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Distilled from gregmarr's inline review and conversation comments on nlohmann/json: checklist of recurring review topics and his review voice. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01N5NasBGrV1SGwx7n1eo75g
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+---
+name: review-like-gregmarr
+description: Review a diff, branch, or PR of nlohmann/json the way long-time contributor gregmarr does — a line-by-line read focused on C++11 correctness, reference invalidation, backward/source compatibility, ODR/ABI, duplicated logic, hidden costs, repo conventions (amalgamation, astyle, macros) and precise docs, phrased as short courteous questions. Use when asked to "review like Greg", "gregmarr review", or for a careful maintainer-style review of changes to this library.
+---
+
+# Review like gregmarr
+
+Distilled from ~1,400 inline review comments and ~1,300 issue/PR comments by
+@gregmarr on nlohmann/json. He is a careful, courteous, line-by-line reviewer
+who ("just a contributor") defers final decisions to @nlohmann.
+
+## Workflow
+
+1. Determine the target: a PR number (`gh pr diff <n>`), a branch
+   (`git diff $(git merge-base HEAD develop)...HEAD`), or the working tree
+   (`git diff`). Read the full diff, and open surrounding code in `include/nlohmann/`
+   whenever a hunk's context is not enough to judge it.
+2. Walk the diff **file by file, hunk by hunk**, applying the checklist below.
+   Comment on specific lines; don't write a big essay.
+3. Write the review in his voice (see "Voice"). Group nothing artificially —
+   emit one comment per location, in file/line order, with `path:line`.
+4. If the same issue repeats, comment fully once, then "As above" /
+   "Same here (and N other places in this file)."
+5. End with a 1–3 line summary only if useful (e.g. "Just this remaining and
+   then LGTM." or "@nlohmann thoughts on the naming?"). Don't post to GitHub
+   unless the user asks.
+
+## Checklist (roughly in order of how often he raises them)
+
+### Duplication and simplification (most frequent)
+- Copy-pasted bodies, duplicated `#if/#elif` blocks, or "a copy of this function
+  that can get out of sync" → propose a shared helper or alias, with a code sketch.
+- **Diverging limits/constants**: a new depth/recursion limit or magic number
+  where one already exists → "Should this reuse the existing recursion limit?
+  Different limits per operation invites them to diverge over time."
+- Unneeded variables, parameters that can be deduced, values passed to a
+  function that the constructor already has, output parameter == return value.
+- Verbose type spellings → `using` alias / alias template; `decltype()` where the
+  type is known.
+- Disabling a lint warning instead of fixing the code ("why not just add the parens?").
+
+### Lifetime, invalidation, UB
+- A reference/pointer/iterator into a container (`stack.back()`,
+  `container_stack.back()`, `ordered_map` elements) held across `push_back`,
+  `pop_back`, `emplace`, or reallocation → "This invalidates `top`." Prefer a
+  `const` copy, or at least a comment warning future editors.
+- Dangling refs from rvalue arguments stored in adapters; views outliving documents.
+- Wrong logic operators (`&&` vs `||`), lost `!`, unreachable code, `continue`
+  that should be `break`, missing `return`, off-by-one in counters
+  (`chars_read` incremented twice).
+- Uninitialized members → default member initializers; parameters that
+  "should not have a default so it's never left off by accident".
+- Exception safety: leaks when `to_json` is called on a non-null value, partial
+  state, destructors that allocate, swallowed exceptions (`noexcept` that hides
+  throws — "The library shouldn't try to swallow the exception").
+- Thread-unsafe calls (`setlocale`), specializations that redefine `std::` things
+  (ODR / UB).
+- Narrowing/truncation: `static_cast<std::make_unsigned<...>>`, signed/unsigned
+  `char` cases, `n == 0` edge cases, buffer overruns guarded only by `JSON_ASSERT`.
+
+### C++11 floor and portability
+- The library requires only **C++11**: flag `if constexpr`, C++14 generic
+  lambdas/variable templates, `std::clamp`, C++17 library features, etc. unless
+  gated.
+- Gate on the library's macros (`JSON_HAS_CPP_17`, `JSON_HAS_CPP_20`,
+  `JSON_HAS_THREE_WAY_COMPARISON`, `JSON_HAS_FILESYSTEM`) or feature-test macros
+  with `defined()` checks and exact values
+  (`#if defined(__cpp_lib_char8_t) && __cpp_lib_char8_t >= 201811`), not raw
+  `__cplusplus`. Don't silently disable a feature for an existing config.
+- User-overridable macros: if externally defined, leave as-is — never clobber to
+  `1` (breaks `#define X 0`). `#if X` vs `#ifdef X` must match the convention.
+- New macros start with `JSON_` / `NLOHMANN_JSON_` consistently with neighbors.
+- `throw` must be `JSON_THROW` (and `try/catch` → `JSON_TRY/JSON_CATCH`) so
+  `JSON_NOEXCEPTION` builds work.
+- `(std::min)(a, b)` / `(std::max)` for Windows macros; MSVC warnings (C4100
+  etc.); `string_t` not being `std::string`/`char`.
+- Code relying on operations not required of user-supplied `array_t`/`object_t`
+  (range ctor, `emplace_hint`, allocator) → ask whether that's allowed.
+- Does it work with `JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS=0`? With `JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`?
+
+### Compatibility, ABI, API design
+- Behavior changes to existing APIs/macros (e.g. `NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_*`,
+  released in 3.11.0) are breaking → needs opt-in macro or wait for 4.0; must be
+  prominently documented in release notes. Cite when the behavior shipped.
+- Header-only: source compatibility matters, binary doesn't — adding a
+  **defaulted** parameter is fine; new overloads add ambiguity risk.
+- Anything that changes layout or semantics per-config → should it be part of the
+  ABI tag (`json_abi_diag...`)? Mismatched config macros across TUs = ODR violation.
+- Brand-new API shouldn't be added as deprecated — use `= delete` or omit.
+- Naming consistency with existing options (`ignore_trailing_commas` vs
+  `ignore_comments`; singular "diagnostic"); names that read like functions;
+  single-letter or inconsistently `m_`-prefixed members.
+- Prefer a type-safe template over passing a `value_t` that could be invalid.
+- "Why would this belong in this library?" for very niche features.
+
+### Hidden costs
+- Extra copies (lost `std::move`, removed C++17 path), temporaries
+  (`push_back(std::string(...))` vs two `push_back`s), repeated `.back()` calls,
+  casting more than once, `reserve()` inside loops, quadratic recomputation for
+  deep nesting, dynamic allocation replacing stack allocation.
+- `push_back` → `emplace_back`; `rbegin()`, `.data()`, `std::array`, `pop_back()`
+  to keep counters in sync.
+- Struct member order/padding (put `bool` after `int`; "store value before type"),
+  `sizeof(basic_json)` growth, per-node pointer cost. "Don't pay for what you
+  don't use."
+- Compile-time impact of new includes/templates.
+- Ask for measurement instead of asserting a win.
+
+### Style and repo conventions
+- Formatting must match `make pretty` (astyle): spaced `template <`, `!` in traits
+  → suggest `detail::negation<>`; 4-space indents; brace style; blank lines.
+- Redundant keywords: `inline` inside class bodies or on templates (full
+  specializations do need it), `noexcept` on destructors, `public` in `struct`,
+  `{}` after defaulted init, C-style casts → `static_cast`.
+- Sorted includes (cpplint: system before others), sorted lists in docs/CMake.
+- **Amalgamation**: changes must be in `include/nlohmann/...` and
+  `single_include/` regenerated via `make amalgamate` — flag edits made only in
+  `single_include`, or amalgamated output that doesn't match / contains unrelated
+  changes.
+- Merge debris, stray files at repo root, accidental changes to vendored files
+  (doctest.h), Makefile tweaks from local testing, missing trailing newline,
+  whitespace churn mixed with real changes ("separate commit or PR?").
+- Comments: explain non-obvious code ("Comment about why this iterates
+  backwards?"); no change-log wording like "still" in live code; comment
+  blocks must stay attached to their function.
+
+### Docs (`docs/mkdocs/docs/...`, README)
+- Typos as `s/varry/vary/` or "typo: interal".
+- Accuracy vs. actual behavior; state preconditions ("array is not empty"),
+  costs (one pointer per value with `JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`), defaults, which overloads
+  a sentence applies to, version numbers ("3.13.0").
+- Consistency with sibling pages; unexplained claims ("Why is that a problem?
+  It's not obvious here."); markdown table column alignment.
+- New macros/features need a docs page and an example.
+
+### Tests
+- Not his main focus, but: new macro/feature needs tests in `tests/src/unit-*.cpp`
+  that always build with the option (coverage build); test both with and
+  without the option; tests should use different values than the
+  initial ones; put tests in the existing file instead of duplicating a SAX class;
+  static_asserts where possible.
+
+### Usually NOT commented on
+Commit messages/PR titles, licensing, local variable naming bikeshedding,
+demanding benchmarks, rejecting the overall feature idea. CI YAML gets
+comments only for merge debris.
+
+## Voice
+
+- **Mostly questions**: "Is there a reason…?", "Should this…?", "Would it make
+  sense to…?", "Why not…?", "Any reason not to…?", "Is this needed?",
+  "Intentional?"
+- **Flat statements only for clear bugs**, with the reason: "This `if` will
+  never be true. You want `||` not `&&`." "Remove the noexcept. The library
+  shouldn't try to swallow the exception."
+- **Terse when trivial**: "`emplace_back`", "typo: alse", "astyle, negation",
+  "as above", "Lost a blank line here."
+- **Concrete sketches** in plain fenced code blocks introduced with "Maybe like
+  this?" / "Something like this:" / "Untested:". Rarely ```suggestion blocks.
+- **Hedge taste**: "minor nit:", "Personally I prefer…", "I'm on the fence…",
+  "not something for which I would hold up the PR", "(If this was just moved,
+  ignore this.)", "not the fault of this PR".
+- Cite evidence: cppreference, godbolt, the standard, related issues/PRs by
+  number, existing code ("see `NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTICS`").
+- Light humor allowed sparingly (":)", "astyle strikes again", "Ugh").
+- Praise is rare and short ("Good change.", "Looks reasonable.").
+- Defer design calls: "@nlohmann has the final say here."
+- Never invent facts about the code: if unsure, phrase it as a question rather than a claim.
+
+## Example output
+
+```
+include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp:212
+This invalidates `top`. Make it a `const` copy so it can't be read after the
+`push_back` by a future change?
+
+include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp:240
+Should this reuse the existing recursion limit rather than adding a new one?
+Different limits per operation invites them to diverge over time.
+
+include/nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp:88
+If this has been externally defined, we should leave it as-is. This will break
+if someone has `#define JSON_HAS_FOO 0`.
+
+include/nlohmann/json.hpp:1534
+`throw` → `JSON_THROW`, or this can't be used by people that disable exceptions.
+
+single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp:9001
+Looks like this was edited directly. Changes go in `include/` and then
+`make amalgamate`.
+
+docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/back.md:12
+Should this list the precondition that the array is not empty?
+```
@@ -13,15 +13,9 @@ function never throws an exception for invalid input, and the returned `#!cpp bo
 is returned.

 The result is the same as that of `BasicJsonType::accept()` by design; the difference is how the check is made. This
-function runs the document's builder, which checks the text as [`parse()`](parse.md) does, while
-`BasicJsonType::accept()` runs the SAX parser with a handler that ignores every event. Use this one if you go on to
-parse the same input with [`parse()`](parse.md) anyway, so that both use the same code; either is fine for a plain
-yes/no answer.
-
-When both `ignore_comments` and `ignore_trailing_commas` are `#!cpp false` (the default), the builder writes no index.
-With either option set, it builds the index as [`parse()`](parse.md) does and discards it: the result is the same, only
-the time differs. (Neither option needs the index; the variant that skips it exists only for the default options to
-keep the code size down.)
+function runs the document's index builder (and discards the index), while `BasicJsonType::accept()` runs the SAX
+parser with a handler that ignores every event. Use this one if you go on to parse the same input with
+[`parse()`](parse.md) anyway, so that both use the same code; either is fine for a plain yes/no answer.

 ## Template parameters

@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ struct parse_failure
 };

 /// FloatType: the number_float_t of the document, whose overflow parse() rejects
-/// Store: false for accept(): the grammar, number, string and UTF-8 checks run as for parse(), but no node is written
-template<typename FloatType, bool Comments, bool TrailingCommas, bool NulIsEnd, bool Sentinel, bool Store>
+template<typename FloatType, bool Comments, bool TrailingCommas, bool NulIsEnd, bool Sentinel>
 class builder
 {
  public:
@@ -246,87 +245,11 @@ class builder
        return p;
    }

-    /// the string from p, the first backslash, control character, ill-formed UTF-8 byte, or the end, checked and not
-    /// decoded (accept() stores nothing, so the arena is not written): the checks, errors and error positions of
-    /// slow_string(), for everything up to the closing quote
-    NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE decoded check_string(const unsigned char* p)
-    {
-        const unsigned char* const end = m_end;
-        for (;;)
-        {
-            if (p == end)
-            {
-                return failed(error_code::string_missing_quote, p);
-            }
-            const unsigned char c = *p;
-            if (c == '"')
-            {
-                ++p;
-                return decoded{p, 0, 0};
-            }
-            if (c != '\\')
-            {
-                return failed(c < 0x20 ? error_code::string_control_character : error_code::string_utf8, p);
-            }
-            ++p;
-            if (p == end)
-            {
-                return failed(error_code::string_missing_quote, p);
-            }
-            const unsigned char d = *p++;
-            if (d == 'u')
-            {
-                const int cp = hex4(p); // (moves p past the four digits)
-                if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(cp < 0))
-                {
-                    return failed(error_code::string_unicode_hex, p);
-                }
-                if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY((cp & 0xF800) == 0xD800)) // a surrogate
-                {
-                    if (cp >= 0xDC00)
-                    {
-                        return failed(error_code::string_surrogate_low, p);
-                    }
-                    if (end - p < 2 || p[0] != '\\' || p[1] != 'u')
-                    {
-                        return failed(error_code::string_surrogate_high, p);
-                    }
-                    p += 2;
-                    const int lo = hex4(p); // (moves p past the four digits)
-                    if (lo < 0)
-                    {
-                        return failed(error_code::string_unicode_hex, p);
-                    }
-                    if (lo < 0xDC00 || lo > 0xDFFF)
-                    {
-                        return failed(error_code::string_surrogate_high, p);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            else if (!(d == '"' || d == '\\' || d == '/' || d == 'b' || d == 'f' || d == 'n' || d == 'r' || d == 't'))
-            {
-                --p;
-                return failed(error_code::string_escape, p);
-            }
-            if (p != end && *p == '\\')
-            {
-                continue; // (escapes in a row: no run of text between them)
-            }
-            p = scan_string_run(p, end); // the text up to the next backslash, quote, control character, or ill-formed UTF-8
-        }
-    }
-
    /// s points to the start of the string, p to a backslash, a control
    /// character, an ill-formed UTF-8 byte, or the end: decode the string into
    /// the arena
    NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE decoded slow_string(const unsigned char* s, const unsigned char* p)
    {
-        if (!enabled(Store))
-        {
-            // (accept(): the string is checked, not decoded)
-            static_cast<void>(s);
-            return check_string(p);
-        }
        // single-character escapes; 0: invalid (and 'u', handled separately)
        static const std::array<char, 128> simple_escape =
        {
@@ -687,13 +610,10 @@ run_found:

        NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE bool run()
        {
-            if (enabled(Store))
-            {
-                cold.m_doc.reserve(estimate_nodes(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(b), static_cast<std::size_t>(e - b)));
-                base = cold.m_doc.nodes;
-                out = base;
-                cap = base + cold.m_doc.node_capacity;
-            }
+            cold.m_doc.reserve(estimate_nodes(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(b), static_cast<std::size_t>(e - b)));
+            base = cold.m_doc.nodes;
+            out = base;
+            cap = base + cold.m_doc.node_capacity;

            if (e - p >= 3 && p[0] == 0xEF && p[1] == 0xBB && p[2] == 0xBF)
            {
@@ -877,10 +797,7 @@ close_object:
            // an array pays nothing for this)
            if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(cur_count >= document_data::index_min_members))
            {
-                if (enabled(Store))
-                {
-                    cold.note_large_object(cur_idx);
-                }
+                cold.note_large_object(cur_idx);
            }

 close_container:
@@ -1040,12 +957,6 @@ indent_done:
        /// an integer's value); two stores on little-endian targets
        NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE node* push_node(node_kind k, std::uint8_t flags, std::uint16_t extra, std::size_t off, std::uint64_t second)
        {
-            if (!enabled(Store))
-            {
-                // accept(): nothing is stored, so what computes the arguments is not run either. base and out stay
-                // null: their difference, which open() takes, is 0.
-                return out;
-            }
            if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(out == cap))
            {
                const auto n = static_cast<std::size_t>(out - base);
@@ -1104,12 +1015,9 @@ indent_done:

        NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE void close()
        {
-            if (enabled(Store))
-            {
-                node& n = base[cur_idx];
-                n.len = cur_count;
-                n.next = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(out - base) - cur_idx;
-            }
+            node& n = base[cur_idx];
+            n.len = cur_count;
+            n.next = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(out - base) - cur_idx;
            if (--depth != 0)
            {
                if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_LIKELY(depth <= 64))
@@ -1284,44 +1192,34 @@ indent_done:
 };

 /// run the builder with compile-time options
-template<typename FloatType, bool Comments, bool TrailingCommas, bool NulIsEnd, bool Store>
+template<typename FloatType, bool Comments, bool TrailingCommas, bool NulIsEnd>
 inline bool build_with(document_data& d, const char* src, std::size_t size, bool sentinel, parse_failure& failure)
 {
    if (sentinel)
    {
-        builder<FloatType, Comments, TrailingCommas, NulIsEnd, true, Store> bld(d, src, size);
+        builder<FloatType, Comments, TrailingCommas, NulIsEnd, true> bld(d, src, size);
        const bool ok = bld.run();
        failure = bld.failure();
        return ok;
    }
-    builder<FloatType, Comments, TrailingCommas, NulIsEnd, false, Store> bld(d, src, size);
+    builder<FloatType, Comments, TrailingCommas, NulIsEnd, false> bld(d, src, size);
    const bool ok = bld.run();
    failure = bld.failure();
    return ok;
 }

 /// sentinel: src[size] is readable and 0 (e.g. std::string); FloatType: the
-/// number_float_t of the document; validate_only: accept(), only the result is
-/// used
+/// number_float_t of the document
 template<typename FloatType, bool NulIsEnd>
-inline bool build(document_data& d, const char* src, std::size_t size, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool sentinel, bool validate_only,
-                  parse_failure& failure)
+inline bool build(document_data& d, const char* src, std::size_t size, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool sentinel, parse_failure& failure)
 {
-    if (validate_only && !comments && !trailing_commas)
-    {
-        // accept() of plain JSON: nothing is stored. The other option sets
-        // could skip the stores just as well; they keep the builder that
-        // stores only so that there are two more instantiations of the parse
-        // loop, not eight.
-        return build_with<FloatType, false, false, NulIsEnd, false>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
-    }
    if (comments)
    {
-        return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, true, true, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
-               : build_with<FloatType, true, false, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
+        return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, true, true, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
+               : build_with<FloatType, true, false, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
    }
-    return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, false, true, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
-           : build_with<FloatType, false, false, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
+    return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, false, true, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
+           : build_with<FloatType, false, false, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
 }

 }  // namespace view
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ class basic_json_document
                                     const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
    {
        basic_json_document d;
-        d.read_range(first, last, error_mode(allow_exceptions), ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
+        d.read_range(first, last, allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
        return d;
    }

@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ class basic_json_document
        basic_json_document d;
        std::string buf;
        append_input(buf, std::forward<InputType>(input));
-        d.build_owned(std::move(buf), error_mode(allow_exceptions), ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
+        d.build_owned(std::move(buf), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
        return d;
    }

@@ -1088,8 +1088,7 @@ class basic_json_document
    static bool accept(InputType&& input, const bool ignore_comments = false, const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
    {
        basic_json_document d;
-        d.read_kind(std::forward<InputType>(input), on_error::validate, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas,
-                    std::integral_constant<detail::view::input_kind, detail::view::classify_input<InputType>::value> {});
+        d.read(std::forward<InputType>(input), false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
        return !d.is_discarded();
    }

@@ -1105,7 +1104,7 @@ class basic_json_document
              const bool ignore_comments = false,
              const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
    {
-        read_kind(std::forward<InputType>(input), error_mode(allow_exceptions), ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas,
+        read_kind(std::forward<InputType>(input), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas,
                  std::integral_constant<detail::view::input_kind, detail::view::classify_input<InputType>::value> {});
    }

@@ -1464,22 +1463,6 @@ class basic_json_document
        return idx;
    }

-    /// what a failed parse does
-    enum class on_error : std::uint8_t
-    {
-        discard, ///< the document is discarded
-        raise,   ///< parse_error is thrown
-        validate ///< accept(): the document is discarded, and no node is stored while parsing
-    };
-
-    static on_error error_mode(bool allow_exceptions) noexcept
-    {
-        return allow_exceptions ? on_error::raise : on_error::discard;
-    }
-
-    /// NulIsEnd of the builder: a null byte ends the input unless strict_nul_handling
-    static constexpr bool nul_is_end = !detail::abi_config::strict_nul_handling;
-
    /// create the storage (sized for the input) on first use
    void ensure_data(const char* src, std::size_t size)
    {
@@ -1491,7 +1474,7 @@ class basic_json_document

    /// parse a buffer the document takes ownership of (it replaces the
    /// previous owned copy)
-    void build_owned(std::string&& buf, on_error allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
+    void build_owned(std::string&& buf, bool allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
    {
        ensure_data(buf.data(), buf.size());
        m_data->owned = std::move(buf);
@@ -1501,7 +1484,7 @@ class basic_json_document
    /// parse a copy of the input; the copy is appended to the cleared owned
    /// buffer, so that its capacity is reused
    template<typename T>
-    void build_copy(T&& input, on_error allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
+    void build_copy(T&& input, bool allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
    {
        if (!m_data)
        {
@@ -1522,7 +1505,7 @@ class basic_json_document
    }

    /// sentinel: src[size] is readable and 0 (std::string, C strings)
-    void build(const char* src, std::size_t size, on_error allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool owned, bool sentinel)
+    void build(const char* src, std::size_t size, bool allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool owned, bool sentinel)
    {
        ensure_data(src, size);
        document_data& d = *m_data;
@@ -1549,8 +1532,7 @@ class basic_json_document
        }
        else
        {
-            ok = detail::view::build<typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t, nul_is_end>(d, src, size, comments, trailing_commas, sentinel,
-                 allow_exceptions == on_error::validate, failure);
+            ok = detail::view::build < typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t, !detail::abi_config::strict_nul_handling > (d, src, size, comments, trailing_commas, sentinel, failure);
        }
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_LIKELY(ok))
        {
@@ -1563,7 +1545,7 @@ class basic_json_document
            return;
        }
        std::vector<std::uint32_t>().swap(d.large_objects);
-        if (allow_exceptions == on_error::raise)
+        if (allow_exceptions)
        {
            detail::view::throw_parse_failure<BasicJsonType>(failure, src, size, comments, trailing_commas);
        }
@@ -1571,13 +1553,13 @@ class basic_json_document

    // --- input dispatch (see detail::view::input_kind) ---

-    void read_kind(std::string&& s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::move_string> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(std::string&& s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::move_string> /*unused*/)
    {
        build_owned(std::move(s), ae, c, tc);
    }

    template<typename CharT>
-    void read_kind(CharT* s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::c_string> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(CharT* s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::c_string> /*unused*/)
    {
        if (s == nullptr)
        {
@@ -1591,7 +1573,7 @@ class basic_json_document
    }

    template<typename Array>
-    void read_kind(Array& a, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::char_array> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(Array& a, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::char_array> /*unused*/)
    {
        using CharT = typename std::remove_cv<typename std::remove_extent<Array>::type>::type;
        const std::size_t n = std::extent<Array>::value;
@@ -1602,7 +1584,7 @@ class basic_json_document
    }

    template<typename T>
-    void read_kind(const T& s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::borrow_range> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(const T& s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::borrow_range> /*unused*/)
    {
        // std::basic_string guarantees data()[size()] == 0: use it as sentinel
        const auto size = static_cast<std::size_t>(s.size());
@@ -1611,13 +1593,13 @@ class basic_json_document
    }

    template<typename T>
-    void read_kind(const T& s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::copy_range> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(const T& s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::copy_range> /*unused*/)
    {
        build_copy(s, ae, c, tc);
    }

    template<typename CharT>
-    void read_kind(CharT* s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::wide_c_string> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(CharT* s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::wide_c_string> /*unused*/)
    {
        if (s == nullptr)
        {
@@ -1629,13 +1611,13 @@ class basic_json_document
    }

    template<typename T>
-    void read_kind(T&& input, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::adapter> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(T&& input, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::adapter> /*unused*/)
    {
        build_copy(std::forward<T>(input), ae, c, tc);
    }

    template<typename IteratorType>
-    void read_range(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc)
+    void read_range(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, bool ae, bool c, bool tc)
    {
        using value_type = typename std::remove_cv<typename std::iterator_traits<IteratorType>::value_type>::type;
        // borrow the range where the library's input adapter scans it as one
@@ -1646,14 +1628,14 @@ class basic_json_document
    }

    template<typename IteratorType>
-    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::true_type /*contiguous bytes*/)
+    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::true_type /*contiguous bytes*/)
    {
        const auto size = static_cast<std::size_t>(std::distance(first, last));
        build(size == 0 ? "" : reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&*first), size, ae, c, tc, false, size == 0); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
    }

    template<typename IteratorType>
-    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::false_type /*other*/)
+    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::false_type /*other*/)
    {
        build_copy(detail::view::make_adapter_input(detail::input_adapter(first, last)), ae, c, tc);
    }
@@ -1311,8 +1311,7 @@ struct parse_failure
 };

 /// FloatType: the number_float_t of the document, whose overflow parse() rejects
-/// Store: false for accept(): the grammar, number, string and UTF-8 checks run as for parse(), but no node is written
-template<typename FloatType, bool Comments, bool TrailingCommas, bool NulIsEnd, bool Sentinel, bool Store>
+template<typename FloatType, bool Comments, bool TrailingCommas, bool NulIsEnd, bool Sentinel>
 class builder
 {
  public:
@@ -1488,87 +1487,11 @@ class builder
        return p;
    }

-    /// the string from p, the first backslash, control character, ill-formed UTF-8 byte, or the end, checked and not
-    /// decoded (accept() stores nothing, so the arena is not written): the checks, errors and error positions of
-    /// slow_string(), for everything up to the closing quote
-    NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE decoded check_string(const unsigned char* p)
-    {
-        const unsigned char* const end = m_end;
-        for (;;)
-        {
-            if (p == end)
-            {
-                return failed(error_code::string_missing_quote, p);
-            }
-            const unsigned char c = *p;
-            if (c == '"')
-            {
-                ++p;
-                return decoded{p, 0, 0};
-            }
-            if (c != '\\')
-            {
-                return failed(c < 0x20 ? error_code::string_control_character : error_code::string_utf8, p);
-            }
-            ++p;
-            if (p == end)
-            {
-                return failed(error_code::string_missing_quote, p);
-            }
-            const unsigned char d = *p++;
-            if (d == 'u')
-            {
-                const int cp = hex4(p); // (moves p past the four digits)
-                if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(cp < 0))
-                {
-                    return failed(error_code::string_unicode_hex, p);
-                }
-                if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY((cp & 0xF800) == 0xD800)) // a surrogate
-                {
-                    if (cp >= 0xDC00)
-                    {
-                        return failed(error_code::string_surrogate_low, p);
-                    }
-                    if (end - p < 2 || p[0] != '\\' || p[1] != 'u')
-                    {
-                        return failed(error_code::string_surrogate_high, p);
-                    }
-                    p += 2;
-                    const int lo = hex4(p); // (moves p past the four digits)
-                    if (lo < 0)
-                    {
-                        return failed(error_code::string_unicode_hex, p);
-                    }
-                    if (lo < 0xDC00 || lo > 0xDFFF)
-                    {
-                        return failed(error_code::string_surrogate_high, p);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            else if (!(d == '"' || d == '\\' || d == '/' || d == 'b' || d == 'f' || d == 'n' || d == 'r' || d == 't'))
-            {
-                --p;
-                return failed(error_code::string_escape, p);
-            }
-            if (p != end && *p == '\\')
-            {
-                continue; // (escapes in a row: no run of text between them)
-            }
-            p = scan_string_run(p, end); // the text up to the next backslash, quote, control character, or ill-formed UTF-8
-        }
-    }
-
    /// s points to the start of the string, p to a backslash, a control
    /// character, an ill-formed UTF-8 byte, or the end: decode the string into
    /// the arena
    NLOHMANN_VIEW_NOINLINE decoded slow_string(const unsigned char* s, const unsigned char* p)
    {
-        if (!enabled(Store))
-        {
-            // (accept(): the string is checked, not decoded)
-            static_cast<void>(s);
-            return check_string(p);
-        }
        // single-character escapes; 0: invalid (and 'u', handled separately)
        static const std::array<char, 128> simple_escape =
        {
@@ -1929,13 +1852,10 @@ run_found:

        NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE bool run()
        {
-            if (enabled(Store))
-            {
-                cold.m_doc.reserve(estimate_nodes(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(b), static_cast<std::size_t>(e - b)));
-                base = cold.m_doc.nodes;
-                out = base;
-                cap = base + cold.m_doc.node_capacity;
-            }
+            cold.m_doc.reserve(estimate_nodes(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(b), static_cast<std::size_t>(e - b)));
+            base = cold.m_doc.nodes;
+            out = base;
+            cap = base + cold.m_doc.node_capacity;

            if (e - p >= 3 && p[0] == 0xEF && p[1] == 0xBB && p[2] == 0xBF)
            {
@@ -2119,10 +2039,7 @@ close_object:
            // an array pays nothing for this)
            if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(cur_count >= document_data::index_min_members))
            {
-                if (enabled(Store))
-                {
-                    cold.note_large_object(cur_idx);
-                }
+                cold.note_large_object(cur_idx);
            }

 close_container:
@@ -2282,12 +2199,6 @@ indent_done:
        /// an integer's value); two stores on little-endian targets
        NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE node* push_node(node_kind k, std::uint8_t flags, std::uint16_t extra, std::size_t off, std::uint64_t second)
        {
-            if (!enabled(Store))
-            {
-                // accept(): nothing is stored, so what computes the arguments is not run either. base and out stay
-                // null: their difference, which open() takes, is 0.
-                return out;
-            }
            if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_UNLIKELY(out == cap))
            {
                const auto n = static_cast<std::size_t>(out - base);
@@ -2346,12 +2257,9 @@ indent_done:

        NLOHMANN_VIEW_ALWAYS_INLINE void close()
        {
-            if (enabled(Store))
-            {
-                node& n = base[cur_idx];
-                n.len = cur_count;
-                n.next = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(out - base) - cur_idx;
-            }
+            node& n = base[cur_idx];
+            n.len = cur_count;
+            n.next = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(out - base) - cur_idx;
            if (--depth != 0)
            {
                if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_LIKELY(depth <= 64))
@@ -2526,44 +2434,34 @@ indent_done:
 };

 /// run the builder with compile-time options
-template<typename FloatType, bool Comments, bool TrailingCommas, bool NulIsEnd, bool Store>
+template<typename FloatType, bool Comments, bool TrailingCommas, bool NulIsEnd>
 inline bool build_with(document_data& d, const char* src, std::size_t size, bool sentinel, parse_failure& failure)
 {
    if (sentinel)
    {
-        builder<FloatType, Comments, TrailingCommas, NulIsEnd, true, Store> bld(d, src, size);
+        builder<FloatType, Comments, TrailingCommas, NulIsEnd, true> bld(d, src, size);
        const bool ok = bld.run();
        failure = bld.failure();
        return ok;
    }
-    builder<FloatType, Comments, TrailingCommas, NulIsEnd, false, Store> bld(d, src, size);
+    builder<FloatType, Comments, TrailingCommas, NulIsEnd, false> bld(d, src, size);
    const bool ok = bld.run();
    failure = bld.failure();
    return ok;
 }

 /// sentinel: src[size] is readable and 0 (e.g. std::string); FloatType: the
-/// number_float_t of the document; validate_only: accept(), only the result is
-/// used
+/// number_float_t of the document
 template<typename FloatType, bool NulIsEnd>
-inline bool build(document_data& d, const char* src, std::size_t size, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool sentinel, bool validate_only,
-                  parse_failure& failure)
+inline bool build(document_data& d, const char* src, std::size_t size, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool sentinel, parse_failure& failure)
 {
-    if (validate_only && !comments && !trailing_commas)
-    {
-        // accept() of plain JSON: nothing is stored. The other option sets
-        // could skip the stores just as well; they keep the builder that
-        // stores only so that there are two more instantiations of the parse
-        // loop, not eight.
-        return build_with<FloatType, false, false, NulIsEnd, false>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
-    }
    if (comments)
    {
-        return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, true, true, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
-               : build_with<FloatType, true, false, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
+        return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, true, true, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
+               : build_with<FloatType, true, false, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
    }
-    return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, false, true, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
-           : build_with<FloatType, false, false, NulIsEnd, true>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
+    return trailing_commas ? build_with<FloatType, false, true, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure)
+           : build_with<FloatType, false, false, NulIsEnd>(d, src, size, sentinel, failure);
 }

 }  // namespace view
@@ -10203,7 +10101,7 @@ class basic_json_document
                                     const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
    {
        basic_json_document d;
-        d.read_range(first, last, error_mode(allow_exceptions), ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
+        d.read_range(first, last, allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
        return d;
    }

@@ -10218,7 +10116,7 @@ class basic_json_document
        basic_json_document d;
        std::string buf;
        append_input(buf, std::forward<InputType>(input));
-        d.build_owned(std::move(buf), error_mode(allow_exceptions), ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
+        d.build_owned(std::move(buf), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
        return d;
    }

@@ -10231,8 +10129,7 @@ class basic_json_document
    static bool accept(InputType&& input, const bool ignore_comments = false, const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
    {
        basic_json_document d;
-        d.read_kind(std::forward<InputType>(input), on_error::validate, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas,
-                    std::integral_constant<detail::view::input_kind, detail::view::classify_input<InputType>::value> {});
+        d.read(std::forward<InputType>(input), false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas);
        return !d.is_discarded();
    }

@@ -10248,7 +10145,7 @@ class basic_json_document
              const bool ignore_comments = false,
              const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false)
    {
-        read_kind(std::forward<InputType>(input), error_mode(allow_exceptions), ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas,
+        read_kind(std::forward<InputType>(input), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas,
                  std::integral_constant<detail::view::input_kind, detail::view::classify_input<InputType>::value> {});
    }

@@ -10607,22 +10504,6 @@ class basic_json_document
        return idx;
    }

-    /// what a failed parse does
-    enum class on_error : std::uint8_t
-    {
-        discard, ///< the document is discarded
-        raise,   ///< parse_error is thrown
-        validate ///< accept(): the document is discarded, and no node is stored while parsing
-    };
-
-    static on_error error_mode(bool allow_exceptions) noexcept
-    {
-        return allow_exceptions ? on_error::raise : on_error::discard;
-    }
-
-    /// NulIsEnd of the builder: a null byte ends the input unless strict_nul_handling
-    static constexpr bool nul_is_end = !detail::abi_config::strict_nul_handling;
-
    /// create the storage (sized for the input) on first use
    void ensure_data(const char* src, std::size_t size)
    {
@@ -10634,7 +10515,7 @@ class basic_json_document

    /// parse a buffer the document takes ownership of (it replaces the
    /// previous owned copy)
-    void build_owned(std::string&& buf, on_error allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
+    void build_owned(std::string&& buf, bool allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
    {
        ensure_data(buf.data(), buf.size());
        m_data->owned = std::move(buf);
@@ -10644,7 +10525,7 @@ class basic_json_document
    /// parse a copy of the input; the copy is appended to the cleared owned
    /// buffer, so that its capacity is reused
    template<typename T>
-    void build_copy(T&& input, on_error allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
+    void build_copy(T&& input, bool allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas)
    {
        if (!m_data)
        {
@@ -10665,7 +10546,7 @@ class basic_json_document
    }

    /// sentinel: src[size] is readable and 0 (std::string, C strings)
-    void build(const char* src, std::size_t size, on_error allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool owned, bool sentinel)
+    void build(const char* src, std::size_t size, bool allow_exceptions, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool owned, bool sentinel)
    {
        ensure_data(src, size);
        document_data& d = *m_data;
@@ -10692,8 +10573,7 @@ class basic_json_document
        }
        else
        {
-            ok = detail::view::build<typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t, nul_is_end>(d, src, size, comments, trailing_commas, sentinel,
-                 allow_exceptions == on_error::validate, failure);
+            ok = detail::view::build < typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t, !detail::abi_config::strict_nul_handling > (d, src, size, comments, trailing_commas, sentinel, failure);
        }
        if (NLOHMANN_VIEW_LIKELY(ok))
        {
@@ -10706,7 +10586,7 @@ class basic_json_document
            return;
        }
        std::vector<std::uint32_t>().swap(d.large_objects);
-        if (allow_exceptions == on_error::raise)
+        if (allow_exceptions)
        {
            detail::view::throw_parse_failure<BasicJsonType>(failure, src, size, comments, trailing_commas);
        }
@@ -10714,13 +10594,13 @@ class basic_json_document

    // --- input dispatch (see detail::view::input_kind) ---

-    void read_kind(std::string&& s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::move_string> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(std::string&& s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::move_string> /*unused*/)
    {
        build_owned(std::move(s), ae, c, tc);
    }

    template<typename CharT>
-    void read_kind(CharT* s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::c_string> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(CharT* s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::c_string> /*unused*/)
    {
        if (s == nullptr)
        {
@@ -10734,7 +10614,7 @@ class basic_json_document
    }

    template<typename Array>
-    void read_kind(Array& a, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::char_array> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(Array& a, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::char_array> /*unused*/)
    {
        using CharT = typename std::remove_cv<typename std::remove_extent<Array>::type>::type;
        const std::size_t n = std::extent<Array>::value;
@@ -10745,7 +10625,7 @@ class basic_json_document
    }

    template<typename T>
-    void read_kind(const T& s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::borrow_range> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(const T& s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::borrow_range> /*unused*/)
    {
        // std::basic_string guarantees data()[size()] == 0: use it as sentinel
        const auto size = static_cast<std::size_t>(s.size());
@@ -10754,13 +10634,13 @@ class basic_json_document
    }

    template<typename T>
-    void read_kind(const T& s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::copy_range> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(const T& s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::copy_range> /*unused*/)
    {
        build_copy(s, ae, c, tc);
    }

    template<typename CharT>
-    void read_kind(CharT* s, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::wide_c_string> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(CharT* s, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::wide_c_string> /*unused*/)
    {
        if (s == nullptr)
        {
@@ -10772,13 +10652,13 @@ class basic_json_document
    }

    template<typename T>
-    void read_kind(T&& input, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::adapter> /*unused*/)
+    void read_kind(T&& input, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::integral_constant<input_kind, input_kind::adapter> /*unused*/)
    {
        build_copy(std::forward<T>(input), ae, c, tc);
    }

    template<typename IteratorType>
-    void read_range(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc)
+    void read_range(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, bool ae, bool c, bool tc)
    {
        using value_type = typename std::remove_cv<typename std::iterator_traits<IteratorType>::value_type>::type;
        // borrow the range where the library's input adapter scans it as one
@@ -10789,14 +10669,14 @@ class basic_json_document
    }

    template<typename IteratorType>
-    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::true_type /*contiguous bytes*/)
+    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::true_type /*contiguous bytes*/)
    {
        const auto size = static_cast<std::size_t>(std::distance(first, last));
        build(size == 0 ? "" : reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&*first), size, ae, c, tc, false, size == 0); // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast)
    }

    template<typename IteratorType>
-    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, on_error ae, bool c, bool tc, std::false_type /*other*/)
+    void read_range_impl(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, bool ae, bool c, bool tc, std::false_type /*other*/)
    {
        build_copy(detail::view::make_adapter_input(detail::input_adapter(first, last)), ae, c, tc);
    }
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ built build(const std::string& text, bool comments, bool trailing_commas, bool s
        r.copy.assign(text.begin(), text.end());
        src = r.copy.data();
    }
-    constexpr bool nul_is_end = !nlohmann::detail::abi_config::strict_nul_handling;
-    r.ok = nlohmann::detail::view::build<FloatType, nul_is_end>(*r.data, src, text.size(), comments, trailing_commas, sentinel, false, r.failure);
+    r.ok = nlohmann::detail::view::build < FloatType, !nlohmann::detail::abi_config::strict_nul_handling > (*r.data, src, text.size(), comments, trailing_commas, sentinel, r.failure);
    r.data->src = src;
    r.data->base[0] = src;
    r.data->base[1] = r.data->arena.data();
@@ -173,22 +172,6 @@ void check_string(const std::string& content)
    }
 }

-// accept() stores no nodes: it must accept and reject what json::accept does, for all options and for inputs with
-// and without a terminating NUL
-void check_accept(const std::string& text)
-{
-    CAPTURE(text)
-    const std::vector<char> bytes(text.begin(), text.end());
-    for (int options = 0; options < 4; ++options)
-    {
-        const bool comments = (options & 1) != 0;
-        const bool trailing_commas = (options & 2) != 0;
-        const bool accepted = json::accept(text, comments, trailing_commas);
-        CHECK(nlohmann::json_document::accept(text, comments, trailing_commas) == accepted);
-        CHECK(nlohmann::json_document::accept(bytes, comments, trailing_commas) == accepted);
-    }
-}
-
 // a small deterministic generator of documents
 struct generator
 {
@@ -440,133 +423,6 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view builder")
        }
    }

-    SECTION("accept() without an index")
-    {
-        for (const char* text :
-                {
-                    "", " ", "\n", "null", "nul", "true", "[", "]", "[]", "{}", "[1,2,3]", "[1,2,3", "[1,2,3,]", "{\"a\":1,}", "{\"a\"}", "{\"a\":}",
-                    "[1] x", "[1][2]", "\xEF\xBB\xBF[1]", "[\"a\\", "[\"\\u12\"]", "[\"\\ud800\"]", "[\"\x01\"]", "[\"\xff\"]", "[01]", "[1.]",
-                    "[.5]", "[-]", "[1e]", "// c\n[1]", "/* c */ {\"a\" /* x */ : 1}", "/* c", "[1] // c", "1e400", "-1e400", "123456789012345678901234567890",
-                    "{\"a\":1,\"a\":2}", "[[[]]]", "\"\\u00e4\\n\\ud83d\\ude00\""
-                })
-        {
-            check_accept(text);
-        }
-        // a null byte inside the text, and after it
-        check_accept(std::string("[1,\0]", 5));
-        check_accept(std::string("[1]\0", 4));
-        check_accept(std::string("\0", 1));
-
-        // generated documents and damaged copies, as for the builder above
-        generator g;
-        for (int i = 0; i < 2000; ++i)
-        {
-            std::string text;
-            g.value(text, 0);
-            check_accept(text);
-            std::string damaged = text;
-            const auto at = static_cast<std::size_t>(g.r(static_cast<int>(damaged.size())));
-            static const char replacements[] = {'x', '"', '\\', ',', ':', ']', '}', '[', '{', '1', '-', '.', 'e', '\0', '\n', '/'}; // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays)
-            damaged[at] = replacements[g.r(16)];
-            check_accept(damaged);
-            check_accept(text.substr(0, at));
-        }
-
-        // nesting beyond the 64 levels that are kept on the builder's own stack, closed and not closed
-        for (const std::size_t depth :
-                {
-                    63, 64, 65, 66, 200, 1000
-                })
-        {
-            check_accept(std::string(depth, '[') + std::string(depth, ']'));
-            check_accept(std::string(depth, '[') + std::string(depth - 1, ']'));
-            std::string objects;
-            for (std::size_t i = 0; i < depth; ++i)
-            {
-                objects += "{\"k\":";
-            }
-            objects += "1" + std::string(depth, '}');
-            check_accept(objects);
-            check_accept(objects.substr(0, objects.size() - 1));
-        }
-
-        // objects with enough members to get a hash index when they are indexed (and duplicate keys)
-        std::string large = "{";
-        for (int i = 0; i < 300; ++i)
-        {
-            large += (i == 0 ? "\"k" : ",\"k") + std::to_string(i % 200) + "\":" + std::to_string(i);
-        }
-        check_accept(large + "}");
-        check_accept(large);
-        check_accept("[" + large + "},{" + large.substr(1) + "}]");
-
-        // the overflow check uses the floating-point type of the document
-        using float_json = nlohmann::basic_json<std::map, std::vector, std::string, bool, std::int64_t, std::uint64_t, float>;
-        for (const char* text :
-                {
-                    "1e39", "-1e39", "3.4028235e38", "3.4028236e38", "[1.5e38, 3.5e38]", "{\"a\": 1e-50, \"b\": 1e39}", "340282356779733661637539395458142568448"
-                })
-        {
-            CAPTURE(text)
-            CHECK(nlohmann::basic_json_document<float_json>::accept(text) == float_json::accept(text));
-        }
-
-        // strings are checked and not decoded: runs of text of every length from 0 to 40 between valid and invalid
-        // escapes, UTF-8 sequences and control characters, in values and in keys, cut near the end of the text
-        const std::array<const char*, 9> valid = {{"\\n", "\\\"", "\\\\", "\\/", "\\t", "\\u00e4", "\\u20ac", "\\ud83d\\ude00", "\\u0000"}};
-        const std::array<const char*, 12> invalid = {{"\\x", "\\ud800", "\\udc00", "\\u12G4", "\\u12", "\\ud83dx", "\\ud83d\\u0041", "\\ud83d\\ud83d", "\\", "\x01", "\x1f", "\x7f"}};
-        const std::array<const char*, 6> utf8 = {{"\xc3\xa4", "\xe2\x82\xac", "\xf0\x9f\x98\x80", "\xc3", "\xff", "\x80"}};
-        std::mt19937 rng(2029); // NOLINT(cert-msc32-c,cert-msc51-cpp,bugprone-random-generator-seed): reproducible
-        for (std::size_t run = 0; run <= 40; ++run)
-        {
-            for (int i = 0; i < 30; ++i)
-            {
-                std::string content = std::string(rng() % 20, 'a');
-                const auto pieces = 1 + (rng() % 6);
-                for (unsigned k = 0; k < pieces; ++k)
-                {
-                    content += valid[rng() % valid.size()];
-                    content += std::string(k == 0 ? run : rng() % 41, static_cast<char>('b' + (rng() % 20)));
-                    switch (rng() % 8)
-                    {
-                        case 0:
-                            content += utf8[rng() % 3];
-                            break;
-                        case 1:
-                            content += utf8[rng() % utf8.size()];
-                            break;
-                        case 2:
-                            content += invalid[rng() % invalid.size()];
-                            break;
-                        default:
-                            break;
-                    }
-                }
-                for (const std::string& text :
-                        {
-                            "[\"" + content + "\"]", "{\"" + content + "\":1}", "[\"" + content, "[\"" + content.substr(0, content.size() - (rng() % 4)) + "\"]"
-                        })
-                {
-                    check_accept(text);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    SECTION("escapes in a row")
-    {
-        for (const char* content :
-                {
-                    "\\n", "\\n\\t\\\\", "\\u00e9\\u00e9\\u4e2d", "\\u00e9\\u00e", "\\u00e9\\", "\\n\\q", "\\n\\ud83d\\ude00\\n",
-                    "\\ud83d\\ude00\\ud83d", "\\n\\n\\n abc \\n\\n", "\\n\x01", "\\n\xC3\x28", "\\n\\"
-                })
-        {
-            check_accept(std::string("[\"") + content + "\"]");
-            check_accept(std::string("[\"") + content);
-            check_accept(std::string("{\"") + content + "\":1}");
-        }
-    }
-
    SECTION("test files")
    {
        for (const char* name :