Store maps with enum keys as objects (opt-in)

Maps with enum keys, such as std::map<E, T>, are stored as arrays of
[key, value] pairs, because enums are not convertible to the string type
of object keys - even if NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM maps them to
strings (#4378).

The new JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS macro stores them as objects
instead, converting each key with the enum's to_json. It applies to any
map-like type with enum keys (std::map with any comparator,
std::unordered_map, ...). A key that does not convert to a string throws
type_error.302, and two keys converting to the same string throw the new
type_error.318, rather than losing an entry. The macro changes the output
of inline functions, so it is part of the ABI tag (_ekmo).

Reading needs no macro: std::map and std::unordered_map with enum keys
are now also read from objects, converting each key with the enum's
from_json. That input was rejected before, and arrays of pairs are still
read, so data written either way can be read.

This supersedes #4531, which first proposed storing these maps as
objects.

Co-authored-by: Muhammad Amir bin Mohamad Ghazaly <amirghaz@umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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Niels LohmannandMuhammad Amir bin Mohamad Ghazaly committed 2026-09-27 17:48:58 +02:00
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@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@
#define JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING 0
#endif
#ifndef JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
#define JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS 0
#endif
#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTICS _diag
#else
@@ -100,14 +104,20 @@
#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING
#endif
#if JSON_USE_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS _ekmo
#else
#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS
#endif
#ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_NO_VERSION
#define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_NO_VERSION 0
#endif
// Construct the namespace ABI tags component
#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f) json_abi ## a ## b ## c ## d ## e ## f
#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(a, b, c, d, e, f) \
NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f)
#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) json_abi ## a ## b ## c ## d ## e ## f ## g
#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) \
NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)
#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS \
NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT( \
@@ -116,7 +126,8 @@
NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, \
NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_BRACE_INIT_COPY_SEMANTICS, \
NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION, \
NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING)
NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING, \
NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_OBJECTS_FOR_ENUM_KEYED_MAPS)
// Construct the namespace version component
#define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION_CONCAT_EX(major, minor, patch) \