accept() checks strings without copying them

json::accept() parses through json_sax_acceptor, which ignores the
values of strings and object keys, but the lexer still copied every
string token into its token buffer. That copy was 18 % of the
instructions of json::accept() on twitter.json (x86, GCC 16).

The lexer's flag for accept(), renamed from discard_number_values to
discard_values, now also selects a second instantiation of
scan_string() that performs the same checks (escapes, surrogates,
UTF-8, control characters, with the same error messages) without
writing to the token buffer. scan() chooses the instantiation once per
string: a run-time check inside the string loop made number-heavy
files up to 3 % slower on Apple M1.

json::accept() over 19 files, time after/before (geomean): 0.876 on x86
with GCC 16.2, 0.884 with Clang 23, 0.932 on Apple M1; up to 0.74 on
single files; files with few strings (canada, mesh, numbers) unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_document/accept.md

@@ -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
 

include/nlohmann/detail/input/lexer.hpp

@@ -268,10 +268,10 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
   public:
     using token_type = typename lexer_base<BasicJsonType>::token_type;
 
-    explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false, bool discard_number_values_ = false) noexcept
+    explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false, bool discard_values_ = false) noexcept
         : ia(std::move(adapter))
         , ignore_comments(ignore_comments_)
-        , discard_number_values(discard_number_values_)
+        , discard_values(discard_values_)
     {
         // the token string of an error before the first token is everything
         // read so far
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     checks if it is inside the range. If a violation was detected, set up an
     error message and return false. Otherwise, return true.
 
+    @param[in] keep    whether the bytes are added to token_buffer (false for
+                       accept(), see scan())
     @param[in] ranges  list of integers; interpreted as list of pairs of
                        inclusive lower and upper bound, respectively
 
@@ -396,17 +398,18 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
 
     @return true if and only if no range violation was detected
     */
-    bool next_byte_in_range(std::initializer_list<char_int_type> ranges)
+    template<bool Keep>
+    bool next_byte_in_range(std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> keep, std::initializer_list<char_int_type> ranges)
     {
         JSON_ASSERT(ranges.size() == 2 || ranges.size() == 4 || ranges.size() == 6);
-        add(current);
+        add_string_char(keep, current);
 
         for (auto range = ranges.begin(); range != ranges.end(); ++range)
         {
             get();
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(*range <= current && current <= *(++range))) // NOLINT(bugprone-inc-dec-in-conditions)
             {
-                add(current);
+                add_string_char(keep, current);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -419,14 +422,16 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     }
 
     /// contiguous input: bulk-append the run of ordinary characters and complete
-    /// well-formed UTF-8 sequences starting at the current read position, then
+    /// well-formed UTF-8 sequences starting at the current read position (only
+    /// skip it if @a keep is false), then
     /// read the first byte that needs individual handling (the closing quote, an
     /// escape, a control character, or an ill-formed UTF-8 byte) like get().
     /// That byte is taken from the buffer that was just scanned. Through get(),
     /// Apple Clang merged this read with the other get() calls of the scan
     /// function, which load the read position again right after it was stored
     /// (3% of json::accept() on jeopardy.json on Apple M1).
-    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::true_type /*bulk*/)
+    template<bool Keep>
+    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::true_type /*bulk*/, std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> keep)
     {
         // a pending unget must be consumed through the normal path first
         if (next_unget)
@@ -444,7 +449,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
         const std::size_t pos = lexer_string_bulk_run(data, remaining);
         if (pos != 0)
         {
-            token_buffer.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), pos);
+            append_string_run(keep, data, pos);
             bulk_consume(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data), pos);
         }
         if (pos == remaining)
@@ -488,7 +493,8 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     }
 
     /// streaming input: no bulk fast path
-    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::false_type /*bulk*/)
+    template<bool Keep>
+    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::false_type /*bulk*/, std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> /*keep*/)
     {
         return get();
     }
@@ -502,13 +508,18 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     may contain \0 bytes), and token_buffer.size() is the number of bytes in the
     string.
 
+    @param[in] keep  whether the string is copied into token_buffer; if false
+                     (accept(), see scan()), it is only checked, with the same
+                     errors, and token_buffer stays empty
+
     @return token_type::value_string if string could be successfully scanned,
             token_type::parse_error otherwise
 
     @note In case of errors, variable error_message contains a textual
           description.
     */
-    token_type scan_string()
+    template<bool Keep>
+    token_type scan_string(std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> keep)
     {
         // reset token_buffer (ignore opening quote)
         reset();
@@ -520,7 +531,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
         {
             // bulk-consume ordinary characters from contiguous input, then
             // get the next character, the one that ends the run
-            switch (get_after_string_run(std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan>()))
+            switch (get_after_string_run(std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan>(), keep))
             {
                 // end of file while parsing the string
                 case char_traits<char_type>::eof():
@@ -542,35 +553,35 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                     {
                         // quotation mark
                         case '\"':
-                            add('\"');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\"');
                             break;
                         // reverse solidus
                         case '\\':
-                            add('\\');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\\');
                             break;
                         // solidus
                         case '/':
-                            add('/');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '/');
                             break;
                         // backspace
                         case 'b':
-                            add('\b');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\b');
                             break;
                         // form feed
                         case 'f':
-                            add('\f');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\f');
                             break;
                         // line feed
                         case 'n':
-                            add('\n');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\n');
                             break;
                         // carriage return
                         case 'r':
-                            add('\r');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\r');
                             break;
                         // tab
                         case 't':
-                            add('\t');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\t');
                             break;
 
                         // unicode escapes
@@ -638,10 +649,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                             JSON_ASSERT(0x00 <= codepoint && codepoint <= 0x10FFFF);
 
                             // translate codepoint into bytes
-                            encode_utf8(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(codepoint), [this](std::uint32_t byte)
-                            {
-                                add(static_cast<char_int_type>(byte));
-                            });
+                            add_codepoint(keep, codepoint);
 
                             break;
                         }
@@ -824,7 +832,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0x7E:
                 case 0x7F:
                 {
-                    add(current);
+                    add_string_char(keep, current);
                     break;
                 }
 
@@ -860,7 +868,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0xDE:
                 case 0xDF:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF})))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0xBF})))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -870,7 +878,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+0800..U+0FFF: bytes E0 A0..BF 80..BF
                 case 0xE0:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0xA0, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0xA0, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -894,7 +902,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0xEE:
                 case 0xEF:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -904,7 +912,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+D000..U+D7FF: bytes ED 80..9F 80..BF
                 case 0xED:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0x9F, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0x9F, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -914,7 +922,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+10000..U+3FFFF F0 90..BF 80..BF 80..BF
                 case 0xF0:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x90, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x90, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -926,7 +934,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0xF2:
                 case 0xF3:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -936,7 +944,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+100000..U+10FFFF F4 80..8F 80..BF 80..BF
                 case 0xF4:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0x8F, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0x8F, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -1427,7 +1435,7 @@ scan_number_done:
     token_type convert_number(token_type number_type, std::size_t mantissa_end)
     {
         // accept() only needs to know whether the input is valid, so it sets
-        // discard_number_values (see json.hpp), and an integer token whose
+        // discard_values (see json.hpp), and an integer token whose
         // digit count shows that it fits is reported without calling
         // convert_integer(). A number with up to 18 digits always fits into
         // both std::uint64_t and std::int64_t (18 nines is about 1e18, below
@@ -1442,7 +1450,7 @@ scan_number_done:
         // json_sax_acceptor, whose number callbacks discard their argument and
         // return true, and the parser rejects neither integers nor finite
         // floats. value_unsigned/value_integer are left unset here, so a caller
-        // that reads the converted value must not set discard_number_values.
+        // that reads the converted value must not set discard_values.
         //
         // On contiguous input, scan_number_bulk_contiguous() converts integer
         // tokens itself and does not pass them to this function, unless
@@ -1450,7 +1458,7 @@ scan_number_done:
         // reached for input without bulk access (e.g. streams), with
         // JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, or when scan_number_bulk_contiguous()
         // falls back to scan_number().
-        if (discard_number_values)
+        if (discard_values)
         {
             constexpr std::size_t safe_digit_count = 18;
             if (number_type == token_type::value_unsigned && token_buffer.size() <= safe_digit_count)
@@ -1701,7 +1709,7 @@ scan_number_done:
         // w < 10^19, so a value below 10^max_exponent10 cannot overflow, and a
         // value that underflows is a finite number as well. Only a token that
         // may overflow has to be converted to find out.
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(discard_number_values && s.exponent + 19 <= std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent10))
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(discard_values && s.exponent + 19 <= std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent10))
         {
             value_float = 0;
             return true;
@@ -2033,6 +2041,34 @@ scan_number_done:
         token_buffer.push_back(static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(c));
     }
 
+    /// add a character of a string token; accept() checks the string but does
+    /// not keep its value (@a keep is false)
+    void add_string_char(std::true_type /*keep*/, char_int_type c)
+    {
+        token_buffer.push_back(static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(c));
+    }
+
+    static void add_string_char(std::false_type /*keep*/, char_int_type /*c*/) noexcept {}
+
+    /// add the UTF-8 bytes of a code point from a \\u escape to a string token
+    void add_codepoint(std::true_type /*keep*/, int codepoint)
+    {
+        encode_utf8(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(codepoint), [this](std::uint32_t byte)
+        {
+            add(static_cast<char_int_type>(byte));
+        });
+    }
+
+    static void add_codepoint(std::false_type /*keep*/, int /*codepoint*/) noexcept {}
+
+    /// append a run of ordinary string characters (see get_after_string_run())
+    void append_string_run(std::true_type /*keep*/, const unsigned char* data, std::size_t n)
+    {
+        token_buffer.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), n);
+    }
+
+    static void append_string_run(std::false_type /*keep*/, const unsigned char* /*data*/, std::size_t /*n*/) noexcept {}
+
   public:
     /////////////////////
     // value getters
@@ -2427,7 +2463,11 @@ scan_number_done:
 
             // string
             case '\"':
-                return scan_string();
+                // accept() (discard_values) checks strings without copying them
+                // into token_buffer. The choice is made once per string: a
+                // check inside the string loop made number-heavy documents up
+                // to 3 % slower (mesh.json, Apple M1)
+                return discard_values ? scan_string(std::false_type {}) : scan_string(std::true_type {});
 
             // number
             case '-':
@@ -2512,11 +2552,13 @@ scan_number_done:
     std::size_t decimal_point_position = std::string::npos;
 
     /// whether the caller only needs the token types and never looks at the
-    /// converted numeric values; set only by accept(), which parses through
-    /// json_sax_acceptor. When set, convert_number() skips converting integer
-    /// tokens whose digit count guarantees that they fit into 64 bits (see
-    /// there)
-    const bool discard_number_values = false;
+    /// values of number and string tokens; set only by accept(), which parses
+    /// through json_sax_acceptor. When set, convert_number() skips converting
+    /// integer tokens whose digit count guarantees that they fit into 64 bits
+    /// (see there), floats are converted only when they may overflow (see
+    /// convert_accumulated_float()), and strings are checked without being
+    /// copied into token_buffer (see scan())
+    const bool discard_values = false;
 };
 
 }  // namespace detail

include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp

@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ class parser
                     const bool allow_exceptions_ = true,
                     const bool ignore_comments = false,
                     const bool ignore_trailing_commas_ = false,
-                    const bool discard_number_values_ = false)
+                    const bool discard_values_ = false)
         : callback(std::move(cb))
-        , m_lexer(std::move(adapter), ignore_comments, discard_number_values_)
+        , m_lexer(std::move(adapter), ignore_comments, discard_values_)
         , allow_exceptions(allow_exceptions_)
         , ignore_trailing_commas(ignore_trailing_commas_)
     {

include/nlohmann/detail/view/builder.hpp

@@ -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

include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         const bool allow_exceptions = true,
         const bool ignore_comments = false,
         const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false,
-        const bool discard_number_values = false
+        const bool discard_values = false
     )
     {
         return ::nlohmann::detail::parser<basic_json, InputAdapterType>(std::move(adapter),
-               std::move(cb), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, discard_number_values);
+               std::move(cb), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, discard_values);
     }
 
   private:

include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp

@@ -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);
     }

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -13124,10 +13124,10 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
   public:
     using token_type = typename lexer_base<BasicJsonType>::token_type;
 
-    explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false, bool discard_number_values_ = false) noexcept
+    explicit lexer(InputAdapterType&& adapter, bool ignore_comments_ = false, bool discard_values_ = false) noexcept
         : ia(std::move(adapter))
         , ignore_comments(ignore_comments_)
-        , discard_number_values(discard_number_values_)
+        , discard_values(discard_values_)
     {
         // the token string of an error before the first token is everything
         // read so far
@@ -13244,6 +13244,8 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     checks if it is inside the range. If a violation was detected, set up an
     error message and return false. Otherwise, return true.
 
+    @param[in] keep    whether the bytes are added to token_buffer (false for
+                       accept(), see scan())
     @param[in] ranges  list of integers; interpreted as list of pairs of
                        inclusive lower and upper bound, respectively
 
@@ -13252,17 +13254,18 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
 
     @return true if and only if no range violation was detected
     */
-    bool next_byte_in_range(std::initializer_list<char_int_type> ranges)
+    template<bool Keep>
+    bool next_byte_in_range(std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> keep, std::initializer_list<char_int_type> ranges)
     {
         JSON_ASSERT(ranges.size() == 2 || ranges.size() == 4 || ranges.size() == 6);
-        add(current);
+        add_string_char(keep, current);
 
         for (auto range = ranges.begin(); range != ranges.end(); ++range)
         {
             get();
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(*range <= current && current <= *(++range))) // NOLINT(bugprone-inc-dec-in-conditions)
             {
-                add(current);
+                add_string_char(keep, current);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -13275,14 +13278,16 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     }
 
     /// contiguous input: bulk-append the run of ordinary characters and complete
-    /// well-formed UTF-8 sequences starting at the current read position, then
+    /// well-formed UTF-8 sequences starting at the current read position (only
+    /// skip it if @a keep is false), then
     /// read the first byte that needs individual handling (the closing quote, an
     /// escape, a control character, or an ill-formed UTF-8 byte) like get().
     /// That byte is taken from the buffer that was just scanned. Through get(),
     /// Apple Clang merged this read with the other get() calls of the scan
     /// function, which load the read position again right after it was stored
     /// (3% of json::accept() on jeopardy.json on Apple M1).
-    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::true_type /*bulk*/)
+    template<bool Keep>
+    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::true_type /*bulk*/, std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> keep)
     {
         // a pending unget must be consumed through the normal path first
         if (next_unget)
@@ -13300,7 +13305,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
         const std::size_t pos = lexer_string_bulk_run(data, remaining);
         if (pos != 0)
         {
-            token_buffer.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), pos);
+            append_string_run(keep, data, pos);
             bulk_consume(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data), pos);
         }
         if (pos == remaining)
@@ -13344,7 +13349,8 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     }
 
     /// streaming input: no bulk fast path
-    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::false_type /*bulk*/)
+    template<bool Keep>
+    char_int_type get_after_string_run(std::false_type /*bulk*/, std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> /*keep*/)
     {
         return get();
     }
@@ -13358,13 +13364,18 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     may contain \0 bytes), and token_buffer.size() is the number of bytes in the
     string.
 
+    @param[in] keep  whether the string is copied into token_buffer; if false
+                     (accept(), see scan()), it is only checked, with the same
+                     errors, and token_buffer stays empty
+
     @return token_type::value_string if string could be successfully scanned,
             token_type::parse_error otherwise
 
     @note In case of errors, variable error_message contains a textual
           description.
     */
-    token_type scan_string()
+    template<bool Keep>
+    token_type scan_string(std::integral_constant<bool, Keep> keep)
     {
         // reset token_buffer (ignore opening quote)
         reset();
@@ -13376,7 +13387,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
         {
             // bulk-consume ordinary characters from contiguous input, then
             // get the next character, the one that ends the run
-            switch (get_after_string_run(std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan>()))
+            switch (get_after_string_run(std::integral_constant<bool, bulk_scan>(), keep))
             {
                 // end of file while parsing the string
                 case char_traits<char_type>::eof():
@@ -13398,35 +13409,35 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                     {
                         // quotation mark
                         case '\"':
-                            add('\"');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\"');
                             break;
                         // reverse solidus
                         case '\\':
-                            add('\\');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\\');
                             break;
                         // solidus
                         case '/':
-                            add('/');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '/');
                             break;
                         // backspace
                         case 'b':
-                            add('\b');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\b');
                             break;
                         // form feed
                         case 'f':
-                            add('\f');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\f');
                             break;
                         // line feed
                         case 'n':
-                            add('\n');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\n');
                             break;
                         // carriage return
                         case 'r':
-                            add('\r');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\r');
                             break;
                         // tab
                         case 't':
-                            add('\t');
+                            add_string_char(keep, '\t');
                             break;
 
                         // unicode escapes
@@ -13494,10 +13505,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                             JSON_ASSERT(0x00 <= codepoint && codepoint <= 0x10FFFF);
 
                             // translate codepoint into bytes
-                            encode_utf8(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(codepoint), [this](std::uint32_t byte)
-                            {
-                                add(static_cast<char_int_type>(byte));
-                            });
+                            add_codepoint(keep, codepoint);
 
                             break;
                         }
@@ -13680,7 +13688,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0x7E:
                 case 0x7F:
                 {
-                    add(current);
+                    add_string_char(keep, current);
                     break;
                 }
 
@@ -13716,7 +13724,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0xDE:
                 case 0xDF:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF})))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0xBF})))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -13726,7 +13734,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+0800..U+0FFF: bytes E0 A0..BF 80..BF
                 case 0xE0:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0xA0, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0xA0, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -13750,7 +13758,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0xEE:
                 case 0xEF:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -13760,7 +13768,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+D000..U+D7FF: bytes ED 80..9F 80..BF
                 case 0xED:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0x9F, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0x9F, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -13770,7 +13778,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+10000..U+3FFFF F0 90..BF 80..BF 80..BF
                 case 0xF0:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x90, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x90, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -13782,7 +13790,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 case 0xF2:
                 case 0xF3:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -13792,7 +13800,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
                 // U+100000..U+10FFFF F4 80..8F 80..BF 80..BF
                 case 0xF4:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0x8F, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!(next_byte_in_range(keep, {0x80, 0x8F, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
                         return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
@@ -14283,7 +14291,7 @@ scan_number_done:
     token_type convert_number(token_type number_type, std::size_t mantissa_end)
     {
         // accept() only needs to know whether the input is valid, so it sets
-        // discard_number_values (see json.hpp), and an integer token whose
+        // discard_values (see json.hpp), and an integer token whose
         // digit count shows that it fits is reported without calling
         // convert_integer(). A number with up to 18 digits always fits into
         // both std::uint64_t and std::int64_t (18 nines is about 1e18, below
@@ -14298,7 +14306,7 @@ scan_number_done:
         // json_sax_acceptor, whose number callbacks discard their argument and
         // return true, and the parser rejects neither integers nor finite
         // floats. value_unsigned/value_integer are left unset here, so a caller
-        // that reads the converted value must not set discard_number_values.
+        // that reads the converted value must not set discard_values.
         //
         // On contiguous input, scan_number_bulk_contiguous() converts integer
         // tokens itself and does not pass them to this function, unless
@@ -14306,7 +14314,7 @@ scan_number_done:
         // reached for input without bulk access (e.g. streams), with
         // JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, or when scan_number_bulk_contiguous()
         // falls back to scan_number().
-        if (discard_number_values)
+        if (discard_values)
         {
             constexpr std::size_t safe_digit_count = 18;
             if (number_type == token_type::value_unsigned && token_buffer.size() <= safe_digit_count)
@@ -14557,7 +14565,7 @@ scan_number_done:
         // w < 10^19, so a value below 10^max_exponent10 cannot overflow, and a
         // value that underflows is a finite number as well. Only a token that
         // may overflow has to be converted to find out.
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(discard_number_values && s.exponent + 19 <= std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent10))
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(discard_values && s.exponent + 19 <= std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent10))
         {
             value_float = 0;
             return true;
@@ -14889,6 +14897,34 @@ scan_number_done:
         token_buffer.push_back(static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(c));
     }
 
+    /// add a character of a string token; accept() checks the string but does
+    /// not keep its value (@a keep is false)
+    void add_string_char(std::true_type /*keep*/, char_int_type c)
+    {
+        token_buffer.push_back(static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(c));
+    }
+
+    static void add_string_char(std::false_type /*keep*/, char_int_type /*c*/) noexcept {}
+
+    /// add the UTF-8 bytes of a code point from a \\u escape to a string token
+    void add_codepoint(std::true_type /*keep*/, int codepoint)
+    {
+        encode_utf8(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(codepoint), [this](std::uint32_t byte)
+        {
+            add(static_cast<char_int_type>(byte));
+        });
+    }
+
+    static void add_codepoint(std::false_type /*keep*/, int /*codepoint*/) noexcept {}
+
+    /// append a run of ordinary string characters (see get_after_string_run())
+    void append_string_run(std::true_type /*keep*/, const unsigned char* data, std::size_t n)
+    {
+        token_buffer.append(reinterpret_cast<const typename string_t::value_type*>(data), n);
+    }
+
+    static void append_string_run(std::false_type /*keep*/, const unsigned char* /*data*/, std::size_t /*n*/) noexcept {}
+
   public:
     /////////////////////
     // value getters
@@ -15283,7 +15319,11 @@ scan_number_done:
 
             // string
             case '\"':
-                return scan_string();
+                // accept() (discard_values) checks strings without copying them
+                // into token_buffer. The choice is made once per string: a
+                // check inside the string loop made number-heavy documents up
+                // to 3 % slower (mesh.json, Apple M1)
+                return discard_values ? scan_string(std::false_type {}) : scan_string(std::true_type {});
 
             // number
             case '-':
@@ -15368,11 +15408,13 @@ scan_number_done:
     std::size_t decimal_point_position = std::string::npos;
 
     /// whether the caller only needs the token types and never looks at the
-    /// converted numeric values; set only by accept(), which parses through
-    /// json_sax_acceptor. When set, convert_number() skips converting integer
-    /// tokens whose digit count guarantees that they fit into 64 bits (see
-    /// there)
-    const bool discard_number_values = false;
+    /// values of number and string tokens; set only by accept(), which parses
+    /// through json_sax_acceptor. When set, convert_number() skips converting
+    /// integer tokens whose digit count guarantees that they fit into 64 bits
+    /// (see there), floats are converted only when they may overflow (see
+    /// convert_accumulated_float()), and strings are checked without being
+    /// copied into token_buffer (see scan())
+    const bool discard_values = false;
 };
 
 }  // namespace detail
@@ -22581,9 +22623,9 @@ class parser
                     const bool allow_exceptions_ = true,
                     const bool ignore_comments = false,
                     const bool ignore_trailing_commas_ = false,
-                    const bool discard_number_values_ = false)
+                    const bool discard_values_ = false)
         : callback(std::move(cb))
-        , m_lexer(std::move(adapter), ignore_comments, discard_number_values_)
+        , m_lexer(std::move(adapter), ignore_comments, discard_values_)
         , allow_exceptions(allow_exceptions_)
         , ignore_trailing_commas(ignore_trailing_commas_)
     {
@@ -36980,11 +37022,11 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         const bool allow_exceptions = true,
         const bool ignore_comments = false,
         const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false,
-        const bool discard_number_values = false
+        const bool discard_values = false
                                  )
     {
         return ::nlohmann::detail::parser<basic_json, InputAdapterType>(std::move(adapter),
-            std::move(cb), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, discard_number_values);
+            std::move(cb), allow_exceptions, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas, discard_values);
     }
 
   private:

single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp

@@ -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);
     }

tests/src/unit-class_parser.cpp

@@ -2982,6 +2982,50 @@ TEST_CASE("accept() agrees with parse() on floats around the overflow limit")
     }
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("accept() agrees with parse() on strings, which it checks without copying them")
+{
+    // accept() scans strings and object keys with a separate instantiation of
+    // the string scanner that does not copy them into the token buffer; it
+    // must accept and reject exactly what parse() does
+    const std::vector<std::string> pieces =
+    {
+        "", "abc", "\\\"\\\\\\/\\b\\f\\n\\r\\t", "\\u0041\\u00e4\\u20AC", "\\ud83d\\ude00", "\\uD83D\\uDE00",
+        "\\ud800", "\\udc00", "\\ud800\\u0041", "\\ud800x", "\\udbff\\udfff", "\\u12", "\\u12g4", "\\x", "\\",
+        "\xc3\xa4", "\xe2\x82\xac", "\xf0\x9f\x98\x80", "\xf4\x8f\xbf\xbf", "\xc0\xaf", "\xed\xa0\x80", "\xf4\x90\x80\x80",
+        "\xff", "\xe2\x82", "\xc3", "\x01", "\x1f", "\x7f", "\n", std::string(1, '\0')
+    };
+
+    for (std::size_t run = 0; run <= 70; ++run)
+    {
+        for (const std::string& piece : pieces)
+        {
+            // a run of ordinary characters puts the piece at every offset of the bulk scanners
+            const std::string str = std::string(run, 'a') + piece;
+            for (const std::string& text :
+                    {
+                        "\"" + str + "\"", "[\"" + str + "\"]", "{\"" + str + "\":1}", "{\"k\":\"" + str + "\",\"" + str + "\":[\"" + str + "\"]}",
+                        "[\"" + str
+                    })
+            {
+                CAPTURE(text)
+                for (int options = 0; options < 4; ++options)
+                {
+                    const bool ignore_comments = (options & 1) != 0;
+                    const bool ignore_trailing_commas = (options & 2) != 0;
+                    const bool parses = !json::parse(text, nullptr, false, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas).is_discarded();
+                    CHECK(json::accept(text, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas) == parses);
+
+                    std::istringstream stream(text);
+                    CHECK(json::accept(stream, ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas) == parses);
+
+                    const std::list<char> chars(text.begin(), text.end());
+                    CHECK(json::accept(chars.begin(), chars.end(), ignore_comments, ignore_trailing_commas) == parses);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 namespace
 {
 // a DOM parser that reports parse errors without throwing, as in the sax_no_exception example

tests/src/unit-json_view_builder.cpp

@@ -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 :