Expect the byte range of the root in the json_view boolean get<T>() test

With JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, the type_error.302 message starts with
"(bytes 0-4)"; build the expected text with json_view_test::message(),
as the other tests of the root value do.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01N5NasAgbDGG28MqXjQvLqp
Signed-off-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/workflows/cancel_closed_pr_runs.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       actions: write
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner

.github/workflows/check_amalgamation.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   save:
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@dc2769abcc0fcfbadfc1df54081c1608579ef6b2 # v2.22.2

.github/workflows/check_docs_links.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   check_docs_links:
     if: github.repository == 'nlohmann/json'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner

.github/workflows/comment_check_amalgamation.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
   comment:
     # push runs on develop have no PR to comment on (and no "pr" artifact)
     if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' && github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
       actions: read

.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   dependency-review:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@dc2769abcc0fcfbadfc1df54081c1608579ef6b2 # v2.22.2

.github/workflows/flawfinder.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   flawfinder:
     name: Flawfinder
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       actions: read
       contents: read

.github/workflows/labeler.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       pull-requests: write
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner

.github/workflows/publish_documentation.yml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
 
     if: github.repository == 'nlohmann/json'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@dc2769abcc0fcfbadfc1df54081c1608579ef6b2 # v2.22.2

.github/workflows/scorecards.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   analysis:
     name: Scorecard analysis
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       # Needed to upload the results to code-scanning dashboard.
       security-events: write

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   stale:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     permissions:
       issues: write

.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   ci_test_gcc:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: gcc:latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ${{ matrix.target }}
 
   ci_static_analysis_clang:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: silkeh/clang:22
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ${{ matrix.target }}
 
   ci_cmake_options:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: ubuntu:24.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ jobs:
           fail-on-error: false
 
   ci_test_compilers_gcc_old:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         compiler: ['4.8', '4.9', '5', '6']
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ci_test_compiler_g++-${{ matrix.compiler }}
 
   ci_test_compilers_gcc:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # older GCC docker images (4, 5, 6) fail to check out code
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ci_test_compiler_default
 
   ci_test_compilers_clang:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         compiler: ['3.4', '3.5', '3.6', '3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12', '13', '14', '15-bullseye', '16', '17', '18', '19', '20', '21', '22', 'latest']
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ci_test_compiler_default
 
   ci_test_standards_gcc:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: gcc:latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ci_test_gcc_cxx${{ matrix.standard }}
 
   ci_test_standards_clang:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: silkeh/clang:latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.stdlib == 'libstdcxx' }}
 
   ci_cuda_example:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         container: ['gcc:latest', 'silkeh/clang:latest']
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: ${{ matrix.container }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ci_module_cpp20
 
   ci_icpc:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Intel discontinued the classic icc/icpc compiler in oneAPI 2024.0; this is
     # Intel's own last officially published image that still includes it.
     container: intel/oneapi-hpckit:2023.2.1-devel-ubuntu22.04
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ci_icpc
 
   ci_icpx:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: intel/oneapi-hpckit:latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build --target ci_icpx
 
   ci_nvhpc:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: nvcr.io/nvidia/nvhpc:25.5-devel-cuda12.9-ubuntu22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/get.md

@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ overload (3).
     See [Number conversion](../../features/types/number_handling.md#number-conversion)
     for more information.
 
+!!! note "Booleans as numbers"
+
+    A JSON boolean converts to `#!cpp 0` or `#!cpp 1` for every arithmetic type **except** [`number_integer_t`](number_integer_t.md),
+    [`number_unsigned_t`](number_unsigned_t.md) and [`number_float_t`](number_float_t.md) (by default `#!cpp std::int64_t`,
+    `#!cpp std::uint64_t`, and `#!cpp double`), for which `#!cpp get<T>()` throws
+    [`type_error.302`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error302) ("type must be number, but is boolean"). So
+    `#!cpp json(true).get<int>()` is `#!cpp 1`, while `#!cpp json(true).get<std::int64_t>()` and
+    `#!cpp json(true).get<double>()` throw. This is the behavior of all 3.x versions;
+    [`basic_json_view::get<T>()`](../basic_json_view/get.md) behaves the same.
+
 !!! note "`std::optional` conversions"
 
     Prior to version 3.13.0, `#!cpp get<std::optional<T>>()` (and other conversions to `std::optional<T>`) failed to

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

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ For the types below, the conversion works directly on the flat index — no `Bas
 
 - `#!cpp bool`
 - arithmetic types other than `#!cpp bool` (for a boolean, `#!cpp 0`/`#!cpp 1`, exactly as for
-  [`BasicJsonType::get<T>()`](../basic_json/get.md))
+  [`BasicJsonType::get<T>()`](../basic_json/get.md#notes), except for `number_integer_t`, `number_unsigned_t` and
+  `number_float_t`, which throw `type_error.302` for a boolean, as `BasicJsonType::get<T>()` does)
 - `#!cpp std::nullptr_t`
 - `#!cpp std::basic_string<char, Traits, Alloc>` (including `string_t`) — a copy of the string
 - [`string_view_t`](index.md#member-types) — **no copy**: the returned view points into the document's

include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp

@@ -467,13 +467,11 @@ class binary_reader
 
             const std::size_t element_type_parse_position = chars_read;
             // an array's elements are named "0", "1", ... in the wire format,
-            // and those names are not passed on: they are skipped, and only
+            // and those names are not passed on: they are skipped unless
-            // checked if error_handler_t::strict must reject ill-formed UTF-8
+            // error_handler_t::strict must reject ill-formed UTF-8 in them
             const bool is_object = container_stack.back().is_object;
             key.clear();
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(is_object || error_handler != error_handler_t::strict
+            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_bson_cstr(key, is_object || error_handler == error_handler_t::strict)))
-                                       ? get_bson_cstr(key, is_object)
-                                       : check_bson_cstr(key, std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan> {}))))
             {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -497,7 +495,7 @@ class binary_reader
     @param[in] store  whether the characters are needed; if not (the names of
                       an array's elements), they are skipped and @a result may
                       be left unchanged, and they are not checked against
-                      @ref error_handler (@ref check_bson_cstr checks them)
+                      @ref error_handler
     @return `true` if the \\x00-byte indicating the end of the string was
              encountered before the EOF; false` indicates an unexpected EOF.
     */
@@ -556,42 +554,6 @@ class binary_reader
         return true;
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief skip a C-style string that error_handler_t::strict must check
-
-    The names of an array's elements are not passed on. On contiguous input,
-    a well-formed name is checked in place and skipped without being copied.
-    Otherwise (no \\x00-byte in the input that can be scanned, or ill-formed
-    UTF-8), it is read by @ref get_bson_cstr, which reports the error.
-
-    @param[in,out] result  an empty string, which may receive the name
-    @return whether the name was read and is well-formed
-    */
-    bool check_bson_cstr(string_t& result, std::true_type /*bulk*/)
-    {
-        const std::size_t remaining = ia.bulk_remaining();
-        if (remaining != 0)
-        {
-            const auto* const data = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(ia.bulk_data());
-            const std::size_t length = find_zero_byte(data, remaining);
-            if (length != remaining && JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(valid_utf8_string(data, length)))
-            {
-                // consume the string and its \x00-byte, as get_bson_cstr does
-                ia.bulk_skip(length + 1);
-                chars_read += length + 1;
-                current = 0x00;
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return get_bson_cstr(result);
-    }
-
-    /// input that is not contiguous: the name is read and checked byte by byte
-    bool check_bson_cstr(string_t& result, std::false_type /*bulk*/)
-    {
-        return get_bson_cstr(result);
-    }
-
     /// input that is not contiguous: C-style strings are read byte by byte
     bool get_bson_cstr_bulk(string_t& /*result*/, const bool /*store*/, std::false_type /*bulk*/) const noexcept
     {

include/nlohmann/detail/output/serializer.hpp

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <algorithm> // copy, none_of, min, search
+#include <algorithm> // remove, fill, find, none_of, min
 #include <array> // array
 #include <clocale> // localeconv, lconv
 #include <cmath> // isfinite
@@ -2095,35 +2095,31 @@ class serializer
         // check if the buffer was large enough
         JSON_ASSERT(static_cast<std::size_t>(len) < number_buffer.size());
 
-        // look up the locale's decimal point now, matching what
+        // look up the locale's thousands separator and decimal point now,
-        // snprintf_float() just used (see get_decimal_point() in
+        // matching what snprintf_float() just used (see lexer::get_decimal_point())
-        // number_parse.hpp); it is a string, which can be longer than one
-        // byte (U+066B in ps_AF, #5993).
-        // A thousands separator needs no handling: %g never groups digits.
         const auto* loc = std::localeconv();
         JSON_ASSERT(loc != nullptr);
-        const char* const decimal_point = (loc->decimal_point == nullptr) ? "" : loc->decimal_point;
+        const char thousands_sep = (loc->thousands_sep == nullptr) ? '\0' : *loc->thousands_sep;
-        const std::size_t decimal_point_len = std::char_traits<char>::length(decimal_point);
+        const char decimal_point = (loc->decimal_point == nullptr) ? '\0' : *loc->decimal_point;
+
+        // erase thousands separators
+        if (thousands_sep != '\0')
+        {
+            // NOLINTNEXTLINE(readability-qualified-auto,llvm-qualified-auto): std::remove returns an iterator, see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/3081
+            const auto end = std::remove(number_buffer.begin(), number_buffer.begin() + len, thousands_sep);
+            std::fill(end, number_buffer.end(), '\0');
+            JSON_ASSERT((end - number_buffer.begin()) <= len);
+            len = (end - number_buffer.begin());
+        }
 
         // convert decimal point to '.'
-        if (decimal_point_len != 0 && !(decimal_point_len == 1 && decimal_point[0] == '.'))
+        if (decimal_point != '\0' && decimal_point != '.')
         {
-            const auto first = number_buffer.begin();
+            // NOLINTNEXTLINE(readability-qualified-auto,llvm-qualified-auto): std::find returns an iterator, see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/3081
-            const auto last = first + len;
+            const auto dec_pos = std::find(number_buffer.begin(), number_buffer.end(), decimal_point);
-            // NOLINTNEXTLINE(readability-qualified-auto,llvm-qualified-auto): std::search returns an iterator, see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/3081
+            if (dec_pos != number_buffer.end())
-            const auto dec_pos = std::search(first, last, decimal_point, decimal_point + decimal_point_len);
-            if (dec_pos != last)
             {
                 *dec_pos = '.';
-                if (decimal_point_len > 1)
-                {
-                    // move the fraction and exponent behind the '.' (std::copy
-                    // allows the overlap, as the destination is before the source)
-                    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(readability-qualified-auto,llvm-qualified-auto): std::copy returns an iterator, see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/3081
-                    const auto end = std::copy(dec_pos + static_cast<std::ptrdiff_t>(decimal_point_len), last, dec_pos + 1);
-                    *end = '\0';
-                    len = end - first;
-                }
             }
         }
 

include/nlohmann/detail/view/value.hpp

@@ -33,12 +33,37 @@ namespace view
 template<typename T>
 struct value_tag {};
 
+/// whether basic_json reads T with a dedicated from_json() overload that does
+/// not accept a boolean: exactly number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t and
+/// number_float_t (the other arithmetic types convert a boolean to 0 or 1)
+template<typename T, typename BasicJsonType>
+struct rejects_boolean : std::integral_constant < bool,
+    std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t>::value
+    || std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t>::value
+    || std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t>::value >
+{};
+
+/// a boolean as T: 0 or 1
+template<typename T>
+NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T boolean_as(const document_data& /*d*/, const node& n, std::false_type /*rejects*/)
+{
+    return static_cast<T>((n.flags & node_flags::is_true) != 0);
+}
+
+/// a boolean as number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t or number_float_t: type_error.302, as in basic_json
+template<typename T>
+[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T boolean_as(const document_data& d, const node& n, std::true_type /*rejects*/)
+{
+    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)));
+}
+
 /*!
 @brief the number or boolean of a node converted to an arithmetic type
 
 As basic_json's get<T>() for arithmetic types: integers and floats are
-converted with static_cast, booleans give 0 or 1, and other types throw
+converted with static_cast, booleans give 0 or 1 (but throw type_error.302 for
-type_error.302.
+number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t and number_float_t, as basic_json does),
+and other types throw type_error.302.
 */
 template<typename T, typename BasicJsonType>
 NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T arithmetic_value(const document_data& d, const node& n)
@@ -52,7 +77,7 @@ NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T arithmetic_value(const document_data& d, const nod
         case value_t::number_float:
             return static_cast<T>(float_value<typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t>(d, n));
         case value_t::boolean:
-            return static_cast<T>((n.flags & node_flags::is_true) != 0);
+            return boolean_as<T>(d, n, rejects_boolean<T, BasicJsonType> {});
         case value_t::null:
         case value_t::object:
         case value_t::array:

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -18474,13 +18474,11 @@ class binary_reader
 
             const std::size_t element_type_parse_position = chars_read;
             // an array's elements are named "0", "1", ... in the wire format,
-            // and those names are not passed on: they are skipped, and only
+            // and those names are not passed on: they are skipped unless
-            // checked if error_handler_t::strict must reject ill-formed UTF-8
+            // error_handler_t::strict must reject ill-formed UTF-8 in them
             const bool is_object = container_stack.back().is_object;
             key.clear();
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(is_object || error_handler != error_handler_t::strict
+            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_bson_cstr(key, is_object || error_handler == error_handler_t::strict)))
-                                       ? get_bson_cstr(key, is_object)
-                                       : check_bson_cstr(key, std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan> {}))))
             {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -18504,7 +18502,7 @@ class binary_reader
     @param[in] store  whether the characters are needed; if not (the names of
                       an array's elements), they are skipped and @a result may
                       be left unchanged, and they are not checked against
-                      @ref error_handler (@ref check_bson_cstr checks them)
+                      @ref error_handler
     @return `true` if the \\x00-byte indicating the end of the string was
              encountered before the EOF; false` indicates an unexpected EOF.
     */
@@ -18563,42 +18561,6 @@ class binary_reader
         return true;
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief skip a C-style string that error_handler_t::strict must check
-
-    The names of an array's elements are not passed on. On contiguous input,
-    a well-formed name is checked in place and skipped without being copied.
-    Otherwise (no \\x00-byte in the input that can be scanned, or ill-formed
-    UTF-8), it is read by @ref get_bson_cstr, which reports the error.
-
-    @param[in,out] result  an empty string, which may receive the name
-    @return whether the name was read and is well-formed
-    */
-    bool check_bson_cstr(string_t& result, std::true_type /*bulk*/)
-    {
-        const std::size_t remaining = ia.bulk_remaining();
-        if (remaining != 0)
-        {
-            const auto* const data = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(ia.bulk_data());
-            const std::size_t length = find_zero_byte(data, remaining);
-            if (length != remaining && JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(valid_utf8_string(data, length)))
-            {
-                // consume the string and its \x00-byte, as get_bson_cstr does
-                ia.bulk_skip(length + 1);
-                chars_read += length + 1;
-                current = 0x00;
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return get_bson_cstr(result);
-    }
-
-    /// input that is not contiguous: the name is read and checked byte by byte
-    bool check_bson_cstr(string_t& result, std::false_type /*bulk*/)
-    {
-        return get_bson_cstr(result);
-    }
-
     /// input that is not contiguous: C-style strings are read byte by byte
     bool get_bson_cstr_bulk(string_t& /*result*/, const bool /*store*/, std::false_type /*bulk*/) const noexcept
     {
@@ -33473,7 +33435,7 @@ NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 
 
 
-#include <algorithm> // copy, none_of, min, search
+#include <algorithm> // remove, fill, find, none_of, min
 #include <array> // array
 #include <clocale> // localeconv, lconv
 #include <cmath> // isfinite
@@ -37342,35 +37304,31 @@ class serializer
         // check if the buffer was large enough
         JSON_ASSERT(static_cast<std::size_t>(len) < number_buffer.size());
 
-        // look up the locale's decimal point now, matching what
+        // look up the locale's thousands separator and decimal point now,
-        // snprintf_float() just used (see get_decimal_point() in
+        // matching what snprintf_float() just used (see lexer::get_decimal_point())
-        // number_parse.hpp); it is a string, which can be longer than one
-        // byte (U+066B in ps_AF, #5993).
-        // A thousands separator needs no handling: %g never groups digits.
         const auto* loc = std::localeconv();
         JSON_ASSERT(loc != nullptr);
-        const char* const decimal_point = (loc->decimal_point == nullptr) ? "" : loc->decimal_point;
+        const char thousands_sep = (loc->thousands_sep == nullptr) ? '\0' : *loc->thousands_sep;
-        const std::size_t decimal_point_len = std::char_traits<char>::length(decimal_point);
+        const char decimal_point = (loc->decimal_point == nullptr) ? '\0' : *loc->decimal_point;
+
+        // erase thousands separators
+        if (thousands_sep != '\0')
+        {
+            // NOLINTNEXTLINE(readability-qualified-auto,llvm-qualified-auto): std::remove returns an iterator, see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/3081
+            const auto end = std::remove(number_buffer.begin(), number_buffer.begin() + len, thousands_sep);
+            std::fill(end, number_buffer.end(), '\0');
+            JSON_ASSERT((end - number_buffer.begin()) <= len);
+            len = (end - number_buffer.begin());
+        }
 
         // convert decimal point to '.'
-        if (decimal_point_len != 0 && !(decimal_point_len == 1 && decimal_point[0] == '.'))
+        if (decimal_point != '\0' && decimal_point != '.')
         {
-            const auto first = number_buffer.begin();
+            // NOLINTNEXTLINE(readability-qualified-auto,llvm-qualified-auto): std::find returns an iterator, see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/3081
-            const auto last = first + len;
+            const auto dec_pos = std::find(number_buffer.begin(), number_buffer.end(), decimal_point);
-            // NOLINTNEXTLINE(readability-qualified-auto,llvm-qualified-auto): std::search returns an iterator, see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/3081
+            if (dec_pos != number_buffer.end())
-            const auto dec_pos = std::search(first, last, decimal_point, decimal_point + decimal_point_len);
-            if (dec_pos != last)
             {
                 *dec_pos = '.';
-                if (decimal_point_len > 1)
-                {
-                    // move the fraction and exponent behind the '.' (std::copy
-                    // allows the overlap, as the destination is before the source)
-                    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(readability-qualified-auto,llvm-qualified-auto): std::copy returns an iterator, see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/3081
-                    const auto end = std::copy(dec_pos + static_cast<std::ptrdiff_t>(decimal_point_len), last, dec_pos + 1);
-                    *end = '\0';
-                    len = end - first;
-                }
             }
         }
 

single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp

@@ -10067,12 +10067,37 @@ namespace view
 template<typename T>
 struct value_tag {};
 
+/// whether basic_json reads T with a dedicated from_json() overload that does
+/// not accept a boolean: exactly number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t and
+/// number_float_t (the other arithmetic types convert a boolean to 0 or 1)
+template<typename T, typename BasicJsonType>
+struct rejects_boolean : std::integral_constant < bool,
+    std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t>::value
+    || std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t>::value
+    || std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t>::value >
+{};
+
+/// a boolean as T: 0 or 1
+template<typename T>
+NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T boolean_as(const document_data& /*d*/, const node& n, std::false_type /*rejects*/)
+{
+    return static_cast<T>((n.flags & node_flags::is_true) != 0);
+}
+
+/// a boolean as number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t or number_float_t: type_error.302, as in basic_json
+template<typename T>
+[[noreturn]] NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T boolean_as(const document_data& d, const node& n, std::true_type /*rejects*/)
+{
+    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)));
+}
+
 /*!
 @brief the number or boolean of a node converted to an arithmetic type
 
 As basic_json's get<T>() for arithmetic types: integers and floats are
-converted with static_cast, booleans give 0 or 1, and other types throw
+converted with static_cast, booleans give 0 or 1 (but throw type_error.302 for
-type_error.302.
+number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t and number_float_t, as basic_json does),
+and other types throw type_error.302.
 */
 template<typename T, typename BasicJsonType>
 NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T arithmetic_value(const document_data& d, const node& n)
@@ -10086,7 +10111,7 @@ NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE T arithmetic_value(const document_data& d, const nod
         case value_t::number_float:
             return static_cast<T>(float_value<typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t>(d, n));
         case value_t::boolean:
-            return static_cast<T>((n.flags & node_flags::is_true) != 0);
+            return boolean_as<T>(d, n, rejects_boolean<T, BasicJsonType> {});
         case value_t::null:
         case value_t::object:
         case value_t::array:

tests/src/unit-bson.cpp

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ using nlohmann::json;
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <limits>
-#include <list>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <vector>
 #include "make_test_data_available.hpp"
@@ -1200,31 +1199,6 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON keys from contiguous and stream input")
             from_stream = e.what();
         }
         CHECK(from_vector == from_stream);
-
-        // error_handler_t::strict checks the array element names in place on
-        // contiguous input and byte by byte otherwise; the names are
-        // well-formed, so both give the same value or error as above
-        std::string strict_from_vector;
-        std::string strict_from_list;
-        try
-        {
-            strict_from_vector = json::from_bson(input, true, true, json::error_handler_t::strict).dump();
-        }
-        catch (const json::parse_error& e)
-        {
-            strict_from_vector = e.what();
-        }
-        try
-        {
-            const std::list<std::uint8_t> list(input.begin(), input.end());
-            strict_from_list = json::from_bson(list.begin(), list.end(), true, true, json::error_handler_t::strict).dump();
-        }
-        catch (const json::parse_error& e)
-        {
-            strict_from_list = e.what();
-        }
-        CHECK(strict_from_vector == from_vector);
-        CHECK(strict_from_list == from_vector);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1253,18 +1227,6 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON array element names")
 
     std::istringstream stream(std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(bson.data()), bson.size()));
     CHECK(json::from_bson(stream) == expected);
-
-    // input that is not contiguous reads the names byte by byte and must reject
-    // the same name
-    const std::list<std::uint8_t> list(bson.begin(), bson.end());
-    CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bson(list.begin(), list.end(), true, true, json::error_handler_t::strict), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 14: syntax error while parsing BSON key: invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte", json::parse_error&);
-
-    // without exceptions, the rejected name ends the parse
-    CHECK(json::from_bson(bson, true, false, json::error_handler_t::strict).is_discarded());
-
-    // well-formed names pass the check without being stored
-    const json valid = {{"a", {true, false, {{"k", json::array({1, 2})}}}}};
-    CHECK(json::from_bson(json::to_bson(valid), true, true, json::error_handler_t::strict) == valid);
 }
 #endif
 

tests/src/unit-conversions1.cpp

@@ -1260,6 +1260,44 @@ TEST_CASE("value conversion")
     #undef JSON_HAS_CPP_17
 #endif
 
+TEST_CASE("get<T>() of a boolean (#5988)")
+{
+    // a boolean converts to 0/1 for every arithmetic type except number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t and
+    // number_float_t, whose dedicated from_json() overloads throw
+    const json t = true;
+    const json f = false;
+
+    SECTION("0 and 1")
+    {
+        // long and unsigned long are left out: they are std::int64_t and std::uint64_t on some platforms
+        CHECK(t.get<bool>() == true);
+        CHECK(f.get<bool>() == false);
+        CHECK(t.get<char>() == 1);
+        CHECK(t.get<signed char>() == 1);
+        CHECK(t.get<unsigned char>() == 1);
+        CHECK(t.get<short>() == 1); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
+        CHECK(t.get<unsigned short>() == 1); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
+        CHECK(t.get<int>() == 1);
+        CHECK(t.get<unsigned>() == 1);
+        CHECK(t.get<float>() == 1.0F);
+        CHECK(t.get<long double>() == 1.0L);
+        CHECK(f.get<int>() == 0);
+        CHECK(f.get<float>() == 0.0F);
+    }
+
+#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
+    SECTION("number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t and number_float_t throw")
+    {
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(t.get<json::number_integer_t>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is boolean", json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(t.get<json::number_unsigned_t>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is boolean", json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(t.get<json::number_float_t>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is boolean", json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(f.get<json::number_integer_t>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is boolean", json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(f.get<json::number_unsigned_t>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is boolean", json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(f.get<json::number_float_t>(), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be number, but is boolean", json::type_error&);
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
 #ifdef JSON_HAS_CPP_14
     #undef JSON_HAS_CPP_14
 #endif

tests/src/unit-json_view.cpp

@@ -1551,6 +1551,85 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view values")
     }
 }
 
+namespace
+{
+// get<T>() of a boolean: the same value or the same exception in basic_json and in the view (#5988)
+template<typename T>
+void check_boolean_get_parity()
+{
+    for (const bool b :
+            {
+                true, false
+            })
+    {
+        const std::string text = b ? "true" : "false";
+        const json j = json::parse(text);
+        const json_document d = json_document::parse(text);
+        CAPTURE(text)
+#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
+        T dom_value {};
+        T view_value{};
+        const std::string dom_error = json_view_test::exception_of_call([&] { dom_value = j.get<T>(); });
+        const std::string view_error = json_view_test::exception_of_call([&] { view_value = d.root().template get<T>(); });
+        CHECK(dom_error == view_error);
+        if (dom_error.empty())
+        {
+            CHECK(dom_value == view_value);
+            CHECK(view_value == static_cast<T>(b));
+        }
+#else
+        // without exceptions, the combinations that throw (number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t, number_float_t)
+        // cannot be run: JSON_THROW aborts
+        const bool throws = std::is_same<T, json::number_integer_t>::value
+                            || std::is_same<T, json::number_unsigned_t>::value
+                            || std::is_same<T, json::number_float_t>::value;
+        if (!throws)
+        {
+            CHECK(j.get<T>() == d.root().template get<T>());
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+}
+} // namespace
+
+TEST_CASE("json_view get<T>() of a boolean (#5988)")
+{
+    check_boolean_get_parity<bool>();
+    check_boolean_get_parity<char>();
+    check_boolean_get_parity<signed char>();
+    check_boolean_get_parity<unsigned char>();
+    check_boolean_get_parity<short>(); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
+    check_boolean_get_parity<unsigned short>(); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
+    check_boolean_get_parity<int>();
+    check_boolean_get_parity<unsigned>();
+    check_boolean_get_parity<long>(); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
+    check_boolean_get_parity<unsigned long>(); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
+    check_boolean_get_parity<long long>(); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
+    check_boolean_get_parity<unsigned long long>(); // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
+    check_boolean_get_parity<std::int64_t>();
+    check_boolean_get_parity<std::uint64_t>();
+    check_boolean_get_parity<float>();
+    check_boolean_get_parity<double>();
+    check_boolean_get_parity<long double>();
+
+#if !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
+    SECTION("the exceptions of the exact number types")
+    {
+        const json_document d = json_document::parse("true");
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.root().get<json::number_integer_t>(), json_view_test::message("type_error.302", "", 0, 4, "type must be number, but is boolean").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.root().get<json::number_unsigned_t>(), json_view_test::message("type_error.302", "", 0, 4, "type must be number, but is boolean").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.root().get<json::number_float_t>(), json_view_test::message("type_error.302", "", 0, 4, "type must be number, but is boolean").c_str(), json::type_error&);
+        CHECK(d.root().get<int>() == 1);
+        // get_to() and value() go through get<T>()
+        json::number_float_t x = 0;
+        CHECK_THROWS_AS(d.root().get_to(x), json::type_error&);
+        const json_document o = json_document::parse("{\"b\":true}");
+        CHECK_THROWS_AS(static_cast<void>(o.root().value("b", 0.0)), json::type_error&);
+        CHECK(o.root().value("b", 0) == 1);
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("json_view JSON pointers")
 {
     SECTION("every value of generated documents")

tests/src/unit-json_view_builder.cpp

@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view builder: fraction digits")
             check_same(number);
             check_same("[" + number + "]");
             std::string pair;
-            pair.reserve((number.size() * 2) + 3);
+            pair.reserve(number.size() * 2 + 3);
             pair += '[';
             pair += number;
             pair += ',';

tests/src/unit-json_view_positions.cpp

@@ -521,8 +521,7 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view exceptions name the path and the bytes of the value")
         std::string text = "7";
         for (int level = 0; level < 40; ++level)
         {
-            text.insert(0, R"([[1, [2]], )");
+            text = R"([[1, [2]], )" + text + R"(, {"k": [3, {"l": [4]}]}, [5, [6, [7]]]])";
-            text += R"(, {"k": [3, {"l": [4]}]}, [5, [6, [7]]]])";
         }
         CAPTURE(text)
         const json j = json::parse(text);

tests/src/unit-locale-cpp.cpp

@@ -397,14 +397,6 @@ TEST_CASE("locale with a multi-byte decimal point")
 
         // a value the locale-independent paths convert is not affected
         CHECK(json::parse("12.5") == 12.5);
-
-        // dump() of a long double that takes the snprintf path replaces the
-        // whole decimal point, not only its first byte (#5993)
-        CHECK(long_double_json(1.5L).dump() == "1.5");
-        CHECK(long_double_json(2.0L).dump() == "2.0");
-        CHECK(long_double_json(-0.25L).dump() == "-0.25");
-        CHECK(long_double_json::parse(long_double_json(1.5e-7L).dump()) == long_double_json(1.5e-7L));
-        CHECK(long_double_json::parse(ld.dump()) == expected_long_double);
     }
     if (!tested)
     {