Niels Lohmann d8b274e7c2 Fix #3868: Remove operator!= to enable P2468R2 rewritten candidate synthesis ...

Under C++20 P2468R2, a hand-written operator!= suppresses the compiler's
rewritten-candidate synthesis for operator==, preventing heterogeneous
comparisons like `std::string s; json j; s == j;` from compiling.

Fix by removing the hand-written operator!=, allowing the compiler to
synthesize != as !(a==b) in all language modes (C++20 member functions
and pre-C++20 friend functions).

Behavior change: operator!= now returns !(a==b) unconditionally, including
for special values like NaN and discarded. This means:
- NaN != NaN now returns true (matches IEEE-754 semantics)
- discarded != x now returns true for any x (matches !(discarded == x))

This also fixes underlying defects in previously-working code:
- Restores direct == comparison for views vs json (reverts std::ranges::equal
  workaround added in PR #3950 to dodge this bug)
- Re-enables std::string == json comparisons (uncomments check in
  unit-constructor1.cpp)

Fixes: #3868, #3979

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

2026-07-09 10:09:36 +02:00

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json_fwd.hpp

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json.hpp

Fix #3868: Remove operator!= to enable P2468R2 rewritten candidate synthesis

2026-07-09 10:09:36 +02:00