changeset 693:db9acd7993cd

Misc: many fixes for GCC 8
author David Demelier <markand@malikania.fr>
date Thu, 03 May 2018 12:05:04 +0200
parents 84c0b723100d
children 066aa6812934
files extern/VERSION.json.txt extern/json/json.hpp irccdctl/main.cpp irccdctl/plugin_config_cli.cpp irccdctl/plugin_info_cli.cpp irccdctl/plugin_list_cli.cpp irccdctl/rule_info_cli.cpp irccdctl/server_info_cli.cpp irccdctl/server_list_cli.cpp irccdctl/watch_cli.cpp
diffstat 10 files changed, 12282 insertions(+), 5561 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/extern/VERSION.json.txt	Tue Apr 17 20:14:13 2018 +0200
+++ b/extern/VERSION.json.txt	Thu May 03 12:05:04 2018 +0200
@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
-2.0.5
+3.1.2
--- a/extern/json/json.hpp	Tue Apr 17 20:14:13 2018 +0200
+++ b/extern/json/json.hpp	Thu May 03 12:05:04 2018 +0200
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.5
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 3.1.2
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
-Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Niels Lohmann <http://nlohmann.me>.
+Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Niels Lohmann <http://nlohmann.me>.
 
 Permission is hereby  granted, free of charge, to any  person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated  documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,41 +29,101 @@
 #ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_HPP
 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_HPP
 
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <array>
-#include <cassert>
-#include <ciso646>
-#include <cmath>
-#include <cstddef>
-#include <cstdint>
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <cstring>
-#include <functional>
-#include <initializer_list>
-#include <iomanip>
-#include <iostream>
-#include <iterator>
-#include <limits>
-#include <locale>
-#include <map>
-#include <memory>
-#include <numeric>
-#include <sstream>
-#include <stdexcept>
-#include <string>
-#include <type_traits>
-#include <utility>
-#include <vector>
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MAJOR 3
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MINOR 1
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_PATCH 2
+
+#include <algorithm> // all_of, find, for_each
+#include <cassert> // assert
+#include <ciso646> // and, not, or
+#include <cstddef> // nullptr_t, ptrdiff_t, size_t
+#include <functional> // hash, less
+#include <initializer_list> // initializer_list
+#include <iosfwd> // istream, ostream
+#include <iterator> // iterator_traits, random_access_iterator_tag
+#include <numeric> // accumulate
+#include <string> // string, stoi, to_string
+#include <utility> // declval, forward, move, pair, swap
+
+// #include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
+#ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP
+
+#include <cstdint> // int64_t, uint64_t
+#include <map> // map
+#include <memory> // allocator
+#include <string> // string
+#include <vector> // vector
+
+/*!
+@brief namespace for Niels Lohmann
+@see https://github.com/nlohmann
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+/*!
+@brief default JSONSerializer template argument
+
+This serializer ignores the template arguments and uses ADL
+([argument-dependent lookup](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/adl))
+for serialization.
+*/
+template<typename = void, typename = void>
+struct adl_serializer;
+
+template<template<typename U, typename V, typename... Args> class ObjectType =
+         std::map,
+         template<typename U, typename... Args> class ArrayType = std::vector,
+         class StringType = std::string, class BooleanType = bool,
+         class NumberIntegerType = std::int64_t,
+         class NumberUnsignedType = std::uint64_t,
+         class NumberFloatType = double,
+         template<typename U> class AllocatorType = std::allocator,
+         template<typename T, typename SFINAE = void> class JSONSerializer =
+         adl_serializer>
+class basic_json;
+
+/*!
+@brief JSON Pointer
+
+A JSON pointer defines a string syntax for identifying a specific value
+within a JSON document. It can be used with functions `at` and
+`operator[]`. Furthermore, JSON pointers are the base for JSON patches.
+
+@sa [RFC 6901](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901)
+
+@since version 2.0.0
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class json_pointer;
+
+/*!
+@brief default JSON class
+
+This type is the default specialization of the @ref basic_json class which
+uses the standard template types.
+
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+using json = basic_json<>;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+
+
+// This file contains all internal macro definitions
+// You MUST include macro_unscope.hpp at the end of json.hpp to undef all of them
 
 // exclude unsupported compilers
 #if defined(__clang__)
-    #define CLANG_VERSION (__clang_major__ * 10000 + __clang_minor__ * 100 + __clang_patchlevel__)
-    #if CLANG_VERSION < 30400
+    #if (__clang_major__ * 10000 + __clang_minor__ * 100 + __clang_patchlevel__) < 30400
         #error "unsupported Clang version - see https://github.com/nlohmann/json#supported-compilers"
     #endif
-#elif defined(__GNUC__)
-    #define GCC_VERSION (__GNUC__ * 10000 + __GNUC_MINOR__ * 100 + __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__)
-    #if GCC_VERSION < 40900
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) && !(defined(__ICC) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER))
+    #if (__GNUC__ * 10000 + __GNUC_MINOR__ * 100 + __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__) < 40900
         #error "unsupported GCC version - see https://github.com/nlohmann/json#supported-compilers"
     #endif
 #endif
@@ -74,6 +134,12 @@
     #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wfloat-equal"
 #endif
 
+// disable documentation warnings on clang
+#if defined(__clang__)
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic push
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdocumentation"
+#endif
+
 // allow for portable deprecation warnings
 #if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
     #define JSON_DEPRECATED __attribute__((deprecated))
@@ -83,6 +149,9536 @@
     #define JSON_DEPRECATED
 #endif
 
+// allow to disable exceptions
+#if (defined(__cpp_exceptions) || defined(__EXCEPTIONS) || defined(_CPPUNWIND)) && !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
+    #define JSON_THROW(exception) throw exception
+    #define JSON_TRY try
+    #define JSON_CATCH(exception) catch(exception)
+#else
+    #define JSON_THROW(exception) std::abort()
+    #define JSON_TRY if(true)
+    #define JSON_CATCH(exception) if(false)
+#endif
+
+// override exception macros
+#if defined(JSON_THROW_USER)
+    #undef JSON_THROW
+    #define JSON_THROW JSON_THROW_USER
+#endif
+#if defined(JSON_TRY_USER)
+    #undef JSON_TRY
+    #define JSON_TRY JSON_TRY_USER
+#endif
+#if defined(JSON_CATCH_USER)
+    #undef JSON_CATCH
+    #define JSON_CATCH JSON_CATCH_USER
+#endif
+
+// manual branch prediction
+#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+    #define JSON_LIKELY(x)      __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
+    #define JSON_UNLIKELY(x)    __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
+#else
+    #define JSON_LIKELY(x)      x
+    #define JSON_UNLIKELY(x)    x
+#endif
+
+// C++ language standard detection
+#if (defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus >= 201703L) || (defined(_HAS_CXX17) && _HAS_CXX17 == 1) // fix for issue #464
+    #define JSON_HAS_CPP_17
+    #define JSON_HAS_CPP_14
+#elif (defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus >= 201402L) || (defined(_HAS_CXX14) && _HAS_CXX14 == 1)
+    #define JSON_HAS_CPP_14
+#endif
+
+// Ugly macros to avoid uglier copy-paste when specializing basic_json. They
+// may be removed in the future once the class is split.
+
+#define NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION                                \
+    template<template<typename, typename, typename...> class ObjectType,   \
+             template<typename, typename...> class ArrayType,              \
+             class StringType, class BooleanType, class NumberIntegerType, \
+             class NumberUnsignedType, class NumberFloatType,              \
+             template<typename> class AllocatorType,                       \
+             template<typename, typename = void> class JSONSerializer>
+
+#define NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL                                            \
+    basic_json<ObjectType, ArrayType, StringType, BooleanType,             \
+    NumberIntegerType, NumberUnsignedType, NumberFloatType,                \
+    AllocatorType, JSONSerializer>
+
+/*!
+@brief Helper to determine whether there's a key_type for T.
+
+This helper is used to tell associative containers apart from other containers
+such as sequence containers. For instance, `std::map` passes the test as it
+contains a `mapped_type`, whereas `std::vector` fails the test.
+
+@sa http://stackoverflow.com/a/7728728/266378
+@since version 1.0.0, overworked in version 2.0.6
+*/
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_HAS_HELPER(type)                                        \
+    template<typename T> struct has_##type {                                  \
+    private:                                                                  \
+        template<typename U, typename = typename U::type>                     \
+        static int detect(U &&);                                              \
+        static void detect(...);                                              \
+    public:                                                                   \
+        static constexpr bool value =                                         \
+                std::is_integral<decltype(detect(std::declval<T>()))>::value; \
+    }
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta.hpp>
+
+
+#include <ciso646> // not
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <limits> // numeric_limits
+#include <type_traits> // conditional, enable_if, false_type, integral_constant, is_constructible, is_integral, is_same, remove_cv, remove_reference, true_type
+#include <utility> // declval
+
+// #include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+/*!
+@brief detail namespace with internal helper functions
+
+This namespace collects functions that should not be exposed,
+implementations of some @ref basic_json methods, and meta-programming helpers.
+
+@since version 2.1.0
+*/
+namespace detail
+{
+/////////////
+// helpers //
+/////////////
+
+template<typename> struct is_basic_json : std::false_type {};
+
+NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
+struct is_basic_json<NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL> : std::true_type {};
+
+// alias templates to reduce boilerplate
+template<bool B, typename T = void>
+using enable_if_t = typename std::enable_if<B, T>::type;
+
+template<typename T>
+using uncvref_t = typename std::remove_cv<typename std::remove_reference<T>::type>::type;
+
+// implementation of C++14 index_sequence and affiliates
+// source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/32223343
+template<std::size_t... Ints>
+struct index_sequence
+{
+    using type = index_sequence;
+    using value_type = std::size_t;
+    static constexpr std::size_t size() noexcept
+    {
+        return sizeof...(Ints);
+    }
+};
+
+template<class Sequence1, class Sequence2>
+struct merge_and_renumber;
+
+template<std::size_t... I1, std::size_t... I2>
+struct merge_and_renumber<index_sequence<I1...>, index_sequence<I2...>>
+        : index_sequence < I1..., (sizeof...(I1) + I2)... > {};
+
+template<std::size_t N>
+struct make_index_sequence
+    : merge_and_renumber < typename make_index_sequence < N / 2 >::type,
+      typename make_index_sequence < N - N / 2 >::type > {};
+
+template<> struct make_index_sequence<0> : index_sequence<> {};
+template<> struct make_index_sequence<1> : index_sequence<0> {};
+
+template<typename... Ts>
+using index_sequence_for = make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Ts)>;
+
+/*
+Implementation of two C++17 constructs: conjunction, negation. This is needed
+to avoid evaluating all the traits in a condition
+
+For example: not std::is_same<void, T>::value and has_value_type<T>::value
+will not compile when T = void (on MSVC at least). Whereas
+conjunction<negation<std::is_same<void, T>>, has_value_type<T>>::value will
+stop evaluating if negation<...>::value == false
+
+Please note that those constructs must be used with caution, since symbols can
+become very long quickly (which can slow down compilation and cause MSVC
+internal compiler errors). Only use it when you have to (see example ahead).
+*/
+template<class...> struct conjunction : std::true_type {};
+template<class B1> struct conjunction<B1> : B1 {};
+template<class B1, class... Bn>
+struct conjunction<B1, Bn...> : std::conditional<bool(B1::value), conjunction<Bn...>, B1>::type {};
+
+template<class B> struct negation : std::integral_constant<bool, not B::value> {};
+
+// dispatch utility (taken from ranges-v3)
+template<unsigned N> struct priority_tag : priority_tag < N - 1 > {};
+template<> struct priority_tag<0> {};
+
+////////////////////////
+// has_/is_ functions //
+////////////////////////
+
+// source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37193089/4116453
+
+template <typename T, typename = void>
+struct is_complete_type : std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct is_complete_type<T, decltype(void(sizeof(T)))> : std::true_type {};
+
+NLOHMANN_JSON_HAS_HELPER(mapped_type);
+NLOHMANN_JSON_HAS_HELPER(key_type);
+NLOHMANN_JSON_HAS_HELPER(value_type);
+NLOHMANN_JSON_HAS_HELPER(iterator);
+
+template<bool B, class RealType, class CompatibleObjectType>
+struct is_compatible_object_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+
+template<class RealType, class CompatibleObjectType>
+struct is_compatible_object_type_impl<true, RealType, CompatibleObjectType>
+{
+    static constexpr auto value =
+        std::is_constructible<typename RealType::key_type, typename CompatibleObjectType::key_type>::value and
+        std::is_constructible<typename RealType::mapped_type, typename CompatibleObjectType::mapped_type>::value;
+};
+
+template<class BasicJsonType, class CompatibleObjectType>
+struct is_compatible_object_type
+{
+    static auto constexpr value = is_compatible_object_type_impl <
+                                  conjunction<negation<std::is_same<void, CompatibleObjectType>>,
+                                  has_mapped_type<CompatibleObjectType>,
+                                  has_key_type<CompatibleObjectType>>::value,
+                                  typename BasicJsonType::object_t, CompatibleObjectType >::value;
+};
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+struct is_basic_json_nested_type
+{
+    static auto constexpr value = std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::iterator>::value or
+                                  std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::const_iterator>::value or
+                                  std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::reverse_iterator>::value or
+                                  std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::const_reverse_iterator>::value;
+};
+
+template<class BasicJsonType, class CompatibleArrayType>
+struct is_compatible_array_type
+{
+    static auto constexpr value =
+        conjunction<negation<std::is_same<void, CompatibleArrayType>>,
+        negation<is_compatible_object_type<
+        BasicJsonType, CompatibleArrayType>>,
+        negation<std::is_constructible<typename BasicJsonType::string_t,
+        CompatibleArrayType>>,
+        negation<is_basic_json_nested_type<BasicJsonType, CompatibleArrayType>>,
+        has_value_type<CompatibleArrayType>,
+        has_iterator<CompatibleArrayType>>::value;
+};
+
+template<bool, typename, typename>
+struct is_compatible_integer_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+
+template<typename RealIntegerType, typename CompatibleNumberIntegerType>
+struct is_compatible_integer_type_impl<true, RealIntegerType, CompatibleNumberIntegerType>
+{
+    // is there an assert somewhere on overflows?
+    using RealLimits = std::numeric_limits<RealIntegerType>;
+    using CompatibleLimits = std::numeric_limits<CompatibleNumberIntegerType>;
+
+    static constexpr auto value =
+        std::is_constructible<RealIntegerType, CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::value and
+        CompatibleLimits::is_integer and
+        RealLimits::is_signed == CompatibleLimits::is_signed;
+};
+
+template<typename RealIntegerType, typename CompatibleNumberIntegerType>
+struct is_compatible_integer_type
+{
+    static constexpr auto value =
+        is_compatible_integer_type_impl <
+        std::is_integral<CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::value and
+        not std::is_same<bool, CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::value,
+        RealIntegerType, CompatibleNumberIntegerType > ::value;
+};
+
+// trait checking if JSONSerializer<T>::from_json(json const&, udt&) exists
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+struct has_from_json
+{
+  private:
+    // also check the return type of from_json
+    template<typename U, typename = enable_if_t<std::is_same<void, decltype(uncvref_t<U>::from_json(
+                 std::declval<BasicJsonType>(), std::declval<T&>()))>::value>>
+    static int detect(U&&);
+    static void detect(...);
+
+  public:
+    static constexpr bool value = std::is_integral<decltype(
+                                      detect(std::declval<typename BasicJsonType::template json_serializer<T, void>>()))>::value;
+};
+
+// This trait checks if JSONSerializer<T>::from_json(json const&) exists
+// this overload is used for non-default-constructible user-defined-types
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+struct has_non_default_from_json
+{
+  private:
+    template <
+        typename U,
+        typename = enable_if_t<std::is_same<
+                                   T, decltype(uncvref_t<U>::from_json(std::declval<BasicJsonType>()))>::value >>
+    static int detect(U&&);
+    static void detect(...);
+
+  public:
+    static constexpr bool value = std::is_integral<decltype(detect(
+                                      std::declval<typename BasicJsonType::template json_serializer<T, void>>()))>::value;
+};
+
+// This trait checks if BasicJsonType::json_serializer<T>::to_json exists
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+struct has_to_json
+{
+  private:
+    template<typename U, typename = decltype(uncvref_t<U>::to_json(
+                 std::declval<BasicJsonType&>(), std::declval<T>()))>
+    static int detect(U&&);
+    static void detect(...);
+
+  public:
+    static constexpr bool value = std::is_integral<decltype(detect(
+                                      std::declval<typename BasicJsonType::template json_serializer<T, void>>()))>::value;
+};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleCompleteType>
+struct is_compatible_complete_type
+{
+    static constexpr bool value =
+        not std::is_base_of<std::istream, CompatibleCompleteType>::value and
+        not is_basic_json<CompatibleCompleteType>::value and
+        not is_basic_json_nested_type<BasicJsonType, CompatibleCompleteType>::value and
+        has_to_json<BasicJsonType, CompatibleCompleteType>::value;
+};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleType>
+struct is_compatible_type
+    : conjunction<is_complete_type<CompatibleType>,
+      is_compatible_complete_type<BasicJsonType, CompatibleType>>
+{
+};
+
+// taken from ranges-v3
+template<typename T>
+struct static_const
+{
+    static constexpr T value{};
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+constexpr T static_const<T>::value;
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
+
+
+#include <exception> // exception
+#include <stdexcept> // runtime_error
+#include <string> // to_string
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+////////////////
+// exceptions //
+////////////////
+
+/*!
+@brief general exception of the @ref basic_json class
+
+This class is an extension of `std::exception` objects with a member @a id for
+exception ids. It is used as the base class for all exceptions thrown by the
+@ref basic_json class. This class can hence be used as "wildcard" to catch
+exceptions.
+
+Subclasses:
+- @ref parse_error for exceptions indicating a parse error
+- @ref invalid_iterator for exceptions indicating errors with iterators
+- @ref type_error for exceptions indicating executing a member function with
+                  a wrong type
+- @ref out_of_range for exceptions indicating access out of the defined range
+- @ref other_error for exceptions indicating other library errors
+
+@internal
+@note To have nothrow-copy-constructible exceptions, we internally use
+      `std::runtime_error` which can cope with arbitrary-length error messages.
+      Intermediate strings are built with static functions and then passed to
+      the actual constructor.
+@endinternal
+
+@liveexample{The following code shows how arbitrary library exceptions can be
+caught.,exception}
+
+@since version 3.0.0
+*/
+class exception : public std::exception
+{
+  public:
+    /// returns the explanatory string
+    const char* what() const noexcept override
+    {
+        return m.what();
+    }
+
+    /// the id of the exception
+    const int id;
+
+  protected:
+    exception(int id_, const char* what_arg) : id(id_), m(what_arg) {}
+
+    static std::string name(const std::string& ename, int id_)
+    {
+        return "[json.exception." + ename + "." + std::to_string(id_) + "] ";
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// an exception object as storage for error messages
+    std::runtime_error m;
+};
+
+/*!
+@brief exception indicating a parse error
+
+This exception is thrown by the library when a parse error occurs. Parse errors
+can occur during the deserialization of JSON text, CBOR, MessagePack, as well
+as when using JSON Patch.
+
+Member @a byte holds the byte index of the last read character in the input
+file.
+
+Exceptions have ids 1xx.
+
+name / id                      | example message | description
+------------------------------ | --------------- | -------------------------
+json.exception.parse_error.101 | parse error at 2: unexpected end of input; expected string literal | This error indicates a syntax error while deserializing a JSON text. The error message describes that an unexpected token (character) was encountered, and the member @a byte indicates the error position.
+json.exception.parse_error.102 | parse error at 14: missing or wrong low surrogate | JSON uses the `\uxxxx` format to describe Unicode characters. Code points above above 0xFFFF are split into two `\uxxxx` entries ("surrogate pairs"). This error indicates that the surrogate pair is incomplete or contains an invalid code point.
+json.exception.parse_error.103 | parse error: code points above 0x10FFFF are invalid | Unicode supports code points up to 0x10FFFF. Code points above 0x10FFFF are invalid.
+json.exception.parse_error.104 | parse error: JSON patch must be an array of objects | [RFC 6902](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902) requires a JSON Patch document to be a JSON document that represents an array of objects.
+json.exception.parse_error.105 | parse error: operation must have string member 'op' | An operation of a JSON Patch document must contain exactly one "op" member, whose value indicates the operation to perform. Its value must be one of "add", "remove", "replace", "move", "copy", or "test"; other values are errors.
+json.exception.parse_error.106 | parse error: array index '01' must not begin with '0' | An array index in a JSON Pointer ([RFC 6901](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901)) may be `0` or any number without a leading `0`.
+json.exception.parse_error.107 | parse error: JSON pointer must be empty or begin with '/' - was: 'foo' | A JSON Pointer must be a Unicode string containing a sequence of zero or more reference tokens, each prefixed by a `/` character.
+json.exception.parse_error.108 | parse error: escape character '~' must be followed with '0' or '1' | In a JSON Pointer, only `~0` and `~1` are valid escape sequences.
+json.exception.parse_error.109 | parse error: array index 'one' is not a number | A JSON Pointer array index must be a number.
+json.exception.parse_error.110 | parse error at 1: cannot read 2 bytes from vector | When parsing CBOR or MessagePack, the byte vector ends before the complete value has been read.
+json.exception.parse_error.112 | parse error at 1: error reading CBOR; last byte: 0xF8 | Not all types of CBOR or MessagePack are supported. This exception occurs if an unsupported byte was read.
+json.exception.parse_error.113 | parse error at 2: expected a CBOR string; last byte: 0x98 | While parsing a map key, a value that is not a string has been read.
+
+@note For an input with n bytes, 1 is the index of the first character and n+1
+      is the index of the terminating null byte or the end of file. This also
+      holds true when reading a byte vector (CBOR or MessagePack).
+
+@liveexample{The following code shows how a `parse_error` exception can be
+caught.,parse_error}
+
+@sa @ref exception for the base class of the library exceptions
+@sa @ref invalid_iterator for exceptions indicating errors with iterators
+@sa @ref type_error for exceptions indicating executing a member function with
+                    a wrong type
+@sa @ref out_of_range for exceptions indicating access out of the defined range
+@sa @ref other_error for exceptions indicating other library errors
+
+@since version 3.0.0
+*/
+class parse_error : public exception
+{
+  public:
+    /*!
+    @brief create a parse error exception
+    @param[in] id_       the id of the exception
+    @param[in] byte_     the byte index where the error occurred (or 0 if the
+                         position cannot be determined)
+    @param[in] what_arg  the explanatory string
+    @return parse_error object
+    */
+    static parse_error create(int id_, std::size_t byte_, const std::string& what_arg)
+    {
+        std::string w = exception::name("parse_error", id_) + "parse error" +
+                        (byte_ != 0 ? (" at " + std::to_string(byte_)) : "") +
+                        ": " + what_arg;
+        return parse_error(id_, byte_, w.c_str());
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief byte index of the parse error
+
+    The byte index of the last read character in the input file.
+
+    @note For an input with n bytes, 1 is the index of the first character and
+          n+1 is the index of the terminating null byte or the end of file.
+          This also holds true when reading a byte vector (CBOR or MessagePack).
+    */
+    const std::size_t byte;
+
+  private:
+    parse_error(int id_, std::size_t byte_, const char* what_arg)
+        : exception(id_, what_arg), byte(byte_) {}
+};
+
+/*!
+@brief exception indicating errors with iterators
+
+This exception is thrown if iterators passed to a library function do not match
+the expected semantics.
+
+Exceptions have ids 2xx.
+
+name / id                           | example message | description
+----------------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------------
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.201 | iterators are not compatible | The iterators passed to constructor @ref basic_json(InputIT first, InputIT last) are not compatible, meaning they do not belong to the same container. Therefore, the range (@a first, @a last) is invalid.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.202 | iterator does not fit current value | In an erase or insert function, the passed iterator @a pos does not belong to the JSON value for which the function was called. It hence does not define a valid position for the deletion/insertion.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.203 | iterators do not fit current value | Either iterator passed to function @ref erase(IteratorType first, IteratorType last) does not belong to the JSON value from which values shall be erased. It hence does not define a valid range to delete values from.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.204 | iterators out of range | When an iterator range for a primitive type (number, boolean, or string) is passed to a constructor or an erase function, this range has to be exactly (@ref begin(), @ref end()), because this is the only way the single stored value is expressed. All other ranges are invalid.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.205 | iterator out of range | When an iterator for a primitive type (number, boolean, or string) is passed to an erase function, the iterator has to be the @ref begin() iterator, because it is the only way to address the stored value. All other iterators are invalid.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.206 | cannot construct with iterators from null | The iterators passed to constructor @ref basic_json(InputIT first, InputIT last) belong to a JSON null value and hence to not define a valid range.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.207 | cannot use key() for non-object iterators | The key() member function can only be used on iterators belonging to a JSON object, because other types do not have a concept of a key.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.208 | cannot use operator[] for object iterators | The operator[] to specify a concrete offset cannot be used on iterators belonging to a JSON object, because JSON objects are unordered.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.209 | cannot use offsets with object iterators | The offset operators (+, -, +=, -=) cannot be used on iterators belonging to a JSON object, because JSON objects are unordered.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.210 | iterators do not fit | The iterator range passed to the insert function are not compatible, meaning they do not belong to the same container. Therefore, the range (@a first, @a last) is invalid.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.211 | passed iterators may not belong to container | The iterator range passed to the insert function must not be a subrange of the container to insert to.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.212 | cannot compare iterators of different containers | When two iterators are compared, they must belong to the same container.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.213 | cannot compare order of object iterators | The order of object iterators cannot be compared, because JSON objects are unordered.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.214 | cannot get value | Cannot get value for iterator: Either the iterator belongs to a null value or it is an iterator to a primitive type (number, boolean, or string), but the iterator is different to @ref begin().
+
+@liveexample{The following code shows how an `invalid_iterator` exception can be
+caught.,invalid_iterator}
+
+@sa @ref exception for the base class of the library exceptions
+@sa @ref parse_error for exceptions indicating a parse error
+@sa @ref type_error for exceptions indicating executing a member function with
+                    a wrong type
+@sa @ref out_of_range for exceptions indicating access out of the defined range
+@sa @ref other_error for exceptions indicating other library errors
+
+@since version 3.0.0
+*/
+class invalid_iterator : public exception
+{
+  public:
+    static invalid_iterator create(int id_, const std::string& what_arg)
+    {
+        std::string w = exception::name("invalid_iterator", id_) + what_arg;
+        return invalid_iterator(id_, w.c_str());
+    }
+
+  private:
+    invalid_iterator(int id_, const char* what_arg)
+        : exception(id_, what_arg) {}
+};
+
+/*!
+@brief exception indicating executing a member function with a wrong type
+
+This exception is thrown in case of a type error; that is, a library function is
+executed on a JSON value whose type does not match the expected semantics.
+
+Exceptions have ids 3xx.
+
+name / id                     | example message | description
+----------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------------
+json.exception.type_error.301 | cannot create object from initializer list | To create an object from an initializer list, the initializer list must consist only of a list of pairs whose first element is a string. When this constraint is violated, an array is created instead.
+json.exception.type_error.302 | type must be object, but is array | During implicit or explicit value conversion, the JSON type must be compatible to the target type. For instance, a JSON string can only be converted into string types, but not into numbers or boolean types.
+json.exception.type_error.303 | incompatible ReferenceType for get_ref, actual type is object | To retrieve a reference to a value stored in a @ref basic_json object with @ref get_ref, the type of the reference must match the value type. For instance, for a JSON array, the @a ReferenceType must be @ref array_t&.
+json.exception.type_error.304 | cannot use at() with string | The @ref at() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.305 | cannot use operator[] with string | The @ref operator[] member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.306 | cannot use value() with string | The @ref value() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.307 | cannot use erase() with string | The @ref erase() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.308 | cannot use push_back() with string | The @ref push_back() and @ref operator+= member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.309 | cannot use insert() with | The @ref insert() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.310 | cannot use swap() with number | The @ref swap() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.311 | cannot use emplace_back() with string | The @ref emplace_back() member function can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.312 | cannot use update() with string | The @ref update() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.313 | invalid value to unflatten | The @ref unflatten function converts an object whose keys are JSON Pointers back into an arbitrary nested JSON value. The JSON Pointers must not overlap, because then the resulting value would not be well defined.
+json.exception.type_error.314 | only objects can be unflattened | The @ref unflatten function only works for an object whose keys are JSON Pointers.
+json.exception.type_error.315 | values in object must be primitive | The @ref unflatten function only works for an object whose keys are JSON Pointers and whose values are primitive.
+json.exception.type_error.316 | invalid UTF-8 byte at index 10: 0x7E | The @ref dump function only works with UTF-8 encoded strings; that is, if you assign a `std::string` to a JSON value, make sure it is UTF-8 encoded. |
+
+@liveexample{The following code shows how a `type_error` exception can be
+caught.,type_error}
+
+@sa @ref exception for the base class of the library exceptions
+@sa @ref parse_error for exceptions indicating a parse error
+@sa @ref invalid_iterator for exceptions indicating errors with iterators
+@sa @ref out_of_range for exceptions indicating access out of the defined range
+@sa @ref other_error for exceptions indicating other library errors
+
+@since version 3.0.0
+*/
+class type_error : public exception
+{
+  public:
+    static type_error create(int id_, const std::string& what_arg)
+    {
+        std::string w = exception::name("type_error", id_) + what_arg;
+        return type_error(id_, w.c_str());
+    }
+
+  private:
+    type_error(int id_, const char* what_arg) : exception(id_, what_arg) {}
+};
+
+/*!
+@brief exception indicating access out of the defined range
+
+This exception is thrown in case a library function is called on an input
+parameter that exceeds the expected range, for instance in case of array
+indices or nonexisting object keys.
+
+Exceptions have ids 4xx.
+
+name / id                       | example message | description
+------------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------------
+json.exception.out_of_range.401 | array index 3 is out of range | The provided array index @a i is larger than @a size-1.
+json.exception.out_of_range.402 | array index '-' (3) is out of range | The special array index `-` in a JSON Pointer never describes a valid element of the array, but the index past the end. That is, it can only be used to add elements at this position, but not to read it.
+json.exception.out_of_range.403 | key 'foo' not found | The provided key was not found in the JSON object.
+json.exception.out_of_range.404 | unresolved reference token 'foo' | A reference token in a JSON Pointer could not be resolved.
+json.exception.out_of_range.405 | JSON pointer has no parent | The JSON Patch operations 'remove' and 'add' can not be applied to the root element of the JSON value.
+json.exception.out_of_range.406 | number overflow parsing '10E1000' | A parsed number could not be stored as without changing it to NaN or INF.
+json.exception.out_of_range.407 | number overflow serializing '9223372036854775808' | UBJSON only supports integers numbers up to 9223372036854775807. |
+json.exception.out_of_range.408 | excessive array size: 8658170730974374167 | The size (following `#`) of an UBJSON array or object exceeds the maximal capacity. |
+
+@liveexample{The following code shows how an `out_of_range` exception can be
+caught.,out_of_range}
+
+@sa @ref exception for the base class of the library exceptions
+@sa @ref parse_error for exceptions indicating a parse error
+@sa @ref invalid_iterator for exceptions indicating errors with iterators
+@sa @ref type_error for exceptions indicating executing a member function with
+                    a wrong type
+@sa @ref other_error for exceptions indicating other library errors
+
+@since version 3.0.0
+*/
+class out_of_range : public exception
+{
+  public:
+    static out_of_range create(int id_, const std::string& what_arg)
+    {
+        std::string w = exception::name("out_of_range", id_) + what_arg;
+        return out_of_range(id_, w.c_str());
+    }
+
+  private:
+    out_of_range(int id_, const char* what_arg) : exception(id_, what_arg) {}
+};
+
+/*!
+@brief exception indicating other library errors
+
+This exception is thrown in case of errors that cannot be classified with the
+other exception types.
+
+Exceptions have ids 5xx.
+
+name / id                      | example message | description
+------------------------------ | --------------- | -------------------------
+json.exception.other_error.501 | unsuccessful: {"op":"test","path":"/baz", "value":"bar"} | A JSON Patch operation 'test' failed. The unsuccessful operation is also printed.
+
+@sa @ref exception for the base class of the library exceptions
+@sa @ref parse_error for exceptions indicating a parse error
+@sa @ref invalid_iterator for exceptions indicating errors with iterators
+@sa @ref type_error for exceptions indicating executing a member function with
+                    a wrong type
+@sa @ref out_of_range for exceptions indicating access out of the defined range
+
+@liveexample{The following code shows how an `other_error` exception can be
+caught.,other_error}
+
+@since version 3.0.0
+*/
+class other_error : public exception
+{
+  public:
+    static other_error create(int id_, const std::string& what_arg)
+    {
+        std::string w = exception::name("other_error", id_) + what_arg;
+        return other_error(id_, w.c_str());
+    }
+
+  private:
+    other_error(int id_, const char* what_arg) : exception(id_, what_arg) {}
+};
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+
+
+#include <array> // array
+#include <ciso646> // and
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+///////////////////////////
+// JSON type enumeration //
+///////////////////////////
+
+/*!
+@brief the JSON type enumeration
+
+This enumeration collects the different JSON types. It is internally used to
+distinguish the stored values, and the functions @ref basic_json::is_null(),
+@ref basic_json::is_object(), @ref basic_json::is_array(),
+@ref basic_json::is_string(), @ref basic_json::is_boolean(),
+@ref basic_json::is_number() (with @ref basic_json::is_number_integer(),
+@ref basic_json::is_number_unsigned(), and @ref basic_json::is_number_float()),
+@ref basic_json::is_discarded(), @ref basic_json::is_primitive(), and
+@ref basic_json::is_structured() rely on it.
+
+@note There are three enumeration entries (number_integer, number_unsigned, and
+number_float), because the library distinguishes these three types for numbers:
+@ref basic_json::number_unsigned_t is used for unsigned integers,
+@ref basic_json::number_integer_t is used for signed integers, and
+@ref basic_json::number_float_t is used for floating-point numbers or to
+approximate integers which do not fit in the limits of their respective type.
+
+@sa @ref basic_json::basic_json(const value_t value_type) -- create a JSON
+value with the default value for a given type
+
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+enum class value_t : std::uint8_t
+{
+    null,             ///< null value
+    object,           ///< object (unordered set of name/value pairs)
+    array,            ///< array (ordered collection of values)
+    string,           ///< string value
+    boolean,          ///< boolean value
+    number_integer,   ///< number value (signed integer)
+    number_unsigned,  ///< number value (unsigned integer)
+    number_float,     ///< number value (floating-point)
+    discarded         ///< discarded by the the parser callback function
+};
+
+/*!
+@brief comparison operator for JSON types
+
+Returns an ordering that is similar to Python:
+- order: null < boolean < number < object < array < string
+- furthermore, each type is not smaller than itself
+- discarded values are not comparable
+
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+inline bool operator<(const value_t lhs, const value_t rhs) noexcept
+{
+    static constexpr std::array<std::uint8_t, 8> order = {{
+            0 /* null */, 3 /* object */, 4 /* array */, 5 /* string */,
+            1 /* boolean */, 2 /* integer */, 2 /* unsigned */, 2 /* float */
+        }
+    };
+
+    const auto l_index = static_cast<std::size_t>(lhs);
+    const auto r_index = static_cast<std::size_t>(rhs);
+    return l_index < order.size() and r_index < order.size() and order[l_index] < order[r_index];
+}
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp>
+
+
+#include <algorithm> // transform
+#include <array> // array
+#include <ciso646> // and, not
+#include <forward_list> // forward_list
+#include <iterator> // inserter, front_inserter, end
+#include <string> // string
+#include <tuple> // tuple, make_tuple
+#include <type_traits> // is_arithmetic, is_same, is_enum, underlying_type, is_convertible
+#include <utility> // pair, declval
+#include <valarray> // valarray
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+// overloads for basic_json template parameters
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename ArithmeticType,
+         enable_if_t<std::is_arithmetic<ArithmeticType>::value and
+                     not std::is_same<ArithmeticType, typename BasicJsonType::boolean_t>::value,
+                     int> = 0>
+void get_arithmetic_value(const BasicJsonType& j, ArithmeticType& val)
+{
+    switch (static_cast<value_t>(j))
+    {
+        case value_t::number_unsigned:
+        {
+            val = static_cast<ArithmeticType>(*j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t*>());
+            break;
+        }
+        case value_t::number_integer:
+        {
+            val = static_cast<ArithmeticType>(*j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t*>());
+            break;
+        }
+        case value_t::number_float:
+        {
+            val = static_cast<ArithmeticType>(*j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t*>());
+            break;
+        }
+
+        default:
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(302, "type must be number, but is " + std::string(j.type_name())));
+    }
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::boolean_t& b)
+{
+    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not j.is_boolean()))
+    {
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(302, "type must be boolean, but is " + std::string(j.type_name())));
+    }
+    b = *j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::boolean_t*>();
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::string_t& s)
+{
+    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not j.is_string()))
+    {
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(302, "type must be string, but is " + std::string(j.type_name())));
+    }
+    s = *j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::string_t*>();
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t& val)
+{
+    get_arithmetic_value(j, val);
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t& val)
+{
+    get_arithmetic_value(j, val);
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t& val)
+{
+    get_arithmetic_value(j, val);
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename EnumType,
+         enable_if_t<std::is_enum<EnumType>::value, int> = 0>
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, EnumType& e)
+{
+    typename std::underlying_type<EnumType>::type val;
+    get_arithmetic_value(j, val);
+    e = static_cast<EnumType>(val);
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::array_t& arr)
+{
+    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not j.is_array()))
+    {
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(302, "type must be array, but is " + std::string(j.type_name())));
+    }
+    arr = *j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::array_t*>();
+}
+
+// forward_list doesn't have an insert method
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T, typename Allocator,
+         enable_if_t<std::is_convertible<BasicJsonType, T>::value, int> = 0>
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, std::forward_list<T, Allocator>& l)
+{
+    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not j.is_array()))
+    {
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(302, "type must be array, but is " + std::string(j.type_name())));
+    }
+    std::transform(j.rbegin(), j.rend(),
+                   std::front_inserter(l), [](const BasicJsonType & i)
+    {
+        return i.template get<T>();
+    });
+}
+
+// valarray doesn't have an insert method
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T,
+         enable_if_t<std::is_convertible<BasicJsonType, T>::value, int> = 0>
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, std::valarray<T>& l)
+{
+    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not j.is_array()))
+    {
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(302, "type must be array, but is " + std::string(j.type_name())));
+    }
+    l.resize(j.size());
+    std::copy(j.m_value.array->begin(), j.m_value.array->end(), std::begin(l));
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType>
+void from_json_array_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, CompatibleArrayType& arr, priority_tag<0> /*unused*/)
+{
+    using std::end;
+
+    std::transform(j.begin(), j.end(),
+                   std::inserter(arr, end(arr)), [](const BasicJsonType & i)
+    {
+        // get<BasicJsonType>() returns *this, this won't call a from_json
+        // method when value_type is BasicJsonType
+        return i.template get<typename CompatibleArrayType::value_type>();
+    });
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType>
+auto from_json_array_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, CompatibleArrayType& arr, priority_tag<1> /*unused*/)
+-> decltype(
+    arr.reserve(std::declval<typename CompatibleArrayType::size_type>()),
+    void())
+{
+    using std::end;
+
+    arr.reserve(j.size());
+    std::transform(j.begin(), j.end(),
+                   std::inserter(arr, end(arr)), [](const BasicJsonType & i)
+    {
+        // get<BasicJsonType>() returns *this, this won't call a from_json
+        // method when value_type is BasicJsonType
+        return i.template get<typename CompatibleArrayType::value_type>();
+    });
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T, std::size_t N>
+void from_json_array_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, std::array<T, N>& arr, priority_tag<2> /*unused*/)
+{
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < N; ++i)
+    {
+        arr[i] = j.at(i).template get<T>();
+    }
+}
+
+template <
+    typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType,
+    enable_if_t <
+        is_compatible_array_type<BasicJsonType, CompatibleArrayType>::value and
+        not std::is_same<typename BasicJsonType::array_t,
+                         CompatibleArrayType>::value and
+        std::is_constructible <
+            BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType::value_type >::value,
+        int > = 0 >
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, CompatibleArrayType& arr)
+{
+    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not j.is_array()))
+    {
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(302, "type must be array, but is " +
+                                      std::string(j.type_name())));
+    }
+
+    from_json_array_impl(j, arr, priority_tag<2> {});
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleObjectType,
+         enable_if_t<is_compatible_object_type<BasicJsonType, CompatibleObjectType>::value, int> = 0>
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, CompatibleObjectType& obj)
+{
+    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not j.is_object()))
+    {
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(302, "type must be object, but is " + std::string(j.type_name())));
+    }
+
+    auto inner_object = j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::object_t*>();
+    using value_type = typename CompatibleObjectType::value_type;
+    std::transform(
+        inner_object->begin(), inner_object->end(),
+        std::inserter(obj, obj.begin()),
+        [](typename BasicJsonType::object_t::value_type const & p)
+    {
+        return value_type(p.first, p.second.template get<typename CompatibleObjectType::mapped_type>());
+    });
+}
+
+// overload for arithmetic types, not chosen for basic_json template arguments
+// (BooleanType, etc..); note: Is it really necessary to provide explicit
+// overloads for boolean_t etc. in case of a custom BooleanType which is not
+// an arithmetic type?
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename ArithmeticType,
+         enable_if_t <
+             std::is_arithmetic<ArithmeticType>::value and
+             not std::is_same<ArithmeticType, typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t>::value and
+             not std::is_same<ArithmeticType, typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t>::value and
+             not std::is_same<ArithmeticType, typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t>::value and
+             not std::is_same<ArithmeticType, typename BasicJsonType::boolean_t>::value,
+             int> = 0>
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, ArithmeticType& val)
+{
+    switch (static_cast<value_t>(j))
+    {
+        case value_t::number_unsigned:
+        {
+            val = static_cast<ArithmeticType>(*j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t*>());
+            break;
+        }
+        case value_t::number_integer:
+        {
+            val = static_cast<ArithmeticType>(*j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t*>());
+            break;
+        }
+        case value_t::number_float:
+        {
+            val = static_cast<ArithmeticType>(*j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t*>());
+            break;
+        }
+        case value_t::boolean:
+        {
+            val = static_cast<ArithmeticType>(*j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::boolean_t*>());
+            break;
+        }
+
+        default:
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(302, "type must be number, but is " + std::string(j.type_name())));
+    }
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename A1, typename A2>
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, std::pair<A1, A2>& p)
+{
+    p = {j.at(0).template get<A1>(), j.at(1).template get<A2>()};
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename Tuple, std::size_t... Idx>
+void from_json_tuple_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, Tuple& t, index_sequence<Idx...>)
+{
+    t = std::make_tuple(j.at(Idx).template get<typename std::tuple_element<Idx, Tuple>::type>()...);
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename... Args>
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, std::tuple<Args...>& t)
+{
+    from_json_tuple_impl(j, t, index_sequence_for<Args...> {});
+}
+
+struct from_json_fn
+{
+  private:
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+    auto call(const BasicJsonType& j, T& val, priority_tag<1> /*unused*/) const
+    noexcept(noexcept(from_json(j, val)))
+    -> decltype(from_json(j, val), void())
+    {
+        return from_json(j, val);
+    }
+
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+    void call(const BasicJsonType& /*unused*/, T& /*unused*/, priority_tag<0> /*unused*/) const noexcept
+    {
+        static_assert(sizeof(BasicJsonType) == 0,
+                      "could not find from_json() method in T's namespace");
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+        // MSVC does not show a stacktrace for the above assert
+        using decayed = uncvref_t<T>;
+        static_assert(sizeof(typename decayed::force_msvc_stacktrace) == 0,
+                      "forcing MSVC stacktrace to show which T we're talking about.");
+#endif
+    }
+
+  public:
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+    void operator()(const BasicJsonType& j, T& val) const
+    noexcept(noexcept(std::declval<from_json_fn>().call(j, val, priority_tag<1> {})))
+    {
+        return call(j, val, priority_tag<1> {});
+    }
+};
+}
+
+/// namespace to hold default `from_json` function
+/// to see why this is required:
+/// http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2015/n4381.html
+namespace
+{
+constexpr const auto& from_json = detail::static_const<detail::from_json_fn>::value;
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/conversions/to_json.hpp>
+
+
+#include <ciso646> // or, and, not
+#include <iterator> // begin, end
+#include <tuple> // tuple, get
+#include <type_traits> // is_same, is_constructible, is_floating_point, is_enum, underlying_type
+#include <utility> // move, forward, declval, pair
+#include <valarray> // valarray
+#include <vector> // vector
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+//////////////////
+// constructors //
+//////////////////
+
+template<value_t> struct external_constructor;
+
+template<>
+struct external_constructor<value_t::boolean>
+{
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    static void construct(BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::boolean_t b) noexcept
+    {
+        j.m_type = value_t::boolean;
+        j.m_value = b;
+        j.assert_invariant();
+    }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct external_constructor<value_t::string>
+{
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    static void construct(BasicJsonType& j, const typename BasicJsonType::string_t& s)
+    {
+        j.m_type = value_t::string;
+        j.m_value = s;
+        j.assert_invariant();
+    }
+
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    static void construct(BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::string_t&& s)
+    {
+        j.m_type = value_t::string;
+        j.m_value = std::move(s);
+        j.assert_invariant();
+    }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct external_constructor<value_t::number_float>
+{
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    static void construct(BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t val) noexcept
+    {
+        j.m_type = value_t::number_float;
+        j.m_value = val;
+        j.assert_invariant();
+    }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct external_constructor<value_t::number_unsigned>
+{
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    static void construct(BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t val) noexcept
+    {
+        j.m_type = value_t::number_unsigned;
+        j.m_value = val;
+        j.assert_invariant();
+    }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct external_constructor<value_t::number_integer>
+{
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    static void construct(BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t val) noexcept
+    {
+        j.m_type = value_t::number_integer;
+        j.m_value = val;
+        j.assert_invariant();
+    }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct external_constructor<value_t::array>
+{
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    static void construct(BasicJsonType& j, const typename BasicJsonType::array_t& arr)
+    {
+        j.m_type = value_t::array;
+        j.m_value = arr;
+        j.assert_invariant();
+    }
+
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    static void construct(BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::array_t&& arr)
+    {
+        j.m_type = value_t::array;
+        j.m_value = std::move(arr);
+        j.assert_invariant();
+    }
+
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType,
+             enable_if_t<not std::is_same<CompatibleArrayType, typename BasicJsonType::array_t>::value,
+                         int> = 0>
+    static void construct(BasicJsonType& j, const CompatibleArrayType& arr)
+    {
+        using std::begin;
+        using std::end;
+        j.m_type = value_t::array;
+        j.m_value.array = j.template create<typename BasicJsonType::array_t>(begin(arr), end(arr));
+        j.assert_invariant();
+    }
+
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    static void construct(BasicJsonType& j, const std::vector<bool>& arr)
+    {
+        j.m_type = value_t::array;
+        j.m_value = value_t::array;
+        j.m_value.array->reserve(arr.size());
+        for (const bool x : arr)
+        {
+            j.m_value.array->push_back(x);
+        }
+        j.assert_invariant();
+    }
+
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T,
+             enable_if_t<std::is_convertible<T, BasicJsonType>::value, int> = 0>
+    static void construct(BasicJsonType& j, const std::valarray<T>& arr)
+    {
+        j.m_type = value_t::array;
+        j.m_value = value_t::array;
+        j.m_value.array->resize(arr.size());
+        std::copy(std::begin(arr), std::end(arr), j.m_value.array->begin());
+        j.assert_invariant();
+    }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct external_constructor<value_t::object>
+{
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    static void construct(BasicJsonType& j, const typename BasicJsonType::object_t& obj)
+    {
+        j.m_type = value_t::object;
+        j.m_value = obj;
+        j.assert_invariant();
+    }
+
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    static void construct(BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::object_t&& obj)
+    {
+        j.m_type = value_t::object;
+        j.m_value = std::move(obj);
+        j.assert_invariant();
+    }
+
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleObjectType,
+             enable_if_t<not std::is_same<CompatibleObjectType, typename BasicJsonType::object_t>::value, int> = 0>
+    static void construct(BasicJsonType& j, const CompatibleObjectType& obj)
+    {
+        using std::begin;
+        using std::end;
+
+        j.m_type = value_t::object;
+        j.m_value.object = j.template create<typename BasicJsonType::object_t>(begin(obj), end(obj));
+        j.assert_invariant();
+    }
+};
+
+/////////////
+// to_json //
+/////////////
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T,
+         enable_if_t<std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::boolean_t>::value, int> = 0>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, T b) noexcept
+{
+    external_constructor<value_t::boolean>::construct(j, b);
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleString,
+         enable_if_t<std::is_constructible<typename BasicJsonType::string_t, CompatibleString>::value, int> = 0>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const CompatibleString& s)
+{
+    external_constructor<value_t::string>::construct(j, s);
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::string_t&& s)
+{
+    external_constructor<value_t::string>::construct(j, std::move(s));
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename FloatType,
+         enable_if_t<std::is_floating_point<FloatType>::value, int> = 0>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, FloatType val) noexcept
+{
+    external_constructor<value_t::number_float>::construct(j, static_cast<typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t>(val));
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleNumberUnsignedType,
+         enable_if_t<is_compatible_integer_type<typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t, CompatibleNumberUnsignedType>::value, int> = 0>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, CompatibleNumberUnsignedType val) noexcept
+{
+    external_constructor<value_t::number_unsigned>::construct(j, static_cast<typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t>(val));
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleNumberIntegerType,
+         enable_if_t<is_compatible_integer_type<typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t, CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::value, int> = 0>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, CompatibleNumberIntegerType val) noexcept
+{
+    external_constructor<value_t::number_integer>::construct(j, static_cast<typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t>(val));
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename EnumType,
+         enable_if_t<std::is_enum<EnumType>::value, int> = 0>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, EnumType e) noexcept
+{
+    using underlying_type = typename std::underlying_type<EnumType>::type;
+    external_constructor<value_t::number_integer>::construct(j, static_cast<underlying_type>(e));
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const std::vector<bool>& e)
+{
+    external_constructor<value_t::array>::construct(j, e);
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType,
+         enable_if_t<is_compatible_array_type<BasicJsonType, CompatibleArrayType>::value or
+                     std::is_same<typename BasicJsonType::array_t, CompatibleArrayType>::value,
+                     int> = 0>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const CompatibleArrayType& arr)
+{
+    external_constructor<value_t::array>::construct(j, arr);
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T,
+         enable_if_t<std::is_convertible<T, BasicJsonType>::value, int> = 0>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, std::valarray<T> arr)
+{
+    external_constructor<value_t::array>::construct(j, std::move(arr));
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::array_t&& arr)
+{
+    external_constructor<value_t::array>::construct(j, std::move(arr));
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleObjectType,
+         enable_if_t<is_compatible_object_type<BasicJsonType, CompatibleObjectType>::value, int> = 0>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const CompatibleObjectType& obj)
+{
+    external_constructor<value_t::object>::construct(j, obj);
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::object_t&& obj)
+{
+    external_constructor<value_t::object>::construct(j, std::move(obj));
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T, std::size_t N,
+         enable_if_t<not std::is_constructible<typename BasicJsonType::string_t, T (&)[N]>::value, int> = 0>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, T (&arr)[N])
+{
+    external_constructor<value_t::array>::construct(j, arr);
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename... Args>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const std::pair<Args...>& p)
+{
+    j = {p.first, p.second};
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename Tuple, std::size_t... Idx>
+void to_json_tuple_impl(BasicJsonType& j, const Tuple& t, index_sequence<Idx...>)
+{
+    j = {std::get<Idx>(t)...};
+}
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename... Args>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const std::tuple<Args...>& t)
+{
+    to_json_tuple_impl(j, t, index_sequence_for<Args...> {});
+}
+
+struct to_json_fn
+{
+  private:
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+    auto call(BasicJsonType& j, T&& val, priority_tag<1> /*unused*/) const noexcept(noexcept(to_json(j, std::forward<T>(val))))
+    -> decltype(to_json(j, std::forward<T>(val)), void())
+    {
+        return to_json(j, std::forward<T>(val));
+    }
+
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+    void call(BasicJsonType& /*unused*/, T&& /*unused*/, priority_tag<0> /*unused*/) const noexcept
+    {
+        static_assert(sizeof(BasicJsonType) == 0,
+                      "could not find to_json() method in T's namespace");
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+        // MSVC does not show a stacktrace for the above assert
+        using decayed = uncvref_t<T>;
+        static_assert(sizeof(typename decayed::force_msvc_stacktrace) == 0,
+                      "forcing MSVC stacktrace to show which T we're talking about.");
+#endif
+    }
+
+  public:
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+    void operator()(BasicJsonType& j, T&& val) const
+    noexcept(noexcept(std::declval<to_json_fn>().call(j, std::forward<T>(val), priority_tag<1> {})))
+    {
+        return call(j, std::forward<T>(val), priority_tag<1> {});
+    }
+};
+}
+
+/// namespace to hold default `to_json` function
+namespace
+{
+constexpr const auto& to_json = detail::static_const<detail::to_json_fn>::value;
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/input_adapters.hpp>
+
+
+#include <algorithm> // min
+#include <array> // array
+#include <cassert> // assert
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <cstring> // strlen
+#include <ios> // streamsize, streamoff, streampos
+#include <istream> // istream
+#include <iterator> // begin, end, iterator_traits, random_access_iterator_tag, distance, next
+#include <memory> // shared_ptr, make_shared, addressof
+#include <numeric> // accumulate
+#include <string> // string, char_traits
+#include <type_traits> // enable_if, is_base_of, is_pointer, is_integral, remove_pointer
+#include <utility> // pair, declval
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+////////////////////
+// input adapters //
+////////////////////
+
+/*!
+@brief abstract input adapter interface
+
+Produces a stream of std::char_traits<char>::int_type characters from a
+std::istream, a buffer, or some other input type.  Accepts the return of exactly
+one non-EOF character for future input.  The int_type characters returned
+consist of all valid char values as positive values (typically unsigned char),
+plus an EOF value outside that range, specified by the value of the function
+std::char_traits<char>::eof().  This value is typically -1, but could be any
+arbitrary value which is not a valid char value.
+*/
+struct input_adapter_protocol
+{
+    /// get a character [0,255] or std::char_traits<char>::eof().
+    virtual std::char_traits<char>::int_type get_character() = 0;
+    /// restore the last non-eof() character to input
+    virtual void unget_character() = 0;
+    virtual ~input_adapter_protocol() = default;
+};
+
+/// a type to simplify interfaces
+using input_adapter_t = std::shared_ptr<input_adapter_protocol>;
+
+/*!
+Input adapter for a (caching) istream. Ignores a UFT Byte Order Mark at
+beginning of input. Does not support changing the underlying std::streambuf
+in mid-input. Maintains underlying std::istream and std::streambuf to support
+subsequent use of standard std::istream operations to process any input
+characters following those used in parsing the JSON input.  Clears the
+std::istream flags; any input errors (e.g., EOF) will be detected by the first
+subsequent call for input from the std::istream.
+*/
+class input_stream_adapter : public input_adapter_protocol
+{
+  public:
+    ~input_stream_adapter() override
+    {
+        // clear stream flags; we use underlying streambuf I/O, do not
+        // maintain ifstream flags
+        is.clear();
+    }
+
+    explicit input_stream_adapter(std::istream& i)
+        : is(i), sb(*i.rdbuf())
+    {
+        // skip byte order mark
+        std::char_traits<char>::int_type c;
+        if ((c = get_character()) == 0xEF)
+        {
+            if ((c = get_character()) == 0xBB)
+            {
+                if ((c = get_character()) == 0xBF)
+                {
+                    return; // Ignore BOM
+                }
+                else if (c != std::char_traits<char>::eof())
+                {
+                    is.unget();
+                }
+                is.putback('\xBB');
+            }
+            else if (c != std::char_traits<char>::eof())
+            {
+                is.unget();
+            }
+            is.putback('\xEF');
+        }
+        else if (c != std::char_traits<char>::eof())
+        {
+            is.unget(); // no byte order mark; process as usual
+        }
+    }
+
+    // delete because of pointer members
+    input_stream_adapter(const input_stream_adapter&) = delete;
+    input_stream_adapter& operator=(input_stream_adapter&) = delete;
+
+    // std::istream/std::streambuf use std::char_traits<char>::to_int_type, to
+    // ensure that std::char_traits<char>::eof() and the character 0xFF do not
+    // end up as the same value, eg. 0xFFFFFFFF.
+    std::char_traits<char>::int_type get_character() override
+    {
+        return sb.sbumpc();
+    }
+
+    void unget_character() override
+    {
+        sb.sungetc();  // is.unget() avoided for performance
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// the associated input stream
+    std::istream& is;
+    std::streambuf& sb;
+};
+
+/// input adapter for buffer input
+class input_buffer_adapter : public input_adapter_protocol
+{
+  public:
+    input_buffer_adapter(const char* b, const std::size_t l)
+        : cursor(b), limit(b + l), start(b)
+    {
+        // skip byte order mark
+        if (l >= 3 and b[0] == '\xEF' and b[1] == '\xBB' and b[2] == '\xBF')
+        {
+            cursor += 3;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // delete because of pointer members
+    input_buffer_adapter(const input_buffer_adapter&) = delete;
+    input_buffer_adapter& operator=(input_buffer_adapter&) = delete;
+
+    std::char_traits<char>::int_type get_character() noexcept override
+    {
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(cursor < limit))
+        {
+            return std::char_traits<char>::to_int_type(*(cursor++));
+        }
+
+        return std::char_traits<char>::eof();
+    }
+
+    void unget_character() noexcept override
+    {
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(cursor > start))
+        {
+            --cursor;
+        }
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// pointer to the current character
+    const char* cursor;
+    /// pointer past the last character
+    const char* limit;
+    /// pointer to the first character
+    const char* start;
+};
+
+class input_adapter
+{
+  public:
+    // native support
+
+    /// input adapter for input stream
+    input_adapter(std::istream& i)
+        : ia(std::make_shared<input_stream_adapter>(i)) {}
+
+    /// input adapter for input stream
+    input_adapter(std::istream&& i)
+        : ia(std::make_shared<input_stream_adapter>(i)) {}
+
+    /// input adapter for buffer
+    template<typename CharT,
+             typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_pointer<CharT>::value and
+                 std::is_integral<typename std::remove_pointer<CharT>::type>::value and
+                 sizeof(typename std::remove_pointer<CharT>::type) == 1,
+                 int>::type = 0>
+    input_adapter(CharT b, std::size_t l)
+        : ia(std::make_shared<input_buffer_adapter>(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(b), l)) {}
+
+    // derived support
+
+    /// input adapter for string literal
+    template<typename CharT,
+             typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_pointer<CharT>::value and
+                 std::is_integral<typename std::remove_pointer<CharT>::type>::value and
+                 sizeof(typename std::remove_pointer<CharT>::type) == 1,
+                 int>::type = 0>
+    input_adapter(CharT b)
+        : input_adapter(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(b),
+                        std::strlen(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(b))) {}
+
+    /// input adapter for iterator range with contiguous storage
+    template<class IteratorType,
+             typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_same<typename std::iterator_traits<IteratorType>::iterator_category, std::random_access_iterator_tag>::value,
+                 int>::type = 0>
+    input_adapter(IteratorType first, IteratorType last)
+    {
+        // assertion to check that the iterator range is indeed contiguous,
+        // see http://stackoverflow.com/a/35008842/266378 for more discussion
+        assert(std::accumulate(
+                   first, last, std::pair<bool, int>(true, 0),
+                   [&first](std::pair<bool, int> res, decltype(*first) val)
+        {
+            res.first &= (val == *(std::next(std::addressof(*first), res.second++)));
+            return res;
+        }).first);
+
+        // assertion to check that each element is 1 byte long
+        static_assert(
+            sizeof(typename std::iterator_traits<IteratorType>::value_type) == 1,
+            "each element in the iterator range must have the size of 1 byte");
+
+        const auto len = static_cast<size_t>(std::distance(first, last));
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(len > 0))
+        {
+            // there is at least one element: use the address of first
+            ia = std::make_shared<input_buffer_adapter>(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&(*first)), len);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // the address of first cannot be used: use nullptr
+            ia = std::make_shared<input_buffer_adapter>(nullptr, len);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// input adapter for array
+    template<class T, std::size_t N>
+    input_adapter(T (&array)[N])
+        : input_adapter(std::begin(array), std::end(array)) {}
+
+    /// input adapter for contiguous container
+    template<class ContiguousContainer, typename
+             std::enable_if<not std::is_pointer<ContiguousContainer>::value and
+                            std::is_base_of<std::random_access_iterator_tag, typename std::iterator_traits<decltype(std::begin(std::declval<ContiguousContainer const>()))>::iterator_category>::value,
+                            int>::type = 0>
+    input_adapter(const ContiguousContainer& c)
+        : input_adapter(std::begin(c), std::end(c)) {}
+
+    operator input_adapter_t()
+    {
+        return ia;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// the actual adapter
+    input_adapter_t ia = nullptr;
+};
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/lexer.hpp>
+
+
+#include <clocale> // localeconv
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <cstdlib> // strtof, strtod, strtold, strtoll, strtoull
+#include <initializer_list> // initializer_list
+#include <ios> // hex, uppercase
+#include <iomanip> // setw, setfill
+#include <sstream> // stringstream
+#include <string> // char_traits, string
+#include <vector> // vector
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/input_adapters.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+///////////
+// lexer //
+///////////
+
+/*!
+@brief lexical analysis
+
+This class organizes the lexical analysis during JSON deserialization.
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class lexer
+{
+    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
+    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
+    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
+    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
+
+  public:
+    /// token types for the parser
+    enum class token_type
+    {
+        uninitialized,    ///< indicating the scanner is uninitialized
+        literal_true,     ///< the `true` literal
+        literal_false,    ///< the `false` literal
+        literal_null,     ///< the `null` literal
+        value_string,     ///< a string -- use get_string() for actual value
+        value_unsigned,   ///< an unsigned integer -- use get_number_unsigned() for actual value
+        value_integer,    ///< a signed integer -- use get_number_integer() for actual value
+        value_float,      ///< an floating point number -- use get_number_float() for actual value
+        begin_array,      ///< the character for array begin `[`
+        begin_object,     ///< the character for object begin `{`
+        end_array,        ///< the character for array end `]`
+        end_object,       ///< the character for object end `}`
+        name_separator,   ///< the name separator `:`
+        value_separator,  ///< the value separator `,`
+        parse_error,      ///< indicating a parse error
+        end_of_input,     ///< indicating the end of the input buffer
+        literal_or_value  ///< a literal or the begin of a value (only for diagnostics)
+    };
+
+    /// return name of values of type token_type (only used for errors)
+    static const char* token_type_name(const token_type t) noexcept
+    {
+        switch (t)
+        {
+            case token_type::uninitialized:
+                return "<uninitialized>";
+            case token_type::literal_true:
+                return "true literal";
+            case token_type::literal_false:
+                return "false literal";
+            case token_type::literal_null:
+                return "null literal";
+            case token_type::value_string:
+                return "string literal";
+            case lexer::token_type::value_unsigned:
+            case lexer::token_type::value_integer:
+            case lexer::token_type::value_float:
+                return "number literal";
+            case token_type::begin_array:
+                return "'['";
+            case token_type::begin_object:
+                return "'{'";
+            case token_type::end_array:
+                return "']'";
+            case token_type::end_object:
+                return "'}'";
+            case token_type::name_separator:
+                return "':'";
+            case token_type::value_separator:
+                return "','";
+            case token_type::parse_error:
+                return "<parse error>";
+            case token_type::end_of_input:
+                return "end of input";
+            case token_type::literal_or_value:
+                return "'[', '{', or a literal";
+            default: // catch non-enum values
+                return "unknown token"; // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+        }
+    }
+
+    explicit lexer(detail::input_adapter_t adapter)
+        : ia(std::move(adapter)), decimal_point_char(get_decimal_point()) {}
+
+    // delete because of pointer members
+    lexer(const lexer&) = delete;
+    lexer& operator=(lexer&) = delete;
+
+  private:
+    /////////////////////
+    // locales
+    /////////////////////
+
+    /// return the locale-dependent decimal point
+    static char get_decimal_point() noexcept
+    {
+        const auto loc = localeconv();
+        assert(loc != nullptr);
+        return (loc->decimal_point == nullptr) ? '.' : *(loc->decimal_point);
+    }
+
+    /////////////////////
+    // scan functions
+    /////////////////////
+
+    /*!
+    @brief get codepoint from 4 hex characters following `\u`
+
+    For input "\u c1 c2 c3 c4" the codepoint is:
+      (c1 * 0x1000) + (c2 * 0x0100) + (c3 * 0x0010) + c4
+    = (c1 << 12) + (c2 << 8) + (c3 << 4) + (c4 << 0)
+
+    Furthermore, the possible characters '0'..'9', 'A'..'F', and 'a'..'f'
+    must be converted to the integers 0x0..0x9, 0xA..0xF, 0xA..0xF, resp. The
+    conversion is done by subtracting the offset (0x30, 0x37, and 0x57)
+    between the ASCII value of the character and the desired integer value.
+
+    @return codepoint (0x0000..0xFFFF) or -1 in case of an error (e.g. EOF or
+            non-hex character)
+    */
+    int get_codepoint()
+    {
+        // this function only makes sense after reading `\u`
+        assert(current == 'u');
+        int codepoint = 0;
+
+        const auto factors = { 12, 8, 4, 0 };
+        for (const auto factor : factors)
+        {
+            get();
+
+            if (current >= '0' and current <= '9')
+            {
+                codepoint += ((current - 0x30) << factor);
+            }
+            else if (current >= 'A' and current <= 'F')
+            {
+                codepoint += ((current - 0x37) << factor);
+            }
+            else if (current >= 'a' and current <= 'f')
+            {
+                codepoint += ((current - 0x57) << factor);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        assert(0x0000 <= codepoint and codepoint <= 0xFFFF);
+        return codepoint;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief check if the next byte(s) are inside a given range
+
+    Adds the current byte and, for each passed range, reads a new byte and
+    checks if it is inside the range. If a violation was detected, set up an
+    error message and return false. Otherwise, return true.
+
+    @param[in] ranges  list of integers; interpreted as list of pairs of
+                       inclusive lower and upper bound, respectively
+
+    @pre The passed list @a ranges must have 2, 4, or 6 elements; that is,
+         1, 2, or 3 pairs. This precondition is enforced by an assertion.
+
+    @return true if and only if no range violation was detected
+    */
+    bool next_byte_in_range(std::initializer_list<int> ranges)
+    {
+        assert(ranges.size() == 2 or ranges.size() == 4 or ranges.size() == 6);
+        add(current);
+
+        for (auto range = ranges.begin(); range != ranges.end(); ++range)
+        {
+            get();
+            if (JSON_LIKELY(*range <= current and current <= *(++range)))
+            {
+                add(current);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                error_message = "invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte";
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief scan a string literal
+
+    This function scans a string according to Sect. 7 of RFC 7159. While
+    scanning, bytes are escaped and copied into buffer token_buffer. Then the
+    function returns successfully, token_buffer is *not* null-terminated (as it
+    may contain \0 bytes), and token_buffer.size() is the number of bytes in the
+    string.
+
+    @return token_type::value_string if string could be successfully scanned,
+            token_type::parse_error otherwise
+
+    @note In case of errors, variable error_message contains a textual
+          description.
+    */
+    token_type scan_string()
+    {
+        // reset token_buffer (ignore opening quote)
+        reset();
+
+        // we entered the function by reading an open quote
+        assert(current == '\"');
+
+        while (true)
+        {
+            // get next character
+            switch (get())
+            {
+                // end of file while parsing string
+                case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: missing closing quote";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
+
+                // closing quote
+                case '\"':
+                {
+                    return token_type::value_string;
+                }
+
+                // escapes
+                case '\\':
+                {
+                    switch (get())
+                    {
+                        // quotation mark
+                        case '\"':
+                            add('\"');
+                            break;
+                        // reverse solidus
+                        case '\\':
+                            add('\\');
+                            break;
+                        // solidus
+                        case '/':
+                            add('/');
+                            break;
+                        // backspace
+                        case 'b':
+                            add('\b');
+                            break;
+                        // form feed
+                        case 'f':
+                            add('\f');
+                            break;
+                        // line feed
+                        case 'n':
+                            add('\n');
+                            break;
+                        // carriage return
+                        case 'r':
+                            add('\r');
+                            break;
+                        // tab
+                        case 't':
+                            add('\t');
+                            break;
+
+                        // unicode escapes
+                        case 'u':
+                        {
+                            const int codepoint1 = get_codepoint();
+                            int codepoint = codepoint1; // start with codepoint1
+
+                            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(codepoint1 == -1))
+                            {
+                                error_message = "invalid string: '\\u' must be followed by 4 hex digits";
+                                return token_type::parse_error;
+                            }
+
+                            // check if code point is a high surrogate
+                            if (0xD800 <= codepoint1 and codepoint1 <= 0xDBFF)
+                            {
+                                // expect next \uxxxx entry
+                                if (JSON_LIKELY(get() == '\\' and get() == 'u'))
+                                {
+                                    const int codepoint2 = get_codepoint();
+
+                                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(codepoint2 == -1))
+                                    {
+                                        error_message = "invalid string: '\\u' must be followed by 4 hex digits";
+                                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                                    }
+
+                                    // check if codepoint2 is a low surrogate
+                                    if (JSON_LIKELY(0xDC00 <= codepoint2 and codepoint2 <= 0xDFFF))
+                                    {
+                                        // overwrite codepoint
+                                        codepoint =
+                                            // high surrogate occupies the most significant 22 bits
+                                            (codepoint1 << 10)
+                                            // low surrogate occupies the least significant 15 bits
+                                            + codepoint2
+                                            // there is still the 0xD800, 0xDC00 and 0x10000 noise
+                                            // in the result so we have to subtract with:
+                                            // (0xD800 << 10) + DC00 - 0x10000 = 0x35FDC00
+                                            - 0x35FDC00;
+                                    }
+                                    else
+                                    {
+                                        error_message = "invalid string: surrogate U+DC00..U+DFFF must be followed by U+DC00..U+DFFF";
+                                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    error_message = "invalid string: surrogate U+DC00..U+DFFF must be followed by U+DC00..U+DFFF";
+                                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                                }
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(0xDC00 <= codepoint1 and codepoint1 <= 0xDFFF))
+                                {
+                                    error_message = "invalid string: surrogate U+DC00..U+DFFF must follow U+D800..U+DBFF";
+                                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            // result of the above calculation yields a proper codepoint
+                            assert(0x00 <= codepoint and codepoint <= 0x10FFFF);
+
+                            // translate codepoint into bytes
+                            if (codepoint < 0x80)
+                            {
+                                // 1-byte characters: 0xxxxxxx (ASCII)
+                                add(codepoint);
+                            }
+                            else if (codepoint <= 0x7FF)
+                            {
+                                // 2-byte characters: 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx
+                                add(0xC0 | (codepoint >> 6));
+                                add(0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3F));
+                            }
+                            else if (codepoint <= 0xFFFF)
+                            {
+                                // 3-byte characters: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
+                                add(0xE0 | (codepoint >> 12));
+                                add(0x80 | ((codepoint >> 6) & 0x3F));
+                                add(0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3F));
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                // 4-byte characters: 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
+                                add(0xF0 | (codepoint >> 18));
+                                add(0x80 | ((codepoint >> 12) & 0x3F));
+                                add(0x80 | ((codepoint >> 6) & 0x3F));
+                                add(0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3F));
+                            }
+
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        // other characters after escape
+                        default:
+                            error_message = "invalid string: forbidden character after backslash";
+                            return token_type::parse_error;
+                    }
+
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                // invalid control characters
+                case 0x00:
+                case 0x01:
+                case 0x02:
+                case 0x03:
+                case 0x04:
+                case 0x05:
+                case 0x06:
+                case 0x07:
+                case 0x08:
+                case 0x09:
+                case 0x0A:
+                case 0x0B:
+                case 0x0C:
+                case 0x0D:
+                case 0x0E:
+                case 0x0F:
+                case 0x10:
+                case 0x11:
+                case 0x12:
+                case 0x13:
+                case 0x14:
+                case 0x15:
+                case 0x16:
+                case 0x17:
+                case 0x18:
+                case 0x19:
+                case 0x1A:
+                case 0x1B:
+                case 0x1C:
+                case 0x1D:
+                case 0x1E:
+                case 0x1F:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character must be escaped";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
+
+                // U+0020..U+007F (except U+0022 (quote) and U+005C (backspace))
+                case 0x20:
+                case 0x21:
+                case 0x23:
+                case 0x24:
+                case 0x25:
+                case 0x26:
+                case 0x27:
+                case 0x28:
+                case 0x29:
+                case 0x2A:
+                case 0x2B:
+                case 0x2C:
+                case 0x2D:
+                case 0x2E:
+                case 0x2F:
+                case 0x30:
+                case 0x31:
+                case 0x32:
+                case 0x33:
+                case 0x34:
+                case 0x35:
+                case 0x36:
+                case 0x37:
+                case 0x38:
+                case 0x39:
+                case 0x3A:
+                case 0x3B:
+                case 0x3C:
+                case 0x3D:
+                case 0x3E:
+                case 0x3F:
+                case 0x40:
+                case 0x41:
+                case 0x42:
+                case 0x43:
+                case 0x44:
+                case 0x45:
+                case 0x46:
+                case 0x47:
+                case 0x48:
+                case 0x49:
+                case 0x4A:
+                case 0x4B:
+                case 0x4C:
+                case 0x4D:
+                case 0x4E:
+                case 0x4F:
+                case 0x50:
+                case 0x51:
+                case 0x52:
+                case 0x53:
+                case 0x54:
+                case 0x55:
+                case 0x56:
+                case 0x57:
+                case 0x58:
+                case 0x59:
+                case 0x5A:
+                case 0x5B:
+                case 0x5D:
+                case 0x5E:
+                case 0x5F:
+                case 0x60:
+                case 0x61:
+                case 0x62:
+                case 0x63:
+                case 0x64:
+                case 0x65:
+                case 0x66:
+                case 0x67:
+                case 0x68:
+                case 0x69:
+                case 0x6A:
+                case 0x6B:
+                case 0x6C:
+                case 0x6D:
+                case 0x6E:
+                case 0x6F:
+                case 0x70:
+                case 0x71:
+                case 0x72:
+                case 0x73:
+                case 0x74:
+                case 0x75:
+                case 0x76:
+                case 0x77:
+                case 0x78:
+                case 0x79:
+                case 0x7A:
+                case 0x7B:
+                case 0x7C:
+                case 0x7D:
+                case 0x7E:
+                case 0x7F:
+                {
+                    add(current);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                // U+0080..U+07FF: bytes C2..DF 80..BF
+                case 0xC2:
+                case 0xC3:
+                case 0xC4:
+                case 0xC5:
+                case 0xC6:
+                case 0xC7:
+                case 0xC8:
+                case 0xC9:
+                case 0xCA:
+                case 0xCB:
+                case 0xCC:
+                case 0xCD:
+                case 0xCE:
+                case 0xCF:
+                case 0xD0:
+                case 0xD1:
+                case 0xD2:
+                case 0xD3:
+                case 0xD4:
+                case 0xD5:
+                case 0xD6:
+                case 0xD7:
+                case 0xD8:
+                case 0xD9:
+                case 0xDA:
+                case 0xDB:
+                case 0xDC:
+                case 0xDD:
+                case 0xDE:
+                case 0xDF:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF})))
+                    {
+                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                // U+0800..U+0FFF: bytes E0 A0..BF 80..BF
+                case 0xE0:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0xA0, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    {
+                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                // U+1000..U+CFFF: bytes E1..EC 80..BF 80..BF
+                // U+E000..U+FFFF: bytes EE..EF 80..BF 80..BF
+                case 0xE1:
+                case 0xE2:
+                case 0xE3:
+                case 0xE4:
+                case 0xE5:
+                case 0xE6:
+                case 0xE7:
+                case 0xE8:
+                case 0xE9:
+                case 0xEA:
+                case 0xEB:
+                case 0xEC:
+                case 0xEE:
+                case 0xEF:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    {
+                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                // U+D000..U+D7FF: bytes ED 80..9F 80..BF
+                case 0xED:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0x9F, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    {
+                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                // U+10000..U+3FFFF F0 90..BF 80..BF 80..BF
+                case 0xF0:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0x90, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    {
+                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                // U+40000..U+FFFFF F1..F3 80..BF 80..BF 80..BF
+                case 0xF1:
+                case 0xF2:
+                case 0xF3:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    {
+                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                // U+100000..U+10FFFF F4 80..8F 80..BF 80..BF
+                case 0xF4:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0x8F, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    {
+                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                // remaining bytes (80..C1 and F5..FF) are ill-formed
+                default:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    static void strtof(float& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
+    {
+        f = std::strtof(str, endptr);
+    }
+
+    static void strtof(double& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
+    {
+        f = std::strtod(str, endptr);
+    }
+
+    static void strtof(long double& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
+    {
+        f = std::strtold(str, endptr);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief scan a number literal
+
+    This function scans a string according to Sect. 6 of RFC 7159.
+
+    The function is realized with a deterministic finite state machine derived
+    from the grammar described in RFC 7159. Starting in state "init", the
+    input is read and used to determined the next state. Only state "done"
+    accepts the number. State "error" is a trap state to model errors. In the
+    table below, "anything" means any character but the ones listed before.
+
+    state    | 0        | 1-9      | e E      | +       | -       | .        | anything
+    ---------|----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|----------|-----------
+    init     | zero     | any1     | [error]  | [error] | minus   | [error]  | [error]
+    minus    | zero     | any1     | [error]  | [error] | [error] | [error]  | [error]
+    zero     | done     | done     | exponent | done    | done    | decimal1 | done
+    any1     | any1     | any1     | exponent | done    | done    | decimal1 | done
+    decimal1 | decimal2 | [error]  | [error]  | [error] | [error] | [error]  | [error]
+    decimal2 | decimal2 | decimal2 | exponent | done    | done    | done     | done
+    exponent | any2     | any2     | [error]  | sign    | sign    | [error]  | [error]
+    sign     | any2     | any2     | [error]  | [error] | [error] | [error]  | [error]
+    any2     | any2     | any2     | done     | done    | done    | done     | done
+
+    The state machine is realized with one label per state (prefixed with
+    "scan_number_") and `goto` statements between them. The state machine
+    contains cycles, but any cycle can be left when EOF is read. Therefore,
+    the function is guaranteed to terminate.
+
+    During scanning, the read bytes are stored in token_buffer. This string is
+    then converted to a signed integer, an unsigned integer, or a
+    floating-point number.
+
+    @return token_type::value_unsigned, token_type::value_integer, or
+            token_type::value_float if number could be successfully scanned,
+            token_type::parse_error otherwise
+
+    @note The scanner is independent of the current locale. Internally, the
+          locale's decimal point is used instead of `.` to work with the
+          locale-dependent converters.
+    */
+    token_type scan_number()
+    {
+        // reset token_buffer to store the number's bytes
+        reset();
+
+        // the type of the parsed number; initially set to unsigned; will be
+        // changed if minus sign, decimal point or exponent is read
+        token_type number_type = token_type::value_unsigned;
+
+        // state (init): we just found out we need to scan a number
+        switch (current)
+        {
+            case '-':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_minus;
+            }
+
+            case '0':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_zero;
+            }
+
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_any1;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                // all other characters are rejected outside scan_number()
+                assert(false); // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+            }
+        }
+
+scan_number_minus:
+        // state: we just parsed a leading minus sign
+        number_type = token_type::value_integer;
+        switch (get())
+        {
+            case '0':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_zero;
+            }
+
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_any1;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                error_message = "invalid number; expected digit after '-'";
+                return token_type::parse_error;
+            }
+        }
+
+scan_number_zero:
+        // state: we just parse a zero (maybe with a leading minus sign)
+        switch (get())
+        {
+            case '.':
+            {
+                add(decimal_point_char);
+                goto scan_number_decimal1;
+            }
+
+            case 'e':
+            case 'E':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_exponent;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                goto scan_number_done;
+        }
+
+scan_number_any1:
+        // state: we just parsed a number 0-9 (maybe with a leading minus sign)
+        switch (get())
+        {
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_any1;
+            }
+
+            case '.':
+            {
+                add(decimal_point_char);
+                goto scan_number_decimal1;
+            }
+
+            case 'e':
+            case 'E':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_exponent;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                goto scan_number_done;
+        }
+
+scan_number_decimal1:
+        // state: we just parsed a decimal point
+        number_type = token_type::value_float;
+        switch (get())
+        {
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_decimal2;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                error_message = "invalid number; expected digit after '.'";
+                return token_type::parse_error;
+            }
+        }
+
+scan_number_decimal2:
+        // we just parsed at least one number after a decimal point
+        switch (get())
+        {
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_decimal2;
+            }
+
+            case 'e':
+            case 'E':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_exponent;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                goto scan_number_done;
+        }
+
+scan_number_exponent:
+        // we just parsed an exponent
+        number_type = token_type::value_float;
+        switch (get())
+        {
+            case '+':
+            case '-':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_sign;
+            }
+
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_any2;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                error_message =
+                    "invalid number; expected '+', '-', or digit after exponent";
+                return token_type::parse_error;
+            }
+        }
+
+scan_number_sign:
+        // we just parsed an exponent sign
+        switch (get())
+        {
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_any2;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                error_message = "invalid number; expected digit after exponent sign";
+                return token_type::parse_error;
+            }
+        }
+
+scan_number_any2:
+        // we just parsed a number after the exponent or exponent sign
+        switch (get())
+        {
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_any2;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                goto scan_number_done;
+        }
+
+scan_number_done:
+        // unget the character after the number (we only read it to know that
+        // we are done scanning a number)
+        unget();
+
+        char* endptr = nullptr;
+        errno = 0;
+
+        // try to parse integers first and fall back to floats
+        if (number_type == token_type::value_unsigned)
+        {
+            const auto x = std::strtoull(token_buffer.data(), &endptr, 10);
+
+            // we checked the number format before
+            assert(endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size());
+
+            if (errno == 0)
+            {
+                value_unsigned = static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(x);
+                if (value_unsigned == x)
+                {
+                    return token_type::value_unsigned;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else if (number_type == token_type::value_integer)
+        {
+            const auto x = std::strtoll(token_buffer.data(), &endptr, 10);
+
+            // we checked the number format before
+            assert(endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size());
+
+            if (errno == 0)
+            {
+                value_integer = static_cast<number_integer_t>(x);
+                if (value_integer == x)
+                {
+                    return token_type::value_integer;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // this code is reached if we parse a floating-point number or if an
+        // integer conversion above failed
+        strtof(value_float, token_buffer.data(), &endptr);
+
+        // we checked the number format before
+        assert(endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size());
+
+        return token_type::value_float;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @param[in] literal_text  the literal text to expect
+    @param[in] length        the length of the passed literal text
+    @param[in] return_type   the token type to return on success
+    */
+    token_type scan_literal(const char* literal_text, const std::size_t length,
+                            token_type return_type)
+    {
+        assert(current == literal_text[0]);
+        for (std::size_t i = 1; i < length; ++i)
+        {
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(get() != literal_text[i]))
+            {
+                error_message = "invalid literal";
+                return token_type::parse_error;
+            }
+        }
+        return return_type;
+    }
+
+    /////////////////////
+    // input management
+    /////////////////////
+
+    /// reset token_buffer; current character is beginning of token
+    void reset() noexcept
+    {
+        token_buffer.clear();
+        token_string.clear();
+        token_string.push_back(std::char_traits<char>::to_char_type(current));
+    }
+
+    /*
+    @brief get next character from the input
+
+    This function provides the interface to the used input adapter. It does
+    not throw in case the input reached EOF, but returns a
+    `std::char_traits<char>::eof()` in that case.  Stores the scanned characters
+    for use in error messages.
+
+    @return character read from the input
+    */
+    std::char_traits<char>::int_type get()
+    {
+        ++chars_read;
+        current = ia->get_character();
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(current != std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
+        {
+            token_string.push_back(std::char_traits<char>::to_char_type(current));
+        }
+        return current;
+    }
+
+    /// unget current character (return it again on next get)
+    void unget()
+    {
+        --chars_read;
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(current != std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
+        {
+            ia->unget_character();
+            assert(token_string.size() != 0);
+            token_string.pop_back();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// add a character to token_buffer
+    void add(int c)
+    {
+        token_buffer.push_back(std::char_traits<char>::to_char_type(c));
+    }
+
+  public:
+    /////////////////////
+    // value getters
+    /////////////////////
+
+    /// return integer value
+    constexpr number_integer_t get_number_integer() const noexcept
+    {
+        return value_integer;
+    }
+
+    /// return unsigned integer value
+    constexpr number_unsigned_t get_number_unsigned() const noexcept
+    {
+        return value_unsigned;
+    }
+
+    /// return floating-point value
+    constexpr number_float_t get_number_float() const noexcept
+    {
+        return value_float;
+    }
+
+    /// return current string value (implicitly resets the token; useful only once)
+    string_t&& move_string()
+    {
+        return std::move(token_buffer);
+    }
+
+    /////////////////////
+    // diagnostics
+    /////////////////////
+
+    /// return position of last read token
+    constexpr std::size_t get_position() const noexcept
+    {
+        return chars_read;
+    }
+
+    /// return the last read token (for errors only).  Will never contain EOF
+    /// (an arbitrary value that is not a valid char value, often -1), because
+    /// 255 may legitimately occur.  May contain NUL, which should be escaped.
+    std::string get_token_string() const
+    {
+        // escape control characters
+        std::string result;
+        for (const auto c : token_string)
+        {
+            if ('\x00' <= c and c <= '\x1F')
+            {
+                // escape control characters
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << "<U+" << std::setw(4) << std::uppercase << std::setfill('0')
+                   << std::hex << static_cast<int>(c) << ">";
+                result += ss.str();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // add character as is
+                result.push_back(c);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /// return syntax error message
+    constexpr const char* get_error_message() const noexcept
+    {
+        return error_message;
+    }
+
+    /////////////////////
+    // actual scanner
+    /////////////////////
+
+    token_type scan()
+    {
+        // read next character and ignore whitespace
+        do
+        {
+            get();
+        }
+        while (current == ' ' or current == '\t' or current == '\n' or current == '\r');
+
+        switch (current)
+        {
+            // structural characters
+            case '[':
+                return token_type::begin_array;
+            case ']':
+                return token_type::end_array;
+            case '{':
+                return token_type::begin_object;
+            case '}':
+                return token_type::end_object;
+            case ':':
+                return token_type::name_separator;
+            case ',':
+                return token_type::value_separator;
+
+            // literals
+            case 't':
+                return scan_literal("true", 4, token_type::literal_true);
+            case 'f':
+                return scan_literal("false", 5, token_type::literal_false);
+            case 'n':
+                return scan_literal("null", 4, token_type::literal_null);
+
+            // string
+            case '\"':
+                return scan_string();
+
+            // number
+            case '-':
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+                return scan_number();
+
+            // end of input (the null byte is needed when parsing from
+            // string literals)
+            case '\0':
+            case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
+                return token_type::end_of_input;
+
+            // error
+            default:
+                error_message = "invalid literal";
+                return token_type::parse_error;
+        }
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// input adapter
+    detail::input_adapter_t ia = nullptr;
+
+    /// the current character
+    std::char_traits<char>::int_type current = std::char_traits<char>::eof();
+
+    /// the number of characters read
+    std::size_t chars_read = 0;
+
+    /// raw input token string (for error messages)
+    std::vector<char> token_string {};
+
+    /// buffer for variable-length tokens (numbers, strings)
+    string_t token_buffer {};
+
+    /// a description of occurred lexer errors
+    const char* error_message = "";
+
+    // number values
+    number_integer_t value_integer = 0;
+    number_unsigned_t value_unsigned = 0;
+    number_float_t value_float = 0;
+
+    /// the decimal point
+    const char decimal_point_char = '.';
+};
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp>
+
+
+#include <cassert> // assert
+#include <cmath> // isfinite
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t
+#include <functional> // function
+#include <string> // string
+#include <utility> // move
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/input_adapters.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/lexer.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+////////////
+// parser //
+////////////
+
+/*!
+@brief syntax analysis
+
+This class implements a recursive decent parser.
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class parser
+{
+    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
+    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
+    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
+    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
+    using lexer_t = lexer<BasicJsonType>;
+    using token_type = typename lexer_t::token_type;
+
+  public:
+    enum class parse_event_t : uint8_t
+    {
+        /// the parser read `{` and started to process a JSON object
+        object_start,
+        /// the parser read `}` and finished processing a JSON object
+        object_end,
+        /// the parser read `[` and started to process a JSON array
+        array_start,
+        /// the parser read `]` and finished processing a JSON array
+        array_end,
+        /// the parser read a key of a value in an object
+        key,
+        /// the parser finished reading a JSON value
+        value
+    };
+
+    using parser_callback_t =
+        std::function<bool(int depth, parse_event_t event, BasicJsonType& parsed)>;
+
+    /// a parser reading from an input adapter
+    explicit parser(detail::input_adapter_t adapter,
+                    const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr,
+                    const bool allow_exceptions_ = true)
+        : callback(cb), m_lexer(adapter), allow_exceptions(allow_exceptions_)
+    {}
+
+    /*!
+    @brief public parser interface
+
+    @param[in] strict      whether to expect the last token to be EOF
+    @param[in,out] result  parsed JSON value
+
+    @throw parse_error.101 in case of an unexpected token
+    @throw parse_error.102 if to_unicode fails or surrogate error
+    @throw parse_error.103 if to_unicode fails
+    */
+    void parse(const bool strict, BasicJsonType& result)
+    {
+        // read first token
+        get_token();
+
+        parse_internal(true, result);
+        result.assert_invariant();
+
+        // in strict mode, input must be completely read
+        if (strict)
+        {
+            get_token();
+            expect(token_type::end_of_input);
+        }
+
+        // in case of an error, return discarded value
+        if (errored)
+        {
+            result = value_t::discarded;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // set top-level value to null if it was discarded by the callback
+        // function
+        if (result.is_discarded())
+        {
+            result = nullptr;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief public accept interface
+
+    @param[in] strict  whether to expect the last token to be EOF
+    @return whether the input is a proper JSON text
+    */
+    bool accept(const bool strict = true)
+    {
+        // read first token
+        get_token();
+
+        if (not accept_internal())
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // strict => last token must be EOF
+        return not strict or (get_token() == token_type::end_of_input);
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /*!
+    @brief the actual parser
+    @throw parse_error.101 in case of an unexpected token
+    @throw parse_error.102 if to_unicode fails or surrogate error
+    @throw parse_error.103 if to_unicode fails
+    */
+    void parse_internal(bool keep, BasicJsonType& result)
+    {
+        // never parse after a parse error was detected
+        assert(not errored);
+
+        // start with a discarded value
+        if (not result.is_discarded())
+        {
+            result.m_value.destroy(result.m_type);
+            result.m_type = value_t::discarded;
+        }
+
+        switch (last_token)
+        {
+            case token_type::begin_object:
+            {
+                if (keep)
+                {
+                    if (callback)
+                    {
+                        keep = callback(depth++, parse_event_t::object_start, result);
+                    }
+
+                    if (not callback or keep)
+                    {
+                        // explicitly set result to object to cope with {}
+                        result.m_type = value_t::object;
+                        result.m_value = value_t::object;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // read next token
+                get_token();
+
+                // closing } -> we are done
+                if (last_token == token_type::end_object)
+                {
+                    if (keep and callback and not callback(--depth, parse_event_t::object_end, result))
+                    {
+                        result.m_value.destroy(result.m_type);
+                        result.m_type = value_t::discarded;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                // parse values
+                string_t key;
+                BasicJsonType value;
+                while (true)
+                {
+                    // store key
+                    if (not expect(token_type::value_string))
+                    {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    key = m_lexer.move_string();
+
+                    bool keep_tag = false;
+                    if (keep)
+                    {
+                        if (callback)
+                        {
+                            BasicJsonType k(key);
+                            keep_tag = callback(depth, parse_event_t::key, k);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            keep_tag = true;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // parse separator (:)
+                    get_token();
+                    if (not expect(token_type::name_separator))
+                    {
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    // parse and add value
+                    get_token();
+                    value.m_value.destroy(value.m_type);
+                    value.m_type = value_t::discarded;
+                    parse_internal(keep, value);
+
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(errored))
+                    {
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    if (keep and keep_tag and not value.is_discarded())
+                    {
+                        result.m_value.object->emplace(std::move(key), std::move(value));
+                    }
+
+                    // comma -> next value
+                    get_token();
+                    if (last_token == token_type::value_separator)
+                    {
+                        get_token();
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    // closing }
+                    if (not expect(token_type::end_object))
+                    {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                if (keep and callback and not callback(--depth, parse_event_t::object_end, result))
+                {
+                    result.m_value.destroy(result.m_type);
+                    result.m_type = value_t::discarded;
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case token_type::begin_array:
+            {
+                if (keep)
+                {
+                    if (callback)
+                    {
+                        keep = callback(depth++, parse_event_t::array_start, result);
+                    }
+
+                    if (not callback or keep)
+                    {
+                        // explicitly set result to array to cope with []
+                        result.m_type = value_t::array;
+                        result.m_value = value_t::array;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // read next token
+                get_token();
+
+                // closing ] -> we are done
+                if (last_token == token_type::end_array)
+                {
+                    if (callback and not callback(--depth, parse_event_t::array_end, result))
+                    {
+                        result.m_value.destroy(result.m_type);
+                        result.m_type = value_t::discarded;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                // parse values
+                BasicJsonType value;
+                while (true)
+                {
+                    // parse value
+                    value.m_value.destroy(value.m_type);
+                    value.m_type = value_t::discarded;
+                    parse_internal(keep, value);
+
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(errored))
+                    {
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    if (keep and not value.is_discarded())
+                    {
+                        result.m_value.array->push_back(std::move(value));
+                    }
+
+                    // comma -> next value
+                    get_token();
+                    if (last_token == token_type::value_separator)
+                    {
+                        get_token();
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    // closing ]
+                    if (not expect(token_type::end_array))
+                    {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                if (keep and callback and not callback(--depth, parse_event_t::array_end, result))
+                {
+                    result.m_value.destroy(result.m_type);
+                    result.m_type = value_t::discarded;
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case token_type::literal_null:
+            {
+                result.m_type = value_t::null;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case token_type::value_string:
+            {
+                result.m_type = value_t::string;
+                result.m_value = m_lexer.move_string();
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case token_type::literal_true:
+            {
+                result.m_type = value_t::boolean;
+                result.m_value = true;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case token_type::literal_false:
+            {
+                result.m_type = value_t::boolean;
+                result.m_value = false;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case token_type::value_unsigned:
+            {
+                result.m_type = value_t::number_unsigned;
+                result.m_value = m_lexer.get_number_unsigned();
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case token_type::value_integer:
+            {
+                result.m_type = value_t::number_integer;
+                result.m_value = m_lexer.get_number_integer();
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case token_type::value_float:
+            {
+                result.m_type = value_t::number_float;
+                result.m_value = m_lexer.get_number_float();
+
+                // throw in case of infinity or NAN
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not std::isfinite(result.m_value.number_float)))
+                {
+                    if (allow_exceptions)
+                    {
+                        JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(406, "number overflow parsing '" +
+                                                        m_lexer.get_token_string() + "'"));
+                    }
+                    expect(token_type::uninitialized);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case token_type::parse_error:
+            {
+                // using "uninitialized" to avoid "expected" message
+                if (not expect(token_type::uninitialized))
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+                break; // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                // the last token was unexpected; we expected a value
+                if (not expect(token_type::literal_or_value))
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+                break; // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (keep and callback and not callback(depth, parse_event_t::value, result))
+        {
+            result.m_value.destroy(result.m_type);
+            result.m_type = value_t::discarded;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief the actual acceptor
+
+    @invariant 1. The last token is not yet processed. Therefore, the caller
+                  of this function must make sure a token has been read.
+               2. When this function returns, the last token is processed.
+                  That is, the last read character was already considered.
+
+    This invariant makes sure that no token needs to be "unput".
+    */
+    bool accept_internal()
+    {
+        switch (last_token)
+        {
+            case token_type::begin_object:
+            {
+                // read next token
+                get_token();
+
+                // closing } -> we are done
+                if (last_token == token_type::end_object)
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                // parse values
+                while (true)
+                {
+                    // parse key
+                    if (last_token != token_type::value_string)
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+
+                    // parse separator (:)
+                    get_token();
+                    if (last_token != token_type::name_separator)
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+
+                    // parse value
+                    get_token();
+                    if (not accept_internal())
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+
+                    // comma -> next value
+                    get_token();
+                    if (last_token == token_type::value_separator)
+                    {
+                        get_token();
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    // closing }
+                    return (last_token == token_type::end_object);
+                }
+            }
+
+            case token_type::begin_array:
+            {
+                // read next token
+                get_token();
+
+                // closing ] -> we are done
+                if (last_token == token_type::end_array)
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                // parse values
+                while (true)
+                {
+                    // parse value
+                    if (not accept_internal())
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+
+                    // comma -> next value
+                    get_token();
+                    if (last_token == token_type::value_separator)
+                    {
+                        get_token();
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    // closing ]
+                    return (last_token == token_type::end_array);
+                }
+            }
+
+            case token_type::value_float:
+            {
+                // reject infinity or NAN
+                return std::isfinite(m_lexer.get_number_float());
+            }
+
+            case token_type::literal_false:
+            case token_type::literal_null:
+            case token_type::literal_true:
+            case token_type::value_integer:
+            case token_type::value_string:
+            case token_type::value_unsigned:
+                return true;
+
+            default: // the last token was unexpected
+                return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// get next token from lexer
+    token_type get_token()
+    {
+        return (last_token = m_lexer.scan());
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @throw parse_error.101 if expected token did not occur
+    */
+    bool expect(token_type t)
+    {
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(t != last_token))
+        {
+            errored = true;
+            expected = t;
+            if (allow_exceptions)
+            {
+                throw_exception();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    [[noreturn]] void throw_exception() const
+    {
+        std::string error_msg = "syntax error - ";
+        if (last_token == token_type::parse_error)
+        {
+            error_msg += std::string(m_lexer.get_error_message()) + "; last read: '" +
+                         m_lexer.get_token_string() + "'";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            error_msg += "unexpected " + std::string(lexer_t::token_type_name(last_token));
+        }
+
+        if (expected != token_type::uninitialized)
+        {
+            error_msg += "; expected " + std::string(lexer_t::token_type_name(expected));
+        }
+
+        JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(), error_msg));
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// current level of recursion
+    int depth = 0;
+    /// callback function
+    const parser_callback_t callback = nullptr;
+    /// the type of the last read token
+    token_type last_token = token_type::uninitialized;
+    /// the lexer
+    lexer_t m_lexer;
+    /// whether a syntax error occurred
+    bool errored = false;
+    /// possible reason for the syntax error
+    token_type expected = token_type::uninitialized;
+    /// whether to throw exceptions in case of errors
+    const bool allow_exceptions = true;
+};
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/primitive_iterator.hpp>
+
+
+#include <cstddef> // ptrdiff_t
+#include <limits>  // numeric_limits
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+/*
+@brief an iterator for primitive JSON types
+
+This class models an iterator for primitive JSON types (boolean, number,
+string). It's only purpose is to allow the iterator/const_iterator classes
+to "iterate" over primitive values. Internally, the iterator is modeled by
+a `difference_type` variable. Value begin_value (`0`) models the begin,
+end_value (`1`) models past the end.
+*/
+class primitive_iterator_t
+{
+  private:
+    using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+    static constexpr difference_type begin_value = 0;
+    static constexpr difference_type end_value = begin_value + 1;
+
+    /// iterator as signed integer type
+    difference_type m_it = (std::numeric_limits<std::ptrdiff_t>::min)();
+
+  public:
+    constexpr difference_type get_value() const noexcept
+    {
+        return m_it;
+    }
+
+    /// set iterator to a defined beginning
+    void set_begin() noexcept
+    {
+        m_it = begin_value;
+    }
+
+    /// set iterator to a defined past the end
+    void set_end() noexcept
+    {
+        m_it = end_value;
+    }
+
+    /// return whether the iterator can be dereferenced
+    constexpr bool is_begin() const noexcept
+    {
+        return m_it == begin_value;
+    }
+
+    /// return whether the iterator is at end
+    constexpr bool is_end() const noexcept
+    {
+        return m_it == end_value;
+    }
+
+    friend constexpr bool operator==(primitive_iterator_t lhs, primitive_iterator_t rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return lhs.m_it == rhs.m_it;
+    }
+
+    friend constexpr bool operator<(primitive_iterator_t lhs, primitive_iterator_t rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return lhs.m_it < rhs.m_it;
+    }
+
+    primitive_iterator_t operator+(difference_type n) noexcept
+    {
+        auto result = *this;
+        result += n;
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    friend constexpr difference_type operator-(primitive_iterator_t lhs, primitive_iterator_t rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return lhs.m_it - rhs.m_it;
+    }
+
+    primitive_iterator_t& operator++() noexcept
+    {
+        ++m_it;
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    primitive_iterator_t const operator++(int) noexcept
+    {
+        auto result = *this;
+        m_it++;
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    primitive_iterator_t& operator--() noexcept
+    {
+        --m_it;
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    primitive_iterator_t const operator--(int) noexcept
+    {
+        auto result = *this;
+        m_it--;
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    primitive_iterator_t& operator+=(difference_type n) noexcept
+    {
+        m_it += n;
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    primitive_iterator_t& operator-=(difference_type n) noexcept
+    {
+        m_it -= n;
+        return *this;
+    }
+};
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/internal_iterator.hpp>
+
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/primitive_iterator.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+/*!
+@brief an iterator value
+
+@note This structure could easily be a union, but MSVC currently does not allow
+unions members with complex constructors, see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/105.
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType> struct internal_iterator
+{
+    /// iterator for JSON objects
+    typename BasicJsonType::object_t::iterator object_iterator {};
+    /// iterator for JSON arrays
+    typename BasicJsonType::array_t::iterator array_iterator {};
+    /// generic iterator for all other types
+    primitive_iterator_t primitive_iterator {};
+};
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/iter_impl.hpp>
+
+
+#include <ciso646> // not
+#include <iterator> // iterator, random_access_iterator_tag, bidirectional_iterator_tag, advance, next
+#include <type_traits> // conditional, is_const, remove_const
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/internal_iterator.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/primitive_iterator.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+// forward declare, to be able to friend it later on
+template<typename IteratorType> class iteration_proxy;
+
+/*!
+@brief a template for a bidirectional iterator for the @ref basic_json class
+
+This class implements a both iterators (iterator and const_iterator) for the
+@ref basic_json class.
+
+@note An iterator is called *initialized* when a pointer to a JSON value has
+      been set (e.g., by a constructor or a copy assignment). If the iterator is
+      default-constructed, it is *uninitialized* and most methods are undefined.
+      **The library uses assertions to detect calls on uninitialized iterators.**
+
+@requirement The class satisfies the following concept requirements:
+-
+[BidirectionalIterator](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/BidirectionalIterator):
+  The iterator that can be moved can be moved in both directions (i.e.
+  incremented and decremented).
+
+@since version 1.0.0, simplified in version 2.0.9, change to bidirectional
+       iterators in version 3.0.0 (see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/593)
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class iter_impl
+{
+    /// allow basic_json to access private members
+    friend iter_impl<typename std::conditional<std::is_const<BasicJsonType>::value, typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type, const BasicJsonType>::type>;
+    friend BasicJsonType;
+    friend iteration_proxy<iter_impl>;
+
+    using object_t = typename BasicJsonType::object_t;
+    using array_t = typename BasicJsonType::array_t;
+    // make sure BasicJsonType is basic_json or const basic_json
+    static_assert(is_basic_json<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type>::value,
+                  "iter_impl only accepts (const) basic_json");
+
+  public:
+
+    /// The std::iterator class template (used as a base class to provide typedefs) is deprecated in C++17.
+    /// The C++ Standard has never required user-defined iterators to derive from std::iterator.
+    /// A user-defined iterator should provide publicly accessible typedefs named
+    /// iterator_category, value_type, difference_type, pointer, and reference.
+    /// Note that value_type is required to be non-const, even for constant iterators.
+    using iterator_category = std::bidirectional_iterator_tag;
+
+    /// the type of the values when the iterator is dereferenced
+    using value_type = typename BasicJsonType::value_type;
+    /// a type to represent differences between iterators
+    using difference_type = typename BasicJsonType::difference_type;
+    /// defines a pointer to the type iterated over (value_type)
+    using pointer = typename std::conditional<std::is_const<BasicJsonType>::value,
+          typename BasicJsonType::const_pointer,
+          typename BasicJsonType::pointer>::type;
+    /// defines a reference to the type iterated over (value_type)
+    using reference =
+        typename std::conditional<std::is_const<BasicJsonType>::value,
+        typename BasicJsonType::const_reference,
+        typename BasicJsonType::reference>::type;
+
+    /// default constructor
+    iter_impl() = default;
+
+    /*!
+    @brief constructor for a given JSON instance
+    @param[in] object  pointer to a JSON object for this iterator
+    @pre object != nullptr
+    @post The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    explicit iter_impl(pointer object) noexcept : m_object(object)
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                m_it.object_iterator = typename object_t::iterator();
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                m_it.array_iterator = typename array_t::iterator();
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                m_it.primitive_iterator = primitive_iterator_t();
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @note The conventional copy constructor and copy assignment are implicitly
+          defined. Combined with the following converting constructor and
+          assignment, they support: (1) copy from iterator to iterator, (2)
+          copy from const iterator to const iterator, and (3) conversion from
+          iterator to const iterator. However conversion from const iterator
+          to iterator is not defined.
+    */
+
+    /*!
+    @brief converting constructor
+    @param[in] other  non-const iterator to copy from
+    @note It is not checked whether @a other is initialized.
+    */
+    iter_impl(const iter_impl<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type>& other) noexcept
+        : m_object(other.m_object), m_it(other.m_it) {}
+
+    /*!
+    @brief converting assignment
+    @param[in,out] other  non-const iterator to copy from
+    @return const/non-const iterator
+    @note It is not checked whether @a other is initialized.
+    */
+    iter_impl& operator=(const iter_impl<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type>& other) noexcept
+    {
+        m_object = other.m_object;
+        m_it = other.m_it;
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /*!
+    @brief set the iterator to the first value
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    void set_begin() noexcept
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                m_it.object_iterator = m_object->m_value.object->begin();
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                m_it.array_iterator = m_object->m_value.array->begin();
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::null:
+            {
+                // set to end so begin()==end() is true: null is empty
+                m_it.primitive_iterator.set_end();
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                m_it.primitive_iterator.set_begin();
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief set the iterator past the last value
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    void set_end() noexcept
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                m_it.object_iterator = m_object->m_value.object->end();
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                m_it.array_iterator = m_object->m_value.array->end();
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                m_it.primitive_iterator.set_end();
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+  public:
+    /*!
+    @brief return a reference to the value pointed to by the iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    reference operator*() const
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                assert(m_it.object_iterator != m_object->m_value.object->end());
+                return m_it.object_iterator->second;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                assert(m_it.array_iterator != m_object->m_value.array->end());
+                return *m_it.array_iterator;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::null:
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(214, "cannot get value"));
+
+            default:
+            {
+                if (JSON_LIKELY(m_it.primitive_iterator.is_begin()))
+                {
+                    return *m_object;
+                }
+
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(214, "cannot get value"));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief dereference the iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    pointer operator->() const
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                assert(m_it.object_iterator != m_object->m_value.object->end());
+                return &(m_it.object_iterator->second);
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                assert(m_it.array_iterator != m_object->m_value.array->end());
+                return &*m_it.array_iterator;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                if (JSON_LIKELY(m_it.primitive_iterator.is_begin()))
+                {
+                    return m_object;
+                }
+
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(214, "cannot get value"));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief post-increment (it++)
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl const operator++(int)
+    {
+        auto result = *this;
+        ++(*this);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief pre-increment (++it)
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl& operator++()
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                std::advance(m_it.object_iterator, 1);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                std::advance(m_it.array_iterator, 1);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                ++m_it.primitive_iterator;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief post-decrement (it--)
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl const operator--(int)
+    {
+        auto result = *this;
+        --(*this);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief pre-decrement (--it)
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl& operator--()
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                std::advance(m_it.object_iterator, -1);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                std::advance(m_it.array_iterator, -1);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                --m_it.primitive_iterator;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  comparison: equal
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    bool operator==(const iter_impl& other) const
+    {
+        // if objects are not the same, the comparison is undefined
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(m_object != other.m_object))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(212, "cannot compare iterators of different containers"));
+        }
+
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+                return (m_it.object_iterator == other.m_it.object_iterator);
+
+            case value_t::array:
+                return (m_it.array_iterator == other.m_it.array_iterator);
+
+            default:
+                return (m_it.primitive_iterator == other.m_it.primitive_iterator);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  comparison: not equal
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    bool operator!=(const iter_impl& other) const
+    {
+        return not operator==(other);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  comparison: smaller
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    bool operator<(const iter_impl& other) const
+    {
+        // if objects are not the same, the comparison is undefined
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(m_object != other.m_object))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(212, "cannot compare iterators of different containers"));
+        }
+
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(213, "cannot compare order of object iterators"));
+
+            case value_t::array:
+                return (m_it.array_iterator < other.m_it.array_iterator);
+
+            default:
+                return (m_it.primitive_iterator < other.m_it.primitive_iterator);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  comparison: less than or equal
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    bool operator<=(const iter_impl& other) const
+    {
+        return not other.operator < (*this);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  comparison: greater than
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    bool operator>(const iter_impl& other) const
+    {
+        return not operator<=(other);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  comparison: greater than or equal
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    bool operator>=(const iter_impl& other) const
+    {
+        return not operator<(other);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  add to iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl& operator+=(difference_type i)
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(209, "cannot use offsets with object iterators"));
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                std::advance(m_it.array_iterator, i);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                m_it.primitive_iterator += i;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  subtract from iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl& operator-=(difference_type i)
+    {
+        return operator+=(-i);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  add to iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl operator+(difference_type i) const
+    {
+        auto result = *this;
+        result += i;
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  addition of distance and iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    friend iter_impl operator+(difference_type i, const iter_impl& it)
+    {
+        auto result = it;
+        result += i;
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  subtract from iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl operator-(difference_type i) const
+    {
+        auto result = *this;
+        result -= i;
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  return difference
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    difference_type operator-(const iter_impl& other) const
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(209, "cannot use offsets with object iterators"));
+
+            case value_t::array:
+                return m_it.array_iterator - other.m_it.array_iterator;
+
+            default:
+                return m_it.primitive_iterator - other.m_it.primitive_iterator;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  access to successor
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    reference operator[](difference_type n) const
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(208, "cannot use operator[] for object iterators"));
+
+            case value_t::array:
+                return *std::next(m_it.array_iterator, n);
+
+            case value_t::null:
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(214, "cannot get value"));
+
+            default:
+            {
+                if (JSON_LIKELY(m_it.primitive_iterator.get_value() == -n))
+                {
+                    return *m_object;
+                }
+
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(214, "cannot get value"));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  return the key of an object iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    typename object_t::key_type key() const
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(m_object->is_object()))
+        {
+            return m_it.object_iterator->first;
+        }
+
+        JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(207, "cannot use key() for non-object iterators"));
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  return the value of an iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    reference value() const
+    {
+        return operator*();
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// associated JSON instance
+    pointer m_object = nullptr;
+    /// the actual iterator of the associated instance
+    internal_iterator<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type> m_it;
+};
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/iteration_proxy.hpp>
+
+
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <string> // string, to_string
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+/// proxy class for the items() function
+template<typename IteratorType> class iteration_proxy
+{
+  private:
+    /// helper class for iteration
+    class iteration_proxy_internal
+    {
+      private:
+        /// the iterator
+        IteratorType anchor;
+        /// an index for arrays (used to create key names)
+        std::size_t array_index = 0;
+
+      public:
+        explicit iteration_proxy_internal(IteratorType it) noexcept : anchor(it) {}
+
+        /// dereference operator (needed for range-based for)
+        iteration_proxy_internal& operator*()
+        {
+            return *this;
+        }
+
+        /// increment operator (needed for range-based for)
+        iteration_proxy_internal& operator++()
+        {
+            ++anchor;
+            ++array_index;
+
+            return *this;
+        }
+
+        /// inequality operator (needed for range-based for)
+        bool operator!=(const iteration_proxy_internal& o) const noexcept
+        {
+            return anchor != o.anchor;
+        }
+
+        /// return key of the iterator
+        std::string key() const
+        {
+            assert(anchor.m_object != nullptr);
+
+            switch (anchor.m_object->type())
+            {
+                // use integer array index as key
+                case value_t::array:
+                    return std::to_string(array_index);
+
+                // use key from the object
+                case value_t::object:
+                    return anchor.key();
+
+                // use an empty key for all primitive types
+                default:
+                    return "";
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// return value of the iterator
+        typename IteratorType::reference value() const
+        {
+            return anchor.value();
+        }
+    };
+
+    /// the container to iterate
+    typename IteratorType::reference container;
+
+  public:
+    /// construct iteration proxy from a container
+    explicit iteration_proxy(typename IteratorType::reference cont) noexcept
+        : container(cont) {}
+
+    /// return iterator begin (needed for range-based for)
+    iteration_proxy_internal begin() noexcept
+    {
+        return iteration_proxy_internal(container.begin());
+    }
+
+    /// return iterator end (needed for range-based for)
+    iteration_proxy_internal end() noexcept
+    {
+        return iteration_proxy_internal(container.end());
+    }
+};
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/json_reverse_iterator.hpp>
+
+
+#include <cstddef> // ptrdiff_t
+#include <iterator> // reverse_iterator
+#include <utility> // declval
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+//////////////////////
+// reverse_iterator //
+//////////////////////
+
+/*!
+@brief a template for a reverse iterator class
+
+@tparam Base the base iterator type to reverse. Valid types are @ref
+iterator (to create @ref reverse_iterator) and @ref const_iterator (to
+create @ref const_reverse_iterator).
+
+@requirement The class satisfies the following concept requirements:
+-
+[BidirectionalIterator](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/BidirectionalIterator):
+  The iterator that can be moved can be moved in both directions (i.e.
+  incremented and decremented).
+- [OutputIterator](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/OutputIterator):
+  It is possible to write to the pointed-to element (only if @a Base is
+  @ref iterator).
+
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+template<typename Base>
+class json_reverse_iterator : public std::reverse_iterator<Base>
+{
+  public:
+    using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+    /// shortcut to the reverse iterator adapter
+    using base_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<Base>;
+    /// the reference type for the pointed-to element
+    using reference = typename Base::reference;
+
+    /// create reverse iterator from iterator
+    json_reverse_iterator(const typename base_iterator::iterator_type& it) noexcept
+        : base_iterator(it) {}
+
+    /// create reverse iterator from base class
+    json_reverse_iterator(const base_iterator& it) noexcept : base_iterator(it) {}
+
+    /// post-increment (it++)
+    json_reverse_iterator const operator++(int)
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator++(1));
+    }
+
+    /// pre-increment (++it)
+    json_reverse_iterator& operator++()
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator&>(base_iterator::operator++());
+    }
+
+    /// post-decrement (it--)
+    json_reverse_iterator const operator--(int)
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator--(1));
+    }
+
+    /// pre-decrement (--it)
+    json_reverse_iterator& operator--()
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator&>(base_iterator::operator--());
+    }
+
+    /// add to iterator
+    json_reverse_iterator& operator+=(difference_type i)
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator&>(base_iterator::operator+=(i));
+    }
+
+    /// add to iterator
+    json_reverse_iterator operator+(difference_type i) const
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator+(i));
+    }
+
+    /// subtract from iterator
+    json_reverse_iterator operator-(difference_type i) const
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator-(i));
+    }
+
+    /// return difference
+    difference_type operator-(const json_reverse_iterator& other) const
+    {
+        return base_iterator(*this) - base_iterator(other);
+    }
+
+    /// access to successor
+    reference operator[](difference_type n) const
+    {
+        return *(this->operator+(n));
+    }
+
+    /// return the key of an object iterator
+    auto key() const -> decltype(std::declval<Base>().key())
+    {
+        auto it = --this->base();
+        return it.key();
+    }
+
+    /// return the value of an iterator
+    reference value() const
+    {
+        auto it = --this->base();
+        return it.operator * ();
+    }
+};
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/output_adapters.hpp>
+
+
+#include <algorithm> // copy
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <ios> // streamsize
+#include <iterator> // back_inserter
+#include <memory> // shared_ptr, make_shared
+#include <ostream> // basic_ostream
+#include <string> // basic_string
+#include <vector> // vector
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+/// abstract output adapter interface
+template<typename CharType> struct output_adapter_protocol
+{
+    virtual void write_character(CharType c) = 0;
+    virtual void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) = 0;
+    virtual ~output_adapter_protocol() = default;
+};
+
+/// a type to simplify interfaces
+template<typename CharType>
+using output_adapter_t = std::shared_ptr<output_adapter_protocol<CharType>>;
+
+/// output adapter for byte vectors
+template<typename CharType>
+class output_vector_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
+{
+  public:
+    explicit output_vector_adapter(std::vector<CharType>& vec) : v(vec) {}
+
+    void write_character(CharType c) override
+    {
+        v.push_back(c);
+    }
+
+    void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
+    {
+        std::copy(s, s + length, std::back_inserter(v));
+    }
+
+  private:
+    std::vector<CharType>& v;
+};
+
+/// output adapter for output streams
+template<typename CharType>
+class output_stream_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
+{
+  public:
+    explicit output_stream_adapter(std::basic_ostream<CharType>& s) : stream(s) {}
+
+    void write_character(CharType c) override
+    {
+        stream.put(c);
+    }
+
+    void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
+    {
+        stream.write(s, static_cast<std::streamsize>(length));
+    }
+
+  private:
+    std::basic_ostream<CharType>& stream;
+};
+
+/// output adapter for basic_string
+template<typename CharType, typename StringType = std::basic_string<CharType>>
+class output_string_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
+{
+  public:
+    explicit output_string_adapter(StringType& s) : str(s) {}
+
+    void write_character(CharType c) override
+    {
+        str.push_back(c);
+    }
+
+    void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
+    {
+        str.append(s, length);
+    }
+
+  private:
+    StringType& str;
+};
+
+template<typename CharType, typename StringType = std::basic_string<CharType>>
+class output_adapter
+{
+  public:
+    output_adapter(std::vector<CharType>& vec)
+        : oa(std::make_shared<output_vector_adapter<CharType>>(vec)) {}
+
+    output_adapter(std::basic_ostream<CharType>& s)
+        : oa(std::make_shared<output_stream_adapter<CharType>>(s)) {}
+
+    output_adapter(StringType& s)
+        : oa(std::make_shared<output_string_adapter<CharType, StringType>>(s)) {}
+
+    operator output_adapter_t<CharType>()
+    {
+        return oa;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    output_adapter_t<CharType> oa = nullptr;
+};
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp>
+
+
+#include <algorithm> // generate_n
+#include <array> // array
+#include <cassert> // assert
+#include <cmath> // ldexp
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t, uint64_t
+#include <cstring> // memcpy
+#include <iomanip> // setw, setfill
+#include <ios> // hex
+#include <iterator> // back_inserter
+#include <limits> // numeric_limits
+#include <sstream> // stringstream
+#include <string> // char_traits, string
+#include <utility> // make_pair, move
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/input_adapters.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+///////////////////
+// binary reader //
+///////////////////
+
+/*!
+@brief deserialization of CBOR and MessagePack values
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class binary_reader
+{
+    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
+    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
+    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
+
+  public:
+    /*!
+    @brief create a binary reader
+
+    @param[in] adapter  input adapter to read from
+    */
+    explicit binary_reader(input_adapter_t adapter) : ia(std::move(adapter))
+    {
+        assert(ia);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a JSON value from CBOR input
+
+    @param[in] strict  whether to expect the input to be consumed completed
+    @return JSON value created from CBOR input
+
+    @throw parse_error.110 if input ended unexpectedly or the end of file was
+                           not reached when @a strict was set to true
+    @throw parse_error.112 if unsupported byte was read
+    */
+    BasicJsonType parse_cbor(const bool strict)
+    {
+        const auto res = parse_cbor_internal();
+        if (strict)
+        {
+            get();
+            expect_eof();
+        }
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a JSON value from MessagePack input
+
+    @param[in] strict  whether to expect the input to be consumed completed
+    @return JSON value created from MessagePack input
+
+    @throw parse_error.110 if input ended unexpectedly or the end of file was
+                           not reached when @a strict was set to true
+    @throw parse_error.112 if unsupported byte was read
+    */
+    BasicJsonType parse_msgpack(const bool strict)
+    {
+        const auto res = parse_msgpack_internal();
+        if (strict)
+        {
+            get();
+            expect_eof();
+        }
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a JSON value from UBJSON input
+
+    @param[in] strict  whether to expect the input to be consumed completed
+    @return JSON value created from UBJSON input
+
+    @throw parse_error.110 if input ended unexpectedly or the end of file was
+                           not reached when @a strict was set to true
+    @throw parse_error.112 if unsupported byte was read
+    */
+    BasicJsonType parse_ubjson(const bool strict)
+    {
+        const auto res = parse_ubjson_internal();
+        if (strict)
+        {
+            get_ignore_noop();
+            expect_eof();
+        }
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief determine system byte order
+
+    @return true if and only if system's byte order is little endian
+
+    @note from http://stackoverflow.com/a/1001328/266378
+    */
+    static constexpr bool little_endianess(int num = 1) noexcept
+    {
+        return (*reinterpret_cast<char*>(&num) == 1);
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /*!
+    @param[in] get_char  whether a new character should be retrieved from the
+                         input (true, default) or whether the last read
+                         character should be considered instead
+    */
+    BasicJsonType parse_cbor_internal(const bool get_char = true)
+    {
+        switch (get_char ? get() : current)
+        {
+            // EOF
+            case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
+                JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(110, chars_read, "unexpected end of input"));
+
+            // Integer 0x00..0x17 (0..23)
+            case 0x00:
+            case 0x01:
+            case 0x02:
+            case 0x03:
+            case 0x04:
+            case 0x05:
+            case 0x06:
+            case 0x07:
+            case 0x08:
+            case 0x09:
+            case 0x0A:
+            case 0x0B:
+            case 0x0C:
+            case 0x0D:
+            case 0x0E:
+            case 0x0F:
+            case 0x10:
+            case 0x11:
+            case 0x12:
+            case 0x13:
+            case 0x14:
+            case 0x15:
+            case 0x16:
+            case 0x17:
+                return static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(current);
+
+            case 0x18: // Unsigned integer (one-byte uint8_t follows)
+                return get_number<uint8_t>();
+
+            case 0x19: // Unsigned integer (two-byte uint16_t follows)
+                return get_number<uint16_t>();
+
+            case 0x1A: // Unsigned integer (four-byte uint32_t follows)
+                return get_number<uint32_t>();
+
+            case 0x1B: // Unsigned integer (eight-byte uint64_t follows)
+                return get_number<uint64_t>();
+
+            // Negative integer -1-0x00..-1-0x17 (-1..-24)
+            case 0x20:
+            case 0x21:
+            case 0x22:
+            case 0x23:
+            case 0x24:
+            case 0x25:
+            case 0x26:
+            case 0x27:
+            case 0x28:
+            case 0x29:
+            case 0x2A:
+            case 0x2B:
+            case 0x2C:
+            case 0x2D:
+            case 0x2E:
+            case 0x2F:
+            case 0x30:
+            case 0x31:
+            case 0x32:
+            case 0x33:
+            case 0x34:
+            case 0x35:
+            case 0x36:
+            case 0x37:
+                return static_cast<int8_t>(0x20 - 1 - current);
+
+            case 0x38: // Negative integer (one-byte uint8_t follows)
+            {
+                return static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - get_number<uint8_t>();
+            }
+
+            case 0x39: // Negative integer -1-n (two-byte uint16_t follows)
+            {
+                return static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - get_number<uint16_t>();
+            }
+
+            case 0x3A: // Negative integer -1-n (four-byte uint32_t follows)
+            {
+                return static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - get_number<uint32_t>();
+            }
+
+            case 0x3B: // Negative integer -1-n (eight-byte uint64_t follows)
+            {
+                return static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) -
+                       static_cast<number_integer_t>(get_number<uint64_t>());
+            }
+
+            // UTF-8 string (0x00..0x17 bytes follow)
+            case 0x60:
+            case 0x61:
+            case 0x62:
+            case 0x63:
+            case 0x64:
+            case 0x65:
+            case 0x66:
+            case 0x67:
+            case 0x68:
+            case 0x69:
+            case 0x6A:
+            case 0x6B:
+            case 0x6C:
+            case 0x6D:
+            case 0x6E:
+            case 0x6F:
+            case 0x70:
+            case 0x71:
+            case 0x72:
+            case 0x73:
+            case 0x74:
+            case 0x75:
+            case 0x76:
+            case 0x77:
+            case 0x78: // UTF-8 string (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
+            case 0x79: // UTF-8 string (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
+            case 0x7A: // UTF-8 string (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
+            case 0x7B: // UTF-8 string (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
+            case 0x7F: // UTF-8 string (indefinite length)
+            {
+                return get_cbor_string();
+            }
+
+            // array (0x00..0x17 data items follow)
+            case 0x80:
+            case 0x81:
+            case 0x82:
+            case 0x83:
+            case 0x84:
+            case 0x85:
+            case 0x86:
+            case 0x87:
+            case 0x88:
+            case 0x89:
+            case 0x8A:
+            case 0x8B:
+            case 0x8C:
+            case 0x8D:
+            case 0x8E:
+            case 0x8F:
+            case 0x90:
+            case 0x91:
+            case 0x92:
+            case 0x93:
+            case 0x94:
+            case 0x95:
+            case 0x96:
+            case 0x97:
+            {
+                return get_cbor_array(current & 0x1F);
+            }
+
+            case 0x98: // array (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
+            {
+                return get_cbor_array(get_number<uint8_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0x99: // array (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
+            {
+                return get_cbor_array(get_number<uint16_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0x9A: // array (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
+            {
+                return get_cbor_array(get_number<uint32_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0x9B: // array (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
+            {
+                return get_cbor_array(get_number<uint64_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0x9F: // array (indefinite length)
+            {
+                BasicJsonType result = value_t::array;
+                while (get() != 0xFF)
+                {
+                    result.push_back(parse_cbor_internal(false));
+                }
+                return result;
+            }
+
+            // map (0x00..0x17 pairs of data items follow)
+            case 0xA0:
+            case 0xA1:
+            case 0xA2:
+            case 0xA3:
+            case 0xA4:
+            case 0xA5:
+            case 0xA6:
+            case 0xA7:
+            case 0xA8:
+            case 0xA9:
+            case 0xAA:
+            case 0xAB:
+            case 0xAC:
+            case 0xAD:
+            case 0xAE:
+            case 0xAF:
+            case 0xB0:
+            case 0xB1:
+            case 0xB2:
+            case 0xB3:
+            case 0xB4:
+            case 0xB5:
+            case 0xB6:
+            case 0xB7:
+            {
+                return get_cbor_object(current & 0x1F);
+            }
+
+            case 0xB8: // map (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
+            {
+                return get_cbor_object(get_number<uint8_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0xB9: // map (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
+            {
+                return get_cbor_object(get_number<uint16_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0xBA: // map (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
+            {
+                return get_cbor_object(get_number<uint32_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0xBB: // map (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
+            {
+                return get_cbor_object(get_number<uint64_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0xBF: // map (indefinite length)
+            {
+                BasicJsonType result = value_t::object;
+                while (get() != 0xFF)
+                {
+                    auto key = get_cbor_string();
+                    result[key] = parse_cbor_internal();
+                }
+                return result;
+            }
+
+            case 0xF4: // false
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            case 0xF5: // true
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            case 0xF6: // null
+            {
+                return value_t::null;
+            }
+
+            case 0xF9: // Half-Precision Float (two-byte IEEE 754)
+            {
+                const int byte1 = get();
+                unexpect_eof();
+                const int byte2 = get();
+                unexpect_eof();
+
+                // code from RFC 7049, Appendix D, Figure 3:
+                // As half-precision floating-point numbers were only added
+                // to IEEE 754 in 2008, today's programming platforms often
+                // still only have limited support for them. It is very
+                // easy to include at least decoding support for them even
+                // without such support. An example of a small decoder for
+                // half-precision floating-point numbers in the C language
+                // is shown in Fig. 3.
+                const int half = (byte1 << 8) + byte2;
+                const int exp = (half >> 10) & 0x1F;
+                const int mant = half & 0x3FF;
+                double val;
+                if (exp == 0)
+                {
+                    val = std::ldexp(mant, -24);
+                }
+                else if (exp != 31)
+                {
+                    val = std::ldexp(mant + 1024, exp - 25);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    val = (mant == 0) ? std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity()
+                          : std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN();
+                }
+                return (half & 0x8000) != 0 ? -val : val;
+            }
+
+            case 0xFA: // Single-Precision Float (four-byte IEEE 754)
+            {
+                return get_number<float>();
+            }
+
+            case 0xFB: // Double-Precision Float (eight-byte IEEE 754)
+            {
+                return get_number<double>();
+            }
+
+            default: // anything else (0xFF is handled inside the other types)
+            {
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << std::setw(2) << std::uppercase << std::setfill('0') << std::hex << current;
+                JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(112, chars_read, "error reading CBOR; last byte: 0x" + ss.str()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    BasicJsonType parse_msgpack_internal()
+    {
+        switch (get())
+        {
+            // EOF
+            case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
+                JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(110, chars_read, "unexpected end of input"));
+
+            // positive fixint
+            case 0x00:
+            case 0x01:
+            case 0x02:
+            case 0x03:
+            case 0x04:
+            case 0x05:
+            case 0x06:
+            case 0x07:
+            case 0x08:
+            case 0x09:
+            case 0x0A:
+            case 0x0B:
+            case 0x0C:
+            case 0x0D:
+            case 0x0E:
+            case 0x0F:
+            case 0x10:
+            case 0x11:
+            case 0x12:
+            case 0x13:
+            case 0x14:
+            case 0x15:
+            case 0x16:
+            case 0x17:
+            case 0x18:
+            case 0x19:
+            case 0x1A:
+            case 0x1B:
+            case 0x1C:
+            case 0x1D:
+            case 0x1E:
+            case 0x1F:
+            case 0x20:
+            case 0x21:
+            case 0x22:
+            case 0x23:
+            case 0x24:
+            case 0x25:
+            case 0x26:
+            case 0x27:
+            case 0x28:
+            case 0x29:
+            case 0x2A:
+            case 0x2B:
+            case 0x2C:
+            case 0x2D:
+            case 0x2E:
+            case 0x2F:
+            case 0x30:
+            case 0x31:
+            case 0x32:
+            case 0x33:
+            case 0x34:
+            case 0x35:
+            case 0x36:
+            case 0x37:
+            case 0x38:
+            case 0x39:
+            case 0x3A:
+            case 0x3B:
+            case 0x3C:
+            case 0x3D:
+            case 0x3E:
+            case 0x3F:
+            case 0x40:
+            case 0x41:
+            case 0x42:
+            case 0x43:
+            case 0x44:
+            case 0x45:
+            case 0x46:
+            case 0x47:
+            case 0x48:
+            case 0x49:
+            case 0x4A:
+            case 0x4B:
+            case 0x4C:
+            case 0x4D:
+            case 0x4E:
+            case 0x4F:
+            case 0x50:
+            case 0x51:
+            case 0x52:
+            case 0x53:
+            case 0x54:
+            case 0x55:
+            case 0x56:
+            case 0x57:
+            case 0x58:
+            case 0x59:
+            case 0x5A:
+            case 0x5B:
+            case 0x5C:
+            case 0x5D:
+            case 0x5E:
+            case 0x5F:
+            case 0x60:
+            case 0x61:
+            case 0x62:
+            case 0x63:
+            case 0x64:
+            case 0x65:
+            case 0x66:
+            case 0x67:
+            case 0x68:
+            case 0x69:
+            case 0x6A:
+            case 0x6B:
+            case 0x6C:
+            case 0x6D:
+            case 0x6E:
+            case 0x6F:
+            case 0x70:
+            case 0x71:
+            case 0x72:
+            case 0x73:
+            case 0x74:
+            case 0x75:
+            case 0x76:
+            case 0x77:
+            case 0x78:
+            case 0x79:
+            case 0x7A:
+            case 0x7B:
+            case 0x7C:
+            case 0x7D:
+            case 0x7E:
+            case 0x7F:
+                return static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(current);
+
+            // fixmap
+            case 0x80:
+            case 0x81:
+            case 0x82:
+            case 0x83:
+            case 0x84:
+            case 0x85:
+            case 0x86:
+            case 0x87:
+            case 0x88:
+            case 0x89:
+            case 0x8A:
+            case 0x8B:
+            case 0x8C:
+            case 0x8D:
+            case 0x8E:
+            case 0x8F:
+            {
+                return get_msgpack_object(current & 0x0F);
+            }
+
+            // fixarray
+            case 0x90:
+            case 0x91:
+            case 0x92:
+            case 0x93:
+            case 0x94:
+            case 0x95:
+            case 0x96:
+            case 0x97:
+            case 0x98:
+            case 0x99:
+            case 0x9A:
+            case 0x9B:
+            case 0x9C:
+            case 0x9D:
+            case 0x9E:
+            case 0x9F:
+            {
+                return get_msgpack_array(current & 0x0F);
+            }
+
+            // fixstr
+            case 0xA0:
+            case 0xA1:
+            case 0xA2:
+            case 0xA3:
+            case 0xA4:
+            case 0xA5:
+            case 0xA6:
+            case 0xA7:
+            case 0xA8:
+            case 0xA9:
+            case 0xAA:
+            case 0xAB:
+            case 0xAC:
+            case 0xAD:
+            case 0xAE:
+            case 0xAF:
+            case 0xB0:
+            case 0xB1:
+            case 0xB2:
+            case 0xB3:
+            case 0xB4:
+            case 0xB5:
+            case 0xB6:
+            case 0xB7:
+            case 0xB8:
+            case 0xB9:
+            case 0xBA:
+            case 0xBB:
+            case 0xBC:
+            case 0xBD:
+            case 0xBE:
+            case 0xBF:
+                return get_msgpack_string();
+
+            case 0xC0: // nil
+                return value_t::null;
+
+            case 0xC2: // false
+                return false;
+
+            case 0xC3: // true
+                return true;
+
+            case 0xCA: // float 32
+                return get_number<float>();
+
+            case 0xCB: // float 64
+                return get_number<double>();
+
+            case 0xCC: // uint 8
+                return get_number<uint8_t>();
+
+            case 0xCD: // uint 16
+                return get_number<uint16_t>();
+
+            case 0xCE: // uint 32
+                return get_number<uint32_t>();
+
+            case 0xCF: // uint 64
+                return get_number<uint64_t>();
+
+            case 0xD0: // int 8
+                return get_number<int8_t>();
+
+            case 0xD1: // int 16
+                return get_number<int16_t>();
+
+            case 0xD2: // int 32
+                return get_number<int32_t>();
+
+            case 0xD3: // int 64
+                return get_number<int64_t>();
+
+            case 0xD9: // str 8
+            case 0xDA: // str 16
+            case 0xDB: // str 32
+                return get_msgpack_string();
+
+            case 0xDC: // array 16
+            {
+                return get_msgpack_array(get_number<uint16_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0xDD: // array 32
+            {
+                return get_msgpack_array(get_number<uint32_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0xDE: // map 16
+            {
+                return get_msgpack_object(get_number<uint16_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0xDF: // map 32
+            {
+                return get_msgpack_object(get_number<uint32_t>());
+            }
+
+            // positive fixint
+            case 0xE0:
+            case 0xE1:
+            case 0xE2:
+            case 0xE3:
+            case 0xE4:
+            case 0xE5:
+            case 0xE6:
+            case 0xE7:
+            case 0xE8:
+            case 0xE9:
+            case 0xEA:
+            case 0xEB:
+            case 0xEC:
+            case 0xED:
+            case 0xEE:
+            case 0xEF:
+            case 0xF0:
+            case 0xF1:
+            case 0xF2:
+            case 0xF3:
+            case 0xF4:
+            case 0xF5:
+            case 0xF6:
+            case 0xF7:
+            case 0xF8:
+            case 0xF9:
+            case 0xFA:
+            case 0xFB:
+            case 0xFC:
+            case 0xFD:
+            case 0xFE:
+            case 0xFF:
+                return static_cast<int8_t>(current);
+
+            default: // anything else
+            {
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << std::setw(2) << std::uppercase << std::setfill('0') << std::hex << current;
+                JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(112, chars_read,
+                                               "error reading MessagePack; last byte: 0x" + ss.str()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @param[in] get_char  whether a new character should be retrieved from the
+                         input (true, default) or whether the last read
+                         character should be considered instead
+    */
+    BasicJsonType parse_ubjson_internal(const bool get_char = true)
+    {
+        return get_ubjson_value(get_char ? get_ignore_noop() : current);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief get next character from the input
+
+    This function provides the interface to the used input adapter. It does
+    not throw in case the input reached EOF, but returns a -'ve valued
+    `std::char_traits<char>::eof()` in that case.
+
+    @return character read from the input
+    */
+    int get()
+    {
+        ++chars_read;
+        return (current = ia->get_character());
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @return character read from the input after ignoring all 'N' entries
+    */
+    int get_ignore_noop()
+    {
+        do
+        {
+            get();
+        }
+        while (current == 'N');
+
+        return current;
+    }
+
+    /*
+    @brief read a number from the input
+
+    @tparam NumberType the type of the number
+
+    @return number of type @a NumberType
+
+    @note This function needs to respect the system's endianess, because
+          bytes in CBOR and MessagePack are stored in network order (big
+          endian) and therefore need reordering on little endian systems.
+
+    @throw parse_error.110 if input has less than `sizeof(NumberType)` bytes
+    */
+    template<typename NumberType> NumberType get_number()
+    {
+        // step 1: read input into array with system's byte order
+        std::array<uint8_t, sizeof(NumberType)> vec;
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(NumberType); ++i)
+        {
+            get();
+            unexpect_eof();
+
+            // reverse byte order prior to conversion if necessary
+            if (is_little_endian)
+            {
+                vec[sizeof(NumberType) - i - 1] = static_cast<uint8_t>(current);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                vec[i] = static_cast<uint8_t>(current); // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+            }
+        }
+
+        // step 2: convert array into number of type T and return
+        NumberType result;
+        std::memcpy(&result, vec.data(), sizeof(NumberType));
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a string by reading characters from the input
+
+    @param[in] len number of bytes to read
+
+    @note We can not reserve @a len bytes for the result, because @a len
+          may be too large. Usually, @ref unexpect_eof() detects the end of
+          the input before we run out of string memory.
+
+    @return string created by reading @a len bytes
+
+    @throw parse_error.110 if input has less than @a len bytes
+    */
+    template<typename NumberType>
+    string_t get_string(const NumberType len)
+    {
+        string_t result;
+        std::generate_n(std::back_inserter(result), len, [this]()
+        {
+            get();
+            unexpect_eof();
+            return static_cast<char>(current);
+        });
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief reads a CBOR string
+
+    This function first reads starting bytes to determine the expected
+    string length and then copies this number of bytes into a string.
+    Additionally, CBOR's strings with indefinite lengths are supported.
+
+    @return string
+
+    @throw parse_error.110 if input ended
+    @throw parse_error.113 if an unexpected byte is read
+    */
+    string_t get_cbor_string()
+    {
+        unexpect_eof();
+
+        switch (current)
+        {
+            // UTF-8 string (0x00..0x17 bytes follow)
+            case 0x60:
+            case 0x61:
+            case 0x62:
+            case 0x63:
+            case 0x64:
+            case 0x65:
+            case 0x66:
+            case 0x67:
+            case 0x68:
+            case 0x69:
+            case 0x6A:
+            case 0x6B:
+            case 0x6C:
+            case 0x6D:
+            case 0x6E:
+            case 0x6F:
+            case 0x70:
+            case 0x71:
+            case 0x72:
+            case 0x73:
+            case 0x74:
+            case 0x75:
+            case 0x76:
+            case 0x77:
+            {
+                return get_string(current & 0x1F);
+            }
+
+            case 0x78: // UTF-8 string (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
+            {
+                return get_string(get_number<uint8_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0x79: // UTF-8 string (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
+            {
+                return get_string(get_number<uint16_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0x7A: // UTF-8 string (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
+            {
+                return get_string(get_number<uint32_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0x7B: // UTF-8 string (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
+            {
+                return get_string(get_number<uint64_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0x7F: // UTF-8 string (indefinite length)
+            {
+                string_t result;
+                while (get() != 0xFF)
+                {
+                    result.append(get_cbor_string());
+                }
+                return result;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << std::setw(2) << std::uppercase << std::setfill('0') << std::hex << current;
+                JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "expected a CBOR string; last byte: 0x" + ss.str()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    template<typename NumberType>
+    BasicJsonType get_cbor_array(const NumberType len)
+    {
+        BasicJsonType result = value_t::array;
+        std::generate_n(std::back_inserter(*result.m_value.array), len, [this]()
+        {
+            return parse_cbor_internal();
+        });
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    template<typename NumberType>
+    BasicJsonType get_cbor_object(const NumberType len)
+    {
+        BasicJsonType result = value_t::object;
+        std::generate_n(std::inserter(*result.m_value.object,
+                                      result.m_value.object->end()),
+                        len, [this]()
+        {
+            get();
+            auto key = get_cbor_string();
+            auto val = parse_cbor_internal();
+            return std::make_pair(std::move(key), std::move(val));
+        });
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief reads a MessagePack string
+
+    This function first reads starting bytes to determine the expected
+    string length and then copies this number of bytes into a string.
+
+    @return string
+
+    @throw parse_error.110 if input ended
+    @throw parse_error.113 if an unexpected byte is read
+    */
+    string_t get_msgpack_string()
+    {
+        unexpect_eof();
+
+        switch (current)
+        {
+            // fixstr
+            case 0xA0:
+            case 0xA1:
+            case 0xA2:
+            case 0xA3:
+            case 0xA4:
+            case 0xA5:
+            case 0xA6:
+            case 0xA7:
+            case 0xA8:
+            case 0xA9:
+            case 0xAA:
+            case 0xAB:
+            case 0xAC:
+            case 0xAD:
+            case 0xAE:
+            case 0xAF:
+            case 0xB0:
+            case 0xB1:
+            case 0xB2:
+            case 0xB3:
+            case 0xB4:
+            case 0xB5:
+            case 0xB6:
+            case 0xB7:
+            case 0xB8:
+            case 0xB9:
+            case 0xBA:
+            case 0xBB:
+            case 0xBC:
+            case 0xBD:
+            case 0xBE:
+            case 0xBF:
+            {
+                return get_string(current & 0x1F);
+            }
+
+            case 0xD9: // str 8
+            {
+                return get_string(get_number<uint8_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0xDA: // str 16
+            {
+                return get_string(get_number<uint16_t>());
+            }
+
+            case 0xDB: // str 32
+            {
+                return get_string(get_number<uint32_t>());
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << std::setw(2) << std::uppercase << std::setfill('0') << std::hex << current;
+                JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(113, chars_read,
+                                               "expected a MessagePack string; last byte: 0x" + ss.str()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    template<typename NumberType>
+    BasicJsonType get_msgpack_array(const NumberType len)
+    {
+        BasicJsonType result = value_t::array;
+        std::generate_n(std::back_inserter(*result.m_value.array), len, [this]()
+        {
+            return parse_msgpack_internal();
+        });
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    template<typename NumberType>
+    BasicJsonType get_msgpack_object(const NumberType len)
+    {
+        BasicJsonType result = value_t::object;
+        std::generate_n(std::inserter(*result.m_value.object,
+                                      result.m_value.object->end()),
+                        len, [this]()
+        {
+            get();
+            auto key = get_msgpack_string();
+            auto val = parse_msgpack_internal();
+            return std::make_pair(std::move(key), std::move(val));
+        });
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief reads a UBJSON string
+
+    This function is either called after reading the 'S' byte explicitly
+    indicating a string, or in case of an object key where the 'S' byte can be
+    left out.
+
+    @param[in] get_char  whether a new character should be retrieved from the
+                         input (true, default) or whether the last read
+                         character should be considered instead
+
+    @return string
+
+    @throw parse_error.110 if input ended
+    @throw parse_error.113 if an unexpected byte is read
+    */
+    string_t get_ubjson_string(const bool get_char = true)
+    {
+        if (get_char)
+        {
+            get();  // TODO: may we ignore N here?
+        }
+
+        unexpect_eof();
+
+        switch (current)
+        {
+            case 'U':
+                return get_string(get_number<uint8_t>());
+            case 'i':
+                return get_string(get_number<int8_t>());
+            case 'I':
+                return get_string(get_number<int16_t>());
+            case 'l':
+                return get_string(get_number<int32_t>());
+            case 'L':
+                return get_string(get_number<int64_t>());
+            default:
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << std::setw(2) << std::uppercase << std::setfill('0') << std::hex << current;
+                JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(113, chars_read,
+                                               "expected a UBJSON string; last byte: 0x" + ss.str()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief determine the type and size for a container
+
+    In the optimized UBJSON format, a type and a size can be provided to allow
+    for a more compact representation.
+
+    @return pair of the size and the type
+    */
+    std::pair<std::size_t, int> get_ubjson_size_type()
+    {
+        std::size_t sz = string_t::npos;
+        int tc = 0;
+
+        get_ignore_noop();
+
+        if (current == '$')
+        {
+            tc = get();  // must not ignore 'N', because 'N' maybe the type
+            unexpect_eof();
+
+            get_ignore_noop();
+            if (current != '#')
+            {
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << std::setw(2) << std::uppercase << std::setfill('0') << std::hex << current;
+                JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(112, chars_read,
+                                               "expected '#' after UBJSON type information; last byte: 0x" + ss.str()));
+            }
+            sz = parse_ubjson_internal();
+        }
+        else if (current == '#')
+        {
+            sz = parse_ubjson_internal();
+        }
+
+        return std::make_pair(sz, tc);
+    }
+
+    BasicJsonType get_ubjson_value(const int prefix)
+    {
+        switch (prefix)
+        {
+            case std::char_traits<char>::eof():  // EOF
+                JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(110, chars_read, "unexpected end of input"));
+
+            case 'T':  // true
+                return true;
+            case 'F':  // false
+                return false;
+
+            case 'Z':  // null
+                return nullptr;
+
+            case 'U':
+                return get_number<uint8_t>();
+            case 'i':
+                return get_number<int8_t>();
+            case 'I':
+                return get_number<int16_t>();
+            case 'l':
+                return get_number<int32_t>();
+            case 'L':
+                return get_number<int64_t>();
+            case 'd':
+                return get_number<float>();
+            case 'D':
+                return get_number<double>();
+
+            case 'C':  // char
+            {
+                get();
+                unexpect_eof();
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current > 127))
+                {
+                    std::stringstream ss;
+                    ss << std::setw(2) << std::uppercase << std::setfill('0') << std::hex << current;
+                    JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(113, chars_read,
+                                                   "byte after 'C' must be in range 0x00..0x7F; last byte: 0x" + ss.str()));
+                }
+                return string_t(1, static_cast<char>(current));
+            }
+
+            case 'S':  // string
+                return get_ubjson_string();
+
+            case '[':  // array
+                return get_ubjson_array();
+
+            case '{':  // object
+                return get_ubjson_object();
+
+            default: // anything else
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << std::setw(2) << std::uppercase << std::setfill('0') << std::hex << current;
+                JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(112, chars_read,
+                                               "error reading UBJSON; last byte: 0x" + ss.str()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    BasicJsonType get_ubjson_array()
+    {
+        BasicJsonType result = value_t::array;
+        const auto size_and_type = get_ubjson_size_type();
+
+        if (size_and_type.first != string_t::npos)
+        {
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(size_and_type.first > result.max_size()))
+            {
+                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408,
+                                                "excessive array size: " + std::to_string(size_and_type.first)));
+            }
+
+            if (size_and_type.second != 0)
+            {
+                if (size_and_type.second != 'N')
+                {
+                    std::generate_n(std::back_inserter(*result.m_value.array),
+                                    size_and_type.first, [this, size_and_type]()
+                    {
+                        return get_ubjson_value(size_and_type.second);
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                std::generate_n(std::back_inserter(*result.m_value.array),
+                                size_and_type.first, [this]()
+                {
+                    return parse_ubjson_internal();
+                });
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            while (current != ']')
+            {
+                result.push_back(parse_ubjson_internal(false));
+                get_ignore_noop();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    BasicJsonType get_ubjson_object()
+    {
+        BasicJsonType result = value_t::object;
+        const auto size_and_type = get_ubjson_size_type();
+
+        if (size_and_type.first != string_t::npos)
+        {
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(size_and_type.first > result.max_size()))
+            {
+                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408,
+                                                "excessive object size: " + std::to_string(size_and_type.first)));
+            }
+
+            if (size_and_type.second != 0)
+            {
+                std::generate_n(std::inserter(*result.m_value.object,
+                                              result.m_value.object->end()),
+                                size_and_type.first, [this, size_and_type]()
+                {
+                    auto key = get_ubjson_string();
+                    auto val = get_ubjson_value(size_and_type.second);
+                    return std::make_pair(std::move(key), std::move(val));
+                });
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                std::generate_n(std::inserter(*result.m_value.object,
+                                              result.m_value.object->end()),
+                                size_and_type.first, [this]()
+                {
+                    auto key = get_ubjson_string();
+                    auto val = parse_ubjson_internal();
+                    return std::make_pair(std::move(key), std::move(val));
+                });
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            while (current != '}')
+            {
+                auto key = get_ubjson_string(false);
+                result[std::move(key)] = parse_ubjson_internal();
+                get_ignore_noop();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief throw if end of input is not reached
+    @throw parse_error.110 if input not ended
+    */
+    void expect_eof() const
+    {
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current != std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(110, chars_read, "expected end of input"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @briefthrow if end of input is reached
+    @throw parse_error.110 if input ended
+    */
+    void unexpect_eof() const
+    {
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current == std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(110, chars_read, "unexpected end of input"));
+        }
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// input adapter
+    input_adapter_t ia = nullptr;
+
+    /// the current character
+    int current = std::char_traits<char>::eof();
+
+    /// the number of characters read
+    std::size_t chars_read = 0;
+
+    /// whether we can assume little endianess
+    const bool is_little_endian = little_endianess();
+};
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp>
+
+
+#include <algorithm> // reverse
+#include <array> // array
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t, uint64_t
+#include <cstring> // memcpy
+#include <limits> // numeric_limits
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/output_adapters.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+///////////////////
+// binary writer //
+///////////////////
+
+/*!
+@brief serialization to CBOR and MessagePack values
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CharType>
+class binary_writer
+{
+  public:
+    /*!
+    @brief create a binary writer
+
+    @param[in] adapter  output adapter to write to
+    */
+    explicit binary_writer(output_adapter_t<CharType> adapter) : oa(adapter)
+    {
+        assert(oa);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    */
+    void write_cbor(const BasicJsonType& j)
+    {
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::null:
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xF6));
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::boolean:
+            {
+                oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
+                                    ? static_cast<CharType>(0xF5)
+                                    : static_cast<CharType>(0xF4));
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_integer >= 0)
+                {
+                    // CBOR does not differentiate between positive signed
+                    // integers and unsigned integers. Therefore, we used the
+                    // code from the value_t::number_unsigned case here.
+                    if (j.m_value.number_integer <= 0x17)
+                    {
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x18));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x19));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1A));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1B));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // The conversions below encode the sign in the first
+                    // byte, and the value is converted to a positive number.
+                    const auto positive_number = -1 - j.m_value.number_integer;
+                    if (j.m_value.number_integer >= -24)
+                    {
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x20 + positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x38));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x39));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x3A));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x3B));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= 0x17)
+                {
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x18));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x19));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1A));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1B));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_float: // Double-Precision Float
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xFB));
+                write_number(j.m_value.number_float);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::string:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the string length
+                const auto N = j.m_value.string->size();
+                if (N <= 0x17)
+                {
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x60 + N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x78));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x79));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x7A));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_START
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x7B));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+
+                // step 2: write the string
+                oa->write_characters(
+                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
+                    j.m_value.string->size());
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the array size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.array->size();
+                if (N <= 0x17)
+                {
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x80 + N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x98));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x99));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x9A));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_START
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x9B));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
+                {
+                    write_cbor(el);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the object size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.object->size();
+                if (N <= 0x17)
+                {
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0xA0 + N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xB8));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xB9));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xBA));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_START
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xBB));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
+                {
+                    write_cbor(el.first);
+                    write_cbor(el.second);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    */
+    void write_msgpack(const BasicJsonType& j)
+    {
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::null: // nil
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xC0));
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::boolean: // true and false
+            {
+                oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
+                                    ? static_cast<CharType>(0xC3)
+                                    : static_cast<CharType>(0xC2));
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_integer >= 0)
+                {
+                    // MessagePack does not differentiate between positive
+                    // signed integers and unsigned integers. Therefore, we used
+                    // the code from the value_t::number_unsigned case here.
+                    if (j.m_value.number_unsigned < 128)
+                    {
+                        // positive fixnum
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 8
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCC));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 16
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCD));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 32
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCE));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 64
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCF));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    if (j.m_value.number_integer >= -32)
+                    {
+                        // negative fixnum
+                        write_number(static_cast<int8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 8
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD0));
+                        write_number(static_cast<int8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 16
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD1));
+                        write_number(static_cast<int16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 32
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD2));
+                        write_number(static_cast<int32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 64
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD3));
+                        write_number(static_cast<int64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned < 128)
+                {
+                    // positive fixnum
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 8
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCC));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 16
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCD));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 32
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCE));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 64
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCF));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_float: // float 64
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCB));
+                write_number(j.m_value.number_float);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::string:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the string length
+                const auto N = j.m_value.string->size();
+                if (N <= 31)
+                {
+                    // fixstr
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0xA0 | N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // str 8
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD9));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // str 16
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDA));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // str 32
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDB));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+
+                // step 2: write the string
+                oa->write_characters(
+                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
+                    j.m_value.string->size());
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the array size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.array->size();
+                if (N <= 15)
+                {
+                    // fixarray
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x90 | N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // array 16
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDC));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // array 32
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDD));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
+                {
+                    write_msgpack(el);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the object size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.object->size();
+                if (N <= 15)
+                {
+                    // fixmap
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x80 | (N & 0xF)));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // map 16
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDE));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // map 32
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDF));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
+                {
+                    write_msgpack(el.first);
+                    write_msgpack(el.second);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @param[in] use_count   whether to use '#' prefixes (optimized format)
+    @param[in] use_type    whether to use '$' prefixes (optimized format)
+    @param[in] add_prefix  whether prefixes need to be used for this value
+    */
+    void write_ubjson(const BasicJsonType& j, const bool use_count,
+                      const bool use_type, const bool add_prefix = true)
+    {
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::null:
+            {
+                if (add_prefix)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('Z'));
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::boolean:
+            {
+                if (add_prefix)
+                    oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
+                                        ? static_cast<CharType>('T')
+                                        : static_cast<CharType>('F'));
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.number_integer, add_prefix);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.number_unsigned, add_prefix);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_float:
+            {
+                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.number_float, add_prefix);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::string:
+            {
+                if (add_prefix)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('S'));
+                }
+                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.string->size(), true);
+                oa->write_characters(
+                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
+                    j.m_value.string->size());
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                if (add_prefix)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('['));
+                }
+
+                bool prefix_required = true;
+                if (use_type and not j.m_value.array->empty())
+                {
+                    assert(use_count);
+                    const char first_prefix = ubjson_prefix(j.front());
+                    const bool same_prefix = std::all_of(j.begin() + 1, j.end(),
+                                                         [this, first_prefix](const BasicJsonType & v)
+                    {
+                        return ubjson_prefix(v) == first_prefix;
+                    });
+
+                    if (same_prefix)
+                    {
+                        prefix_required = false;
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('$'));
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(first_prefix));
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (use_count)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('#'));
+                    write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.array->size(), true);
+                }
+
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
+                {
+                    write_ubjson(el, use_count, use_type, prefix_required);
+                }
+
+                if (not use_count)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(']'));
+                }
+
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                if (add_prefix)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('{'));
+                }
+
+                bool prefix_required = true;
+                if (use_type and not j.m_value.object->empty())
+                {
+                    assert(use_count);
+                    const char first_prefix = ubjson_prefix(j.front());
+                    const bool same_prefix = std::all_of(j.begin(), j.end(),
+                                                         [this, first_prefix](const BasicJsonType & v)
+                    {
+                        return ubjson_prefix(v) == first_prefix;
+                    });
+
+                    if (same_prefix)
+                    {
+                        prefix_required = false;
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('$'));
+                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(first_prefix));
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (use_count)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('#'));
+                    write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.object->size(), true);
+                }
+
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
+                {
+                    write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(el.first.size(), true);
+                    oa->write_characters(
+                        reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(el.first.c_str()),
+                        el.first.size());
+                    write_ubjson(el.second, use_count, use_type, prefix_required);
+                }
+
+                if (not use_count)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('}'));
+                }
+
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /*
+    @brief write a number to output input
+
+    @param[in] n number of type @a NumberType
+    @tparam NumberType the type of the number
+
+    @note This function needs to respect the system's endianess, because bytes
+          in CBOR, MessagePack, and UBJSON are stored in network order (big
+          endian) and therefore need reordering on little endian systems.
+    */
+    template<typename NumberType>
+    void write_number(const NumberType n)
+    {
+        // step 1: write number to array of length NumberType
+        std::array<CharType, sizeof(NumberType)> vec;
+        std::memcpy(vec.data(), &n, sizeof(NumberType));
+
+        // step 2: write array to output (with possible reordering)
+        if (is_little_endian)
+        {
+            // reverse byte order prior to conversion if necessary
+            std::reverse(vec.begin(), vec.end());
+        }
+
+        oa->write_characters(vec.data(), sizeof(NumberType));
+    }
+
+    // UBJSON: write number (floating point)
+    template<typename NumberType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_floating_point<NumberType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    void write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(const NumberType n,
+                                         const bool add_prefix)
+    {
+        if (add_prefix)
+        {
+            oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('D'));  // float64
+        }
+        write_number(n);
+    }
+
+    // UBJSON: write number (unsigned integer)
+    template<typename NumberType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_unsigned<NumberType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    void write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(const NumberType n,
+                                         const bool add_prefix)
+    {
+        if (n <= static_cast<uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('i'));  // int8
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if (n <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('U'));  // uint8
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if (n <= static_cast<uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('I'));  // int16
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<int16_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if (n <= static_cast<uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('l'));  // int32
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<int32_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if (n <= static_cast<uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('L'));  // int64
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<int64_t>(n));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "number overflow serializing " + std::to_string(n)));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // UBJSON: write number (signed integer)
+    template<typename NumberType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_signed<NumberType>::value and
+                 not std::is_floating_point<NumberType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    void write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(const NumberType n,
+                                         const bool add_prefix)
+    {
+        if ((std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)())
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('i'));  // int8
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<int8_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if (static_cast<int64_t>((std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::min)()) <= n and n <= static_cast<int64_t>((std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('U'));  // uint8
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if ((std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)())
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('I'));  // int16
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<int16_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if ((std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('l'));  // int32
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<int32_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if ((std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max)())
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('L'));  // int64
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<int64_t>(n));
+        }
+        // LCOV_EXCL_START
+        else
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "number overflow serializing " + std::to_string(n)));
+        }
+        // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief determine the type prefix of container values
+
+    @note This function does not need to be 100% accurate when it comes to
+          integer limits. In case a number exceeds the limits of int64_t,
+          this will be detected by a later call to function
+          write_number_with_ubjson_prefix. Therefore, we return 'L' for any
+          value that does not fit the previous limits.
+    */
+    char ubjson_prefix(const BasicJsonType& j) const noexcept
+    {
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::null:
+                return 'Z';
+
+            case value_t::boolean:
+                return j.m_value.boolean ? 'T' : 'F';
+
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                if ((std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'i';
+                }
+                else if ((std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'U';
+                }
+                else if ((std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'I';
+                }
+                else if ((std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'l';
+                }
+                else  // no check and assume int64_t (see note above)
+                {
+                    return 'L';
+                }
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'i';
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'U';
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'I';
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'l';
+                }
+                else  // no check and assume int64_t (see note above)
+                {
+                    return 'L';
+                }
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_float:
+                return 'D';
+
+            case value_t::string:
+                return 'S';
+
+            case value_t::array:
+                return '[';
+
+            case value_t::object:
+                return '{';
+
+            default:  // discarded values
+                return 'N';
+        }
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// whether we can assume little endianess
+    const bool is_little_endian = binary_reader<BasicJsonType>::little_endianess();
+
+    /// the output
+    output_adapter_t<CharType> oa = nullptr;
+};
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/serializer.hpp>
+
+
+#include <algorithm> // reverse, remove, fill, find, none_of
+#include <array> // array
+#include <cassert> // assert
+#include <ciso646> // and, or
+#include <clocale> // localeconv, lconv
+#include <cmath> // labs, isfinite, isnan, signbit
+#include <cstddef> // size_t, ptrdiff_t
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t
+#include <cstdio> // snprintf
+#include <iomanip> // setfill
+#include <iterator> // next
+#include <limits> // numeric_limits
+#include <string> // string
+#include <sstream> // stringstream
+#include <type_traits> // is_same
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/conversions/to_chars.hpp>
+
+
+#include <cassert> // assert
+#include <ciso646> // or, and, not
+#include <cmath>   // signbit, isfinite
+#include <cstdint> // intN_t, uintN_t
+#include <cstring> // memcpy, memmove
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+
+/*!
+@brief implements the Grisu2 algorithm for binary to decimal floating-point
+conversion.
+
+This implementation is a slightly modified version of the reference
+implementation which may be obtained from
+http://florian.loitsch.com/publications (bench.tar.gz).
+
+The code is distributed under the MIT license, Copyright (c) 2009 Florian Loitsch.
+
+For a detailed description of the algorithm see:
+
+[1] Loitsch, "Printing Floating-Point Numbers Quickly and Accurately with
+    Integers", Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 2010 Conference on Programming
+    Language Design and Implementation, PLDI 2010
+[2] Burger, Dybvig, "Printing Floating-Point Numbers Quickly and Accurately",
+    Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 1996 Conference on Programming Language
+    Design and Implementation, PLDI 1996
+*/
+namespace dtoa_impl
+{
+
+template <typename Target, typename Source>
+Target reinterpret_bits(const Source source)
+{
+    static_assert(sizeof(Target) == sizeof(Source), "size mismatch");
+
+    Target target;
+    std::memcpy(&target, &source, sizeof(Source));
+    return target;
+}
+
+struct diyfp // f * 2^e
+{
+    static constexpr int kPrecision = 64; // = q
+
+    uint64_t f;
+    int e;
+
+    constexpr diyfp() noexcept : f(0), e(0) {}
+    constexpr diyfp(uint64_t f_, int e_) noexcept : f(f_), e(e_) {}
+
+    /*!
+    @brief returns x - y
+    @pre x.e == y.e and x.f >= y.f
+    */
+    static diyfp sub(const diyfp& x, const diyfp& y) noexcept
+    {
+        assert(x.e == y.e);
+        assert(x.f >= y.f);
+
+        return diyfp(x.f - y.f, x.e);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief returns x * y
+    @note The result is rounded. (Only the upper q bits are returned.)
+    */
+    static diyfp mul(const diyfp& x, const diyfp& y) noexcept
+    {
+        static_assert(kPrecision == 64, "internal error");
+
+        // Computes:
+        //  f = round((x.f * y.f) / 2^q)
+        //  e = x.e + y.e + q
+
+        // Emulate the 64-bit * 64-bit multiplication:
+        //
+        // p = u * v
+        //   = (u_lo + 2^32 u_hi) (v_lo + 2^32 v_hi)
+        //   = (u_lo v_lo         ) + 2^32 ((u_lo v_hi         ) + (u_hi v_lo         )) + 2^64 (u_hi v_hi         )
+        //   = (p0                ) + 2^32 ((p1                ) + (p2                )) + 2^64 (p3                )
+        //   = (p0_lo + 2^32 p0_hi) + 2^32 ((p1_lo + 2^32 p1_hi) + (p2_lo + 2^32 p2_hi)) + 2^64 (p3                )
+        //   = (p0_lo             ) + 2^32 (p0_hi + p1_lo + p2_lo                      ) + 2^64 (p1_hi + p2_hi + p3)
+        //   = (p0_lo             ) + 2^32 (Q                                          ) + 2^64 (H                 )
+        //   = (p0_lo             ) + 2^32 (Q_lo + 2^32 Q_hi                           ) + 2^64 (H                 )
+        //
+        // (Since Q might be larger than 2^32 - 1)
+        //
+        //   = (p0_lo + 2^32 Q_lo) + 2^64 (Q_hi + H)
+        //
+        // (Q_hi + H does not overflow a 64-bit int)
+        //
+        //   = p_lo + 2^64 p_hi
+
+        const uint64_t u_lo = x.f & 0xFFFFFFFF;
+        const uint64_t u_hi = x.f >> 32;
+        const uint64_t v_lo = y.f & 0xFFFFFFFF;
+        const uint64_t v_hi = y.f >> 32;
+
+        const uint64_t p0 = u_lo * v_lo;
+        const uint64_t p1 = u_lo * v_hi;
+        const uint64_t p2 = u_hi * v_lo;
+        const uint64_t p3 = u_hi * v_hi;
+
+        const uint64_t p0_hi = p0 >> 32;
+        const uint64_t p1_lo = p1 & 0xFFFFFFFF;
+        const uint64_t p1_hi = p1 >> 32;
+        const uint64_t p2_lo = p2 & 0xFFFFFFFF;
+        const uint64_t p2_hi = p2 >> 32;
+
+        uint64_t Q = p0_hi + p1_lo + p2_lo;
+
+        // The full product might now be computed as
+        //
+        // p_hi = p3 + p2_hi + p1_hi + (Q >> 32)
+        // p_lo = p0_lo + (Q << 32)
+        //
+        // But in this particular case here, the full p_lo is not required.
+        // Effectively we only need to add the highest bit in p_lo to p_hi (and
+        // Q_hi + 1 does not overflow).
+
+        Q += uint64_t{1} << (64 - 32 - 1); // round, ties up
+
+        const uint64_t h = p3 + p2_hi + p1_hi + (Q >> 32);
+
+        return diyfp(h, x.e + y.e + 64);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief normalize x such that the significand is >= 2^(q-1)
+    @pre x.f != 0
+    */
+    static diyfp normalize(diyfp x) noexcept
+    {
+        assert(x.f != 0);
+
+        while ((x.f >> 63) == 0)
+        {
+            x.f <<= 1;
+            x.e--;
+        }
+
+        return x;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief normalize x such that the result has the exponent E
+    @pre e >= x.e and the upper e - x.e bits of x.f must be zero.
+    */
+    static diyfp normalize_to(const diyfp& x, const int target_exponent) noexcept
+    {
+        const int delta = x.e - target_exponent;
+
+        assert(delta >= 0);
+        assert(((x.f << delta) >> delta) == x.f);
+
+        return diyfp(x.f << delta, target_exponent);
+    }
+};
+
+struct boundaries
+{
+    diyfp w;
+    diyfp minus;
+    diyfp plus;
+};
+
+/*!
+Compute the (normalized) diyfp representing the input number 'value' and its
+boundaries.
+
+@pre value must be finite and positive
+*/
+template <typename FloatType>
+boundaries compute_boundaries(FloatType value)
+{
+    assert(std::isfinite(value));
+    assert(value > 0);
+
+    // Convert the IEEE representation into a diyfp.
+    //
+    // If v is denormal:
+    //      value = 0.F * 2^(1 - bias) = (          F) * 2^(1 - bias - (p-1))
+    // If v is normalized:
+    //      value = 1.F * 2^(E - bias) = (2^(p-1) + F) * 2^(E - bias - (p-1))
+
+    static_assert(std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::is_iec559,
+                  "internal error: dtoa_short requires an IEEE-754 floating-point implementation");
+
+    constexpr int      kPrecision = std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::digits; // = p (includes the hidden bit)
+    constexpr int      kBias      = std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::max_exponent - 1 + (kPrecision - 1);
+    constexpr int      kMinExp    = 1 - kBias;
+    constexpr uint64_t kHiddenBit = uint64_t{1} << (kPrecision - 1); // = 2^(p-1)
+
+    using bits_type = typename std::conditional< kPrecision == 24, uint32_t, uint64_t >::type;
+
+    const uint64_t bits = reinterpret_bits<bits_type>(value);
+    const uint64_t E = bits >> (kPrecision - 1);
+    const uint64_t F = bits & (kHiddenBit - 1);
+
+    const bool is_denormal = (E == 0);
+    const diyfp v = is_denormal
+                    ? diyfp(F, kMinExp)
+                    : diyfp(F + kHiddenBit, static_cast<int>(E) - kBias);
+
+    // Compute the boundaries m- and m+ of the floating-point value
+    // v = f * 2^e.
+    //
+    // Determine v- and v+, the floating-point predecessor and successor if v,
+    // respectively.
+    //
+    //      v- = v - 2^e        if f != 2^(p-1) or e == e_min                (A)
+    //         = v - 2^(e-1)    if f == 2^(p-1) and e > e_min                (B)
+    //
+    //      v+ = v + 2^e
+    //
+    // Let m- = (v- + v) / 2 and m+ = (v + v+) / 2. All real numbers _strictly_
+    // between m- and m+ round to v, regardless of how the input rounding
+    // algorithm breaks ties.
+    //
+    //      ---+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+---  (A)
+    //         v-            m-            v             m+            v+
+    //
+    //      -----------------+------+------+-------------+-------------+---  (B)
+    //                       v-     m-     v             m+            v+
+
+    const bool lower_boundary_is_closer = (F == 0 and E > 1);
+    const diyfp m_plus = diyfp(2 * v.f + 1, v.e - 1);
+    const diyfp m_minus = lower_boundary_is_closer
+                          ? diyfp(4 * v.f - 1, v.e - 2)  // (B)
+                          : diyfp(2 * v.f - 1, v.e - 1); // (A)
+
+    // Determine the normalized w+ = m+.
+    const diyfp w_plus = diyfp::normalize(m_plus);
+
+    // Determine w- = m- such that e_(w-) = e_(w+).
+    const diyfp w_minus = diyfp::normalize_to(m_minus, w_plus.e);
+
+    return {diyfp::normalize(v), w_minus, w_plus};
+}
+
+// Given normalized diyfp w, Grisu needs to find a (normalized) cached
+// power-of-ten c, such that the exponent of the product c * w = f * 2^e lies
+// within a certain range [alpha, gamma] (Definition 3.2 from [1])
+//
+//      alpha <= e = e_c + e_w + q <= gamma
+//
+// or
+//
+//      f_c * f_w * 2^alpha <= f_c 2^(e_c) * f_w 2^(e_w) * 2^q
+//                          <= f_c * f_w * 2^gamma
+//
+// Since c and w are normalized, i.e. 2^(q-1) <= f < 2^q, this implies
+//
+//      2^(q-1) * 2^(q-1) * 2^alpha <= c * w * 2^q < 2^q * 2^q * 2^gamma
+//
+// or
+//
+//      2^(q - 2 + alpha) <= c * w < 2^(q + gamma)
+//
+// The choice of (alpha,gamma) determines the size of the table and the form of
+// the digit generation procedure. Using (alpha,gamma)=(-60,-32) works out well
+// in practice:
+//
+// The idea is to cut the number c * w = f * 2^e into two parts, which can be
+// processed independently: An integral part p1, and a fractional part p2:
+//
+//      f * 2^e = ( (f div 2^-e) * 2^-e + (f mod 2^-e) ) * 2^e
+//              = (f div 2^-e) + (f mod 2^-e) * 2^e
+//              = p1 + p2 * 2^e
+//
+// The conversion of p1 into decimal form requires a series of divisions and
+// modulos by (a power of) 10. These operations are faster for 32-bit than for
+// 64-bit integers, so p1 should ideally fit into a 32-bit integer. This can be
+// achieved by choosing
+//
+//      -e >= 32   or   e <= -32 := gamma
+//
+// In order to convert the fractional part
+//
+//      p2 * 2^e = p2 / 2^-e = d[-1] / 10^1 + d[-2] / 10^2 + ...
+//
+// into decimal form, the fraction is repeatedly multiplied by 10 and the digits
+// d[-i] are extracted in order:
+//
+//      (10 * p2) div 2^-e = d[-1]
+//      (10 * p2) mod 2^-e = d[-2] / 10^1 + ...
+//
+// The multiplication by 10 must not overflow. It is sufficient to choose
+//
+//      10 * p2 < 16 * p2 = 2^4 * p2 <= 2^64.
+//
+// Since p2 = f mod 2^-e < 2^-e,
+//
+//      -e <= 60   or   e >= -60 := alpha
+
+constexpr int kAlpha = -60;
+constexpr int kGamma = -32;
+
+struct cached_power // c = f * 2^e ~= 10^k
+{
+    uint64_t f;
+    int e;
+    int k;
+};
+
+/*!
+For a normalized diyfp w = f * 2^e, this function returns a (normalized) cached
+power-of-ten c = f_c * 2^e_c, such that the exponent of the product w * c
+satisfies (Definition 3.2 from [1])
+
+     alpha <= e_c + e + q <= gamma.
+*/
+inline cached_power get_cached_power_for_binary_exponent(int e)
+{
+    // Now
+    //
+    //      alpha <= e_c + e + q <= gamma                                    (1)
+    //      ==> f_c * 2^alpha <= c * 2^e * 2^q
+    //
+    // and since the c's are normalized, 2^(q-1) <= f_c,
+    //
+    //      ==> 2^(q - 1 + alpha) <= c * 2^(e + q)
+    //      ==> 2^(alpha - e - 1) <= c
+    //
+    // If c were an exakt power of ten, i.e. c = 10^k, one may determine k as
+    //
+    //      k = ceil( log_10( 2^(alpha - e - 1) ) )
+    //        = ceil( (alpha - e - 1) * log_10(2) )
+    //
+    // From the paper:
+    // "In theory the result of the procedure could be wrong since c is rounded,
+    //  and the computation itself is approximated [...]. In practice, however,
+    //  this simple function is sufficient."
+    //
+    // For IEEE double precision floating-point numbers converted into
+    // normalized diyfp's w = f * 2^e, with q = 64,
+    //
+    //      e >= -1022      (min IEEE exponent)
+    //           -52        (p - 1)
+    //           -52        (p - 1, possibly normalize denormal IEEE numbers)
+    //           -11        (normalize the diyfp)
+    //         = -1137
+    //
+    // and
+    //
+    //      e <= +1023      (max IEEE exponent)
+    //           -52        (p - 1)
+    //           -11        (normalize the diyfp)
+    //         = 960
+    //
+    // This binary exponent range [-1137,960] results in a decimal exponent
+    // range [-307,324]. One does not need to store a cached power for each
+    // k in this range. For each such k it suffices to find a cached power
+    // such that the exponent of the product lies in [alpha,gamma].
+    // This implies that the difference of the decimal exponents of adjacent
+    // table entries must be less than or equal to
+    //
+    //      floor( (gamma - alpha) * log_10(2) ) = 8.
+    //
+    // (A smaller distance gamma-alpha would require a larger table.)
+
+    // NB:
+    // Actually this function returns c, such that -60 <= e_c + e + 64 <= -34.
+
+    constexpr int kCachedPowersSize = 79;
+    constexpr int kCachedPowersMinDecExp = -300;
+    constexpr int kCachedPowersDecStep = 8;
+
+    static constexpr cached_power kCachedPowers[] =
+    {
+        { 0xAB70FE17C79AC6CA, -1060, -300 },
+        { 0xFF77B1FCBEBCDC4F, -1034, -292 },
+        { 0xBE5691EF416BD60C, -1007, -284 },
+        { 0x8DD01FAD907FFC3C,  -980, -276 },
+        { 0xD3515C2831559A83,  -954, -268 },
+        { 0x9D71AC8FADA6C9B5,  -927, -260 },
+        { 0xEA9C227723EE8BCB,  -901, -252 },
+        { 0xAECC49914078536D,  -874, -244 },
+        { 0x823C12795DB6CE57,  -847, -236 },
+        { 0xC21094364DFB5637,  -821, -228 },
+        { 0x9096EA6F3848984F,  -794, -220 },
+        { 0xD77485CB25823AC7,  -768, -212 },
+        { 0xA086CFCD97BF97F4,  -741, -204 },
+        { 0xEF340A98172AACE5,  -715, -196 },
+        { 0xB23867FB2A35B28E,  -688, -188 },
+        { 0x84C8D4DFD2C63F3B,  -661, -180 },
+        { 0xC5DD44271AD3CDBA,  -635, -172 },
+        { 0x936B9FCEBB25C996,  -608, -164 },
+        { 0xDBAC6C247D62A584,  -582, -156 },
+        { 0xA3AB66580D5FDAF6,  -555, -148 },
+        { 0xF3E2F893DEC3F126,  -529, -140 },
+        { 0xB5B5ADA8AAFF80B8,  -502, -132 },
+        { 0x87625F056C7C4A8B,  -475, -124 },
+        { 0xC9BCFF6034C13053,  -449, -116 },
+        { 0x964E858C91BA2655,  -422, -108 },
+        { 0xDFF9772470297EBD,  -396, -100 },
+        { 0xA6DFBD9FB8E5B88F,  -369,  -92 },
+        { 0xF8A95FCF88747D94,  -343,  -84 },
+        { 0xB94470938FA89BCF,  -316,  -76 },
+        { 0x8A08F0F8BF0F156B,  -289,  -68 },
+        { 0xCDB02555653131B6,  -263,  -60 },
+        { 0x993FE2C6D07B7FAC,  -236,  -52 },
+        { 0xE45C10C42A2B3B06,  -210,  -44 },
+        { 0xAA242499697392D3,  -183,  -36 },
+        { 0xFD87B5F28300CA0E,  -157,  -28 },
+        { 0xBCE5086492111AEB,  -130,  -20 },
+        { 0x8CBCCC096F5088CC,  -103,  -12 },
+        { 0xD1B71758E219652C,   -77,   -4 },
+        { 0x9C40000000000000,   -50,    4 },
+        { 0xE8D4A51000000000,   -24,   12 },
+        { 0xAD78EBC5AC620000,     3,   20 },
+        { 0x813F3978F8940984,    30,   28 },
+        { 0xC097CE7BC90715B3,    56,   36 },
+        { 0x8F7E32CE7BEA5C70,    83,   44 },
+        { 0xD5D238A4ABE98068,   109,   52 },
+        { 0x9F4F2726179A2245,   136,   60 },
+        { 0xED63A231D4C4FB27,   162,   68 },
+        { 0xB0DE65388CC8ADA8,   189,   76 },
+        { 0x83C7088E1AAB65DB,   216,   84 },
+        { 0xC45D1DF942711D9A,   242,   92 },
+        { 0x924D692CA61BE758,   269,  100 },
+        { 0xDA01EE641A708DEA,   295,  108 },
+        { 0xA26DA3999AEF774A,   322,  116 },
+        { 0xF209787BB47D6B85,   348,  124 },
+        { 0xB454E4A179DD1877,   375,  132 },
+        { 0x865B86925B9BC5C2,   402,  140 },
+        { 0xC83553C5C8965D3D,   428,  148 },
+        { 0x952AB45CFA97A0B3,   455,  156 },
+        { 0xDE469FBD99A05FE3,   481,  164 },
+        { 0xA59BC234DB398C25,   508,  172 },
+        { 0xF6C69A72A3989F5C,   534,  180 },
+        { 0xB7DCBF5354E9BECE,   561,  188 },
+        { 0x88FCF317F22241E2,   588,  196 },
+        { 0xCC20CE9BD35C78A5,   614,  204 },
+        { 0x98165AF37B2153DF,   641,  212 },
+        { 0xE2A0B5DC971F303A,   667,  220 },
+        { 0xA8D9D1535CE3B396,   694,  228 },
+        { 0xFB9B7CD9A4A7443C,   720,  236 },
+        { 0xBB764C4CA7A44410,   747,  244 },
+        { 0x8BAB8EEFB6409C1A,   774,  252 },
+        { 0xD01FEF10A657842C,   800,  260 },
+        { 0x9B10A4E5E9913129,   827,  268 },
+        { 0xE7109BFBA19C0C9D,   853,  276 },
+        { 0xAC2820D9623BF429,   880,  284 },
+        { 0x80444B5E7AA7CF85,   907,  292 },
+        { 0xBF21E44003ACDD2D,   933,  300 },
+        { 0x8E679C2F5E44FF8F,   960,  308 },
+        { 0xD433179D9C8CB841,   986,  316 },
+        { 0x9E19DB92B4E31BA9,  1013,  324 },
+    };
+
+    // This computation gives exactly the same results for k as
+    //      k = ceil((kAlpha - e - 1) * 0.30102999566398114)
+    // for |e| <= 1500, but doesn't require floating-point operations.
+    // NB: log_10(2) ~= 78913 / 2^18
+    assert(e >= -1500);
+    assert(e <=  1500);
+    const int f = kAlpha - e - 1;
+    const int k = (f * 78913) / (1 << 18) + (f > 0);
+
+    const int index = (-kCachedPowersMinDecExp + k + (kCachedPowersDecStep - 1)) / kCachedPowersDecStep;
+    assert(index >= 0);
+    assert(index < kCachedPowersSize);
+    static_cast<void>(kCachedPowersSize); // Fix warning.
+
+    const cached_power cached = kCachedPowers[index];
+    assert(kAlpha <= cached.e + e + 64);
+    assert(kGamma >= cached.e + e + 64);
+
+    return cached;
+}
+
+/*!
+For n != 0, returns k, such that pow10 := 10^(k-1) <= n < 10^k.
+For n == 0, returns 1 and sets pow10 := 1.
+*/
+inline int find_largest_pow10(const uint32_t n, uint32_t& pow10)
+{
+    // LCOV_EXCL_START
+    if (n >= 1000000000)
+    {
+        pow10 = 1000000000;
+        return 10;
+    }
+    // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+    else if (n >= 100000000)
+    {
+        pow10 = 100000000;
+        return  9;
+    }
+    else if (n >= 10000000)
+    {
+        pow10 = 10000000;
+        return  8;
+    }
+    else if (n >= 1000000)
+    {
+        pow10 = 1000000;
+        return  7;
+    }
+    else if (n >= 100000)
+    {
+        pow10 = 100000;
+        return  6;
+    }
+    else if (n >= 10000)
+    {
+        pow10 = 10000;
+        return  5;
+    }
+    else if (n >= 1000)
+    {
+        pow10 = 1000;
+        return  4;
+    }
+    else if (n >= 100)
+    {
+        pow10 = 100;
+        return  3;
+    }
+    else if (n >= 10)
+    {
+        pow10 = 10;
+        return  2;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        pow10 = 1;
+        return 1;
+    }
+}
+
+inline void grisu2_round(char* buf, int len, uint64_t dist, uint64_t delta,
+                         uint64_t rest, uint64_t ten_k)
+{
+    assert(len >= 1);
+    assert(dist <= delta);
+    assert(rest <= delta);
+    assert(ten_k > 0);
+
+    //               <--------------------------- delta ---->
+    //                                  <---- dist --------->
+    // --------------[------------------+-------------------]--------------
+    //               M-                 w                   M+
+    //
+    //                                  ten_k
+    //                                <------>
+    //                                       <---- rest ---->
+    // --------------[------------------+----+--------------]--------------
+    //                                  w    V
+    //                                       = buf * 10^k
+    //
+    // ten_k represents a unit-in-the-last-place in the decimal representation
+    // stored in buf.
+    // Decrement buf by ten_k while this takes buf closer to w.
+
+    // The tests are written in this order to avoid overflow in unsigned
+    // integer arithmetic.
+
+    while (rest < dist
+            and delta - rest >= ten_k
+            and (rest + ten_k < dist or dist - rest > rest + ten_k - dist))
+    {
+        assert(buf[len - 1] != '0');
+        buf[len - 1]--;
+        rest += ten_k;
+    }
+}
+
+/*!
+Generates V = buffer * 10^decimal_exponent, such that M- <= V <= M+.
+M- and M+ must be normalized and share the same exponent -60 <= e <= -32.
+*/
+inline void grisu2_digit_gen(char* buffer, int& length, int& decimal_exponent,
+                             diyfp M_minus, diyfp w, diyfp M_plus)
+{
+    static_assert(kAlpha >= -60, "internal error");
+    static_assert(kGamma <= -32, "internal error");
+
+    // Generates the digits (and the exponent) of a decimal floating-point
+    // number V = buffer * 10^decimal_exponent in the range [M-, M+]. The diyfp's
+    // w, M- and M+ share the same exponent e, which satisfies alpha <= e <= gamma.
+    //
+    //               <--------------------------- delta ---->
+    //                                  <---- dist --------->
+    // --------------[------------------+-------------------]--------------
+    //               M-                 w                   M+
+    //
+    // Grisu2 generates the digits of M+ from left to right and stops as soon as
+    // V is in [M-,M+].
+
+    assert(M_plus.e >= kAlpha);
+    assert(M_plus.e <= kGamma);
+
+    uint64_t delta = diyfp::sub(M_plus, M_minus).f; // (significand of (M+ - M-), implicit exponent is e)
+    uint64_t dist  = diyfp::sub(M_plus, w      ).f; // (significand of (M+ - w ), implicit exponent is e)
+
+    // Split M+ = f * 2^e into two parts p1 and p2 (note: e < 0):
+    //
+    //      M+ = f * 2^e
+    //         = ((f div 2^-e) * 2^-e + (f mod 2^-e)) * 2^e
+    //         = ((p1        ) * 2^-e + (p2        )) * 2^e
+    //         = p1 + p2 * 2^e
+
+    const diyfp one(uint64_t{1} << -M_plus.e, M_plus.e);
+
+    uint32_t p1 = static_cast<uint32_t>(M_plus.f >> -one.e); // p1 = f div 2^-e (Since -e >= 32, p1 fits into a 32-bit int.)
+    uint64_t p2 = M_plus.f & (one.f - 1);                    // p2 = f mod 2^-e
+
+    // 1)
+    //
+    // Generate the digits of the integral part p1 = d[n-1]...d[1]d[0]
+
+    assert(p1 > 0);
+
+    uint32_t pow10;
+    const int k = find_largest_pow10(p1, pow10);
+
+    //      10^(k-1) <= p1 < 10^k, pow10 = 10^(k-1)
+    //
+    //      p1 = (p1 div 10^(k-1)) * 10^(k-1) + (p1 mod 10^(k-1))
+    //         = (d[k-1]         ) * 10^(k-1) + (p1 mod 10^(k-1))
+    //
+    //      M+ = p1                                             + p2 * 2^e
+    //         = d[k-1] * 10^(k-1) + (p1 mod 10^(k-1))          + p2 * 2^e
+    //         = d[k-1] * 10^(k-1) + ((p1 mod 10^(k-1)) * 2^-e + p2) * 2^e
+    //         = d[k-1] * 10^(k-1) + (                         rest) * 2^e
+    //
+    // Now generate the digits d[n] of p1 from left to right (n = k-1,...,0)
+    //
+    //      p1 = d[k-1]...d[n] * 10^n + d[n-1]...d[0]
+    //
+    // but stop as soon as
+    //
+    //      rest * 2^e = (d[n-1]...d[0] * 2^-e + p2) * 2^e <= delta * 2^e
+
+    int n = k;
+    while (n > 0)
+    {
+        // Invariants:
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^n + (p1 + p2 * 2^e)    (buffer = 0 for n = k)
+        //      pow10 = 10^(n-1) <= p1 < 10^n
+        //
+        const uint32_t d = p1 / pow10;  // d = p1 div 10^(n-1)
+        const uint32_t r = p1 % pow10;  // r = p1 mod 10^(n-1)
+        //
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^n + (d * 10^(n-1) + r) + p2 * 2^e
+        //         = (buffer * 10 + d) * 10^(n-1) + (r + p2 * 2^e)
+        //
+        assert(d <= 9);
+        buffer[length++] = static_cast<char>('0' + d); // buffer := buffer * 10 + d
+        //
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^(n-1) + (r + p2 * 2^e)
+        //
+        p1 = r;
+        n--;
+        //
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^n + (p1 + p2 * 2^e)
+        //      pow10 = 10^n
+        //
+
+        // Now check if enough digits have been generated.
+        // Compute
+        //
+        //      p1 + p2 * 2^e = (p1 * 2^-e + p2) * 2^e = rest * 2^e
+        //
+        // Note:
+        // Since rest and delta share the same exponent e, it suffices to
+        // compare the significands.
+        const uint64_t rest = (uint64_t{p1} << -one.e) + p2;
+        if (rest <= delta)
+        {
+            // V = buffer * 10^n, with M- <= V <= M+.
+
+            decimal_exponent += n;
+
+            // We may now just stop. But instead look if the buffer could be
+            // decremented to bring V closer to w.
+            //
+            // pow10 = 10^n is now 1 ulp in the decimal representation V.
+            // The rounding procedure works with diyfp's with an implicit
+            // exponent of e.
+            //
+            //      10^n = (10^n * 2^-e) * 2^e = ulp * 2^e
+            //
+            const uint64_t ten_n = uint64_t{pow10} << -one.e;
+            grisu2_round(buffer, length, dist, delta, rest, ten_n);
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        pow10 /= 10;
+        //
+        //      pow10 = 10^(n-1) <= p1 < 10^n
+        // Invariants restored.
+    }
+
+    // 2)
+    //
+    // The digits of the integral part have been generated:
+    //
+    //      M+ = d[k-1]...d[1]d[0] + p2 * 2^e
+    //         = buffer            + p2 * 2^e
+    //
+    // Now generate the digits of the fractional part p2 * 2^e.
+    //
+    // Note:
+    // No decimal point is generated: the exponent is adjusted instead.
+    //
+    // p2 actually represents the fraction
+    //
+    //      p2 * 2^e
+    //          = p2 / 2^-e
+    //          = d[-1] / 10^1 + d[-2] / 10^2 + ...
+    //
+    // Now generate the digits d[-m] of p1 from left to right (m = 1,2,...)
+    //
+    //      p2 * 2^e = d[-1]d[-2]...d[-m] * 10^-m
+    //                      + 10^-m * (d[-m-1] / 10^1 + d[-m-2] / 10^2 + ...)
+    //
+    // using
+    //
+    //      10^m * p2 = ((10^m * p2) div 2^-e) * 2^-e + ((10^m * p2) mod 2^-e)
+    //                = (                   d) * 2^-e + (                   r)
+    //
+    // or
+    //      10^m * p2 * 2^e = d + r * 2^e
+    //
+    // i.e.
+    //
+    //      M+ = buffer + p2 * 2^e
+    //         = buffer + 10^-m * (d + r * 2^e)
+    //         = (buffer * 10^m + d) * 10^-m + 10^-m * r * 2^e
+    //
+    // and stop as soon as 10^-m * r * 2^e <= delta * 2^e
+
+    assert(p2 > delta);
+
+    int m = 0;
+    for (;;)
+    {
+        // Invariant:
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (d[-m-1] / 10 + d[-m-2] / 10^2 + ...) * 2^e
+        //         = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (p2                                 ) * 2^e
+        //         = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (1/10 * (10 * p2)                   ) * 2^e
+        //         = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (1/10 * ((10*p2 div 2^-e) * 2^-e + (10*p2 mod 2^-e)) * 2^e
+        //
+        assert(p2 <= UINT64_MAX / 10);
+        p2 *= 10;
+        const uint64_t d = p2 >> -one.e;     // d = (10 * p2) div 2^-e
+        const uint64_t r = p2 & (one.f - 1); // r = (10 * p2) mod 2^-e
+        //
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (1/10 * (d * 2^-e + r) * 2^e
+        //         = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (1/10 * (d + r * 2^e))
+        //         = (buffer * 10 + d) * 10^(-m-1) + 10^(-m-1) * r * 2^e
+        //
+        assert(d <= 9);
+        buffer[length++] = static_cast<char>('0' + d); // buffer := buffer * 10 + d
+        //
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^(-m-1) + 10^(-m-1) * r * 2^e
+        //
+        p2 = r;
+        m++;
+        //
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * p2 * 2^e
+        // Invariant restored.
+
+        // Check if enough digits have been generated.
+        //
+        //      10^-m * p2 * 2^e <= delta * 2^e
+        //              p2 * 2^e <= 10^m * delta * 2^e
+        //                    p2 <= 10^m * delta
+        delta *= 10;
+        dist  *= 10;
+        if (p2 <= delta)
+        {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // V = buffer * 10^-m, with M- <= V <= M+.
+
+    decimal_exponent -= m;
+
+    // 1 ulp in the decimal representation is now 10^-m.
+    // Since delta and dist are now scaled by 10^m, we need to do the
+    // same with ulp in order to keep the units in sync.
+    //
+    //      10^m * 10^-m = 1 = 2^-e * 2^e = ten_m * 2^e
+    //
+    const uint64_t ten_m = one.f;
+    grisu2_round(buffer, length, dist, delta, p2, ten_m);
+
+    // By construction this algorithm generates the shortest possible decimal
+    // number (Loitsch, Theorem 6.2) which rounds back to w.
+    // For an input number of precision p, at least
+    //
+    //      N = 1 + ceil(p * log_10(2))
+    //
+    // decimal digits are sufficient to identify all binary floating-point
+    // numbers (Matula, "In-and-Out conversions").
+    // This implies that the algorithm does not produce more than N decimal
+    // digits.
+    //
+    //      N = 17 for p = 53 (IEEE double precision)
+    //      N = 9  for p = 24 (IEEE single precision)
+}
+
+/*!
+v = buf * 10^decimal_exponent
+len is the length of the buffer (number of decimal digits)
+The buffer must be large enough, i.e. >= max_digits10.
+*/
+inline void grisu2(char* buf, int& len, int& decimal_exponent,
+                   diyfp m_minus, diyfp v, diyfp m_plus)
+{
+    assert(m_plus.e == m_minus.e);
+    assert(m_plus.e == v.e);
+
+    //  --------(-----------------------+-----------------------)--------    (A)
+    //          m-                      v                       m+
+    //
+    //  --------------------(-----------+-----------------------)--------    (B)
+    //                      m-          v                       m+
+    //
+    // First scale v (and m- and m+) such that the exponent is in the range
+    // [alpha, gamma].
+
+    const cached_power cached = get_cached_power_for_binary_exponent(m_plus.e);
+
+    const diyfp c_minus_k(cached.f, cached.e); // = c ~= 10^-k
+
+    // The exponent of the products is = v.e + c_minus_k.e + q and is in the range [alpha,gamma]
+    const diyfp w       = diyfp::mul(v,       c_minus_k);
+    const diyfp w_minus = diyfp::mul(m_minus, c_minus_k);
+    const diyfp w_plus  = diyfp::mul(m_plus,  c_minus_k);
+
+    //  ----(---+---)---------------(---+---)---------------(---+---)----
+    //          w-                      w                       w+
+    //          = c*m-                  = c*v                   = c*m+
+    //
+    // diyfp::mul rounds its result and c_minus_k is approximated too. w, w- and
+    // w+ are now off by a small amount.
+    // In fact:
+    //
+    //      w - v * 10^k < 1 ulp
+    //
+    // To account for this inaccuracy, add resp. subtract 1 ulp.
+    //
+    //  --------+---[---------------(---+---)---------------]---+--------
+    //          w-  M-                  w                   M+  w+
+    //
+    // Now any number in [M-, M+] (bounds included) will round to w when input,
+    // regardless of how the input rounding algorithm breaks ties.
+    //
+    // And digit_gen generates the shortest possible such number in [M-, M+].
+    // Note that this does not mean that Grisu2 always generates the shortest
+    // possible number in the interval (m-, m+).
+    const diyfp M_minus(w_minus.f + 1, w_minus.e);
+    const diyfp M_plus (w_plus.f  - 1, w_plus.e );
+
+    decimal_exponent = -cached.k; // = -(-k) = k
+
+    grisu2_digit_gen(buf, len, decimal_exponent, M_minus, w, M_plus);
+}
+
+/*!
+v = buf * 10^decimal_exponent
+len is the length of the buffer (number of decimal digits)
+The buffer must be large enough, i.e. >= max_digits10.
+*/
+template <typename FloatType>
+void grisu2(char* buf, int& len, int& decimal_exponent, FloatType value)
+{
+    static_assert(diyfp::kPrecision >= std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::digits + 3,
+                  "internal error: not enough precision");
+
+    assert(std::isfinite(value));
+    assert(value > 0);
+
+    // If the neighbors (and boundaries) of 'value' are always computed for double-precision
+    // numbers, all float's can be recovered using strtod (and strtof). However, the resulting
+    // decimal representations are not exactly "short".
+    //
+    // The documentation for 'std::to_chars' (http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/to_chars)
+    // says "value is converted to a string as if by std::sprintf in the default ("C") locale"
+    // and since sprintf promotes float's to double's, I think this is exactly what 'std::to_chars'
+    // does.
+    // On the other hand, the documentation for 'std::to_chars' requires that "parsing the
+    // representation using the corresponding std::from_chars function recovers value exactly". That
+    // indicates that single precision floating-point numbers should be recovered using
+    // 'std::strtof'.
+    //
+    // NB: If the neighbors are computed for single-precision numbers, there is a single float
+    //     (7.0385307e-26f) which can't be recovered using strtod. The resulting double precision
+    //     value is off by 1 ulp.
+#if 0
+    const boundaries w = compute_boundaries(static_cast<double>(value));
+#else
+    const boundaries w = compute_boundaries(value);
+#endif
+
+    grisu2(buf, len, decimal_exponent, w.minus, w.w, w.plus);
+}
+
+/*!
+@brief appends a decimal representation of e to buf
+@return a pointer to the element following the exponent.
+@pre -1000 < e < 1000
+*/
+inline char* append_exponent(char* buf, int e)
+{
+    assert(e > -1000);
+    assert(e <  1000);
+
+    if (e < 0)
+    {
+        e = -e;
+        *buf++ = '-';
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        *buf++ = '+';
+    }
+
+    uint32_t k = static_cast<uint32_t>(e);
+    if (k < 10)
+    {
+        // Always print at least two digits in the exponent.
+        // This is for compatibility with printf("%g").
+        *buf++ = '0';
+        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k);
+    }
+    else if (k < 100)
+    {
+        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k / 10);
+        k %= 10;
+        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k / 100);
+        k %= 100;
+        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k / 10);
+        k %= 10;
+        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k);
+    }
+
+    return buf;
+}
+
+/*!
+@brief prettify v = buf * 10^decimal_exponent
+
+If v is in the range [10^min_exp, 10^max_exp) it will be printed in fixed-point
+notation. Otherwise it will be printed in exponential notation.
+
+@pre min_exp < 0
+@pre max_exp > 0
+*/
+inline char* format_buffer(char* buf, int len, int decimal_exponent,
+                           int min_exp, int max_exp)
+{
+    assert(min_exp < 0);
+    assert(max_exp > 0);
+
+    const int k = len;
+    const int n = len + decimal_exponent;
+
+    // v = buf * 10^(n-k)
+    // k is the length of the buffer (number of decimal digits)
+    // n is the position of the decimal point relative to the start of the buffer.
+
+    if (k <= n and n <= max_exp)
+    {
+        // digits[000]
+        // len <= max_exp + 2
+
+        std::memset(buf + k, '0', static_cast<size_t>(n - k));
+        // Make it look like a floating-point number (#362, #378)
+        buf[n + 0] = '.';
+        buf[n + 1] = '0';
+        return buf + (n + 2);
+    }
+
+    if (0 < n and n <= max_exp)
+    {
+        // dig.its
+        // len <= max_digits10 + 1
+
+        assert(k > n);
+
+        std::memmove(buf + (n + 1), buf + n, static_cast<size_t>(k - n));
+        buf[n] = '.';
+        return buf + (k + 1);
+    }
+
+    if (min_exp < n and n <= 0)
+    {
+        // 0.[000]digits
+        // len <= 2 + (-min_exp - 1) + max_digits10
+
+        std::memmove(buf + (2 + -n), buf, static_cast<size_t>(k));
+        buf[0] = '0';
+        buf[1] = '.';
+        std::memset(buf + 2, '0', static_cast<size_t>(-n));
+        return buf + (2 + (-n) + k);
+    }
+
+    if (k == 1)
+    {
+        // dE+123
+        // len <= 1 + 5
+
+        buf += 1;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // d.igitsE+123
+        // len <= max_digits10 + 1 + 5
+
+        std::memmove(buf + 2, buf + 1, static_cast<size_t>(k - 1));
+        buf[1] = '.';
+        buf += 1 + k;
+    }
+
+    *buf++ = 'e';
+    return append_exponent(buf, n - 1);
+}
+
+} // namespace dtoa_impl
+
+/*!
+@brief generates a decimal representation of the floating-point number value in [first, last).
+
+The format of the resulting decimal representation is similar to printf's %g
+format. Returns an iterator pointing past-the-end of the decimal representation.
+
+@note The input number must be finite, i.e. NaN's and Inf's are not supported.
+@note The buffer must be large enough.
+@note The result is NOT null-terminated.
+*/
+template <typename FloatType>
+char* to_chars(char* first, char* last, FloatType value)
+{
+    static_cast<void>(last); // maybe unused - fix warning
+    assert(std::isfinite(value));
+
+    // Use signbit(value) instead of (value < 0) since signbit works for -0.
+    if (std::signbit(value))
+    {
+        value = -value;
+        *first++ = '-';
+    }
+
+    if (value == 0) // +-0
+    {
+        *first++ = '0';
+        // Make it look like a floating-point number (#362, #378)
+        *first++ = '.';
+        *first++ = '0';
+        return first;
+    }
+
+    assert(last - first >= std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::max_digits10);
+
+    // Compute v = buffer * 10^decimal_exponent.
+    // The decimal digits are stored in the buffer, which needs to be interpreted
+    // as an unsigned decimal integer.
+    // len is the length of the buffer, i.e. the number of decimal digits.
+    int len = 0;
+    int decimal_exponent = 0;
+    dtoa_impl::grisu2(first, len, decimal_exponent, value);
+
+    assert(len <= std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::max_digits10);
+
+    // Format the buffer like printf("%.*g", prec, value)
+    constexpr int kMinExp = -4;
+    // Use digits10 here to increase compatibility with version 2.
+    constexpr int kMaxExp = std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::digits10;
+
+    assert(last - first >= kMaxExp + 2);
+    assert(last - first >= 2 + (-kMinExp - 1) + std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::max_digits10);
+    assert(last - first >= std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::max_digits10 + 6);
+
+    return dtoa_impl::format_buffer(first, len, decimal_exponent, kMinExp, kMaxExp);
+}
+
+} // namespace detail
+} // namespace nlohmann
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/output_adapters.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+///////////////////
+// serialization //
+///////////////////
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class serializer
+{
+    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
+    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
+    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
+    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
+    static constexpr uint8_t UTF8_ACCEPT = 0;
+    static constexpr uint8_t UTF8_REJECT = 1;
+
+  public:
+    /*!
+    @param[in] s  output stream to serialize to
+    @param[in] ichar  indentation character to use
+    */
+    serializer(output_adapter_t<char> s, const char ichar)
+        : o(std::move(s)), loc(std::localeconv()),
+          thousands_sep(loc->thousands_sep == nullptr ? '\0' : * (loc->thousands_sep)),
+          decimal_point(loc->decimal_point == nullptr ? '\0' : * (loc->decimal_point)),
+          indent_char(ichar), indent_string(512, indent_char)
+    {}
+
+    // delete because of pointer members
+    serializer(const serializer&) = delete;
+    serializer& operator=(const serializer&) = delete;
+
+    /*!
+    @brief internal implementation of the serialization function
+
+    This function is called by the public member function dump and organizes
+    the serialization internally. The indentation level is propagated as
+    additional parameter. In case of arrays and objects, the function is
+    called recursively.
+
+    - strings and object keys are escaped using `escape_string()`
+    - integer numbers are converted implicitly via `operator<<`
+    - floating-point numbers are converted to a string using `"%g"` format
+
+    @param[in] val             value to serialize
+    @param[in] pretty_print    whether the output shall be pretty-printed
+    @param[in] indent_step     the indent level
+    @param[in] current_indent  the current indent level (only used internally)
+    */
+    void dump(const BasicJsonType& val, const bool pretty_print,
+              const bool ensure_ascii,
+              const unsigned int indent_step,
+              const unsigned int current_indent = 0)
+    {
+        switch (val.m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                if (val.m_value.object->empty())
+                {
+                    o->write_characters("{}", 2);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (pretty_print)
+                {
+                    o->write_characters("{\n", 2);
+
+                    // variable to hold indentation for recursive calls
+                    const auto new_indent = current_indent + indent_step;
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(indent_string.size() < new_indent))
+                    {
+                        indent_string.resize(indent_string.size() * 2, ' ');
+                    }
+
+                    // first n-1 elements
+                    auto i = val.m_value.object->cbegin();
+                    for (std::size_t cnt = 0; cnt < val.m_value.object->size() - 1; ++cnt, ++i)
+                    {
+                        o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
+                        o->write_character('\"');
+                        dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
+                        o->write_characters("\": ", 3);
+                        dump(i->second, true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
+                        o->write_characters(",\n", 2);
+                    }
+
+                    // last element
+                    assert(i != val.m_value.object->cend());
+                    assert(std::next(i) == val.m_value.object->cend());
+                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
+                    o->write_character('\"');
+                    dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
+                    o->write_characters("\": ", 3);
+                    dump(i->second, true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
+
+                    o->write_character('\n');
+                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), current_indent);
+                    o->write_character('}');
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    o->write_character('{');
+
+                    // first n-1 elements
+                    auto i = val.m_value.object->cbegin();
+                    for (std::size_t cnt = 0; cnt < val.m_value.object->size() - 1; ++cnt, ++i)
+                    {
+                        o->write_character('\"');
+                        dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
+                        o->write_characters("\":", 2);
+                        dump(i->second, false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
+                        o->write_character(',');
+                    }
+
+                    // last element
+                    assert(i != val.m_value.object->cend());
+                    assert(std::next(i) == val.m_value.object->cend());
+                    o->write_character('\"');
+                    dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
+                    o->write_characters("\":", 2);
+                    dump(i->second, false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
+
+                    o->write_character('}');
+                }
+
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                if (val.m_value.array->empty())
+                {
+                    o->write_characters("[]", 2);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (pretty_print)
+                {
+                    o->write_characters("[\n", 2);
+
+                    // variable to hold indentation for recursive calls
+                    const auto new_indent = current_indent + indent_step;
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(indent_string.size() < new_indent))
+                    {
+                        indent_string.resize(indent_string.size() * 2, ' ');
+                    }
+
+                    // first n-1 elements
+                    for (auto i = val.m_value.array->cbegin();
+                            i != val.m_value.array->cend() - 1; ++i)
+                    {
+                        o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
+                        dump(*i, true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
+                        o->write_characters(",\n", 2);
+                    }
+
+                    // last element
+                    assert(not val.m_value.array->empty());
+                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
+                    dump(val.m_value.array->back(), true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
+
+                    o->write_character('\n');
+                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), current_indent);
+                    o->write_character(']');
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    o->write_character('[');
+
+                    // first n-1 elements
+                    for (auto i = val.m_value.array->cbegin();
+                            i != val.m_value.array->cend() - 1; ++i)
+                    {
+                        dump(*i, false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
+                        o->write_character(',');
+                    }
+
+                    // last element
+                    assert(not val.m_value.array->empty());
+                    dump(val.m_value.array->back(), false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
+
+                    o->write_character(']');
+                }
+
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::string:
+            {
+                o->write_character('\"');
+                dump_escaped(*val.m_value.string, ensure_ascii);
+                o->write_character('\"');
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::boolean:
+            {
+                if (val.m_value.boolean)
+                {
+                    o->write_characters("true", 4);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    o->write_characters("false", 5);
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                dump_integer(val.m_value.number_integer);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                dump_integer(val.m_value.number_unsigned);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_float:
+            {
+                dump_float(val.m_value.number_float);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::discarded:
+            {
+                o->write_characters("<discarded>", 11);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::null:
+            {
+                o->write_characters("null", 4);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /*!
+    @brief dump escaped string
+
+    Escape a string by replacing certain special characters by a sequence of an
+    escape character (backslash) and another character and other control
+    characters by a sequence of "\u" followed by a four-digit hex
+    representation. The escaped string is written to output stream @a o.
+
+    @param[in] s  the string to escape
+    @param[in] ensure_ascii  whether to escape non-ASCII characters with
+                             \uXXXX sequences
+
+    @complexity Linear in the length of string @a s.
+    */
+    void dump_escaped(const string_t& s, const bool ensure_ascii)
+    {
+        uint32_t codepoint;
+        uint8_t state = UTF8_ACCEPT;
+        std::size_t bytes = 0;  // number of bytes written to string_buffer
+
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < s.size(); ++i)
+        {
+            const auto byte = static_cast<uint8_t>(s[i]);
+
+            switch (decode(state, codepoint, byte))
+            {
+                case UTF8_ACCEPT:  // decode found a new code point
+                {
+                    switch (codepoint)
+                    {
+                        case 0x08: // backspace
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'b';
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        case 0x09: // horizontal tab
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 't';
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        case 0x0A: // newline
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'n';
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        case 0x0C: // formfeed
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'f';
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        case 0x0D: // carriage return
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'r';
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        case 0x22: // quotation mark
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\"';
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        case 0x5C: // reverse solidus
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        default:
+                        {
+                            // escape control characters (0x00..0x1F) or, if
+                            // ensure_ascii parameter is used, non-ASCII characters
+                            if ((codepoint <= 0x1F) or (ensure_ascii and (codepoint >= 0x7F)))
+                            {
+                                if (codepoint <= 0xFFFF)
+                                {
+                                    std::snprintf(string_buffer.data() + bytes, 7, "\\u%04x",
+                                                  static_cast<uint16_t>(codepoint));
+                                    bytes += 6;
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    std::snprintf(string_buffer.data() + bytes, 13, "\\u%04x\\u%04x",
+                                                  static_cast<uint16_t>(0xD7C0 + (codepoint >> 10)),
+                                                  static_cast<uint16_t>(0xDC00 + (codepoint & 0x3FF)));
+                                    bytes += 12;
+                                }
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                // copy byte to buffer (all previous bytes
+                                // been copied have in default case above)
+                                string_buffer[bytes++] = s[i];
+                            }
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // write buffer and reset index; there must be 13 bytes
+                    // left, as this is the maximal number of bytes to be
+                    // written ("\uxxxx\uxxxx\0") for one code point
+                    if (string_buffer.size() - bytes < 13)
+                    {
+                        o->write_characters(string_buffer.data(), bytes);
+                        bytes = 0;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                case UTF8_REJECT:  // decode found invalid UTF-8 byte
+                {
+                    std::stringstream ss;
+                    ss << std::setw(2) << std::uppercase << std::setfill('0') << std::hex << static_cast<int>(byte);
+                    JSON_THROW(type_error::create(316, "invalid UTF-8 byte at index " + std::to_string(i) + ": 0x" + ss.str()));
+                }
+
+                default:  // decode found yet incomplete multi-byte code point
+                {
+                    if (not ensure_ascii)
+                    {
+                        // code point will not be escaped - copy byte to buffer
+                        string_buffer[bytes++] = s[i];
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(state == UTF8_ACCEPT))
+        {
+            // write buffer
+            if (bytes > 0)
+            {
+                o->write_characters(string_buffer.data(), bytes);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // we finish reading, but do not accept: string was incomplete
+            std::stringstream ss;
+            ss << std::setw(2) << std::uppercase << std::setfill('0') << std::hex << static_cast<int>(static_cast<uint8_t>(s.back()));
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(316, "incomplete UTF-8 string; last byte: 0x" + ss.str()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief dump an integer
+
+    Dump a given integer to output stream @a o. Works internally with
+    @a number_buffer.
+
+    @param[in] x  integer number (signed or unsigned) to dump
+    @tparam NumberType either @a number_integer_t or @a number_unsigned_t
+    */
+    template<typename NumberType, detail::enable_if_t<
+                 std::is_same<NumberType, number_unsigned_t>::value or
+                 std::is_same<NumberType, number_integer_t>::value,
+                 int> = 0>
+    void dump_integer(NumberType x)
+    {
+        // special case for "0"
+        if (x == 0)
+        {
+            o->write_character('0');
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const bool is_negative = (x <= 0) and (x != 0);  // see issue #755
+        std::size_t i = 0;
+
+        while (x != 0)
+        {
+            // spare 1 byte for '\0'
+            assert(i < number_buffer.size() - 1);
+
+            const auto digit = std::labs(static_cast<long>(x % 10));
+            number_buffer[i++] = static_cast<char>('0' + digit);
+            x /= 10;
+        }
+
+        if (is_negative)
+        {
+            // make sure there is capacity for the '-'
+            assert(i < number_buffer.size() - 2);
+            number_buffer[i++] = '-';
+        }
+
+        std::reverse(number_buffer.begin(), number_buffer.begin() + i);
+        o->write_characters(number_buffer.data(), i);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief dump a floating-point number
+
+    Dump a given floating-point number to output stream @a o. Works internally
+    with @a number_buffer.
+
+    @param[in] x  floating-point number to dump
+    */
+    void dump_float(number_float_t x)
+    {
+        // NaN / inf
+        if (not std::isfinite(x))
+        {
+            o->write_characters("null", 4);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // If number_float_t is an IEEE-754 single or double precision number,
+        // use the Grisu2 algorithm to produce short numbers which are
+        // guaranteed to round-trip, using strtof and strtod, resp.
+        //
+        // NB: The test below works if <long double> == <double>.
+        static constexpr bool is_ieee_single_or_double
+            = (std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::is_iec559 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::digits == 24 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent == 128) or
+              (std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::is_iec559 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::digits == 53 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent == 1024);
+
+        dump_float(x, std::integral_constant<bool, is_ieee_single_or_double>());
+    }
+
+    void dump_float(number_float_t x, std::true_type /*is_ieee_single_or_double*/)
+    {
+        char* begin = number_buffer.data();
+        char* end = ::nlohmann::detail::to_chars(begin, begin + number_buffer.size(), x);
+
+        o->write_characters(begin, static_cast<size_t>(end - begin));
+    }
+
+    void dump_float(number_float_t x, std::false_type /*is_ieee_single_or_double*/)
+    {
+        // get number of digits for a float -> text -> float round-trip
+        static constexpr auto d = std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_digits10;
+
+        // the actual conversion
+        std::ptrdiff_t len = snprintf(number_buffer.data(), number_buffer.size(), "%.*g", d, x);
+
+        // negative value indicates an error
+        assert(len > 0);
+        // check if buffer was large enough
+        assert(static_cast<std::size_t>(len) < number_buffer.size());
+
+        // erase thousands separator
+        if (thousands_sep != '\0')
+        {
+            const auto end = std::remove(number_buffer.begin(),
+                                         number_buffer.begin() + len, thousands_sep);
+            std::fill(end, number_buffer.end(), '\0');
+            assert((end - number_buffer.begin()) <= len);
+            len = (end - number_buffer.begin());
+        }
+
+        // convert decimal point to '.'
+        if (decimal_point != '\0' and decimal_point != '.')
+        {
+            const auto dec_pos = std::find(number_buffer.begin(), number_buffer.end(), decimal_point);
+            if (dec_pos != number_buffer.end())
+            {
+                *dec_pos = '.';
+            }
+        }
+
+        o->write_characters(number_buffer.data(), static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+
+        // determine if need to append ".0"
+        const bool value_is_int_like =
+            std::none_of(number_buffer.begin(), number_buffer.begin() + len + 1,
+                         [](char c)
+        {
+            return (c == '.' or c == 'e');
+        });
+
+        if (value_is_int_like)
+        {
+            o->write_characters(".0", 2);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief check whether a string is UTF-8 encoded
+
+    The function checks each byte of a string whether it is UTF-8 encoded. The
+    result of the check is stored in the @a state parameter. The function must
+    be called initially with state 0 (accept). State 1 means the string must
+    be rejected, because the current byte is not allowed. If the string is
+    completely processed, but the state is non-zero, the string ended
+    prematurely; that is, the last byte indicated more bytes should have
+    followed.
+
+    @param[in,out] state  the state of the decoding
+    @param[in,out] codep  codepoint (valid only if resulting state is UTF8_ACCEPT)
+    @param[in] byte       next byte to decode
+    @return               new state
+
+    @note The function has been edited: a std::array is used.
+
+    @copyright Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Bjoern Hoehrmann <bjoern@hoehrmann.de>
+    @sa http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de/utf-8/decoder/dfa/
+    */
+    static uint8_t decode(uint8_t& state, uint32_t& codep, const uint8_t byte) noexcept
+    {
+        static const std::array<uint8_t, 400> utf8d =
+        {
+            {
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 00..1F
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 20..3F
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 40..5F
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 60..7F
+                1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, // 80..9F
+                7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, // A0..BF
+                8, 8, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, // C0..DF
+                0xA, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x4, 0x3, 0x3, // E0..EF
+                0xB, 0x6, 0x6, 0x6, 0x5, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, // F0..FF
+                0x0, 0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x5, 0x8, 0x7, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x4, 0x6, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, // s0..s0
+                1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, // s1..s2
+                1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, // s3..s4
+                1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, // s5..s6
+                1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 // s7..s8
+            }
+        };
+
+        const uint8_t type = utf8d[byte];
+
+        codep = (state != UTF8_ACCEPT)
+                ? (byte & 0x3fu) | (codep << 6)
+                : static_cast<uint32_t>(0xff >> type) & (byte);
+
+        state = utf8d[256u + state * 16u + type];
+        return state;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// the output of the serializer
+    output_adapter_t<char> o = nullptr;
+
+    /// a (hopefully) large enough character buffer
+    std::array<char, 64> number_buffer{{}};
+
+    /// the locale
+    const std::lconv* loc = nullptr;
+    /// the locale's thousand separator character
+    const char thousands_sep = '\0';
+    /// the locale's decimal point character
+    const char decimal_point = '\0';
+
+    /// string buffer
+    std::array<char, 512> string_buffer{{}};
+
+    /// the indentation character
+    const char indent_char;
+    /// the indentation string
+    string_t indent_string;
+};
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/json_ref.hpp>
+
+
+#include <initializer_list>
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class json_ref
+{
+  public:
+    using value_type = BasicJsonType;
+
+    json_ref(value_type&& value)
+        : owned_value(std::move(value)), value_ref(&owned_value), is_rvalue(true)
+    {}
+
+    json_ref(const value_type& value)
+        : value_ref(const_cast<value_type*>(&value)), is_rvalue(false)
+    {}
+
+    json_ref(std::initializer_list<json_ref> init)
+        : owned_value(init), value_ref(&owned_value), is_rvalue(true)
+    {}
+
+    template<class... Args>
+    json_ref(Args&& ... args)
+        : owned_value(std::forward<Args>(args)...), value_ref(&owned_value), is_rvalue(true)
+    {}
+
+    // class should be movable only
+    json_ref(json_ref&&) = default;
+    json_ref(const json_ref&) = delete;
+    json_ref& operator=(const json_ref&) = delete;
+
+    value_type moved_or_copied() const
+    {
+        if (is_rvalue)
+        {
+            return std::move(*value_ref);
+        }
+        return *value_ref;
+    }
+
+    value_type const& operator*() const
+    {
+        return *static_cast<value_type const*>(value_ref);
+    }
+
+    value_type const* operator->() const
+    {
+        return static_cast<value_type const*>(value_ref);
+    }
+
+  private:
+    mutable value_type owned_value = nullptr;
+    value_type* value_ref = nullptr;
+    const bool is_rvalue;
+};
+}
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/json_pointer.hpp>
+
+
+#include <cassert> // assert
+#include <numeric> // accumulate
+#include <string> // string
+#include <vector> // vector
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class json_pointer
+{
+    // allow basic_json to access private members
+    NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
+    friend class basic_json;
+
+  public:
+    /*!
+    @brief create JSON pointer
+
+    Create a JSON pointer according to the syntax described in
+    [Section 3 of RFC6901](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901#section-3).
+
+    @param[in] s  string representing the JSON pointer; if omitted, the empty
+                  string is assumed which references the whole JSON value
+
+    @throw parse_error.107 if the given JSON pointer @a s is nonempty and does
+                           not begin with a slash (`/`); see example below
+
+    @throw parse_error.108 if a tilde (`~`) in the given JSON pointer @a s is
+    not followed by `0` (representing `~`) or `1` (representing `/`); see
+    example below
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows the construction several valid JSON pointers
+    as well as the exceptional behavior.,json_pointer}
+
+    @since version 2.0.0
+    */
+    explicit json_pointer(const std::string& s = "")
+        : reference_tokens(split(s))
+    {}
+
+    /*!
+    @brief return a string representation of the JSON pointer
+
+    @invariant For each JSON pointer `ptr`, it holds:
+    @code {.cpp}
+    ptr == json_pointer(ptr.to_string());
+    @endcode
+
+    @return a string representation of the JSON pointer
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows the result of `to_string`.,
+    json_pointer__to_string}
+
+    @since version 2.0.0
+    */
+    std::string to_string() const noexcept
+    {
+        return std::accumulate(reference_tokens.begin(), reference_tokens.end(),
+                               std::string{},
+                               [](const std::string & a, const std::string & b)
+        {
+            return a + "/" + escape(b);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /// @copydoc to_string()
+    operator std::string() const
+    {
+        return to_string();
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @param[in] s  reference token to be converted into an array index
+
+    @return integer representation of @a s
+
+    @throw out_of_range.404 if string @a s could not be converted to an integer
+    */
+    static int array_index(const std::string& s)
+    {
+        std::size_t processed_chars = 0;
+        const int res = std::stoi(s, &processed_chars);
+
+        // check if the string was completely read
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(processed_chars != s.size()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, "unresolved reference token '" + s + "'"));
+        }
+
+        return res;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /*!
+    @brief remove and return last reference pointer
+    @throw out_of_range.405 if JSON pointer has no parent
+    */
+    std::string pop_back()
+    {
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(is_root()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(405, "JSON pointer has no parent"));
+        }
+
+        auto last = reference_tokens.back();
+        reference_tokens.pop_back();
+        return last;
+    }
+
+    /// return whether pointer points to the root document
+    bool is_root() const
+    {
+        return reference_tokens.empty();
+    }
+
+    json_pointer top() const
+    {
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(is_root()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(405, "JSON pointer has no parent"));
+        }
+
+        json_pointer result = *this;
+        result.reference_tokens = {reference_tokens[0]};
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create and return a reference to the pointed to value
+
+    @complexity Linear in the number of reference tokens.
+
+    @throw parse_error.109 if array index is not a number
+    @throw type_error.313 if value cannot be unflattened
+    */
+    BasicJsonType& get_and_create(BasicJsonType& j) const
+    {
+        using size_type = typename BasicJsonType::size_type;
+        auto result = &j;
+
+        // in case no reference tokens exist, return a reference to the JSON value
+        // j which will be overwritten by a primitive value
+        for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
+        {
+            switch (result->m_type)
+            {
+                case detail::value_t::null:
+                {
+                    if (reference_token == "0")
+                    {
+                        // start a new array if reference token is 0
+                        result = &result->operator[](0);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // start a new object otherwise
+                        result = &result->operator[](reference_token);
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                case detail::value_t::object:
+                {
+                    // create an entry in the object
+                    result = &result->operator[](reference_token);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                case detail::value_t::array:
+                {
+                    // create an entry in the array
+                    JSON_TRY
+                    {
+                        result = &result->operator[](static_cast<size_type>(array_index(reference_token)));
+                    }
+                    JSON_CATCH(std::invalid_argument&)
+                    {
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(109, 0, "array index '" + reference_token + "' is not a number"));
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                /*
+                The following code is only reached if there exists a reference
+                token _and_ the current value is primitive. In this case, we have
+                an error situation, because primitive values may only occur as
+                single value; that is, with an empty list of reference tokens.
+                */
+                default:
+                    JSON_THROW(detail::type_error::create(313, "invalid value to unflatten"));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return *result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief return a reference to the pointed to value
+
+    @note This version does not throw if a value is not present, but tries to
+          create nested values instead. For instance, calling this function
+          with pointer `"/this/that"` on a null value is equivalent to calling
+          `operator[]("this").operator[]("that")` on that value, effectively
+          changing the null value to an object.
+
+    @param[in] ptr  a JSON value
+
+    @return reference to the JSON value pointed to by the JSON pointer
+
+    @complexity Linear in the length of the JSON pointer.
+
+    @throw parse_error.106   if an array index begins with '0'
+    @throw parse_error.109   if an array index was not a number
+    @throw out_of_range.404  if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
+    */
+    BasicJsonType& get_unchecked(BasicJsonType* ptr) const
+    {
+        using size_type = typename BasicJsonType::size_type;
+        for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
+        {
+            // convert null values to arrays or objects before continuing
+            if (ptr->m_type == detail::value_t::null)
+            {
+                // check if reference token is a number
+                const bool nums =
+                    std::all_of(reference_token.begin(), reference_token.end(),
+                                [](const char x)
+                {
+                    return (x >= '0' and x <= '9');
+                });
+
+                // change value to array for numbers or "-" or to object otherwise
+                *ptr = (nums or reference_token == "-")
+                       ? detail::value_t::array
+                       : detail::value_t::object;
+            }
+
+            switch (ptr->m_type)
+            {
+                case detail::value_t::object:
+                {
+                    // use unchecked object access
+                    ptr = &ptr->operator[](reference_token);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                case detail::value_t::array:
+                {
+                    // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0'))
+                    {
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(106, 0,
+                                                               "array index '" + reference_token +
+                                                               "' must not begin with '0'"));
+                    }
+
+                    if (reference_token == "-")
+                    {
+                        // explicitly treat "-" as index beyond the end
+                        ptr = &ptr->operator[](ptr->m_value.array->size());
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // convert array index to number; unchecked access
+                        JSON_TRY
+                        {
+                            ptr = &ptr->operator[](
+                                static_cast<size_type>(array_index(reference_token)));
+                        }
+                        JSON_CATCH(std::invalid_argument&)
+                        {
+                            JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(109, 0, "array index '" + reference_token + "' is not a number"));
+                        }
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                default:
+                    JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, "unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'"));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return *ptr;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @throw parse_error.106   if an array index begins with '0'
+    @throw parse_error.109   if an array index was not a number
+    @throw out_of_range.402  if the array index '-' is used
+    @throw out_of_range.404  if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
+    */
+    BasicJsonType& get_checked(BasicJsonType* ptr) const
+    {
+        using size_type = typename BasicJsonType::size_type;
+        for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
+        {
+            switch (ptr->m_type)
+            {
+                case detail::value_t::object:
+                {
+                    // note: at performs range check
+                    ptr = &ptr->at(reference_token);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                case detail::value_t::array:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token == "-"))
+                    {
+                        // "-" always fails the range check
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(402,
+                                                                "array index '-' (" + std::to_string(ptr->m_value.array->size()) +
+                                                                ") is out of range"));
+                    }
+
+                    // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0'))
+                    {
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(106, 0,
+                                                               "array index '" + reference_token +
+                                                               "' must not begin with '0'"));
+                    }
+
+                    // note: at performs range check
+                    JSON_TRY
+                    {
+                        ptr = &ptr->at(static_cast<size_type>(array_index(reference_token)));
+                    }
+                    JSON_CATCH(std::invalid_argument&)
+                    {
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(109, 0, "array index '" + reference_token + "' is not a number"));
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                default:
+                    JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, "unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'"));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return *ptr;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief return a const reference to the pointed to value
+
+    @param[in] ptr  a JSON value
+
+    @return const reference to the JSON value pointed to by the JSON
+    pointer
+
+    @throw parse_error.106   if an array index begins with '0'
+    @throw parse_error.109   if an array index was not a number
+    @throw out_of_range.402  if the array index '-' is used
+    @throw out_of_range.404  if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
+    */
+    const BasicJsonType& get_unchecked(const BasicJsonType* ptr) const
+    {
+        using size_type = typename BasicJsonType::size_type;
+        for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
+        {
+            switch (ptr->m_type)
+            {
+                case detail::value_t::object:
+                {
+                    // use unchecked object access
+                    ptr = &ptr->operator[](reference_token);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                case detail::value_t::array:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token == "-"))
+                    {
+                        // "-" cannot be used for const access
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(402,
+                                                                "array index '-' (" + std::to_string(ptr->m_value.array->size()) +
+                                                                ") is out of range"));
+                    }
+
+                    // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0'))
+                    {
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(106, 0,
+                                                               "array index '" + reference_token +
+                                                               "' must not begin with '0'"));
+                    }
+
+                    // use unchecked array access
+                    JSON_TRY
+                    {
+                        ptr = &ptr->operator[](
+                            static_cast<size_type>(array_index(reference_token)));
+                    }
+                    JSON_CATCH(std::invalid_argument&)
+                    {
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(109, 0, "array index '" + reference_token + "' is not a number"));
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                default:
+                    JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, "unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'"));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return *ptr;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @throw parse_error.106   if an array index begins with '0'
+    @throw parse_error.109   if an array index was not a number
+    @throw out_of_range.402  if the array index '-' is used
+    @throw out_of_range.404  if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
+    */
+    const BasicJsonType& get_checked(const BasicJsonType* ptr) const
+    {
+        using size_type = typename BasicJsonType::size_type;
+        for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
+        {
+            switch (ptr->m_type)
+            {
+                case detail::value_t::object:
+                {
+                    // note: at performs range check
+                    ptr = &ptr->at(reference_token);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                case detail::value_t::array:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token == "-"))
+                    {
+                        // "-" always fails the range check
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(402,
+                                                                "array index '-' (" + std::to_string(ptr->m_value.array->size()) +
+                                                                ") is out of range"));
+                    }
+
+                    // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0'))
+                    {
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(106, 0,
+                                                               "array index '" + reference_token +
+                                                               "' must not begin with '0'"));
+                    }
+
+                    // note: at performs range check
+                    JSON_TRY
+                    {
+                        ptr = &ptr->at(static_cast<size_type>(array_index(reference_token)));
+                    }
+                    JSON_CATCH(std::invalid_argument&)
+                    {
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(109, 0, "array index '" + reference_token + "' is not a number"));
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                default:
+                    JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, "unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'"));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return *ptr;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief split the string input to reference tokens
+
+    @note This function is only called by the json_pointer constructor.
+          All exceptions below are documented there.
+
+    @throw parse_error.107  if the pointer is not empty or begins with '/'
+    @throw parse_error.108  if character '~' is not followed by '0' or '1'
+    */
+    static std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string& reference_string)
+    {
+        std::vector<std::string> result;
+
+        // special case: empty reference string -> no reference tokens
+        if (reference_string.empty())
+        {
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        // check if nonempty reference string begins with slash
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_string[0] != '/'))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(107, 1,
+                                                   "JSON pointer must be empty or begin with '/' - was: '" +
+                                                   reference_string + "'"));
+        }
+
+        // extract the reference tokens:
+        // - slash: position of the last read slash (or end of string)
+        // - start: position after the previous slash
+        for (
+            // search for the first slash after the first character
+            std::size_t slash = reference_string.find_first_of('/', 1),
+            // set the beginning of the first reference token
+            start = 1;
+            // we can stop if start == string::npos+1 = 0
+            start != 0;
+            // set the beginning of the next reference token
+            // (will eventually be 0 if slash == std::string::npos)
+            start = slash + 1,
+            // find next slash
+            slash = reference_string.find_first_of('/', start))
+        {
+            // use the text between the beginning of the reference token
+            // (start) and the last slash (slash).
+            auto reference_token = reference_string.substr(start, slash - start);
+
+            // check reference tokens are properly escaped
+            for (std::size_t pos = reference_token.find_first_of('~');
+                    pos != std::string::npos;
+                    pos = reference_token.find_first_of('~', pos + 1))
+            {
+                assert(reference_token[pos] == '~');
+
+                // ~ must be followed by 0 or 1
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(pos == reference_token.size() - 1 or
+                                  (reference_token[pos + 1] != '0' and
+                                   reference_token[pos + 1] != '1')))
+                {
+                    JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(108, 0, "escape character '~' must be followed with '0' or '1'"));
+                }
+            }
+
+            // finally, store the reference token
+            unescape(reference_token);
+            result.push_back(reference_token);
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief replace all occurrences of a substring by another string
+
+    @param[in,out] s  the string to manipulate; changed so that all
+                   occurrences of @a f are replaced with @a t
+    @param[in]     f  the substring to replace with @a t
+    @param[in]     t  the string to replace @a f
+
+    @pre The search string @a f must not be empty. **This precondition is
+    enforced with an assertion.**
+
+    @since version 2.0.0
+    */
+    static void replace_substring(std::string& s, const std::string& f,
+                                  const std::string& t)
+    {
+        assert(not f.empty());
+        for (auto pos = s.find(f);                // find first occurrence of f
+                pos != std::string::npos;         // make sure f was found
+                s.replace(pos, f.size(), t),      // replace with t, and
+                pos = s.find(f, pos + t.size()))  // find next occurrence of f
+        {}
+    }
+
+    /// escape "~"" to "~0" and "/" to "~1"
+    static std::string escape(std::string s)
+    {
+        replace_substring(s, "~", "~0");
+        replace_substring(s, "/", "~1");
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    /// unescape "~1" to tilde and "~0" to slash (order is important!)
+    static void unescape(std::string& s)
+    {
+        replace_substring(s, "~1", "/");
+        replace_substring(s, "~0", "~");
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @param[in] reference_string  the reference string to the current value
+    @param[in] value             the value to consider
+    @param[in,out] result        the result object to insert values to
+
+    @note Empty objects or arrays are flattened to `null`.
+    */
+    static void flatten(const std::string& reference_string,
+                        const BasicJsonType& value,
+                        BasicJsonType& result)
+    {
+        switch (value.m_type)
+        {
+            case detail::value_t::array:
+            {
+                if (value.m_value.array->empty())
+                {
+                    // flatten empty array as null
+                    result[reference_string] = nullptr;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // iterate array and use index as reference string
+                    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < value.m_value.array->size(); ++i)
+                    {
+                        flatten(reference_string + "/" + std::to_string(i),
+                                value.m_value.array->operator[](i), result);
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case detail::value_t::object:
+            {
+                if (value.m_value.object->empty())
+                {
+                    // flatten empty object as null
+                    result[reference_string] = nullptr;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // iterate object and use keys as reference string
+                    for (const auto& element : *value.m_value.object)
+                    {
+                        flatten(reference_string + "/" + escape(element.first), element.second, result);
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                // add primitive value with its reference string
+                result[reference_string] = value;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @param[in] value  flattened JSON
+
+    @return unflattened JSON
+
+    @throw parse_error.109 if array index is not a number
+    @throw type_error.314  if value is not an object
+    @throw type_error.315  if object values are not primitive
+    @throw type_error.313  if value cannot be unflattened
+    */
+    static BasicJsonType
+    unflatten(const BasicJsonType& value)
+    {
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not value.is_object()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(detail::type_error::create(314, "only objects can be unflattened"));
+        }
+
+        BasicJsonType result;
+
+        // iterate the JSON object values
+        for (const auto& element : *value.m_value.object)
+        {
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not element.second.is_primitive()))
+            {
+                JSON_THROW(detail::type_error::create(315, "values in object must be primitive"));
+            }
+
+            // assign value to reference pointed to by JSON pointer; Note that if
+            // the JSON pointer is "" (i.e., points to the whole value), function
+            // get_and_create returns a reference to result itself. An assignment
+            // will then create a primitive value.
+            json_pointer(element.first).get_and_create(result) = element.second;
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    friend bool operator==(json_pointer const& lhs,
+                           json_pointer const& rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return (lhs.reference_tokens == rhs.reference_tokens);
+    }
+
+    friend bool operator!=(json_pointer const& lhs,
+                           json_pointer const& rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return not (lhs == rhs);
+    }
+
+    /// the reference tokens
+    std::vector<std::string> reference_tokens;
+};
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/adl_serializer.hpp>
+
+
+#include <utility>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/conversions/to_json.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+template<typename, typename>
+struct adl_serializer
+{
+    /*!
+    @brief convert a JSON value to any value type
+
+    This function is usually called by the `get()` function of the
+    @ref basic_json class (either explicit or via conversion operators).
+
+    @param[in] j         JSON value to read from
+    @param[in,out] val  value to write to
+    */
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename ValueType>
+    static void from_json(BasicJsonType&& j, ValueType& val) noexcept(
+        noexcept(::nlohmann::from_json(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), val)))
+    {
+        ::nlohmann::from_json(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), val);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief convert any value type to a JSON value
+
+    This function is usually called by the constructors of the @ref basic_json
+    class.
+
+    @param[in,out] j  JSON value to write to
+    @param[in] val     value to read from
+    */
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename ValueType>
+    static void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, ValueType&& val) noexcept(
+        noexcept(::nlohmann::to_json(j, std::forward<ValueType>(val))))
+    {
+        ::nlohmann::to_json(j, std::forward<ValueType>(val));
+    }
+};
+}
+
+
 /*!
 @brief namespace for Niels Lohmann
 @see https://github.com/nlohmann
@@ -91,55 +9687,6 @@
 namespace nlohmann
 {
 
-
-/*!
-@brief unnamed namespace with internal helper functions
-@since version 1.0.0
-*/
-namespace
-{
-/*!
-@brief Helper to determine whether there's a key_type for T.
-
-Thus helper is used to tell associative containers apart from other containers
-such as sequence containers. For instance, `std::map` passes the test as it
-contains a `mapped_type`, whereas `std::vector` fails the test.
-
-@sa http://stackoverflow.com/a/7728728/266378
-@since version 1.0.0
-*/
-template<typename T>
-struct has_mapped_type
-{
-  private:
-    template<typename C> static char test(typename C::mapped_type*);
-    template<typename C> static char (&test(...))[2];
-  public:
-    static constexpr bool value = sizeof(test<T>(0)) == 1;
-};
-
-/*!
-@brief helper class to create locales with decimal point
-
-This struct is used a default locale during the JSON serialization. JSON
-requires the decimal point to be `.`, so this function overloads the
-`do_decimal_point()` function to return `.`. This function is called by
-float-to-string conversions to retrieve the decimal separator between integer
-and fractional parts.
-
-@sa https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/51#issuecomment-86869315
-@since version 2.0.0
-*/
-struct DecimalSeparator : std::numpunct<char>
-{
-    char do_decimal_point() const
-    {
-        return '.';
-    }
-};
-
-}
-
 /*!
 @brief a class to store JSON values
 
@@ -159,11 +9706,14 @@
 default; will be used in @ref number_float_t)
 @tparam AllocatorType type of the allocator to use (`std::allocator` by
 default)
+@tparam JSONSerializer the serializer to resolve internal calls to `to_json()`
+and `from_json()` (@ref adl_serializer by default)
 
 @requirement The class satisfies the following concept requirements:
 - Basic
  - [DefaultConstructible](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/DefaultConstructible):
-   JSON values can be default constructed. The result will be a JSON null value.
+   JSON values can be default constructed. The result will be a JSON null
+   value.
  - [MoveConstructible](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/MoveConstructible):
    A JSON value can be constructed from an rvalue argument.
  - [CopyConstructible](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/CopyConstructible):
@@ -178,8 +9728,8 @@
  - [StandardLayoutType](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/StandardLayoutType):
    JSON values have
    [standard layout](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/data_members#Standard_layout):
-   All non-static data members are private and standard layout types, the class
-   has no virtual functions or (virtual) base classes.
+   All non-static data members are private and standard layout types, the
+   class has no virtual functions or (virtual) base classes.
 - Library-wide
  - [EqualityComparable](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/EqualityComparable):
    JSON values can be compared with `==`, see @ref
@@ -218,28 +9768,77 @@
 
 @nosubgrouping
 */
-template <
-    template<typename U, typename V, typename... Args> class ObjectType = std::map,
-    template<typename U, typename... Args> class ArrayType = std::vector,
-    class StringType = std::string,
-    class BooleanType = bool,
-    class NumberIntegerType = std::int64_t,
-    class NumberUnsignedType = std::uint64_t,
-    class NumberFloatType = double,
-    template<typename U> class AllocatorType = std::allocator
-    >
+NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
 class basic_json
 {
   private:
+    template<detail::value_t> friend struct detail::external_constructor;
+    friend ::nlohmann::json_pointer<basic_json>;
+    friend ::nlohmann::detail::parser<basic_json>;
+    friend ::nlohmann::detail::serializer<basic_json>;
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    friend class ::nlohmann::detail::iter_impl;
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CharType>
+    friend class ::nlohmann::detail::binary_writer;
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    friend class ::nlohmann::detail::binary_reader;
+
     /// workaround type for MSVC
-    using basic_json_t = basic_json<ObjectType, ArrayType, StringType,
-          BooleanType, NumberIntegerType, NumberUnsignedType, NumberFloatType,
-          AllocatorType>;
+    using basic_json_t = NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL;
+
+    // convenience aliases for types residing in namespace detail;
+    using lexer = ::nlohmann::detail::lexer<basic_json>;
+    using parser = ::nlohmann::detail::parser<basic_json>;
+
+    using primitive_iterator_t = ::nlohmann::detail::primitive_iterator_t;
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    using internal_iterator = ::nlohmann::detail::internal_iterator<BasicJsonType>;
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>
+    using iter_impl = ::nlohmann::detail::iter_impl<BasicJsonType>;
+    template<typename Iterator>
+    using iteration_proxy = ::nlohmann::detail::iteration_proxy<Iterator>;
+    template<typename Base> using json_reverse_iterator = ::nlohmann::detail::json_reverse_iterator<Base>;
+
+    template<typename CharType>
+    using output_adapter_t = ::nlohmann::detail::output_adapter_t<CharType>;
+
+    using binary_reader = ::nlohmann::detail::binary_reader<basic_json>;
+    template<typename CharType> using binary_writer = ::nlohmann::detail::binary_writer<basic_json, CharType>;
+
+    using serializer = ::nlohmann::detail::serializer<basic_json>;
 
   public:
-    // forward declarations
-    template<typename Base> class json_reverse_iterator;
-    class json_pointer;
+    using value_t = detail::value_t;
+    /// @copydoc nlohmann::json_pointer
+    using json_pointer = ::nlohmann::json_pointer<basic_json>;
+    template<typename T, typename SFINAE>
+    using json_serializer = JSONSerializer<T, SFINAE>;
+    /// helper type for initializer lists of basic_json values
+    using initializer_list_t = std::initializer_list<detail::json_ref<basic_json>>;
+
+    ////////////////
+    // exceptions //
+    ////////////////
+
+    /// @name exceptions
+    /// Classes to implement user-defined exceptions.
+    /// @{
+
+    /// @copydoc detail::exception
+    using exception = detail::exception;
+    /// @copydoc detail::parse_error
+    using parse_error = detail::parse_error;
+    /// @copydoc detail::invalid_iterator
+    using invalid_iterator = detail::invalid_iterator;
+    /// @copydoc detail::type_error
+    using type_error = detail::type_error;
+    /// @copydoc detail::out_of_range
+    using out_of_range = detail::out_of_range;
+    /// @copydoc detail::other_error
+    using other_error = detail::other_error;
+
+    /// @}
+
 
     /////////////////////
     // container types //
@@ -272,9 +9871,9 @@
     using const_pointer = typename std::allocator_traits<allocator_type>::const_pointer;
 
     /// an iterator for a basic_json container
-    class iterator;
+    using iterator = iter_impl<basic_json>;
     /// a const iterator for a basic_json container
-    class const_iterator;
+    using const_iterator = iter_impl<const basic_json>;
     /// a reverse iterator for a basic_json container
     using reverse_iterator = json_reverse_iterator<typename basic_json::iterator>;
     /// a const reverse iterator for a basic_json container
@@ -291,6 +9890,87 @@
         return allocator_type();
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief returns version information on the library
+
+    This function returns a JSON object with information about the library,
+    including the version number and information on the platform and compiler.
+
+    @return JSON object holding version information
+    key         | description
+    ----------- | ---------------
+    `compiler`  | Information on the used compiler. It is an object with the following keys: `c++` (the used C++ standard), `family` (the compiler family; possible values are `clang`, `icc`, `gcc`, `ilecpp`, `msvc`, `pgcpp`, `sunpro`, and `unknown`), and `version` (the compiler version).
+    `copyright` | The copyright line for the library as string.
+    `name`      | The name of the library as string.
+    `platform`  | The used platform as string. Possible values are `win32`, `linux`, `apple`, `unix`, and `unknown`.
+    `url`       | The URL of the project as string.
+    `version`   | The version of the library. It is an object with the following keys: `major`, `minor`, and `patch` as defined by [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org), and `string` (the version string).
+
+    @liveexample{The following code shows an example output of the `meta()`
+    function.,meta}
+
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes to any JSON value.
+
+    @complexity Constant.
+
+    @since 2.1.0
+    */
+    static basic_json meta()
+    {
+        basic_json result;
+
+        result["copyright"] = "(C) 2013-2017 Niels Lohmann";
+        result["name"] = "JSON for Modern C++";
+        result["url"] = "https://github.com/nlohmann/json";
+        result["version"]["string"] =
+            std::to_string(NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MAJOR) + "." +
+            std::to_string(NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MINOR) + "." +
+            std::to_string(NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_PATCH);
+        result["version"]["major"] = NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MAJOR;
+        result["version"]["minor"] = NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MINOR;
+        result["version"]["patch"] = NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_PATCH;
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        result["platform"] = "win32";
+#elif defined __linux__
+        result["platform"] = "linux";
+#elif defined __APPLE__
+        result["platform"] = "apple";
+#elif defined __unix__
+        result["platform"] = "unix";
+#else
+        result["platform"] = "unknown";
+#endif
+
+#if defined(__ICC) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
+        result["compiler"] = {{"family", "icc"}, {"version", __INTEL_COMPILER}};
+#elif defined(__clang__)
+        result["compiler"] = {{"family", "clang"}, {"version", __clang_version__}};
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+        result["compiler"] = {{"family", "gcc"}, {"version", std::to_string(__GNUC__) + "." + std::to_string(__GNUC_MINOR__) + "." + std::to_string(__GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__)}};
+#elif defined(__HP_cc) || defined(__HP_aCC)
+        result["compiler"] = "hp"
+#elif defined(__IBMCPP__)
+        result["compiler"] = {{"family", "ilecpp"}, {"version", __IBMCPP__}};
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+        result["compiler"] = {{"family", "msvc"}, {"version", _MSC_VER}};
+#elif defined(__PGI)
+        result["compiler"] = {{"family", "pgcpp"}, {"version", __PGI}};
+#elif defined(__SUNPRO_CC)
+        result["compiler"] = {{"family", "sunpro"}, {"version", __SUNPRO_CC}};
+#else
+        result["compiler"] = {{"family", "unknown"}, {"version", "unknown"}};
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+        result["compiler"]["c++"] = std::to_string(__cplusplus);
+#else
+        result["compiler"]["c++"] = "unknown";
+#endif
+        return result;
+    }
+
 
     ///////////////////////////
     // JSON value data types //
@@ -301,6 +9981,14 @@
     /// the template arguments passed to class @ref basic_json.
     /// @{
 
+#if defined(JSON_HAS_CPP_14)
+    // Use transparent comparator if possible, combined with perfect forwarding
+    // on find() and count() calls prevents unnecessary string construction.
+    using object_comparator_t = std::less<>;
+#else
+    using object_comparator_t = std::less<StringType>;
+#endif
+
     /*!
     @brief a type for an object
 
@@ -343,10 +10031,10 @@
     - When all names are unique, objects will be interoperable in the sense
       that all software implementations receiving that object will agree on
       the name-value mappings.
-    - When the names within an object are not unique, later stored name/value
-      pairs overwrite previously stored name/value pairs, leaving the used
-      names unique. For instance, `{"key": 1}` and `{"key": 2, "key": 1}` will
-      be treated as equal and both stored as `{"key": 1}`.
+    - When the names within an object are not unique, it is unspecified which
+      one of the values for a given key will be chosen. For instance,
+      `{"key": 2, "key": 1}` could be equal to either `{"key": 1}` or
+      `{"key": 2}`.
     - Internally, name/value pairs are stored in lexicographical order of the
       names. Objects will also be serialized (see @ref dump) in this order.
       For instance, `{"b": 1, "a": 2}` and `{"a": 2, "b": 1}` will be stored
@@ -361,7 +10049,7 @@
     [RFC 7159](http://rfc7159.net/rfc7159) specifies:
     > An implementation may set limits on the maximum depth of nesting.
 
-    In this class, the object's limit of nesting is not constraint explicitly.
+    In this class, the object's limit of nesting is not explicitly constrained.
     However, a maximum depth of nesting may be introduced by the compiler or
     runtime environment. A theoretical limit can be queried by calling the
     @ref max_size function of a JSON object.
@@ -386,7 +10074,7 @@
     */
     using object_t = ObjectType<StringType,
           basic_json,
-          std::less<StringType>,
+          object_comparator_t,
           AllocatorType<std::pair<const StringType,
           basic_json>>>;
 
@@ -420,7 +10108,7 @@
     [RFC 7159](http://rfc7159.net/rfc7159) specifies:
     > An implementation may set limits on the maximum depth of nesting.
 
-    In this class, the array's limit of nesting is not constraint explicitly.
+    In this class, the array's limit of nesting is not explicitly constrained.
     However, a maximum depth of nesting may be introduced by the compiler or
     runtime environment. A theoretical limit can be queried by calling the
     @ref max_size function of a JSON array.
@@ -458,6 +10146,12 @@
     std::string
     @endcode
 
+    #### Encoding
+
+    Strings are stored in UTF-8 encoding. Therefore, functions like
+    `std::string::size()` or `std::string::length()` return the number of
+    bytes in the string rather than the number of characters or glyphs.
+
     #### String comparison
 
     [RFC 7159](http://rfc7159.net/rfc7159) states:
@@ -722,47 +10416,6 @@
 
     /// @}
 
-
-    ///////////////////////////
-    // JSON type enumeration //
-    ///////////////////////////
-
-    /*!
-    @brief the JSON type enumeration
-
-    This enumeration collects the different JSON types. It is internally used
-    to distinguish the stored values, and the functions @ref is_null(), @ref
-    is_object(), @ref is_array(), @ref is_string(), @ref is_boolean(), @ref
-    is_number() (with @ref is_number_integer(), @ref is_number_unsigned(), and
-    @ref is_number_float()), @ref is_discarded(), @ref is_primitive(), and
-    @ref is_structured() rely on it.
-
-    @note There are three enumeration entries (number_integer,
-    number_unsigned, and number_float), because the library distinguishes
-    these three types for numbers: @ref number_unsigned_t is used for unsigned
-    integers, @ref number_integer_t is used for signed integers, and @ref
-    number_float_t is used for floating-point numbers or to approximate
-    integers which do not fit in the limits of their respective type.
-
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const value_t value_type) -- create a JSON value with
-    the default value for a given type
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    enum class value_t : uint8_t
-    {
-        null,            ///< null value
-        object,          ///< object (unordered set of name/value pairs)
-        array,           ///< array (ordered collection of values)
-        string,          ///< string value
-        boolean,         ///< boolean value
-        number_integer,  ///< number value (signed integer)
-        number_unsigned, ///< number value (unsigned integer)
-        number_float,    ///< number value (floating-point)
-        discarded        ///< discarded by the the parser callback function
-    };
-
-
   private:
 
     /// helper for exception-safe object creation
@@ -770,13 +10423,15 @@
     static T* create(Args&& ... args)
     {
         AllocatorType<T> alloc;
+        using AllocatorTraits = std::allocator_traits<AllocatorType<T>>;
+
         auto deleter = [&](T * object)
         {
-            alloc.deallocate(object, 1);
+            AllocatorTraits::deallocate(alloc, object, 1);
         };
-        std::unique_ptr<T, decltype(deleter)> object(alloc.allocate(1), deleter);
-        alloc.construct(object.get(), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
-        assert(object.get() != nullptr);
+        std::unique_ptr<T, decltype(deleter)> object(AllocatorTraits::allocate(alloc, 1), deleter);
+        AllocatorTraits::construct(alloc, object.get(), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+        assert(object != nullptr);
         return object.release();
     }
 
@@ -882,8 +10537,19 @@
                     break;
                 }
 
+                case value_t::null:
+                {
+                    object = nullptr;  // silence warning, see #821
+                    break;
+                }
+
                 default:
                 {
+                    object = nullptr;  // silence warning, see #821
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(t == value_t::null))
+                    {
+                        JSON_THROW(other_error::create(500, "961c151d2e87f2686a955a9be24d316f1362bf21 3.1.2")); // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+                    }
                     break;
                 }
             }
@@ -895,17 +10561,70 @@
             string = create<string_t>(value);
         }
 
+        /// constructor for rvalue strings
+        json_value(string_t&& value)
+        {
+            string = create<string_t>(std::move(value));
+        }
+
         /// constructor for objects
         json_value(const object_t& value)
         {
             object = create<object_t>(value);
         }
 
+        /// constructor for rvalue objects
+        json_value(object_t&& value)
+        {
+            object = create<object_t>(std::move(value));
+        }
+
         /// constructor for arrays
         json_value(const array_t& value)
         {
             array = create<array_t>(value);
         }
+
+        /// constructor for rvalue arrays
+        json_value(array_t&& value)
+        {
+            array = create<array_t>(std::move(value));
+        }
+
+        void destroy(value_t t) noexcept
+        {
+            switch (t)
+            {
+                case value_t::object:
+                {
+                    AllocatorType<object_t> alloc;
+                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::destroy(alloc, object);
+                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::deallocate(alloc, object, 1);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                case value_t::array:
+                {
+                    AllocatorType<array_t> alloc;
+                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::destroy(alloc, array);
+                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::deallocate(alloc, array, 1);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                case value_t::string:
+                {
+                    AllocatorType<string_t> alloc;
+                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::destroy(alloc, string);
+                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::deallocate(alloc, string, 1);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                default:
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     };
 
     /*!
@@ -917,7 +10636,7 @@
     value is changed, because the invariant expresses a relationship between
     @a m_type and @a m_value.
     */
-    void assert_invariant() const
+    void assert_invariant() const noexcept
     {
         assert(m_type != value_t::object or m_value.object != nullptr);
         assert(m_type != value_t::array or m_value.array != nullptr);
@@ -930,42 +10649,31 @@
     //////////////////////////
 
     /*!
-    @brief JSON callback events
-
-    This enumeration lists the parser events that can trigger calling a
-    callback function of type @ref parser_callback_t during parsing.
+    @brief parser event types
+
+    The parser callback distinguishes the following events:
+    - `object_start`: the parser read `{` and started to process a JSON object
+    - `key`: the parser read a key of a value in an object
+    - `object_end`: the parser read `}` and finished processing a JSON object
+    - `array_start`: the parser read `[` and started to process a JSON array
+    - `array_end`: the parser read `]` and finished processing a JSON array
+    - `value`: the parser finished reading a JSON value
 
     @image html callback_events.png "Example when certain parse events are triggered"
 
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    enum class parse_event_t : uint8_t
-    {
-        /// the parser read `{` and started to process a JSON object
-        object_start,
-        /// the parser read `}` and finished processing a JSON object
-        object_end,
-        /// the parser read `[` and started to process a JSON array
-        array_start,
-        /// the parser read `]` and finished processing a JSON array
-        array_end,
-        /// the parser read a key of a value in an object
-        key,
-        /// the parser finished reading a JSON value
-        value
-    };
+    @sa @ref parser_callback_t for more information and examples
+    */
+    using parse_event_t = typename parser::parse_event_t;
 
     /*!
     @brief per-element parser callback type
 
     With a parser callback function, the result of parsing a JSON text can be
-    influenced. When passed to @ref parse(std::istream&, const
-    parser_callback_t) or @ref parse(const char*, const parser_callback_t),
-    it is called on certain events (passed as @ref parse_event_t via parameter
-    @a event) with a set recursion depth @a depth and context JSON value
-    @a parsed. The return value of the callback function is a boolean
-    indicating whether the element that emitted the callback shall be kept or
-    not.
+    influenced. When passed to @ref parse, it is called on certain events
+    (passed as @ref parse_event_t via parameter @a event) with a set recursion
+    depth @a depth and context JSON value @a parsed. The return value of the
+    callback function is a boolean indicating whether the element that emitted
+    the callback shall be kept or not.
 
     We distinguish six scenarios (determined by the event type) in which the
     callback function can be called. The following table describes the values
@@ -1002,14 +10710,11 @@
     should be kept (`true`) or not (`false`). In the latter case, it is either
     skipped completely or replaced by an empty discarded object.
 
-    @sa @ref parse(std::istream&, parser_callback_t) or
-    @ref parse(const char*, parser_callback_t) for examples
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    using parser_callback_t = std::function<bool(int depth,
-                              parse_event_t event,
-                              basic_json& parsed)>;
+    @sa @ref parse for examples
+
+    @since version 1.0.0
+    */
+    using parser_callback_t = typename parser::parser_callback_t;
 
 
     //////////////////
@@ -1036,32 +10741,22 @@
     object      | `{}`
     array       | `[]`
 
-    @param[in] value_type  the type of the value to create
+    @param[in] v  the type of the value to create
 
     @complexity Constant.
 
-    @throw std::bad_alloc if allocation for object, array, or string value
-    fails
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes to any JSON value.
 
     @liveexample{The following code shows the constructor for different @ref
     value_t values,basic_json__value_t}
 
-    @sa @ref basic_json(std::nullptr_t) -- create a `null` value
-    @sa @ref basic_json(boolean_t value) -- create a boolean value
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const string_t&) -- create a string value
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const object_t&) -- create a object value
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const array_t&) -- create a array value
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const number_float_t) -- create a number
-    (floating-point) value
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const number_integer_t) -- create a number (integer)
-    value
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const number_unsigned_t) -- create a number (unsigned)
-    value
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    basic_json(const value_t value_type)
-        : m_type(value_type), m_value(value_type)
+    @sa @ref clear() -- restores the postcondition of this constructor
+
+    @since version 1.0.0
+    */
+    basic_json(const value_t v)
+        : m_type(v), m_value(v)
     {
         assert_invariant();
     }
@@ -1091,473 +10786,143 @@
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief create an object (explicit)
-
-    Create an object JSON value with a given content.
-
-    @param[in] val  a value for the object
-
-    @complexity Linear in the size of the passed @a val.
-
-    @throw std::bad_alloc if allocation for object value fails
-
-    @liveexample{The following code shows the constructor with an @ref
-    object_t parameter.,basic_json__object_t}
-
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const CompatibleObjectType&) -- create an object value
-    from a compatible STL container
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    basic_json(const object_t& val)
-        : m_type(value_t::object), m_value(val)
-    {
-        assert_invariant();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief create an object (implicit)
-
-    Create an object JSON value with a given content. This constructor allows
-    any type @a CompatibleObjectType that can be used to construct values of
-    type @ref object_t.
-
-    @tparam CompatibleObjectType An object type whose `key_type` and
-    `value_type` is compatible to @ref object_t. Examples include `std::map`,
-    `std::unordered_map`, `std::multimap`, and `std::unordered_multimap` with
-    a `key_type` of `std::string`, and a `value_type` from which a @ref
-    basic_json value can be constructed.
-
-    @param[in] val  a value for the object
-
-    @complexity Linear in the size of the passed @a val.
-
-    @throw std::bad_alloc if allocation for object value fails
-
-    @liveexample{The following code shows the constructor with several
-    compatible object type parameters.,basic_json__CompatibleObjectType}
-
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const object_t&) -- create an object value
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    template<class CompatibleObjectType, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_constructible<typename object_t::key_type, typename CompatibleObjectType::key_type>::value and
-                 std::is_constructible<basic_json, typename CompatibleObjectType::mapped_type>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    basic_json(const CompatibleObjectType& val)
-        : m_type(value_t::object)
-    {
-        using std::begin;
-        using std::end;
-        m_value.object = create<object_t>(begin(val), end(val));
-        assert_invariant();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief create an array (explicit)
-
-    Create an array JSON value with a given content.
-
-    @param[in] val  a value for the array
-
-    @complexity Linear in the size of the passed @a val.
-
-    @throw std::bad_alloc if allocation for array value fails
-
-    @liveexample{The following code shows the constructor with an @ref array_t
-    parameter.,basic_json__array_t}
-
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const CompatibleArrayType&) -- create an array value
-    from a compatible STL containers
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    basic_json(const array_t& val)
-        : m_type(value_t::array), m_value(val)
-    {
-        assert_invariant();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief create an array (implicit)
-
-    Create an array JSON value with a given content. This constructor allows
-    any type @a CompatibleArrayType that can be used to construct values of
-    type @ref array_t.
-
-    @tparam CompatibleArrayType An object type whose `value_type` is
-    compatible to @ref array_t. Examples include `std::vector`, `std::deque`,
-    `std::list`, `std::forward_list`, `std::array`, `std::set`,
-    `std::unordered_set`, `std::multiset`, and `unordered_multiset` with a
-    `value_type` from which a @ref basic_json value can be constructed.
-
-    @param[in] val  a value for the array
-
-    @complexity Linear in the size of the passed @a val.
-
-    @throw std::bad_alloc if allocation for array value fails
+    @brief create a JSON value
+
+    This is a "catch all" constructor for all compatible JSON types; that is,
+    types for which a `to_json()` method exists. The constructor forwards the
+    parameter @a val to that method (to `json_serializer<U>::to_json` method
+    with `U = uncvref_t<CompatibleType>`, to be exact).
+
+    Template type @a CompatibleType includes, but is not limited to, the
+    following types:
+    - **arrays**: @ref array_t and all kinds of compatible containers such as
+      `std::vector`, `std::deque`, `std::list`, `std::forward_list`,
+      `std::array`, `std::valarray`, `std::set`, `std::unordered_set`,
+      `std::multiset`, and `std::unordered_multiset` with a `value_type` from
+      which a @ref basic_json value can be constructed.
+    - **objects**: @ref object_t and all kinds of compatible associative
+      containers such as `std::map`, `std::unordered_map`, `std::multimap`,
+      and `std::unordered_multimap` with a `key_type` compatible to
+      @ref string_t and a `value_type` from which a @ref basic_json value can
+      be constructed.
+    - **strings**: @ref string_t, string literals, and all compatible string
+      containers can be used.
+    - **numbers**: @ref number_integer_t, @ref number_unsigned_t,
+      @ref number_float_t, and all convertible number types such as `int`,
+      `size_t`, `int64_t`, `float` or `double` can be used.
+    - **boolean**: @ref boolean_t / `bool` can be used.
+
+    See the examples below.
+
+    @tparam CompatibleType a type such that:
+    - @a CompatibleType is not derived from `std::istream`,
+    - @a CompatibleType is not @ref basic_json (to avoid hijacking copy/move
+         constructors),
+    - @a CompatibleType is not a different @ref basic_json type (i.e. with different template arguments)
+    - @a CompatibleType is not a @ref basic_json nested type (e.g.,
+         @ref json_pointer, @ref iterator, etc ...)
+    - @ref @ref json_serializer<U> has a
+         `to_json(basic_json_t&, CompatibleType&&)` method
+
+    @tparam U = `uncvref_t<CompatibleType>`
+
+    @param[in] val the value to be forwarded to the respective constructor
+
+    @complexity Usually linear in the size of the passed @a val, also
+                depending on the implementation of the called `to_json()`
+                method.
+
+    @exceptionsafety Depends on the called constructor. For types directly
+    supported by the library (i.e., all types for which no `to_json()` function
+    was provided), strong guarantee holds: if an exception is thrown, there are
+    no changes to any JSON value.
 
     @liveexample{The following code shows the constructor with several
-    compatible array type parameters.,basic_json__CompatibleArrayType}
-
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const array_t&) -- create an array value
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    template<class CompatibleArrayType, typename std::enable_if<
-                 not std::is_same<CompatibleArrayType, typename basic_json_t::iterator>::value and
-                 not std::is_same<CompatibleArrayType, typename basic_json_t::const_iterator>::value and
-                 not std::is_same<CompatibleArrayType, typename basic_json_t::reverse_iterator>::value and
-                 not std::is_same<CompatibleArrayType, typename basic_json_t::const_reverse_iterator>::value and
-                 not std::is_same<CompatibleArrayType, typename array_t::iterator>::value and
-                 not std::is_same<CompatibleArrayType, typename array_t::const_iterator>::value and
-                 std::is_constructible<basic_json, typename CompatibleArrayType::value_type>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    basic_json(const CompatibleArrayType& val)
-        : m_type(value_t::array)
-    {
-        using std::begin;
-        using std::end;
-        m_value.array = create<array_t>(begin(val), end(val));
-        assert_invariant();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief create a string (explicit)
-
-    Create an string JSON value with a given content.
-
-    @param[in] val  a value for the string
-
-    @complexity Linear in the size of the passed @a val.
-
-    @throw std::bad_alloc if allocation for string value fails
-
-    @liveexample{The following code shows the constructor with an @ref
-    string_t parameter.,basic_json__string_t}
-
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const typename string_t::value_type*) -- create a
-    string value from a character pointer
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const CompatibleStringType&) -- create a string value
-    from a compatible string container
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    basic_json(const string_t& val)
-        : m_type(value_t::string), m_value(val)
-    {
-        assert_invariant();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief create a string (explicit)
-
-    Create a string JSON value with a given content.
-
-    @param[in] val  a literal value for the string
-
-    @complexity Linear in the size of the passed @a val.
-
-    @throw std::bad_alloc if allocation for string value fails
-
-    @liveexample{The following code shows the constructor with string literal
-    parameter.,basic_json__string_t_value_type}
-
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const string_t&) -- create a string value
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const CompatibleStringType&) -- create a string value
-    from a compatible string container
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    basic_json(const typename string_t::value_type* val)
-        : basic_json(string_t(val))
-    {
-        assert_invariant();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief create a string (implicit)
-
-    Create a string JSON value with a given content.
-
-    @param[in] val  a value for the string
-
-    @tparam CompatibleStringType an string type which is compatible to @ref
-    string_t, for instance `std::string`.
-
-    @complexity Linear in the size of the passed @a val.
-
-    @throw std::bad_alloc if allocation for string value fails
-
-    @liveexample{The following code shows the construction of a string value
-    from a compatible type.,basic_json__CompatibleStringType}
-
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const string_t&) -- create a string value
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const typename string_t::value_type*) -- create a
-    string value from a character pointer
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    template<class CompatibleStringType, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_constructible<string_t, CompatibleStringType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    basic_json(const CompatibleStringType& val)
-        : basic_json(string_t(val))
-    {
-        assert_invariant();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief create a boolean (explicit)
-
-    Creates a JSON boolean type from a given value.
-
-    @param[in] val  a boolean value to store
-
-    @complexity Constant.
-
-    @liveexample{The example below demonstrates boolean
-    values.,basic_json__boolean_t}
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    basic_json(boolean_t val) noexcept
-        : m_type(value_t::boolean), m_value(val)
-    {
-        assert_invariant();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief create an integer number (explicit)
-
-    Create an integer number JSON value with a given content.
-
-    @tparam T A helper type to remove this function via SFINAE in case @ref
-    number_integer_t is the same as `int`. In this case, this constructor
-    would have the same signature as @ref basic_json(const int value). Note
-    the helper type @a T is not visible in this constructor's interface.
-
-    @param[in] val  an integer to create a JSON number from
-
-    @complexity Constant.
-
-    @liveexample{The example below shows the construction of an integer
-    number value.,basic_json__number_integer_t}
-
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const int) -- create a number value (integer)
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const CompatibleNumberIntegerType) -- create a number
-    value (integer) from a compatible number type
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    template<typename T, typename std::enable_if<
-                 not (std::is_same<T, int>::value) and
-                 std::is_same<T, number_integer_t>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    basic_json(const number_integer_t val) noexcept
-        : m_type(value_t::number_integer), m_value(val)
-    {
+    compatible types.,basic_json__CompatibleType}
+
+    @since version 2.1.0
+    */
+    template <typename CompatibleType,
+              typename U = detail::uncvref_t<CompatibleType>,
+              detail::enable_if_t<
+                  detail::is_compatible_type<basic_json_t, U>::value, int> = 0>
+    basic_json(CompatibleType && val) noexcept(noexcept(
+                JSONSerializer<U>::to_json(std::declval<basic_json_t&>(),
+                                           std::forward<CompatibleType>(val))))
+    {
+        JSONSerializer<U>::to_json(*this, std::forward<CompatibleType>(val));
         assert_invariant();
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief create an integer number from an enum type (explicit)
-
-    Create an integer number JSON value with a given content.
-
-    @param[in] val  an integer to create a JSON number from
-
-    @note This constructor allows to pass enums directly to a constructor. As
-    C++ has no way of specifying the type of an anonymous enum explicitly, we
-    can only rely on the fact that such values implicitly convert to int. As
-    int may already be the same type of number_integer_t, we may need to
-    switch off the constructor @ref basic_json(const number_integer_t).
-
-    @complexity Constant.
-
-    @liveexample{The example below shows the construction of an integer
-    number value from an anonymous enum.,basic_json__const_int}
-
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const number_integer_t) -- create a number value
-    (integer)
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const CompatibleNumberIntegerType) -- create a number
-    value (integer) from a compatible number type
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    basic_json(const int val) noexcept
-        : m_type(value_t::number_integer),
-          m_value(static_cast<number_integer_t>(val))
-    {
-        assert_invariant();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief create an integer number (implicit)
-
-    Create an integer number JSON value with a given content. This constructor
-    allows any type @a CompatibleNumberIntegerType that can be used to
-    construct values of type @ref number_integer_t.
-
-    @tparam CompatibleNumberIntegerType An integer type which is compatible to
-    @ref number_integer_t. Examples include the types `int`, `int32_t`,
-    `long`, and `short`.
-
-    @param[in] val  an integer to create a JSON number from
-
-    @complexity Constant.
-
-    @liveexample{The example below shows the construction of several integer
-    number values from compatible
-    types.,basic_json__CompatibleIntegerNumberType}
-
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const number_integer_t) -- create a number value
-    (integer)
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const int) -- create a number value (integer)
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    template<typename CompatibleNumberIntegerType, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_constructible<number_integer_t, CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::value and
-                 std::numeric_limits<CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::is_integer and
-                 std::numeric_limits<CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::is_signed,
-                 CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::type = 0>
-    basic_json(const CompatibleNumberIntegerType val) noexcept
-        : m_type(value_t::number_integer),
-          m_value(static_cast<number_integer_t>(val))
-    {
-        assert_invariant();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief create an unsigned integer number (explicit)
-
-    Create an unsigned integer number JSON value with a given content.
-
-    @tparam T  helper type to compare number_unsigned_t and unsigned int (not
-    visible in) the interface.
-
-    @param[in] val  an integer to create a JSON number from
-
-    @complexity Constant.
-
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const CompatibleNumberUnsignedType) -- create a number
-    value (unsigned integer) from a compatible number type
-
-    @since version 2.0.0
-    */
-    template<typename T, typename std::enable_if<
-                 not (std::is_same<T, int>::value) and
-                 std::is_same<T, number_unsigned_t>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    basic_json(const number_unsigned_t val) noexcept
-        : m_type(value_t::number_unsigned), m_value(val)
-    {
-        assert_invariant();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief create an unsigned number (implicit)
-
-    Create an unsigned number JSON value with a given content. This
-    constructor allows any type @a CompatibleNumberUnsignedType that can be
-    used to construct values of type @ref number_unsigned_t.
-
-    @tparam CompatibleNumberUnsignedType An integer type which is compatible
-    to @ref number_unsigned_t. Examples may include the types `unsigned int`,
-    `uint32_t`, or `unsigned short`.
-
-    @param[in] val  an unsigned integer to create a JSON number from
-
-    @complexity Constant.
-
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const number_unsigned_t) -- create a number value
-    (unsigned)
-
-    @since version 2.0.0
-    */
-    template<typename CompatibleNumberUnsignedType, typename std::enable_if <
-                 std::is_constructible<number_unsigned_t, CompatibleNumberUnsignedType>::value and
-                 std::numeric_limits<CompatibleNumberUnsignedType>::is_integer and
-                 not std::numeric_limits<CompatibleNumberUnsignedType>::is_signed,
-                 CompatibleNumberUnsignedType>::type = 0>
-    basic_json(const CompatibleNumberUnsignedType val) noexcept
-        : m_type(value_t::number_unsigned),
-          m_value(static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(val))
-    {
-        assert_invariant();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief create a floating-point number (explicit)
-
-    Create a floating-point number JSON value with a given content.
-
-    @param[in] val  a floating-point value to create a JSON number from
-
-    @note [RFC 7159](http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7159.txt), section 6
-    disallows NaN values:
-    > Numeric values that cannot be represented in the grammar below (such as
-    > Infinity and NaN) are not permitted.
-    In case the parameter @a val is not a number, a JSON null value is created
-    instead.
-
-    @complexity Constant.
-
-    @liveexample{The following example creates several floating-point
-    values.,basic_json__number_float_t}
-
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const CompatibleNumberFloatType) -- create a number
-    value (floating-point) from a compatible number type
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    basic_json(const number_float_t val) noexcept
-        : m_type(value_t::number_float), m_value(val)
-    {
-        // replace infinity and NAN by null
-        if (not std::isfinite(val))
-        {
-            m_type = value_t::null;
-            m_value = json_value();
-        }
-
-        assert_invariant();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief create an floating-point number (implicit)
-
-    Create an floating-point number JSON value with a given content. This
-    constructor allows any type @a CompatibleNumberFloatType that can be used
-    to construct values of type @ref number_float_t.
-
-    @tparam CompatibleNumberFloatType A floating-point type which is
-    compatible to @ref number_float_t. Examples may include the types `float`
-    or `double`.
-
-    @param[in] val  a floating-point to create a JSON number from
-
-    @note [RFC 7159](http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7159.txt), section 6
-    disallows NaN values:
-    > Numeric values that cannot be represented in the grammar below (such as
-    > Infinity and NaN) are not permitted.
-    In case the parameter @a val is not a number, a JSON null value is
-    created instead.
-
-    @complexity Constant.
-
-    @liveexample{The example below shows the construction of several
-    floating-point number values from compatible
-    types.,basic_json__CompatibleNumberFloatType}
-
-    @sa @ref basic_json(const number_float_t) -- create a number value
-    (floating-point)
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    template<typename CompatibleNumberFloatType, typename = typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_constructible<number_float_t, CompatibleNumberFloatType>::value and
-                 std::is_floating_point<CompatibleNumberFloatType>::value>::type>
-    basic_json(const CompatibleNumberFloatType val) noexcept
-        : basic_json(number_float_t(val))
-    {
+    @brief create a JSON value from an existing one
+
+    This is a constructor for existing @ref basic_json types.
+    It does not hijack copy/move constructors, since the parameter has different
+    template arguments than the current ones.
+
+    The constructor tries to convert the internal @ref m_value of the parameter.
+
+    @tparam BasicJsonType a type such that:
+    - @a BasicJsonType is a @ref basic_json type.
+    - @a BasicJsonType has different template arguments than @ref basic_json_t.
+
+    @param[in] val the @ref basic_json value to be converted.
+
+    @complexity Usually linear in the size of the passed @a val, also
+                depending on the implementation of the called `to_json()`
+                method.
+
+    @exceptionsafety Depends on the called constructor. For types directly
+    supported by the library (i.e., all types for which no `to_json()` function
+    was provided), strong guarantee holds: if an exception is thrown, there are
+    no changes to any JSON value.
+
+    @since version 3.1.2
+    */
+    template <typename BasicJsonType,
+              detail::enable_if_t<
+                  detail::is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value and not std::is_same<basic_json, BasicJsonType>::value, int> = 0>
+    basic_json(const BasicJsonType& val)
+    {
+        using other_boolean_t = typename BasicJsonType::boolean_t;
+        using other_number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
+        using other_number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
+        using other_number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
+        using other_string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
+        using other_object_t = typename BasicJsonType::object_t;
+        using other_array_t = typename BasicJsonType::array_t;
+
+        switch (val.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::boolean:
+                JSONSerializer<other_boolean_t>::to_json(*this, val.template get<other_boolean_t>());
+                break;
+            case value_t::number_float:
+                JSONSerializer<other_number_float_t>::to_json(*this, val.template get<other_number_float_t>());
+                break;
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+                JSONSerializer<other_number_integer_t>::to_json(*this, val.template get<other_number_integer_t>());
+                break;
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+                JSONSerializer<other_number_unsigned_t>::to_json(*this, val.template get<other_number_unsigned_t>());
+                break;
+            case value_t::string:
+                JSONSerializer<other_string_t>::to_json(*this, val.template get_ref<const other_string_t&>());
+                break;
+            case value_t::object:
+                JSONSerializer<other_object_t>::to_json(*this, val.template get_ref<const other_object_t&>());
+                break;
+            case value_t::array:
+                JSONSerializer<other_array_t>::to_json(*this, val.template get_ref<const other_array_t&>());
+                break;
+            case value_t::null:
+                *this = nullptr;
+                break;
+            case value_t::discarded:
+                m_type = value_t::discarded;
+                break;
+        }
         assert_invariant();
     }
 
@@ -1580,7 +10945,7 @@
 
     1. The empty initializer list is written as `{}` which is exactly an empty
        JSON object.
-    2. C++ has now way of describing mapped types other than to list a list of
+    2. C++ has no way of describing mapped types other than to list a list of
        pairs. As JSON requires that keys must be of type string, rule 2 is the
        weakest constraint one can pose on initializer lists to interpret them
        as an object.
@@ -1590,10 +10955,10 @@
     With the rules described above, the following JSON values cannot be
     expressed by an initializer list:
 
-    - the empty array (`[]`): use @ref array(std::initializer_list<basic_json>)
+    - the empty array (`[]`): use @ref array(initializer_list_t)
       with an empty initializer list in this case
     - arrays whose elements satisfy rule 2: use @ref
-      array(std::initializer_list<basic_json>) with the same initializer list
+      array(initializer_list_t) with the same initializer list
       in this case
 
     @note When used without parentheses around an empty initializer list, @ref
@@ -1605,41 +10970,46 @@
     @param[in] type_deduction internal parameter; when set to `true`, the type
     of the JSON value is deducted from the initializer list @a init; when set
     to `false`, the type provided via @a manual_type is forced. This mode is
-    used by the functions @ref array(std::initializer_list<basic_json>) and
-    @ref object(std::initializer_list<basic_json>).
+    used by the functions @ref array(initializer_list_t) and
+    @ref object(initializer_list_t).
 
     @param[in] manual_type internal parameter; when @a type_deduction is set
     to `false`, the created JSON value will use the provided type (only @ref
     value_t::array and @ref value_t::object are valid); when @a type_deduction
     is set to `true`, this parameter has no effect
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if @a type_deduction is `false`, @a manual_type
-    is `value_t::object`, but @a init contains an element which is not a pair
-    whose first element is a string; example: `"cannot create object from
-    initializer list"`
+    @throw type_error.301 if @a type_deduction is `false`, @a manual_type is
+    `value_t::object`, but @a init contains an element which is not a pair
+    whose first element is a string. In this case, the constructor could not
+    create an object. If @a type_deduction would have be `true`, an array
+    would have been created. See @ref object(initializer_list_t)
+    for an example.
 
     @complexity Linear in the size of the initializer list @a init.
 
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes to any JSON value.
+
     @liveexample{The example below shows how JSON values are created from
     initializer lists.,basic_json__list_init_t}
 
-    @sa @ref array(std::initializer_list<basic_json>) -- create a JSON array
+    @sa @ref array(initializer_list_t) -- create a JSON array
     value from an initializer list
-    @sa @ref object(std::initializer_list<basic_json>) -- create a JSON object
+    @sa @ref object(initializer_list_t) -- create a JSON object
     value from an initializer list
 
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
-    basic_json(std::initializer_list<basic_json> init,
+    basic_json(initializer_list_t init,
                bool type_deduction = true,
                value_t manual_type = value_t::array)
     {
         // check if each element is an array with two elements whose first
         // element is a string
         bool is_an_object = std::all_of(init.begin(), init.end(),
-                                        [](const basic_json & element)
-        {
-            return element.is_array() and element.size() == 2 and element[0].is_string();
+                                        [](const detail::json_ref<basic_json>& element_ref)
+        {
+            return (element_ref->is_array() and element_ref->size() == 2 and (*element_ref)[0].is_string());
         });
 
         // adjust type if type deduction is not wanted
@@ -1652,9 +11022,9 @@
             }
 
             // if object is wanted but impossible, throw an exception
-            if (manual_type == value_t::object and not is_an_object)
-            {
-                throw std::domain_error("cannot create object from initializer list");
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(manual_type == value_t::object and not is_an_object))
+            {
+                JSON_THROW(type_error::create(301, "cannot create object from initializer list"));
             }
         }
 
@@ -1664,16 +11034,19 @@
             m_type = value_t::object;
             m_value = value_t::object;
 
-            std::for_each(init.begin(), init.end(), [this](const basic_json & element)
-            {
-                m_value.object->emplace(*(element[0].m_value.string), element[1]);
+            std::for_each(init.begin(), init.end(), [this](const detail::json_ref<basic_json>& element_ref)
+            {
+                auto element = element_ref.moved_or_copied();
+                m_value.object->emplace(
+                    std::move(*((*element.m_value.array)[0].m_value.string)),
+                    std::move((*element.m_value.array)[1]));
             });
         }
         else
         {
             // the initializer list describes an array -> create array
             m_type = value_t::array;
-            m_value.array = create<array_t>(init);
+            m_value.array = create<array_t>(init.begin(), init.end());
         }
 
         assert_invariant();
@@ -1688,7 +11061,7 @@
 
     @note This function is only needed to express two edge cases that cannot
     be realized with the initializer list constructor (@ref
-    basic_json(std::initializer_list<basic_json>, bool, value_t)). These cases
+    basic_json(initializer_list_t, bool, value_t)). These cases
     are:
     1. creating an array whose elements are all pairs whose first element is a
     string -- in this case, the initializer list constructor would create an
@@ -1703,18 +11076,20 @@
 
     @complexity Linear in the size of @a init.
 
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes to any JSON value.
+
     @liveexample{The following code shows an example for the `array`
     function.,array}
 
-    @sa @ref basic_json(std::initializer_list<basic_json>, bool, value_t) --
+    @sa @ref basic_json(initializer_list_t, bool, value_t) --
     create a JSON value from an initializer list
-    @sa @ref object(std::initializer_list<basic_json>) -- create a JSON object
+    @sa @ref object(initializer_list_t) -- create a JSON object
     value from an initializer list
 
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
-    static basic_json array(std::initializer_list<basic_json> init =
-                                std::initializer_list<basic_json>())
+    static basic_json array(initializer_list_t init = {})
     {
         return basic_json(init, false, value_t::array);
     }
@@ -1727,34 +11102,37 @@
     the initializer list is empty, the empty object `{}` is created.
 
     @note This function is only added for symmetry reasons. In contrast to the
-    related function @ref array(std::initializer_list<basic_json>), there are
+    related function @ref array(initializer_list_t), there are
     no cases which can only be expressed by this function. That is, any
     initializer list @a init can also be passed to the initializer list
-    constructor @ref basic_json(std::initializer_list<basic_json>, bool,
-    value_t).
+    constructor @ref basic_json(initializer_list_t, bool, value_t).
 
     @param[in] init  initializer list to create an object from (optional)
 
     @return JSON object value
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if @a init is not a pair whose first elements are
-    strings; thrown by
-    @ref basic_json(std::initializer_list<basic_json>, bool, value_t)
+    @throw type_error.301 if @a init is not a list of pairs whose first
+    elements are strings. In this case, no object can be created. When such a
+    value is passed to @ref basic_json(initializer_list_t, bool, value_t),
+    an array would have been created from the passed initializer list @a init.
+    See example below.
 
     @complexity Linear in the size of @a init.
 
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes to any JSON value.
+
     @liveexample{The following code shows an example for the `object`
     function.,object}
 
-    @sa @ref basic_json(std::initializer_list<basic_json>, bool, value_t) --
+    @sa @ref basic_json(initializer_list_t, bool, value_t) --
     create a JSON value from an initializer list
-    @sa @ref array(std::initializer_list<basic_json>) -- create a JSON array
+    @sa @ref array(initializer_list_t) -- create a JSON array
     value from an initializer list
 
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
-    static basic_json object(std::initializer_list<basic_json> init =
-                                 std::initializer_list<basic_json>())
+    static basic_json object(initializer_list_t init = {})
     {
         return basic_json(init, false, value_t::object);
     }
@@ -1763,14 +11141,18 @@
     @brief construct an array with count copies of given value
 
     Constructs a JSON array value by creating @a cnt copies of a passed value.
-    In case @a cnt is `0`, an empty array is created. As postcondition,
-    `std::distance(begin(),end()) == cnt` holds.
+    In case @a cnt is `0`, an empty array is created.
 
     @param[in] cnt  the number of JSON copies of @a val to create
     @param[in] val  the JSON value to copy
 
+    @post `std::distance(begin(),end()) == cnt` holds.
+
     @complexity Linear in @a cnt.
 
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes to any JSON value.
+
     @liveexample{The following code shows examples for the @ref
     basic_json(size_type\, const basic_json&)
     constructor.,basic_json__size_type_basic_json}
@@ -1789,12 +11171,13 @@
 
     Constructs the JSON value with the contents of the range `[first, last)`.
     The semantics depends on the different types a JSON value can have:
-    - In case of primitive types (number, boolean, or string), @a first must
-      be `begin()` and @a last must be `end()`. In this case, the value is
-      copied. Otherwise, std::out_of_range is thrown.
+    - In case of a null type, invalid_iterator.206 is thrown.
+    - In case of other primitive types (number, boolean, or string), @a first
+      must be `begin()` and @a last must be `end()`. In this case, the value is
+      copied. Otherwise, invalid_iterator.204 is thrown.
     - In case of structured types (array, object), the constructor behaves as
-      similar versions for `std::vector`.
-    - In case of a null type, std::domain_error is thrown.
+      similar versions for `std::vector` or `std::map`; that is, a JSON array
+      or object is constructed from the values in the range.
 
     @tparam InputIT an input iterator type (@ref iterator or @ref
     const_iterator)
@@ -1803,19 +11186,36 @@
     @param[in] last end of the range to copy from (excluded)
 
     @pre Iterators @a first and @a last must be initialized. **This
-         precondition is enforced with an assertion.**
-
-    @throw std::domain_error if iterators are not compatible; that is, do not
-    belong to the same JSON value; example: `"iterators are not compatible"`
-    @throw std::out_of_range if iterators are for a primitive type (number,
-    boolean, or string) where an out of range error can be detected easily;
-    example: `"iterators out of range"`
-    @throw std::bad_alloc if allocation for object, array, or string fails
-    @throw std::domain_error if called with a null value; example: `"cannot
-    use construct with iterators from null"`
+         precondition is enforced with an assertion (see warning).** If
+         assertions are switched off, a violation of this precondition yields
+         undefined behavior.
+
+    @pre Range `[first, last)` is valid. Usually, this precondition cannot be
+         checked efficiently. Only certain edge cases are detected; see the
+         description of the exceptions below. A violation of this precondition
+         yields undefined behavior.
+
+    @warning A precondition is enforced with a runtime assertion that will
+             result in calling `std::abort` if this precondition is not met.
+             Assertions can be disabled by defining `NDEBUG` at compile time.
+             See http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/error/assert for more
+             information.
+
+    @throw invalid_iterator.201 if iterators @a first and @a last are not
+    compatible (i.e., do not belong to the same JSON value). In this case,
+    the range `[first, last)` is undefined.
+    @throw invalid_iterator.204 if iterators @a first and @a last belong to a
+    primitive type (number, boolean, or string), but @a first does not point
+    to the first element any more. In this case, the range `[first, last)` is
+    undefined. See example code below.
+    @throw invalid_iterator.206 if iterators @a first and @a last belong to a
+    null value. In this case, the range `[first, last)` is undefined.
 
     @complexity Linear in distance between @a first and @a last.
 
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes to any JSON value.
+
     @liveexample{The example below shows several ways to create JSON values by
     specifying a subrange with iterators.,basic_json__InputIt_InputIt}
 
@@ -1830,9 +11230,9 @@
         assert(last.m_object != nullptr);
 
         // make sure iterator fits the current value
-        if (first.m_object != last.m_object)
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("iterators are not compatible");
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(first.m_object != last.m_object))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(201, "iterators are not compatible"));
         }
 
         // copy type from first iterator
@@ -1847,17 +11247,16 @@
             case value_t::number_unsigned:
             case value_t::string:
             {
-                if (not first.m_it.primitive_iterator.is_begin() or not last.m_it.primitive_iterator.is_end())
-                {
-                    throw std::out_of_range("iterators out of range");
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not first.m_it.primitive_iterator.is_begin()
+                                  or not last.m_it.primitive_iterator.is_end()))
+                {
+                    JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(204, "iterators out of range"));
                 }
                 break;
             }
 
             default:
-            {
-                break;
-            }
+                break;
         }
 
         switch (m_type)
@@ -1894,64 +11293,36 @@
 
             case value_t::object:
             {
-                m_value.object = create<object_t>(first.m_it.object_iterator, last.m_it.object_iterator);
+                m_value.object = create<object_t>(first.m_it.object_iterator,
+                                                  last.m_it.object_iterator);
                 break;
             }
 
             case value_t::array:
             {
-                m_value.array = create<array_t>(first.m_it.array_iterator, last.m_it.array_iterator);
+                m_value.array = create<array_t>(first.m_it.array_iterator,
+                                                last.m_it.array_iterator);
                 break;
             }
 
             default:
-            {
-                throw std::domain_error("cannot use construct with iterators from " + first.m_object->type_name());
-            }
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(206, "cannot construct with iterators from " +
+                                                    std::string(first.m_object->type_name())));
         }
 
         assert_invariant();
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief construct a JSON value given an input stream
-
-    @param[in,out] i  stream to read a serialized JSON value from
-    @param[in] cb a parser callback function of type @ref parser_callback_t
-    which is used to control the deserialization by filtering unwanted values
-    (optional)
-
-    @complexity Linear in the length of the input. The parser is a predictive
-    LL(1) parser. The complexity can be higher if the parser callback function
-    @a cb has a super-linear complexity.
-
-    @note A UTF-8 byte order mark is silently ignored.
-
-    @deprecated This constructor is deprecated and will be removed in version
-      3.0.0 to unify the interface of the library. Deserialization will be
-      done by stream operators or by calling one of the `parse` functions,
-      e.g. @ref parse(std::istream&, const parser_callback_t). That is, calls
-      like `json j(i);` for an input stream @a i need to be replaced by
-      `json j = json::parse(i);`. See the example below.
-
-    @liveexample{The example below demonstrates constructing a JSON value from
-    a `std::stringstream` with and without callback
-    function.,basic_json__istream}
-
-    @since version 2.0.0, deprecated in version 2.0.3, to be removed in
-           version 3.0.0
-    */
-    JSON_DEPRECATED
-    explicit basic_json(std::istream& i, const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr)
-    {
-        *this = parser(i, cb).parse();
-        assert_invariant();
-    }
 
     ///////////////////////////////////////
     // other constructors and destructor //
     ///////////////////////////////////////
 
+    /// @private
+    basic_json(const detail::json_ref<basic_json>& ref)
+        : basic_json(ref.moved_or_copied())
+    {}
+
     /*!
     @brief copy constructor
 
@@ -1959,16 +11330,19 @@
 
     @param[in] other  the JSON value to copy
 
+    @post `*this == other`
+
     @complexity Linear in the size of @a other.
 
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes to any JSON value.
+
     @requirement This function helps `basic_json` satisfying the
     [Container](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/Container)
     requirements:
     - The complexity is linear.
     - As postcondition, it holds: `other == basic_json(other)`.
 
-    @throw std::bad_alloc if allocation for object, array, or string fails.
-
     @liveexample{The following code shows an example for the copy
     constructor.,basic_json__basic_json}
 
@@ -2025,9 +11399,7 @@
             }
 
             default:
-            {
-                break;
-            }
+                break;
         }
 
         assert_invariant();
@@ -2042,10 +11414,18 @@
 
     @param[in,out] other  value to move to this object
 
-    @post @a other is a JSON null value
+    @post `*this` has the same value as @a other before the call.
+    @post @a other is a JSON null value.
 
     @complexity Constant.
 
+    @exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this constructor never throws
+    exceptions.
+
+    @requirement This function helps `basic_json` satisfying the
+    [MoveConstructible](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/MoveConstructible)
+    requirements.
+
     @liveexample{The code below shows the move constructor explicitly called
     via std::move.,basic_json__moveconstructor}
 
@@ -2070,7 +11450,7 @@
 
     Copy assignment operator. Copies a JSON value via the "copy and swap"
     strategy: It is expressed in terms of the copy constructor, destructor,
-    and the swap() member function.
+    and the `swap()` member function.
 
     @param[in] other  value to copy from
 
@@ -2121,42 +11501,10 @@
 
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
-    ~basic_json()
+    ~basic_json() noexcept
     {
         assert_invariant();
-
-        switch (m_type)
-        {
-            case value_t::object:
-            {
-                AllocatorType<object_t> alloc;
-                alloc.destroy(m_value.object);
-                alloc.deallocate(m_value.object, 1);
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::array:
-            {
-                AllocatorType<array_t> alloc;
-                alloc.destroy(m_value.array);
-                alloc.deallocate(m_value.array, 1);
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::string:
-            {
-                AllocatorType<string_t> alloc;
-                alloc.destroy(m_value.string);
-                alloc.deallocate(m_value.string, 1);
-                break;
-            }
-
-            default:
-            {
-                // all other types need no specific destructor
-                break;
-            }
-        }
+        m_value.destroy(m_type);
     }
 
     /// @}
@@ -2175,47 +11523,53 @@
 
     Serialization function for JSON values. The function tries to mimic
     Python's `json.dumps()` function, and currently supports its @a indent
-    parameter.
+    and @a ensure_ascii parameters.
 
     @param[in] indent If indent is nonnegative, then array elements and object
     members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent level of
     `0` will only insert newlines. `-1` (the default) selects the most compact
     representation.
+    @param[in] indent_char The character to use for indentation if @a indent is
+    greater than `0`. The default is ` ` (space).
+    @param[in] ensure_ascii If @a ensure_ascii is true, all non-ASCII characters
+    in the output are escaped with `\uXXXX` sequences, and the result consists
+    of ASCII characters only.
 
     @return string containing the serialization of the JSON value
 
+    @throw type_error.316 if a string stored inside the JSON value is not
+                          UTF-8 encoded
+
     @complexity Linear.
 
-    @liveexample{The following example shows the effect of different @a indent
-    parameters to the result of the serialization.,dump}
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes in the JSON value.
+
+    @liveexample{The following example shows the effect of different @a indent\,
+    @a indent_char\, and @a ensure_ascii parameters to the result of the
+    serialization.,dump}
 
     @see https://docs.python.org/2/library/json.html#json.dump
 
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    string_t dump(const int indent = -1) const
-    {
-        std::stringstream ss;
-        // fix locale problems
-        const static std::locale loc(std::locale(), new DecimalSeparator);
-        ss.imbue(loc);
-
-        // 6, 15 or 16 digits of precision allows round-trip IEEE 754
-        // string->float->string, string->double->string or string->long
-        // double->string; to be safe, we read this value from
-        // std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::digits10
-        ss.precision(std::numeric_limits<double>::digits10);
+    @since version 1.0.0; indentation character @a indent_char, option
+           @a ensure_ascii and exceptions added in version 3.0.0
+    */
+    string_t dump(const int indent = -1, const char indent_char = ' ',
+                  const bool ensure_ascii = false) const
+    {
+        string_t result;
+        serializer s(detail::output_adapter<char, string_t>(result), indent_char);
 
         if (indent >= 0)
         {
-            dump(ss, true, static_cast<unsigned int>(indent));
+            s.dump(*this, true, ensure_ascii, static_cast<unsigned int>(indent));
         }
         else
         {
-            dump(ss, false, 0);
-        }
-
-        return ss.str();
+            s.dump(*this, false, ensure_ascii, 0);
+        }
+
+        return result;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -2225,6 +11579,17 @@
     enumeration.
 
     @return the type of the JSON value
+            Value type                | return value
+            ------------------------- | -------------------------
+            null                      | value_t::null
+            boolean                   | value_t::boolean
+            string                    | value_t::string
+            number (integer)          | value_t::number_integer
+            number (unsigned integer) | value_t::number_unsigned
+            number (floating-point)   | value_t::number_float
+            object                    | value_t::object
+            array                     | value_t::array
+            discarded                 | value_t::discarded
 
     @complexity Constant.
 
@@ -2234,6 +11599,9 @@
     @liveexample{The following code exemplifies `type()` for all JSON
     types.,type}
 
+    @sa @ref operator value_t() -- return the type of the JSON value (implicit)
+    @sa @ref type_name() -- return the type as string
+
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
     constexpr value_t type() const noexcept
@@ -2244,8 +11612,8 @@
     /*!
     @brief return whether type is primitive
 
-    This function returns true iff the JSON type is primitive (string, number,
-    boolean, or null).
+    This function returns true if and only if the JSON type is primitive
+    (string, number, boolean, or null).
 
     @return `true` if type is primitive (string, number, boolean, or null),
     `false` otherwise.
@@ -2274,8 +11642,8 @@
     /*!
     @brief return whether type is structured
 
-    This function returns true iff the JSON type is structured (array or
-    object).
+    This function returns true if and only if the JSON type is structured
+    (array or object).
 
     @return `true` if type is structured (array or object), `false` otherwise.
 
@@ -2301,7 +11669,7 @@
     /*!
     @brief return whether value is null
 
-    This function returns true iff the JSON value is null.
+    This function returns true if and only if the JSON value is null.
 
     @return `true` if type is null, `false` otherwise.
 
@@ -2317,13 +11685,13 @@
     */
     constexpr bool is_null() const noexcept
     {
-        return m_type == value_t::null;
+        return (m_type == value_t::null);
     }
 
     /*!
     @brief return whether value is a boolean
 
-    This function returns true iff the JSON value is a boolean.
+    This function returns true if and only if the JSON value is a boolean.
 
     @return `true` if type is boolean, `false` otherwise.
 
@@ -2339,14 +11707,14 @@
     */
     constexpr bool is_boolean() const noexcept
     {
-        return m_type == value_t::boolean;
+        return (m_type == value_t::boolean);
     }
 
     /*!
     @brief return whether value is a number
 
-    This function returns true iff the JSON value is a number. This includes
-    both integer and floating-point values.
+    This function returns true if and only if the JSON value is a number. This
+    includes both integer (signed and unsigned) and floating-point values.
 
     @return `true` if type is number (regardless whether integer, unsigned
     integer or floating-type), `false` otherwise.
@@ -2375,8 +11743,8 @@
     /*!
     @brief return whether value is an integer number
 
-    This function returns true iff the JSON value is an integer or unsigned
-    integer number. This excludes floating-point values.
+    This function returns true if and only if the JSON value is a signed or
+    unsigned integer number. This excludes floating-point values.
 
     @return `true` if type is an integer or unsigned integer number, `false`
     otherwise.
@@ -2398,14 +11766,14 @@
     */
     constexpr bool is_number_integer() const noexcept
     {
-        return m_type == value_t::number_integer or m_type == value_t::number_unsigned;
+        return (m_type == value_t::number_integer or m_type == value_t::number_unsigned);
     }
 
     /*!
     @brief return whether value is an unsigned integer number
 
-    This function returns true iff the JSON value is an unsigned integer
-    number. This excludes floating-point and (signed) integer values.
+    This function returns true if and only if the JSON value is an unsigned
+    integer number. This excludes floating-point and signed integer values.
 
     @return `true` if type is an unsigned integer number, `false` otherwise.
 
@@ -2426,14 +11794,14 @@
     */
     constexpr bool is_number_unsigned() const noexcept
     {
-        return m_type == value_t::number_unsigned;
+        return (m_type == value_t::number_unsigned);
     }
 
     /*!
     @brief return whether value is a floating-point number
 
-    This function returns true iff the JSON value is a floating-point number.
-    This excludes integer and unsigned integer values.
+    This function returns true if and only if the JSON value is a
+    floating-point number. This excludes signed and unsigned integer values.
 
     @return `true` if type is a floating-point number, `false` otherwise.
 
@@ -2454,13 +11822,13 @@
     */
     constexpr bool is_number_float() const noexcept
     {
-        return m_type == value_t::number_float;
+        return (m_type == value_t::number_float);
     }
 
     /*!
     @brief return whether value is an object
 
-    This function returns true iff the JSON value is an object.
+    This function returns true if and only if the JSON value is an object.
 
     @return `true` if type is object, `false` otherwise.
 
@@ -2476,13 +11844,13 @@
     */
     constexpr bool is_object() const noexcept
     {
-        return m_type == value_t::object;
+        return (m_type == value_t::object);
     }
 
     /*!
     @brief return whether value is an array
 
-    This function returns true iff the JSON value is an array.
+    This function returns true if and only if the JSON value is an array.
 
     @return `true` if type is array, `false` otherwise.
 
@@ -2498,13 +11866,13 @@
     */
     constexpr bool is_array() const noexcept
     {
-        return m_type == value_t::array;
+        return (m_type == value_t::array);
     }
 
     /*!
     @brief return whether value is a string
 
-    This function returns true iff the JSON value is a string.
+    This function returns true if and only if the JSON value is a string.
 
     @return `true` if type is string, `false` otherwise.
 
@@ -2520,14 +11888,14 @@
     */
     constexpr bool is_string() const noexcept
     {
-        return m_type == value_t::string;
+        return (m_type == value_t::string);
     }
 
     /*!
     @brief return whether value is discarded
 
-    This function returns true iff the JSON value was discarded during parsing
-    with a callback function (see @ref parser_callback_t).
+    This function returns true if and only if the JSON value was discarded
+    during parsing with a callback function (see @ref parser_callback_t).
 
     @note This function will always be `false` for JSON values after parsing.
     That is, discarded values can only occur during parsing, but will be
@@ -2547,7 +11915,7 @@
     */
     constexpr bool is_discarded() const noexcept
     {
-        return m_type == value_t::discarded;
+        return (m_type == value_t::discarded);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -2566,6 +11934,9 @@
     @liveexample{The following code exemplifies the @ref value_t operator for
     all JSON types.,operator__value_t}
 
+    @sa @ref type() -- return the type of the JSON value (explicit)
+    @sa @ref type_name() -- return the type as string
+
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
     constexpr operator value_t() const noexcept
@@ -2580,244 +11951,97 @@
     // value access //
     //////////////////
 
-    /// get an object (explicit)
-    template<class T, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_convertible<typename object_t::key_type, typename T::key_type>::value and
-                 std::is_convertible<basic_json_t, typename T::mapped_type>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    T get_impl(T*) const
-    {
-        if (is_object())
-        {
-            return T(m_value.object->begin(), m_value.object->end());
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("type must be object, but is " + type_name());
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// get an object (explicit)
-    object_t get_impl(object_t*) const
-    {
-        if (is_object())
-        {
-            return *(m_value.object);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("type must be object, but is " + type_name());
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// get an array (explicit)
-    template<class T, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_convertible<basic_json_t, typename T::value_type>::value and
-                 not std::is_same<basic_json_t, typename T::value_type>::value and
-                 not std::is_arithmetic<T>::value and
-                 not std::is_convertible<std::string, T>::value and
-                 not has_mapped_type<T>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    T get_impl(T*) const
-    {
-        if (is_array())
-        {
-            T to_vector;
-            std::transform(m_value.array->begin(), m_value.array->end(),
-                           std::inserter(to_vector, to_vector.end()), [](basic_json i)
-            {
-                return i.get<typename T::value_type>();
-            });
-            return to_vector;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("type must be array, but is " + type_name());
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// get an array (explicit)
-    template<class T, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_convertible<basic_json_t, T>::value and
-                 not std::is_same<basic_json_t, T>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    std::vector<T> get_impl(std::vector<T>*) const
-    {
-        if (is_array())
-        {
-            std::vector<T> to_vector;
-            to_vector.reserve(m_value.array->size());
-            std::transform(m_value.array->begin(), m_value.array->end(),
-                           std::inserter(to_vector, to_vector.end()), [](basic_json i)
-            {
-                return i.get<T>();
-            });
-            return to_vector;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("type must be array, but is " + type_name());
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// get an array (explicit)
-    template<class T, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_same<basic_json, typename T::value_type>::value and
-                 not has_mapped_type<T>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    T get_impl(T*) const
-    {
-        if (is_array())
-        {
-            return T(m_value.array->begin(), m_value.array->end());
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("type must be array, but is " + type_name());
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// get an array (explicit)
-    array_t get_impl(array_t*) const
-    {
-        if (is_array())
-        {
-            return *(m_value.array);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("type must be array, but is " + type_name());
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// get a string (explicit)
-    template<typename T, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_convertible<string_t, T>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    T get_impl(T*) const
-    {
-        if (is_string())
-        {
-            return *m_value.string;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("type must be string, but is " + type_name());
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// get a number (explicit)
-    template<typename T, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_arithmetic<T>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    T get_impl(T*) const
-    {
-        switch (m_type)
-        {
-            case value_t::number_integer:
-            {
-                return static_cast<T>(m_value.number_integer);
-            }
-
-            case value_t::number_unsigned:
-            {
-                return static_cast<T>(m_value.number_unsigned);
-            }
-
-            case value_t::number_float:
-            {
-                return static_cast<T>(m_value.number_float);
-            }
-
-            default:
-            {
-                throw std::domain_error("type must be number, but is " + type_name());
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     /// get a boolean (explicit)
-    constexpr boolean_t get_impl(boolean_t*) const
-    {
-        return is_boolean()
-               ? m_value.boolean
-               : throw std::domain_error("type must be boolean, but is " + type_name());
+    boolean_t get_impl(boolean_t* /*unused*/) const
+    {
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_boolean()))
+        {
+            return m_value.boolean;
+        }
+
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(302, "type must be boolean, but is " + std::string(type_name())));
     }
 
     /// get a pointer to the value (object)
-    object_t* get_impl_ptr(object_t*) noexcept
+    object_t* get_impl_ptr(object_t* /*unused*/) noexcept
     {
         return is_object() ? m_value.object : nullptr;
     }
 
     /// get a pointer to the value (object)
-    constexpr const object_t* get_impl_ptr(const object_t*) const noexcept
+    constexpr const object_t* get_impl_ptr(const object_t* /*unused*/) const noexcept
     {
         return is_object() ? m_value.object : nullptr;
     }
 
     /// get a pointer to the value (array)
-    array_t* get_impl_ptr(array_t*) noexcept
+    array_t* get_impl_ptr(array_t* /*unused*/) noexcept
     {
         return is_array() ? m_value.array : nullptr;
     }
 
     /// get a pointer to the value (array)
-    constexpr const array_t* get_impl_ptr(const array_t*) const noexcept
+    constexpr const array_t* get_impl_ptr(const array_t* /*unused*/) const noexcept
     {
         return is_array() ? m_value.array : nullptr;
     }
 
     /// get a pointer to the value (string)
-    string_t* get_impl_ptr(string_t*) noexcept
+    string_t* get_impl_ptr(string_t* /*unused*/) noexcept
     {
         return is_string() ? m_value.string : nullptr;
     }
 
     /// get a pointer to the value (string)
-    constexpr const string_t* get_impl_ptr(const string_t*) const noexcept
+    constexpr const string_t* get_impl_ptr(const string_t* /*unused*/) const noexcept
     {
         return is_string() ? m_value.string : nullptr;
     }
 
     /// get a pointer to the value (boolean)
-    boolean_t* get_impl_ptr(boolean_t*) noexcept
+    boolean_t* get_impl_ptr(boolean_t* /*unused*/) noexcept
     {
         return is_boolean() ? &m_value.boolean : nullptr;
     }
 
     /// get a pointer to the value (boolean)
-    constexpr const boolean_t* get_impl_ptr(const boolean_t*) const noexcept
+    constexpr const boolean_t* get_impl_ptr(const boolean_t* /*unused*/) const noexcept
     {
         return is_boolean() ? &m_value.boolean : nullptr;
     }
 
     /// get a pointer to the value (integer number)
-    number_integer_t* get_impl_ptr(number_integer_t*) noexcept
+    number_integer_t* get_impl_ptr(number_integer_t* /*unused*/) noexcept
     {
         return is_number_integer() ? &m_value.number_integer : nullptr;
     }
 
     /// get a pointer to the value (integer number)
-    constexpr const number_integer_t* get_impl_ptr(const number_integer_t*) const noexcept
+    constexpr const number_integer_t* get_impl_ptr(const number_integer_t* /*unused*/) const noexcept
     {
         return is_number_integer() ? &m_value.number_integer : nullptr;
     }
 
     /// get a pointer to the value (unsigned number)
-    number_unsigned_t* get_impl_ptr(number_unsigned_t*) noexcept
+    number_unsigned_t* get_impl_ptr(number_unsigned_t* /*unused*/) noexcept
     {
         return is_number_unsigned() ? &m_value.number_unsigned : nullptr;
     }
 
     /// get a pointer to the value (unsigned number)
-    constexpr const number_unsigned_t* get_impl_ptr(const number_unsigned_t*) const noexcept
+    constexpr const number_unsigned_t* get_impl_ptr(const number_unsigned_t* /*unused*/) const noexcept
     {
         return is_number_unsigned() ? &m_value.number_unsigned : nullptr;
     }
 
     /// get a pointer to the value (floating-point number)
-    number_float_t* get_impl_ptr(number_float_t*) noexcept
+    number_float_t* get_impl_ptr(number_float_t* /*unused*/) noexcept
     {
         return is_number_float() ? &m_value.number_float : nullptr;
     }
 
     /// get a pointer to the value (floating-point number)
-    constexpr const number_float_t* get_impl_ptr(const number_float_t*) const noexcept
+    constexpr const number_float_t* get_impl_ptr(const number_float_t* /*unused*/) const noexcept
     {
         return is_number_float() ? &m_value.number_float : nullptr;
     }
@@ -2825,55 +12049,107 @@
     /*!
     @brief helper function to implement get_ref()
 
-    This funcion helps to implement get_ref() without code duplication for
+    This function helps to implement get_ref() without code duplication for
     const and non-const overloads
 
     @tparam ThisType will be deduced as `basic_json` or `const basic_json`
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if ReferenceType does not match underlying value
+    @throw type_error.303 if ReferenceType does not match underlying value
     type of the current JSON
     */
     template<typename ReferenceType, typename ThisType>
     static ReferenceType get_ref_impl(ThisType& obj)
     {
-        // helper type
-        using PointerType = typename std::add_pointer<ReferenceType>::type;
-
         // delegate the call to get_ptr<>()
-        auto ptr = obj.template get_ptr<PointerType>();
-
-        if (ptr != nullptr)
+        auto ptr = obj.template get_ptr<typename std::add_pointer<ReferenceType>::type>();
+
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(ptr != nullptr))
         {
             return *ptr;
         }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("incompatible ReferenceType for get_ref, actual type is " +
-                                    obj.type_name());
-        }
+
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(303, "incompatible ReferenceType for get_ref, actual type is " + std::string(obj.type_name())));
     }
 
   public:
-
     /// @name value access
     /// Direct access to the stored value of a JSON value.
     /// @{
 
     /*!
+    @brief get special-case overload
+
+    This overloads avoids a lot of template boilerplate, it can be seen as the
+    identity method
+
+    @tparam BasicJsonType == @ref basic_json
+
+    @return a copy of *this
+
+    @complexity Constant.
+
+    @since version 2.1.0
+    */
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, detail::enable_if_t<
+                 std::is_same<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type, basic_json_t>::value,
+                 int> = 0>
+    basic_json get() const
+    {
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief get special-case overload
+
+    This overloads converts the current @ref basic_json in a different
+    @ref basic_json type
+
+    @tparam BasicJsonType == @ref basic_json
+
+    @return a copy of *this, converted into @tparam BasicJsonType
+
+    @complexity Depending on the implementation of the called `from_json()`
+                method.
+
+    @since version 3.1.2
+    */
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, detail::enable_if_t<
+                 not std::is_same<BasicJsonType, basic_json>::value and
+                 detail::is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value, int> = 0>
+    BasicJsonType get() const
+    {
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    /*!
     @brief get a value (explicit)
 
-    Explicit type conversion between the JSON value and a compatible value.
-
-    @tparam ValueType non-pointer type compatible to the JSON value, for
-    instance `int` for JSON integer numbers, `bool` for JSON booleans, or
-    `std::vector` types for JSON arrays
-
-    @return copy of the JSON value, converted to type @a ValueType
-
-    @throw std::domain_error in case passed type @a ValueType is incompatible
-    to JSON; example: `"type must be object, but is null"`
-
-    @complexity Linear in the size of the JSON value.
+    Explicit type conversion between the JSON value and a compatible value
+    which is [CopyConstructible](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/CopyConstructible)
+    and [DefaultConstructible](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/DefaultConstructible).
+    The value is converted by calling the @ref json_serializer<ValueType>
+    `from_json()` method.
+
+    The function is equivalent to executing
+    @code {.cpp}
+    ValueType ret;
+    JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(*this, ret);
+    return ret;
+    @endcode
+
+    This overloads is chosen if:
+    - @a ValueType is not @ref basic_json,
+    - @ref json_serializer<ValueType> has a `from_json()` method of the form
+      `void from_json(const basic_json&, ValueType&)`, and
+    - @ref json_serializer<ValueType> does not have a `from_json()` method of
+      the form `ValueType from_json(const basic_json&)`
+
+    @tparam ValueTypeCV the provided value type
+    @tparam ValueType the returned value type
+
+    @return copy of the JSON value, converted to @a ValueType
+
+    @throw what @ref json_serializer<ValueType> `from_json()` method throws
 
     @liveexample{The example below shows several conversions from JSON values
     to other types. There a few things to note: (1) Floating-point numbers can
@@ -2882,21 +12158,71 @@
     associative containers such as `std::unordered_map<std::string\,
     json>`.,get__ValueType_const}
 
-    @internal
-    The idea of using a casted null pointer to choose the correct
-    implementation is from <http://stackoverflow.com/a/8315197/266378>.
-    @endinternal
-
-    @sa @ref operator ValueType() const for implicit conversion
-    @sa @ref get() for pointer-member access
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    template<typename ValueType, typename std::enable_if<
-                 not std::is_pointer<ValueType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    ValueType get() const
-    {
-        return get_impl(static_cast<ValueType*>(nullptr));
+    @since version 2.1.0
+    */
+    template<typename ValueTypeCV, typename ValueType = detail::uncvref_t<ValueTypeCV>,
+             detail::enable_if_t <
+                 not detail::is_basic_json<ValueType>::value and
+                 detail::has_from_json<basic_json_t, ValueType>::value and
+                 not detail::has_non_default_from_json<basic_json_t, ValueType>::value,
+                 int> = 0>
+    ValueType get() const noexcept(noexcept(
+                                       JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(std::declval<const basic_json_t&>(), std::declval<ValueType&>())))
+    {
+        // we cannot static_assert on ValueTypeCV being non-const, because
+        // there is support for get<const basic_json_t>(), which is why we
+        // still need the uncvref
+        static_assert(not std::is_reference<ValueTypeCV>::value,
+                      "get() cannot be used with reference types, you might want to use get_ref()");
+        static_assert(std::is_default_constructible<ValueType>::value,
+                      "types must be DefaultConstructible when used with get()");
+
+        ValueType ret;
+        JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(*this, ret);
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief get a value (explicit); special case
+
+    Explicit type conversion between the JSON value and a compatible value
+    which is **not** [CopyConstructible](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/CopyConstructible)
+    and **not** [DefaultConstructible](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/DefaultConstructible).
+    The value is converted by calling the @ref json_serializer<ValueType>
+    `from_json()` method.
+
+    The function is equivalent to executing
+    @code {.cpp}
+    return JSONSerializer<ValueTypeCV>::from_json(*this);
+    @endcode
+
+    This overloads is chosen if:
+    - @a ValueType is not @ref basic_json and
+    - @ref json_serializer<ValueType> has a `from_json()` method of the form
+      `ValueType from_json(const basic_json&)`
+
+    @note If @ref json_serializer<ValueType> has both overloads of
+    `from_json()`, this one is chosen.
+
+    @tparam ValueTypeCV the provided value type
+    @tparam ValueType the returned value type
+
+    @return copy of the JSON value, converted to @a ValueType
+
+    @throw what @ref json_serializer<ValueType> `from_json()` method throws
+
+    @since version 2.1.0
+    */
+    template<typename ValueTypeCV, typename ValueType = detail::uncvref_t<ValueTypeCV>,
+             detail::enable_if_t<not std::is_same<basic_json_t, ValueType>::value and
+                                 detail::has_non_default_from_json<basic_json_t, ValueType>::value,
+                                 int> = 0>
+    ValueType get() const noexcept(noexcept(
+                                       JSONSerializer<ValueTypeCV>::from_json(std::declval<const basic_json_t&>())))
+    {
+        static_assert(not std::is_reference<ValueTypeCV>::value,
+                      "get() cannot be used with reference types, you might want to use get_ref()");
+        return JSONSerializer<ValueTypeCV>::from_json(*this);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -3020,13 +12346,13 @@
             , "incompatible pointer type");
 
         // delegate the call to get_impl_ptr<>() const
-        return get_impl_ptr(static_cast<const PointerType>(nullptr));
+        return get_impl_ptr(static_cast<PointerType>(nullptr));
     }
 
     /*!
     @brief get a reference value (implicit)
 
-    Implict reference access to the internally stored JSON value. No copies
+    Implicit reference access to the internally stored JSON value. No copies
     are made.
 
     @warning Writing data to the referee of the result yields an undefined
@@ -3038,10 +12364,10 @@
 
     @return reference to the internally stored JSON value if the requested
     reference type @a ReferenceType fits to the JSON value; throws
-    std::domain_error otherwise
-
-    @throw std::domain_error in case passed type @a ReferenceType is
-    incompatible with the stored JSON value
+    type_error.303 otherwise
+
+    @throw type_error.303 in case passed type @a ReferenceType is incompatible
+    with the stored JSON value; see example below
 
     @complexity Constant.
 
@@ -3084,8 +12410,9 @@
 
     @return copy of the JSON value, converted to type @a ValueType
 
-    @throw std::domain_error in case passed type @a ValueType is incompatible
-    to JSON, thrown by @ref get() const
+    @throw type_error.302 in case passed type @a ValueType is incompatible
+    to the JSON value type (e.g., the JSON value is of type boolean, but a
+    string is requested); see example below
 
     @complexity Linear in the size of the JSON value.
 
@@ -3100,10 +12427,15 @@
     */
     template < typename ValueType, typename std::enable_if <
                    not std::is_pointer<ValueType>::value and
-                   not std::is_same<ValueType, typename string_t::value_type>::value
-#ifndef _MSC_VER  // Fix for issue #167 operator<< abiguity under VS2015
+                   not std::is_same<ValueType, detail::json_ref<basic_json>>::value and
+                   not std::is_same<ValueType, typename string_t::value_type>::value and
+                   not detail::is_basic_json<ValueType>::value
+#ifndef _MSC_VER  // fix for issue #167 operator<< ambiguity under VS2015
                    and not std::is_same<ValueType, std::initializer_list<typename string_t::value_type>>::value
 #endif
+#if defined(JSON_HAS_CPP_17)
+                   and not std::is_same<ValueType, typename std::string_view>::value
+#endif
                    , int >::type = 0 >
     operator ValueType() const
     {
@@ -3132,36 +12464,40 @@
 
     @return reference to the element at index @a idx
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if the JSON value is not an array; example:
-    `"cannot use at() with string"`
-    @throw std::out_of_range if the index @a idx is out of range of the array;
-    that is, `idx >= size()`; example: `"array index 7 is out of range"`
+    @throw type_error.304 if the JSON value is not an array; in this case,
+    calling `at` with an index makes no sense. See example below.
+    @throw out_of_range.401 if the index @a idx is out of range of the array;
+    that is, `idx >= size()`. See example below.
+
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes in the JSON value.
 
     @complexity Constant.
 
+    @since version 1.0.0
+
     @liveexample{The example below shows how array elements can be read and
-    written using `at()`.,at__size_type}
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
+    written using `at()`. It also demonstrates the different exceptions that
+    can be thrown.,at__size_type}
     */
     reference at(size_type idx)
     {
         // at only works for arrays
-        if (is_array())
-        {
-            try
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_array()))
+        {
+            JSON_TRY
             {
                 return m_value.array->at(idx);
             }
-            catch (std::out_of_range&)
+            JSON_CATCH (std::out_of_range&)
             {
                 // create better exception explanation
-                throw std::out_of_range("array index " + std::to_string(idx) + " is out of range");
+                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(401, "array index " + std::to_string(idx) + " is out of range"));
             }
         }
         else
         {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use at() with " + type_name());
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(304, "cannot use at() with " + std::string(type_name())));
         }
     }
 
@@ -3175,36 +12511,40 @@
 
     @return const reference to the element at index @a idx
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if the JSON value is not an array; example:
-    `"cannot use at() with string"`
-    @throw std::out_of_range if the index @a idx is out of range of the array;
-    that is, `idx >= size()`; example: `"array index 7 is out of range"`
+    @throw type_error.304 if the JSON value is not an array; in this case,
+    calling `at` with an index makes no sense. See example below.
+    @throw out_of_range.401 if the index @a idx is out of range of the array;
+    that is, `idx >= size()`. See example below.
+
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes in the JSON value.
 
     @complexity Constant.
 
+    @since version 1.0.0
+
     @liveexample{The example below shows how array elements can be read using
-    `at()`.,at__size_type_const}
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
+    `at()`. It also demonstrates the different exceptions that can be thrown.,
+    at__size_type_const}
     */
     const_reference at(size_type idx) const
     {
         // at only works for arrays
-        if (is_array())
-        {
-            try
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_array()))
+        {
+            JSON_TRY
             {
                 return m_value.array->at(idx);
             }
-            catch (std::out_of_range&)
+            JSON_CATCH (std::out_of_range&)
             {
                 // create better exception explanation
-                throw std::out_of_range("array index " + std::to_string(idx) + " is out of range");
+                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(401, "array index " + std::to_string(idx) + " is out of range"));
             }
         }
         else
         {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use at() with " + type_name());
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(304, "cannot use at() with " + std::string(type_name())));
         }
     }
 
@@ -3218,40 +12558,44 @@
 
     @return reference to the element at key @a key
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if the JSON value is not an object; example:
-    `"cannot use at() with boolean"`
-    @throw std::out_of_range if the key @a key is is not stored in the object;
-    that is, `find(key) == end()`; example: `"key "the fast" not found"`
+    @throw type_error.304 if the JSON value is not an object; in this case,
+    calling `at` with a key makes no sense. See example below.
+    @throw out_of_range.403 if the key @a key is is not stored in the object;
+    that is, `find(key) == end()`. See example below.
+
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes in the JSON value.
 
     @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container.
 
-    @liveexample{The example below shows how object elements can be read and
-    written using `at()`.,at__object_t_key_type}
-
     @sa @ref operator[](const typename object_t::key_type&) for unchecked
     access by reference
     @sa @ref value() for access by value with a default value
 
     @since version 1.0.0
+
+    @liveexample{The example below shows how object elements can be read and
+    written using `at()`. It also demonstrates the different exceptions that
+    can be thrown.,at__object_t_key_type}
     */
     reference at(const typename object_t::key_type& key)
     {
         // at only works for objects
-        if (is_object())
-        {
-            try
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_object()))
+        {
+            JSON_TRY
             {
                 return m_value.object->at(key);
             }
-            catch (std::out_of_range&)
+            JSON_CATCH (std::out_of_range&)
             {
                 // create better exception explanation
-                throw std::out_of_range("key '" + key + "' not found");
+                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(403, "key '" + key + "' not found"));
             }
         }
         else
         {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use at() with " + type_name());
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(304, "cannot use at() with " + std::string(type_name())));
         }
     }
 
@@ -3265,40 +12609,44 @@
 
     @return const reference to the element at key @a key
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if the JSON value is not an object; example:
-    `"cannot use at() with boolean"`
-    @throw std::out_of_range if the key @a key is is not stored in the object;
-    that is, `find(key) == end()`; example: `"key "the fast" not found"`
+    @throw type_error.304 if the JSON value is not an object; in this case,
+    calling `at` with a key makes no sense. See example below.
+    @throw out_of_range.403 if the key @a key is is not stored in the object;
+    that is, `find(key) == end()`. See example below.
+
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes in the JSON value.
 
     @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container.
 
-    @liveexample{The example below shows how object elements can be read using
-    `at()`.,at__object_t_key_type_const}
-
     @sa @ref operator[](const typename object_t::key_type&) for unchecked
     access by reference
     @sa @ref value() for access by value with a default value
 
     @since version 1.0.0
+
+    @liveexample{The example below shows how object elements can be read using
+    `at()`. It also demonstrates the different exceptions that can be thrown.,
+    at__object_t_key_type_const}
     */
     const_reference at(const typename object_t::key_type& key) const
     {
         // at only works for objects
-        if (is_object())
-        {
-            try
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_object()))
+        {
+            JSON_TRY
             {
                 return m_value.object->at(key);
             }
-            catch (std::out_of_range&)
+            JSON_CATCH (std::out_of_range&)
             {
                 // create better exception explanation
-                throw std::out_of_range("key '" + key + "' not found");
+                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(403, "key '" + key + "' not found"));
             }
         }
         else
         {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use at() with " + type_name());
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(304, "cannot use at() with " + std::string(type_name())));
         }
     }
 
@@ -3315,8 +12663,8 @@
 
     @return reference to the element at index @a idx
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if JSON is not an array or null; example:
-    `"cannot use operator[] with string"`
+    @throw type_error.305 if the JSON value is not an array or null; in that
+    cases, using the [] operator with an index makes no sense.
 
     @complexity Constant if @a idx is in the range of the array. Otherwise
     linear in `idx - size()`.
@@ -3338,7 +12686,7 @@
         }
 
         // operator[] only works for arrays
-        if (is_array())
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_array()))
         {
             // fill up array with null values if given idx is outside range
             if (idx >= m_value.array->size())
@@ -3350,10 +12698,8 @@
 
             return m_value.array->operator[](idx);
         }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use operator[] with " + type_name());
-        }
+
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(305, "cannot use operator[] with " + std::string(type_name())));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -3365,8 +12711,8 @@
 
     @return const reference to the element at index @a idx
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if JSON is not an array; example: `"cannot use
-    operator[] with null"`
+    @throw type_error.305 if the JSON value is not an array; in that case,
+    using the [] operator with an index makes no sense.
 
     @complexity Constant.
 
@@ -3378,14 +12724,12 @@
     const_reference operator[](size_type idx) const
     {
         // const operator[] only works for arrays
-        if (is_array())
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_array()))
         {
             return m_value.array->operator[](idx);
         }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use operator[] with " + type_name());
-        }
+
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(305, "cannot use operator[] with " + std::string(type_name())));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -3401,8 +12745,8 @@
 
     @return reference to the element at key @a key
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if JSON is not an object or null; example:
-    `"cannot use operator[] with string"`
+    @throw type_error.305 if the JSON value is not an object or null; in that
+    cases, using the [] operator with a key makes no sense.
 
     @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container.
 
@@ -3426,14 +12770,12 @@
         }
 
         // operator[] only works for objects
-        if (is_object())
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_object()))
         {
             return m_value.object->operator[](key);
         }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use operator[] with " + type_name());
-        }
+
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(305, "cannot use operator[] with " + std::string(type_name())));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -3452,8 +12794,8 @@
     @pre The element with key @a key must exist. **This precondition is
          enforced with an assertion.**
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if JSON is not an object; example: `"cannot use
-    operator[] with null"`
+    @throw type_error.305 if the JSON value is not an object; in that case,
+    using the [] operator with a key makes no sense.
 
     @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container.
 
@@ -3469,15 +12811,13 @@
     const_reference operator[](const typename object_t::key_type& key) const
     {
         // const operator[] only works for objects
-        if (is_object())
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_object()))
         {
             assert(m_value.object->find(key) != m_value.object->end());
             return m_value.object->find(key)->second;
         }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use operator[] with " + type_name());
-        }
+
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(305, "cannot use operator[] with " + std::string(type_name())));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -3493,76 +12833,8 @@
 
     @return reference to the element at key @a key
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if JSON is not an object or null; example:
-    `"cannot use operator[] with string"`
-
-    @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container.
-
-    @liveexample{The example below shows how object elements can be read and
-    written using the `[]` operator.,operatorarray__key_type}
-
-    @sa @ref at(const typename object_t::key_type&) for access by reference
-    with range checking
-    @sa @ref value() for access by value with a default value
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    template<typename T, std::size_t n>
-    reference operator[](T * (&key)[n])
-    {
-        return operator[](static_cast<const T>(key));
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief read-only access specified object element
-
-    Returns a const reference to the element at with specified key @a key. No
-    bounds checking is performed.
-
-    @warning If the element with key @a key does not exist, the behavior is
-    undefined.
-
-    @note This function is required for compatibility reasons with Clang.
-
-    @param[in] key  key of the element to access
-
-    @return const reference to the element at key @a key
-
-    @throw std::domain_error if JSON is not an object; example: `"cannot use
-    operator[] with null"`
-
-    @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container.
-
-    @liveexample{The example below shows how object elements can be read using
-    the `[]` operator.,operatorarray__key_type_const}
-
-    @sa @ref at(const typename object_t::key_type&) for access by reference
-    with range checking
-    @sa @ref value() for access by value with a default value
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    template<typename T, std::size_t n>
-    const_reference operator[](T * (&key)[n]) const
-    {
-        return operator[](static_cast<const T>(key));
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief access specified object element
-
-    Returns a reference to the element at with specified key @a key.
-
-    @note If @a key is not found in the object, then it is silently added to
-    the object and filled with a `null` value to make `key` a valid reference.
-    In case the value was `null` before, it is converted to an object.
-
-    @param[in] key  key of the element to access
-
-    @return reference to the element at key @a key
-
-    @throw std::domain_error if JSON is not an object or null; example:
-    `"cannot use operator[] with string"`
+    @throw type_error.305 if the JSON value is not an object or null; in that
+    cases, using the [] operator with a key makes no sense.
 
     @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container.
 
@@ -3587,14 +12859,12 @@
         }
 
         // at only works for objects
-        if (is_object())
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_object()))
         {
             return m_value.object->operator[](key);
         }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use operator[] with " + type_name());
-        }
+
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(305, "cannot use operator[] with " + std::string(type_name())));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -3613,8 +12883,8 @@
     @pre The element with key @a key must exist. **This precondition is
          enforced with an assertion.**
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if JSON is not an object; example: `"cannot use
-    operator[] with null"`
+    @throw type_error.305 if the JSON value is not an object; in that case,
+    using the [] operator with a key makes no sense.
 
     @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container.
 
@@ -3631,15 +12901,13 @@
     const_reference operator[](T* key) const
     {
         // at only works for objects
-        if (is_object())
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_object()))
         {
             assert(m_value.object->find(key) != m_value.object->end());
             return m_value.object->find(key)->second;
         }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use operator[] with " + type_name());
-        }
+
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(305, "cannot use operator[] with " + std::string(type_name())));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -3652,7 +12920,7 @@
     @code {.cpp}
     try {
         return at(key);
-    } catch(std::out_of_range) {
+    } catch(out_of_range) {
         return default_value;
     }
     @endcode
@@ -3675,8 +12943,8 @@
     @return copy of the element at key @a key or @a default_value if @a key
     is not found
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if JSON is not an object; example: `"cannot use
-    value() with null"`
+    @throw type_error.306 if the JSON value is not an object; in that case,
+    using `value()` with a key makes no sense.
 
     @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container.
 
@@ -3692,10 +12960,10 @@
     */
     template<class ValueType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_convertible<basic_json_t, ValueType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    ValueType value(const typename object_t::key_type& key, ValueType default_value) const
+    ValueType value(const typename object_t::key_type& key, const ValueType& default_value) const
     {
         // at only works for objects
-        if (is_object())
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_object()))
         {
             // if key is found, return value and given default value otherwise
             const auto it = find(key);
@@ -3703,15 +12971,11 @@
             {
                 return *it;
             }
-            else
-            {
-                return default_value;
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use value() with " + type_name());
-        }
+
+            return default_value;
+        }
+
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(306, "cannot use value() with " + std::string(type_name())));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -3733,7 +12997,7 @@
     @code {.cpp}
     try {
         return at(ptr);
-    } catch(std::out_of_range) {
+    } catch(out_of_range) {
         return default_value;
     }
     @endcode
@@ -3752,8 +13016,8 @@
     @return copy of the element at key @a key or @a default_value if @a key
     is not found
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if JSON is not an object; example: `"cannot use
-    value() with null"`
+    @throw type_error.306 if the JSON value is not an objec; in that case,
+    using `value()` with a key makes no sense.
 
     @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container.
 
@@ -3766,25 +13030,23 @@
     */
     template<class ValueType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_convertible<basic_json_t, ValueType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    ValueType value(const json_pointer& ptr, ValueType default_value) const
+    ValueType value(const json_pointer& ptr, const ValueType& default_value) const
     {
         // at only works for objects
-        if (is_object())
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_object()))
         {
             // if pointer resolves a value, return it or use default value
-            try
+            JSON_TRY
             {
                 return ptr.get_checked(this);
             }
-            catch (std::out_of_range&)
+            JSON_CATCH (out_of_range&)
             {
                 return default_value;
             }
         }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use value() with " + type_name());
-        }
+
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(306, "cannot use value() with " + std::string(type_name())));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -3803,7 +13065,7 @@
     container `c`, the expression `c.front()` is equivalent to `*c.begin()`.
 
     @return In case of a structured type (array or object), a reference to the
-    first element is returned. In cast of number, string, or boolean values, a
+    first element is returned. In case of number, string, or boolean values, a
     reference to the value is returned.
 
     @complexity Constant.
@@ -3813,7 +13075,7 @@
     assertions**).
     @post The JSON value remains unchanged.
 
-    @throw std::out_of_range when called on `null` value
+    @throw invalid_iterator.214 when called on `null` value
 
     @liveexample{The following code shows an example for `front()`.,front}
 
@@ -3846,7 +13108,7 @@
     @endcode
 
     @return In case of a structured type (array or object), a reference to the
-    last element is returned. In cast of number, string, or boolean values, a
+    last element is returned. In case of number, string, or boolean values, a
     reference to the value is returned.
 
     @complexity Constant.
@@ -3856,7 +13118,8 @@
     assertions**).
     @post The JSON value remains unchanged.
 
-    @throw std::out_of_range when called on `null` value.
+    @throw invalid_iterator.214 when called on a `null` value. See example
+    below.
 
     @liveexample{The following code shows an example for `back()`.,back}
 
@@ -3900,17 +13163,18 @@
     @post Invalidates iterators and references at or after the point of the
     erase, including the `end()` iterator.
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if called on a `null` value; example: `"cannot
-    use erase() with null"`
-    @throw std::domain_error if called on an iterator which does not belong to
-    the current JSON value; example: `"iterator does not fit current value"`
-    @throw std::out_of_range if called on a primitive type with invalid
+    @throw type_error.307 if called on a `null` value; example: `"cannot use
+    erase() with null"`
+    @throw invalid_iterator.202 if called on an iterator which does not belong
+    to the current JSON value; example: `"iterator does not fit current
+    value"`
+    @throw invalid_iterator.205 if called on a primitive type with invalid
     iterator (i.e., any iterator which is not `begin()`); example: `"iterator
     out of range"`
 
     @complexity The complexity depends on the type:
     - objects: amortized constant
-    - arrays: linear in distance between pos and the end of the container
+    - arrays: linear in distance between @a pos and the end of the container
     - strings: linear in the length of the string
     - other types: constant
 
@@ -3933,9 +13197,9 @@
     IteratorType erase(IteratorType pos)
     {
         // make sure iterator fits the current value
-        if (this != pos.m_object)
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("iterator does not fit current value");
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(this != pos.m_object))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(202, "iterator does not fit current value"));
         }
 
         IteratorType result = end();
@@ -3948,16 +13212,16 @@
             case value_t::number_unsigned:
             case value_t::string:
             {
-                if (not pos.m_it.primitive_iterator.is_begin())
-                {
-                    throw std::out_of_range("iterator out of range");
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not pos.m_it.primitive_iterator.is_begin()))
+                {
+                    JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(205, "iterator out of range"));
                 }
 
                 if (is_string())
                 {
                     AllocatorType<string_t> alloc;
-                    alloc.destroy(m_value.string);
-                    alloc.deallocate(m_value.string, 1);
+                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::destroy(alloc, m_value.string);
+                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::deallocate(alloc, m_value.string, 1);
                     m_value.string = nullptr;
                 }
 
@@ -3979,9 +13243,7 @@
             }
 
             default:
-            {
-                throw std::domain_error("cannot use erase() with " + type_name());
-            }
+                JSON_THROW(type_error::create(307, "cannot use erase() with " + std::string(type_name())));
         }
 
         return result;
@@ -4007,11 +13269,11 @@
     @post Invalidates iterators and references at or after the point of the
     erase, including the `end()` iterator.
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if called on a `null` value; example: `"cannot
-    use erase() with null"`
-    @throw std::domain_error if called on iterators which does not belong to
-    the current JSON value; example: `"iterators do not fit current value"`
-    @throw std::out_of_range if called on a primitive type with invalid
+    @throw type_error.307 if called on a `null` value; example: `"cannot use
+    erase() with null"`
+    @throw invalid_iterator.203 if called on iterators which does not belong
+    to the current JSON value; example: `"iterators do not fit current value"`
+    @throw invalid_iterator.204 if called on a primitive type with invalid
     iterators (i.e., if `first != begin()` and `last != end()`); example:
     `"iterators out of range"`
 
@@ -4040,9 +13302,9 @@
     IteratorType erase(IteratorType first, IteratorType last)
     {
         // make sure iterator fits the current value
-        if (this != first.m_object or this != last.m_object)
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("iterators do not fit current value");
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(this != first.m_object or this != last.m_object))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(203, "iterators do not fit current value"));
         }
 
         IteratorType result = end();
@@ -4055,16 +13317,17 @@
             case value_t::number_unsigned:
             case value_t::string:
             {
-                if (not first.m_it.primitive_iterator.is_begin() or not last.m_it.primitive_iterator.is_end())
-                {
-                    throw std::out_of_range("iterators out of range");
+                if (JSON_LIKELY(not first.m_it.primitive_iterator.is_begin()
+                                or not last.m_it.primitive_iterator.is_end()))
+                {
+                    JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(204, "iterators out of range"));
                 }
 
                 if (is_string())
                 {
                     AllocatorType<string_t> alloc;
-                    alloc.destroy(m_value.string);
-                    alloc.deallocate(m_value.string, 1);
+                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::destroy(alloc, m_value.string);
+                    std::allocator_traits<decltype(alloc)>::deallocate(alloc, m_value.string, 1);
                     m_value.string = nullptr;
                 }
 
@@ -4088,9 +13351,7 @@
             }
 
             default:
-            {
-                throw std::domain_error("cannot use erase() with " + type_name());
-            }
+                JSON_THROW(type_error::create(307, "cannot use erase() with " + std::string(type_name())));
         }
 
         return result;
@@ -4110,7 +13371,7 @@
     @post References and iterators to the erased elements are invalidated.
     Other references and iterators are not affected.
 
-    @throw std::domain_error when called on a type other than JSON object;
+    @throw type_error.307 when called on a type other than JSON object;
     example: `"cannot use erase() with null"`
 
     @complexity `log(size()) + count(key)`
@@ -4128,14 +13389,12 @@
     size_type erase(const typename object_t::key_type& key)
     {
         // this erase only works for objects
-        if (is_object())
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_object()))
         {
             return m_value.object->erase(key);
         }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use erase() with " + type_name());
-        }
+
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(307, "cannot use erase() with " + std::string(type_name())));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -4145,9 +13404,9 @@
 
     @param[in] idx index of the element to remove
 
-    @throw std::domain_error when called on a type other than JSON array;
+    @throw type_error.307 when called on a type other than JSON object;
     example: `"cannot use erase() with null"`
-    @throw std::out_of_range when `idx >= size()`; example: `"array index 17
+    @throw out_of_range.401 when `idx >= size()`; example: `"array index 17
     is out of range"`
 
     @complexity Linear in distance between @a idx and the end of the container.
@@ -4165,18 +13424,18 @@
     void erase(const size_type idx)
     {
         // this erase only works for arrays
-        if (is_array())
-        {
-            if (idx >= size())
-            {
-                throw std::out_of_range("array index " + std::to_string(idx) + " is out of range");
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_array()))
+        {
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(idx >= size()))
+            {
+                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(401, "array index " + std::to_string(idx) + " is out of range"));
             }
 
             m_value.array->erase(m_value.array->begin() + static_cast<difference_type>(idx));
         }
         else
         {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use erase() with " + type_name());
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(307, "cannot use erase() with " + std::string(type_name())));
         }
     }
 
@@ -4197,10 +13456,14 @@
     element is not found or the JSON value is not an object, end() is
     returned.
 
-    @param[in] key key value of the element to search for
+    @note This method always returns @ref end() when executed on a JSON type
+          that is not an object.
+
+    @param[in] key key value of the element to search for.
 
     @return Iterator to an element with key equivalent to @a key. If no such
-    element is found, past-the-end (see end()) iterator is returned.
+    element is found or the JSON value is not an object, past-the-end (see
+    @ref end()) iterator is returned.
 
     @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the JSON object.
 
@@ -4208,13 +13471,14 @@
 
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
-    iterator find(typename object_t::key_type key)
+    template<typename KeyT>
+    iterator find(KeyT&& key)
     {
         auto result = end();
 
         if (is_object())
         {
-            result.m_it.object_iterator = m_value.object->find(key);
+            result.m_it.object_iterator = m_value.object->find(std::forward<KeyT>(key));
         }
 
         return result;
@@ -4222,15 +13486,16 @@
 
     /*!
     @brief find an element in a JSON object
-    @copydoc find(typename object_t::key_type)
-    */
-    const_iterator find(typename object_t::key_type key) const
+    @copydoc find(KeyT&&)
+    */
+    template<typename KeyT>
+    const_iterator find(KeyT&& key) const
     {
         auto result = cend();
 
         if (is_object())
         {
-            result.m_it.object_iterator = m_value.object->find(key);
+            result.m_it.object_iterator = m_value.object->find(std::forward<KeyT>(key));
         }
 
         return result;
@@ -4243,6 +13508,9 @@
     default `std::map` type, the return value will always be `0` (@a key was
     not found) or `1` (@a key was found).
 
+    @note This method always returns `0` when executed on a JSON type that is
+          not an object.
+
     @param[in] key key value of the element to count
 
     @return Number of elements with key @a key. If the JSON value is not an
@@ -4254,10 +13522,11 @@
 
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
-    size_type count(typename object_t::key_type key) const
+    template<typename KeyT>
+    size_type count(KeyT&& key) const
     {
         // return 0 for all nonobject types
-        return is_object() ? m_value.object->count(key) : 0;
+        return is_object() ? m_value.object->count(std::forward<KeyT>(key)) : 0;
     }
 
     /// @}
@@ -4543,10 +13812,6 @@
         return const_reverse_iterator(cbegin());
     }
 
-  private:
-    // forward declaration
-    template<typename IteratorType> class iteration_proxy;
-
   public:
     /*!
     @brief wrapper to access iterator member functions in range-based for
@@ -4556,20 +13821,133 @@
     reference to the JSON values is returned, so there is no access to the
     underlying iterator.
 
+    For loop without iterator_wrapper:
+
+    @code{cpp}
+    for (auto it = j_object.begin(); it != j_object.end(); ++it)
+    {
+        std::cout << "key: " << it.key() << ", value:" << it.value() << '\n';
+    }
+    @endcode
+
+    Range-based for loop without iterator proxy:
+
+    @code{cpp}
+    for (auto it : j_object)
+    {
+        // "it" is of type json::reference and has no key() member
+        std::cout << "value: " << it << '\n';
+    }
+    @endcode
+
+    Range-based for loop with iterator proxy:
+
+    @code{cpp}
+    for (auto it : json::iterator_wrapper(j_object))
+    {
+        std::cout << "key: " << it.key() << ", value:" << it.value() << '\n';
+    }
+    @endcode
+
+    @note When iterating over an array, `key()` will return the index of the
+          element as string (see example).
+
+    @param[in] ref  reference to a JSON value
+    @return iteration proxy object wrapping @a ref with an interface to use in
+            range-based for loops
+
+    @liveexample{The following code shows how the wrapper is used,iterator_wrapper}
+
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes in the JSON value.
+
+    @complexity Constant.
+
     @note The name of this function is not yet final and may change in the
     future.
-    */
-    static iteration_proxy<iterator> iterator_wrapper(reference cont)
-    {
-        return iteration_proxy<iterator>(cont);
+
+    @deprecated This stream operator is deprecated and will be removed in
+                future 4.0.0 of the library. Please use @ref items() instead;
+                that is, replace `json::iterator_wrapper(j)` with `j.items()`.
+    */
+    JSON_DEPRECATED
+    static iteration_proxy<iterator> iterator_wrapper(reference ref) noexcept
+    {
+        return ref.items();
     }
 
     /*!
     @copydoc iterator_wrapper(reference)
     */
-    static iteration_proxy<const_iterator> iterator_wrapper(const_reference cont)
-    {
-        return iteration_proxy<const_iterator>(cont);
+    JSON_DEPRECATED
+    static iteration_proxy<const_iterator> iterator_wrapper(const_reference ref) noexcept
+    {
+        return ref.items();
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief helper to access iterator member functions in range-based for
+
+    This function allows to access @ref iterator::key() and @ref
+    iterator::value() during range-based for loops. In these loops, a
+    reference to the JSON values is returned, so there is no access to the
+    underlying iterator.
+
+    For loop without `items()` function:
+
+    @code{cpp}
+    for (auto it = j_object.begin(); it != j_object.end(); ++it)
+    {
+        std::cout << "key: " << it.key() << ", value:" << it.value() << '\n';
+    }
+    @endcode
+
+    Range-based for loop without `items()` function:
+
+    @code{cpp}
+    for (auto it : j_object)
+    {
+        // "it" is of type json::reference and has no key() member
+        std::cout << "value: " << it << '\n';
+    }
+    @endcode
+
+    Range-based for loop with `items()` function:
+
+    @code{cpp}
+    for (auto it : j_object.items())
+    {
+        std::cout << "key: " << it.key() << ", value:" << it.value() << '\n';
+    }
+    @endcode
+
+    @note When iterating over an array, `key()` will return the index of the
+          element as string (see example). For primitive types (e.g., numbers),
+          `key()` returns an empty string.
+
+    @return iteration proxy object wrapping @a ref with an interface to use in
+            range-based for loops
+
+    @liveexample{The following code shows how the function is used.,items}
+
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes in the JSON value.
+
+    @complexity Constant.
+
+    @since version 3.x.x.
+    */
+    iteration_proxy<iterator> items() noexcept
+    {
+        return iteration_proxy<iterator>(*this);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @copydoc items()
+    */
+    iteration_proxy<const_iterator> items() const noexcept
+    {
+        return iteration_proxy<const_iterator>(*this);
     }
 
     /// @}
@@ -4583,9 +13961,9 @@
     /// @{
 
     /*!
-    @brief checks whether the container is empty
-
-    Checks if a JSON value has no elements.
+    @brief checks whether the container is empty.
+
+    Checks if a JSON value has no elements (i.e. whether its @ref size is `0`).
 
     @return The return value depends on the different types and is
             defined as follows:
@@ -4598,23 +13976,27 @@
             object      | result of function `object_t::empty()`
             array       | result of function `array_t::empty()`
 
-    @note This function does not return whether a string stored as JSON value
-    is empty - it returns whether the JSON container itself is empty which is
-    false in the case of a string.
+    @liveexample{The following code uses `empty()` to check if a JSON
+    object contains any elements.,empty}
 
     @complexity Constant, as long as @ref array_t and @ref object_t satisfy
     the Container concept; that is, their `empty()` functions have constant
     complexity.
 
+    @iterators No changes.
+
+    @exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
+
+    @note This function does not return whether a string stored as JSON value
+    is empty - it returns whether the JSON container itself is empty which is
+    false in the case of a string.
+
     @requirement This function helps `basic_json` satisfying the
     [Container](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/Container)
     requirements:
     - The complexity is constant.
     - Has the semantics of `begin() == end()`.
 
-    @liveexample{The following code uses `empty()` to check if a JSON
-    object contains any elements.,empty}
-
     @sa @ref size() -- returns the number of elements
 
     @since version 1.0.0
@@ -4665,23 +14047,27 @@
             object      | result of function object_t::size()
             array       | result of function array_t::size()
 
-    @note This function does not return the length of a string stored as JSON
-    value - it returns the number of elements in the JSON value which is 1 in
-    the case of a string.
+    @liveexample{The following code calls `size()` on the different value
+    types.,size}
 
     @complexity Constant, as long as @ref array_t and @ref object_t satisfy
     the Container concept; that is, their size() functions have constant
     complexity.
 
+    @iterators No changes.
+
+    @exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
+
+    @note This function does not return the length of a string stored as JSON
+    value - it returns the number of elements in the JSON value which is 1 in
+    the case of a string.
+
     @requirement This function helps `basic_json` satisfying the
     [Container](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/Container)
     requirements:
     - The complexity is constant.
     - Has the semantics of `std::distance(begin(), end())`.
 
-    @liveexample{The following code calls `size()` on the different value
-    types.,size}
-
     @sa @ref empty() -- checks whether the container is empty
     @sa @ref max_size() -- returns the maximal number of elements
 
@@ -4735,10 +14121,17 @@
             object      | result of function `object_t::max_size()`
             array       | result of function `array_t::max_size()`
 
+    @liveexample{The following code calls `max_size()` on the different value
+    types. Note the output is implementation specific.,max_size}
+
     @complexity Constant, as long as @ref array_t and @ref object_t satisfy
     the Container concept; that is, their `max_size()` functions have constant
     complexity.
 
+    @iterators No changes.
+
+    @exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
+
     @requirement This function helps `basic_json` satisfying the
     [Container](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/Container)
     requirements:
@@ -4746,9 +14139,6 @@
     - Has the semantics of returning `b.size()` where `b` is the largest
       possible JSON value.
 
-    @liveexample{The following code calls `max_size()` on the different value
-    types. Note the output is implementation specific.,max_size}
-
     @sa @ref size() -- returns the number of elements
 
     @since version 1.0.0
@@ -4791,7 +14181,8 @@
     @brief clears the contents
 
     Clears the content of a JSON value and resets it to the default value as
-    if @ref basic_json(value_t) would have been called:
+    if @ref basic_json(value_t) would have been called with the current value
+    type from @ref type():
 
     Value type  | initial value
     ----------- | -------------
@@ -4802,14 +14193,24 @@
     object      | `{}`
     array       | `[]`
 
-    @note Floating-point numbers are set to `0.0` which will be serialized to
-    `0`. The vale type remains @ref number_float_t.
-
-    @complexity Linear in the size of the JSON value.
+    @post Has the same effect as calling
+    @code {.cpp}
+    *this = basic_json(type());
+    @endcode
 
     @liveexample{The example below shows the effect of `clear()` to different
     JSON types.,clear}
 
+    @complexity Linear in the size of the JSON value.
+
+    @iterators All iterators, pointers and references related to this container
+               are invalidated.
+
+    @exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
+
+    @sa @ref basic_json(value_t) -- constructor that creates an object with the
+        same value than calling `clear()`
+
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
     void clear() noexcept
@@ -4859,9 +14260,7 @@
             }
 
             default:
-            {
-                break;
-            }
+                break;
         }
     }
 
@@ -4874,7 +14273,7 @@
 
     @param[in] val the value to add to the JSON array
 
-    @throw std::domain_error when called on a type other than JSON array or
+    @throw type_error.308 when called on a type other than JSON array or
     null; example: `"cannot use push_back() with number"`
 
     @complexity Amortized constant.
@@ -4888,9 +14287,9 @@
     void push_back(basic_json&& val)
     {
         // push_back only works for null objects or arrays
-        if (not(is_null() or is_array()))
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use push_back() with " + type_name());
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not(is_null() or is_array())))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(308, "cannot use push_back() with " + std::string(type_name())));
         }
 
         // transform null object into an array
@@ -4924,9 +14323,9 @@
     void push_back(const basic_json& val)
     {
         // push_back only works for null objects or arrays
-        if (not(is_null() or is_array()))
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use push_back() with " + type_name());
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not(is_null() or is_array())))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(308, "cannot use push_back() with " + std::string(type_name())));
         }
 
         // transform null object into an array
@@ -4960,7 +14359,7 @@
 
     @param[in] val the value to add to the JSON object
 
-    @throw std::domain_error when called on a type other than JSON object or
+    @throw type_error.308 when called on a type other than JSON object or
     null; example: `"cannot use push_back() with number"`
 
     @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container, O(log(`size()`)).
@@ -4974,9 +14373,9 @@
     void push_back(const typename object_t::value_type& val)
     {
         // push_back only works for null objects or objects
-        if (not(is_null() or is_object()))
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use push_back() with " + type_name());
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not(is_null() or is_object())))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(308, "cannot use push_back() with " + std::string(type_name())));
         }
 
         // transform null object into an object
@@ -5014,7 +14413,7 @@
     @ref push_back(const typename object_t::value_type&). Otherwise, @a init
     is converted to a JSON value and added using @ref push_back(basic_json&&).
 
-    @param init  an initializer list
+    @param[in] init  an initializer list
 
     @complexity Linear in the size of the initializer list @a init.
 
@@ -5026,12 +14425,13 @@
     @liveexample{The example shows how initializer lists are treated as
     objects when possible.,push_back__initializer_list}
     */
-    void push_back(std::initializer_list<basic_json> init)
-    {
-        if (is_object() and init.size() == 2 and init.begin()->is_string())
-        {
-            const string_t key = *init.begin();
-            push_back(typename object_t::value_type(key, *(init.begin() + 1)));
+    void push_back(initializer_list_t init)
+    {
+        if (is_object() and init.size() == 2 and (*init.begin())->is_string())
+        {
+            basic_json&& key = init.begin()->moved_or_copied();
+            push_back(typename object_t::value_type(
+                          std::move(key.get_ref<string_t&>()), (init.begin() + 1)->moved_or_copied()));
         }
         else
         {
@@ -5041,15 +14441,111 @@
 
     /*!
     @brief add an object to an object
-    @copydoc push_back(std::initializer_list<basic_json>)
-    */
-    reference operator+=(std::initializer_list<basic_json> init)
+    @copydoc push_back(initializer_list_t)
+    */
+    reference operator+=(initializer_list_t init)
     {
         push_back(init);
         return *this;
     }
 
     /*!
+    @brief add an object to an array
+
+    Creates a JSON value from the passed parameters @a args to the end of the
+    JSON value. If the function is called on a JSON null value, an empty array
+    is created before appending the value created from @a args.
+
+    @param[in] args arguments to forward to a constructor of @ref basic_json
+    @tparam Args compatible types to create a @ref basic_json object
+
+    @throw type_error.311 when called on a type other than JSON array or
+    null; example: `"cannot use emplace_back() with number"`
+
+    @complexity Amortized constant.
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows how `push_back()` can be used to add
+    elements to a JSON array. Note how the `null` value was silently converted
+    to a JSON array.,emplace_back}
+
+    @since version 2.0.8
+    */
+    template<class... Args>
+    void emplace_back(Args&& ... args)
+    {
+        // emplace_back only works for null objects or arrays
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not(is_null() or is_array())))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(311, "cannot use emplace_back() with " + std::string(type_name())));
+        }
+
+        // transform null object into an array
+        if (is_null())
+        {
+            m_type = value_t::array;
+            m_value = value_t::array;
+            assert_invariant();
+        }
+
+        // add element to array (perfect forwarding)
+        m_value.array->emplace_back(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief add an object to an object if key does not exist
+
+    Inserts a new element into a JSON object constructed in-place with the
+    given @a args if there is no element with the key in the container. If the
+    function is called on a JSON null value, an empty object is created before
+    appending the value created from @a args.
+
+    @param[in] args arguments to forward to a constructor of @ref basic_json
+    @tparam Args compatible types to create a @ref basic_json object
+
+    @return a pair consisting of an iterator to the inserted element, or the
+            already-existing element if no insertion happened, and a bool
+            denoting whether the insertion took place.
+
+    @throw type_error.311 when called on a type other than JSON object or
+    null; example: `"cannot use emplace() with number"`
+
+    @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container, O(log(`size()`)).
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows how `emplace()` can be used to add elements
+    to a JSON object. Note how the `null` value was silently converted to a
+    JSON object. Further note how no value is added if there was already one
+    value stored with the same key.,emplace}
+
+    @since version 2.0.8
+    */
+    template<class... Args>
+    std::pair<iterator, bool> emplace(Args&& ... args)
+    {
+        // emplace only works for null objects or arrays
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not(is_null() or is_object())))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(311, "cannot use emplace() with " + std::string(type_name())));
+        }
+
+        // transform null object into an object
+        if (is_null())
+        {
+            m_type = value_t::object;
+            m_value = value_t::object;
+            assert_invariant();
+        }
+
+        // add element to array (perfect forwarding)
+        auto res = m_value.object->emplace(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+        // create result iterator and set iterator to the result of emplace
+        auto it = begin();
+        it.m_it.object_iterator = res.first;
+
+        // return pair of iterator and boolean
+        return {it, res.second};
+    }
+
+    /*!
     @brief inserts element
 
     Inserts element @a val before iterator @a pos.
@@ -5059,13 +14555,13 @@
     @param[in] val element to insert
     @return iterator pointing to the inserted @a val.
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if called on JSON values other than arrays;
+    @throw type_error.309 if called on JSON values other than arrays;
     example: `"cannot use insert() with string"`
-    @throw std::domain_error if @a pos is not an iterator of *this; example:
-    `"iterator does not fit current value"`
-
-    @complexity Constant plus linear in the distance between pos and end of the
-    container.
+    @throw invalid_iterator.202 if @a pos is not an iterator of *this;
+    example: `"iterator does not fit current value"`
+
+    @complexity Constant plus linear in the distance between @a pos and end of
+    the container.
 
     @liveexample{The example shows how `insert()` is used.,insert}
 
@@ -5074,12 +14570,12 @@
     iterator insert(const_iterator pos, const basic_json& val)
     {
         // insert only works for arrays
-        if (is_array())
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_array()))
         {
             // check if iterator pos fits to this JSON value
-            if (pos.m_object != this)
-            {
-                throw std::domain_error("iterator does not fit current value");
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(pos.m_object != this))
+            {
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(202, "iterator does not fit current value"));
             }
 
             // insert to array and return iterator
@@ -5087,10 +14583,8 @@
             result.m_it.array_iterator = m_value.array->insert(pos.m_it.array_iterator, val);
             return result;
         }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use insert() with " + type_name());
-        }
+
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(309, "cannot use insert() with " + std::string(type_name())));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -5114,10 +14608,10 @@
     @return iterator pointing to the first element inserted, or @a pos if
     `cnt==0`
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if called on JSON values other than arrays;
-    example: `"cannot use insert() with string"`
-    @throw std::domain_error if @a pos is not an iterator of *this; example:
-    `"iterator does not fit current value"`
+    @throw type_error.309 if called on JSON values other than arrays; example:
+    `"cannot use insert() with string"`
+    @throw invalid_iterator.202 if @a pos is not an iterator of *this;
+    example: `"iterator does not fit current value"`
 
     @complexity Linear in @a cnt plus linear in the distance between @a pos
     and end of the container.
@@ -5129,12 +14623,12 @@
     iterator insert(const_iterator pos, size_type cnt, const basic_json& val)
     {
         // insert only works for arrays
-        if (is_array())
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_array()))
         {
             // check if iterator pos fits to this JSON value
-            if (pos.m_object != this)
-            {
-                throw std::domain_error("iterator does not fit current value");
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(pos.m_object != this))
+            {
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(202, "iterator does not fit current value"));
             }
 
             // insert to array and return iterator
@@ -5142,10 +14636,8 @@
             result.m_it.array_iterator = m_value.array->insert(pos.m_it.array_iterator, cnt, val);
             return result;
         }
-        else
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use insert() with " + type_name());
-        }
+
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(309, "cannot use insert() with " + std::string(type_name())));
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -5158,13 +14650,13 @@
     @param[in] first begin of the range of elements to insert
     @param[in] last end of the range of elements to insert
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if called on JSON values other than arrays;
-    example: `"cannot use insert() with string"`
-    @throw std::domain_error if @a pos is not an iterator of *this; example:
-    `"iterator does not fit current value"`
-    @throw std::domain_error if @a first and @a last do not belong to the same
-    JSON value; example: `"iterators do not fit"`
-    @throw std::domain_error if @a first or @a last are iterators into
+    @throw type_error.309 if called on JSON values other than arrays; example:
+    `"cannot use insert() with string"`
+    @throw invalid_iterator.202 if @a pos is not an iterator of *this;
+    example: `"iterator does not fit current value"`
+    @throw invalid_iterator.210 if @a first and @a last do not belong to the
+    same JSON value; example: `"iterators do not fit"`
+    @throw invalid_iterator.211 if @a first or @a last are iterators into
     container for which insert is called; example: `"passed iterators may not
     belong to container"`
 
@@ -5181,26 +14673,26 @@
     iterator insert(const_iterator pos, const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
     {
         // insert only works for arrays
-        if (not is_array())
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use insert() with " + type_name());
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not is_array()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(309, "cannot use insert() with " + std::string(type_name())));
         }
 
         // check if iterator pos fits to this JSON value
-        if (pos.m_object != this)
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("iterator does not fit current value");
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(pos.m_object != this))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(202, "iterator does not fit current value"));
         }
 
         // check if range iterators belong to the same JSON object
-        if (first.m_object != last.m_object)
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("iterators do not fit");
-        }
-
-        if (first.m_object == this or last.m_object == this)
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("passed iterators may not belong to container");
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(first.m_object != last.m_object))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(210, "iterators do not fit"));
+        }
+
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(first.m_object == this))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(211, "passed iterators may not belong to container"));
         }
 
         // insert to array and return iterator
@@ -5221,10 +14713,10 @@
     the end() iterator
     @param[in] ilist initializer list to insert the values from
 
-    @throw std::domain_error if called on JSON values other than arrays;
-    example: `"cannot use insert() with string"`
-    @throw std::domain_error if @a pos is not an iterator of *this; example:
-    `"iterator does not fit current value"`
+    @throw type_error.309 if called on JSON values other than arrays; example:
+    `"cannot use insert() with string"`
+    @throw invalid_iterator.202 if @a pos is not an iterator of *this;
+    example: `"iterator does not fit current value"`
 
     @return iterator pointing to the first element inserted, or @a pos if
     `ilist` is empty
@@ -5236,27 +14728,177 @@
 
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
-    iterator insert(const_iterator pos, std::initializer_list<basic_json> ilist)
+    iterator insert(const_iterator pos, initializer_list_t ilist)
     {
         // insert only works for arrays
-        if (not is_array())
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use insert() with " + type_name());
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not is_array()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(309, "cannot use insert() with " + std::string(type_name())));
         }
 
         // check if iterator pos fits to this JSON value
-        if (pos.m_object != this)
-        {
-            throw std::domain_error("iterator does not fit current value");
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(pos.m_object != this))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(202, "iterator does not fit current value"));
         }
 
         // insert to array and return iterator
         iterator result(this);
-        result.m_it.array_iterator = m_value.array->insert(pos.m_it.array_iterator, ilist);
+        result.m_it.array_iterator = m_value.array->insert(pos.m_it.array_iterator, ilist.begin(), ilist.end());
         return result;
     }
 
     /*!
+    @brief inserts elements
+
+    Inserts elements from range `[first, last)`.
+
+    @param[in] first begin of the range of elements to insert
+    @param[in] last end of the range of elements to insert
+
+    @throw type_error.309 if called on JSON values other than objects; example:
+    `"cannot use insert() with string"`
+    @throw invalid_iterator.202 if iterator @a first or @a last does does not
+    point to an object; example: `"iterators first and last must point to
+    objects"`
+    @throw invalid_iterator.210 if @a first and @a last do not belong to the
+    same JSON value; example: `"iterators do not fit"`
+
+    @complexity Logarithmic: `O(N*log(size() + N))`, where `N` is the number
+    of elements to insert.
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows how `insert()` is used.,insert__range_object}
+
+    @since version 3.0.0
+    */
+    void insert(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
+    {
+        // insert only works for objects
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not is_object()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(309, "cannot use insert() with " + std::string(type_name())));
+        }
+
+        // check if range iterators belong to the same JSON object
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(first.m_object != last.m_object))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(210, "iterators do not fit"));
+        }
+
+        // passed iterators must belong to objects
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not first.m_object->is_object()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(202, "iterators first and last must point to objects"));
+        }
+
+        m_value.object->insert(first.m_it.object_iterator, last.m_it.object_iterator);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief updates a JSON object from another object, overwriting existing keys
+
+    Inserts all values from JSON object @a j and overwrites existing keys.
+
+    @param[in] j  JSON object to read values from
+
+    @throw type_error.312 if called on JSON values other than objects; example:
+    `"cannot use update() with string"`
+
+    @complexity O(N*log(size() + N)), where N is the number of elements to
+                insert.
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows how `update()` is used.,update}
+
+    @sa https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/stdtypes.html#dict.update
+
+    @since version 3.0.0
+    */
+    void update(const_reference j)
+    {
+        // implicitly convert null value to an empty object
+        if (is_null())
+        {
+            m_type = value_t::object;
+            m_value.object = create<object_t>();
+            assert_invariant();
+        }
+
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not is_object()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(312, "cannot use update() with " + std::string(type_name())));
+        }
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not j.is_object()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(312, "cannot use update() with " + std::string(j.type_name())));
+        }
+
+        for (auto it = j.cbegin(); it != j.cend(); ++it)
+        {
+            m_value.object->operator[](it.key()) = it.value();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief updates a JSON object from another object, overwriting existing keys
+
+    Inserts all values from from range `[first, last)` and overwrites existing
+    keys.
+
+    @param[in] first begin of the range of elements to insert
+    @param[in] last end of the range of elements to insert
+
+    @throw type_error.312 if called on JSON values other than objects; example:
+    `"cannot use update() with string"`
+    @throw invalid_iterator.202 if iterator @a first or @a last does does not
+    point to an object; example: `"iterators first and last must point to
+    objects"`
+    @throw invalid_iterator.210 if @a first and @a last do not belong to the
+    same JSON value; example: `"iterators do not fit"`
+
+    @complexity O(N*log(size() + N)), where N is the number of elements to
+                insert.
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows how `update()` is used__range.,update}
+
+    @sa https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/stdtypes.html#dict.update
+
+    @since version 3.0.0
+    */
+    void update(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
+    {
+        // implicitly convert null value to an empty object
+        if (is_null())
+        {
+            m_type = value_t::object;
+            m_value.object = create<object_t>();
+            assert_invariant();
+        }
+
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not is_object()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(312, "cannot use update() with " + std::string(type_name())));
+        }
+
+        // check if range iterators belong to the same JSON object
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(first.m_object != last.m_object))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(210, "iterators do not fit"));
+        }
+
+        // passed iterators must belong to objects
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not first.m_object->is_object()
+                          or not last.m_object->is_object()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(202, "iterators first and last must point to objects"));
+        }
+
+        for (auto it = first; it != last; ++it)
+        {
+            m_value.object->operator[](it.key()) = it.value();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
     @brief exchanges the values
 
     Exchanges the contents of the JSON value with those of @a other. Does not
@@ -5295,7 +14937,7 @@
 
     @param[in,out] other array to exchange the contents with
 
-    @throw std::domain_error when JSON value is not an array; example: `"cannot
+    @throw type_error.310 when JSON value is not an array; example: `"cannot
     use swap() with string"`
 
     @complexity Constant.
@@ -5308,13 +14950,13 @@
     void swap(array_t& other)
     {
         // swap only works for arrays
-        if (is_array())
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_array()))
         {
             std::swap(*(m_value.array), other);
         }
         else
         {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use swap() with " + type_name());
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(310, "cannot use swap() with " + std::string(type_name())));
         }
     }
 
@@ -5328,7 +14970,7 @@
 
     @param[in,out] other object to exchange the contents with
 
-    @throw std::domain_error when JSON value is not an object; example:
+    @throw type_error.310 when JSON value is not an object; example:
     `"cannot use swap() with string"`
 
     @complexity Constant.
@@ -5341,13 +14983,13 @@
     void swap(object_t& other)
     {
         // swap only works for objects
-        if (is_object())
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_object()))
         {
             std::swap(*(m_value.object), other);
         }
         else
         {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use swap() with " + type_name());
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(310, "cannot use swap() with " + std::string(type_name())));
         }
     }
 
@@ -5361,7 +15003,7 @@
 
     @param[in,out] other string to exchange the contents with
 
-    @throw std::domain_error when JSON value is not a string; example: `"cannot
+    @throw type_error.310 when JSON value is not a string; example: `"cannot
     use swap() with boolean"`
 
     @complexity Constant.
@@ -5374,19 +15016,19 @@
     void swap(string_t& other)
     {
         // swap only works for strings
-        if (is_string())
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(is_string()))
         {
             std::swap(*(m_value.string), other);
         }
         else
         {
-            throw std::domain_error("cannot use swap() with " + type_name());
+            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(310, "cannot use swap() with " + std::string(type_name())));
         }
     }
 
     /// @}
 
-
+  public:
     //////////////////////////////////////////
     // lexicographical comparison operators //
     //////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -5394,56 +15036,38 @@
     /// @name lexicographical comparison operators
     /// @{
 
-  private:
-    /*!
-    @brief comparison operator for JSON types
-
-    Returns an ordering that is similar to Python:
-    - order: null < boolean < number < object < array < string
-    - furthermore, each type is not smaller than itself
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    friend bool operator<(const value_t lhs, const value_t rhs) noexcept
-    {
-        static constexpr std::array<uint8_t, 8> order = {{
-                0, // null
-                3, // object
-                4, // array
-                5, // string
-                1, // boolean
-                2, // integer
-                2, // unsigned
-                2, // float
-            }
-        };
-
-        // discarded values are not comparable
-        if (lhs == value_t::discarded or rhs == value_t::discarded)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return order[static_cast<std::size_t>(lhs)] < order[static_cast<std::size_t>(rhs)];
-    }
-
-  public:
     /*!
     @brief comparison: equal
 
     Compares two JSON values for equality according to the following rules:
     - Two JSON values are equal if (1) they are from the same type and (2)
-      their stored values are the same.
+      their stored values are the same according to their respective
+      `operator==`.
     - Integer and floating-point numbers are automatically converted before
-      comparison. Floating-point numbers are compared indirectly: two
-      floating-point numbers `f1` and `f2` are considered equal if neither
-      `f1 > f2` nor `f2 > f1` holds.
+      comparison. Note than two NaN values are always treated as unequal.
     - Two JSON null values are equal.
 
+    @note Floating-point inside JSON values numbers are compared with
+    `json::number_float_t::operator==` which is `double::operator==` by
+    default. To compare floating-point while respecting an epsilon, an alternative
+    [comparison function](https://github.com/mariokonrad/marnav/blob/master/src/marnav/math/floatingpoint.hpp#L34-#L39)
+    could be used, for instance
+    @code {.cpp}
+    template<typename T, typename = typename std::enable_if<std::is_floating_point<T>::value, T>::type>
+    inline bool is_same(T a, T b, T epsilon = std::numeric_limits<T>::epsilon()) noexcept
+    {
+        return std::abs(a - b) <= epsilon;
+    }
+    @endcode
+
+    @note NaN values never compare equal to themselves or to other NaN values.
+
     @param[in] lhs  first JSON value to consider
     @param[in] rhs  second JSON value to consider
     @return whether the values @a lhs and @a rhs are equal
 
+    @exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
+
     @complexity Linear.
 
     @liveexample{The example demonstrates comparing several JSON
@@ -5461,66 +15085,56 @@
             switch (lhs_type)
             {
                 case value_t::array:
-                {
-                    return *lhs.m_value.array == *rhs.m_value.array;
-                }
+                    return (*lhs.m_value.array == *rhs.m_value.array);
+
                 case value_t::object:
-                {
-                    return *lhs.m_value.object == *rhs.m_value.object;
-                }
+                    return (*lhs.m_value.object == *rhs.m_value.object);
+
                 case value_t::null:
-                {
                     return true;
-                }
+
                 case value_t::string:
-                {
-                    return *lhs.m_value.string == *rhs.m_value.string;
-                }
+                    return (*lhs.m_value.string == *rhs.m_value.string);
+
                 case value_t::boolean:
-                {
-                    return lhs.m_value.boolean == rhs.m_value.boolean;
-                }
+                    return (lhs.m_value.boolean == rhs.m_value.boolean);
+
                 case value_t::number_integer:
-                {
-                    return lhs.m_value.number_integer == rhs.m_value.number_integer;
-                }
+                    return (lhs.m_value.number_integer == rhs.m_value.number_integer);
+
                 case value_t::number_unsigned:
-                {
-                    return lhs.m_value.number_unsigned == rhs.m_value.number_unsigned;
-                }
+                    return (lhs.m_value.number_unsigned == rhs.m_value.number_unsigned);
+
                 case value_t::number_float:
-                {
-                    return lhs.m_value.number_float == rhs.m_value.number_float;
-                }
+                    return (lhs.m_value.number_float == rhs.m_value.number_float);
+
                 default:
-                {
                     return false;
-                }
             }
         }
         else if (lhs_type == value_t::number_integer and rhs_type == value_t::number_float)
         {
-            return static_cast<number_float_t>(lhs.m_value.number_integer) == rhs.m_value.number_float;
+            return (static_cast<number_float_t>(lhs.m_value.number_integer) == rhs.m_value.number_float);
         }
         else if (lhs_type == value_t::number_float and rhs_type == value_t::number_integer)
         {
-            return lhs.m_value.number_float == static_cast<number_float_t>(rhs.m_value.number_integer);
+            return (lhs.m_value.number_float == static_cast<number_float_t>(rhs.m_value.number_integer));
         }
         else if (lhs_type == value_t::number_unsigned and rhs_type == value_t::number_float)
         {
-            return static_cast<number_float_t>(lhs.m_value.number_unsigned) == rhs.m_value.number_float;
+            return (static_cast<number_float_t>(lhs.m_value.number_unsigned) == rhs.m_value.number_float);
         }
         else if (lhs_type == value_t::number_float and rhs_type == value_t::number_unsigned)
         {
-            return lhs.m_value.number_float == static_cast<number_float_t>(rhs.m_value.number_unsigned);
+            return (lhs.m_value.number_float == static_cast<number_float_t>(rhs.m_value.number_unsigned));
         }
         else if (lhs_type == value_t::number_unsigned and rhs_type == value_t::number_integer)
         {
-            return static_cast<number_integer_t>(lhs.m_value.number_unsigned) == rhs.m_value.number_integer;
+            return (static_cast<number_integer_t>(lhs.m_value.number_unsigned) == rhs.m_value.number_integer);
         }
         else if (lhs_type == value_t::number_integer and rhs_type == value_t::number_unsigned)
         {
-            return lhs.m_value.number_integer == static_cast<number_integer_t>(rhs.m_value.number_unsigned);
+            return (lhs.m_value.number_integer == static_cast<number_integer_t>(rhs.m_value.number_unsigned));
         }
 
         return false;
@@ -5528,34 +15142,24 @@
 
     /*!
     @brief comparison: equal
-
-    The functions compares the given JSON value against a null pointer. As the
-    null pointer can be used to initialize a JSON value to null, a comparison
-    of JSON value @a v with a null pointer should be equivalent to call
-    `v.is_null()`.
-
-    @param[in] v  JSON value to consider
-    @return whether @a v is null
-
-    @complexity Constant.
-
-    @liveexample{The example compares several JSON types to the null pointer.
-    ,operator__equal__nullptr_t}
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    friend bool operator==(const_reference v, std::nullptr_t) noexcept
-    {
-        return v.is_null();
+    @copydoc operator==(const_reference, const_reference)
+    */
+    template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    friend bool operator==(const_reference lhs, const ScalarType rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return (lhs == basic_json(rhs));
     }
 
     /*!
     @brief comparison: equal
-    @copydoc operator==(const_reference, std::nullptr_t)
-    */
-    friend bool operator==(std::nullptr_t, const_reference v) noexcept
-    {
-        return v.is_null();
+    @copydoc operator==(const_reference, const_reference)
+    */
+    template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    friend bool operator==(const ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return (basic_json(lhs) == rhs);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -5569,6 +15173,8 @@
 
     @complexity Linear.
 
+    @exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
+
     @liveexample{The example demonstrates comparing several JSON
     types.,operator__notequal}
 
@@ -5581,34 +15187,24 @@
 
     /*!
     @brief comparison: not equal
-
-    The functions compares the given JSON value against a null pointer. As the
-    null pointer can be used to initialize a JSON value to null, a comparison
-    of JSON value @a v with a null pointer should be equivalent to call
-    `not v.is_null()`.
-
-    @param[in] v  JSON value to consider
-    @return whether @a v is not null
-
-    @complexity Constant.
-
-    @liveexample{The example compares several JSON types to the null pointer.
-    ,operator__notequal__nullptr_t}
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    friend bool operator!=(const_reference v, std::nullptr_t) noexcept
-    {
-        return not v.is_null();
+    @copydoc operator!=(const_reference, const_reference)
+    */
+    template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    friend bool operator!=(const_reference lhs, const ScalarType rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return (lhs != basic_json(rhs));
     }
 
     /*!
     @brief comparison: not equal
-    @copydoc operator!=(const_reference, std::nullptr_t)
-    */
-    friend bool operator!=(std::nullptr_t, const_reference v) noexcept
-    {
-        return not v.is_null();
+    @copydoc operator!=(const_reference, const_reference)
+    */
+    template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    friend bool operator!=(const ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return (basic_json(lhs) != rhs);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -5630,6 +15226,8 @@
 
     @complexity Linear.
 
+    @exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
+
     @liveexample{The example demonstrates comparing several JSON
     types.,operator__less}
 
@@ -5645,41 +15243,31 @@
             switch (lhs_type)
             {
                 case value_t::array:
-                {
-                    return *lhs.m_value.array < *rhs.m_value.array;
-                }
+                    return (*lhs.m_value.array) < (*rhs.m_value.array);
+
                 case value_t::object:
-                {
                     return *lhs.m_value.object < *rhs.m_value.object;
-                }
+
                 case value_t::null:
-                {
                     return false;
-                }
+
                 case value_t::string:
-                {
                     return *lhs.m_value.string < *rhs.m_value.string;
-                }
+
                 case value_t::boolean:
-                {
                     return lhs.m_value.boolean < rhs.m_value.boolean;
-                }
+
                 case value_t::number_integer:
-                {
                     return lhs.m_value.number_integer < rhs.m_value.number_integer;
-                }
+
                 case value_t::number_unsigned:
-                {
                     return lhs.m_value.number_unsigned < rhs.m_value.number_unsigned;
-                }
+
                 case value_t::number_float:
-                {
                     return lhs.m_value.number_float < rhs.m_value.number_float;
-                }
+
                 default:
-                {
                     return false;
-                }
             }
         }
         else if (lhs_type == value_t::number_integer and rhs_type == value_t::number_float)
@@ -5714,6 +15302,28 @@
     }
 
     /*!
+    @brief comparison: less than
+    @copydoc operator<(const_reference, const_reference)
+    */
+    template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    friend bool operator<(const_reference lhs, const ScalarType rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return (lhs < basic_json(rhs));
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief comparison: less than
+    @copydoc operator<(const_reference, const_reference)
+    */
+    template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    friend bool operator<(const ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return (basic_json(lhs) < rhs);
+    }
+
+    /*!
     @brief comparison: less than or equal
 
     Compares whether one JSON value @a lhs is less than or equal to another
@@ -5725,6 +15335,8 @@
 
     @complexity Linear.
 
+    @exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
+
     @liveexample{The example demonstrates comparing several JSON
     types.,operator__greater}
 
@@ -5736,6 +15348,28 @@
     }
 
     /*!
+    @brief comparison: less than or equal
+    @copydoc operator<=(const_reference, const_reference)
+    */
+    template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    friend bool operator<=(const_reference lhs, const ScalarType rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return (lhs <= basic_json(rhs));
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief comparison: less than or equal
+    @copydoc operator<=(const_reference, const_reference)
+    */
+    template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    friend bool operator<=(const ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return (basic_json(lhs) <= rhs);
+    }
+
+    /*!
     @brief comparison: greater than
 
     Compares whether one JSON value @a lhs is greater than another
@@ -5747,6 +15381,8 @@
 
     @complexity Linear.
 
+    @exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
+
     @liveexample{The example demonstrates comparing several JSON
     types.,operator__lessequal}
 
@@ -5758,6 +15394,28 @@
     }
 
     /*!
+    @brief comparison: greater than
+    @copydoc operator>(const_reference, const_reference)
+    */
+    template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    friend bool operator>(const_reference lhs, const ScalarType rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return (lhs > basic_json(rhs));
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief comparison: greater than
+    @copydoc operator>(const_reference, const_reference)
+    */
+    template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    friend bool operator>(const ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return (basic_json(lhs) > rhs);
+    }
+
+    /*!
     @brief comparison: greater than or equal
 
     Compares whether one JSON value @a lhs is greater than or equal to another
@@ -5769,6 +15427,8 @@
 
     @complexity Linear.
 
+    @exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
+
     @liveexample{The example demonstrates comparing several JSON
     types.,operator__greaterequal}
 
@@ -5779,9 +15439,30 @@
         return not (lhs < rhs);
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief comparison: greater than or equal
+    @copydoc operator>=(const_reference, const_reference)
+    */
+    template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    friend bool operator>=(const_reference lhs, const ScalarType rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return (lhs >= basic_json(rhs));
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief comparison: greater than or equal
+    @copydoc operator>=(const_reference, const_reference)
+    */
+    template<typename ScalarType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    friend bool operator>=(const ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return (basic_json(lhs) >= rhs);
+    }
+
     /// @}
 
-
     ///////////////////
     // serialization //
     ///////////////////
@@ -5793,27 +15474,32 @@
     @brief serialize to stream
 
     Serialize the given JSON value @a j to the output stream @a o. The JSON
-    value will be serialized using the @ref dump member function. The
-    indentation of the output can be controlled with the member variable
-    `width` of the output stream @a o. For instance, using the manipulator
-    `std::setw(4)` on @a o sets the indentation level to `4` and the
-    serialization result is the same as calling `dump(4)`.
-
-    @note During serializaion, the locale and the precision of the output
-    stream @a o are changed. The original values are restored when the
-    function returns.
+    value will be serialized using the @ref dump member function.
+
+    - The indentation of the output can be controlled with the member variable
+      `width` of the output stream @a o. For instance, using the manipulator
+      `std::setw(4)` on @a o sets the indentation level to `4` and the
+      serialization result is the same as calling `dump(4)`.
+
+    - The indentation character can be controlled with the member variable
+      `fill` of the output stream @a o. For instance, the manipulator
+      `std::setfill('\\t')` sets indentation to use a tab character rather than
+      the default space character.
 
     @param[in,out] o  stream to serialize to
     @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
 
     @return the stream @a o
 
+    @throw type_error.316 if a string stored inside the JSON value is not
+                          UTF-8 encoded
+
     @complexity Linear.
 
     @liveexample{The example below shows the serialization with different
     parameters to `width` to adjust the indentation level.,operator_serialize}
 
-    @since version 1.0.0
+    @since version 1.0.0; indentation character added in version 3.0.0
     */
     friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const basic_json& j)
     {
@@ -5824,29 +15510,21 @@
         // reset width to 0 for subsequent calls to this stream
         o.width(0);
 
-        // fix locale problems
-        const auto old_locale = o.imbue(std::locale(std::locale(), new DecimalSeparator));
-        // set precision
-
-        // 6, 15 or 16 digits of precision allows round-trip IEEE 754
-        // string->float->string, string->double->string or string->long
-        // double->string; to be safe, we read this value from
-        // std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::digits10
-        const auto old_precision = o.precision(std::numeric_limits<double>::digits10);
-
         // do the actual serialization
-        j.dump(o, pretty_print, static_cast<unsigned int>(indentation));
-
-        // reset locale and precision
-        o.imbue(old_locale);
-        o.precision(old_precision);
+        serializer s(detail::output_adapter<char>(o), o.fill());
+        s.dump(j, pretty_print, false, static_cast<unsigned int>(indentation));
         return o;
     }
 
     /*!
     @brief serialize to stream
-    @copydoc operator<<(std::ostream&, const basic_json&)
-    */
+    @deprecated This stream operator is deprecated and will be removed in
+                future 4.0.0 of the library. Please use
+                @ref operator<<(std::ostream&, const basic_json&)
+                instead; that is, replace calls like `j >> o;` with `o << j;`.
+    @since version 1.0.0; deprecated since version 3.0.0
+    */
+    JSON_DEPRECATED
     friend std::ostream& operator>>(const basic_json& j, std::ostream& o)
     {
         return o << j;
@@ -5863,21 +15541,47 @@
     /// @{
 
     /*!
-    @brief deserialize from an array
-
-    This function reads from an array of 1-byte values.
+    @brief deserialize from a compatible input
+
+    This function reads from a compatible input. Examples are:
+    - an array of 1-byte values
+    - strings with character/literal type with size of 1 byte
+    - input streams
+    - container with contiguous storage of 1-byte values. Compatible container
+      types include `std::vector`, `std::string`, `std::array`,
+      `std::valarray`, and `std::initializer_list`. Furthermore, C-style
+      arrays can be used with `std::begin()`/`std::end()`. User-defined
+      containers can be used as long as they implement random-access iterators
+      and a contiguous storage.
 
     @pre Each element of the container has a size of 1 byte. Violating this
     precondition yields undefined behavior. **This precondition is enforced
     with a static assertion.**
 
-    @param[in] array  array to read from
+    @pre The container storage is contiguous. Violating this precondition
+    yields undefined behavior. **This precondition is enforced with an
+    assertion.**
+    @pre Each element of the container has a size of 1 byte. Violating this
+    precondition yields undefined behavior. **This precondition is enforced
+    with a static assertion.**
+
+    @warning There is no way to enforce all preconditions at compile-time. If
+             the function is called with a noncompliant container and with
+             assertions switched off, the behavior is undefined and will most
+             likely yield segmentation violation.
+
+    @param[in] i  input to read from
     @param[in] cb  a parser callback function of type @ref parser_callback_t
     which is used to control the deserialization by filtering unwanted values
     (optional)
 
     @return result of the deserialization
 
+    @throw parse_error.101 if a parse error occurs; example: `""unexpected end
+    of input; expected string literal""`
+    @throw parse_error.102 if to_unicode fails or surrogate error
+    @throw parse_error.103 if to_unicode fails
+
     @complexity Linear in the length of the input. The parser is a predictive
     LL(1) parser. The complexity can be higher if the parser callback function
     @a cb has a super-linear complexity.
@@ -5887,90 +15591,46 @@
     @liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function reading
     from an array.,parse__array__parser_callback_t}
 
-    @since version 2.0.3
-    */
-    template<class T, std::size_t N>
-    static basic_json parse(T (&array)[N],
-                            const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr)
-    {
-        // delegate the call to the iterator-range parse overload
-        return parse(std::begin(array), std::end(array), cb);
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief deserialize from string literal
-
-    @tparam CharT character/literal type with size of 1 byte
-    @param[in] s  string literal to read a serialized JSON value from
-    @param[in] cb a parser callback function of type @ref parser_callback_t
-    which is used to control the deserialization by filtering unwanted values
-    (optional)
-
-    @return result of the deserialization
-
-    @complexity Linear in the length of the input. The parser is a predictive
-    LL(1) parser. The complexity can be higher if the parser callback function
-    @a cb has a super-linear complexity.
-
-    @note A UTF-8 byte order mark is silently ignored.
-    @note String containers like `std::string` or @ref string_t can be parsed
-          with @ref parse(const ContiguousContainer&, const parser_callback_t)
-
     @liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function with
     and without callback function.,parse__string__parser_callback_t}
 
-    @sa @ref parse(std::istream&, const parser_callback_t) for a version that
-    reads from an input stream
-
-    @since version 1.0.0 (originally for @ref string_t)
-    */
-    template<typename CharPT, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_pointer<CharPT>::value and
-                 std::is_integral<typename std::remove_pointer<CharPT>::type>::value and
-                 sizeof(typename std::remove_pointer<CharPT>::type) == 1, int>::type = 0>
-    static basic_json parse(const CharPT s,
-                            const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr)
-    {
-        return parser(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(s), cb).parse();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief deserialize from stream
-
-    @param[in,out] i  stream to read a serialized JSON value from
-    @param[in] cb a parser callback function of type @ref parser_callback_t
-    which is used to control the deserialization by filtering unwanted values
-    (optional)
-
-    @return result of the deserialization
-
-    @complexity Linear in the length of the input. The parser is a predictive
-    LL(1) parser. The complexity can be higher if the parser callback function
-    @a cb has a super-linear complexity.
-
-    @note A UTF-8 byte order mark is silently ignored.
-
     @liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function with
     and without callback function.,parse__istream__parser_callback_t}
 
-    @sa @ref parse(const char*, const parser_callback_t) for a version
-    that reads from a string
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    static basic_json parse(std::istream& i,
-                            const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr)
-    {
-        return parser(i, cb).parse();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @copydoc parse(std::istream&, const parser_callback_t)
-    */
-    static basic_json parse(std::istream&& i,
-                            const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr)
-    {
-        return parser(i, cb).parse();
+    @liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function reading
+    from a contiguous container.,parse__contiguouscontainer__parser_callback_t}
+
+    @since version 2.0.3 (contiguous containers)
+    */
+    static basic_json parse(detail::input_adapter i,
+                            const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr,
+                            const bool allow_exceptions = true)
+    {
+        basic_json result;
+        parser(i, cb, allow_exceptions).parse(true, result);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @copydoc basic_json parse(detail::input_adapter, const parser_callback_t)
+    */
+    static basic_json parse(detail::input_adapter& i,
+                            const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr,
+                            const bool allow_exceptions = true)
+    {
+        basic_json result;
+        parser(i, cb, allow_exceptions).parse(true, result);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    static bool accept(detail::input_adapter i)
+    {
+        return parser(i).accept(true);
+    }
+
+    static bool accept(detail::input_adapter& i)
+    {
+        return parser(i).accept(true);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -6000,9 +15660,15 @@
     @param[in] cb  a parser callback function of type @ref parser_callback_t
     which is used to control the deserialization by filtering unwanted values
     (optional)
+    @param[in] allow_exceptions  whether to throw exceptions in case of a
+    parse error (optional, true by default)
 
     @return result of the deserialization
 
+    @throw parse_error.101 in case of an unexpected token
+    @throw parse_error.102 if to_unicode fails or surrogate error
+    @throw parse_error.103 if to_unicode fails
+
     @complexity Linear in the length of the input. The parser is a predictive
     LL(1) parser. The complexity can be higher if the parser callback function
     @a cb has a super-linear complexity.
@@ -6019,82 +15685,35 @@
                      std::random_access_iterator_tag,
                      typename std::iterator_traits<IteratorType>::iterator_category>::value, int>::type = 0>
     static basic_json parse(IteratorType first, IteratorType last,
-                            const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr)
-    {
-        // assertion to check that the iterator range is indeed contiguous,
-        // see http://stackoverflow.com/a/35008842/266378 for more discussion
-        assert(std::accumulate(first, last, std::make_pair<bool, int>(true, 0),
-                               [&first](std::pair<bool, int> res, decltype(*first) val)
-        {
-            res.first &= (val == *(std::next(std::addressof(*first), res.second++)));
-            return res;
-        }).first);
-
-        // assertion to check that each element is 1 byte long
-        static_assert(sizeof(typename std::iterator_traits<IteratorType>::value_type) == 1,
-                      "each element in the iterator range must have the size of 1 byte");
-
-        // if iterator range is empty, create a parser with an empty string
-        // to generate "unexpected EOF" error message
-        if (std::distance(first, last) <= 0)
-        {
-            return parser("").parse();
-        }
-
-        return parser(first, last, cb).parse();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief deserialize from a container with contiguous storage
-
-    This function reads from a container with contiguous storage of 1-byte
-    values. Compatible container types include `std::vector`, `std::string`,
-    `std::array`, and `std::initializer_list`. User-defined containers can be
-    used as long as they implement random-access iterators and a contiguous
-    storage.
-
-    @pre The container storage is contiguous. Violating this precondition
-    yields undefined behavior. **This precondition is enforced with an
-    assertion.**
-    @pre Each element of the container has a size of 1 byte. Violating this
-    precondition yields undefined behavior. **This precondition is enforced
-    with a static assertion.**
-
-    @warning There is no way to enforce all preconditions at compile-time. If
-             the function is called with a noncompliant container and with
-             assertions switched off, the behavior is undefined and will most
-             likely yield segmentation violation.
-
-    @tparam ContiguousContainer container type with contiguous storage
-    @param[in] c  container to read from
-    @param[in] cb  a parser callback function of type @ref parser_callback_t
-    which is used to control the deserialization by filtering unwanted values
-    (optional)
-
-    @return result of the deserialization
-
-    @complexity Linear in the length of the input. The parser is a predictive
-    LL(1) parser. The complexity can be higher if the parser callback function
-    @a cb has a super-linear complexity.
-
-    @note A UTF-8 byte order mark is silently ignored.
-
-    @liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function reading
-    from a contiguous container.,parse__contiguouscontainer__parser_callback_t}
-
-    @since version 2.0.3
-    */
-    template<class ContiguousContainer, typename std::enable_if<
-                 not std::is_pointer<ContiguousContainer>::value and
+                            const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr,
+                            const bool allow_exceptions = true)
+    {
+        basic_json result;
+        parser(detail::input_adapter(first, last), cb, allow_exceptions).parse(true, result);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    template<class IteratorType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_base_of<
                      std::random_access_iterator_tag,
-                     typename std::iterator_traits<decltype(std::begin(std::declval<ContiguousContainer const>()))>::iterator_category>::value
-                 , int>::type = 0>
-    static basic_json parse(const ContiguousContainer& c,
-                            const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr)
-    {
-        // delegate the call to the iterator-range parse overload
-        return parse(std::begin(c), std::end(c), cb);
+                     typename std::iterator_traits<IteratorType>::iterator_category>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    static bool accept(IteratorType first, IteratorType last)
+    {
+        return parser(detail::input_adapter(first, last)).accept(true);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief deserialize from stream
+    @deprecated This stream operator is deprecated and will be removed in
+                version 4.0.0 of the library. Please use
+                @ref operator>>(std::istream&, basic_json&)
+                instead; that is, replace calls like `j << i;` with `i >> j;`.
+    @since version 1.0.0; deprecated since version 3.0.0
+    */
+    JSON_DEPRECATED
+    friend std::istream& operator<<(basic_json& j, std::istream& i)
+    {
+        return operator>>(i, j);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -6105,7 +15724,9 @@
     @param[in,out] i  input stream to read a serialized JSON value from
     @param[in,out] j  JSON value to write the deserialized input to
 
-    @throw std::invalid_argument in case of parse errors
+    @throw parse_error.101 in case of an unexpected token
+    @throw parse_error.102 if to_unicode fails or surrogate error
+    @throw parse_error.103 if to_unicode fails
 
     @complexity Linear in the length of the input. The parser is a predictive
     LL(1) parser.
@@ -6120,26 +15741,14 @@
 
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
-    friend std::istream& operator<<(basic_json& j, std::istream& i)
-    {
-        j = parser(i).parse();
-        return i;
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief deserialize from stream
-    @copydoc operator<<(basic_json&, std::istream&)
-    */
     friend std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& i, basic_json& j)
     {
-        j = parser(i).parse();
+        parser(detail::input_adapter(i)).parse(false, j);
         return i;
     }
 
     /// @}
 
-
-  private:
     ///////////////////////////
     // convenience functions //
     ///////////////////////////
@@ -6150,354 +15759,53 @@
     Returns the type name as string to be used in error messages - usually to
     indicate that a function was called on a wrong JSON type.
 
-    @return basically a string representation of a the @a m_type member
+    @return a string representation of a the @a m_type member:
+            Value type  | return value
+            ----------- | -------------
+            null        | `"null"`
+            boolean     | `"boolean"`
+            string      | `"string"`
+            number      | `"number"` (for all number types)
+            object      | `"object"`
+            array       | `"array"`
+            discarded   | `"discarded"`
+
+    @exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
 
     @complexity Constant.
 
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-  public:
-    std::string type_name() const
-    {
-        switch (m_type)
-        {
-            case value_t::null:
-                return "null";
-            case value_t::object:
-                return "object";
-            case value_t::array:
-                return "array";
-            case value_t::string:
-                return "string";
-            case value_t::boolean:
-                return "boolean";
-            case value_t::discarded:
-                return "discarded";
-            default:
-                return "number";
-        }
-    }
-
-  private:
-    /*!
-    @brief calculates the extra space to escape a JSON string
-
-    @param[in] s  the string to escape
-    @return the number of characters required to escape string @a s
-
-    @complexity Linear in the length of string @a s.
-    */
-    static std::size_t extra_space(const string_t& s) noexcept
-    {
-        return std::accumulate(s.begin(), s.end(), size_t{},
-                               [](size_t res, typename string_t::value_type c)
-        {
-            switch (c)
-            {
-                case '"':
-                case '\\':
-                case '\b':
-                case '\f':
-                case '\n':
-                case '\r':
-                case '\t':
-                {
-                    // from c (1 byte) to \x (2 bytes)
-                    return res + 1;
-                }
-
-                default:
-                {
-                    if (c >= 0x00 and c <= 0x1f)
-                    {
-                        // from c (1 byte) to \uxxxx (6 bytes)
-                        return res + 5;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        return res;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief escape a string
-
-    Escape a string by replacing certain special characters by a sequence of
-    an escape character (backslash) and another character and other control
-    characters by a sequence of "\u" followed by a four-digit hex
-    representation.
-
-    @param[in] s  the string to escape
-    @return  the escaped string
-
-    @complexity Linear in the length of string @a s.
-    */
-    static string_t escape_string(const string_t& s)
-    {
-        const auto space = extra_space(s);
-        if (space == 0)
-        {
-            return s;
-        }
-
-        // create a result string of necessary size
-        string_t result(s.size() + space, '\\');
-        std::size_t pos = 0;
-
-        for (const auto& c : s)
-        {
-            switch (c)
-            {
-                // quotation mark (0x22)
-                case '"':
-                {
-                    result[pos + 1] = '"';
-                    pos += 2;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                // reverse solidus (0x5c)
-                case '\\':
-                {
-                    // nothing to change
-                    pos += 2;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                // backspace (0x08)
-                case '\b':
-                {
-                    result[pos + 1] = 'b';
-                    pos += 2;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                // formfeed (0x0c)
-                case '\f':
-                {
-                    result[pos + 1] = 'f';
-                    pos += 2;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                // newline (0x0a)
-                case '\n':
-                {
-                    result[pos + 1] = 'n';
-                    pos += 2;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                // carriage return (0x0d)
-                case '\r':
-                {
-                    result[pos + 1] = 'r';
-                    pos += 2;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                // horizontal tab (0x09)
-                case '\t':
-                {
-                    result[pos + 1] = 't';
-                    pos += 2;
-                    break;
-                }
-
+    @liveexample{The following code exemplifies `type_name()` for all JSON
+    types.,type_name}
+
+    @sa @ref type() -- return the type of the JSON value
+    @sa @ref operator value_t() -- return the type of the JSON value (implicit)
+
+    @since version 1.0.0, public since 2.1.0, `const char*` and `noexcept`
+    since 3.0.0
+    */
+    const char* type_name() const noexcept
+    {
+        {
+            switch (m_type)
+            {
+                case value_t::null:
+                    return "null";
+                case value_t::object:
+                    return "object";
+                case value_t::array:
+                    return "array";
+                case value_t::string:
+                    return "string";
+                case value_t::boolean:
+                    return "boolean";
+                case value_t::discarded:
+                    return "discarded";
                 default:
-                {
-                    if (c >= 0x00 and c <= 0x1f)
-                    {
-                        // convert a number 0..15 to its hex representation
-                        // (0..f)
-                        static const char hexify[16] =
-                        {
-                            '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7',
-                            '8', '9', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'
-                        };
-
-                        // print character c as \uxxxx
-                        for (const char m :
-                    { 'u', '0', '0', hexify[c >> 4], hexify[c & 0x0f]
-                        })
-                        {
-                            result[++pos] = m;
-                        }
-
-                        ++pos;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        // all other characters are added as-is
-                        result[pos++] = c;
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief internal implementation of the serialization function
-
-    This function is called by the public member function dump and organizes
-    the serialization internally. The indentation level is propagated as
-    additional parameter. In case of arrays and objects, the function is
-    called recursively. Note that
-
-    - strings and object keys are escaped using `escape_string()`
-    - integer numbers are converted implicitly via `operator<<`
-    - floating-point numbers are converted to a string using `"%g"` format
-
-    @param[out] o              stream to write to
-    @param[in] pretty_print    whether the output shall be pretty-printed
-    @param[in] indent_step     the indent level
-    @param[in] current_indent  the current indent level (only used internally)
-    */
-    void dump(std::ostream& o,
-              const bool pretty_print,
-              const unsigned int indent_step,
-              const unsigned int current_indent = 0) const
-    {
-        // variable to hold indentation for recursive calls
-        unsigned int new_indent = current_indent;
-
-        switch (m_type)
-        {
-            case value_t::object:
-            {
-                if (m_value.object->empty())
-                {
-                    o << "{}";
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                o << "{";
-
-                // increase indentation
-                if (pretty_print)
-                {
-                    new_indent += indent_step;
-                    o << "\n";
-                }
-
-                for (auto i = m_value.object->cbegin(); i != m_value.object->cend(); ++i)
-                {
-                    if (i != m_value.object->cbegin())
-                    {
-                        o << (pretty_print ? ",\n" : ",");
-                    }
-                    o << string_t(new_indent, ' ') << "\""
-                      << escape_string(i->first) << "\":"
-                      << (pretty_print ? " " : "");
-                    i->second.dump(o, pretty_print, indent_step, new_indent);
-                }
-
-                // decrease indentation
-                if (pretty_print)
-                {
-                    new_indent -= indent_step;
-                    o << "\n";
-                }
-
-                o << string_t(new_indent, ' ') + "}";
-                return;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::array:
-            {
-                if (m_value.array->empty())
-                {
-                    o << "[]";
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                o << "[";
-
-                // increase indentation
-                if (pretty_print)
-                {
-                    new_indent += indent_step;
-                    o << "\n";
-                }
-
-                for (auto i = m_value.array->cbegin(); i != m_value.array->cend(); ++i)
-                {
-                    if (i != m_value.array->cbegin())
-                    {
-                        o << (pretty_print ? ",\n" : ",");
-                    }
-                    o << string_t(new_indent, ' ');
-                    i->dump(o, pretty_print, indent_step, new_indent);
-                }
-
-                // decrease indentation
-                if (pretty_print)
-                {
-                    new_indent -= indent_step;
-                    o << "\n";
-                }
-
-                o << string_t(new_indent, ' ') << "]";
-                return;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::string:
-            {
-                o << string_t("\"") << escape_string(*m_value.string) << "\"";
-                return;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::boolean:
-            {
-                o << (m_value.boolean ? "true" : "false");
-                return;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::number_integer:
-            {
-                o << m_value.number_integer;
-                return;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::number_unsigned:
-            {
-                o << m_value.number_unsigned;
-                return;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::number_float:
-            {
-                if (m_value.number_float == 0)
-                {
-                    // special case for zero to get "0.0"/"-0.0"
-                    o << (std::signbit(m_value.number_float) ? "-0.0" : "0.0");
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    o << m_value.number_float;
-                }
-                return;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::discarded:
-            {
-                o << "<discarded>";
-                return;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::null:
-            {
-                o << "null";
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-    }
+                    return "number";
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
 
   private:
     //////////////////////
@@ -6510,3333 +15818,582 @@
     /// the value of the current element
     json_value m_value = {};
 
-
-  private:
-    ///////////////
-    // iterators //
-    ///////////////
-
-    /*!
-    @brief an iterator for primitive JSON types
-
-    This class models an iterator for primitive JSON types (boolean, number,
-    string). It's only purpose is to allow the iterator/const_iterator classes
-    to "iterate" over primitive values. Internally, the iterator is modeled by
-    a `difference_type` variable. Value begin_value (`0`) models the begin,
-    end_value (`1`) models past the end.
-    */
-    class primitive_iterator_t
-    {
-      public:
-        /// set iterator to a defined beginning
-        void set_begin() noexcept
-        {
-            m_it = begin_value;
-        }
-
-        /// set iterator to a defined past the end
-        void set_end() noexcept
-        {
-            m_it = end_value;
-        }
-
-        /// return whether the iterator can be dereferenced
-        constexpr bool is_begin() const noexcept
-        {
-            return (m_it == begin_value);
-        }
-
-        /// return whether the iterator is at end
-        constexpr bool is_end() const noexcept
-        {
-            return (m_it == end_value);
-        }
-
-        /// return reference to the value to change and compare
-        operator difference_type& () noexcept
-        {
-            return m_it;
-        }
-
-        /// return value to compare
-        constexpr operator difference_type () const noexcept
-        {
-            return m_it;
-        }
-
-      private:
-        static constexpr difference_type begin_value = 0;
-        static constexpr difference_type end_value = begin_value + 1;
-
-        /// iterator as signed integer type
-        difference_type m_it = std::numeric_limits<std::ptrdiff_t>::denorm_min();
-    };
-
-    /*!
-    @brief an iterator value
-
-    @note This structure could easily be a union, but MSVC currently does not
-    allow unions members with complex constructors, see
-    https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/105.
-    */
-    struct internal_iterator
-    {
-        /// iterator for JSON objects
-        typename object_t::iterator object_iterator;
-        /// iterator for JSON arrays
-        typename array_t::iterator array_iterator;
-        /// generic iterator for all other types
-        primitive_iterator_t primitive_iterator;
-
-        /// create an uninitialized internal_iterator
-        internal_iterator() noexcept
-            : object_iterator(), array_iterator(), primitive_iterator()
-        {}
-    };
-
-    /// proxy class for the iterator_wrapper functions
-    template<typename IteratorType>
-    class iteration_proxy
-    {
-      private:
-        /// helper class for iteration
-        class iteration_proxy_internal
-        {
-          private:
-            /// the iterator
-            IteratorType anchor;
-            /// an index for arrays (used to create key names)
-            size_t array_index = 0;
-
-          public:
-            explicit iteration_proxy_internal(IteratorType it) noexcept
-                : anchor(it)
-            {}
-
-            /// dereference operator (needed for range-based for)
-            iteration_proxy_internal& operator*()
-            {
-                return *this;
-            }
-
-            /// increment operator (needed for range-based for)
-            iteration_proxy_internal& operator++()
-            {
-                ++anchor;
-                ++array_index;
-
-                return *this;
-            }
-
-            /// inequality operator (needed for range-based for)
-            bool operator!= (const iteration_proxy_internal& o) const
-            {
-                return anchor != o.anchor;
-            }
-
-            /// return key of the iterator
-            typename basic_json::string_t key() const
-            {
-                assert(anchor.m_object != nullptr);
-
-                switch (anchor.m_object->type())
-                {
-                    // use integer array index as key
-                    case value_t::array:
-                    {
-                        return std::to_string(array_index);
-                    }
-
-                    // use key from the object
-                    case value_t::object:
-                    {
-                        return anchor.key();
-                    }
-
-                    // use an empty key for all primitive types
-                    default:
-                    {
-                        return "";
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            /// return value of the iterator
-            typename IteratorType::reference value() const
-            {
-                return anchor.value();
-            }
-        };
-
-        /// the container to iterate
-        typename IteratorType::reference container;
-
-      public:
-        /// construct iteration proxy from a container
-        explicit iteration_proxy(typename IteratorType::reference cont)
-            : container(cont)
-        {}
-
-        /// return iterator begin (needed for range-based for)
-        iteration_proxy_internal begin() noexcept
-        {
-            return iteration_proxy_internal(container.begin());
-        }
-
-        /// return iterator end (needed for range-based for)
-        iteration_proxy_internal end() noexcept
-        {
-            return iteration_proxy_internal(container.end());
-        }
-    };
+    //////////////////////////////////////////
+    // binary serialization/deserialization //
+    //////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    /// @name binary serialization/deserialization support
+    /// @{
 
   public:
     /*!
-    @brief a const random access iterator for the @ref basic_json class
-
-    This class implements a const iterator for the @ref basic_json class. From
-    this class, the @ref iterator class is derived.
-
-    @note An iterator is called *initialized* when a pointer to a JSON value
-          has been set (e.g., by a constructor or a copy assignment). If the
-          iterator is default-constructed, it is *uninitialized* and most
-          methods are undefined. **The library uses assertions to detect calls
-          on uninitialized iterators.**
-
-    @requirement The class satisfies the following concept requirements:
-    - [RandomAccessIterator](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/RandomAccessIterator):
-      The iterator that can be moved to point (forward and backward) to any
-      element in constant time.
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    class const_iterator : public std::iterator<std::random_access_iterator_tag, const basic_json>
-    {
-        /// allow basic_json to access private members
-        friend class basic_json;
-
-      public:
-        /// the type of the values when the iterator is dereferenced
-        using value_type = typename basic_json::value_type;
-        /// a type to represent differences between iterators
-        using difference_type = typename basic_json::difference_type;
-        /// defines a pointer to the type iterated over (value_type)
-        using pointer = typename basic_json::const_pointer;
-        /// defines a reference to the type iterated over (value_type)
-        using reference = typename basic_json::const_reference;
-        /// the category of the iterator
-        using iterator_category = std::bidirectional_iterator_tag;
-
-        /// default constructor
-        const_iterator() = default;
-
-        /*!
-        @brief constructor for a given JSON instance
-        @param[in] object  pointer to a JSON object for this iterator
-        @pre object != nullptr
-        @post The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        explicit const_iterator(pointer object) noexcept
-            : m_object(object)
-        {
-            assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-            switch (m_object->m_type)
-            {
-                case basic_json::value_t::object:
-                {
-                    m_it.object_iterator = typename object_t::iterator();
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case basic_json::value_t::array:
-                {
-                    m_it.array_iterator = typename array_t::iterator();
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                default:
-                {
-                    m_it.primitive_iterator = primitive_iterator_t();
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief copy constructor given a non-const iterator
-        @param[in] other  iterator to copy from
-        @note It is not checked whether @a other is initialized.
-        */
-        explicit const_iterator(const iterator& other) noexcept
-            : m_object(other.m_object)
-        {
-            if (m_object != nullptr)
-            {
-                switch (m_object->m_type)
-                {
-                    case basic_json::value_t::object:
-                    {
-                        m_it.object_iterator = other.m_it.object_iterator;
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    case basic_json::value_t::array:
-                    {
-                        m_it.array_iterator = other.m_it.array_iterator;
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    default:
-                    {
-                        m_it.primitive_iterator = other.m_it.primitive_iterator;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief copy constructor
-        @param[in] other  iterator to copy from
-        @note It is not checked whether @a other is initialized.
-        */
-        const_iterator(const const_iterator& other) noexcept
-            : m_object(other.m_object), m_it(other.m_it)
-        {}
-
-        /*!
-        @brief copy assignment
-        @param[in,out] other  iterator to copy from
-        @note It is not checked whether @a other is initialized.
-        */
-        const_iterator& operator=(const_iterator other) noexcept(
-            std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<pointer>::value and
-            std::is_nothrow_move_assignable<pointer>::value and
-            std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<internal_iterator>::value and
-            std::is_nothrow_move_assignable<internal_iterator>::value
-        )
-        {
-            std::swap(m_object, other.m_object);
-            std::swap(m_it, other.m_it);
-            return *this;
-        }
-
-      private:
-        /*!
-        @brief set the iterator to the first value
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        void set_begin() noexcept
-        {
-            assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-            switch (m_object->m_type)
-            {
-                case basic_json::value_t::object:
-                {
-                    m_it.object_iterator = m_object->m_value.object->begin();
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case basic_json::value_t::array:
-                {
-                    m_it.array_iterator = m_object->m_value.array->begin();
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case basic_json::value_t::null:
-                {
-                    // set to end so begin()==end() is true: null is empty
-                    m_it.primitive_iterator.set_end();
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                default:
-                {
-                    m_it.primitive_iterator.set_begin();
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief set the iterator past the last value
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        void set_end() noexcept
-        {
-            assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-            switch (m_object->m_type)
-            {
-                case basic_json::value_t::object:
-                {
-                    m_it.object_iterator = m_object->m_value.object->end();
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case basic_json::value_t::array:
-                {
-                    m_it.array_iterator = m_object->m_value.array->end();
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                default:
-                {
-                    m_it.primitive_iterator.set_end();
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-      public:
-        /*!
-        @brief return a reference to the value pointed to by the iterator
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        reference operator*() const
-        {
-            assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-            switch (m_object->m_type)
-            {
-                case basic_json::value_t::object:
-                {
-                    assert(m_it.object_iterator != m_object->m_value.object->end());
-                    return m_it.object_iterator->second;
-                }
-
-                case basic_json::value_t::array:
-                {
-                    assert(m_it.array_iterator != m_object->m_value.array->end());
-                    return *m_it.array_iterator;
-                }
-
-                case basic_json::value_t::null:
-                {
-                    throw std::out_of_range("cannot get value");
-                }
-
-                default:
-                {
-                    if (m_it.primitive_iterator.is_begin())
-                    {
-                        return *m_object;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        throw std::out_of_range("cannot get value");
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief dereference the iterator
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        pointer operator->() const
-        {
-            assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-            switch (m_object->m_type)
-            {
-                case basic_json::value_t::object:
-                {
-                    assert(m_it.object_iterator != m_object->m_value.object->end());
-                    return &(m_it.object_iterator->second);
-                }
-
-                case basic_json::value_t::array:
-                {
-                    assert(m_it.array_iterator != m_object->m_value.array->end());
-                    return &*m_it.array_iterator;
-                }
-
-                default:
-                {
-                    if (m_it.primitive_iterator.is_begin())
-                    {
-                        return m_object;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        throw std::out_of_range("cannot get value");
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief post-increment (it++)
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        const_iterator operator++(int)
-        {
-            auto result = *this;
-            ++(*this);
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief pre-increment (++it)
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        const_iterator& operator++()
-        {
-            assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-            switch (m_object->m_type)
-            {
-                case basic_json::value_t::object:
-                {
-                    std::advance(m_it.object_iterator, 1);
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case basic_json::value_t::array:
-                {
-                    std::advance(m_it.array_iterator, 1);
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                default:
-                {
-                    ++m_it.primitive_iterator;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-
-            return *this;
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief post-decrement (it--)
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        const_iterator operator--(int)
-        {
-            auto result = *this;
-            --(*this);
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief pre-decrement (--it)
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        const_iterator& operator--()
-        {
-            assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-            switch (m_object->m_type)
-            {
-                case basic_json::value_t::object:
-                {
-                    std::advance(m_it.object_iterator, -1);
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case basic_json::value_t::array:
-                {
-                    std::advance(m_it.array_iterator, -1);
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                default:
-                {
-                    --m_it.primitive_iterator;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-
-            return *this;
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief  comparison: equal
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        bool operator==(const const_iterator& other) const
-        {
-            // if objects are not the same, the comparison is undefined
-            if (m_object != other.m_object)
-            {
-                throw std::domain_error("cannot compare iterators of different containers");
-            }
-
-            assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-            switch (m_object->m_type)
-            {
-                case basic_json::value_t::object:
-                {
-                    return (m_it.object_iterator == other.m_it.object_iterator);
-                }
-
-                case basic_json::value_t::array:
-                {
-                    return (m_it.array_iterator == other.m_it.array_iterator);
-                }
-
-                default:
-                {
-                    return (m_it.primitive_iterator == other.m_it.primitive_iterator);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief  comparison: not equal
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        bool operator!=(const const_iterator& other) const
-        {
-            return not operator==(other);
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief  comparison: smaller
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        bool operator<(const const_iterator& other) const
-        {
-            // if objects are not the same, the comparison is undefined
-            if (m_object != other.m_object)
-            {
-                throw std::domain_error("cannot compare iterators of different containers");
-            }
-
-            assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-            switch (m_object->m_type)
-            {
-                case basic_json::value_t::object:
-                {
-                    throw std::domain_error("cannot compare order of object iterators");
-                }
-
-                case basic_json::value_t::array:
-                {
-                    return (m_it.array_iterator < other.m_it.array_iterator);
-                }
-
-                default:
-                {
-                    return (m_it.primitive_iterator < other.m_it.primitive_iterator);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief  comparison: less than or equal
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        bool operator<=(const const_iterator& other) const
-        {
-            return not other.operator < (*this);
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief  comparison: greater than
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        bool operator>(const const_iterator& other) const
-        {
-            return not operator<=(other);
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief  comparison: greater than or equal
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        bool operator>=(const const_iterator& other) const
-        {
-            return not operator<(other);
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief  add to iterator
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        const_iterator& operator+=(difference_type i)
-        {
-            assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-            switch (m_object->m_type)
-            {
-                case basic_json::value_t::object:
-                {
-                    throw std::domain_error("cannot use offsets with object iterators");
-                }
-
-                case basic_json::value_t::array:
-                {
-                    std::advance(m_it.array_iterator, i);
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                default:
-                {
-                    m_it.primitive_iterator += i;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-
-            return *this;
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief  subtract from iterator
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        const_iterator& operator-=(difference_type i)
-        {
-            return operator+=(-i);
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief  add to iterator
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        const_iterator operator+(difference_type i)
-        {
-            auto result = *this;
-            result += i;
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief  subtract from iterator
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        const_iterator operator-(difference_type i)
-        {
-            auto result = *this;
-            result -= i;
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief  return difference
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        difference_type operator-(const const_iterator& other) const
-        {
-            assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-            switch (m_object->m_type)
-            {
-                case basic_json::value_t::object:
-                {
-                    throw std::domain_error("cannot use offsets with object iterators");
-                }
-
-                case basic_json::value_t::array:
-                {
-                    return m_it.array_iterator - other.m_it.array_iterator;
-                }
-
-                default:
-                {
-                    return m_it.primitive_iterator - other.m_it.primitive_iterator;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief  access to successor
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        reference operator[](difference_type n) const
-        {
-            assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-            switch (m_object->m_type)
-            {
-                case basic_json::value_t::object:
-                {
-                    throw std::domain_error("cannot use operator[] for object iterators");
-                }
-
-                case basic_json::value_t::array:
-                {
-                    return *std::next(m_it.array_iterator, n);
-                }
-
-                case basic_json::value_t::null:
-                {
-                    throw std::out_of_range("cannot get value");
-                }
-
-                default:
-                {
-                    if (m_it.primitive_iterator == -n)
-                    {
-                        return *m_object;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        throw std::out_of_range("cannot get value");
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief  return the key of an object iterator
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        typename object_t::key_type key() const
-        {
-            assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-            if (m_object->is_object())
-            {
-                return m_it.object_iterator->first;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                throw std::domain_error("cannot use key() for non-object iterators");
-            }
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief  return the value of an iterator
-        @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-        */
-        reference value() const
-        {
-            return operator*();
-        }
-
-      private:
-        /// associated JSON instance
-        pointer m_object = nullptr;
-        /// the actual iterator of the associated instance
-        internal_iterator m_it = internal_iterator();
-    };
-
-    /*!
-    @brief a mutable random access iterator for the @ref basic_json class
-
-    @requirement The class satisfies the following concept requirements:
-    - [RandomAccessIterator](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/RandomAccessIterator):
-      The iterator that can be moved to point (forward and backward) to any
-      element in constant time.
-    - [OutputIterator](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/OutputIterator):
-      It is possible to write to the pointed-to element.
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    class iterator : public const_iterator
-    {
-      public:
-        using base_iterator = const_iterator;
-        using pointer = typename basic_json::pointer;
-        using reference = typename basic_json::reference;
-
-        /// default constructor
-        iterator() = default;
-
-        /// constructor for a given JSON instance
-        explicit iterator(pointer object) noexcept
-            : base_iterator(object)
-        {}
-
-        /// copy constructor
-        iterator(const iterator& other) noexcept
-            : base_iterator(other)
-        {}
-
-        /// copy assignment
-        iterator& operator=(iterator other) noexcept(
-            std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<pointer>::value and
-            std::is_nothrow_move_assignable<pointer>::value and
-            std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<internal_iterator>::value and
-            std::is_nothrow_move_assignable<internal_iterator>::value
-        )
-        {
-            base_iterator::operator=(other);
-            return *this;
-        }
-
-        /// return a reference to the value pointed to by the iterator
-        reference operator*() const
-        {
-            return const_cast<reference>(base_iterator::operator*());
-        }
-
-        /// dereference the iterator
-        pointer operator->() const
-        {
-            return const_cast<pointer>(base_iterator::operator->());
-        }
-
-        /// post-increment (it++)
-        iterator operator++(int)
-        {
-            iterator result = *this;
-            base_iterator::operator++();
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /// pre-increment (++it)
-        iterator& operator++()
-        {
-            base_iterator::operator++();
-            return *this;
-        }
-
-        /// post-decrement (it--)
-        iterator operator--(int)
-        {
-            iterator result = *this;
-            base_iterator::operator--();
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /// pre-decrement (--it)
-        iterator& operator--()
-        {
-            base_iterator::operator--();
-            return *this;
-        }
-
-        /// add to iterator
-        iterator& operator+=(difference_type i)
-        {
-            base_iterator::operator+=(i);
-            return *this;
-        }
-
-        /// subtract from iterator
-        iterator& operator-=(difference_type i)
-        {
-            base_iterator::operator-=(i);
-            return *this;
-        }
-
-        /// add to iterator
-        iterator operator+(difference_type i)
-        {
-            auto result = *this;
-            result += i;
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /// subtract from iterator
-        iterator operator-(difference_type i)
-        {
-            auto result = *this;
-            result -= i;
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /// return difference
-        difference_type operator-(const iterator& other) const
-        {
-            return base_iterator::operator-(other);
-        }
-
-        /// access to successor
-        reference operator[](difference_type n) const
-        {
-            return const_cast<reference>(base_iterator::operator[](n));
-        }
-
-        /// return the value of an iterator
-        reference value() const
-        {
-            return const_cast<reference>(base_iterator::value());
-        }
-    };
-
-    /*!
-    @brief a template for a reverse iterator class
-
-    @tparam Base the base iterator type to reverse. Valid types are @ref
-    iterator (to create @ref reverse_iterator) and @ref const_iterator (to
-    create @ref const_reverse_iterator).
-
-    @requirement The class satisfies the following concept requirements:
-    - [RandomAccessIterator](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/RandomAccessIterator):
-      The iterator that can be moved to point (forward and backward) to any
-      element in constant time.
-    - [OutputIterator](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/OutputIterator):
-      It is possible to write to the pointed-to element (only if @a Base is
-      @ref iterator).
-
-    @since version 1.0.0
-    */
-    template<typename Base>
-    class json_reverse_iterator : public std::reverse_iterator<Base>
-    {
-      public:
-        /// shortcut to the reverse iterator adaptor
-        using base_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<Base>;
-        /// the reference type for the pointed-to element
-        using reference = typename Base::reference;
-
-        /// create reverse iterator from iterator
-        json_reverse_iterator(const typename base_iterator::iterator_type& it) noexcept
-            : base_iterator(it)
-        {}
-
-        /// create reverse iterator from base class
-        json_reverse_iterator(const base_iterator& it) noexcept
-            : base_iterator(it)
-        {}
-
-        /// post-increment (it++)
-        json_reverse_iterator operator++(int)
-        {
-            return base_iterator::operator++(1);
-        }
-
-        /// pre-increment (++it)
-        json_reverse_iterator& operator++()
-        {
-            base_iterator::operator++();
-            return *this;
-        }
-
-        /// post-decrement (it--)
-        json_reverse_iterator operator--(int)
-        {
-            return base_iterator::operator--(1);
-        }
-
-        /// pre-decrement (--it)
-        json_reverse_iterator& operator--()
-        {
-            base_iterator::operator--();
-            return *this;
-        }
-
-        /// add to iterator
-        json_reverse_iterator& operator+=(difference_type i)
-        {
-            base_iterator::operator+=(i);
-            return *this;
-        }
-
-        /// add to iterator
-        json_reverse_iterator operator+(difference_type i) const
-        {
-            auto result = *this;
-            result += i;
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /// subtract from iterator
-        json_reverse_iterator operator-(difference_type i) const
-        {
-            auto result = *this;
-            result -= i;
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /// return difference
-        difference_type operator-(const json_reverse_iterator& other) const
-        {
-            return this->base() - other.base();
-        }
-
-        /// access to successor
-        reference operator[](difference_type n) const
-        {
-            return *(this->operator+(n));
-        }
-
-        /// return the key of an object iterator
-        typename object_t::key_type key() const
-        {
-            auto it = --this->base();
-            return it.key();
-        }
-
-        /// return the value of an iterator
-        reference value() const
-        {
-            auto it = --this->base();
-            return it.operator * ();
-        }
-    };
-
-
-  private:
-    //////////////////////
-    // lexer and parser //
-    //////////////////////
-
-    /*!
-    @brief lexical analysis
-
-    This class organizes the lexical analysis during JSON deserialization. The
-    core of it is a scanner generated by [re2c](http://re2c.org) that
-    processes a buffer and recognizes tokens according to RFC 7159.
-    */
-    class lexer
-    {
-      public:
-        /// token types for the parser
-        enum class token_type
-        {
-            uninitialized,   ///< indicating the scanner is uninitialized
-            literal_true,    ///< the `true` literal
-            literal_false,   ///< the `false` literal
-            literal_null,    ///< the `null` literal
-            value_string,    ///< a string -- use get_string() for actual value
-            value_number,    ///< a number -- use get_number() for actual value
-            begin_array,     ///< the character for array begin `[`
-            begin_object,    ///< the character for object begin `{`
-            end_array,       ///< the character for array end `]`
-            end_object,      ///< the character for object end `}`
-            name_separator,  ///< the name separator `:`
-            value_separator, ///< the value separator `,`
-            parse_error,     ///< indicating a parse error
-            end_of_input     ///< indicating the end of the input buffer
-        };
-
-        /// the char type to use in the lexer
-        using lexer_char_t = unsigned char;
-
-        /// a lexer from a buffer with given length
-        lexer(const lexer_char_t* buff, const size_t len) noexcept
-            : m_content(buff)
-        {
-            assert(m_content != nullptr);
-            m_start = m_cursor = m_content;
-            m_limit = m_content + len;
-        }
-
-        /// a lexer from an input stream
-        explicit lexer(std::istream& s)
-            : m_stream(&s), m_line_buffer()
-        {
-            // fill buffer
-            fill_line_buffer();
-        }
-
-        // switch off unwanted functions (due to pointer members)
-        lexer() = delete;
-        lexer(const lexer&) = delete;
-        lexer operator=(const lexer&) = delete;
-
-        /*!
-        @brief create a string from one or two Unicode code points
-
-        There are two cases: (1) @a codepoint1 is in the Basic Multilingual
-        Plane (U+0000 through U+FFFF) and @a codepoint2 is 0, or (2)
-        @a codepoint1 and @a codepoint2 are a UTF-16 surrogate pair to
-        represent a code point above U+FFFF.
-
-        @param[in] codepoint1  the code point (can be high surrogate)
-        @param[in] codepoint2  the code point (can be low surrogate or 0)
-
-        @return string representation of the code point; the length of the
-        result string is between 1 and 4 characters.
-
-        @throw std::out_of_range if code point is > 0x10ffff; example: `"code
-        points above 0x10FFFF are invalid"`
-        @throw std::invalid_argument if the low surrogate is invalid; example:
-        `""missing or wrong low surrogate""`
-
-        @complexity Constant.
-
-        @see <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8#Sample_code>
-        */
-        static string_t to_unicode(const std::size_t codepoint1,
-                                   const std::size_t codepoint2 = 0)
-        {
-            // calculate the code point from the given code points
-            std::size_t codepoint = codepoint1;
-
-            // check if codepoint1 is a high surrogate
-            if (codepoint1 >= 0xD800 and codepoint1 <= 0xDBFF)
-            {
-                // check if codepoint2 is a low surrogate
-                if (codepoint2 >= 0xDC00 and codepoint2 <= 0xDFFF)
-                {
-                    codepoint =
-                        // high surrogate occupies the most significant 22 bits
-                        (codepoint1 << 10)
-                        // low surrogate occupies the least significant 15 bits
-                        + codepoint2
-                        // there is still the 0xD800, 0xDC00 and 0x10000 noise
-                        // in the result so we have to subtract with:
-                        // (0xD800 << 10) + DC00 - 0x10000 = 0x35FDC00
-                        - 0x35FDC00;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    throw std::invalid_argument("missing or wrong low surrogate");
-                }
-            }
-
-            string_t result;
-
-            if (codepoint < 0x80)
-            {
-                // 1-byte characters: 0xxxxxxx (ASCII)
-                result.append(1, static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(codepoint));
-            }
-            else if (codepoint <= 0x7ff)
-            {
-                // 2-byte characters: 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx
-                result.append(1, static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(0xC0 | ((codepoint >> 6) & 0x1F)));
-                result.append(1, static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3F)));
-            }
-            else if (codepoint <= 0xffff)
-            {
-                // 3-byte characters: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
-                result.append(1, static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(0xE0 | ((codepoint >> 12) & 0x0F)));
-                result.append(1, static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(0x80 | ((codepoint >> 6) & 0x3F)));
-                result.append(1, static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3F)));
-            }
-            else if (codepoint <= 0x10ffff)
-            {
-                // 4-byte characters: 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
-                result.append(1, static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(0xF0 | ((codepoint >> 18) & 0x07)));
-                result.append(1, static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(0x80 | ((codepoint >> 12) & 0x3F)));
-                result.append(1, static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(0x80 | ((codepoint >> 6) & 0x3F)));
-                result.append(1, static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3F)));
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                throw std::out_of_range("code points above 0x10FFFF are invalid");
-            }
-
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /// return name of values of type token_type (only used for errors)
-        static std::string token_type_name(const token_type t)
-        {
-            switch (t)
-            {
-                case token_type::uninitialized:
-                    return "<uninitialized>";
-                case token_type::literal_true:
-                    return "true literal";
-                case token_type::literal_false:
-                    return "false literal";
-                case token_type::literal_null:
-                    return "null literal";
-                case token_type::value_string:
-                    return "string literal";
-                case token_type::value_number:
-                    return "number literal";
-                case token_type::begin_array:
-                    return "'['";
-                case token_type::begin_object:
-                    return "'{'";
-                case token_type::end_array:
-                    return "']'";
-                case token_type::end_object:
-                    return "'}'";
-                case token_type::name_separator:
-                    return "':'";
-                case token_type::value_separator:
-                    return "','";
-                case token_type::parse_error:
-                    return "<parse error>";
-                case token_type::end_of_input:
-                    return "end of input";
-                default:
-                {
-                    // catch non-enum values
-                    return "unknown token"; // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        This function implements a scanner for JSON. It is specified using
-        regular expressions that try to follow RFC 7159 as close as possible.
-        These regular expressions are then translated into a minimized
-        deterministic finite automaton (DFA) by the tool
-        [re2c](http://re2c.org). As a result, the translated code for this
-        function consists of a large block of code with `goto` jumps.
-
-        @return the class of the next token read from the buffer
-
-        @complexity Linear in the length of the input.\n
-
-        Proposition: The loop below will always terminate for finite input.\n
-
-        Proof (by contradiction): Assume a finite input. To loop forever, the
-        loop must never hit code with a `break` statement. The only code
-        snippets without a `break` statement are the continue statements for
-        whitespace and byte-order-marks. To loop forever, the input must be an
-        infinite sequence of whitespace or byte-order-marks. This contradicts
-        the assumption of finite input, q.e.d.
-        */
-        token_type scan()
-        {
-            while (true)
-            {
-                // pointer for backtracking information
-                m_marker = nullptr;
-
-                // remember the begin of the token
-                m_start = m_cursor;
-                assert(m_start != nullptr);
-
-
-                {
-                    lexer_char_t yych;
-                    unsigned int yyaccept = 0;
-                    static const unsigned char yybm[] =
-                    {
-                        0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,
-                        0,  32,  32,   0,   0,  32,   0,   0,
-                        0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,
-                        0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,
-                        160, 128,   0, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        192, 192, 192, 192, 192, 192, 192, 192,
-                        192, 192, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128,   0, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                        128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128,
-                    };
-                    if ((m_limit - m_cursor) < 5)
-                    {
-                        fill_line_buffer();
-                    }
-                    yych = *m_cursor;
-                    if (yybm[0 + yych] & 32)
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_6;
-                    }
-                    if (yych <= '\\')
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= '-')
-                        {
-                            if (yych <= '"')
-                            {
-                                if (yych <= 0x00)
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_2;
-                                }
-                                if (yych <= '!')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_4;
-                                }
-                                goto basic_json_parser_9;
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                if (yych <= '+')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_4;
-                                }
-                                if (yych <= ',')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_10;
-                                }
-                                goto basic_json_parser_12;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            if (yych <= '9')
-                            {
-                                if (yych <= '/')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_4;
-                                }
-                                if (yych <= '0')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_13;
-                                }
-                                goto basic_json_parser_15;
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                if (yych <= ':')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_17;
-                                }
-                                if (yych == '[')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_19;
-                                }
-                                goto basic_json_parser_4;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= 't')
-                        {
-                            if (yych <= 'f')
-                            {
-                                if (yych <= ']')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_21;
-                                }
-                                if (yych <= 'e')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_4;
-                                }
-                                goto basic_json_parser_23;
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                if (yych == 'n')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_24;
-                                }
-                                if (yych <= 's')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_4;
-                                }
-                                goto basic_json_parser_25;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            if (yych <= '|')
-                            {
-                                if (yych == '{')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_26;
-                                }
-                                goto basic_json_parser_4;
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                if (yych <= '}')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_28;
-                                }
-                                if (yych == 0xEF)
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_30;
-                                }
-                                goto basic_json_parser_4;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_2:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    {
-                        last_token_type = token_type::end_of_input;
-                        break;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_4:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-basic_json_parser_5:
-                    {
-                        last_token_type = token_type::parse_error;
-                        break;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_6:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    if (m_limit <= m_cursor)
-                    {
-                        fill_line_buffer();
-                    }
-                    yych = *m_cursor;
-                    if (yybm[0 + yych] & 32)
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_6;
-                    }
-                    {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_9:
-                    yyaccept = 0;
-                    yych = *(m_marker = ++m_cursor);
-                    if (yych <= 0x1F)
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_5;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_32;
-basic_json_parser_10:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    {
-                        last_token_type = token_type::value_separator;
-                        break;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_12:
-                    yych = *++m_cursor;
-                    if (yych <= '/')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_5;
-                    }
-                    if (yych <= '0')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_13;
-                    }
-                    if (yych <= '9')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_15;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_5;
-basic_json_parser_13:
-                    yyaccept = 1;
-                    yych = *(m_marker = ++m_cursor);
-                    if (yych <= 'D')
-                    {
-                        if (yych == '.')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_37;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= 'E')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_38;
-                        }
-                        if (yych == 'e')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_38;
-                        }
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_14:
-                    {
-                        last_token_type = token_type::value_number;
-                        break;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_15:
-                    yyaccept = 1;
-                    m_marker = ++m_cursor;
-                    if ((m_limit - m_cursor) < 3)
-                    {
-                        fill_line_buffer();
-                    }
-                    yych = *m_cursor;
-                    if (yybm[0 + yych] & 64)
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_15;
-                    }
-                    if (yych <= 'D')
-                    {
-                        if (yych == '.')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_37;
-                        }
-                        goto basic_json_parser_14;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= 'E')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_38;
-                        }
-                        if (yych == 'e')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_38;
-                        }
-                        goto basic_json_parser_14;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_17:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    {
-                        last_token_type = token_type::name_separator;
-                        break;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_19:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    {
-                        last_token_type = token_type::begin_array;
-                        break;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_21:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    {
-                        last_token_type = token_type::end_array;
-                        break;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_23:
-                    yyaccept = 0;
-                    yych = *(m_marker = ++m_cursor);
-                    if (yych == 'a')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_39;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_5;
-basic_json_parser_24:
-                    yyaccept = 0;
-                    yych = *(m_marker = ++m_cursor);
-                    if (yych == 'u')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_40;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_5;
-basic_json_parser_25:
-                    yyaccept = 0;
-                    yych = *(m_marker = ++m_cursor);
-                    if (yych == 'r')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_41;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_5;
-basic_json_parser_26:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    {
-                        last_token_type = token_type::begin_object;
-                        break;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_28:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    {
-                        last_token_type = token_type::end_object;
-                        break;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_30:
-                    yyaccept = 0;
-                    yych = *(m_marker = ++m_cursor);
-                    if (yych == 0xBB)
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_42;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_5;
-basic_json_parser_31:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    if (m_limit <= m_cursor)
-                    {
-                        fill_line_buffer();
-                    }
-                    yych = *m_cursor;
-basic_json_parser_32:
-                    if (yybm[0 + yych] & 128)
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_31;
-                    }
-                    if (yych <= 0x1F)
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                    }
-                    if (yych <= '"')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_34;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_36;
-basic_json_parser_33:
-                    m_cursor = m_marker;
-                    if (yyaccept == 0)
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_5;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_14;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_34:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    {
-                        last_token_type = token_type::value_string;
-                        break;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_36:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    if (m_limit <= m_cursor)
-                    {
-                        fill_line_buffer();
-                    }
-                    yych = *m_cursor;
-                    if (yych <= 'e')
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= '/')
-                        {
-                            if (yych == '"')
-                            {
-                                goto basic_json_parser_31;
-                            }
-                            if (yych <= '.')
-                            {
-                                goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                            }
-                            goto basic_json_parser_31;
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            if (yych <= '\\')
-                            {
-                                if (yych <= '[')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                                }
-                                goto basic_json_parser_31;
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                if (yych == 'b')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_31;
-                                }
-                                goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= 'q')
-                        {
-                            if (yych <= 'f')
-                            {
-                                goto basic_json_parser_31;
-                            }
-                            if (yych == 'n')
-                            {
-                                goto basic_json_parser_31;
-                            }
-                            goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            if (yych <= 's')
-                            {
-                                if (yych <= 'r')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_31;
-                                }
-                                goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                if (yych <= 't')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_31;
-                                }
-                                if (yych <= 'u')
-                                {
-                                    goto basic_json_parser_43;
-                                }
-                                goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_37:
-                    yych = *++m_cursor;
-                    if (yych <= '/')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                    }
-                    if (yych <= '9')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_44;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_33;
-basic_json_parser_38:
-                    yych = *++m_cursor;
-                    if (yych <= ',')
-                    {
-                        if (yych == '+')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_46;
-                        }
-                        goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= '-')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_46;
-                        }
-                        if (yych <= '/')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                        }
-                        if (yych <= '9')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_47;
-                        }
-                        goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_39:
-                    yych = *++m_cursor;
-                    if (yych == 'l')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_49;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_33;
-basic_json_parser_40:
-                    yych = *++m_cursor;
-                    if (yych == 'l')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_50;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_33;
-basic_json_parser_41:
-                    yych = *++m_cursor;
-                    if (yych == 'u')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_51;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_33;
-basic_json_parser_42:
-                    yych = *++m_cursor;
-                    if (yych == 0xBF)
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_52;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_33;
-basic_json_parser_43:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    if (m_limit <= m_cursor)
-                    {
-                        fill_line_buffer();
-                    }
-                    yych = *m_cursor;
-                    if (yych <= '@')
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= '/')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                        }
-                        if (yych <= '9')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_54;
-                        }
-                        goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= 'F')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_54;
-                        }
-                        if (yych <= '`')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                        }
-                        if (yych <= 'f')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_54;
-                        }
-                        goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_44:
-                    yyaccept = 1;
-                    m_marker = ++m_cursor;
-                    if ((m_limit - m_cursor) < 3)
-                    {
-                        fill_line_buffer();
-                    }
-                    yych = *m_cursor;
-                    if (yych <= 'D')
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= '/')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_14;
-                        }
-                        if (yych <= '9')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_44;
-                        }
-                        goto basic_json_parser_14;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= 'E')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_38;
-                        }
-                        if (yych == 'e')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_38;
-                        }
-                        goto basic_json_parser_14;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_46:
-                    yych = *++m_cursor;
-                    if (yych <= '/')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                    }
-                    if (yych >= ':')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_47:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    if (m_limit <= m_cursor)
-                    {
-                        fill_line_buffer();
-                    }
-                    yych = *m_cursor;
-                    if (yych <= '/')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_14;
-                    }
-                    if (yych <= '9')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_47;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_14;
-basic_json_parser_49:
-                    yych = *++m_cursor;
-                    if (yych == 's')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_55;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_33;
-basic_json_parser_50:
-                    yych = *++m_cursor;
-                    if (yych == 'l')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_56;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_33;
-basic_json_parser_51:
-                    yych = *++m_cursor;
-                    if (yych == 'e')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_58;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_33;
-basic_json_parser_52:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_54:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    if (m_limit <= m_cursor)
-                    {
-                        fill_line_buffer();
-                    }
-                    yych = *m_cursor;
-                    if (yych <= '@')
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= '/')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                        }
-                        if (yych <= '9')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_60;
-                        }
-                        goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= 'F')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_60;
-                        }
-                        if (yych <= '`')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                        }
-                        if (yych <= 'f')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_60;
-                        }
-                        goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_55:
-                    yych = *++m_cursor;
-                    if (yych == 'e')
-                    {
-                        goto basic_json_parser_61;
-                    }
-                    goto basic_json_parser_33;
-basic_json_parser_56:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    {
-                        last_token_type = token_type::literal_null;
-                        break;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_58:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    {
-                        last_token_type = token_type::literal_true;
-                        break;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_60:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    if (m_limit <= m_cursor)
-                    {
-                        fill_line_buffer();
-                    }
-                    yych = *m_cursor;
-                    if (yych <= '@')
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= '/')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                        }
-                        if (yych <= '9')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_63;
-                        }
-                        goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= 'F')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_63;
-                        }
-                        if (yych <= '`')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                        }
-                        if (yych <= 'f')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_63;
-                        }
-                        goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_61:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    {
-                        last_token_type = token_type::literal_false;
-                        break;
-                    }
-basic_json_parser_63:
-                    ++m_cursor;
-                    if (m_limit <= m_cursor)
-                    {
-                        fill_line_buffer();
-                    }
-                    yych = *m_cursor;
-                    if (yych <= '@')
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= '/')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                        }
-                        if (yych <= '9')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_31;
-                        }
-                        goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        if (yych <= 'F')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_31;
-                        }
-                        if (yych <= '`')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                        }
-                        if (yych <= 'f')
-                        {
-                            goto basic_json_parser_31;
-                        }
-                        goto basic_json_parser_33;
-                    }
-                }
-
-            }
-
-            return last_token_type;
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief append data from the stream to the line buffer
-
-        This function is called by the scan() function when the end of the
-        buffer (`m_limit`) is reached and the `m_cursor` pointer cannot be
-        incremented without leaving the limits of the line buffer. Note re2c
-        decides when to call this function.
-
-        If the lexer reads from contiguous storage, there is no trailing null
-        byte. Therefore, this function must make sure to add these padding
-        null bytes.
-
-        If the lexer reads from an input stream, this function reads the next
-        line of the input.
-
-        @pre
-            p p p p p p u u u u u x . . . . . .
-            ^           ^       ^   ^
-            m_content   m_start |   m_limit
-                                m_cursor
-
-        @post
-            u u u u u x x x x x x x . . . . . .
-            ^       ^               ^
-            |       m_cursor        m_limit
-            m_start
-            m_content
-        */
-        void fill_line_buffer()
-        {
-            // number of processed characters (p)
-            const auto offset_start = m_start - m_content;
-            // offset for m_marker wrt. to m_start
-            const auto offset_marker = (m_marker == nullptr) ? 0 : m_marker - m_start;
-            // number of unprocessed characters (u)
-            const auto offset_cursor = m_cursor - m_start;
-
-            // no stream is used or end of file is reached
-            if (m_stream == nullptr or m_stream->eof())
-            {
-                // copy unprocessed characters to line buffer
-                m_line_buffer.clear();
-                for (m_cursor = m_start; m_cursor != m_limit; ++m_cursor)
-                {
-                    m_line_buffer.append(1, static_cast<const char>(*m_cursor));
-                }
-
-                // append 5 characters (size of longest keyword "false") to
-                // make sure that there is sufficient space between m_cursor
-                // and m_limit
-                m_line_buffer.append(5, '\0');
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                // delete processed characters from line buffer
-                m_line_buffer.erase(0, static_cast<size_t>(offset_start));
-                // read next line from input stream
-                std::string line;
-                std::getline(*m_stream, line);
-                // add line with newline symbol to the line buffer
-                m_line_buffer += line + "\n";
-            }
-
-            // set pointers
-            m_content = reinterpret_cast<const lexer_char_t*>(m_line_buffer.c_str());
-            assert(m_content != nullptr);
-            m_start  = m_content;
-            m_marker = m_start + offset_marker;
-            m_cursor = m_start + offset_cursor;
-            m_limit  = m_start + m_line_buffer.size();
-        }
-
-        /// return string representation of last read token
-        string_t get_token_string() const
-        {
-            assert(m_start != nullptr);
-            return string_t(reinterpret_cast<typename string_t::const_pointer>(m_start),
-                            static_cast<size_t>(m_cursor - m_start));
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief return string value for string tokens
-
-        The function iterates the characters between the opening and closing
-        quotes of the string value. The complete string is the range
-        [m_start,m_cursor). Consequently, we iterate from m_start+1 to
-        m_cursor-1.
-
-        We differentiate two cases:
-
-        1. Escaped characters. In this case, a new character is constructed
-           according to the nature of the escape. Some escapes create new
-           characters (e.g., `"\\n"` is replaced by `"\n"`), some are copied
-           as is (e.g., `"\\\\"`). Furthermore, Unicode escapes of the shape
-           `"\\uxxxx"` need special care. In this case, to_unicode takes care
-           of the construction of the values.
-        2. Unescaped characters are copied as is.
-
-        @pre `m_cursor - m_start >= 2`, meaning the length of the last token
-        is at least 2 bytes which is trivially true for any string (which
-        consists of at least two quotes).
-
-            " c1 c2 c3 ... "
-            ^                ^
-            m_start          m_cursor
-
-        @complexity Linear in the length of the string.\n
-
-        Lemma: The loop body will always terminate.\n
-
-        Proof (by contradiction): Assume the loop body does not terminate. As
-        the loop body does not contain another loop, one of the called
-        functions must never return. The called functions are `std::strtoul`
-        and to_unicode. Neither function can loop forever, so the loop body
-        will never loop forever which contradicts the assumption that the loop
-        body does not terminate, q.e.d.\n
-
-        Lemma: The loop condition for the for loop is eventually false.\n
-
-        Proof (by contradiction): Assume the loop does not terminate. Due to
-        the above lemma, this can only be due to a tautological loop
-        condition; that is, the loop condition i < m_cursor - 1 must always be
-        true. Let x be the change of i for any loop iteration. Then
-        m_start + 1 + x < m_cursor - 1 must hold to loop indefinitely. This
-        can be rephrased to m_cursor - m_start - 2 > x. With the
-        precondition, we x <= 0, meaning that the loop condition holds
-        indefinitly if i is always decreased. However, observe that the value
-        of i is strictly increasing with each iteration, as it is incremented
-        by 1 in the iteration expression and never decremented inside the loop
-        body. Hence, the loop condition will eventually be false which
-        contradicts the assumption that the loop condition is a tautology,
-        q.e.d.
-
-        @return string value of current token without opening and closing
-        quotes
-        @throw std::out_of_range if to_unicode fails
-        */
-        string_t get_string() const
-        {
-            assert(m_cursor - m_start >= 2);
-
-            string_t result;
-            result.reserve(static_cast<size_t>(m_cursor - m_start - 2));
-
-            // iterate the result between the quotes
-            for (const lexer_char_t* i = m_start + 1; i < m_cursor - 1; ++i)
-            {
-                // process escaped characters
-                if (*i == '\\')
-                {
-                    // read next character
-                    ++i;
-
-                    switch (*i)
-                    {
-                        // the default escapes
-                        case 't':
-                        {
-                            result += "\t";
-                            break;
-                        }
-                        case 'b':
-                        {
-                            result += "\b";
-                            break;
-                        }
-                        case 'f':
-                        {
-                            result += "\f";
-                            break;
-                        }
-                        case 'n':
-                        {
-                            result += "\n";
-                            break;
-                        }
-                        case 'r':
-                        {
-                            result += "\r";
-                            break;
-                        }
-                        case '\\':
-                        {
-                            result += "\\";
-                            break;
-                        }
-                        case '/':
-                        {
-                            result += "/";
-                            break;
-                        }
-                        case '"':
-                        {
-                            result += "\"";
-                            break;
-                        }
-
-                        // unicode
-                        case 'u':
-                        {
-                            // get code xxxx from uxxxx
-                            auto codepoint = std::strtoul(std::string(reinterpret_cast<typename string_t::const_pointer>(i + 1),
-                                                          4).c_str(), nullptr, 16);
-
-                            // check if codepoint is a high surrogate
-                            if (codepoint >= 0xD800 and codepoint <= 0xDBFF)
-                            {
-                                // make sure there is a subsequent unicode
-                                if ((i + 6 >= m_limit) or * (i + 5) != '\\' or * (i + 6) != 'u')
-                                {
-                                    throw std::invalid_argument("missing low surrogate");
-                                }
-
-                                // get code yyyy from uxxxx\uyyyy
-                                auto codepoint2 = std::strtoul(std::string(reinterpret_cast<typename string_t::const_pointer>
-                                                               (i + 7), 4).c_str(), nullptr, 16);
-                                result += to_unicode(codepoint, codepoint2);
-                                // skip the next 10 characters (xxxx\uyyyy)
-                                i += 10;
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                // add unicode character(s)
-                                result += to_unicode(codepoint);
-                                // skip the next four characters (xxxx)
-                                i += 4;
-                            }
-                            break;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    // all other characters are just copied to the end of the
-                    // string
-                    result.append(1, static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(*i));
-                }
-            }
-
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief parse floating point number
-
-        This function (and its overloads) serves to select the most approprate
-        standard floating point number parsing function based on the type
-        supplied via the first parameter.  Set this to @a
-        static_cast<number_float_t*>(nullptr).
-
-        @param[in] type  the @ref number_float_t in use
-
-        @param[in,out] endptr recieves a pointer to the first character after
-        the number
-
-        @return the floating point number
-        */
-        long double str_to_float_t(long double* /* type */, char** endptr) const
-        {
-            return std::strtold(reinterpret_cast<typename string_t::const_pointer>(m_start), endptr);
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief parse floating point number
-
-        This function (and its overloads) serves to select the most approprate
-        standard floating point number parsing function based on the type
-        supplied via the first parameter.  Set this to @a
-        static_cast<number_float_t*>(nullptr).
-
-        @param[in] type  the @ref number_float_t in use
-
-        @param[in,out] endptr  recieves a pointer to the first character after
-        the number
-
-        @return the floating point number
-        */
-        double str_to_float_t(double* /* type */, char** endptr) const
-        {
-            return std::strtod(reinterpret_cast<typename string_t::const_pointer>(m_start), endptr);
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief parse floating point number
-
-        This function (and its overloads) serves to select the most approprate
-        standard floating point number parsing function based on the type
-        supplied via the first parameter.  Set this to @a
-        static_cast<number_float_t*>(nullptr).
-
-        @param[in] type  the @ref number_float_t in use
-
-        @param[in,out] endptr  recieves a pointer to the first character after
-        the number
-
-        @return the floating point number
-        */
-        float str_to_float_t(float* /* type */, char** endptr) const
-        {
-            return std::strtof(reinterpret_cast<typename string_t::const_pointer>(m_start), endptr);
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief return number value for number tokens
-
-        This function translates the last token into the most appropriate
-        number type (either integer, unsigned integer or floating point),
-        which is passed back to the caller via the result parameter.
-
-        This function parses the integer component up to the radix point or
-        exponent while collecting information about the 'floating point
-        representation', which it stores in the result parameter. If there is
-        no radix point or exponent, and the number can fit into a @ref
-        number_integer_t or @ref number_unsigned_t then it sets the result
-        parameter accordingly.
-
-        If the number is a floating point number the number is then parsed
-        using @a std:strtod (or @a std:strtof or @a std::strtold).
-
-        @param[out] result  @ref basic_json object to receive the number, or
-        NAN if the conversion read past the current token. The latter case
-        needs to be treated by the caller function.
-        */
-        void get_number(basic_json& result) const
-        {
-            assert(m_start != nullptr);
-
-            const lexer::lexer_char_t* curptr = m_start;
-
-            // accumulate the integer conversion result (unsigned for now)
-            number_unsigned_t value = 0;
-
-            // maximum absolute value of the relevant integer type
-            number_unsigned_t max;
-
-            // temporarily store the type to avoid unecessary bitfield access
-            value_t type;
-
-            // look for sign
-            if (*curptr == '-')
-            {
-                type = value_t::number_integer;
-                max = static_cast<uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<number_integer_t>::max)()) + 1;
-                curptr++;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                type = value_t::number_unsigned;
-                max = static_cast<uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<number_unsigned_t>::max)());
-            }
-
-            // count the significant figures
-            for (; curptr < m_cursor; curptr++)
-            {
-                // quickly skip tests if a digit
-                if (*curptr < '0' || *curptr > '9')
-                {
-                    if (*curptr == '.')
-                    {
-                        // don't count '.' but change to float
-                        type = value_t::number_float;
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    // assume exponent (if not then will fail parse): change to
-                    // float, stop counting and record exponent details
-                    type = value_t::number_float;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                // skip if definitely not an integer
-                if (type != value_t::number_float)
-                {
-                    // multiply last value by ten and add the new digit
-                    auto temp = value * 10 + *curptr - '0';
-
-                    // test for overflow
-                    if (temp < value || temp > max)
-                    {
-                        // overflow
-                        type = value_t::number_float;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        // no overflow - save it
-                        value = temp;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            // save the value (if not a float)
-            if (type == value_t::number_unsigned)
-            {
-                result.m_value.number_unsigned = value;
-            }
-            else if (type == value_t::number_integer)
-            {
-                result.m_value.number_integer = -static_cast<number_integer_t>(value);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                // parse with strtod
-                result.m_value.number_float = str_to_float_t(static_cast<number_float_t*>(nullptr), NULL);
-            }
-
-            // save the type
-            result.m_type = type;
-        }
-
-      private:
-        /// optional input stream
-        std::istream* m_stream = nullptr;
-        /// line buffer buffer for m_stream
-        string_t m_line_buffer {};
-        /// the buffer pointer
-        const lexer_char_t* m_content = nullptr;
-        /// pointer to the beginning of the current symbol
-        const lexer_char_t* m_start = nullptr;
-        /// pointer for backtracking information
-        const lexer_char_t* m_marker = nullptr;
-        /// pointer to the current symbol
-        const lexer_char_t* m_cursor = nullptr;
-        /// pointer to the end of the buffer
-        const lexer_char_t* m_limit = nullptr;
-        /// the last token type
-        token_type last_token_type = token_type::end_of_input;
-    };
-
-    /*!
-    @brief syntax analysis
-
-    This class implements a recursive decent parser.
-    */
-    class parser
-    {
-      public:
-        /// a parser reading from a string literal
-        parser(const char* buff, const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr)
-            : callback(cb),
-              m_lexer(reinterpret_cast<const typename lexer::lexer_char_t*>(buff), strlen(buff))
-        {}
-
-        /// a parser reading from an input stream
-        parser(std::istream& is, const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr)
-            : callback(cb), m_lexer(is)
-        {}
-
-        /// a parser reading from an iterator range with contiguous storage
-        template<class IteratorType, typename std::enable_if<
-                     std::is_same<typename std::iterator_traits<IteratorType>::iterator_category, std::random_access_iterator_tag>::value
-                     , int>::type
-                 = 0>
-        parser(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr)
-            : callback(cb),
-              m_lexer(reinterpret_cast<const typename lexer::lexer_char_t*>(&(*first)),
-                      static_cast<size_t>(std::distance(first, last)))
-        {}
-
-        /// public parser interface
-        basic_json parse()
-        {
-            // read first token
-            get_token();
-
-            basic_json result = parse_internal(true);
-            result.assert_invariant();
-
-            expect(lexer::token_type::end_of_input);
-
-            // return parser result and replace it with null in case the
-            // top-level value was discarded by the callback function
-            return result.is_discarded() ? basic_json() : std::move(result);
-        }
-
-      private:
-        /// the actual parser
-        basic_json parse_internal(bool keep)
-        {
-            auto result = basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-
-            switch (last_token)
-            {
-                case lexer::token_type::begin_object:
-                {
-                    if (keep and (not callback
-                                  or ((keep = callback(depth++, parse_event_t::object_start, result)) != 0)))
-                    {
-                        // explicitly set result to object to cope with {}
-                        result.m_type = value_t::object;
-                        result.m_value = value_t::object;
-                    }
-
-                    // read next token
-                    get_token();
-
-                    // closing } -> we are done
-                    if (last_token == lexer::token_type::end_object)
-                    {
-                        get_token();
-                        if (keep and callback and not callback(--depth, parse_event_t::object_end, result))
-                        {
-                            result = basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-                        }
-                        return result;
-                    }
-
-                    // no comma is expected here
-                    unexpect(lexer::token_type::value_separator);
-
-                    // otherwise: parse key-value pairs
-                    do
-                    {
-                        // ugly, but could be fixed with loop reorganization
-                        if (last_token == lexer::token_type::value_separator)
-                        {
-                            get_token();
-                        }
-
-                        // store key
-                        expect(lexer::token_type::value_string);
-                        const auto key = m_lexer.get_string();
-
-                        bool keep_tag = false;
-                        if (keep)
-                        {
-                            if (callback)
-                            {
-                                basic_json k(key);
-                                keep_tag = callback(depth, parse_event_t::key, k);
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                keep_tag = true;
-                            }
-                        }
-
-                        // parse separator (:)
-                        get_token();
-                        expect(lexer::token_type::name_separator);
-
-                        // parse and add value
-                        get_token();
-                        auto value = parse_internal(keep);
-                        if (keep and keep_tag and not value.is_discarded())
-                        {
-                            result[key] = std::move(value);
-                        }
-                    }
-                    while (last_token == lexer::token_type::value_separator);
-
-                    // closing }
-                    expect(lexer::token_type::end_object);
-                    get_token();
-                    if (keep and callback and not callback(--depth, parse_event_t::object_end, result))
-                    {
-                        result = basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-                    }
-
-                    return result;
-                }
-
-                case lexer::token_type::begin_array:
-                {
-                    if (keep and (not callback
-                                  or ((keep = callback(depth++, parse_event_t::array_start, result)) != 0)))
-                    {
-                        // explicitly set result to object to cope with []
-                        result.m_type = value_t::array;
-                        result.m_value = value_t::array;
-                    }
-
-                    // read next token
-                    get_token();
-
-                    // closing ] -> we are done
-                    if (last_token == lexer::token_type::end_array)
-                    {
-                        get_token();
-                        if (callback and not callback(--depth, parse_event_t::array_end, result))
-                        {
-                            result = basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-                        }
-                        return result;
-                    }
-
-                    // no comma is expected here
-                    unexpect(lexer::token_type::value_separator);
-
-                    // otherwise: parse values
-                    do
-                    {
-                        // ugly, but could be fixed with loop reorganization
-                        if (last_token == lexer::token_type::value_separator)
-                        {
-                            get_token();
-                        }
-
-                        // parse value
-                        auto value = parse_internal(keep);
-                        if (keep and not value.is_discarded())
-                        {
-                            result.push_back(std::move(value));
-                        }
-                    }
-                    while (last_token == lexer::token_type::value_separator);
-
-                    // closing ]
-                    expect(lexer::token_type::end_array);
-                    get_token();
-                    if (keep and callback and not callback(--depth, parse_event_t::array_end, result))
-                    {
-                        result = basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-                    }
-
-                    return result;
-                }
-
-                case lexer::token_type::literal_null:
-                {
-                    get_token();
-                    result.m_type = value_t::null;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case lexer::token_type::value_string:
-                {
-                    const auto s = m_lexer.get_string();
-                    get_token();
-                    result = basic_json(s);
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case lexer::token_type::literal_true:
-                {
-                    get_token();
-                    result.m_type = value_t::boolean;
-                    result.m_value = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case lexer::token_type::literal_false:
-                {
-                    get_token();
-                    result.m_type = value_t::boolean;
-                    result.m_value = false;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case lexer::token_type::value_number:
-                {
-                    m_lexer.get_number(result);
-                    get_token();
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                default:
-                {
-                    // the last token was unexpected
-                    unexpect(last_token);
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (keep and callback and not callback(depth, parse_event_t::value, result))
-            {
-                result = basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            }
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /// get next token from lexer
-        typename lexer::token_type get_token()
-        {
-            last_token = m_lexer.scan();
-            return last_token;
-        }
-
-        void expect(typename lexer::token_type t) const
-        {
-            if (t != last_token)
-            {
-                std::string error_msg = "parse error - unexpected ";
-                error_msg += (last_token == lexer::token_type::parse_error ? ("'" +  m_lexer.get_token_string() +
-                              "'") :
-                              lexer::token_type_name(last_token));
-                error_msg += "; expected " + lexer::token_type_name(t);
-                throw std::invalid_argument(error_msg);
-            }
-        }
-
-        void unexpect(typename lexer::token_type t) const
-        {
-            if (t == last_token)
-            {
-                std::string error_msg = "parse error - unexpected ";
-                error_msg += (last_token == lexer::token_type::parse_error ? ("'" +  m_lexer.get_token_string() +
-                              "'") :
-                              lexer::token_type_name(last_token));
-                throw std::invalid_argument(error_msg);
-            }
-        }
-
-      private:
-        /// current level of recursion
-        int depth = 0;
-        /// callback function
-        const parser_callback_t callback = nullptr;
-        /// the type of the last read token
-        typename lexer::token_type last_token = lexer::token_type::uninitialized;
-        /// the lexer
-        lexer m_lexer;
-    };
-
-  public:
-    /*!
-    @brief JSON Pointer
-
-    A JSON pointer defines a string syntax for identifying a specific value
-    within a JSON document. It can be used with functions `at` and
-    `operator[]`. Furthermore, JSON pointers are the base for JSON patches.
-
-    @sa [RFC 6901](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901)
-
-    @since version 2.0.0
-    */
-    class json_pointer
-    {
-        /// allow basic_json to access private members
-        friend class basic_json;
-
-      public:
-        /*!
-        @brief create JSON pointer
-
-        Create a JSON pointer according to the syntax described in
-        [Section 3 of RFC6901](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901#section-3).
-
-        @param[in] s  string representing the JSON pointer; if omitted, the
-                      empty string is assumed which references the whole JSON
-                      value
-
-        @throw std::domain_error if reference token is nonempty and does not
-        begin with a slash (`/`); example: `"JSON pointer must be empty or
-        begin with /"`
-        @throw std::domain_error if a tilde (`~`) is not followed by `0`
-        (representing `~`) or `1` (representing `/`); example: `"escape error:
-        ~ must be followed with 0 or 1"`
-
-        @liveexample{The example shows the construction several valid JSON
-        pointers as well as the exceptional behavior.,json_pointer}
-
-        @since version 2.0.0
-        */
-        explicit json_pointer(const std::string& s = "")
-            : reference_tokens(split(s))
-        {}
-
-        /*!
-        @brief return a string representation of the JSON pointer
-
-        @invariant For each JSON pointer `ptr`, it holds:
-        @code {.cpp}
-        ptr == json_pointer(ptr.to_string());
-        @endcode
-
-        @return a string representation of the JSON pointer
-
-        @liveexample{The example shows the result of `to_string`.,
-        json_pointer__to_string}
-
-        @since version 2.0.0
-        */
-        std::string to_string() const noexcept
-        {
-            return std::accumulate(reference_tokens.begin(),
-                                   reference_tokens.end(), std::string{},
-                                   [](const std::string & a, const std::string & b)
-            {
-                return a + "/" + escape(b);
-            });
-        }
-
-        /// @copydoc to_string()
-        operator std::string() const
-        {
-            return to_string();
-        }
-
-      private:
-        /// remove and return last reference pointer
-        std::string pop_back()
-        {
-            if (is_root())
-            {
-                throw std::domain_error("JSON pointer has no parent");
-            }
-
-            auto last = reference_tokens.back();
-            reference_tokens.pop_back();
-            return last;
-        }
-
-        /// return whether pointer points to the root document
-        bool is_root() const
-        {
-            return reference_tokens.empty();
-        }
-
-        json_pointer top() const
-        {
-            if (is_root())
-            {
-                throw std::domain_error("JSON pointer has no parent");
-            }
-
-            json_pointer result = *this;
-            result.reference_tokens = {reference_tokens[0]};
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief create and return a reference to the pointed to value
-
-        @complexity Linear in the number of reference tokens.
-        */
-        reference get_and_create(reference j) const
-        {
-            pointer result = &j;
-
-            // in case no reference tokens exist, return a reference to the
-            // JSON value j which will be overwritten by a primitive value
-            for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
-            {
-                switch (result->m_type)
-                {
-                    case value_t::null:
-                    {
-                        if (reference_token == "0")
-                        {
-                            // start a new array if reference token is 0
-                            result = &result->operator[](0);
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            // start a new object otherwise
-                            result = &result->operator[](reference_token);
-                        }
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    case value_t::object:
-                    {
-                        // create an entry in the object
-                        result = &result->operator[](reference_token);
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    case value_t::array:
-                    {
-                        // create an entry in the array
-                        result = &result->operator[](static_cast<size_type>(std::stoi(reference_token)));
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    /*
-                    The following code is only reached if there exists a
-                    reference token _and_ the current value is primitive. In
-                    this case, we have an error situation, because primitive
-                    values may only occur as single value; that is, with an
-                    empty list of reference tokens.
-                    */
-                    default:
-                    {
-                        throw std::domain_error("invalid value to unflatten");
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            return *result;
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief return a reference to the pointed to value
-
-        @param[in] ptr  a JSON value
-
-        @return reference to the JSON value pointed to by the JSON pointer
-
-        @complexity Linear in the length of the JSON pointer.
-
-        @throw std::out_of_range      if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
-        @throw std::domain_error      if an array index begins with '0'
-        @throw std::invalid_argument  if an array index was not a number
-        */
-        reference get_unchecked(pointer ptr) const
-        {
-            for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
-            {
-                switch (ptr->m_type)
-                {
-                    case value_t::object:
-                    {
-                        // use unchecked object access
-                        ptr = &ptr->operator[](reference_token);
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    case value_t::array:
-                    {
-                        // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
-                        if (reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0')
-                        {
-                            throw std::domain_error("array index must not begin with '0'");
-                        }
-
-                        if (reference_token == "-")
-                        {
-                            // explicityly treat "-" as index beyond the end
-                            ptr = &ptr->operator[](ptr->m_value.array->size());
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            // convert array index to number; unchecked access
-                            ptr = &ptr->operator[](static_cast<size_type>(std::stoi(reference_token)));
-                        }
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    default:
-                    {
-                        throw std::out_of_range("unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'");
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            return *ptr;
-        }
-
-        reference get_checked(pointer ptr) const
-        {
-            for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
-            {
-                switch (ptr->m_type)
-                {
-                    case value_t::object:
-                    {
-                        // note: at performs range check
-                        ptr = &ptr->at(reference_token);
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    case value_t::array:
-                    {
-                        if (reference_token == "-")
-                        {
-                            // "-" always fails the range check
-                            throw std::out_of_range("array index '-' (" +
-                                                    std::to_string(ptr->m_value.array->size()) +
-                                                    ") is out of range");
-                        }
-
-                        // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
-                        if (reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0')
-                        {
-                            throw std::domain_error("array index must not begin with '0'");
-                        }
-
-                        // note: at performs range check
-                        ptr = &ptr->at(static_cast<size_type>(std::stoi(reference_token)));
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    default:
-                    {
-                        throw std::out_of_range("unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'");
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            return *ptr;
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @brief return a const reference to the pointed to value
-
-        @param[in] ptr  a JSON value
-
-        @return const reference to the JSON value pointed to by the JSON
-                pointer
-        */
-        const_reference get_unchecked(const_pointer ptr) const
-        {
-            for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
-            {
-                switch (ptr->m_type)
-                {
-                    case value_t::object:
-                    {
-                        // use unchecked object access
-                        ptr = &ptr->operator[](reference_token);
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    case value_t::array:
-                    {
-                        if (reference_token == "-")
-                        {
-                            // "-" cannot be used for const access
-                            throw std::out_of_range("array index '-' (" +
-                                                    std::to_string(ptr->m_value.array->size()) +
-                                                    ") is out of range");
-                        }
-
-                        // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
-                        if (reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0')
-                        {
-                            throw std::domain_error("array index must not begin with '0'");
-                        }
-
-                        // use unchecked array access
-                        ptr = &ptr->operator[](static_cast<size_type>(std::stoi(reference_token)));
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    default:
-                    {
-                        throw std::out_of_range("unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'");
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            return *ptr;
-        }
-
-        const_reference get_checked(const_pointer ptr) const
-        {
-            for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
-            {
-                switch (ptr->m_type)
-                {
-                    case value_t::object:
-                    {
-                        // note: at performs range check
-                        ptr = &ptr->at(reference_token);
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    case value_t::array:
-                    {
-                        if (reference_token == "-")
-                        {
-                            // "-" always fails the range check
-                            throw std::out_of_range("array index '-' (" +
-                                                    std::to_string(ptr->m_value.array->size()) +
-                                                    ") is out of range");
-                        }
-
-                        // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
-                        if (reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0')
-                        {
-                            throw std::domain_error("array index must not begin with '0'");
-                        }
-
-                        // note: at performs range check
-                        ptr = &ptr->at(static_cast<size_type>(std::stoi(reference_token)));
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    default:
-                    {
-                        throw std::out_of_range("unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'");
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            return *ptr;
-        }
-
-        /// split the string input to reference tokens
-        static std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string& reference_string)
-        {
-            std::vector<std::string> result;
-
-            // special case: empty reference string -> no reference tokens
-            if (reference_string.empty())
-            {
-                return result;
-            }
-
-            // check if nonempty reference string begins with slash
-            if (reference_string[0] != '/')
-            {
-                throw std::domain_error("JSON pointer must be empty or begin with '/'");
-            }
-
-            // extract the reference tokens:
-            // - slash: position of the last read slash (or end of string)
-            // - start: position after the previous slash
-            for (
-                // search for the first slash after the first character
-                size_t slash = reference_string.find_first_of("/", 1),
-                // set the beginning of the first reference token
-                start = 1;
-                // we can stop if start == string::npos+1 = 0
-                start != 0;
-                // set the beginning of the next reference token
-                // (will eventually be 0 if slash == std::string::npos)
-                start = slash + 1,
-                // find next slash
-                slash = reference_string.find_first_of("/", start))
-            {
-                // use the text between the beginning of the reference token
-                // (start) and the last slash (slash).
-                auto reference_token = reference_string.substr(start, slash - start);
-
-                // check reference tokens are properly escaped
-                for (size_t pos = reference_token.find_first_of("~");
-                        pos != std::string::npos;
-                        pos = reference_token.find_first_of("~", pos + 1))
-                {
-                    assert(reference_token[pos] == '~');
-
-                    // ~ must be followed by 0 or 1
-                    if (pos == reference_token.size() - 1 or
-                            (reference_token[pos + 1] != '0' and
-                             reference_token[pos + 1] != '1'))
-                    {
-                        throw std::domain_error("escape error: '~' must be followed with '0' or '1'");
-                    }
-                }
-
-                // finally, store the reference token
-                unescape(reference_token);
-                result.push_back(reference_token);
-            }
-
-            return result;
-        }
-
-      private:
-        /*!
-        @brief replace all occurrences of a substring by another string
-
-        @param[in,out] s  the string to manipulate
-        @param[in]     f  the substring to replace with @a t
-        @param[in]     t  the string to replace @a f
-
-        @return The string @a s where all occurrences of @a f are replaced
-                with @a t.
-
-        @pre The search string @a f must not be empty.
-
-        @since version 2.0.0
-        */
-        static void replace_substring(std::string& s,
-                                      const std::string& f,
-                                      const std::string& t)
-        {
-            assert(not f.empty());
-
-            for (
-                size_t pos = s.find(f);         // find first occurrence of f
-                pos != std::string::npos;       // make sure f was found
-                s.replace(pos, f.size(), t),    // replace with t
-                pos = s.find(f, pos + t.size()) // find next occurrence of f
-            );
-        }
-
-        /// escape tilde and slash
-        static std::string escape(std::string s)
-        {
-            // escape "~"" to "~0" and "/" to "~1"
-            replace_substring(s, "~", "~0");
-            replace_substring(s, "/", "~1");
-            return s;
-        }
-
-        /// unescape tilde and slash
-        static void unescape(std::string& s)
-        {
-            // first transform any occurrence of the sequence '~1' to '/'
-            replace_substring(s, "~1", "/");
-            // then transform any occurrence of the sequence '~0' to '~'
-            replace_substring(s, "~0", "~");
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @param[in] reference_string  the reference string to the current value
-        @param[in] value             the value to consider
-        @param[in,out] result        the result object to insert values to
-
-        @note Empty objects or arrays are flattened to `null`.
-        */
-        static void flatten(const std::string& reference_string,
-                            const basic_json& value,
-                            basic_json& result)
-        {
-            switch (value.m_type)
-            {
-                case value_t::array:
-                {
-                    if (value.m_value.array->empty())
-                    {
-                        // flatten empty array as null
-                        result[reference_string] = nullptr;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        // iterate array and use index as reference string
-                        for (size_t i = 0; i < value.m_value.array->size(); ++i)
-                        {
-                            flatten(reference_string + "/" + std::to_string(i),
-                                    value.m_value.array->operator[](i), result);
-                        }
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case value_t::object:
-                {
-                    if (value.m_value.object->empty())
-                    {
-                        // flatten empty object as null
-                        result[reference_string] = nullptr;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        // iterate object and use keys as reference string
-                        for (const auto& element : *value.m_value.object)
-                        {
-                            flatten(reference_string + "/" + escape(element.first),
-                                    element.second, result);
-                        }
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                default:
-                {
-                    // add primitive value with its reference string
-                    result[reference_string] = value;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /*!
-        @param[in] value  flattened JSON
-
-        @return unflattened JSON
-        */
-        static basic_json unflatten(const basic_json& value)
-        {
-            if (not value.is_object())
-            {
-                throw std::domain_error("only objects can be unflattened");
-            }
-
-            basic_json result;
-
-            // iterate the JSON object values
-            for (const auto& element : *value.m_value.object)
-            {
-                if (not element.second.is_primitive())
-                {
-                    throw std::domain_error("values in object must be primitive");
-                }
-
-                // assign value to reference pointed to by JSON pointer; Note
-                // that if the JSON pointer is "" (i.e., points to the whole
-                // value), function get_and_create returns a reference to
-                // result itself. An assignment will then create a primitive
-                // value.
-                json_pointer(element.first).get_and_create(result) = element.second;
-            }
-
-            return result;
-        }
-
-      private:
-        /// the reference tokens
-        std::vector<std::string> reference_tokens {};
-    };
+    @brief create a CBOR serialization of a given JSON value
+
+    Serializes a given JSON value @a j to a byte vector using the CBOR (Concise
+    Binary Object Representation) serialization format. CBOR is a binary
+    serialization format which aims to be more compact than JSON itself, yet
+    more efficient to parse.
+
+    The library uses the following mapping from JSON values types to
+    CBOR types according to the CBOR specification (RFC 7049):
+
+    JSON value type | value/range                                | CBOR type                          | first byte
+    --------------- | ------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------- | ---------------
+    null            | `null`                                     | Null                               | 0xF6
+    boolean         | `true`                                     | True                               | 0xF5
+    boolean         | `false`                                    | False                              | 0xF4
+    number_integer  | -9223372036854775808..-2147483649          | Negative integer (8 bytes follow)  | 0x3B
+    number_integer  | -2147483648..-32769                        | Negative integer (4 bytes follow)  | 0x3A
+    number_integer  | -32768..-129                               | Negative integer (2 bytes follow)  | 0x39
+    number_integer  | -128..-25                                  | Negative integer (1 byte follow)   | 0x38
+    number_integer  | -24..-1                                    | Negative integer                   | 0x20..0x37
+    number_integer  | 0..23                                      | Integer                            | 0x00..0x17
+    number_integer  | 24..255                                    | Unsigned integer (1 byte follow)   | 0x18
+    number_integer  | 256..65535                                 | Unsigned integer (2 bytes follow)  | 0x19
+    number_integer  | 65536..4294967295                          | Unsigned integer (4 bytes follow)  | 0x1A
+    number_integer  | 4294967296..18446744073709551615           | Unsigned integer (8 bytes follow)  | 0x1B
+    number_unsigned | 0..23                                      | Integer                            | 0x00..0x17
+    number_unsigned | 24..255                                    | Unsigned integer (1 byte follow)   | 0x18
+    number_unsigned | 256..65535                                 | Unsigned integer (2 bytes follow)  | 0x19
+    number_unsigned | 65536..4294967295                          | Unsigned integer (4 bytes follow)  | 0x1A
+    number_unsigned | 4294967296..18446744073709551615           | Unsigned integer (8 bytes follow)  | 0x1B
+    number_float    | *any value*                                | Double-Precision Float             | 0xFB
+    string          | *length*: 0..23                            | UTF-8 string                       | 0x60..0x77
+    string          | *length*: 23..255                          | UTF-8 string (1 byte follow)       | 0x78
+    string          | *length*: 256..65535                       | UTF-8 string (2 bytes follow)      | 0x79
+    string          | *length*: 65536..4294967295                | UTF-8 string (4 bytes follow)      | 0x7A
+    string          | *length*: 4294967296..18446744073709551615 | UTF-8 string (8 bytes follow)      | 0x7B
+    array           | *size*: 0..23                              | array                              | 0x80..0x97
+    array           | *size*: 23..255                            | array (1 byte follow)              | 0x98
+    array           | *size*: 256..65535                         | array (2 bytes follow)             | 0x99
+    array           | *size*: 65536..4294967295                  | array (4 bytes follow)             | 0x9A
+    array           | *size*: 4294967296..18446744073709551615   | array (8 bytes follow)             | 0x9B
+    object          | *size*: 0..23                              | map                                | 0xA0..0xB7
+    object          | *size*: 23..255                            | map (1 byte follow)                | 0xB8
+    object          | *size*: 256..65535                         | map (2 bytes follow)               | 0xB9
+    object          | *size*: 65536..4294967295                  | map (4 bytes follow)               | 0xBA
+    object          | *size*: 4294967296..18446744073709551615   | map (8 bytes follow)               | 0xBB
+
+    @note The mapping is **complete** in the sense that any JSON value type
+          can be converted to a CBOR value.
+
+    @note If NaN or Infinity are stored inside a JSON number, they are
+          serialized properly. This behavior differs from the @ref dump()
+          function which serializes NaN or Infinity to `null`.
+
+    @note The following CBOR types are not used in the conversion:
+          - byte strings (0x40..0x5F)
+          - UTF-8 strings terminated by "break" (0x7F)
+          - arrays terminated by "break" (0x9F)
+          - maps terminated by "break" (0xBF)
+          - date/time (0xC0..0xC1)
+          - bignum (0xC2..0xC3)
+          - decimal fraction (0xC4)
+          - bigfloat (0xC5)
+          - tagged items (0xC6..0xD4, 0xD8..0xDB)
+          - expected conversions (0xD5..0xD7)
+          - simple values (0xE0..0xF3, 0xF8)
+          - undefined (0xF7)
+          - half and single-precision floats (0xF9-0xFA)
+          - break (0xFF)
+
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @return MessagePack serialization as byte vector
+
+    @complexity Linear in the size of the JSON value @a j.
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows the serialization of a JSON value to a byte
+    vector in CBOR format.,to_cbor}
+
+    @sa http://cbor.io
+    @sa @ref from_cbor(detail::input_adapter, const bool strict) for the
+        analogous deserialization
+    @sa @ref to_msgpack(const basic_json&) for the related MessagePack format
+    @sa @ref to_ubjson(const basic_json&, const bool, const bool) for the
+             related UBJSON format
+
+    @since version 2.0.9
+    */
+    static std::vector<uint8_t> to_cbor(const basic_json& j)
+    {
+        std::vector<uint8_t> result;
+        to_cbor(j, result);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    static void to_cbor(const basic_json& j, detail::output_adapter<uint8_t> o)
+    {
+        binary_writer<uint8_t>(o).write_cbor(j);
+    }
+
+    static void to_cbor(const basic_json& j, detail::output_adapter<char> o)
+    {
+        binary_writer<char>(o).write_cbor(j);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a MessagePack serialization of a given JSON value
+
+    Serializes a given JSON value @a j to a byte vector using the MessagePack
+    serialization format. MessagePack is a binary serialization format which
+    aims to be more compact than JSON itself, yet more efficient to parse.
+
+    The library uses the following mapping from JSON values types to
+    MessagePack types according to the MessagePack specification:
+
+    JSON value type | value/range                       | MessagePack type | first byte
+    --------------- | --------------------------------- | ---------------- | ----------
+    null            | `null`                            | nil              | 0xC0
+    boolean         | `true`                            | true             | 0xC3
+    boolean         | `false`                           | false            | 0xC2
+    number_integer  | -9223372036854775808..-2147483649 | int64            | 0xD3
+    number_integer  | -2147483648..-32769               | int32            | 0xD2
+    number_integer  | -32768..-129                      | int16            | 0xD1
+    number_integer  | -128..-33                         | int8             | 0xD0
+    number_integer  | -32..-1                           | negative fixint  | 0xE0..0xFF
+    number_integer  | 0..127                            | positive fixint  | 0x00..0x7F
+    number_integer  | 128..255                          | uint 8           | 0xCC
+    number_integer  | 256..65535                        | uint 16          | 0xCD
+    number_integer  | 65536..4294967295                 | uint 32          | 0xCE
+    number_integer  | 4294967296..18446744073709551615  | uint 64          | 0xCF
+    number_unsigned | 0..127                            | positive fixint  | 0x00..0x7F
+    number_unsigned | 128..255                          | uint 8           | 0xCC
+    number_unsigned | 256..65535                        | uint 16          | 0xCD
+    number_unsigned | 65536..4294967295                 | uint 32          | 0xCE
+    number_unsigned | 4294967296..18446744073709551615  | uint 64          | 0xCF
+    number_float    | *any value*                       | float 64         | 0xCB
+    string          | *length*: 0..31                   | fixstr           | 0xA0..0xBF
+    string          | *length*: 32..255                 | str 8            | 0xD9
+    string          | *length*: 256..65535              | str 16           | 0xDA
+    string          | *length*: 65536..4294967295       | str 32           | 0xDB
+    array           | *size*: 0..15                     | fixarray         | 0x90..0x9F
+    array           | *size*: 16..65535                 | array 16         | 0xDC
+    array           | *size*: 65536..4294967295         | array 32         | 0xDD
+    object          | *size*: 0..15                     | fix map          | 0x80..0x8F
+    object          | *size*: 16..65535                 | map 16           | 0xDE
+    object          | *size*: 65536..4294967295         | map 32           | 0xDF
+
+    @note The mapping is **complete** in the sense that any JSON value type
+          can be converted to a MessagePack value.
+
+    @note The following values can **not** be converted to a MessagePack value:
+          - strings with more than 4294967295 bytes
+          - arrays with more than 4294967295 elements
+          - objects with more than 4294967295 elements
+
+    @note The following MessagePack types are not used in the conversion:
+          - bin 8 - bin 32 (0xC4..0xC6)
+          - ext 8 - ext 32 (0xC7..0xC9)
+          - float 32 (0xCA)
+          - fixext 1 - fixext 16 (0xD4..0xD8)
+
+    @note Any MessagePack output created @ref to_msgpack can be successfully
+          parsed by @ref from_msgpack.
+
+    @note If NaN or Infinity are stored inside a JSON number, they are
+          serialized properly. This behavior differs from the @ref dump()
+          function which serializes NaN or Infinity to `null`.
+
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @return MessagePack serialization as byte vector
+
+    @complexity Linear in the size of the JSON value @a j.
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows the serialization of a JSON value to a byte
+    vector in MessagePack format.,to_msgpack}
+
+    @sa http://msgpack.org
+    @sa @ref from_msgpack(const std::vector<uint8_t>&, const size_t) for the
+        analogous deserialization
+    @sa @ref to_cbor(const basic_json& for the related CBOR format
+    @sa @ref to_ubjson(const basic_json&, const bool, const bool) for the
+             related UBJSON format
+
+    @since version 2.0.9
+    */
+    static std::vector<uint8_t> to_msgpack(const basic_json& j)
+    {
+        std::vector<uint8_t> result;
+        to_msgpack(j, result);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    static void to_msgpack(const basic_json& j, detail::output_adapter<uint8_t> o)
+    {
+        binary_writer<uint8_t>(o).write_msgpack(j);
+    }
+
+    static void to_msgpack(const basic_json& j, detail::output_adapter<char> o)
+    {
+        binary_writer<char>(o).write_msgpack(j);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a UBJSON serialization of a given JSON value
+
+    Serializes a given JSON value @a j to a byte vector using the UBJSON
+    (Universal Binary JSON) serialization format. UBJSON aims to be more compact
+    than JSON itself, yet more efficient to parse.
+
+    The library uses the following mapping from JSON values types to
+    UBJSON types according to the UBJSON specification:
+
+    JSON value type | value/range                       | UBJSON type | marker
+    --------------- | --------------------------------- | ----------- | ------
+    null            | `null`                            | null        | `Z`
+    boolean         | `true`                            | true        | `T`
+    boolean         | `false`                           | false       | `F`
+    number_integer  | -9223372036854775808..-2147483649 | int64       | `L`
+    number_integer  | -2147483648..-32769               | int32       | `l`
+    number_integer  | -32768..-129                      | int16       | `I`
+    number_integer  | -128..127                         | int8        | `i`
+    number_integer  | 128..255                          | uint8       | `U`
+    number_integer  | 256..32767                        | int16       | `I`
+    number_integer  | 32768..2147483647                 | int32       | `l`
+    number_integer  | 2147483648..9223372036854775807   | int64       | `L`
+    number_unsigned | 0..127                            | int8        | `i`
+    number_unsigned | 128..255                          | uint8       | `U`
+    number_unsigned | 256..32767                        | int16       | `I`
+    number_unsigned | 32768..2147483647                 | int32       | `l`
+    number_unsigned | 2147483648..9223372036854775807   | int64       | `L`
+    number_float    | *any value*                       | float64     | `D`
+    string          | *with shortest length indicator*  | string      | `S`
+    array           | *see notes on optimized format*   | array       | `[`
+    object          | *see notes on optimized format*   | map         | `{`
+
+    @note The mapping is **complete** in the sense that any JSON value type
+          can be converted to a UBJSON value.
+
+    @note The following values can **not** be converted to a UBJSON value:
+          - strings with more than 9223372036854775807 bytes (theoretical)
+          - unsigned integer numbers above 9223372036854775807
+
+    @note The following markers are not used in the conversion:
+          - `Z`: no-op values are not created.
+          - `C`: single-byte strings are serialized with `S` markers.
+
+    @note Any UBJSON output created @ref to_ubjson can be successfully parsed
+          by @ref from_ubjson.
+
+    @note If NaN or Infinity are stored inside a JSON number, they are
+          serialized properly. This behavior differs from the @ref dump()
+          function which serializes NaN or Infinity to `null`.
+
+    @note The optimized formats for containers are supported: Parameter
+          @a use_size adds size information to the beginning of a container and
+          removes the closing marker. Parameter @a use_type further checks
+          whether all elements of a container have the same type and adds the
+          type marker to the beginning of the container. The @a use_type
+          parameter must only be used together with @a use_size = true. Note
+          that @a use_size = true alone may result in larger representations -
+          the benefit of this parameter is that the receiving side is
+          immediately informed on the number of elements of the container.
+
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @param[in] use_size  whether to add size annotations to container types
+    @param[in] use_type  whether to add type annotations to container types
+                         (must be combined with @a use_size = true)
+    @return UBJSON serialization as byte vector
+
+    @complexity Linear in the size of the JSON value @a j.
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows the serialization of a JSON value to a byte
+    vector in UBJSON format.,to_ubjson}
+
+    @sa http://ubjson.org
+    @sa @ref from_ubjson(detail::input_adapter, const bool strict) for the
+        analogous deserialization
+    @sa @ref to_cbor(const basic_json& for the related CBOR format
+    @sa @ref to_msgpack(const basic_json&) for the related MessagePack format
+
+    @since version 3.1.0
+    */
+    static std::vector<uint8_t> to_ubjson(const basic_json& j,
+                                          const bool use_size = false,
+                                          const bool use_type = false)
+    {
+        std::vector<uint8_t> result;
+        to_ubjson(j, result, use_size, use_type);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    static void to_ubjson(const basic_json& j, detail::output_adapter<uint8_t> o,
+                          const bool use_size = false, const bool use_type = false)
+    {
+        binary_writer<uint8_t>(o).write_ubjson(j, use_size, use_type);
+    }
+
+    static void to_ubjson(const basic_json& j, detail::output_adapter<char> o,
+                          const bool use_size = false, const bool use_type = false)
+    {
+        binary_writer<char>(o).write_ubjson(j, use_size, use_type);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a JSON value from an input in CBOR format
+
+    Deserializes a given input @a i to a JSON value using the CBOR (Concise
+    Binary Object Representation) serialization format.
+
+    The library maps CBOR types to JSON value types as follows:
+
+    CBOR type              | JSON value type | first byte
+    ---------------------- | --------------- | ----------
+    Integer                | number_unsigned | 0x00..0x17
+    Unsigned integer       | number_unsigned | 0x18
+    Unsigned integer       | number_unsigned | 0x19
+    Unsigned integer       | number_unsigned | 0x1A
+    Unsigned integer       | number_unsigned | 0x1B
+    Negative integer       | number_integer  | 0x20..0x37
+    Negative integer       | number_integer  | 0x38
+    Negative integer       | number_integer  | 0x39
+    Negative integer       | number_integer  | 0x3A
+    Negative integer       | number_integer  | 0x3B
+    Negative integer       | number_integer  | 0x40..0x57
+    UTF-8 string           | string          | 0x60..0x77
+    UTF-8 string           | string          | 0x78
+    UTF-8 string           | string          | 0x79
+    UTF-8 string           | string          | 0x7A
+    UTF-8 string           | string          | 0x7B
+    UTF-8 string           | string          | 0x7F
+    array                  | array           | 0x80..0x97
+    array                  | array           | 0x98
+    array                  | array           | 0x99
+    array                  | array           | 0x9A
+    array                  | array           | 0x9B
+    array                  | array           | 0x9F
+    map                    | object          | 0xA0..0xB7
+    map                    | object          | 0xB8
+    map                    | object          | 0xB9
+    map                    | object          | 0xBA
+    map                    | object          | 0xBB
+    map                    | object          | 0xBF
+    False                  | `false`         | 0xF4
+    True                   | `true`          | 0xF5
+    Nill                   | `null`          | 0xF6
+    Half-Precision Float   | number_float    | 0xF9
+    Single-Precision Float | number_float    | 0xFA
+    Double-Precision Float | number_float    | 0xFB
+
+    @warning The mapping is **incomplete** in the sense that not all CBOR
+             types can be converted to a JSON value. The following CBOR types
+             are not supported and will yield parse errors (parse_error.112):
+             - byte strings (0x40..0x5F)
+             - date/time (0xC0..0xC1)
+             - bignum (0xC2..0xC3)
+             - decimal fraction (0xC4)
+             - bigfloat (0xC5)
+             - tagged items (0xC6..0xD4, 0xD8..0xDB)
+             - expected conversions (0xD5..0xD7)
+             - simple values (0xE0..0xF3, 0xF8)
+             - undefined (0xF7)
+
+    @warning CBOR allows map keys of any type, whereas JSON only allows
+             strings as keys in object values. Therefore, CBOR maps with keys
+             other than UTF-8 strings are rejected (parse_error.113).
+
+    @note Any CBOR output created @ref to_cbor can be successfully parsed by
+          @ref from_cbor.
+
+    @param[in] i  an input in CBOR format convertible to an input adapter
+    @param[in] strict  whether to expect the input to be consumed until EOF
+                       (true by default)
+    @return deserialized JSON value
+
+    @throw parse_error.110 if the given input ends prematurely or the end of
+    file was not reached when @a strict was set to true
+    @throw parse_error.112 if unsupported features from CBOR were
+    used in the given input @a v or if the input is not valid CBOR
+    @throw parse_error.113 if a string was expected as map key, but not found
+
+    @complexity Linear in the size of the input @a i.
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows the deserialization of a byte vector in CBOR
+    format to a JSON value.,from_cbor}
+
+    @sa http://cbor.io
+    @sa @ref to_cbor(const basic_json&) for the analogous serialization
+    @sa @ref from_msgpack(detail::input_adapter, const bool) for the
+        related MessagePack format
+    @sa @ref from_ubjson(detail::input_adapter, const bool) for the related
+        UBJSON format
+
+    @since version 2.0.9; parameter @a start_index since 2.1.1; changed to
+           consume input adapters, removed start_index parameter, and added
+           @a strict parameter since 3.0.0
+    */
+    static basic_json from_cbor(detail::input_adapter i,
+                                const bool strict = true)
+    {
+        return binary_reader(i).parse_cbor(strict);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @copydoc from_cbor(detail::input_adapter, const bool)
+    */
+    template<typename A1, typename A2,
+             detail::enable_if_t<std::is_constructible<detail::input_adapter, A1, A2>::value, int> = 0>
+    static basic_json from_cbor(A1 && a1, A2 && a2, const bool strict = true)
+    {
+        return binary_reader(detail::input_adapter(std::forward<A1>(a1), std::forward<A2>(a2))).parse_cbor(strict);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a JSON value from an input in MessagePack format
+
+    Deserializes a given input @a i to a JSON value using the MessagePack
+    serialization format.
+
+    The library maps MessagePack types to JSON value types as follows:
+
+    MessagePack type | JSON value type | first byte
+    ---------------- | --------------- | ----------
+    positive fixint  | number_unsigned | 0x00..0x7F
+    fixmap           | object          | 0x80..0x8F
+    fixarray         | array           | 0x90..0x9F
+    fixstr           | string          | 0xA0..0xBF
+    nil              | `null`          | 0xC0
+    false            | `false`         | 0xC2
+    true             | `true`          | 0xC3
+    float 32         | number_float    | 0xCA
+    float 64         | number_float    | 0xCB
+    uint 8           | number_unsigned | 0xCC
+    uint 16          | number_unsigned | 0xCD
+    uint 32          | number_unsigned | 0xCE
+    uint 64          | number_unsigned | 0xCF
+    int 8            | number_integer  | 0xD0
+    int 16           | number_integer  | 0xD1
+    int 32           | number_integer  | 0xD2
+    int 64           | number_integer  | 0xD3
+    str 8            | string          | 0xD9
+    str 16           | string          | 0xDA
+    str 32           | string          | 0xDB
+    array 16         | array           | 0xDC
+    array 32         | array           | 0xDD
+    map 16           | object          | 0xDE
+    map 32           | object          | 0xDF
+    negative fixint  | number_integer  | 0xE0-0xFF
+
+    @warning The mapping is **incomplete** in the sense that not all
+             MessagePack types can be converted to a JSON value. The following
+             MessagePack types are not supported and will yield parse errors:
+              - bin 8 - bin 32 (0xC4..0xC6)
+              - ext 8 - ext 32 (0xC7..0xC9)
+              - fixext 1 - fixext 16 (0xD4..0xD8)
+
+    @note Any MessagePack output created @ref to_msgpack can be successfully
+          parsed by @ref from_msgpack.
+
+    @param[in] i  an input in MessagePack format convertible to an input
+                  adapter
+    @param[in] strict  whether to expect the input to be consumed until EOF
+                       (true by default)
+
+    @throw parse_error.110 if the given input ends prematurely or the end of
+    file was not reached when @a strict was set to true
+    @throw parse_error.112 if unsupported features from MessagePack were
+    used in the given input @a i or if the input is not valid MessagePack
+    @throw parse_error.113 if a string was expected as map key, but not found
+
+    @complexity Linear in the size of the input @a i.
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows the deserialization of a byte vector in
+    MessagePack format to a JSON value.,from_msgpack}
+
+    @sa http://msgpack.org
+    @sa @ref to_msgpack(const basic_json&) for the analogous serialization
+    @sa @ref from_cbor(detail::input_adapter, const bool) for the related CBOR
+        format
+    @sa @ref from_ubjson(detail::input_adapter, const bool) for the related
+        UBJSON format
+
+    @since version 2.0.9; parameter @a start_index since 2.1.1; changed to
+           consume input adapters, removed start_index parameter, and added
+           @a strict parameter since 3.0.0
+    */
+    static basic_json from_msgpack(detail::input_adapter i,
+                                   const bool strict = true)
+    {
+        return binary_reader(i).parse_msgpack(strict);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @copydoc from_msgpack(detail::input_adapter, const bool)
+    */
+    template<typename A1, typename A2,
+             detail::enable_if_t<std::is_constructible<detail::input_adapter, A1, A2>::value, int> = 0>
+    static basic_json from_msgpack(A1 && a1, A2 && a2, const bool strict = true)
+    {
+        return binary_reader(detail::input_adapter(std::forward<A1>(a1), std::forward<A2>(a2))).parse_msgpack(strict);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief create a JSON value from an input in UBJSON format
+
+    Deserializes a given input @a i to a JSON value using the UBJSON (Universal
+    Binary JSON) serialization format.
+
+    The library maps UBJSON types to JSON value types as follows:
+
+    UBJSON type | JSON value type                         | marker
+    ----------- | --------------------------------------- | ------
+    no-op       | *no value, next value is read*          | `N`
+    null        | `null`                                  | `Z`
+    false       | `false`                                 | `F`
+    true        | `true`                                  | `T`
+    float32     | number_float                            | `d`
+    float64     | number_float                            | `D`
+    uint8       | number_unsigned                         | `U`
+    int8        | number_integer                          | `i`
+    int16       | number_integer                          | `I`
+    int32       | number_integer                          | `l`
+    int64       | number_integer                          | `L`
+    string      | string                                  | `S`
+    char        | string                                  | `C`
+    array       | array (optimized values are supported)  | `[`
+    object      | object (optimized values are supported) | `{`
+
+    @note The mapping is **complete** in the sense that any UBJSON value can
+          be converted to a JSON value.
+
+    @param[in] i  an input in UBJSON format convertible to an input adapter
+    @param[in] strict  whether to expect the input to be consumed until EOF
+                       (true by default)
+
+    @throw parse_error.110 if the given input ends prematurely or the end of
+    file was not reached when @a strict was set to true
+    @throw parse_error.112 if a parse error occurs
+    @throw parse_error.113 if a string could not be parsed successfully
+
+    @complexity Linear in the size of the input @a i.
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows the deserialization of a byte vector in
+    UBJSON format to a JSON value.,from_ubjson}
+
+    @sa http://ubjson.org
+    @sa @ref to_ubjson(const basic_json&, const bool, const bool) for the
+             analogous serialization
+    @sa @ref from_cbor(detail::input_adapter, const bool) for the related CBOR
+        format
+    @sa @ref from_msgpack(detail::input_adapter, const bool) for the related
+        MessagePack format
+
+    @since version 3.1.0
+    */
+    static basic_json from_ubjson(detail::input_adapter i,
+                                  const bool strict = true)
+    {
+        return binary_reader(i).parse_ubjson(strict);
+    }
+
+    template<typename A1, typename A2,
+             detail::enable_if_t<std::is_constructible<detail::input_adapter, A1, A2>::value, int> = 0>
+    static basic_json from_ubjson(A1 && a1, A2 && a2, const bool strict = true)
+    {
+        return binary_reader(detail::input_adapter(std::forward<A1>(a1), std::forward<A2>(a2))).parse_ubjson(strict);
+    }
+
+    /// @}
 
     //////////////////////////
     // JSON Pointer support //
@@ -9870,9 +16427,9 @@
 
     @complexity Constant.
 
-    @throw std::out_of_range      if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
-    @throw std::domain_error      if an array index begins with '0'
-    @throw std::invalid_argument  if an array index was not a number
+    @throw parse_error.106   if an array index begins with '0'
+    @throw parse_error.109   if an array index was not a number
+    @throw out_of_range.404  if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
 
     @liveexample{The behavior is shown in the example.,operatorjson_pointer}
 
@@ -9897,9 +16454,10 @@
 
     @complexity Constant.
 
-    @throw std::out_of_range      if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
-    @throw std::domain_error      if an array index begins with '0'
-    @throw std::invalid_argument  if an array index was not a number
+    @throw parse_error.106   if an array index begins with '0'
+    @throw parse_error.109   if an array index was not a number
+    @throw out_of_range.402  if the array index '-' is used
+    @throw out_of_range.404  if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
 
     @liveexample{The behavior is shown in the example.,operatorjson_pointer_const}
 
@@ -9920,15 +16478,33 @@
 
     @return reference to the element pointed to by @a ptr
 
+    @throw parse_error.106 if an array index in the passed JSON pointer @a ptr
+    begins with '0'. See example below.
+
+    @throw parse_error.109 if an array index in the passed JSON pointer @a ptr
+    is not a number. See example below.
+
+    @throw out_of_range.401 if an array index in the passed JSON pointer @a ptr
+    is out of range. See example below.
+
+    @throw out_of_range.402 if the array index '-' is used in the passed JSON
+    pointer @a ptr. As `at` provides checked access (and no elements are
+    implicitly inserted), the index '-' is always invalid. See example below.
+
+    @throw out_of_range.403 if the JSON pointer describes a key of an object
+    which cannot be found. See example below.
+
+    @throw out_of_range.404 if the JSON pointer @a ptr can not be resolved.
+    See example below.
+
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes in the JSON value.
+
     @complexity Constant.
 
-    @throw std::out_of_range      if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
-    @throw std::domain_error      if an array index begins with '0'
-    @throw std::invalid_argument  if an array index was not a number
+    @since version 2.0.0
 
     @liveexample{The behavior is shown in the example.,at_json_pointer}
-
-    @since version 2.0.0
     */
     reference at(const json_pointer& ptr)
     {
@@ -9945,15 +16521,33 @@
 
     @return reference to the element pointed to by @a ptr
 
+    @throw parse_error.106 if an array index in the passed JSON pointer @a ptr
+    begins with '0'. See example below.
+
+    @throw parse_error.109 if an array index in the passed JSON pointer @a ptr
+    is not a number. See example below.
+
+    @throw out_of_range.401 if an array index in the passed JSON pointer @a ptr
+    is out of range. See example below.
+
+    @throw out_of_range.402 if the array index '-' is used in the passed JSON
+    pointer @a ptr. As `at` provides checked access (and no elements are
+    implicitly inserted), the index '-' is always invalid. See example below.
+
+    @throw out_of_range.403 if the JSON pointer describes a key of an object
+    which cannot be found. See example below.
+
+    @throw out_of_range.404 if the JSON pointer @a ptr can not be resolved.
+    See example below.
+
+    @exceptionsafety Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no
+    changes in the JSON value.
+
     @complexity Constant.
 
-    @throw std::out_of_range      if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
-    @throw std::domain_error      if an array index begins with '0'
-    @throw std::invalid_argument  if an array index was not a number
+    @since version 2.0.0
 
     @liveexample{The behavior is shown in the example.,at_json_pointer_const}
-
-    @since version 2.0.0
     */
     const_reference at(const json_pointer& ptr) const
     {
@@ -9968,7 +16562,7 @@
     primitive. The original JSON value can be restored using the @ref
     unflatten() function.
 
-    @return an object that maps JSON pointers to primitve values
+    @return an object that maps JSON pointers to primitive values
 
     @note Empty objects and arrays are flattened to `null` and will not be
           reconstructed correctly by the @ref unflatten() function.
@@ -10009,6 +16603,9 @@
 
     @complexity Linear in the size the JSON value.
 
+    @throw type_error.314  if value is not an object
+    @throw type_error.315  if object values are not primitive
+
     @liveexample{The following code shows how a flattened JSON object is
     unflattened into the original nested JSON object.,unflatten}
 
@@ -10035,7 +16632,7 @@
 
     [JSON Patch](http://jsonpatch.com) defines a JSON document structure for
     expressing a sequence of operations to apply to a JSON) document. With
-    this funcion, a JSON Patch is applied to the current JSON value by
+    this function, a JSON Patch is applied to the current JSON value by
     executing all operations from the patch.
 
     @param[in] json_patch  JSON patch document
@@ -10046,12 +16643,23 @@
           any case, the original value is not changed: the patch is applied
           to a copy of the value.
 
-    @throw std::out_of_range if a JSON pointer inside the patch could not
-    be resolved successfully in the current JSON value; example: `"key baz
-    not found"`
-    @throw invalid_argument if the JSON patch is malformed (e.g., mandatory
+    @throw parse_error.104 if the JSON patch does not consist of an array of
+    objects
+
+    @throw parse_error.105 if the JSON patch is malformed (e.g., mandatory
     attributes are missing); example: `"operation add must have member path"`
 
+    @throw out_of_range.401 if an array index is out of range.
+
+    @throw out_of_range.403 if a JSON pointer inside the patch could not be
+    resolved successfully in the current JSON value; example: `"key baz not
+    found"`
+
+    @throw out_of_range.405 if JSON pointer has no parent ("add", "remove",
+    "move")
+
+    @throw other_error.501 if "test" operation was unsuccessful
+
     @complexity Linear in the size of the JSON value and the length of the
     JSON patch. As usually only a fraction of the JSON value is affected by
     the patch, the complexity can usually be neglected.
@@ -10074,7 +16682,7 @@
         // the valid JSON Patch operations
         enum class patch_operations {add, remove, replace, move, copy, test, invalid};
 
-        const auto get_op = [](const std::string op)
+        const auto get_op = [](const std::string & op)
         {
             if (op == "add")
             {
@@ -10144,11 +16752,11 @@
                         }
                         else
                         {
-                            const auto idx = std::stoi(last_path);
-                            if (static_cast<size_type>(idx) > parent.size())
+                            const auto idx = json_pointer::array_index(last_path);
+                            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(static_cast<size_type>(idx) > parent.size()))
                             {
                                 // avoid undefined behavior
-                                throw std::out_of_range("array index " + std::to_string(idx) + " is out of range");
+                                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(401, "array index " + std::to_string(idx) + " is out of range"));
                             }
                             else
                             {
@@ -10180,36 +16788,35 @@
             {
                 // perform range check
                 auto it = parent.find(last_path);
-                if (it != parent.end())
+                if (JSON_LIKELY(it != parent.end()))
                 {
                     parent.erase(it);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    throw std::out_of_range("key '" + last_path + "' not found");
+                    JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(403, "key '" + last_path + "' not found"));
                 }
             }
             else if (parent.is_array())
             {
                 // note erase performs range check
-                parent.erase(static_cast<size_type>(std::stoi(last_path)));
+                parent.erase(static_cast<size_type>(json_pointer::array_index(last_path)));
             }
         };
 
-        // type check
-        if (not json_patch.is_array())
-        {
-            // a JSON patch must be an array of objects
-            throw std::invalid_argument("JSON patch must be an array of objects");
-        }
-
-        // iterate and apply th eoperations
+        // type check: top level value must be an array
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not json_patch.is_array()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(104, 0, "JSON patch must be an array of objects"));
+        }
+
+        // iterate and apply the operations
         for (const auto& val : json_patch)
         {
             // wrapper to get a value for an operation
             const auto get_value = [&val](const std::string & op,
                                           const std::string & member,
-                                          bool string_type) -> basic_json&
+                                          bool string_type) -> basic_json &
             {
                 // find value
                 auto it = val.m_value.object->find(member);
@@ -10218,25 +16825,25 @@
                 const auto error_msg = (op == "op") ? "operation" : "operation '" + op + "'";
 
                 // check if desired value is present
-                if (it == val.m_value.object->end())
-                {
-                    throw std::invalid_argument(error_msg + " must have member '" + member + "'");
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(it == val.m_value.object->end()))
+                {
+                    JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(105, 0, error_msg + " must have member '" + member + "'"));
                 }
 
                 // check if result is of type string
-                if (string_type and not it->second.is_string())
-                {
-                    throw std::invalid_argument(error_msg + " must have string member '" + member + "'");
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(string_type and not it->second.is_string()))
+                {
+                    JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(105, 0, error_msg + " must have string member '" + member + "'"));
                 }
 
                 // no error: return value
                 return it->second;
             };
 
-            // type check
-            if (not val.is_object())
-            {
-                throw std::invalid_argument("JSON patch must be an array of objects");
+            // type check: every element of the array must be an object
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not val.is_object()))
+            {
+                JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(104, 0, "JSON patch must be an array of objects"));
             }
 
             // collect mandatory members
@@ -10284,32 +16891,37 @@
 
                 case patch_operations::copy:
                 {
-                    const std::string from_path = get_value("copy", "from", true);;
+                    const std::string from_path = get_value("copy", "from", true);
                     const json_pointer from_ptr(from_path);
 
                     // the "from" location must exist - use at()
-                    result[ptr] = result.at(from_ptr);
+                    basic_json v = result.at(from_ptr);
+
+                    // The copy is functionally identical to an "add"
+                    // operation at the target location using the value
+                    // specified in the "from" member.
+                    operation_add(ptr, v);
                     break;
                 }
 
                 case patch_operations::test:
                 {
                     bool success = false;
-                    try
+                    JSON_TRY
                     {
                         // check if "value" matches the one at "path"
                         // the "path" location must exist - use at()
                         success = (result.at(ptr) == get_value("test", "value", false));
                     }
-                    catch (std::out_of_range&)
+                    JSON_CATCH (out_of_range&)
                     {
                         // ignore out of range errors: success remains false
                     }
 
                     // throw an exception if test fails
-                    if (not success)
-                    {
-                        throw std::domain_error("unsuccessful: " + val.dump());
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not success))
+                    {
+                        JSON_THROW(other_error::create(501, "unsuccessful: " + val.dump()));
                     }
 
                     break;
@@ -10319,7 +16931,7 @@
                 {
                     // op must be "add", "remove", "replace", "move", "copy", or
                     // "test"
-                    throw std::invalid_argument("operation value '" + op + "' is invalid");
+                    JSON_THROW(parse_error::create(105, 0, "operation value '" + op + "' is invalid"));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -10342,8 +16954,8 @@
     @note Currently, only `remove`, `add`, and `replace` operations are
           generated.
 
-    @param[in] source  JSON value to copare from
-    @param[in] target  JSON value to copare against
+    @param[in] source  JSON value to compare from
+    @param[in] target  JSON value to compare against
     @param[in] path    helper value to create JSON pointers
 
     @return a JSON patch to convert the @a source to @a target
@@ -10354,13 +16966,13 @@
     diff for two JSON values.,diff}
 
     @sa @ref patch -- apply a JSON patch
+    @sa @ref merge_patch -- apply a JSON Merge Patch
 
     @sa [RFC 6902 (JSON Patch)](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902)
 
     @since version 2.0.0
     */
-    static basic_json diff(const basic_json& source,
-                           const basic_json& target,
+    static basic_json diff(const basic_json& source, const basic_json& target,
                            const std::string& path = "")
     {
         // the patch
@@ -10377,9 +16989,7 @@
             // different types: replace value
             result.push_back(
             {
-                {"op", "replace"},
-                {"path", path},
-                {"value", target}
+                {"op", "replace"}, {"path", path}, {"value", target}
             });
         }
         else
@@ -10389,7 +16999,7 @@
                 case value_t::array:
                 {
                     // first pass: traverse common elements
-                    size_t i = 0;
+                    std::size_t i = 0;
                     while (i < source.size() and i < target.size())
                     {
                         // recursive call to compare array values at index i
@@ -10433,7 +17043,7 @@
                 case value_t::object:
                 {
                     // first pass: traverse this object's elements
-                    for (auto it = source.begin(); it != source.end(); ++it)
+                    for (auto it = source.cbegin(); it != source.cend(); ++it)
                     {
                         // escape the key name to be used in a JSON patch
                         const auto key = json_pointer::escape(it.key());
@@ -10449,14 +17059,13 @@
                             // found a key that is not in o -> remove it
                             result.push_back(object(
                             {
-                                {"op", "remove"},
-                                {"path", path + "/" + key}
+                                {"op", "remove"}, {"path", path + "/" + key}
                             }));
                         }
                     }
 
                     // second pass: traverse other object's elements
-                    for (auto it = target.begin(); it != target.end(); ++it)
+                    for (auto it = target.cbegin(); it != target.cend(); ++it)
                     {
                         if (source.find(it.key()) == source.end())
                         {
@@ -10464,8 +17073,7 @@
                             const auto key = json_pointer::escape(it.key());
                             result.push_back(
                             {
-                                {"op", "add"},
-                                {"path", path + "/" + key},
+                                {"op", "add"}, {"path", path + "/" + key},
                                 {"value", it.value()}
                             });
                         }
@@ -10479,9 +17087,7 @@
                     // both primitive type: replace value
                     result.push_back(
                     {
-                        {"op", "replace"},
-                        {"path", path},
-                        {"value", target}
+                        {"op", "replace"}, {"path", path}, {"value", target}
                     });
                     break;
                 }
@@ -10492,24 +17098,85 @@
     }
 
     /// @}
+
+    ////////////////////////////////
+    // JSON Merge Patch functions //
+    ////////////////////////////////
+
+    /// @name JSON Merge Patch functions
+    /// @{
+
+    /*!
+    @brief applies a JSON Merge Patch
+
+    The merge patch format is primarily intended for use with the HTTP PATCH
+    method as a means of describing a set of modifications to a target
+    resource's content. This function applies a merge patch to the current
+    JSON value.
+
+    The function implements the following algorithm from Section 2 of
+    [RFC 7396 (JSON Merge Patch)](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7396):
+
+    ```
+    define MergePatch(Target, Patch):
+      if Patch is an Object:
+        if Target is not an Object:
+          Target = {} // Ignore the contents and set it to an empty Object
+        for each Name/Value pair in Patch:
+          if Value is null:
+            if Name exists in Target:
+              remove the Name/Value pair from Target
+          else:
+            Target[Name] = MergePatch(Target[Name], Value)
+        return Target
+      else:
+        return Patch
+    ```
+
+    Thereby, `Target` is the current object; that is, the patch is applied to
+    the current value.
+
+    @param[in] patch  the patch to apply
+
+    @complexity Linear in the lengths of @a patch.
+
+    @liveexample{The following code shows how a JSON Merge Patch is applied to
+    a JSON document.,merge_patch}
+
+    @sa @ref patch -- apply a JSON patch
+    @sa [RFC 7396 (JSON Merge Patch)](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7396)
+
+    @since version 3.0.0
+    */
+    void merge_patch(const basic_json& patch)
+    {
+        if (patch.is_object())
+        {
+            if (not is_object())
+            {
+                *this = object();
+            }
+            for (auto it = patch.begin(); it != patch.end(); ++it)
+            {
+                if (it.value().is_null())
+                {
+                    erase(it.key());
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    operator[](it.key()).merge_patch(it.value());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            *this = patch;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// @}
 };
-
-
-/////////////
-// presets //
-/////////////
-
-/*!
-@brief default JSON class
-
-This type is the default specialization of the @ref basic_json class which
-uses the standard template types.
-
-@since version 1.0.0
-*/
-using json = basic_json<>;
-}
-
+} // namespace nlohmann
 
 ///////////////////////
 // nonmember support //
@@ -10549,7 +17216,25 @@
         return h(j.dump());
     }
 };
-}
+
+/// specialization for std::less<value_t>
+/// @note: do not remove the space after '<',
+///        see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/679
+template<>
+struct less< ::nlohmann::detail::value_t>
+{
+    /*!
+    @brief compare two value_t enum values
+    @since version 3.0.0
+    */
+    bool operator()(nlohmann::detail::value_t lhs,
+                    nlohmann::detail::value_t rhs) const noexcept
+    {
+        return nlohmann::detail::operator<(lhs, rhs);
+    }
+};
+
+} // namespace std
 
 /*!
 @brief user-defined string literal for JSON values
@@ -10559,35 +17244,57 @@
 if no parse error occurred.
 
 @param[in] s  a string representation of a JSON object
+@param[in] n  the length of string @a s
 @return a JSON object
 
 @since version 1.0.0
 */
-inline nlohmann::json operator "" _json(const char* s, std::size_t)
-{
-    return nlohmann::json::parse(s);
+inline nlohmann::json operator "" _json(const char* s, std::size_t n)
+{
+    return nlohmann::json::parse(s, s + n);
 }
 
 /*!
 @brief user-defined string literal for JSON pointer
 
 This operator implements a user-defined string literal for JSON Pointers. It
-can be used by adding `"_json"` to a string literal and returns a JSON pointer
+can be used by adding `"_json_pointer"` to a string literal and returns a JSON pointer
 object if no parse error occurred.
 
 @param[in] s  a string representation of a JSON Pointer
+@param[in] n  the length of string @a s
 @return a JSON pointer object
 
 @since version 2.0.0
 */
-inline nlohmann::json::json_pointer operator "" _json_pointer(const char* s, std::size_t)
-{
-    return nlohmann::json::json_pointer(s);
-}
+inline nlohmann::json::json_pointer operator "" _json_pointer(const char* s, std::size_t n)
+{
+    return nlohmann::json::json_pointer(std::string(s, n));
+}
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_unscope.hpp>
+
 
 // restore GCC/clang diagnostic settings
 #if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
     #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 #endif
+#if defined(__clang__)
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
+
+// clean up
+#undef JSON_CATCH
+#undef JSON_THROW
+#undef JSON_TRY
+#undef JSON_LIKELY
+#undef JSON_UNLIKELY
+#undef JSON_DEPRECATED
+#undef JSON_HAS_CPP_14
+#undef JSON_HAS_CPP_17
+#undef NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
+#undef NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL
+#undef NLOHMANN_JSON_HAS_HELPER
+
 
 #endif
--- a/irccdctl/main.cpp	Tue Apr 17 20:14:13 2018 +0200
+++ b/irccdctl/main.cpp	Thu May 03 12:05:04 2018 +0200
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <irccd/sysconfig.hpp>
 
+#include <iostream>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
--- a/irccdctl/plugin_config_cli.cpp	Tue Apr 17 20:14:13 2018 +0200
+++ b/irccdctl/plugin_config_cli.cpp	Thu May 03 12:05:04 2018 +0200
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include <iostream>
+
 #include <irccd/json_util.hpp>
 
 #include "plugin_config_cli.hpp"
--- a/irccdctl/plugin_info_cli.cpp	Tue Apr 17 20:14:13 2018 +0200
+++ b/irccdctl/plugin_info_cli.cpp	Thu May 03 12:05:04 2018 +0200
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include <iostream>
+
 #include <irccd/json_util.hpp>
 
 #include "plugin_info_cli.hpp"
--- a/irccdctl/plugin_list_cli.cpp	Tue Apr 17 20:14:13 2018 +0200
+++ b/irccdctl/plugin_list_cli.cpp	Thu May 03 12:05:04 2018 +0200
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include <iostream>
+
 #include "plugin_list_cli.hpp"
 
 namespace irccd {
--- a/irccdctl/rule_info_cli.cpp	Tue Apr 17 20:14:13 2018 +0200
+++ b/irccdctl/rule_info_cli.cpp	Thu May 03 12:05:04 2018 +0200
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include <iostream>
+
 #include "rule_info_cli.hpp"
 
 namespace irccd {
--- a/irccdctl/server_info_cli.cpp	Tue Apr 17 20:14:13 2018 +0200
+++ b/irccdctl/server_info_cli.cpp	Thu May 03 12:05:04 2018 +0200
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include <iostream>
+
 #include <irccd/json_util.hpp>
 
 #include "server_info_cli.hpp"
--- a/irccdctl/server_list_cli.cpp	Tue Apr 17 20:14:13 2018 +0200
+++ b/irccdctl/server_list_cli.cpp	Thu May 03 12:05:04 2018 +0200
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include <iostream>
+
 #include "server_list_cli.hpp"
 
 namespace irccd {
--- a/irccdctl/watch_cli.cpp	Tue Apr 17 20:14:13 2018 +0200
+++ b/irccdctl/watch_cli.cpp	Thu May 03 12:05:04 2018 +0200
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <functional>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 #include <irccd/json_util.hpp>