json_view: address review of the exception diagnostics

- value_path(): check for the empty stack where the last frame is popped,
  so that the loop is `for (;;)`; update the frame only after the target
  check; document that the frame reference is not used after pop_back()
  or push_back() (and add a test with deep documents to run under a
  sanitizer)
- value_range(): flip the container check to remove a level of nesting
- diagnostics(): wrap the whole function in the macro check, and compute
  the path before the bytes, so that nothing is computed when there is no
  path; the function stays a template
- error_site: separate constructors for the two configurations
- site_of(): static_assert that it is called with a view
- document why the throw helpers without an error_site have none
- pointer.hpp: do not split a comment around the template header
- docs: "when materialize() sets them"; list the effects of
  JSON_DIAGNOSTICS and JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS separately

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01N5NasBf4ToHzdcoNEPAJhS

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/at.md

@@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
     - Throws [`out_of_range.404`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range404) if `ptr` cannot be resolved
       because a reference token is used on a primitive value.
 
-None of these exceptions carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no
-`BasicJsonType` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, even if `BasicJsonType` was built with
-`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` enabled.
+As for `BasicJsonType`, with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) these exceptions name the JSON
+Pointer path of the value within the document, and with
+[`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md) its bytes in the source text (when
+[`materialize()`](materialize.md) sets them).
 
 ## Complexity
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/back.md

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
 Throws [`invalid_iterator.214`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptioninvalid_iterator214) if the view is
 [null](is_null.md) or [discarded](is_discarded.md), or if it is an empty array or object.
 
-This exception does not carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no
-`BasicJsonType` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, even if `BasicJsonType` was built with
-`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` enabled.
+As for `BasicJsonType`, with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) the exception names the JSON Pointer
+path of the value within the document, and with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md)
+its bytes in the source text (when [`materialize()`](materialize.md) sets them).
 
 ## Complexity
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/front.md

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
 Throws [`invalid_iterator.214`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptioninvalid_iterator214) if the view is
 [null](is_null.md) or [discarded](is_discarded.md), or if it is an empty array or object.
 
-This exception does not carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no
-`BasicJsonType` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, even if `BasicJsonType` was built with
-`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` enabled.
+As for `BasicJsonType`, with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) the exception names the JSON Pointer
+path of the value within the document, and with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md)
+its bytes in the source text (when [`materialize()`](materialize.md) sets them).
 
 ## Complexity
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/get.md

@@ -80,14 +80,13 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
 - For every other `T`: whatever [`materialize().get<T>()`](../basic_json/get.md) throws — typically `type_error.302`,
   or whatever a user-provided `from_json()` throws.
 
-None of the exceptions thrown directly by this function or by a `from_json()` that reads the view (the first four
-bullets above) carry a
-[`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no `BasicJsonType` value to point at. An
-exception thrown while converting through `materialize()` (the last bullet) is different: it is thrown by a real
-`BasicJsonType` value, so it **does** carry a `JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` path if `BasicJsonType` was built with it enabled.
-That path is relative to the root of the view's subtree, because `materialize()` builds only the subtree (with parent
-pointers): it is empty if the failing value is the subtree's root itself, and it never is the path within the whole
-document.
+The exceptions thrown directly by this function or by a `from_json()` that reads the view (the first four bullets
+above) carry the context of those of `BasicJsonType`: with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) the
+JSON Pointer path of the value within the document, and with
+[`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md) its bytes in the source text. An exception
+thrown while converting through `materialize()` (the last bullet) is thrown by the materialized `BasicJsonType` value
+instead: its path is relative to the root of the view's subtree, because `materialize()` builds only the subtree
+(with parent pointers), so it is empty if the failing value is the subtree's root itself.
 
 ## Complexity
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/get_string.md

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
 Throws [`type_error.302`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error302) if the value is not a string; example:
 `"type must be string, but is array"`.
 
-This exception does not carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no
-`BasicJsonType` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, even if `BasicJsonType` was built with
-`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` enabled.
+As for `BasicJsonType`, with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) the exception names the JSON Pointer
+path of the value within the document, and with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md)
+its bytes in the source text (when [`materialize()`](materialize.md) sets them).
 
 ## Complexity
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/number_token.md

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
 Throws [`type_error.302`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error302) if the value is not a number; example:
 `"type must be number, but is string"`.
 
-This exception does not carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no
-`BasicJsonType` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, even if `BasicJsonType` was built with
-`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` enabled.
+As for `BasicJsonType`, with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) the exception names the JSON Pointer
+path of the value within the document, and with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md)
+its bytes in the source text (when [`materialize()`](materialize.md) sets them).
 
 ## Complexity
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/operator[].md

@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
     - [`parse_error.109`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error109) if an array index in `ptr` is not a
       number.
 
-None of these exceptions carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no
-`BasicJsonType` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, even if `BasicJsonType` was built with
-`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` enabled.
+As for `BasicJsonType`, with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) these exceptions name the JSON
+Pointer path of the value within the document, and with
+[`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md) its bytes in the source text (when
+[`materialize()`](materialize.md) sets them).
 
 ## Complexity
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/value.md

@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@ Strong guarantee: there are no changes to the view or the document it refers to.
    `default_value` instead of throwing, exactly as [`BasicJsonType::value`](../basic_json/value.md) catches
    `out_of_range` and returns `default_value`.
 
-None of these exceptions carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) path: the view has no
-`BasicJsonType` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, even if `BasicJsonType` was built with
-`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` enabled.
+As for `BasicJsonType`, with [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.md) these exceptions name the JSON
+Pointer path of the value within the document, and with
+[`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md) its bytes in the source text (when
+[`materialize()`](materialize.md) sets them).
 
 ## Complexity
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/json_view.md

@@ -134,9 +134,21 @@ document: `#!cpp auto v = json_document::parse(text).root();` does not compile.
 - **Macros.** [`JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING`](../api/macros/json_strict_nul_handling.md) and
   [`JSON_NOEXCEPTION`](../api/macros/json_noexception.md)/[`JSON_THROW_USER`](../api/macros/json_throw_user.md)
   behave the same way they do for `<nlohmann/json.hpp>`. These are the macros that change what the parser accepts or
-  how it reports errors. The others either do not apply ([`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../api/macros/json_diagnostics.md)
-  needs parent pointers in `basic_json` values) or only affect the values `materialize()` produces, through
-  `BasicJsonType`.
+  how it reports errors. Two more macros add context to the exceptions of views, as they do for those of
+  `#!cpp basic_json`:
+
+    - With [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../api/macros/json_diagnostics.md), an exception names the JSON Pointer path of the
+      value within the document.
+    - With [`JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS`](../api/macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md), an exception names the bytes of
+      the value in the source text.
+
+    A view has neither parent pointers nor stored positions, so both are found from the document's index when the
+    exception is thrown. This takes time linear in the size of the document. One exception has neither:
+    `key()` of an iterator over an array or a primitive value
+    ([`invalid_iterator.207`](../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptioninvalid_iterator207)), because a view's iterator does
+    not know the value it iterates over.
+
+    The other macros only affect the values `materialize()` produces, through `BasicJsonType`.
 
 ## What is different
 
@@ -167,10 +179,6 @@ document: `#!cpp auto v = json_document::parse(text).root();` does not compile.
   [`at`](../api/basic_json_view/at.md) throws for every missing value.
 - **Duplicate keys: lookups find the first member, `parse()` keeps the last.** See [Duplicate keys](#duplicate-keys)
   below.
-- **No [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../api/macros/json_diagnostics.md) path.** Exceptions thrown by `basic_json_view`'s own
-  element access and lookup functions never carry the JSON Pointer path `JSON_DIAGNOSTICS` would otherwise add: the
-  view has no `basic_json` value to point at, so the exception is created without one, regardless of how
-  `BasicJsonType` was built.
 - **Ordering comparisons are not provided** by `basic_json_view` — there is no `#!cpp operator<`.
   [`operator==`](../api/basic_json_view/operator_eq.md) and [`operator!=`](../api/basic_json_view/operator_ne.md) are
   provided, though: two views, or a view and a `BasicJsonType` value, compare equal exactly when
@@ -329,14 +337,10 @@ Its body may only use what views and `basic_json` have in common: the type check
 a view does not have; such a type is converted through `materialize()`. A `from_json()` for `json` only is
 converted through `materialize()` as well.
 
-Two things differ when a `from_json()` reads the view:
-
-- **Duplicate keys.** Members looked up by name (`at()`, `value()`, ... and thus the macros) find the **first** member
-  with a repeated key, see [Duplicate keys](#duplicate-keys); `#!cpp materialize().get<T>()` would see the last one.
-  Containers built from an object, such as `#!cpp std::map`, keep the **last** value either way, as
-  [`parse()`](../api/basic_json/parse.md) does.
-- **[`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../api/macros/json_diagnostics.md).** Exceptions thrown by the view carry no path to the
-  value.
+One thing differs when a `from_json()` reads the view: members looked up by name (`at()`, `value()`, ... and thus
+the macros) find the **first** member with a repeated key, see [Duplicate keys](#duplicate-keys);
+`#!cpp materialize().get<T>()` would see the last one. Containers built from an object, such as `#!cpp std::map`,
+keep the **last** value either way, as [`parse()`](../api/basic_json/parse.md) does.
 
 `to_json()` is unaffected: it writes `basic_json` values, never views.
 

include/nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp

@@ -431,6 +431,28 @@ std::nullptr_t exception_context(const View& /*unused*/) noexcept
     return nullptr;
 }
 
+namespace view
+{
+// the path and bytes of the value of a view (defined in <nlohmann/detail/view/errors.hpp>)
+template<typename View>
+std::string diagnostics_of(const View& v);
+}  // namespace view
+
+// what goes in front of the message of an exception about j: nothing for a
+// basic_json value (exception_context() passes the value itself), the context
+// basic_json would add (JSON_DIAGNOSTICS, JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS) for a view
+template<typename BasicJsonType, enable_if_t<is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value, int> = 0>
+const char* exception_prefix(const BasicJsonType& /*unused*/) noexcept
+{
+    return "";
+}
+
+template<typename View, enable_if_t<is_json_view<View>::value, int> = 0>
+std::string exception_prefix(const View& v)
+{
+    return view::diagnostics_of(v);
+}
+
 /*!
 @brief throws because @a j does not have the type a conversion expects
 @param[in] expected  the expected type(s), e.g. "array" or "binary or array"
@@ -442,7 +464,7 @@ JSON_HEDLEY_NO_RETURN JSON_HEDLEY_NEVER_INLINE void throw_type_must_be(const cha
 {
     static_cast<void>(expected); // unused when JSON_NOEXCEPTION is defined
     static_cast<void>(j);
-    JSON_THROW(type_error::create(exception_id::type_mismatch, concat("type must be ", expected, ", but is ", j.type_name()), exception_context(j)));
+    JSON_THROW(type_error::create(exception_id::type_mismatch, concat(exception_prefix(j), "type must be ", expected, ", but is ", j.type_name()), exception_context(j)));
 }
 
 /*!

include/nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp

@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
             return ej_pair.second == j;                                                         \
         });                                                                                     \
         if (it != std::end(m)) e = it->first;                                                   \
-        else ::nlohmann::detail::templated_json_throw<nlohmann::detail::out_of_range>(nlohmann::detail::out_of_range::create(nlohmann::detail::exception_id::value_out_of_range, nlohmann::detail::concat("enum value out of range for " #ENUM_TYPE ": ", nlohmann::detail::from_json_dump(j)), nlohmann::detail::exception_context(j))); \
+        else ::nlohmann::detail::templated_json_throw<nlohmann::detail::out_of_range>(nlohmann::detail::out_of_range::create(nlohmann::detail::exception_id::value_out_of_range, nlohmann::detail::concat(nlohmann::detail::exception_prefix(j), "enum value out of range for " #ENUM_TYPE ": ", nlohmann::detail::from_json_dump(j)), nlohmann::detail::exception_context(j))); \
     }
 
 // Ugly macros to avoid uglier copy-paste when specializing basic_json. They

include/nlohmann/detail/view/edit.hpp

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class editor
         node* const o = own(object);
         if (o->kind != node_kind::object && o->kind != node_kind::null)
         {
-            throw_type_error(exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with ", object.type_name());
+            throw_type_error(site_of(object), exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with ", object.type_name());
         }
         check_utf8(key.data(), key.size());
         const encoded e = encode(std::forward<V>(value));
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ class editor
         node* const a = own(array);
         if (a->kind != node_kind::array)
         {
-            throw_type_error(exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with ", array.type_name());
+            throw_type_error(site_of(array), exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with ", array.type_name());
         }
-        check_index(idx, a->len);
+        check_index(a, idx, a->len);
         const encoded e = encode(std::forward<V>(value));
         node* const slot = const_cast<node*>(nav::value(element_at<true>(m_doc, a, idx))); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-const-cast)
         assign(slot, e, a, true);
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class editor
         node* const a = own(array);
         if (a->kind != node_kind::array && a->kind != node_kind::null)
         {
-            throw_type_error(exception_id::push_back_wrong_type, "cannot use push_back() with ", array.type_name());
+            throw_type_error(site_of(array), exception_id::push_back_wrong_type, "cannot use push_back() with ", array.type_name());
         }
         const encoded e = encode(std::forward<V>(value));
         if (a->kind == node_kind::null)
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@ class editor
         node* const a = own(array);
         if (a->kind != node_kind::array)
         {
-            throw_type_error(exception_id::insert_wrong_type, "cannot use insert() with ", array.type_name());
+            throw_type_error(site_of(array), exception_id::insert_wrong_type, "cannot use insert() with ", array.type_name());
         }
-        check_index(idx, a->len + 1);
+        check_index(a, idx, a->len + 1);
         const encoded e = encode(std::forward<V>(value));
         node* const slot = new_slot(e);
         node* const h = block_of(m_doc, a, 1);
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class editor
         node* const o = own(object);
         if (o->kind != node_kind::object)
         {
-            throw_type_error(exception_id::erase_wrong_type, "cannot use erase() with ", object.type_name());
+            throw_type_error(site_of(object), exception_id::erase_wrong_type, "cannot use erase() with ", object.type_name());
         }
         for (const node* k = nav::first(m_doc, o), *end = nav::end(m_doc, o); k != end; k = document_data::after(k + 1))
         {
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ class editor
         node* const a = own(array);
         if (a->kind != node_kind::array)
         {
-            throw_type_error(exception_id::erase_wrong_type, "cannot use erase() with ", array.type_name());
+            throw_type_error(site_of(array), exception_id::erase_wrong_type, "cannot use erase() with ", array.type_name());
         }
-        check_index(idx, a->len);
+        check_index(a, idx, a->len);
         node* const h = block_of(m_doc, a, 0);
         std::memmove(h + 1 + idx, h + 2 + idx, (h->next - 2 - idx) * sizeof(node));
         --h->next;
@@ -316,11 +316,11 @@ class editor
         return const_cast<node*>(v.m_node); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-const-cast): the nodes belong to this document
     }
 
-    static void check_index(std::size_t idx, std::size_t limit)
+    void check_index(const node* array, std::size_t idx, std::size_t limit) const
     {
         if (idx >= limit)
         {
-            throw_array_index_out_of_range(idx);
+            throw_array_index_out_of_range(error_site(&m_doc, array), idx);
         }
     }
 

include/nlohmann/detail/view/errors.hpp

@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@
 
 #include <algorithm> // min
 #include <cstddef> // size_t
-#include <string> // string
+#include <string> // string, to_string
+#include <vector> // vector
 
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/builder.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/detail/view/document_data.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/view/macro_scope.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/detail/view/materialize.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/detail/view/node.hpp>
 
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 namespace detail
@@ -22,8 +26,292 @@ namespace detail
 namespace view
 {
 
+/*!
+@brief the value an exception is about
+
+basic_json passes the value to the exception, which then names its path
+(JSON_DIAGNOSTICS) and its bytes in the source (JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS). A
+view's value has no parent pointer and no stored positions: both are found
+from the document and the node, when the exception is thrown (so only the
+error path pays for them). Without the two macros, a site is empty.
+*/
+class error_site
+{
+  public:
+    error_site() noexcept = default;
+
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS || JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+    error_site(const document_data* d, const node* n) noexcept
+        : m_doc(d), m_node(n)
+    {}
+
+    const document_data* doc() const noexcept
+    {
+        return m_doc;
+    }
+    const node* value() const noexcept
+    {
+        return m_node;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    const document_data* m_doc = nullptr;
+    const node* m_node = nullptr;
+#else
+    error_site(const document_data* /*d*/, const node* /*n*/) noexcept {}
+#endif
+};
+
+/// the site of a view's value (the views make this a friend)
+struct view_access
+{
+    template<typename View>
+    static error_site site(const View& v) noexcept
+    {
+        return error_site(v.m_doc, v.m_node);
+    }
+};
+
+template<typename View>
+error_site site_of(const View& v) noexcept
+{
+    static_assert(is_json_view<View>::value, "the site of a value is only defined for views");
+    return view_access::site(v);
+}
+
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+/*!
+@brief the JSON pointer tokens from the root of document @a d to node @a target
+
+Nodes have no parent index, so the path is found by descending from the root:
+before the first edit, only into the subtree that contains the target (a
+container spans the next `next` nodes); after edits, elements can live in
+other sequences, so every container is searched. Iterative (the nesting depth
+is limited by memory only). False if the target is not found (then tokens is
+unspecified).
+*/
+template<bool Editable>
+bool value_path(const document_data& d, const node* target, std::vector<std::string>& tokens)
+{
+    using nav = navigation<Editable>;
+    struct frame
+    {
+        const node* pos;
+        const node* end;
+        std::size_t index;
+        bool object;
+    };
+    const node* const root = d.nodes;
+    if (target == root)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    if (!is_container(*root))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    std::vector<frame> stack;
+    stack.push_back(frame{nav::first(d, root), nav::end(d, root), 0, root->kind == node_kind::object});
+    // (tokens[i] leads from stack[i] to stack[i + 1], or to the target)
+    for (;;)
+    {
+        // (f is not used after the stack changes: pop_back() below, push_back() at the end)
+        frame& f = stack.back();
+        if (f.pos == f.end)
+        {
+            stack.pop_back();
+            if (stack.empty())
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            tokens.pop_back();
+            continue;
+        }
+        const node* entry = f.pos;
+        std::string token;
+        if (f.object)
+        {
+            // (as basic_json: the key up to a null byte)
+            token.assign(d.str(*entry), entry->len);
+            const std::size_t nul = token.find('\0');
+            if (nul != std::string::npos)
+            {
+                token.resize(nul);
+            }
+            ++entry;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            token = std::to_string(f.index);
+        }
+        const node* const child = nav::value(entry);
+        if (child == target)
+        {
+            tokens.push_back(token);
+            return true;
+        }
+        f.pos = document_data::after(entry);
+        ++f.index;
+        if (is_container(*child) && (nav::editable() || (target > child && target < child + child->next)))
+        {
+            tokens.push_back(token);
+            stack.push_back(frame{nav::first(d, child), nav::end(d, child), 0, child->kind == node_kind::object});
+        }
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+/*!
+@brief the bytes [start, end) of node @a n in the source, as materialize() sets them
+
+Scalars as position_source::set_scalar; an array or object from its opening
+bracket to its closing bracket, which is found by following the chain of last
+elements to a scalar (or an empty container) and scanning from there to the
+closing brackets. None (npos) for values written by edits, and for containers
+whose last element has none, as with materialize().
+*/
+template<bool Editable>
+void value_range(const document_data& d, const node* n, std::size_t& start, std::size_t& end)
+{
+    using nav = navigation<Editable>;
+    position_source p;
+    start = std::string::npos;
+    end = std::string::npos;
+    if (!is_container(*n))
+    {
+        p.set_scalar(d, *n);
+        start = p.start;
+        end = p.end;
+        return;
+    }
+    if ((n->flags & node_flags::is_new) != 0 || n->off >= d.size)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+    // the open brackets: n, then the last element as long as it is a non-empty container
+    std::size_t closing = 0;
+    std::size_t pos = std::string::npos;
+    for (const node* c = n;;)
+    {
+        if (!is_container(*c))
+        {
+            p.set_scalar(d, *c);
+            pos = p.end;
+            break;
+        }
+        if ((c->flags & node_flags::is_new) != 0 || c->off >= d.size)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        ++closing;
+        const node* const first = nav::first(d, c);
+        const node* const last_end = nav::end(d, c);
+        if (first == last_end)
+        {
+            pos = std::size_t{c->off} + 1;
+            break;
+        }
+        const std::size_t value_offset = c->kind == node_kind::object ? 1 : 0;
+        const node* last = first;
+        for (const node* e = document_data::after(first + value_offset); e != last_end; e = document_data::after(e + value_offset))
+        {
+            last = e;
+        }
+        c = nav::value(last + value_offset);
+    }
+    for (; closing != 0 && pos != std::string::npos; --closing)
+    {
+        pos = position_source::container_end(d.base[0], d.size, pos);
+    }
+    if (pos != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        start = n->off;
+        end = pos;
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/// the context basic_json puts in front of the message of an exception about
+/// a value: "(/path) " with JSON_DIAGNOSTICS (none for the root), then
+/// "(bytes a-b) " with JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS (with JSON_DIAGNOSTICS, only
+/// if there is a path)
+///
+/// This and the throw helpers that take an error_site are templates, so that
+/// the path and range code is instantiated only where an exception can be
+/// thrown: instantiated in every translation unit (as a non-template inline
+/// function makes it), it changed GCC's early inlining of unrelated view
+/// functions, so that GCC 13 no longer inlined a recursive walk over a view
+/// into itself (2.7 times the instructions).
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS || JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+template<typename Unused = void>
+std::string diagnostics(const error_site site)
+{
+    if (site.doc() == nullptr || site.value() == nullptr)
+    {
+        return "";
+    }
+    const document_data& d = *site.doc();
+    const bool edited = d.edits != nullptr;
+    std::string context;
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+    std::vector<std::string> tokens;
+    const bool found = edited ? value_path<true>(d, site.value(), tokens) : value_path<false>(d, site.value(), tokens);
+    if (!found || tokens.empty())
+    {
+        return "";
+    }
+    std::string path;
+    for (const std::string& token : tokens)
+    {
+        path.push_back('/');
+        path += detail::escape(token);
+    }
+    context = concat('(', path, ") ");
+#endif
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+    std::size_t start = 0;
+    std::size_t end = 0;
+    if (edited)
+    {
+        value_range<true>(d, site.value(), start, end);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        value_range<false>(d, site.value(), start, end);
+    }
+    if (start != std::string::npos && end != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        context += concat("(bytes ", std::to_string(start), "-", std::to_string(end), ") ");
+    }
+#endif
+    return context;
+}
+#else
+template<typename Unused = void>
+std::string diagnostics(const error_site /*site*/)
+{
+    return "";
+}
+#endif
+
+/// the context of an exception about view @a v (see exception_prefix())
+template<typename View>
+std::string diagnostics_of(const View& v)
+{
+    return diagnostics<>(site_of(v));
+}
+
 // Exceptions are thrown out of line, so that the accessors that may throw stay
-// small enough to be inlined.
+// small enough to be inlined. The overloads with an error_site put its context
+// in front of the message.
+//
+// The overloads without one are for exceptions that are not about a value of a
+// document: limits and invalid input of the editing and image functions, a
+// discarded view (it has no node), a view of another document (its path would
+// be one in that document), and those that basic_json creates without a
+// context too (the errors of json_pointer, invalid UTF-8). The one exception
+// about a value that has no site is key(), see view_iterator::key().
 
 [[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE inline void throw_type_error(exception_id id, const char* prefix, const char* type)
 {
@@ -45,6 +333,24 @@ namespace view
     NLOHMANN_VIEW_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(id, msg, nullptr));
 }
 
+template<typename Unused = void>
+[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_type_error(const error_site site, exception_id id, const char* prefix, const char* type)
+{
+    NLOHMANN_VIEW_THROW(type_error::create(id, concat(diagnostics<>(site), prefix, type), nullptr));
+}
+
+template<typename Unused = void>
+[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_out_of_range(const error_site site, exception_id id, const std::string& msg)
+{
+    NLOHMANN_VIEW_THROW(out_of_range::create(id, concat(diagnostics<>(site), msg), nullptr));
+}
+
+template<typename Unused = void>
+[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_invalid_iterator(const error_site site, exception_id id, const char* msg)
+{
+    NLOHMANN_VIEW_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(id, concat(diagnostics<>(site), msg), nullptr));
+}
+
 /// a parse error without a position (as those of json_pointer)
 [[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE inline void throw_parse_error(exception_id id, const std::string& msg)
 {
@@ -53,22 +359,23 @@ namespace view
 
 /// out_of_range.401: the array index @a idx is not below the size
 template<typename Index>
-[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_array_index_out_of_range(const Index idx)
+[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_array_index_out_of_range(const error_site site, const Index idx)
 {
-    throw_out_of_range(exception_id::array_index_out_of_range, concat("array index ", std::to_string(idx), " is out of range"));
+    throw_out_of_range(site, exception_id::array_index_out_of_range, concat("array index ", std::to_string(idx), " is out of range"));
 }
 
 /// out_of_range.402: the JSON Pointer token '-' of an array of @a size elements
-[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE inline void throw_array_index_past_end(std::size_t size)
+template<typename Unused = void>
+[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_array_index_past_end(const error_site site, std::size_t size)
 {
-    throw_out_of_range(exception_id::pointer_past_the_end_index, concat("array index '-' (", std::to_string(size), ") is out of range"));
+    throw_out_of_range(site, exception_id::pointer_past_the_end_index, concat("array index '-' (", std::to_string(size), ") is out of range"));
 }
 
 /// out_of_range.403: the object has no member @a key
 template<typename Key>
-[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_key_not_found(const Key& key)
+[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_key_not_found(const error_site site, const Key& key)
 {
-    throw_out_of_range(exception_id::key_not_found, concat("key '", key, "' not found"));
+    throw_out_of_range(site, exception_id::key_not_found, concat("key '", key, "' not found"));
 }
 
 /// SAX handler of the error replay: accepts every event without storing it,

include/nlohmann/detail/view/iterator.hpp

@@ -105,7 +105,10 @@ class view_iterator
     }
 
     /// the key of the current object member; throws invalid_iterator.207 for
-    /// other iterators, like basic_json's iterators
+    /// other iterators, like basic_json's iterators (but without the context
+    /// JSON_DIAGNOSTICS and JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS add: the iterator does not
+    /// know the value it iterates over, and keeping it would make iterators
+    /// larger, which keeps GCC from inlining recursive walks)
     string_view_t key() const
     {
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(m_value_offset == 0))

include/nlohmann/detail/view/pointer.hpp

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ index_status array_index(const StringType& s, std::size_t& idx) noexcept
 }
 
 /// throws the exception json_pointer::array_index throws for this status
+/// (without a context, as json_pointer::array_index)
 template<typename StringType>
 [[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE void throw_array_index_error(index_status status, const StringType& s)
 {
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ View resolve_pointer(View cur, const Tokens& tokens, pointer_mode mode)
             {
                 if (mode == pointer_mode::checked)
                 {
-                    throw_key_not_found(token);
+                    throw_key_not_found(site_of(cur), token);
                 }
                 return View();
             }
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ View resolve_pointer(View cur, const Tokens& tokens, pointer_mode mode)
             {
                 if (throwing)
                 {
-                    throw_array_index_past_end(cur.size());
+                    throw_array_index_past_end(site_of(cur), cur.size());
                 }
                 return View();
             }
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ View resolve_pointer(View cur, const Tokens& tokens, pointer_mode mode)
             {
                 if (mode == pointer_mode::checked)
                 {
-                    throw_array_index_out_of_range(idx);
+                    throw_array_index_out_of_range(site_of(cur), idx);
                 }
                 return View();
             }
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ View resolve_pointer(View cur, const Tokens& tokens, pointer_mode mode)
         {
             if (throwing)
             {
-                throw_out_of_range(exception_id::pointer_unresolved, concat("unresolved reference token '", token, "'"));
+                throw_out_of_range(site_of(cur), exception_id::pointer_unresolved, concat("unresolved reference token '", token, "'"));
             }
             return View();
         }

include/nlohmann/detail/view/value.hpp

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T arithmetic_value(const document_data& d, const nod
         case value_t::binary:
         case value_t::discarded:
         default:
-            throw_type_error(exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be number, but is ", value_type_name(static_cast<value_t>(n.kind)));
+            throw_type_error(error_site(&d, &n), exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be number, but is ", value_type_name(static_cast<value_t>(n.kind)));
     }
 }
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ std::vector<U, A> vector_value(const View& v)
 {
     if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!v.is_array()))
     {
-        throw_type_error(exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be array, but is ", v.type_name());
+        throw_type_error(site_of(v), exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be array, but is ", v.type_name());
     }
     std::vector<U, A> r;
     r.reserve(v.size());
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Map map_value(const View& v)
 {
     if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!v.is_object()))
     {
-        throw_type_error(exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be object, but is ", v.type_name());
+        throw_type_error(site_of(v), exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be object, but is ", v.type_name());
     }
     Map r;
     for (auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it)

include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp

@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class basic_json_view
             {
                 return {};
             }
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with ", type_name());
         }
         return lookup(key);
     }
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ class basic_json_view
             {
                 return {};
             }
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::subscript_wrong_type, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with ", type_name());
         }
         return idx < m_node->len ? element(idx) : basic_json_view();
     }
@@ -344,12 +344,12 @@ class basic_json_view
     {
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_object()))
         {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::at_wrong_type, "cannot use at() with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::at_wrong_type, "cannot use at() with ", type_name());
         }
         const basic_json_view r = lookup(key);
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(r.is_discarded()))
         {
-            detail::view::throw_key_not_found(std::string(key.data(), key.size()));
+            detail::view::throw_key_not_found(site(), std::string(key.data(), key.size()));
         }
         return r;
     }
@@ -370,11 +370,11 @@ class basic_json_view
     {
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_array()))
         {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::at_wrong_type, "cannot use at() with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::at_wrong_type, "cannot use at() with ", type_name());
         }
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(idx >= m_node->len))
         {
-            detail::view::throw_array_index_out_of_range(idx);
+            detail::view::throw_array_index_out_of_range(site(), idx);
         }
         return element(idx);
     }
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ class basic_json_view
     {
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_object()))
         {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
         }
         const basic_json_view r = lookup(key);
         return r.is_discarded() ? default_value : r.template get<T>();
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ class basic_json_view
     {
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_object()))
         {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
         }
         // (the default is made only if there is no such member)
         const basic_json_view r = lookup(key);
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class basic_json_view
     {
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_structured()))
         {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
         }
         const basic_json_view r = detail::view::resolve_pointer(*this, detail::json_pointer_access::reference_tokens(ptr), detail::view::pointer_mode::value);
         return r.is_discarded() ? default_value : r.template get<T>();
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ class basic_json_view
     {
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_structured()))
         {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::value_wrong_type, "cannot use value() with ", type_name());
         }
         const basic_json_view r = detail::view::resolve_pointer(*this, detail::json_pointer_access::reference_tokens(ptr), detail::view::pointer_mode::value);
         return r.is_discarded() ? string_t(default_value) : r.template get<string_t>();
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ class basic_json_view
         const iterator it = begin();
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(it == end()))
         {
-            detail::view::throw_invalid_iterator(detail::exception_id::iterator_value_unavailable, "cannot get value");
+            detail::view::throw_invalid_iterator(site(), detail::exception_id::iterator_value_unavailable, "cannot get value");
         }
         return *it;
     }
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ class basic_json_view
     {
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_string()))
         {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be string, but is ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be string, but is ", type_name());
         }
         return {m_doc->str(*m_node), m_node->len};
     }
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ class basic_json_view
     {
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_number()))
         {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be number, but is ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be number, but is ", type_name());
         }
         return {m_doc->str(*m_node), detail::view::number_length(*m_node)};
     }
@@ -764,12 +764,19 @@ class basic_json_view
     template<typename, view_mode> friend class basic_json_view;
     template<typename, typename> friend class detail::view::editor;
     template<typename, typename> friend class detail::view::view_side;
+    friend struct detail::view::view_access;
     friend iterator;
 
     basic_json_view(const document_data* d, const node* n) noexcept
         : m_doc(d), m_node(n)
     {}
 
+    /// this value as the context of an exception
+    detail::view::error_site site() const noexcept
+    {
+        return detail::view::error_site(m_doc, m_node);
+    }
+
     using json_side_t = detail::view::json_side<BasicJsonType, string_view_t>;
 
     static detail::view::view_side<BasicJsonType, basic_json_view> side(const basic_json_view& v) noexcept
@@ -876,7 +883,7 @@ class basic_json_view
     {
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_boolean()))
         {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be boolean, but is ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be boolean, but is ", type_name());
         }
         return (m_node->flags & detail::view::node_flags::is_true) != 0;
     }
@@ -886,7 +893,7 @@ class basic_json_view
     {
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(m_node == nullptr))
         {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be number, but is ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be number, but is ", type_name());
         }
         return detail::view::arithmetic_value<T, BasicJsonType>(*m_doc, *m_node);
     }
@@ -895,7 +902,7 @@ class basic_json_view
     {
         if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(!is_null()))
         {
-            detail::view::throw_type_error(detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be null, but is ", type_name());
+            detail::view::throw_type_error(site(), detail::exception_id::type_mismatch, "type must be null, but is ", type_name());
         }
         return nullptr;
     }
@@ -1309,7 +1316,7 @@ class basic_json_document
     template<typename I, typename V, typename std::enable_if<detail::view::is_non_bool_integral<I>::value, int>::type = 0>
     view_type set(view_type array, I idx, V && value)
     {
-        return editor().set(array, index(idx), std::forward<V>(value));
+        return editor().set(array, index(array, idx), std::forward<V>(value));
     }
 
     /// set the value at a JSON pointer: its parent must exist; an object
@@ -1346,7 +1353,7 @@ class basic_json_document
                 const std::size_t idx = pointer_index(token);
                 if (idx >= 0xFFFFFFFFu)
                 {
-                    detail::view::throw_array_index_out_of_range(idx);
+                    detail::view::throw_array_index_out_of_range(detail::view::site_of(parent), idx);
                 }
                 for (std::size_t i = 0; i < idx; ++i)
                 {
@@ -1380,7 +1387,7 @@ class basic_json_document
     template<typename I, typename V, typename std::enable_if<detail::view::is_non_bool_integral<I>::value, int>::type = 0>
     view_type insert(view_type array, I idx, V && value)
     {
-        return editor().insert(array, index(idx), std::forward<V>(value));
+        return editor().insert(array, index(array, idx), std::forward<V>(value));
     }
 
     /// remove all members with this key; returns their number
@@ -1393,7 +1400,7 @@ class basic_json_document
     template<typename I, typename std::enable_if<detail::view::is_non_bool_integral<I>::value, int>::type = 0>
     void erase(view_type array, I idx)
     {
-        editor().erase(array, index(idx));
+        editor().erase(array, index(array, idx));
     }
 
     /// remove the value at a JSON pointer; returns the number of removed
@@ -1427,25 +1434,25 @@ class basic_json_document
         return detail::view::editor<BasicJsonType, view_type>(*m_data);
     }
 
-    /// an index (out_of_range.401 if negative)
+    /// an index into @a array (out_of_range.401 if negative)
     template<typename I>
-    static std::size_t index(I idx)
+    static std::size_t index(const view_type& array, I idx)
     {
-        return index(idx, std::is_signed<I> {});
+        return index(array, idx, std::is_signed<I> {});
     }
 
     template<typename I>
-    static std::size_t index(I idx, std::true_type /*signed*/)
+    static std::size_t index(const view_type& array, I idx, std::true_type /*signed*/)
     {
         if (idx < 0)
         {
-            detail::view::throw_array_index_out_of_range(idx);
+            detail::view::throw_array_index_out_of_range(detail::view::site_of(array), idx);
         }
         return static_cast<std::size_t>(idx);
     }
 
     template<typename I>
-    static std::size_t index(I idx, std::false_type /*unsigned*/)
+    static std::size_t index(const view_type& /*array*/, I idx, std::false_type /*unsigned*/)
     {
         return static_cast<std::size_t>(idx);
     }

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -2720,7 +2720,7 @@ JSON_HEDLEY_DIAGNOSTIC_POP
             return ej_pair.second == j;                                                         \
         });                                                                                     \
         if (it != std::end(m)) e = it->first;                                                   \
-        else ::nlohmann::detail::templated_json_throw<nlohmann::detail::out_of_range>(nlohmann::detail::out_of_range::create(nlohmann::detail::exception_id::value_out_of_range, nlohmann::detail::concat("enum value out of range for " #ENUM_TYPE ": ", nlohmann::detail::from_json_dump(j)), nlohmann::detail::exception_context(j))); \
+        else ::nlohmann::detail::templated_json_throw<nlohmann::detail::out_of_range>(nlohmann::detail::out_of_range::create(nlohmann::detail::exception_id::value_out_of_range, nlohmann::detail::concat(nlohmann::detail::exception_prefix(j), "enum value out of range for " #ENUM_TYPE ": ", nlohmann::detail::from_json_dump(j)), nlohmann::detail::exception_context(j))); \
     }
 
 // Ugly macros to avoid uglier copy-paste when specializing basic_json. They
@@ -5928,6 +5928,28 @@ std::nullptr_t exception_context(const View& /*unused*/) noexcept
     return nullptr;
 }
 
+namespace view
+{
+// the path and bytes of the value of a view (defined in <nlohmann/detail/view/errors.hpp>)
+template<typename View>
+std::string diagnostics_of(const View& v);
+}  // namespace view
+
+// what goes in front of the message of an exception about j: nothing for a
+// basic_json value (exception_context() passes the value itself), the context
+// basic_json would add (JSON_DIAGNOSTICS, JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS) for a view
+template<typename BasicJsonType, enable_if_t<is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value, int> = 0>
+const char* exception_prefix(const BasicJsonType& /*unused*/) noexcept
+{
+    return "";
+}
+
+template<typename View, enable_if_t<is_json_view<View>::value, int> = 0>
+std::string exception_prefix(const View& v)
+{
+    return view::diagnostics_of(v);
+}
+
 /*!
 @brief throws because @a j does not have the type a conversion expects
 @param[in] expected  the expected type(s), e.g. "array" or "binary or array"
@@ -5939,7 +5961,7 @@ JSON_HEDLEY_NO_RETURN JSON_HEDLEY_NEVER_INLINE void throw_type_must_be(const cha
 {
     static_cast<void>(expected); // unused when JSON_NOEXCEPTION is defined
     static_cast<void>(j);
-    JSON_THROW(type_error::create(exception_id::type_mismatch, concat("type must be ", expected, ", but is ", j.type_name()), exception_context(j)));
+    JSON_THROW(type_error::create(exception_id::type_mismatch, concat(exception_prefix(j), "type must be ", expected, ", but is ", j.type_name()), exception_context(j)));
 }
 
 /*!

tests/src/json_view_test_helpers.hpp

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
 
 #include <algorithm> // any_of
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
 #include <functional> // function
 #include <random> // mt19937
 #include <string> // string
@@ -88,6 +89,26 @@ inline bool has_duplicate_keys(const nlohmann::ordered_json_view& v)
     });
 }
 
+// the message of an exception about the value at path (a JSON pointer, "" for
+// the root) whose source bytes are [start, end): the context basic_json adds
+// with JSON_DIAGNOSTICS and JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, if enabled, then what
+inline std::string message(const std::string& id, const std::string& path, std::size_t start, std::size_t end, const std::string& what)
+{
+    std::string context;
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+    context = "(bytes " + std::to_string(start) + "-" + std::to_string(end) + ") ";
+#else
+    static_cast<void>(start);
+    static_cast<void>(end);
+#endif
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+    context = path.empty() ? "" : "(" + path + ") " + context;
+#else
+    static_cast<void>(path);
+#endif
+    return "[json.exception." + id + "] " + context + what;
+}
+
 #if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
 // the exception a call throws, or "" if it throws none
 inline std::string exception_of_call(const std::function<void()>& f)

tests/src/unit-json_view.cpp

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view")
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
         // the parents are set, so errors name the path
         const json m = materialized<json_document>(R"({"a":{"b":[1]}})");
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(m.at("a").at("b").at(0).at("x"), "[json.exception.type_error.304] (/a/b/0) cannot use at() with number", json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(m.at("a").at("b").at(0).at("x"), json_view_test::message("type_error.304", "/a/b/0", 11, 12, "cannot use at() with number").c_str(), json::type_error&);
 #endif
     }
 
@@ -750,19 +750,6 @@ std::string exception_of(F f)
     return "";
 }
 
-// the exception a call on a basic_json value throws, without the byte range of
-// the value (JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS), which the exceptions of views lack
-template<typename F>
-std::string json_exception_of(F f)
-{
-    std::string what = exception_of(f);
-    const std::size_t at = what.find("] (bytes ");
-    if (at != std::string::npos)
-    {
-        what.erase(at + 2, what.find(") ", at) - at);
-    }
-    return what;
-}
 #endif
 
 // compares a view with the ordered_json value materialize() gives for it:
@@ -971,24 +958,25 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view element access and iteration")
 #if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
             if (!j.is_object())
             {
-                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["a"]); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["a"]); }));
+                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["a"]); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["a"]); }));
             }
             if (!j.is_array())
             {
-                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v[0]); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j[0]); }));
+                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v[0]); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j[0]); }));
             }
-            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at("a")); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at("a")); }));
-            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at("missing")); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at("missing")); }));
-            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(0)); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(0)); }));
-            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(5)); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(5)); }));
+            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at("a")); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at("a")); }));
+            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at("missing")); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at("missing")); }));
+            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(0)); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(0)); }));
+            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(5)); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(5)); }));
             if (!(j.is_object() && j.empty())) // (key() of an end iterator)
             {
-                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.begin().key()); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.begin().key()); }));
+                // (without the context of basic_json: view iterators do not know the value they iterate over)
+                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.begin().key()); }) == (j.is_object() ? "" : "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.207] cannot use key() for non-object iterators"));
             }
             if (!j.empty() || j.is_null())
             {
-                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.front()); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.front()); }));
-                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.back()); }) == json_exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.back()); }));
+                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.front()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.front()); }));
+                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.back()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.back()); }));
             }
 #endif
             CHECK(v.contains("a") == j.contains("a"));
@@ -1000,8 +988,8 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view element access and iteration")
         const json_document d = json_document::parse(R"({"a":[]})");
         CHECK(d.root()["b"].is_discarded());
         CHECK(d.root()["a"][0].is_discarded());
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.root()["a"].front(), "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.214] cannot get value", json::invalid_iterator&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.root()["a"].back(), "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.214] cannot get value", json::invalid_iterator&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.root()["a"].front(), json_view_test::message("invalid_iterator.214", "/a", 5, 7, "cannot get value").c_str(), json::invalid_iterator&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.root()["a"].back(), json_view_test::message("invalid_iterator.214", "/a", 5, 7, "cannot get value").c_str(), json::invalid_iterator&);
         const json_view invalid{};
         CHECK(invalid.begin() == invalid.end());
         CHECK(std::string(invalid.type_name()) == "discarded");
@@ -1032,10 +1020,10 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view element access and iteration")
         CHECK(v[json_view::json_pointer("/a/b/5")][0].is_discarded());
 #if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
         // type errors on values that are not discarded stay
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v[0], "[json.exception.type_error.305] cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with object", json::type_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v["a"]["b"]["c"], "[json.exception.type_error.305] cannot use operator[] with a string argument with array", json::type_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v["s"]["c"], "[json.exception.type_error.305] cannot use operator[] with a string argument with string", json::type_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v["s"][0], "[json.exception.type_error.305] cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with string", json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v[0], json_view_test::message("type_error.305", "", 0, 29, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with object").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v["a"]["b"]["c"], json_view_test::message("type_error.305", "/a/b", 10, 17, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with array").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v["s"]["c"], json_view_test::message("type_error.305", "/s", 23, 28, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with string").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v["s"][0], json_view_test::message("type_error.305", "/s", 23, 28, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with string").c_str(), json::type_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(v["a"]["b"][0]["c"], json::type_error&);
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(v["s"][json_view::json_pointer("/x")], json::out_of_range&);
         // at() keeps throwing on a discarded view
@@ -1110,9 +1098,9 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view element access and iteration")
         CHECK(v[(std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max)()].is_discarded());
         CHECK(v[std::numeric_limits<int>::max()].is_discarded());
 #if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at(3), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index 3 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at(3u), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index 3 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at(std::int64_t(3)), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index 3 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at(3), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.401", "", 0, 10, "array index 3 is out of range").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at(3u), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.401", "", 0, 10, "array index 3 is out of range").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at(std::int64_t(3)), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.401", "", 0, 10, "array index 3 is out of range").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(v.at(-1), json::out_of_range&);
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(v.at(-1L), json::out_of_range&);
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(v.at(std::int64_t(-1)), json::out_of_range&);
@@ -1246,26 +1234,6 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view element access and iteration")
 
 namespace
 {
-#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
-// an exception message without the context that basic_json adds with
-// JSON_DIAGNOSTICS ("(/path) ") and JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS ("(bytes 1-2) ");
-// the view's exceptions have no such context
-std::string without_path(std::string msg)
-{
-    for (const char* prefix :
-            {"] (/", "] (bytes "
-            })
-    {
-        const std::size_t open = msg.find(prefix);
-        if (open != std::string::npos)
-        {
-            msg.erase(open + 2, msg.find(") ", open) + 2 - (open + 2));
-        }
-    }
-    return msg;
-}
-#endif
-
 // the bits of a float, to compare values bit for bit
 std::uint64_t bits(double x)
 {
@@ -1336,18 +1304,18 @@ void check_values(const ordered_json_view& v, const ordered_json& j, const std::
     // conversions to the wrong type throw what basic_json throws
     if (!j.is_number())
     {
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<int>()); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<int>()); })));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<int>()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<int>()); }));
     }
-    CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<bool>()); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<bool>()); })));
-    CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::string>()); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::string>()); })));
-    CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::nullptr_t>()); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::nullptr_t>()); })));
+    CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<bool>()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<bool>()); }));
+    CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::string>()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::string>()); }));
+    CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::nullptr_t>()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::nullptr_t>()); }));
     if (!j.is_array())
     {
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::vector<int>>()); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::vector<int>>()); })));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::vector<int>>()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::vector<int>>()); }));
     }
     if (!j.is_object())
     {
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::map<std::string, int>>()); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::map<std::string, int>>()); })));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.get<std::map<std::string, int>>()); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::map<std::string, int>>()); }));
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -1490,8 +1458,8 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view values")
         CHECK(v[3].number_token() == "123456789012345678901234567890");
         CHECK(v[4].number_token() == "-12");
         CHECK(v[5].number_token() == "7");
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v[6].number_token(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is string", json::type_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.get_string(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be string, but is array", json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v[6].number_token(), json_view_test::message("type_error.302", "/6", 56, 59, "type must be number, but is string").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.get_string(), json_view_test::message("type_error.302", "", 0, 60, "type must be string, but is array").c_str(), json::type_error&);
     }
 
     SECTION("conversions")
@@ -1565,15 +1533,15 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view values")
         CHECK(v["o"]["x"].value(json::json_pointer("/1"), 0) == j["o"]["x"].value(json::json_pointer("/1"), 0));
         CHECK(v["o"]["x"].value(json::json_pointer("/7"), 3) == j["o"]["x"].value(json::json_pointer("/7"), 3));
 #if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["o"]["x"].value("k", 0)); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["o"]["x"].value("k", 0)); })));
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value("s", 0)); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value("s", 0)); })));
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["n"].value("x", 0)); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["n"].value("x", 0)); })));
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["n"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), 0)); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["n"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), 0)); })));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["o"]["x"].value("k", 0)); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["o"]["x"].value("k", 0)); }));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value("s", 0)); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value("s", 0)); }));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["n"].value("x", 0)); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["n"].value("x", 0)); }));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["n"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), 0)); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["n"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), 0)); }));
         // string defaults: the member is not a string, or the value is neither an object nor an array
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value("n", "default")); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value("n", "default")); })));
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["n"].value("x", "default")); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["n"].value("x", "default")); })));
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value(json::json_pointer("/n"), "default")); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value(json::json_pointer("/n"), "default")); })));
-        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["s"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), "default")); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["s"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), "default")); })));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value("n", "default")); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value("n", "default")); }));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["n"].value("x", "default")); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["n"].value("x", "default")); }));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value(json::json_pointer("/n"), "default")); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value(json::json_pointer("/n"), "default")); }));
+        CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v["s"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), "default")); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j["s"].value(json::json_pointer("/x"), "default")); }));
 #endif
         // (defaults and members longer than the short string optimization)
         CHECK(v.value("s", "a default longer than fifteen characters") == "text");
@@ -1632,7 +1600,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view JSON pointers")
         {
             CAPTURE(pointer)
             const json::json_pointer p(pointer);
-            const std::string at_error = without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(p)); }));
+            const std::string at_error = exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(p)); });
             CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(p)); }) == at_error);
             if (at_error.empty())
             {
@@ -1646,7 +1614,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view JSON pointers")
             }
             else
             {
-                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v[p]); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j[p]); })));
+                CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v[p]); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j[p]); }));
             }
             // (basic_json::contains() throws out_of_range.404 for an empty
             // array index token, although it is not meant to throw; the view
@@ -1657,7 +1625,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view JSON pointers")
                 static_cast<void>(found);
             });
             CHECK(v.contains(p) == (contains_error.empty() && j.contains(p)));
-            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value(p, 5)); }) == without_path(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value(p, 5)); })));
+            CHECK(exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value(p, 5)); }) == exception_of([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value(p, 5)); }));
         }
     }
 #endif

tests/src/unit-json_view_dump.cpp

@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view large objects")
         CHECK(v[""].get_string() == "empty key");
         CHECK(v["k1"].get<int>() == 1); // the first of duplicate keys, as for small objects
         CHECK(!v.contains("missing"));
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at("missing"), "[json.exception.out_of_range.403] key 'missing' not found", json::out_of_range&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(v.at("missing"), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.403", "", 0, text.size(), "key 'missing' not found").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
         CHECK(v == j);
         CHECK(v.materialize() == j);
     }

tests/src/unit-json_view_edit.cpp

@@ -532,18 +532,18 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view edits: errors")
 
     CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(other_editable.root(), 1), "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.202] view does not belong to this document", json::invalid_iterator&);
     CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(json_editable_view(), 1), "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.202] view does not belong to this document", json::invalid_iterator&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["a"], "k", 1), "[json.exception.type_error.305] cannot use operator[] with a string argument with array", json::type_error&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["o"], 0, 1), "[json.exception.type_error.305] cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with object", json::type_error&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["a"], 2, 1), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index 2 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["a"], -1, 1), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index -1 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.push_back(root["o"], 1), "[json.exception.type_error.308] cannot use push_back() with object", json::type_error&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.insert(root["n"], 0, 1), "[json.exception.type_error.309] cannot use insert() with number", json::type_error&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.insert(root["a"], 3, 1), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index 3 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(root["n"], "k"), "[json.exception.type_error.307] cannot use erase() with number", json::type_error&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(root["o"], 0), "[json.exception.type_error.307] cannot use erase() with object", json::type_error&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(root["a"], 2), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index 2 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["a"], "k", 1), json_view_test::message("type_error.305", "/a", 21, 27, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with array").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["o"], 0, 1), json_view_test::message("type_error.305", "/o", 6, 14, "cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with object").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["a"], 2, 1), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.401", "/a", 21, 27, "array index 2 is out of range").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["a"], -1, 1), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.401", "/a", 21, 27, "array index -1 is out of range").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.push_back(root["o"], 1), json_view_test::message("type_error.308", "/o", 6, 14, "cannot use push_back() with object").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.insert(root["n"], 0, 1), json_view_test::message("type_error.309", "/n", 34, 35, "cannot use insert() with number").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.insert(root["a"], 3, 1), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.401", "/a", 21, 27, "array index 3 is out of range").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(root["n"], "k"), json_view_test::message("type_error.307", "/n", 34, 35, "cannot use erase() with number").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(root["o"], 0), json_view_test::message("type_error.307", "/o", 6, 14, "cannot use erase() with object").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(root["a"], 2), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.401", "/a", 21, 27, "array index 2 is out of range").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
     CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(json::json_pointer("")), "[json.exception.out_of_range.405] JSON pointer has no parent", json::out_of_range&);
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(json::json_pointer("/missing/x")), "[json.exception.out_of_range.403] key 'missing' not found", json::out_of_range&);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.erase(json::json_pointer("/missing/x")), json_view_test::message("out_of_range.403", "", 0, 47, "key 'missing' not found").c_str(), json::out_of_range&);
     CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(json::json_pointer("/a/01"), 1), "[json.exception.parse_error.106] parse error: array index '01' must not begin with '0'", json::parse_error&);
     CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root, json_editable_view()), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be a value, but is discarded", json::type_error&);
     CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root, json::binary({1, 2})), "[json.exception.type_error.319] cannot store a binary value in a json_document", json::type_error&);

tests/src/unit-json_view_from_json.cpp

@@ -337,8 +337,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view from_json")
         CHECK(d.root().get<std::unordered_map<std::string, int>>().at("a") == 3);
     }
 
-    // (the exceptions of views have neither the path nor the byte range of the value)
-#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION) && !JSON_DIAGNOSTICS && !JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
     SECTION("std types: the same errors as from the materialized value")
     {
         const json_document d = json_document::parse(R"([[1, "x"], {"a": 1}, "text", [1], 5, null])");
@@ -403,10 +402,10 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view from_json")
         CHECK(d.root()[4].get<strict_color>() == strict_color::red);
 #if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
         const json j = d.root().materialize();
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root()[2].get<strict_color>()); }) == "[json.exception.out_of_range.410] enum value out of range for strict_color: \"purple\"");
 #if !JSON_DIAGNOSTICS && !JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
-        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root()[2].get<strict_color>()); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j[2].get<strict_color>()); }));
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root()[2].get<strict_color>()); }) == "[json.exception.out_of_range.410] enum value out of range for strict_color: \"purple\"");
 #endif
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root()[2].get<strict_color>()); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j[2].get<strict_color>()); }));
 #endif
     }
 
@@ -452,11 +451,9 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view from_json")
         CHECK(o.root().get<shape>().center.y == 2);
     }
 
-#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION) && !JSON_DIAGNOSTICS && !JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
     SECTION("errors are those of the same conversion of a json value")
     {
-        // (with JSON_DIAGNOSTICS, those of json name the path of the value,
-        // and with JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS its bytes)
         const json_document d = json_document::parse(R"([{"x": 1}, {"x": "1", "y": 2}, [1, 2], {"id": "7", "c": "red"}])");
         const json j = d.root().materialize();
         for (std::size_t i = 0; i < 3; ++i)

tests/src/unit-json_view_positions.cpp

@@ -81,6 +81,112 @@ std::string range(const json& j)
 {
     return j.start_pos() == npos && j.end_pos() == npos ? "none" : std::to_string(j.start_pos()) + "-" + std::to_string(j.end_pos());
 }
+
+#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
+using json_view_test::exception_of_call;
+
+// the exceptions about every value of v are those about the value at the same
+// place in j, a value of the whole document from parse() or materialize() (so
+// that its parents and positions are set); members whose key repeats are
+// skipped (the view finds the first one, j holds the last)
+template<typename View>
+void check_exceptions(const View& v, const json& j)
+{
+    CAPTURE(j.dump())
+    if (!v.is_number())
+    {
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.template get<int>()); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<int>()); }));
+    }
+    if (!v.is_string())
+    {
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.template get<std::string>()); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::string>()); }));
+    }
+    if (!v.is_array())
+    {
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.template get<std::vector<int>>()); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.get<std::vector<int>>()); }));
+    }
+    CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at("missing")); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at("missing")); }));
+    CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(1000)); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(1000)); }));
+    CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(json::json_pointer("/missing"))); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(json::json_pointer("/missing"))); }));
+    CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.at(json::json_pointer("/-"))); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.at(json::json_pointer("/-"))); }));
+    CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.value("k", 0)); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.value("k", 0)); }));
+    if (!v.is_object())
+    {
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v["k"]); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j["k"]); }));
+        // (without the context of basic_json: view iterators do not know the value they iterate over)
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.begin().key()); }) == "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.207] cannot use key() for non-object iterators");
+    }
+    if (!v.is_array())
+    {
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v[0]); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j[0]); }));
+    }
+    if (v.is_null())
+    {
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(v.front()); }) == exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(j.front()); }));
+    }
+    if (v.is_object())
+    {
+        for (auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it)
+        {
+            const std::string key(it.key().data(), it.key().size());
+            if (v.count(key) == 1)
+            {
+                check_exceptions(it.value(), j.at(key));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else if (v.is_array())
+    {
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i)
+        {
+            check_exceptions(v[i], j[i]);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// as check_exceptions, for edits that fail (they change neither d nor j)
+void check_edit_exceptions(json_editable_document& d, const json_editable_document::view_type& v, json& j)
+{
+    CAPTURE(j.dump())
+    if (!v.is_object() && !v.is_null())
+    {
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.set(v, "k", 1); }) == exception_of_call([&] { j["k"] = 1; }));
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.erase(v, "k"); }) == exception_of_call([&] { j.erase("k"); }));
+    }
+    if (!v.is_array() && !v.is_null())
+    {
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.set(v, 0, 1); }) == exception_of_call([&] { j[0] = 1; }));
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.push_back(v, 1); }) == exception_of_call([&] { j.push_back(1); }));
+    }
+    if (!v.is_array())
+    {
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.insert(v, 0, 1); }) == exception_of_call([&] { j.insert(j.cbegin(), 1); }));
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.erase(v, 0); }) == exception_of_call([&] { j.erase(0); }));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.erase(v, 1000); }) == exception_of_call([&] { j.erase(1000); }));
+    }
+    if (v.is_object())
+    {
+        for (auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it)
+        {
+            const std::string key(it.key().data(), it.key().size());
+            if (v.count(key) == 1)
+            {
+                check_edit_exceptions(d, it.value(), j.at(key));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else if (v.is_array())
+    {
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i)
+        {
+            check_edit_exceptions(d, v[i], j[i]);
+        }
+    }
+}
+#endif
 } // namespace
 
 TEST_CASE("json_view materialize() source positions")
@@ -345,3 +451,123 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view materialize() source positions")
     }
 #endif
 }
+
+#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
+TEST_CASE("json_view exceptions name the path and the bytes of the value")
+{
+    SECTION("as those of basic_json")
+    {
+        const std::vector<std::string> texts =
+        {
+            "null", "true", "42", "\"s\"", "[]", "{}", "[1, [2, [3, []]]]", R"({"a": {"b": [1, {"c": null}]}, "d": "e"})",
+            R"({"a/b": {"~": [1]}, "\u0041\n": {"x": "\t"}, "": [{}]})",
+            R"([1 /* ] */, {"a": [] // }
+, "b": {} } , ])",
+            "\n\t[\r\n  1 ,\n  {\n    \"a\" : [ ]\n  }\n]\n",
+        };
+        for (const auto& text : texts)
+        {
+            CAPTURE(text)
+            const json j = json::parse(text, nullptr, true, true, true);
+            const json_document d = json_document::parse(text, true, true, true);
+            check_exceptions(d.root(), j);
+            json_editable_document e = json_editable_document::parse(text, true, true, true);
+            check_exceptions(e.root(), j);
+            json m = e.root().materialize();
+            check_edit_exceptions(e, e.root(), m);
+        }
+    }
+
+    SECTION("generated documents")
+    {
+        json_view_test::generator gen;
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i)
+        {
+            std::string text;
+            gen.value(text, 0);
+            CAPTURE(text)
+            const json_document d = json_document::parse(text);
+            check_exceptions(d.root(), json::parse(text));
+        }
+    }
+
+    SECTION("edited documents: as those of materialize()")
+    {
+        const std::string text = R"({"a": [1, 2], "b": {"c": "\n", "d": true}, "e": [3, [4]], "f": "x"})";
+        json_editable_document d = json_editable_document::parse(text);
+        d.set(d.root()["f"], 5);
+        d.push_back(d.root()["a"], json::parse(R"({"n": [null]})"));
+        d.erase(d.root()["e"], 0);
+        d.set(d.root()["b"], "c2", d.root()["e"]);
+        d.insert(d.root()["e"], 0, "new");
+        json m = d.root().materialize();
+        check_exceptions(d.root(), m);
+        check_edit_exceptions(d, d.root(), m);
+        // (a value inside a new container: a path, but no bytes)
+        std::string expected = "[json.exception.type_error.302] ";
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+        expected += "(/a/2/n/0) ";
+#endif
+        expected += "type must be number, but is null";
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root()["a"][2]["n"][0].get<int>()); }) == expected);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("deep documents with siblings after every nested container")
+    {
+        // the search for the path pushes and pops one frame per level (the
+        // stack reallocates while it grows, and shrinks again at every
+        // sibling): run under a sanitizer, a reference to a popped or moved
+        // frame would show here
+        std::string text = "7";
+        for (int level = 0; level < 40; ++level)
+        {
+            text = R"([[1, [2]], )" + text + R"(, {"k": [3, {"l": [4]}]}, [5, [6, [7]]]])";
+        }
+        CAPTURE(text)
+        const json j = json::parse(text);
+        const json_document d = json_document::parse(text);
+        check_exceptions(d.root(), j);
+        json_editable_document e = json_editable_document::parse(text);
+        e.set(e.root()[0][0], 9);
+        check_exceptions(e.root(), e.root().materialize());
+    }
+
+    SECTION("examples")
+    {
+        const std::string text = R"({"people": [{"name": "a", "age": 1}, {"name": "c", "age": "x"}], "o": {"k": 1}})";
+        const json_document d = json_document::parse(text);
+        std::string expected_age = "[json.exception.type_error.302] ";
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+        expected_age += "(/people/1/age) ";
+#endif
+        expected_age += "(bytes 58-61) type must be number, but is string";
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root()["people"][1]["age"].get<int>()); }) == expected_age);
+
+        std::string expected_zz = "[json.exception.out_of_range.403] ";
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+        expected_zz += "(/people/0) ";
+#endif
+        expected_zz += "(bytes 12-35) key 'zz' not found";
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root().at(json::json_pointer("/people/0/zz"))); }) == expected_zz);
+
+        // the root has no path, and with JSON_DIAGNOSTICS then no bytes either (as basic_json)
+        std::string expected_missing = "[json.exception.out_of_range.403] ";
+#if !JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+        expected_missing += "(bytes 0-79) ";
+#endif
+        expected_missing += "key 'missing' not found";
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root().at("missing")); }) == expected_missing);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("duplicate keys: the value the view finds")
+    {
+        const json_document d = json_document::parse(R"({"x": "1", "x": "22"})");
+        std::string expected = "[json.exception.type_error.302] ";
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+        expected += "(/x) ";
+#endif
+        expected += "(bytes 6-9) type must be number, but is string";
+        CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { static_cast<void>(d.root()["x"].get<int>()); }) == expected);
+    }
+}
+#endif