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 <span class=w>                       </span><span class=k>const</span><span class=w> </span><span class=n>basic_json</span><span class=o>&amp;</span><span class=w> </span><span class=n>target</span><span class=p>,</span>
 <span class=w>                       </span><span class=k>const</span><span class=w> </span><span class=n>string_t</span><span class=o>&amp;</span><span class=w> </span><span class=n>path</span><span class=w> </span><span class=o>=</span><span class=w> </span><span class=s>""</span><span class=p>);</span>
 </code></pre></div> <p>Creates a <a href="http://jsonpatch.com"><abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> Patch</a> so that value <code>source</code> can be changed into the value <code>target</code> by calling <a href=../patch/ ><code>patch</code></a> function.</p> <p>For two <abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> values <code>source</code> and <code>target</code>, the following code yields <code class=highlight><span class=nb>true</span></code>: <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><span class=n>source</span><span class=p>.</span><span class=n>patch</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=n>diff</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=n>source</span><span class=p>,</span><span class=w> </span><span class=n>target</span><span class=p>))</span><span class=w> </span><span class=o>==</span><span class=w> </span><span class=n>target</span><span class=p>;</span>
-</code></pre></div></p> <p>The equality holds up to <a href=../operator_eq/ ><code>operator==</code></a>, so it has the following exceptions:</p> <ul> <li>A value that is not equal to itself cannot round-trip. This applies to <code>NaN</code> (also nested in an array or object) and to <a href=../is_discarded/ >discarded</a> values: <code>diff</code> emits a <code>replace</code> operation for them. A <code>NaN</code> in the patch is serialized as <code class=highlight><span class=kc>null</span></code>, so a patch that was dumped and parsed again would set <code class=highlight><span class=kc>null</span></code>.</li> <li>Numbers that compare equal produce no operation, even if their types or signs differ: <code>diff(1, 1.0)</code>, <code>diff(1u, 1)</code> (unsigned and signed integer) and <code>diff(0.0, -0.0)</code> all return <code class=highlight><span class=p>[]</span></code>. The patched value is then the <code>source</code> and keeps its number type.</li> </ul> <h2 id=parameters>Parameters<a class=headerlink href=#parameters title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <dl> <dt><code>source</code> (in)</dt> <dd><abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> value to compare from</dd> <dt><code>target</code> (in)</dt> <dd><abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> value to compare against</dd> <dt><code>path</code> (in)</dt> <dd>a prefix that is put verbatim in front of the <code>path</code> member of every operation (default: <code>""</code>, which addresses the root of the value). The prefix is neither escaped nor validated: <code class=highlight><span class=n>diff</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=mi>1</span><span class=p>,</span><span class=w> </span><span class=mi>2</span><span class=p>,</span><span class=w> </span><span class=s>"abc"</span><span class=p>)</span></code> yields an operation with the <code>path</code> <code>abc</code>, which is not a valid <abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> Pointer. Use it with a valid <abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> Pointer such as <code>/root</code> and escape <code>~</code> and <code>/</code> in its reference tokens (see <a href=../../../features/json_pointer/ ><abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> Pointer</a>).</dd> </dl> <h2 id=return-value>Return value<a class=headerlink href=#return-value title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>a <abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> patch to convert the <code>source</code> to <code>target</code></p> <h2 id=exception-safety>Exception safety<a class=headerlink href=#exception-safety title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>Strong guarantee: <code>source</code> and <code>target</code> are never modified.</p> <h2 id=complexity>Complexity<a class=headerlink href=#complexity title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>Linear in the total number of values (including nested ones) in <code>source</code> and <code>target</code>, times the cost of a key-based object operation (looking up a key in an object): logarithmic for <a href=../../json/ ><code>json</code></a>, and linear for <a href=../../ordered_json/ ><code>ordered_json</code></a> (see <a href=../../ordered_map/#complexity><code>ordered_map</code> complexity</a>). For <code>ordered_json</code>, diffing two objects with <code>n</code> and <code>m</code> members therefore takes O((n+m)²) when their keys do not line up (e.g., a key was added or the keys are in a different order). The size of the patch is proportional to the number of operations times the length of their paths, so a small change deep inside a value yields a long <code>path</code>.</p> <h2 id=notes>Notes<a class=headerlink href=#notes title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <ul> <li>Currently, only <code>remove</code>, <code>add</code>, and <code>replace</code> operations are generated.</li> <li>The patch is correct, but not guaranteed to be minimal. For instance, <code>diff([1,2,3], [0,1,2,3])</code> yields three <code>replace</code> operations and one <code>add</code> operation instead of a single insertion.</li> <li>Differences between two arrays are reported index by index. Elements that were added at the end of the array are added with <code>add</code> operations on the path <code>/-</code> (appended in order), and elements that were removed are removed with <code>remove</code> operations from the highest index down to the lowest, so that the remaining indices stay valid.</li> <li>For objects, the operations for the members of <code>source</code> come first (<code>replace</code>, <code>remove</code>, or the operations for nested values, in the iteration order of <code>source</code>), followed by <code>add</code> operations for the members that only <code>target</code> has.</li> <li>For <a href=../../ordered_json/ ><code>ordered_json</code></a>, objects with the same keys in a different order are different. As a patch cannot reorder members, <code>diff</code> removes all keys of the <code>source</code> object and adds them agaLine truncated
+</code></pre></div></p> <p>The equality holds up to <a href=../operator_eq/ ><code>operator==</code></a>, so it has the following exceptions:</p> <ul> <li>A value that is not equal to itself cannot round-trip. This applies to <code>NaN</code> (also nested in an array or object) and to <a href=../is_discarded/ >discarded</a> values: <code>diff</code> emits a <code>replace</code> operation for them. A <code>NaN</code> in the patch is serialized as <code class=highlight><span class=kc>null</span></code>, so a patch that was dumped and parsed again would set <code class=highlight><span class=kc>null</span></code>.</li> <li>Numbers that compare equal produce no operation, even if their types differ or if one is zero and the other is negative zero: <code>diff(1, 1.0)</code> (integer and floating-point), <code>diff(1u, 1)</code> (unsigned and signed integer) and <code>diff(0.0, -0.0)</code> (positive and negative zero) all return <code class=highlight><span class=p>[]</span></code>. The patched value is then the <code>source</code> and keeps its number type and sign.</li> </ul> <h2 id=parameters>Parameters<a class=headerlink href=#parameters title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <dl> <dt><code>source</code> (in)</dt> <dd><abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> value to compare from</dd> <dt><code>target</code> (in)</dt> <dd><abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> value to compare against</dd> <dt><code>path</code> (in)</dt> <dd>a prefix that is put verbatim in front of the <code>path</code> member of every operation (default: <code>""</code>, which addresses the root of the value). The prefix is neither escaped nor validated: <code class=highlight><span class=n>diff</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=mi>1</span><span class=p>,</span><span class=w> </span><span class=mi>2</span><span class=p>,</span><span class=w> </span><span class=s>"abc"</span><span class=p>)</span></code> yields an operation with the <code>path</code> <code>abc</code>, which is not a valid <abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> Pointer. Use it with a valid <abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> Pointer such as <code>/root</code> and escape <code>~</code> and <code>/</code> in its reference tokens (see <a href=../../../features/json_pointer/ ><abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> Pointer</a>).</dd> </dl> <h2 id=return-value>Return value<a class=headerlink href=#return-value title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>a <abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">JSON</abbr> patch to convert the <code>source</code> to <code>target</code></p> <h2 id=exception-safety>Exception safety<a class=headerlink href=#exception-safety title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>Strong guarantee: <code>source</code> and <code>target</code> are never modified.</p> <h2 id=complexity>Complexity<a class=headerlink href=#complexity title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <p>Linear in the total number of values (including nested ones) in <code>source</code> and <code>target</code>, times the cost of a key-based object operation (looking up a key in an object): logarithmic for <a href=../../json/ ><code>json</code></a>, and linear for <a href=../../ordered_json/ ><code>ordered_json</code></a> (see <a href=../../ordered_map/#complexity><code>ordered_map</code> complexity</a>). For <code>ordered_json</code>, diffing two objects with <code>n</code> and <code>m</code> members therefore takes O((n+m)²) when their keys do not line up (e.g., a key was added or the keys are in a different order). The size of the patch is proportional to the number of operations times the length of their paths, so a small change deep inside a value yields a long <code>path</code>.</p> <h2 id=notes>Notes<a class=headerlink href=#notes title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2> <ul> <li>Currently, only <code>remove</code>, <code>add</code>, and <code>replace</code> operations are generated.</li> <li>The patch is correct, but not guaranteed to be minimal. For instance, <code>diff([1,2,3], [0,1,2,3])</code> yields three <code>replace</code> operations and one <code>add</code> operation instead of a single insertion.</li> <li>Differences between two arrays are reported index by index. 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