >= 0xC2 && c0 <= 0xDF) // U+0080..U+07FF
{
if (avail >= 2 && data[1] >= 0x80 && data[1] <= 0xBF)
{
return 2;
}
}
else if (c0 == 0xE0) // U+0800..U+0FFF
{
if (avail >= 3 && data[1] >= 0xA0 && data[1] <= 0xBF && data[2] >= 0x80 && data[2] <= 0xBF)
{
return 3;
}
}
else if ((c0 >= 0xE1 && c0 <= 0xEC) || c0 == 0xEE || c0 == 0xEF) // U+1000..U+CFFF, U+E000..U+FFFF
{
if (avail >= 3 && data[1] >= 0x80 && data[1] <= 0xBF && data[2] >= 0x80 && data[2] <= 0xBF)
{
return 3;
}
}
else if (c0 == 0xED) // U+D000..U+D7FF (excludes surrogates)
{
if (avail >= 3 && data[1] >= 0x80 && data[1] <= 0x9F && data[2] >= 0x80 && data[2] <= 0xBF)
{
return 3;
}
}
else if (c0 == 0xF0) // U+10000..U+3FFFF
{
if (avail >= 4 && data[1] >= 0x90 && data[1] <= 0xBF && data[2] >= 0x80 && data[2] <= 0xBF && data[3] >= 0x80 && data[3] <= 0xBF)
{
return 4;
}
}
else if (c0 >= 0xF1 && c0 <= 0xF3) // U+40000..U+FFFFF
{
if (avail >= 4 && data[1] >= 0x80 && data[1] <= 0xBF && data[2] >= 0x80 && data[2] <= 0xBF && data[3] >= 0x80 && data[3] <= 0xBF)
{
return 4;
}
}
else if (c0 == 0xF4) // U+100000..U+10FFFF
{
if (avail >= 4 && data[1] >= 0x80 && data[1] <= 0x8F && data[2] >= 0x80 && data[2] <= 0xBF && data[3] >= 0x80 && data[3] <= 0xBF)
{
return 4;
}
}
return 0; // invalid, incomplete, or must be diagnosed by the byte path
}
// Scalar (C++11) computation of the bulk run length: the number of leading
// bytes in [data, data+n) that are ordinary ASCII or complete well-formed UTF-8
// sequences, stopping before the first byte that needs individual handling (the
// closing quote, an escape, a control character, or an ill-formed/truncated
// sequence). ASCII is skipped 8 bytes at a time.
inline std::size_t scalar_string_bulk_run(const unsigned char* data, std::size_t n) noexcept
{
std::size_t pos = 0;
while (pos < n)
{
pos += find_string_special(data + pos, n - pos);
if (pos >= n || data[pos] < 0x80u)
{
break; // end of buffer, or a quote/escape/control byte
}
const std::size_t seq = validate_one_utf8(data + pos, n - pos);
if (seq == 0)
{
break; // ill-formed or truncated: let the byte path diagnose it
}
pos += seq;
}
return pos;
}
#if defined(JSON_USE_SIMDUTF)
// Index of the first quote/escape/control byte in [data, data+n) (non-ASCII
// bytes are *not* stops here - the whole run is handed to simdutf), or n.
inline std::size_t find_string_delimiter(const unsigned char* data, std::size_t n) noexcept
{
constexpr std::uint64_t ones = 0x0101010101010101ull;
constexpr std::uint64_t high = 0x8080808080808080ull;
std::size_t i = 0;
for (; i + 8 <= n; i += 8)
{
std::uint64_t v = 0;
std::memcpy(&v, data + i, sizeof(v));
const std::uint64_t q = v ^ 0x2222222222222222ull;
const std::uint64_t b = v ^ 0x5C5C5C5C5C5C5C5Cull;
const std::uint64_t hit = ((q - ones) & ~q & high)
| ((b - ones) & ~b & high)
| ((v - 0x2020202020202020ull) & ~v & high);
if (hit != 0)
{
for (std::size_t j = 0; j < 8; ++j)
{
const unsigned char c = data[i + j];
if (c == '\"' || c == '\\' || c < 0x20u)
{
return i + j;
}
}
}
}
for (; i < n; ++i)
{
const unsigned char c = data[i];
if (c == '\"' || c == '\\' || c < 0x20u)
{
return i;
}
}
return n;
}
#endif
// Backend-dispatched bulk run length. With JSON_USE_SIMDUTF the run up to the
// next delimiter is validated in one shot by simdutf; on the rare failure the
// scalar helper recomputes the exact valid prefix so the byte path still
// produces the precise diagnostic. Without it, the pure scalar path is used.
inline std::size_t string_bulk_run(const unsigned char* data, std::size_t n) noexcept
{
#if defined(JSON_USE_SIMDUTF)
const std::size_t run = find_string_delimiter(data, n);
if (run != 0 && simdutf::validate_utf8(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data), run))
{
return run;
}
return scalar_string_bulk_run(data, n);
#else
return scalar_string_bulk_run(data, n);
#endif
}
} // namespace detail
NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END