diff --git a/third_party/json/json.hpp b/third_party/json/json.hpp
index 3d7967bb6..5003a4fa2 100644
--- a/third_party/json/json.hpp
+++ b/third_party/json/json.hpp
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 3.2.0
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 3.6.1
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Niels Lohmann <http://nlohmann.me>.
+Copyright (c) 2013-2019 Niels Lohmann <http://nlohmann.me>.
 
 Permission is hereby  granted, free of charge, to any  person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated  documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE  OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 SOFTWARE.
 */
 
-#ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_HPP
-#define NLOHMANN_JSON_HPP
+#ifndef INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_HPP_
+#define INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_HPP_
 
 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MAJOR 3
-#define NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MINOR 2
-#define NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_PATCH 0
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MINOR 6
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_PATCH 1
 
 #include <algorithm> // all_of, find, for_each
 #include <cassert> // assert
@@ -41,950 +41,1233 @@ SOFTWARE.
 #include <functional> // hash, less
 #include <initializer_list> // initializer_list
 #include <iosfwd> // istream, ostream
-#include <iterator> // iterator_traits, random_access_iterator_tag
+#include <iterator> // random_access_iterator_tag
+#include <memory> // unique_ptr
 #include <numeric> // accumulate
 #include <string> // string, stoi, to_string
 #include <utility> // declval, forward, move, pair, swap
-
-// #include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
-#ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP
-#define NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP
-
-#include <cstdint> // int64_t, uint64_t
-#include <map> // map
-#include <memory> // allocator
-#include <string> // string
 #include <vector> // vector
 
-/*!
-@brief namespace for Niels Lohmann
-@see https://github.com/nlohmann
-@since version 1.0.0
-*/
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-/*!
-@brief default JSONSerializer template argument
-
-This serializer ignores the template arguments and uses ADL
-([argument-dependent lookup](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/adl))
-for serialization.
-*/
-template<typename T = void, typename SFINAE = void>
-struct adl_serializer;
-
-template<template<typename U, typename V, typename... Args> class ObjectType =
-         std::map,
-         template<typename U, typename... Args> class ArrayType = std::vector,
-         class StringType = std::string, class BooleanType = bool,
-         class NumberIntegerType = std::int64_t,
-         class NumberUnsignedType = std::uint64_t,
-         class NumberFloatType = double,
-         template<typename U> class AllocatorType = std::allocator,
-         template<typename T, typename SFINAE = void> class JSONSerializer =
-         adl_serializer>
-class basic_json;
-
-/*!
-@brief JSON Pointer
-
-A JSON pointer defines a string syntax for identifying a specific value
-within a JSON document. It can be used with functions `at` and
-`operator[]`. Furthermore, JSON pointers are the base for JSON patches.
-
-@sa [RFC 6901](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901)
-
-@since version 2.0.0
-*/
-template<typename BasicJsonType>
-class json_pointer;
+// #include <nlohmann/adl_serializer.hpp>
 
-/*!
-@brief default JSON class
 
-This type is the default specialization of the @ref basic_json class which
-uses the standard template types.
+#include <utility>
 
-@since version 1.0.0
-*/
-using json = basic_json<>;
-}
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp>
 
-#endif
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+#include <algorithm> // transform
+#include <array> // array
+#include <ciso646> // and, not
+#include <forward_list> // forward_list
+#include <iterator> // inserter, front_inserter, end
+#include <map> // map
+#include <string> // string
+#include <tuple> // tuple, make_tuple
+#include <type_traits> // is_arithmetic, is_same, is_enum, underlying_type, is_convertible
+#include <unordered_map> // unordered_map
+#include <utility> // pair, declval
+#include <valarray> // valarray
 
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
 
-// This file contains all internal macro definitions
-// You MUST include macro_unscope.hpp at the end of json.hpp to undef all of them
 
-// exclude unsupported compilers
-#if !defined(JSON_SKIP_UNSUPPORTED_COMPILER_CHECK)
-    #if defined(__clang__)
-        #if (__clang_major__ * 10000 + __clang_minor__ * 100 + __clang_patchlevel__) < 30400
-            #error "unsupported Clang version - see https://github.com/nlohmann/json#supported-compilers"
-        #endif
-    #elif defined(__GNUC__) && !(defined(__ICC) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER))
-        #if (__GNUC__ * 10000 + __GNUC_MINOR__ * 100 + __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__) < 40900
-            #error "unsupported GCC version - see https://github.com/nlohmann/json#supported-compilers"
-        #endif
-    #endif
-#endif
+#include <exception> // exception
+#include <stdexcept> // runtime_error
+#include <string> // to_string
 
-// disable float-equal warnings on GCC/clang
-#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
-    #pragma GCC diagnostic push
-    #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wfloat-equal"
-#endif
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/position_t.hpp>
 
-// disable documentation warnings on clang
-#if defined(__clang__)
-    #pragma GCC diagnostic push
-    #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdocumentation"
-#endif
 
-// allow for portable deprecation warnings
-#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
-    #define JSON_DEPRECATED __attribute__((deprecated))
-#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
-    #define JSON_DEPRECATED __declspec(deprecated)
-#else
-    #define JSON_DEPRECATED
-#endif
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
 
-// allow to disable exceptions
-#if (defined(__cpp_exceptions) || defined(__EXCEPTIONS) || defined(_CPPUNWIND)) && !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
-    #define JSON_THROW(exception) throw exception
-    #define JSON_TRY try
-    #define JSON_CATCH(exception) catch(exception)
-    #define JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH(exception) catch(exception)
-#else
-    #define JSON_THROW(exception) std::abort()
-    #define JSON_TRY if(true)
-    #define JSON_CATCH(exception) if(false)
-    #define JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH(exception) if(false)
-#endif
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+/// struct to capture the start position of the current token
+struct position_t
+{
+    /// the total number of characters read
+    std::size_t chars_read_total = 0;
+    /// the number of characters read in the current line
+    std::size_t chars_read_current_line = 0;
+    /// the number of lines read
+    std::size_t lines_read = 0;
 
-// override exception macros
-#if defined(JSON_THROW_USER)
-    #undef JSON_THROW
-    #define JSON_THROW JSON_THROW_USER
-#endif
-#if defined(JSON_TRY_USER)
-    #undef JSON_TRY
-    #define JSON_TRY JSON_TRY_USER
-#endif
-#if defined(JSON_CATCH_USER)
-    #undef JSON_CATCH
-    #define JSON_CATCH JSON_CATCH_USER
-    #undef JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH
-    #define JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH JSON_CATCH_USER
-#endif
-#if defined(JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH_USER)
-    #undef JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH
-    #define JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH_USER
-#endif
+    /// conversion to size_t to preserve SAX interface
+    constexpr operator size_t() const
+    {
+        return chars_read_total;
+    }
+};
 
-// manual branch prediction
-#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
-    #define JSON_LIKELY(x)      __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
-    #define JSON_UNLIKELY(x)    __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
-#else
-    #define JSON_LIKELY(x)      x
-    #define JSON_UNLIKELY(x)    x
-#endif
+} // namespace detail
+} // namespace nlohmann
 
-// C++ language standard detection
-#if (defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus >= 201703L) || (defined(_HAS_CXX17) && _HAS_CXX17 == 1) // fix for issue #464
-    #define JSON_HAS_CPP_17
-    #define JSON_HAS_CPP_14
-#elif (defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus >= 201402L) || (defined(_HAS_CXX14) && _HAS_CXX14 == 1)
-    #define JSON_HAS_CPP_14
-#endif
 
-// Ugly macros to avoid uglier copy-paste when specializing basic_json. They
-// may be removed in the future once the class is split.
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+////////////////
+// exceptions //
+////////////////
 
-#define NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION                                \
-    template<template<typename, typename, typename...> class ObjectType,   \
-             template<typename, typename...> class ArrayType,              \
-             class StringType, class BooleanType, class NumberIntegerType, \
-             class NumberUnsignedType, class NumberFloatType,              \
-             template<typename> class AllocatorType,                       \
-             template<typename, typename = void> class JSONSerializer>
+/*!
+@brief general exception of the @ref basic_json class
 
-#define NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL                                            \
-    basic_json<ObjectType, ArrayType, StringType, BooleanType,             \
-    NumberIntegerType, NumberUnsignedType, NumberFloatType,                \
-    AllocatorType, JSONSerializer>
+This class is an extension of `std::exception` objects with a member @a id for
+exception ids. It is used as the base class for all exceptions thrown by the
+@ref basic_json class. This class can hence be used as "wildcard" to catch
+exceptions.
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
+Subclasses:
+- @ref parse_error for exceptions indicating a parse error
+- @ref invalid_iterator for exceptions indicating errors with iterators
+- @ref type_error for exceptions indicating executing a member function with
+                  a wrong type
+- @ref out_of_range for exceptions indicating access out of the defined range
+- @ref other_error for exceptions indicating other library errors
 
+@internal
+@note To have nothrow-copy-constructible exceptions, we internally use
+      `std::runtime_error` which can cope with arbitrary-length error messages.
+      Intermediate strings are built with static functions and then passed to
+      the actual constructor.
+@endinternal
 
-#include <ciso646> // not
-#include <cstddef> // size_t
-#include <type_traits> // conditional, enable_if, false_type, integral_constant, is_constructible, is_integral, is_same, remove_cv, remove_reference, true_type
+@liveexample{The following code shows how arbitrary library exceptions can be
+caught.,exception}
 
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-namespace detail
+@since version 3.0.0
+*/
+class exception : public std::exception
 {
-// alias templates to reduce boilerplate
-template<bool B, typename T = void>
-using enable_if_t = typename std::enable_if<B, T>::type;
+  public:
+    /// returns the explanatory string
+    const char* what() const noexcept override
+    {
+        return m.what();
+    }
 
-template<typename T>
-using uncvref_t = typename std::remove_cv<typename std::remove_reference<T>::type>::type;
+    /// the id of the exception
+    const int id;
 
-// implementation of C++14 index_sequence and affiliates
-// source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/32223343
-template<std::size_t... Ints>
-struct index_sequence
-{
-    using type = index_sequence;
-    using value_type = std::size_t;
-    static constexpr std::size_t size() noexcept
+  protected:
+    exception(int id_, const char* what_arg) : id(id_), m(what_arg) {}
+
+    static std::string name(const std::string& ename, int id_)
     {
-        return sizeof...(Ints);
+        return "[json.exception." + ename + "." + std::to_string(id_) + "] ";
     }
+
+  private:
+    /// an exception object as storage for error messages
+    std::runtime_error m;
 };
 
-template<class Sequence1, class Sequence2>
-struct merge_and_renumber;
+/*!
+@brief exception indicating a parse error
 
-template<std::size_t... I1, std::size_t... I2>
-struct merge_and_renumber<index_sequence<I1...>, index_sequence<I2...>>
-        : index_sequence < I1..., (sizeof...(I1) + I2)... > {};
+This exception is thrown by the library when a parse error occurs. Parse errors
+can occur during the deserialization of JSON text, CBOR, MessagePack, as well
+as when using JSON Patch.
 
-template<std::size_t N>
-struct make_index_sequence
-    : merge_and_renumber < typename make_index_sequence < N / 2 >::type,
-      typename make_index_sequence < N - N / 2 >::type > {};
+Member @a byte holds the byte index of the last read character in the input
+file.
 
-template<> struct make_index_sequence<0> : index_sequence<> {};
-template<> struct make_index_sequence<1> : index_sequence<0> {};
+Exceptions have ids 1xx.
 
-template<typename... Ts>
-using index_sequence_for = make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Ts)>;
+name / id                      | example message | description
+------------------------------ | --------------- | -------------------------
+json.exception.parse_error.101 | parse error at 2: unexpected end of input; expected string literal | This error indicates a syntax error while deserializing a JSON text. The error message describes that an unexpected token (character) was encountered, and the member @a byte indicates the error position.
+json.exception.parse_error.102 | parse error at 14: missing or wrong low surrogate | JSON uses the `\uxxxx` format to describe Unicode characters. Code points above above 0xFFFF are split into two `\uxxxx` entries ("surrogate pairs"). This error indicates that the surrogate pair is incomplete or contains an invalid code point.
+json.exception.parse_error.103 | parse error: code points above 0x10FFFF are invalid | Unicode supports code points up to 0x10FFFF. Code points above 0x10FFFF are invalid.
+json.exception.parse_error.104 | parse error: JSON patch must be an array of objects | [RFC 6902](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902) requires a JSON Patch document to be a JSON document that represents an array of objects.
+json.exception.parse_error.105 | parse error: operation must have string member 'op' | An operation of a JSON Patch document must contain exactly one "op" member, whose value indicates the operation to perform. Its value must be one of "add", "remove", "replace", "move", "copy", or "test"; other values are errors.
+json.exception.parse_error.106 | parse error: array index '01' must not begin with '0' | An array index in a JSON Pointer ([RFC 6901](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901)) may be `0` or any number without a leading `0`.
+json.exception.parse_error.107 | parse error: JSON pointer must be empty or begin with '/' - was: 'foo' | A JSON Pointer must be a Unicode string containing a sequence of zero or more reference tokens, each prefixed by a `/` character.
+json.exception.parse_error.108 | parse error: escape character '~' must be followed with '0' or '1' | In a JSON Pointer, only `~0` and `~1` are valid escape sequences.
+json.exception.parse_error.109 | parse error: array index 'one' is not a number | A JSON Pointer array index must be a number.
+json.exception.parse_error.110 | parse error at 1: cannot read 2 bytes from vector | When parsing CBOR or MessagePack, the byte vector ends before the complete value has been read.
+json.exception.parse_error.112 | parse error at 1: error reading CBOR; last byte: 0xF8 | Not all types of CBOR or MessagePack are supported. This exception occurs if an unsupported byte was read.
+json.exception.parse_error.113 | parse error at 2: expected a CBOR string; last byte: 0x98 | While parsing a map key, a value that is not a string has been read.
+json.exception.parse_error.114 | parse error: Unsupported BSON record type 0x0F | The parsing of the corresponding BSON record type is not implemented (yet).
 
-// dispatch utility (taken from ranges-v3)
-template<unsigned N> struct priority_tag : priority_tag < N - 1 > {};
-template<> struct priority_tag<0> {};
+@note For an input with n bytes, 1 is the index of the first character and n+1
+      is the index of the terminating null byte or the end of file. This also
+      holds true when reading a byte vector (CBOR or MessagePack).
 
-// taken from ranges-v3
-template<typename T>
-struct static_const
-{
-    static constexpr T value{};
-};
+@liveexample{The following code shows how a `parse_error` exception can be
+caught.,parse_error}
 
-template<typename T>
-constexpr T static_const<T>::value;
-}
-}
+@sa - @ref exception for the base class of the library exceptions
+@sa - @ref invalid_iterator for exceptions indicating errors with iterators
+@sa - @ref type_error for exceptions indicating executing a member function with
+                    a wrong type
+@sa - @ref out_of_range for exceptions indicating access out of the defined range
+@sa - @ref other_error for exceptions indicating other library errors
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp>
+@since version 3.0.0
+*/
+class parse_error : public exception
+{
+  public:
+    /*!
+    @brief create a parse error exception
+    @param[in] id_       the id of the exception
+    @param[in] pos       the position where the error occurred (or with
+                         chars_read_total=0 if the position cannot be
+                         determined)
+    @param[in] what_arg  the explanatory string
+    @return parse_error object
+    */
+    static parse_error create(int id_, const position_t& pos, const std::string& what_arg)
+    {
+        std::string w = exception::name("parse_error", id_) + "parse error" +
+                        position_string(pos) + ": " + what_arg;
+        return parse_error(id_, pos.chars_read_total, w.c_str());
+    }
 
+    static parse_error create(int id_, std::size_t byte_, const std::string& what_arg)
+    {
+        std::string w = exception::name("parse_error", id_) + "parse error" +
+                        (byte_ != 0 ? (" at byte " + std::to_string(byte_)) : "") +
+                        ": " + what_arg;
+        return parse_error(id_, byte_, w.c_str());
+    }
 
-#include <ciso646> // not
-#include <limits> // numeric_limits
-#include <type_traits> // false_type, is_constructible, is_integral, is_same, true_type
-#include <utility> // declval
+    /*!
+    @brief byte index of the parse error
 
-// #include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
+    The byte index of the last read character in the input file.
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
+    @note For an input with n bytes, 1 is the index of the first character and
+          n+1 is the index of the terminating null byte or the end of file.
+          This also holds true when reading a byte vector (CBOR or MessagePack).
+    */
+    const std::size_t byte;
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/detected.hpp>
+  private:
+    parse_error(int id_, std::size_t byte_, const char* what_arg)
+        : exception(id_, what_arg), byte(byte_) {}
 
+    static std::string position_string(const position_t& pos)
+    {
+        return " at line " + std::to_string(pos.lines_read + 1) +
+               ", column " + std::to_string(pos.chars_read_current_line);
+    }
+};
 
-#include <type_traits>
+/*!
+@brief exception indicating errors with iterators
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/void_t.hpp>
+This exception is thrown if iterators passed to a library function do not match
+the expected semantics.
 
+Exceptions have ids 2xx.
 
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-namespace detail
-{
-template <typename ...Ts> struct make_void
-{
-    using type = void;
-};
-template <typename ...Ts> using void_t = typename make_void<Ts...>::type;
-}
-}
+name / id                           | example message | description
+----------------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------------
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.201 | iterators are not compatible | The iterators passed to constructor @ref basic_json(InputIT first, InputIT last) are not compatible, meaning they do not belong to the same container. Therefore, the range (@a first, @a last) is invalid.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.202 | iterator does not fit current value | In an erase or insert function, the passed iterator @a pos does not belong to the JSON value for which the function was called. It hence does not define a valid position for the deletion/insertion.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.203 | iterators do not fit current value | Either iterator passed to function @ref erase(IteratorType first, IteratorType last) does not belong to the JSON value from which values shall be erased. It hence does not define a valid range to delete values from.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.204 | iterators out of range | When an iterator range for a primitive type (number, boolean, or string) is passed to a constructor or an erase function, this range has to be exactly (@ref begin(), @ref end()), because this is the only way the single stored value is expressed. All other ranges are invalid.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.205 | iterator out of range | When an iterator for a primitive type (number, boolean, or string) is passed to an erase function, the iterator has to be the @ref begin() iterator, because it is the only way to address the stored value. All other iterators are invalid.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.206 | cannot construct with iterators from null | The iterators passed to constructor @ref basic_json(InputIT first, InputIT last) belong to a JSON null value and hence to not define a valid range.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.207 | cannot use key() for non-object iterators | The key() member function can only be used on iterators belonging to a JSON object, because other types do not have a concept of a key.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.208 | cannot use operator[] for object iterators | The operator[] to specify a concrete offset cannot be used on iterators belonging to a JSON object, because JSON objects are unordered.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.209 | cannot use offsets with object iterators | The offset operators (+, -, +=, -=) cannot be used on iterators belonging to a JSON object, because JSON objects are unordered.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.210 | iterators do not fit | The iterator range passed to the insert function are not compatible, meaning they do not belong to the same container. Therefore, the range (@a first, @a last) is invalid.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.211 | passed iterators may not belong to container | The iterator range passed to the insert function must not be a subrange of the container to insert to.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.212 | cannot compare iterators of different containers | When two iterators are compared, they must belong to the same container.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.213 | cannot compare order of object iterators | The order of object iterators cannot be compared, because JSON objects are unordered.
+json.exception.invalid_iterator.214 | cannot get value | Cannot get value for iterator: Either the iterator belongs to a null value or it is an iterator to a primitive type (number, boolean, or string), but the iterator is different to @ref begin().
 
+@liveexample{The following code shows how an `invalid_iterator` exception can be
+caught.,invalid_iterator}
 
-// http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/experimental/is_detected
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-namespace detail
-{
-struct nonesuch
-{
-    nonesuch() = delete;
-    ~nonesuch() = delete;
-    nonesuch(nonesuch const&) = delete;
-    void operator=(nonesuch const&) = delete;
-};
+@sa - @ref exception for the base class of the library exceptions
+@sa - @ref parse_error for exceptions indicating a parse error
+@sa - @ref type_error for exceptions indicating executing a member function with
+                    a wrong type
+@sa - @ref out_of_range for exceptions indicating access out of the defined range
+@sa - @ref other_error for exceptions indicating other library errors
 
-template <class Default,
-          class AlwaysVoid,
-          template <class...> class Op,
-          class... Args>
-struct detector
+@since version 3.0.0
+*/
+class invalid_iterator : public exception
 {
-    using value_t = std::false_type;
-    using type = Default;
-};
+  public:
+    static invalid_iterator create(int id_, const std::string& what_arg)
+    {
+        std::string w = exception::name("invalid_iterator", id_) + what_arg;
+        return invalid_iterator(id_, w.c_str());
+    }
 
-template <class Default, template <class...> class Op, class... Args>
-struct detector<Default, void_t<Op<Args...>>, Op, Args...>
-{
-    using value_t = std::true_type;
-    using type = Op<Args...>;
+  private:
+    invalid_iterator(int id_, const char* what_arg)
+        : exception(id_, what_arg) {}
 };
 
-template <template <class...> class Op, class... Args>
-using is_detected = typename detector<nonesuch, void, Op, Args...>::value_t;
-
-template <template <class...> class Op, class... Args>
-using detected_t = typename detector<nonesuch, void, Op, Args...>::type;
-
-template <class Default, template <class...> class Op, class... Args>
-using detected_or = detector<Default, void, Op, Args...>;
-
-template <class Default, template <class...> class Op, class... Args>
-using detected_or_t = typename detected_or<Default, Op, Args...>::type;
-
-template <class Expected, template <class...> class Op, class... Args>
-using is_detected_exact = std::is_same<Expected, detected_t<Op, Args...>>;
+/*!
+@brief exception indicating executing a member function with a wrong type
 
-template <class To, template <class...> class Op, class... Args>
-using is_detected_convertible =
-    std::is_convertible<detected_t<Op, Args...>, To>;
-}
-}
+This exception is thrown in case of a type error; that is, a library function is
+executed on a JSON value whose type does not match the expected semantics.
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+Exceptions have ids 3xx.
 
+name / id                     | example message | description
+----------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------------
+json.exception.type_error.301 | cannot create object from initializer list | To create an object from an initializer list, the initializer list must consist only of a list of pairs whose first element is a string. When this constraint is violated, an array is created instead.
+json.exception.type_error.302 | type must be object, but is array | During implicit or explicit value conversion, the JSON type must be compatible to the target type. For instance, a JSON string can only be converted into string types, but not into numbers or boolean types.
+json.exception.type_error.303 | incompatible ReferenceType for get_ref, actual type is object | To retrieve a reference to a value stored in a @ref basic_json object with @ref get_ref, the type of the reference must match the value type. For instance, for a JSON array, the @a ReferenceType must be @ref array_t &.
+json.exception.type_error.304 | cannot use at() with string | The @ref at() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.305 | cannot use operator[] with string | The @ref operator[] member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.306 | cannot use value() with string | The @ref value() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.307 | cannot use erase() with string | The @ref erase() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.308 | cannot use push_back() with string | The @ref push_back() and @ref operator+= member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.309 | cannot use insert() with | The @ref insert() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.310 | cannot use swap() with number | The @ref swap() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.311 | cannot use emplace_back() with string | The @ref emplace_back() member function can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.312 | cannot use update() with string | The @ref update() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
+json.exception.type_error.313 | invalid value to unflatten | The @ref unflatten function converts an object whose keys are JSON Pointers back into an arbitrary nested JSON value. The JSON Pointers must not overlap, because then the resulting value would not be well defined.
+json.exception.type_error.314 | only objects can be unflattened | The @ref unflatten function only works for an object whose keys are JSON Pointers.
+json.exception.type_error.315 | values in object must be primitive | The @ref unflatten function only works for an object whose keys are JSON Pointers and whose values are primitive.
+json.exception.type_error.316 | invalid UTF-8 byte at index 10: 0x7E | The @ref dump function only works with UTF-8 encoded strings; that is, if you assign a `std::string` to a JSON value, make sure it is UTF-8 encoded. |
+json.exception.type_error.317 | JSON value cannot be serialized to requested format | The dynamic type of the object cannot be represented in the requested serialization format (e.g. a raw `true` or `null` JSON object cannot be serialized to BSON) |
 
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-/*!
-@brief detail namespace with internal helper functions
+@liveexample{The following code shows how a `type_error` exception can be
+caught.,type_error}
 
-This namespace collects functions that should not be exposed,
-implementations of some @ref basic_json methods, and meta-programming helpers.
+@sa - @ref exception for the base class of the library exceptions
+@sa - @ref parse_error for exceptions indicating a parse error
+@sa - @ref invalid_iterator for exceptions indicating errors with iterators
+@sa - @ref out_of_range for exceptions indicating access out of the defined range
+@sa - @ref other_error for exceptions indicating other library errors
 
-@since version 2.1.0
+@since version 3.0.0
 */
-namespace detail
+class type_error : public exception
 {
-/////////////
-// helpers //
-/////////////
+  public:
+    static type_error create(int id_, const std::string& what_arg)
+    {
+        std::string w = exception::name("type_error", id_) + what_arg;
+        return type_error(id_, w.c_str());
+    }
 
-template<typename> struct is_basic_json : std::false_type {};
+  private:
+    type_error(int id_, const char* what_arg) : exception(id_, what_arg) {}
+};
 
-NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
-struct is_basic_json<NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL> : std::true_type {};
+/*!
+@brief exception indicating access out of the defined range
 
-//////////////////////////
-// aliases for detected //
-//////////////////////////
+This exception is thrown in case a library function is called on an input
+parameter that exceeds the expected range, for instance in case of array
+indices or nonexisting object keys.
 
-template <typename T>
-using mapped_type_t = typename T::mapped_type;
+Exceptions have ids 4xx.
 
-template <typename T>
-using key_type_t = typename T::key_type;
+name / id                       | example message | description
+------------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------------
+json.exception.out_of_range.401 | array index 3 is out of range | The provided array index @a i is larger than @a size-1.
+json.exception.out_of_range.402 | array index '-' (3) is out of range | The special array index `-` in a JSON Pointer never describes a valid element of the array, but the index past the end. That is, it can only be used to add elements at this position, but not to read it.
+json.exception.out_of_range.403 | key 'foo' not found | The provided key was not found in the JSON object.
+json.exception.out_of_range.404 | unresolved reference token 'foo' | A reference token in a JSON Pointer could not be resolved.
+json.exception.out_of_range.405 | JSON pointer has no parent | The JSON Patch operations 'remove' and 'add' can not be applied to the root element of the JSON value.
+json.exception.out_of_range.406 | number overflow parsing '10E1000' | A parsed number could not be stored as without changing it to NaN or INF.
+json.exception.out_of_range.407 | number overflow serializing '9223372036854775808' | UBJSON and BSON only support integer numbers up to 9223372036854775807. |
+json.exception.out_of_range.408 | excessive array size: 8658170730974374167 | The size (following `#`) of an UBJSON array or object exceeds the maximal capacity. |
+json.exception.out_of_range.409 | BSON key cannot contain code point U+0000 (at byte 2) | Key identifiers to be serialized to BSON cannot contain code point U+0000, since the key is stored as zero-terminated c-string |
 
-template <typename T>
-using value_type_t = typename T::value_type;
+@liveexample{The following code shows how an `out_of_range` exception can be
+caught.,out_of_range}
 
-template <typename T>
-using difference_type_t = typename T::difference_type;
+@sa - @ref exception for the base class of the library exceptions
+@sa - @ref parse_error for exceptions indicating a parse error
+@sa - @ref invalid_iterator for exceptions indicating errors with iterators
+@sa - @ref type_error for exceptions indicating executing a member function with
+                    a wrong type
+@sa - @ref other_error for exceptions indicating other library errors
 
-template <typename T>
-using pointer_t = typename T::pointer;
+@since version 3.0.0
+*/
+class out_of_range : public exception
+{
+  public:
+    static out_of_range create(int id_, const std::string& what_arg)
+    {
+        std::string w = exception::name("out_of_range", id_) + what_arg;
+        return out_of_range(id_, w.c_str());
+    }
 
-template <typename T>
-using reference_t = typename T::reference;
+  private:
+    out_of_range(int id_, const char* what_arg) : exception(id_, what_arg) {}
+};
 
-template <typename T>
-using iterator_category_t = typename T::iterator_category;
+/*!
+@brief exception indicating other library errors
 
-template <typename T>
-using iterator_t = typename T::iterator;
+This exception is thrown in case of errors that cannot be classified with the
+other exception types.
 
-template <typename T, typename... Args>
-using to_json_function = decltype(T::to_json(std::declval<Args>()...));
+Exceptions have ids 5xx.
 
-template <typename T, typename... Args>
-using from_json_function = decltype(T::from_json(std::declval<Args>()...));
+name / id                      | example message | description
+------------------------------ | --------------- | -------------------------
+json.exception.other_error.501 | unsuccessful: {"op":"test","path":"/baz", "value":"bar"} | A JSON Patch operation 'test' failed. The unsuccessful operation is also printed.
 
-///////////////////
-// is_ functions //
-///////////////////
+@sa - @ref exception for the base class of the library exceptions
+@sa - @ref parse_error for exceptions indicating a parse error
+@sa - @ref invalid_iterator for exceptions indicating errors with iterators
+@sa - @ref type_error for exceptions indicating executing a member function with
+                    a wrong type
+@sa - @ref out_of_range for exceptions indicating access out of the defined range
 
-template <typename T, typename = void>
-struct is_iterator_traits : std::false_type {};
+@liveexample{The following code shows how an `other_error` exception can be
+caught.,other_error}
 
-template <typename T>
-struct is_iterator_traits<std::iterator_traits<T>>
+@since version 3.0.0
+*/
+class other_error : public exception
 {
-  private:
-    using traits = std::iterator_traits<T>;
-
   public:
-    static constexpr auto value =
-        is_detected<value_type_t, traits>::value &&
-        is_detected<difference_type_t, traits>::value &&
-        is_detected<pointer_t, traits>::value &&
-        is_detected<iterator_category_t, traits>::value &&
-        is_detected<reference_t, traits>::value;
+    static other_error create(int id_, const std::string& what_arg)
+    {
+        std::string w = exception::name("other_error", id_) + what_arg;
+        return other_error(id_, w.c_str());
+    }
+
+  private:
+    other_error(int id_, const char* what_arg) : exception(id_, what_arg) {}
 };
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
-// source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37193089/4116453
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
 
-template <typename T, typename = void>
-struct is_complete_type : std::false_type {};
 
-template <typename T>
-struct is_complete_type<T, decltype(void(sizeof(T)))> : std::true_type {};
+#include <utility> // pair
 
-template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleObjectType,
-          typename = void>
-struct is_compatible_object_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+// This file contains all internal macro definitions
+// You MUST include macro_unscope.hpp at the end of json.hpp to undef all of them
 
-template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleObjectType>
-struct is_compatible_object_type_impl <
-    BasicJsonType, CompatibleObjectType,
-    enable_if_t<is_detected<mapped_type_t, CompatibleObjectType>::value and
-    is_detected<key_type_t, CompatibleObjectType>::value >>
-{
+// exclude unsupported compilers
+#if !defined(JSON_SKIP_UNSUPPORTED_COMPILER_CHECK)
+    #if defined(__clang__)
+        #if (__clang_major__ * 10000 + __clang_minor__ * 100 + __clang_patchlevel__) < 30400
+            #error "unsupported Clang version - see https://github.com/nlohmann/json#supported-compilers"
+        #endif
+    #elif defined(__GNUC__) && !(defined(__ICC) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER))
+        #if (__GNUC__ * 10000 + __GNUC_MINOR__ * 100 + __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__) < 40800
+            #error "unsupported GCC version - see https://github.com/nlohmann/json#supported-compilers"
+        #endif
+    #endif
+#endif
 
-    using object_t = typename BasicJsonType::object_t;
+// disable float-equal warnings on GCC/clang
+#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic push
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wfloat-equal"
+#endif
 
-    // macOS's is_constructible does not play well with nonesuch...
-    static constexpr bool value =
-        std::is_constructible<typename object_t::key_type,
-        typename CompatibleObjectType::key_type>::value and
-        std::is_constructible<typename object_t::mapped_type,
-        typename CompatibleObjectType::mapped_type>::value;
-};
+// disable documentation warnings on clang
+#if defined(__clang__)
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic push
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdocumentation"
+#endif
 
-template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleObjectType>
-struct is_compatible_object_type
-    : is_compatible_object_type_impl<BasicJsonType, CompatibleObjectType> {};
+// allow for portable deprecation warnings
+#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+    #define JSON_DEPRECATED __attribute__((deprecated))
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+    #define JSON_DEPRECATED __declspec(deprecated)
+#else
+    #define JSON_DEPRECATED
+#endif
 
-template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleStringType,
-          typename = void>
-struct is_compatible_string_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+// allow for portable nodiscard warnings
+#if defined(__has_cpp_attribute)
+    #if __has_cpp_attribute(nodiscard)
+        #define JSON_NODISCARD [[nodiscard]]
+    #elif __has_cpp_attribute(gnu::warn_unused_result)
+        #define JSON_NODISCARD [[gnu::warn_unused_result]]
+    #else
+        #define JSON_NODISCARD
+    #endif
+#else
+    #define JSON_NODISCARD
+#endif
 
-template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleStringType>
-struct is_compatible_string_type_impl <
-    BasicJsonType, CompatibleStringType,
-    enable_if_t<is_detected_exact<typename BasicJsonType::string_t::value_type,
-    value_type_t, CompatibleStringType>::value >>
-{
-    static constexpr auto value =
-        std::is_constructible<typename BasicJsonType::string_t, CompatibleStringType>::value;
-};
+// allow to disable exceptions
+#if (defined(__cpp_exceptions) || defined(__EXCEPTIONS) || defined(_CPPUNWIND)) && !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
+    #define JSON_THROW(exception) throw exception
+    #define JSON_TRY try
+    #define JSON_CATCH(exception) catch(exception)
+    #define JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH(exception) catch(exception)
+#else
+    #include <cstdlib>
+    #define JSON_THROW(exception) std::abort()
+    #define JSON_TRY if(true)
+    #define JSON_CATCH(exception) if(false)
+    #define JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH(exception) if(false)
+#endif
 
-template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleStringType>
-struct is_compatible_string_type
-    : is_compatible_string_type_impl<BasicJsonType, CompatibleStringType> {};
+// override exception macros
+#if defined(JSON_THROW_USER)
+    #undef JSON_THROW
+    #define JSON_THROW JSON_THROW_USER
+#endif
+#if defined(JSON_TRY_USER)
+    #undef JSON_TRY
+    #define JSON_TRY JSON_TRY_USER
+#endif
+#if defined(JSON_CATCH_USER)
+    #undef JSON_CATCH
+    #define JSON_CATCH JSON_CATCH_USER
+    #undef JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH
+    #define JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH JSON_CATCH_USER
+#endif
+#if defined(JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH_USER)
+    #undef JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH
+    #define JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH_USER
+#endif
 
-template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType, typename = void>
-struct is_compatible_array_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+// manual branch prediction
+#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+    #define JSON_LIKELY(x)      __builtin_expect(x, 1)
+    #define JSON_UNLIKELY(x)    __builtin_expect(x, 0)
+#else
+    #define JSON_LIKELY(x)      x
+    #define JSON_UNLIKELY(x)    x
+#endif
 
-template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType>
-struct is_compatible_array_type_impl <
-    BasicJsonType, CompatibleArrayType,
-    enable_if_t<is_detected<value_type_t, CompatibleArrayType>::value and
-    is_detected<iterator_t, CompatibleArrayType>::value >>
-{
-    // This is needed because json_reverse_iterator has a ::iterator type...
-    // Therefore it is detected as a CompatibleArrayType.
-    // The real fix would be to have an Iterable concept.
-    static constexpr bool value = not is_iterator_traits<std::iterator_traits<CompatibleArrayType>>::value;
-};
+// C++ language standard detection
+#if (defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus >= 201703L) || (defined(_HAS_CXX17) && _HAS_CXX17 == 1) // fix for issue #464
+    #define JSON_HAS_CPP_17
+    #define JSON_HAS_CPP_14
+#elif (defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus >= 201402L) || (defined(_HAS_CXX14) && _HAS_CXX14 == 1)
+    #define JSON_HAS_CPP_14
+#endif
 
-template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType>
-struct is_compatible_array_type
-    : is_compatible_array_type_impl<BasicJsonType, CompatibleArrayType> {};
+/*!
+@brief macro to briefly define a mapping between an enum and JSON
+@def NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM
+@since version 3.4.0
+*/
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM(ENUM_TYPE, ...)                                           \
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>                                                           \
+    inline void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const ENUM_TYPE& e)                                  \
+    {                                                                                          \
+        static_assert(std::is_enum<ENUM_TYPE>::value, #ENUM_TYPE " must be an enum!");         \
+        static const std::pair<ENUM_TYPE, BasicJsonType> m[] = __VA_ARGS__;                    \
+        auto it = std::find_if(std::begin(m), std::end(m),                                     \
+                               [e](const std::pair<ENUM_TYPE, BasicJsonType>& ej_pair) -> bool \
+        {                                                                                      \
+            return ej_pair.first == e;                                                         \
+        });                                                                                    \
+        j = ((it != std::end(m)) ? it : std::begin(m))->second;                                \
+    }                                                                                          \
+    template<typename BasicJsonType>                                                           \
+    inline void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, ENUM_TYPE& e)                                \
+    {                                                                                          \
+        static_assert(std::is_enum<ENUM_TYPE>::value, #ENUM_TYPE " must be an enum!");         \
+        static const std::pair<ENUM_TYPE, BasicJsonType> m[] = __VA_ARGS__;                    \
+        auto it = std::find_if(std::begin(m), std::end(m),                                     \
+                               [j](const std::pair<ENUM_TYPE, BasicJsonType>& ej_pair) -> bool \
+        {                                                                                      \
+            return ej_pair.second == j;                                                        \
+        });                                                                                    \
+        e = ((it != std::end(m)) ? it : std::begin(m))->first;                                 \
+    }
 
-template <typename RealIntegerType, typename CompatibleNumberIntegerType,
-          typename = void>
-struct is_compatible_integer_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+// Ugly macros to avoid uglier copy-paste when specializing basic_json. They
+// may be removed in the future once the class is split.
 
-template <typename RealIntegerType, typename CompatibleNumberIntegerType>
-struct is_compatible_integer_type_impl <
-    RealIntegerType, CompatibleNumberIntegerType,
-    enable_if_t<std::is_integral<RealIntegerType>::value and
-    std::is_integral<CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::value and
-    not std::is_same<bool, CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::value >>
-{
-    // is there an assert somewhere on overflows?
-    using RealLimits = std::numeric_limits<RealIntegerType>;
-    using CompatibleLimits = std::numeric_limits<CompatibleNumberIntegerType>;
+#define NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION                                \
+    template<template<typename, typename, typename...> class ObjectType,   \
+             template<typename, typename...> class ArrayType,              \
+             class StringType, class BooleanType, class NumberIntegerType, \
+             class NumberUnsignedType, class NumberFloatType,              \
+             template<typename> class AllocatorType,                       \
+             template<typename, typename = void> class JSONSerializer>
 
-    static constexpr auto value =
-        std::is_constructible<RealIntegerType,
-        CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::value and
-        CompatibleLimits::is_integer and
-        RealLimits::is_signed == CompatibleLimits::is_signed;
-};
+#define NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL                                            \
+    basic_json<ObjectType, ArrayType, StringType, BooleanType,             \
+    NumberIntegerType, NumberUnsignedType, NumberFloatType,                \
+    AllocatorType, JSONSerializer>
 
-template <typename RealIntegerType, typename CompatibleNumberIntegerType>
-struct is_compatible_integer_type
-    : is_compatible_integer_type_impl<RealIntegerType,
-      CompatibleNumberIntegerType> {};
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
 
-// trait checking if JSONSerializer<T>::from_json(json const&, udt&) exists
-template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
-struct has_from_json
-{
-    using serializer = typename BasicJsonType::template json_serializer<T, void>;
 
-    static constexpr bool value =
-        is_detected_exact<void, from_json_function, serializer,
-        const BasicJsonType&, T&>::value;
-};
+#include <ciso646> // not
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <type_traits> // conditional, enable_if, false_type, integral_constant, is_constructible, is_integral, is_same, remove_cv, remove_reference, true_type
 
-// This trait checks if JSONSerializer<T>::from_json(json const&) exists
-// this overload is used for non-default-constructible user-defined-types
-template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
-struct has_non_default_from_json
+namespace nlohmann
 {
-    using serializer = typename BasicJsonType::template json_serializer<T, void>;
+namespace detail
+{
+// alias templates to reduce boilerplate
+template<bool B, typename T = void>
+using enable_if_t = typename std::enable_if<B, T>::type;
 
-    static constexpr bool value =
-        is_detected_exact<T, from_json_function, serializer,
-        const BasicJsonType&>::value;
-};
+template<typename T>
+using uncvref_t = typename std::remove_cv<typename std::remove_reference<T>::type>::type;
 
-// This trait checks if BasicJsonType::json_serializer<T>::to_json exists
-template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
-struct has_to_json
+// implementation of C++14 index_sequence and affiliates
+// source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/32223343
+template<std::size_t... Ints>
+struct index_sequence
 {
-    using serializer = typename BasicJsonType::template json_serializer<T, void>;
-
-    static constexpr bool value =
-        is_detected_exact<void, to_json_function, serializer, BasicJsonType&,
-        T>::value;
+    using type = index_sequence;
+    using value_type = std::size_t;
+    static constexpr std::size_t size() noexcept
+    {
+        return sizeof...(Ints);
+    }
 };
 
-template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleType, typename = void>
-struct is_compatible_type_impl: std::false_type {};
+template<class Sequence1, class Sequence2>
+struct merge_and_renumber;
 
-template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleType>
-struct is_compatible_type_impl <
-    BasicJsonType, CompatibleType,
-    enable_if_t<is_complete_type<CompatibleType>::value >>
+template<std::size_t... I1, std::size_t... I2>
+struct merge_and_renumber<index_sequence<I1...>, index_sequence<I2...>>
+        : index_sequence < I1..., (sizeof...(I1) + I2)... > {};
+
+template<std::size_t N>
+struct make_index_sequence
+    : merge_and_renumber < typename make_index_sequence < N / 2 >::type,
+      typename make_index_sequence < N - N / 2 >::type > {};
+
+template<> struct make_index_sequence<0> : index_sequence<> {};
+template<> struct make_index_sequence<1> : index_sequence<0> {};
+
+template<typename... Ts>
+using index_sequence_for = make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Ts)>;
+
+// dispatch utility (taken from ranges-v3)
+template<unsigned N> struct priority_tag : priority_tag < N - 1 > {};
+template<> struct priority_tag<0> {};
+
+// taken from ranges-v3
+template<typename T>
+struct static_const
 {
-    static constexpr bool value =
-        has_to_json<BasicJsonType, CompatibleType>::value;
+    static constexpr T value{};
 };
 
-template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleType>
-struct is_compatible_type
-    : is_compatible_type_impl<BasicJsonType, CompatibleType> {};
-}
-}
+template<typename T>
+constexpr T static_const<T>::value;
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp>
 
 
-#include <exception> // exception
-#include <stdexcept> // runtime_error
-#include <string> // to_string
+#include <ciso646> // not
+#include <limits> // numeric_limits
+#include <type_traits> // false_type, is_constructible, is_integral, is_same, true_type
+#include <utility> // declval
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/iterator_traits.hpp>
+
+
+#include <iterator> // random_access_iterator_tag
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/void_t.hpp>
+
 
 namespace nlohmann
 {
 namespace detail
 {
-////////////////
-// exceptions //
-////////////////
-
-/*!
-@brief general exception of the @ref basic_json class
-
-This class is an extension of `std::exception` objects with a member @a id for
-exception ids. It is used as the base class for all exceptions thrown by the
-@ref basic_json class. This class can hence be used as "wildcard" to catch
-exceptions.
-
-Subclasses:
-- @ref parse_error for exceptions indicating a parse error
-- @ref invalid_iterator for exceptions indicating errors with iterators
-- @ref type_error for exceptions indicating executing a member function with
-                  a wrong type
-- @ref out_of_range for exceptions indicating access out of the defined range
-- @ref other_error for exceptions indicating other library errors
+template <typename ...Ts> struct make_void
+{
+    using type = void;
+};
+template <typename ...Ts> using void_t = typename make_void<Ts...>::type;
+} // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
-@internal
-@note To have nothrow-copy-constructible exceptions, we internally use
-      `std::runtime_error` which can cope with arbitrary-length error messages.
-      Intermediate strings are built with static functions and then passed to
-      the actual constructor.
-@endinternal
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
 
-@liveexample{The following code shows how arbitrary library exceptions can be
-caught.,exception}
 
-@since version 3.0.0
-*/
-class exception : public std::exception
+namespace nlohmann
 {
-  public:
-    /// returns the explanatory string
-    const char* what() const noexcept override
-    {
-        return m.what();
-    }
-
-    /// the id of the exception
-    const int id;
+namespace detail
+{
+template <typename It, typename = void>
+struct iterator_types {};
+
+template <typename It>
+struct iterator_types <
+    It,
+    void_t<typename It::difference_type, typename It::value_type, typename It::pointer,
+    typename It::reference, typename It::iterator_category >>
+{
+    using difference_type = typename It::difference_type;
+    using value_type = typename It::value_type;
+    using pointer = typename It::pointer;
+    using reference = typename It::reference;
+    using iterator_category = typename It::iterator_category;
+};
 
-  protected:
-    exception(int id_, const char* what_arg) : id(id_), m(what_arg) {}
+// This is required as some compilers implement std::iterator_traits in a way that
+// doesn't work with SFINAE. See https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/1341.
+template <typename T, typename = void>
+struct iterator_traits
+{
+};
 
-    static std::string name(const std::string& ename, int id_)
-    {
-        return "[json.exception." + ename + "." + std::to_string(id_) + "] ";
-    }
+template <typename T>
+struct iterator_traits < T, enable_if_t < !std::is_pointer<T>::value >>
+            : iterator_types<T>
+{
+};
 
-  private:
-    /// an exception object as storage for error messages
-    std::runtime_error m;
+template <typename T>
+struct iterator_traits<T*, enable_if_t<std::is_object<T>::value>>
+{
+    using iterator_category = std::random_access_iterator_tag;
+    using value_type = T;
+    using difference_type = ptrdiff_t;
+    using pointer = T*;
+    using reference = T&;
 };
+} // namespace detail
+} // namespace nlohmann
 
-/*!
-@brief exception indicating a parse error
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
 
-This exception is thrown by the library when a parse error occurs. Parse errors
-can occur during the deserialization of JSON text, CBOR, MessagePack, as well
-as when using JSON Patch.
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
 
-Member @a byte holds the byte index of the last read character in the input
-file.
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/detected.hpp>
 
-Exceptions have ids 1xx.
 
-name / id                      | example message | description
------------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------------
-json.exception.parse_error.101 | parse error at 2: unexpected end of input; expected string literal | This error indicates a syntax error while deserializing a JSON text. The error message describes that an unexpected token (character) was encountered, and the member @a byte indicates the error position.
-json.exception.parse_error.102 | parse error at 14: missing or wrong low surrogate | JSON uses the `\uxxxx` format to describe Unicode characters. Code points above above 0xFFFF are split into two `\uxxxx` entries ("surrogate pairs"). This error indicates that the surrogate pair is incomplete or contains an invalid code point.
-json.exception.parse_error.103 | parse error: code points above 0x10FFFF are invalid | Unicode supports code points up to 0x10FFFF. Code points above 0x10FFFF are invalid.
-json.exception.parse_error.104 | parse error: JSON patch must be an array of objects | [RFC 6902](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902) requires a JSON Patch document to be a JSON document that represents an array of objects.
-json.exception.parse_error.105 | parse error: operation must have string member 'op' | An operation of a JSON Patch document must contain exactly one "op" member, whose value indicates the operation to perform. Its value must be one of "add", "remove", "replace", "move", "copy", or "test"; other values are errors.
-json.exception.parse_error.106 | parse error: array index '01' must not begin with '0' | An array index in a JSON Pointer ([RFC 6901](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901)) may be `0` or any number without a leading `0`.
-json.exception.parse_error.107 | parse error: JSON pointer must be empty or begin with '/' - was: 'foo' | A JSON Pointer must be a Unicode string containing a sequence of zero or more reference tokens, each prefixed by a `/` character.
-json.exception.parse_error.108 | parse error: escape character '~' must be followed with '0' or '1' | In a JSON Pointer, only `~0` and `~1` are valid escape sequences.
-json.exception.parse_error.109 | parse error: array index 'one' is not a number | A JSON Pointer array index must be a number.
-json.exception.parse_error.110 | parse error at 1: cannot read 2 bytes from vector | When parsing CBOR or MessagePack, the byte vector ends before the complete value has been read.
-json.exception.parse_error.112 | parse error at 1: error reading CBOR; last byte: 0xF8 | Not all types of CBOR or MessagePack are supported. This exception occurs if an unsupported byte was read.
-json.exception.parse_error.113 | parse error at 2: expected a CBOR string; last byte: 0x98 | While parsing a map key, a value that is not a string has been read.
+#include <type_traits>
 
-@note For an input with n bytes, 1 is the index of the first character and n+1
-      is the index of the terminating null byte or the end of file. This also
-      holds true when reading a byte vector (CBOR or MessagePack).
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/void_t.hpp>
 
-@liveexample{The following code shows how a `parse_error` exception can be
-caught.,parse_error}
 
-@sa @ref exception for the base class of the library exceptions
-@sa @ref invalid_iterator for exceptions indicating errors with iterators
-@sa @ref type_error for exceptions indicating executing a member function with
-                    a wrong type
-@sa @ref out_of_range for exceptions indicating access out of the defined range
-@sa @ref other_error for exceptions indicating other library errors
+// http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/experimental/is_detected
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+struct nonesuch
+{
+    nonesuch() = delete;
+    ~nonesuch() = delete;
+    nonesuch(nonesuch const&) = delete;
+    nonesuch(nonesuch const&&) = delete;
+    void operator=(nonesuch const&) = delete;
+    void operator=(nonesuch&&) = delete;
+};
 
-@since version 3.0.0
-*/
-class parse_error : public exception
+template <class Default,
+          class AlwaysVoid,
+          template <class...> class Op,
+          class... Args>
+struct detector
 {
-  public:
-    /*!
-    @brief create a parse error exception
-    @param[in] id_       the id of the exception
-    @param[in] byte_     the byte index where the error occurred (or 0 if the
-                         position cannot be determined)
-    @param[in] what_arg  the explanatory string
-    @return parse_error object
-    */
-    static parse_error create(int id_, std::size_t byte_, const std::string& what_arg)
-    {
-        std::string w = exception::name("parse_error", id_) + "parse error" +
-                        (byte_ != 0 ? (" at " + std::to_string(byte_)) : "") +
-                        ": " + what_arg;
-        return parse_error(id_, byte_, w.c_str());
-    }
+    using value_t = std::false_type;
+    using type = Default;
+};
 
-    /*!
-    @brief byte index of the parse error
+template <class Default, template <class...> class Op, class... Args>
+struct detector<Default, void_t<Op<Args...>>, Op, Args...>
+{
+    using value_t = std::true_type;
+    using type = Op<Args...>;
+};
 
-    The byte index of the last read character in the input file.
+template <template <class...> class Op, class... Args>
+using is_detected = typename detector<nonesuch, void, Op, Args...>::value_t;
 
-    @note For an input with n bytes, 1 is the index of the first character and
-          n+1 is the index of the terminating null byte or the end of file.
-          This also holds true when reading a byte vector (CBOR or MessagePack).
-    */
-    const std::size_t byte;
+template <template <class...> class Op, class... Args>
+using detected_t = typename detector<nonesuch, void, Op, Args...>::type;
 
-  private:
-    parse_error(int id_, std::size_t byte_, const char* what_arg)
-        : exception(id_, what_arg), byte(byte_) {}
-};
+template <class Default, template <class...> class Op, class... Args>
+using detected_or = detector<Default, void, Op, Args...>;
 
-/*!
-@brief exception indicating errors with iterators
+template <class Default, template <class...> class Op, class... Args>
+using detected_or_t = typename detected_or<Default, Op, Args...>::type;
 
-This exception is thrown if iterators passed to a library function do not match
-the expected semantics.
+template <class Expected, template <class...> class Op, class... Args>
+using is_detected_exact = std::is_same<Expected, detected_t<Op, Args...>>;
 
-Exceptions have ids 2xx.
+template <class To, template <class...> class Op, class... Args>
+using is_detected_convertible =
+    std::is_convertible<detected_t<Op, Args...>, To>;
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
-name / id                           | example message | description
------------------------------------ | --------------- | -------------------------
-json.exception.invalid_iterator.201 | iterators are not compatible | The iterators passed to constructor @ref basic_json(InputIT first, InputIT last) are not compatible, meaning they do not belong to the same container. Therefore, the range (@a first, @a last) is invalid.
-json.exception.invalid_iterator.202 | iterator does not fit current value | In an erase or insert function, the passed iterator @a pos does not belong to the JSON value for which the function was called. It hence does not define a valid position for the deletion/insertion.
-json.exception.invalid_iterator.203 | iterators do not fit current value | Either iterator passed to function @ref erase(IteratorType first, IteratorType last) does not belong to the JSON value from which values shall be erased. It hence does not define a valid range to delete values from.
-json.exception.invalid_iterator.204 | iterators out of range | When an iterator range for a primitive type (number, boolean, or string) is passed to a constructor or an erase function, this range has to be exactly (@ref begin(), @ref end()), because this is the only way the single stored value is expressed. All other ranges are invalid.
-json.exception.invalid_iterator.205 | iterator out of range | When an iterator for a primitive type (number, boolean, or string) is passed to an erase function, the iterator has to be the @ref begin() iterator, because it is the only way to address the stored value. All other iterators are invalid.
-json.exception.invalid_iterator.206 | cannot construct with iterators from null | The iterators passed to constructor @ref basic_json(InputIT first, InputIT last) belong to a JSON null value and hence to not define a valid range.
-json.exception.invalid_iterator.207 | cannot use key() for non-object iterators | The key() member function can only be used on iterators belonging to a JSON object, because other types do not have a concept of a key.
-json.exception.invalid_iterator.208 | cannot use operator[] for object iterators | The operator[] to specify a concrete offset cannot be used on iterators belonging to a JSON object, because JSON objects are unordered.
-json.exception.invalid_iterator.209 | cannot use offsets with object iterators | The offset operators (+, -, +=, -=) cannot be used on iterators belonging to a JSON object, because JSON objects are unordered.
-json.exception.invalid_iterator.210 | iterators do not fit | The iterator range passed to the insert function are not compatible, meaning they do not belong to the same container. Therefore, the range (@a first, @a last) is invalid.
-json.exception.invalid_iterator.211 | passed iterators may not belong to container | The iterator range passed to the insert function must not be a subrange of the container to insert to.
-json.exception.invalid_iterator.212 | cannot compare iterators of different containers | When two iterators are compared, they must belong to the same container.
-json.exception.invalid_iterator.213 | cannot compare order of object iterators | The order of object iterators cannot be compared, because JSON objects are unordered.
-json.exception.invalid_iterator.214 | cannot get value | Cannot get value for iterator: Either the iterator belongs to a null value or it is an iterator to a primitive type (number, boolean, or string), but the iterator is different to @ref begin().
-
-@liveexample{The following code shows how an `invalid_iterator` exception can be
-caught.,invalid_iterator}
+// #include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
+#ifndef INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP_
+#define INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP_
 
-@sa @ref exception for the base class of the library exceptions
-@sa @ref parse_error for exceptions indicating a parse error
-@sa @ref type_error for exceptions indicating executing a member function with
-                    a wrong type
-@sa @ref out_of_range for exceptions indicating access out of the defined range
-@sa @ref other_error for exceptions indicating other library errors
+#include <cstdint> // int64_t, uint64_t
+#include <map> // map
+#include <memory> // allocator
+#include <string> // string
+#include <vector> // vector
 
-@since version 3.0.0
+/*!
+@brief namespace for Niels Lohmann
+@see https://github.com/nlohmann
+@since version 1.0.0
 */
-class invalid_iterator : public exception
+namespace nlohmann
 {
-  public:
-    static invalid_iterator create(int id_, const std::string& what_arg)
-    {
-        std::string w = exception::name("invalid_iterator", id_) + what_arg;
-        return invalid_iterator(id_, w.c_str());
-    }
-
-  private:
-    invalid_iterator(int id_, const char* what_arg)
-        : exception(id_, what_arg) {}
-};
-
 /*!
-@brief exception indicating executing a member function with a wrong type
+@brief default JSONSerializer template argument
 
-This exception is thrown in case of a type error; that is, a library function is
-executed on a JSON value whose type does not match the expected semantics.
+This serializer ignores the template arguments and uses ADL
+([argument-dependent lookup](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/adl))
+for serialization.
+*/
+template<typename T = void, typename SFINAE = void>
+struct adl_serializer;
 
-Exceptions have ids 3xx.
+template<template<typename U, typename V, typename... Args> class ObjectType =
+         std::map,
+         template<typename U, typename... Args> class ArrayType = std::vector,
+         class StringType = std::string, class BooleanType = bool,
+         class NumberIntegerType = std::int64_t,
+         class NumberUnsignedType = std::uint64_t,
+         class NumberFloatType = double,
+         template<typename U> class AllocatorType = std::allocator,
+         template<typename T, typename SFINAE = void> class JSONSerializer =
+         adl_serializer>
+class basic_json;
 
-name / id                     | example message | description
------------------------------ | --------------- | -------------------------
-json.exception.type_error.301 | cannot create object from initializer list | To create an object from an initializer list, the initializer list must consist only of a list of pairs whose first element is a string. When this constraint is violated, an array is created instead.
-json.exception.type_error.302 | type must be object, but is array | During implicit or explicit value conversion, the JSON type must be compatible to the target type. For instance, a JSON string can only be converted into string types, but not into numbers or boolean types.
-json.exception.type_error.303 | incompatible ReferenceType for get_ref, actual type is object | To retrieve a reference to a value stored in a @ref basic_json object with @ref get_ref, the type of the reference must match the value type. For instance, for a JSON array, the @a ReferenceType must be @ref array_t&.
-json.exception.type_error.304 | cannot use at() with string | The @ref at() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
-json.exception.type_error.305 | cannot use operator[] with string | The @ref operator[] member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
-json.exception.type_error.306 | cannot use value() with string | The @ref value() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
-json.exception.type_error.307 | cannot use erase() with string | The @ref erase() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
-json.exception.type_error.308 | cannot use push_back() with string | The @ref push_back() and @ref operator+= member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
-json.exception.type_error.309 | cannot use insert() with | The @ref insert() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
-json.exception.type_error.310 | cannot use swap() with number | The @ref swap() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
-json.exception.type_error.311 | cannot use emplace_back() with string | The @ref emplace_back() member function can only be executed for certain JSON types.
-json.exception.type_error.312 | cannot use update() with string | The @ref update() member functions can only be executed for certain JSON types.
-json.exception.type_error.313 | invalid value to unflatten | The @ref unflatten function converts an object whose keys are JSON Pointers back into an arbitrary nested JSON value. The JSON Pointers must not overlap, because then the resulting value would not be well defined.
-json.exception.type_error.314 | only objects can be unflattened | The @ref unflatten function only works for an object whose keys are JSON Pointers.
-json.exception.type_error.315 | values in object must be primitive | The @ref unflatten function only works for an object whose keys are JSON Pointers and whose values are primitive.
-json.exception.type_error.316 | invalid UTF-8 byte at index 10: 0x7E | The @ref dump function only works with UTF-8 encoded strings; that is, if you assign a `std::string` to a JSON value, make sure it is UTF-8 encoded. |
+/*!
+@brief JSON Pointer
 
-@liveexample{The following code shows how a `type_error` exception can be
-caught.,type_error}
+A JSON pointer defines a string syntax for identifying a specific value
+within a JSON document. It can be used with functions `at` and
+`operator[]`. Furthermore, JSON pointers are the base for JSON patches.
 
-@sa @ref exception for the base class of the library exceptions
-@sa @ref parse_error for exceptions indicating a parse error
-@sa @ref invalid_iterator for exceptions indicating errors with iterators
-@sa @ref out_of_range for exceptions indicating access out of the defined range
-@sa @ref other_error for exceptions indicating other library errors
+@sa [RFC 6901](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901)
 
-@since version 3.0.0
+@since version 2.0.0
 */
-class type_error : public exception
-{
-  public:
-    static type_error create(int id_, const std::string& what_arg)
-    {
-        std::string w = exception::name("type_error", id_) + what_arg;
-        return type_error(id_, w.c_str());
-    }
-
-  private:
-    type_error(int id_, const char* what_arg) : exception(id_, what_arg) {}
-};
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class json_pointer;
 
 /*!
-@brief exception indicating access out of the defined range
+@brief default JSON class
 
-This exception is thrown in case a library function is called on an input
-parameter that exceeds the expected range, for instance in case of array
-indices or nonexisting object keys.
+This type is the default specialization of the @ref basic_json class which
+uses the standard template types.
 
-Exceptions have ids 4xx.
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+using json = basic_json<>;
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
-name / id                       | example message | description
-------------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------------
-json.exception.out_of_range.401 | array index 3 is out of range | The provided array index @a i is larger than @a size-1.
-json.exception.out_of_range.402 | array index '-' (3) is out of range | The special array index `-` in a JSON Pointer never describes a valid element of the array, but the index past the end. That is, it can only be used to add elements at this position, but not to read it.
-json.exception.out_of_range.403 | key 'foo' not found | The provided key was not found in the JSON object.
-json.exception.out_of_range.404 | unresolved reference token 'foo' | A reference token in a JSON Pointer could not be resolved.
-json.exception.out_of_range.405 | JSON pointer has no parent | The JSON Patch operations 'remove' and 'add' can not be applied to the root element of the JSON value.
-json.exception.out_of_range.406 | number overflow parsing '10E1000' | A parsed number could not be stored as without changing it to NaN or INF.
-json.exception.out_of_range.407 | number overflow serializing '9223372036854775808' | UBJSON only supports integers numbers up to 9223372036854775807. |
-json.exception.out_of_range.408 | excessive array size: 8658170730974374167 | The size (following `#`) of an UBJSON array or object exceeds the maximal capacity. |
+#endif  // INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP_
 
-@liveexample{The following code shows how an `out_of_range` exception can be
-caught.,out_of_range}
 
-@sa @ref exception for the base class of the library exceptions
-@sa @ref parse_error for exceptions indicating a parse error
-@sa @ref invalid_iterator for exceptions indicating errors with iterators
-@sa @ref type_error for exceptions indicating executing a member function with
-                    a wrong type
-@sa @ref other_error for exceptions indicating other library errors
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+/*!
+@brief detail namespace with internal helper functions
 
-@since version 3.0.0
+This namespace collects functions that should not be exposed,
+implementations of some @ref basic_json methods, and meta-programming helpers.
+
+@since version 2.1.0
 */
-class out_of_range : public exception
+namespace detail
 {
-  public:
-    static out_of_range create(int id_, const std::string& what_arg)
-    {
-        std::string w = exception::name("out_of_range", id_) + what_arg;
-        return out_of_range(id_, w.c_str());
-    }
-
-  private:
-    out_of_range(int id_, const char* what_arg) : exception(id_, what_arg) {}
-};
+/////////////
+// helpers //
+/////////////
 
-/*!
-@brief exception indicating other library errors
+// Note to maintainers:
+//
+// Every trait in this file expects a non CV-qualified type.
+// The only exceptions are in the 'aliases for detected' section
+// (i.e. those of the form: decltype(T::member_function(std::declval<T>())))
+//
+// In this case, T has to be properly CV-qualified to constraint the function arguments
+// (e.g. to_json(BasicJsonType&, const T&))
 
-This exception is thrown in case of errors that cannot be classified with the
-other exception types.
+template<typename> struct is_basic_json : std::false_type {};
 
-Exceptions have ids 5xx.
+NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
+struct is_basic_json<NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL> : std::true_type {};
 
-name / id                      | example message | description
------------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------------
-json.exception.other_error.501 | unsuccessful: {"op":"test","path":"/baz", "value":"bar"} | A JSON Patch operation 'test' failed. The unsuccessful operation is also printed.
+//////////////////////////
+// aliases for detected //
+//////////////////////////
 
-@sa @ref exception for the base class of the library exceptions
-@sa @ref parse_error for exceptions indicating a parse error
-@sa @ref invalid_iterator for exceptions indicating errors with iterators
-@sa @ref type_error for exceptions indicating executing a member function with
-                    a wrong type
-@sa @ref out_of_range for exceptions indicating access out of the defined range
+template <typename T>
+using mapped_type_t = typename T::mapped_type;
 
-@liveexample{The following code shows how an `other_error` exception can be
-caught.,other_error}
+template <typename T>
+using key_type_t = typename T::key_type;
 
-@since version 3.0.0
-*/
-class other_error : public exception
-{
-  public:
-    static other_error create(int id_, const std::string& what_arg)
-    {
-        std::string w = exception::name("other_error", id_) + what_arg;
-        return other_error(id_, w.c_str());
-    }
+template <typename T>
+using value_type_t = typename T::value_type;
 
-  private:
-    other_error(int id_, const char* what_arg) : exception(id_, what_arg) {}
-};
-}
-}
+template <typename T>
+using difference_type_t = typename T::difference_type;
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+template <typename T>
+using pointer_t = typename T::pointer;
 
+template <typename T>
+using reference_t = typename T::reference;
 
-#include <array> // array
-#include <ciso646> // and
-#include <cstddef> // size_t
-#include <cstdint> // uint8_t
+template <typename T>
+using iterator_category_t = typename T::iterator_category;
 
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-namespace detail
-{
-///////////////////////////
-// JSON type enumeration //
-///////////////////////////
+template <typename T>
+using iterator_t = typename T::iterator;
 
-/*!
-@brief the JSON type enumeration
+template <typename T, typename... Args>
+using to_json_function = decltype(T::to_json(std::declval<Args>()...));
 
-This enumeration collects the different JSON types. It is internally used to
-distinguish the stored values, and the functions @ref basic_json::is_null(),
-@ref basic_json::is_object(), @ref basic_json::is_array(),
-@ref basic_json::is_string(), @ref basic_json::is_boolean(),
-@ref basic_json::is_number() (with @ref basic_json::is_number_integer(),
-@ref basic_json::is_number_unsigned(), and @ref basic_json::is_number_float()),
-@ref basic_json::is_discarded(), @ref basic_json::is_primitive(), and
-@ref basic_json::is_structured() rely on it.
+template <typename T, typename... Args>
+using from_json_function = decltype(T::from_json(std::declval<Args>()...));
 
-@note There are three enumeration entries (number_integer, number_unsigned, and
-number_float), because the library distinguishes these three types for numbers:
-@ref basic_json::number_unsigned_t is used for unsigned integers,
-@ref basic_json::number_integer_t is used for signed integers, and
-@ref basic_json::number_float_t is used for floating-point numbers or to
-approximate integers which do not fit in the limits of their respective type.
+template <typename T, typename U>
+using get_template_function = decltype(std::declval<T>().template get<U>());
 
-@sa @ref basic_json::basic_json(const value_t value_type) -- create a JSON
-value with the default value for a given type
+// trait checking if JSONSerializer<T>::from_json(json const&, udt&) exists
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename T, typename = void>
+struct has_from_json : std::false_type {};
 
-@since version 1.0.0
-*/
-enum class value_t : std::uint8_t
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+struct has_from_json<BasicJsonType, T,
+           enable_if_t<not is_basic_json<T>::value>>
 {
-    null,             ///< null value
-    object,           ///< object (unordered set of name/value pairs)
-    array,            ///< array (ordered collection of values)
-    string,           ///< string value
-    boolean,          ///< boolean value
-    number_integer,   ///< number value (signed integer)
-    number_unsigned,  ///< number value (unsigned integer)
-    number_float,     ///< number value (floating-point)
-    discarded         ///< discarded by the the parser callback function
+    using serializer = typename BasicJsonType::template json_serializer<T, void>;
+
+    static constexpr bool value =
+        is_detected_exact<void, from_json_function, serializer,
+        const BasicJsonType&, T&>::value;
 };
 
-/*!
-@brief comparison operator for JSON types
+// This trait checks if JSONSerializer<T>::from_json(json const&) exists
+// this overload is used for non-default-constructible user-defined-types
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename T, typename = void>
+struct has_non_default_from_json : std::false_type {};
 
-Returns an ordering that is similar to Python:
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+struct has_non_default_from_json<BasicJsonType, T, enable_if_t<not is_basic_json<T>::value>>
+{
+    using serializer = typename BasicJsonType::template json_serializer<T, void>;
+
+    static constexpr bool value =
+        is_detected_exact<T, from_json_function, serializer,
+        const BasicJsonType&>::value;
+};
+
+// This trait checks if BasicJsonType::json_serializer<T>::to_json exists
+// Do not evaluate the trait when T is a basic_json type, to avoid template instantiation infinite recursion.
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename T, typename = void>
+struct has_to_json : std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+struct has_to_json<BasicJsonType, T, enable_if_t<not is_basic_json<T>::value>>
+{
+    using serializer = typename BasicJsonType::template json_serializer<T, void>;
+
+    static constexpr bool value =
+        is_detected_exact<void, to_json_function, serializer, BasicJsonType&,
+        T>::value;
+};
+
+
+///////////////////
+// is_ functions //
+///////////////////
+
+template <typename T, typename = void>
+struct is_iterator_traits : std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct is_iterator_traits<iterator_traits<T>>
+{
+  private:
+    using traits = iterator_traits<T>;
+
+  public:
+    static constexpr auto value =
+        is_detected<value_type_t, traits>::value &&
+        is_detected<difference_type_t, traits>::value &&
+        is_detected<pointer_t, traits>::value &&
+        is_detected<iterator_category_t, traits>::value &&
+        is_detected<reference_t, traits>::value;
+};
+
+// source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37193089/4116453
+
+template <typename T, typename = void>
+struct is_complete_type : std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct is_complete_type<T, decltype(void(sizeof(T)))> : std::true_type {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleObjectType,
+          typename = void>
+struct is_compatible_object_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleObjectType>
+struct is_compatible_object_type_impl <
+    BasicJsonType, CompatibleObjectType,
+    enable_if_t<is_detected<mapped_type_t, CompatibleObjectType>::value and
+    is_detected<key_type_t, CompatibleObjectType>::value >>
+{
+
+    using object_t = typename BasicJsonType::object_t;
+
+    // macOS's is_constructible does not play well with nonesuch...
+    static constexpr bool value =
+        std::is_constructible<typename object_t::key_type,
+        typename CompatibleObjectType::key_type>::value and
+        std::is_constructible<typename object_t::mapped_type,
+        typename CompatibleObjectType::mapped_type>::value;
+};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleObjectType>
+struct is_compatible_object_type
+    : is_compatible_object_type_impl<BasicJsonType, CompatibleObjectType> {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleObjectType,
+          typename = void>
+struct is_constructible_object_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleObjectType>
+struct is_constructible_object_type_impl <
+    BasicJsonType, ConstructibleObjectType,
+    enable_if_t<is_detected<mapped_type_t, ConstructibleObjectType>::value and
+    is_detected<key_type_t, ConstructibleObjectType>::value >>
+{
+    using object_t = typename BasicJsonType::object_t;
+
+    static constexpr bool value =
+        (std::is_constructible<typename ConstructibleObjectType::key_type, typename object_t::key_type>::value and
+         std::is_same<typename object_t::mapped_type, typename ConstructibleObjectType::mapped_type>::value) or
+        (has_from_json<BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleObjectType::mapped_type>::value or
+         has_non_default_from_json<BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleObjectType::mapped_type >::value);
+};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleObjectType>
+struct is_constructible_object_type
+    : is_constructible_object_type_impl<BasicJsonType,
+      ConstructibleObjectType> {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleStringType,
+          typename = void>
+struct is_compatible_string_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleStringType>
+struct is_compatible_string_type_impl <
+    BasicJsonType, CompatibleStringType,
+    enable_if_t<is_detected_exact<typename BasicJsonType::string_t::value_type,
+    value_type_t, CompatibleStringType>::value >>
+{
+    static constexpr auto value =
+        std::is_constructible<typename BasicJsonType::string_t, CompatibleStringType>::value;
+};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleStringType>
+struct is_compatible_string_type
+    : is_compatible_string_type_impl<BasicJsonType, ConstructibleStringType> {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleStringType,
+          typename = void>
+struct is_constructible_string_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleStringType>
+struct is_constructible_string_type_impl <
+    BasicJsonType, ConstructibleStringType,
+    enable_if_t<is_detected_exact<typename BasicJsonType::string_t::value_type,
+    value_type_t, ConstructibleStringType>::value >>
+{
+    static constexpr auto value =
+        std::is_constructible<ConstructibleStringType,
+        typename BasicJsonType::string_t>::value;
+};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleStringType>
+struct is_constructible_string_type
+    : is_constructible_string_type_impl<BasicJsonType, ConstructibleStringType> {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType, typename = void>
+struct is_compatible_array_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType>
+struct is_compatible_array_type_impl <
+    BasicJsonType, CompatibleArrayType,
+    enable_if_t<is_detected<value_type_t, CompatibleArrayType>::value and
+    is_detected<iterator_t, CompatibleArrayType>::value and
+// This is needed because json_reverse_iterator has a ::iterator type...
+// Therefore it is detected as a CompatibleArrayType.
+// The real fix would be to have an Iterable concept.
+    not is_iterator_traits<
+    iterator_traits<CompatibleArrayType>>::value >>
+{
+    static constexpr bool value =
+        std::is_constructible<BasicJsonType,
+        typename CompatibleArrayType::value_type>::value;
+};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType>
+struct is_compatible_array_type
+    : is_compatible_array_type_impl<BasicJsonType, CompatibleArrayType> {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleArrayType, typename = void>
+struct is_constructible_array_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleArrayType>
+struct is_constructible_array_type_impl <
+    BasicJsonType, ConstructibleArrayType,
+    enable_if_t<std::is_same<ConstructibleArrayType,
+    typename BasicJsonType::value_type>::value >>
+            : std::true_type {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleArrayType>
+struct is_constructible_array_type_impl <
+    BasicJsonType, ConstructibleArrayType,
+    enable_if_t<not std::is_same<ConstructibleArrayType,
+    typename BasicJsonType::value_type>::value and
+    is_detected<value_type_t, ConstructibleArrayType>::value and
+    is_detected<iterator_t, ConstructibleArrayType>::value and
+    is_complete_type<
+    detected_t<value_type_t, ConstructibleArrayType>>::value >>
+{
+    static constexpr bool value =
+        // This is needed because json_reverse_iterator has a ::iterator type,
+        // furthermore, std::back_insert_iterator (and other iterators) have a base class `iterator`...
+        // Therefore it is detected as a ConstructibleArrayType.
+        // The real fix would be to have an Iterable concept.
+        not is_iterator_traits <
+        iterator_traits<ConstructibleArrayType >>::value and
+
+        (std::is_same<typename ConstructibleArrayType::value_type, typename BasicJsonType::array_t::value_type>::value or
+         has_from_json<BasicJsonType,
+         typename ConstructibleArrayType::value_type>::value or
+         has_non_default_from_json <
+         BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleArrayType::value_type >::value);
+};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleArrayType>
+struct is_constructible_array_type
+    : is_constructible_array_type_impl<BasicJsonType, ConstructibleArrayType> {};
+
+template <typename RealIntegerType, typename CompatibleNumberIntegerType,
+          typename = void>
+struct is_compatible_integer_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename RealIntegerType, typename CompatibleNumberIntegerType>
+struct is_compatible_integer_type_impl <
+    RealIntegerType, CompatibleNumberIntegerType,
+    enable_if_t<std::is_integral<RealIntegerType>::value and
+    std::is_integral<CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::value and
+    not std::is_same<bool, CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::value >>
+{
+    // is there an assert somewhere on overflows?
+    using RealLimits = std::numeric_limits<RealIntegerType>;
+    using CompatibleLimits = std::numeric_limits<CompatibleNumberIntegerType>;
+
+    static constexpr auto value =
+        std::is_constructible<RealIntegerType,
+        CompatibleNumberIntegerType>::value and
+        CompatibleLimits::is_integer and
+        RealLimits::is_signed == CompatibleLimits::is_signed;
+};
+
+template <typename RealIntegerType, typename CompatibleNumberIntegerType>
+struct is_compatible_integer_type
+    : is_compatible_integer_type_impl<RealIntegerType,
+      CompatibleNumberIntegerType> {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleType, typename = void>
+struct is_compatible_type_impl: std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleType>
+struct is_compatible_type_impl <
+    BasicJsonType, CompatibleType,
+    enable_if_t<is_complete_type<CompatibleType>::value >>
+{
+    static constexpr bool value =
+        has_to_json<BasicJsonType, CompatibleType>::value;
+};
+
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleType>
+struct is_compatible_type
+    : is_compatible_type_impl<BasicJsonType, CompatibleType> {};
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+
+
+#include <array> // array
+#include <ciso646> // and
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t
+#include <string> // string
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+///////////////////////////
+// JSON type enumeration //
+///////////////////////////
+
+/*!
+@brief the JSON type enumeration
+
+This enumeration collects the different JSON types. It is internally used to
+distinguish the stored values, and the functions @ref basic_json::is_null(),
+@ref basic_json::is_object(), @ref basic_json::is_array(),
+@ref basic_json::is_string(), @ref basic_json::is_boolean(),
+@ref basic_json::is_number() (with @ref basic_json::is_number_integer(),
+@ref basic_json::is_number_unsigned(), and @ref basic_json::is_number_float()),
+@ref basic_json::is_discarded(), @ref basic_json::is_primitive(), and
+@ref basic_json::is_structured() rely on it.
+
+@note There are three enumeration entries (number_integer, number_unsigned, and
+number_float), because the library distinguishes these three types for numbers:
+@ref basic_json::number_unsigned_t is used for unsigned integers,
+@ref basic_json::number_integer_t is used for signed integers, and
+@ref basic_json::number_float_t is used for floating-point numbers or to
+approximate integers which do not fit in the limits of their respective type.
+
+@sa @ref basic_json::basic_json(const value_t value_type) -- create a JSON
+value with the default value for a given type
+
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+enum class value_t : std::uint8_t
+{
+    null,             ///< null value
+    object,           ///< object (unordered set of name/value pairs)
+    array,            ///< array (ordered collection of values)
+    string,           ///< string value
+    boolean,          ///< boolean value
+    number_integer,   ///< number value (signed integer)
+    number_unsigned,  ///< number value (unsigned integer)
+    number_float,     ///< number value (floating-point)
+    discarded         ///< discarded by the the parser callback function
+};
+
+/*!
+@brief comparison operator for JSON types
+
+Returns an ordering that is similar to Python:
 - order: null < boolean < number < object < array < string
 - furthermore, each type is not smaller than itself
 - discarded values are not comparable
@@ -1003,34 +1286,8 @@ inline bool operator<(const value_t lhs, const value_t rhs) noexcept
     const auto r_index = static_cast<std::size_t>(rhs);
     return l_index < order.size() and r_index < order.size() and order[l_index] < order[r_index];
 }
-}
-}
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp>
-
-
-#include <algorithm> // transform
-#include <array> // array
-#include <ciso646> // and, not
-#include <forward_list> // forward_list
-#include <iterator> // inserter, front_inserter, end
-#include <map> // map
-#include <string> // string
-#include <tuple> // tuple, make_tuple
-#include <type_traits> // is_arithmetic, is_same, is_enum, underlying_type, is_convertible
-#include <unordered_map> // unordered_map
-#include <utility> // pair, declval
-#include <valarray> // valarray
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp>
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
 
 namespace nlohmann
@@ -1098,13 +1355,13 @@ void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::string_t& s)
 }
 
 template <
-    typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleStringType,
+    typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleStringType,
     enable_if_t <
-        is_compatible_string_type<BasicJsonType, CompatibleStringType>::value and
+        is_constructible_string_type<BasicJsonType, ConstructibleStringType>::value and
         not std::is_same<typename BasicJsonType::string_t,
-                         CompatibleStringType>::value,
+                         ConstructibleStringType>::value,
         int > = 0 >
-void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, CompatibleStringType& s)
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, ConstructibleStringType& s)
 {
     if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not j.is_string()))
     {
@@ -1187,11 +1444,11 @@ auto from_json_array_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, std::array<T, N>& arr,
     }
 }
 
-template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType>
-auto from_json_array_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, CompatibleArrayType& arr, priority_tag<1> /*unused*/)
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleArrayType>
+auto from_json_array_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, ConstructibleArrayType& arr, priority_tag<1> /*unused*/)
 -> decltype(
-    arr.reserve(std::declval<typename CompatibleArrayType::size_type>()),
-    j.template get<typename CompatibleArrayType::value_type>(),
+    arr.reserve(std::declval<typename ConstructibleArrayType::size_type>()),
+    j.template get<typename ConstructibleArrayType::value_type>(),
     void())
 {
     using std::end;
@@ -1202,12 +1459,12 @@ auto from_json_array_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, CompatibleArrayType& arr, prio
     {
         // get<BasicJsonType>() returns *this, this won't call a from_json
         // method when value_type is BasicJsonType
-        return i.template get<typename CompatibleArrayType::value_type>();
+        return i.template get<typename ConstructibleArrayType::value_type>();
     });
 }
 
-template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType>
-void from_json_array_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, CompatibleArrayType& arr,
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleArrayType>
+void from_json_array_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, ConstructibleArrayType& arr,
                           priority_tag<0> /*unused*/)
 {
     using std::end;
@@ -1218,21 +1475,21 @@ void from_json_array_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, CompatibleArrayType& arr,
     {
         // get<BasicJsonType>() returns *this, this won't call a from_json
         // method when value_type is BasicJsonType
-        return i.template get<typename CompatibleArrayType::value_type>();
+        return i.template get<typename ConstructibleArrayType::value_type>();
     });
 }
 
-template <typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleArrayType,
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleArrayType,
           enable_if_t <
-              is_compatible_array_type<BasicJsonType, CompatibleArrayType>::value and
-              not is_compatible_object_type<BasicJsonType, CompatibleArrayType>::value and
-              not is_compatible_string_type<BasicJsonType, CompatibleArrayType>::value and
-              not is_basic_json<CompatibleArrayType>::value,
+              is_constructible_array_type<BasicJsonType, ConstructibleArrayType>::value and
+              not is_constructible_object_type<BasicJsonType, ConstructibleArrayType>::value and
+              not is_constructible_string_type<BasicJsonType, ConstructibleArrayType>::value and
+              not is_basic_json<ConstructibleArrayType>::value,
               int > = 0 >
 
-auto from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, CompatibleArrayType& arr)
+auto from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, ConstructibleArrayType& arr)
 -> decltype(from_json_array_impl(j, arr, priority_tag<3> {}),
-j.template get<typename CompatibleArrayType::value_type>(),
+j.template get<typename ConstructibleArrayType::value_type>(),
 void())
 {
     if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not j.is_array()))
@@ -1244,9 +1501,9 @@ void())
     from_json_array_impl(j, arr, priority_tag<3> {});
 }
 
-template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleObjectType,
-         enable_if_t<is_compatible_object_type<BasicJsonType, CompatibleObjectType>::value, int> = 0>
-void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, CompatibleObjectType& obj)
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename ConstructibleObjectType,
+         enable_if_t<is_constructible_object_type<BasicJsonType, ConstructibleObjectType>::value, int> = 0>
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, ConstructibleObjectType& obj)
 {
     if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not j.is_object()))
     {
@@ -1254,13 +1511,13 @@ void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, CompatibleObjectType& obj)
     }
 
     auto inner_object = j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::object_t*>();
-    using value_type = typename CompatibleObjectType::value_type;
+    using value_type = typename ConstructibleObjectType::value_type;
     std::transform(
         inner_object->begin(), inner_object->end(),
         std::inserter(obj, obj.begin()),
         [](typename BasicJsonType::object_t::value_type const & p)
     {
-        return value_type(p.first, p.second.template get<typename CompatibleObjectType::mapped_type>());
+        return value_type(p.first, p.second.template get<typename ConstructibleObjectType::mapped_type>());
     });
 }
 
@@ -1313,7 +1570,7 @@ void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, std::pair<A1, A2>& p)
 }
 
 template<typename BasicJsonType, typename Tuple, std::size_t... Idx>
-void from_json_tuple_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, Tuple& t, index_sequence<Idx...>)
+void from_json_tuple_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, Tuple& t, index_sequence<Idx...> /*unused*/)
 {
     t = std::make_tuple(j.at(Idx).template get<typename std::tuple_element<Idx, Tuple>::type>()...);
 }
@@ -1372,7 +1629,7 @@ struct from_json_fn
         return from_json(j, val);
     }
 };
-}
+}  // namespace detail
 
 /// namespace to hold default `from_json` function
 /// to see why this is required:
@@ -1380,32 +1637,31 @@ struct from_json_fn
 namespace
 {
 constexpr const auto& from_json = detail::static_const<detail::from_json_fn>::value;
-}
-}
+} // namespace
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/conversions/to_json.hpp>
 
 
+#include <algorithm> // copy
 #include <ciso646> // or, and, not
 #include <iterator> // begin, end
+#include <string> // string
 #include <tuple> // tuple, get
 #include <type_traits> // is_same, is_constructible, is_floating_point, is_enum, underlying_type
 #include <utility> // move, forward, declval, pair
 #include <valarray> // valarray
 #include <vector> // vector
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp>
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
-
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/iteration_proxy.hpp>
 
 
 #include <cstddef> // size_t
-#include <string> // string, to_string
 #include <iterator> // input_iterator_tag
+#include <string> // string, to_string
+#include <tuple> // tuple_size, get, tuple_element
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp>
 
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
 
@@ -1414,100 +1670,96 @@ namespace nlohmann
 {
 namespace detail
 {
-/// proxy class for the items() function
-template<typename IteratorType> class iteration_proxy
+template <typename IteratorType> class iteration_proxy_value
 {
+  public:
+    using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+    using value_type = iteration_proxy_value;
+    using pointer = value_type * ;
+    using reference = value_type & ;
+    using iterator_category = std::input_iterator_tag;
+
   private:
-    /// helper class for iteration
-    class iteration_proxy_internal
-    {
-      public:
-        using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
-        using value_type = iteration_proxy_internal;
-        using pointer = iteration_proxy_internal*;
-        using reference = iteration_proxy_internal&;
-        using iterator_category = std::input_iterator_tag;
-
-      private:
-        /// the iterator
-        IteratorType anchor;
-        /// an index for arrays (used to create key names)
-        std::size_t array_index = 0;
-        /// last stringified array index
-        mutable std::size_t array_index_last = 0;
-        /// a string representation of the array index
-        mutable std::string array_index_str = "0";
-        /// an empty string (to return a reference for primitive values)
-        const std::string empty_str = "";
-
-      public:
-        explicit iteration_proxy_internal(IteratorType it) noexcept : anchor(it) {}
-
-        iteration_proxy_internal(const iteration_proxy_internal&) = default;
-        iteration_proxy_internal& operator=(const iteration_proxy_internal&) = default;
-
-        /// dereference operator (needed for range-based for)
-        iteration_proxy_internal& operator*()
-        {
-            return *this;
-        }
+    /// the iterator
+    IteratorType anchor;
+    /// an index for arrays (used to create key names)
+    std::size_t array_index = 0;
+    /// last stringified array index
+    mutable std::size_t array_index_last = 0;
+    /// a string representation of the array index
+    mutable std::string array_index_str = "0";
+    /// an empty string (to return a reference for primitive values)
+    const std::string empty_str = "";
 
-        /// increment operator (needed for range-based for)
-        iteration_proxy_internal& operator++()
-        {
-            ++anchor;
-            ++array_index;
+  public:
+    explicit iteration_proxy_value(IteratorType it) noexcept : anchor(it) {}
 
-            return *this;
-        }
+    /// dereference operator (needed for range-based for)
+    iteration_proxy_value& operator*()
+    {
+        return *this;
+    }
 
-        /// equality operator (needed for InputIterator)
-        bool operator==(const iteration_proxy_internal& o) const noexcept
-        {
-            return anchor == o.anchor;
-        }
+    /// increment operator (needed for range-based for)
+    iteration_proxy_value& operator++()
+    {
+        ++anchor;
+        ++array_index;
 
-        /// inequality operator (needed for range-based for)
-        bool operator!=(const iteration_proxy_internal& o) const noexcept
-        {
-            return anchor != o.anchor;
-        }
+        return *this;
+    }
 
-        /// return key of the iterator
-        const std::string& key() const
-        {
-            assert(anchor.m_object != nullptr);
+    /// equality operator (needed for InputIterator)
+    bool operator==(const iteration_proxy_value& o) const
+    {
+        return anchor == o.anchor;
+    }
+
+    /// inequality operator (needed for range-based for)
+    bool operator!=(const iteration_proxy_value& o) const
+    {
+        return anchor != o.anchor;
+    }
+
+    /// return key of the iterator
+    const std::string& key() const
+    {
+        assert(anchor.m_object != nullptr);
 
-            switch (anchor.m_object->type())
+        switch (anchor.m_object->type())
+        {
+            // use integer array index as key
+            case value_t::array:
             {
-                // use integer array index as key
-                case value_t::array:
+                if (array_index != array_index_last)
                 {
-                    if (array_index != array_index_last)
-                    {
-                        array_index_str = std::to_string(array_index);
-                        array_index_last = array_index;
-                    }
-                    return array_index_str;
+                    array_index_str = std::to_string(array_index);
+                    array_index_last = array_index;
                 }
+                return array_index_str;
+            }
 
-                // use key from the object
-                case value_t::object:
-                    return anchor.key();
+            // use key from the object
+            case value_t::object:
+                return anchor.key();
 
-                // use an empty key for all primitive types
-                default:
-                    return empty_str;
-            }
+            // use an empty key for all primitive types
+            default:
+                return empty_str;
         }
+    }
 
-        /// return value of the iterator
-        typename IteratorType::reference value() const
-        {
-            return anchor.value();
-        }
-    };
+    /// return value of the iterator
+    typename IteratorType::reference value() const
+    {
+        return anchor.value();
+    }
+};
 
+/// proxy class for the items() function
+template<typename IteratorType> class iteration_proxy
+{
+  private:
     /// the container to iterate
     typename IteratorType::reference container;
 
@@ -1517,19 +1769,69 @@ template<typename IteratorType> class iteration_proxy
         : container(cont) {}
 
     /// return iterator begin (needed for range-based for)
-    iteration_proxy_internal begin() noexcept
+    iteration_proxy_value<IteratorType> begin() noexcept
     {
-        return iteration_proxy_internal(container.begin());
+        return iteration_proxy_value<IteratorType>(container.begin());
     }
 
     /// return iterator end (needed for range-based for)
-    iteration_proxy_internal end() noexcept
+    iteration_proxy_value<IteratorType> end() noexcept
     {
-        return iteration_proxy_internal(container.end());
+        return iteration_proxy_value<IteratorType>(container.end());
     }
 };
+// Structured Bindings Support
+// For further reference see https://blog.tartanllama.xyz/structured-bindings/
+// And see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/1391
+template <std::size_t N, typename IteratorType, enable_if_t<N == 0, int> = 0>
+auto get(const nlohmann::detail::iteration_proxy_value<IteratorType>& i) -> decltype(i.key())
+{
+    return i.key();
 }
+// Structured Bindings Support
+// For further reference see https://blog.tartanllama.xyz/structured-bindings/
+// And see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/1391
+template <std::size_t N, typename IteratorType, enable_if_t<N == 1, int> = 0>
+auto get(const nlohmann::detail::iteration_proxy_value<IteratorType>& i) -> decltype(i.value())
+{
+    return i.value();
 }
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
+
+// The Addition to the STD Namespace is required to add
+// Structured Bindings Support to the iteration_proxy_value class
+// For further reference see https://blog.tartanllama.xyz/structured-bindings/
+// And see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/1391
+namespace std
+{
+#if defined(__clang__)
+    // Fix: https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/1401
+    #pragma clang diagnostic push
+    #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wmismatched-tags"
+#endif
+template <typename IteratorType>
+class tuple_size<::nlohmann::detail::iteration_proxy_value<IteratorType>>
+            : public std::integral_constant<std::size_t, 2> {};
+
+template <std::size_t N, typename IteratorType>
+class tuple_element<N, ::nlohmann::detail::iteration_proxy_value<IteratorType >>
+{
+  public:
+    using type = decltype(
+                     get<N>(std::declval <
+                            ::nlohmann::detail::iteration_proxy_value<IteratorType >> ()));
+};
+#if defined(__clang__)
+    #pragma clang diagnostic pop
+#endif
+} // namespace std
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
 
 
 namespace nlohmann
@@ -1809,9 +2111,9 @@ void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::object_t&& obj)
 template <
     typename BasicJsonType, typename T, std::size_t N,
     enable_if_t<not std::is_constructible<typename BasicJsonType::string_t,
-                const T (&)[N]>::value,
+                const T(&)[N]>::value,
                 int> = 0 >
-void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const T (&arr)[N])
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const T(&arr)[N])
 {
     external_constructor<value_t::array>::construct(j, arr);
 }
@@ -1819,21 +2121,21 @@ void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const T (&arr)[N])
 template<typename BasicJsonType, typename... Args>
 void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const std::pair<Args...>& p)
 {
-    j = {p.first, p.second};
+    j = { p.first, p.second };
 }
 
 // for https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/1134
-template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T,
-         enable_if_t<std::is_same<T, typename iteration_proxy<typename BasicJsonType::iterator>::iteration_proxy_internal>::value, int> = 0>
-void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, T b) noexcept
+template < typename BasicJsonType, typename T,
+           enable_if_t<std::is_same<T, iteration_proxy_value<typename BasicJsonType::iterator>>::value, int> = 0>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const T& b)
 {
-    j = {{b.key(), b.value()}};
+    j = { {b.key(), b.value()} };
 }
 
 template<typename BasicJsonType, typename Tuple, std::size_t... Idx>
-void to_json_tuple_impl(BasicJsonType& j, const Tuple& t, index_sequence<Idx...>)
+void to_json_tuple_impl(BasicJsonType& j, const Tuple& t, index_sequence<Idx...> /*unused*/)
 {
-    j = {std::get<Idx>(t)...};
+    j = { std::get<Idx>(t)... };
 }
 
 template<typename BasicJsonType, typename... Args>
@@ -1851,20 +2153,90 @@ struct to_json_fn
         return to_json(j, std::forward<T>(val));
     }
 };
-}
+}  // namespace detail
 
 /// namespace to hold default `to_json` function
 namespace
 {
 constexpr const auto& to_json = detail::static_const<detail::to_json_fn>::value;
-}
-}
+} // namespace
+}  // namespace nlohmann
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+
+template<typename, typename>
+struct adl_serializer
+{
+    /*!
+    @brief convert a JSON value to any value type
+
+    This function is usually called by the `get()` function of the
+    @ref basic_json class (either explicit or via conversion operators).
+
+    @param[in] j        JSON value to read from
+    @param[in,out] val  value to write to
+    */
+    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename ValueType>
+    static auto from_json(BasicJsonType&& j, ValueType& val) noexcept(
+        noexcept(::nlohmann::from_json(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), val)))
+    -> decltype(::nlohmann::from_json(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), val), void())
+    {
+        ::nlohmann::from_json(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), val);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief convert any value type to a JSON value
+
+    This function is usually called by the constructors of the @ref basic_json
+    class.
+
+    @param[in,out] j  JSON value to write to
+    @param[in] val    value to read from
+    */
+    template <typename BasicJsonType, typename ValueType>
+    static auto to_json(BasicJsonType& j, ValueType&& val) noexcept(
+        noexcept(::nlohmann::to_json(j, std::forward<ValueType>(val))))
+    -> decltype(::nlohmann::to_json(j, std::forward<ValueType>(val)), void())
+    {
+        ::nlohmann::to_json(j, std::forward<ValueType>(val));
+    }
+};
+
+}  // namespace nlohmann
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/conversions/to_json.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp>
+
+
+#include <algorithm> // generate_n
+#include <array> // array
+#include <cassert> // assert
+#include <cmath> // ldexp
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t, uint64_t
+#include <cstdio> // snprintf
+#include <cstring> // memcpy
+#include <iterator> // back_inserter
+#include <limits> // numeric_limits
+#include <string> // char_traits, string
+#include <utility> // make_pair, move
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
 
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/input/input_adapters.hpp>
 
 
+#include <array> // array
 #include <cassert> // assert
 #include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <cstdio> //FILE *
 #include <cstring> // strlen
 #include <istream> // istream
 #include <iterator> // begin, end, iterator_traits, random_access_iterator_tag, distance, next
@@ -1874,6 +2246,8 @@ constexpr const auto& to_json = detail::static_const<detail::to_json_fn>::value;
 #include <type_traits> // enable_if, is_base_of, is_pointer, is_integral, remove_pointer
 #include <utility> // pair, declval
 
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/iterator_traits.hpp>
+
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
 
 
@@ -1882,7 +2256,7 @@ namespace nlohmann
 namespace detail
 {
 /// the supported input formats
-enum class input_format_t { json, cbor, msgpack, ubjson };
+enum class input_format_t { json, cbor, msgpack, ubjson, bson };
 
 ////////////////////
 // input adapters //
@@ -1909,6 +2283,35 @@ struct input_adapter_protocol
 /// a type to simplify interfaces
 using input_adapter_t = std::shared_ptr<input_adapter_protocol>;
 
+/*!
+Input adapter for stdio file access. This adapter read only 1 byte and do not use any
+ buffer. This adapter is a very low level adapter.
+*/
+class file_input_adapter : public input_adapter_protocol
+{
+  public:
+    explicit file_input_adapter(std::FILE* f)  noexcept
+        : m_file(f)
+    {}
+
+    // make class move-only
+    file_input_adapter(const file_input_adapter&) = delete;
+    file_input_adapter(file_input_adapter&&) = default;
+    file_input_adapter& operator=(const file_input_adapter&) = delete;
+    file_input_adapter& operator=(file_input_adapter&&) = default;
+    ~file_input_adapter() override = default;
+
+    std::char_traits<char>::int_type get_character() noexcept override
+    {
+        return std::fgetc(m_file);
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// the file pointer to read from
+    std::FILE* m_file;
+};
+
+
 /*!
 Input adapter for a (caching) istream. Ignores a UFT Byte Order Mark at
 beginning of input. Does not support changing the underlying std::streambuf
@@ -1924,8 +2327,8 @@ class input_stream_adapter : public input_adapter_protocol
     ~input_stream_adapter() override
     {
         // clear stream flags; we use underlying streambuf I/O, do not
-        // maintain ifstream flags
-        is.clear();
+        // maintain ifstream flags, except eof
+        is.clear(is.rdstate() & std::ios::eofbit);
     }
 
     explicit input_stream_adapter(std::istream& i)
@@ -1935,13 +2338,21 @@ class input_stream_adapter : public input_adapter_protocol
     // delete because of pointer members
     input_stream_adapter(const input_stream_adapter&) = delete;
     input_stream_adapter& operator=(input_stream_adapter&) = delete;
+    input_stream_adapter(input_stream_adapter&&) = delete;
+    input_stream_adapter& operator=(input_stream_adapter&&) = delete;
 
     // std::istream/std::streambuf use std::char_traits<char>::to_int_type, to
     // ensure that std::char_traits<char>::eof() and the character 0xFF do not
     // end up as the same value, eg. 0xFFFFFFFF.
     std::char_traits<char>::int_type get_character() override
     {
-        return sb.sbumpc();
+        auto res = sb.sbumpc();
+        // set eof manually, as we don't use the istream interface.
+        if (res == EOF)
+        {
+            is.clear(is.rdstate() | std::ios::eofbit);
+        }
+        return res;
     }
 
   private:
@@ -1954,13 +2365,16 @@ class input_stream_adapter : public input_adapter_protocol
 class input_buffer_adapter : public input_adapter_protocol
 {
   public:
-    input_buffer_adapter(const char* b, const std::size_t l)
+    input_buffer_adapter(const char* b, const std::size_t l) noexcept
         : cursor(b), limit(b + l)
     {}
 
     // delete because of pointer members
     input_buffer_adapter(const input_buffer_adapter&) = delete;
     input_buffer_adapter& operator=(input_buffer_adapter&) = delete;
+    input_buffer_adapter(input_buffer_adapter&&) = delete;
+    input_buffer_adapter& operator=(input_buffer_adapter&&) = delete;
+    ~input_buffer_adapter() override = default;
 
     std::char_traits<char>::int_type get_character() noexcept override
     {
@@ -1979,38 +2393,15 @@ class input_buffer_adapter : public input_adapter_protocol
     const char* const limit;
 };
 
-template<typename WideStringType>
-class wide_string_input_adapter : public input_adapter_protocol
+template<typename WideStringType, size_t T>
+struct wide_string_input_helper
 {
-  public:
-    explicit wide_string_input_adapter(const WideStringType& w) : str(w) {}
-
-    std::char_traits<char>::int_type get_character() noexcept override
-    {
-        // check if buffer needs to be filled
-        if (utf8_bytes_index == utf8_bytes_filled)
-        {
-            if (sizeof(typename WideStringType::value_type) == 2)
-            {
-                fill_buffer_utf16();
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                fill_buffer_utf32();
-            }
-
-            assert(utf8_bytes_filled > 0);
-            assert(utf8_bytes_index == 0);
-        }
-
-        // use buffer
-        assert(utf8_bytes_filled > 0);
-        assert(utf8_bytes_index < utf8_bytes_filled);
-        return utf8_bytes[utf8_bytes_index++];
-    }
-
-  private:
-    void fill_buffer_utf16()
+    // UTF-32
+    static void fill_buffer(const WideStringType& str,
+                            size_t& current_wchar,
+                            std::array<std::char_traits<char>::int_type, 4>& utf8_bytes,
+                            size_t& utf8_bytes_index,
+                            size_t& utf8_bytes_filled)
     {
         utf8_bytes_index = 0;
 
@@ -2022,51 +2413,54 @@ class wide_string_input_adapter : public input_adapter_protocol
         else
         {
             // get the current character
-            const int wc = static_cast<int>(str[current_wchar++]);
+            const auto wc = static_cast<unsigned int>(str[current_wchar++]);
 
-            // UTF-16 to UTF-8 encoding
+            // UTF-32 to UTF-8 encoding
             if (wc < 0x80)
             {
-                utf8_bytes[0] = wc;
+                utf8_bytes[0] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(wc);
                 utf8_bytes_filled = 1;
             }
             else if (wc <= 0x7FF)
             {
-                utf8_bytes[0] = 0xC0 | ((wc >> 6));
-                utf8_bytes[1] = 0x80 | (wc & 0x3F);
+                utf8_bytes[0] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0xC0u | ((wc >> 6u) & 0x1Fu));
+                utf8_bytes[1] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0x80u | (wc & 0x3Fu));
                 utf8_bytes_filled = 2;
             }
-            else if (0xD800 > wc or wc >= 0xE000)
+            else if (wc <= 0xFFFF)
             {
-                utf8_bytes[0] = 0xE0 | ((wc >> 12));
-                utf8_bytes[1] = 0x80 | ((wc >> 6) & 0x3F);
-                utf8_bytes[2] = 0x80 | (wc & 0x3F);
+                utf8_bytes[0] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0xE0u | ((wc >> 12u) & 0x0Fu));
+                utf8_bytes[1] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0x80u | ((wc >> 6u) & 0x3Fu));
+                utf8_bytes[2] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0x80u | (wc & 0x3Fu));
                 utf8_bytes_filled = 3;
             }
+            else if (wc <= 0x10FFFF)
+            {
+                utf8_bytes[0] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0xF0u | ((wc >> 18u) & 0x07u));
+                utf8_bytes[1] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0x80u | ((wc >> 12u) & 0x3Fu));
+                utf8_bytes[2] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0x80u | ((wc >> 6u) & 0x3Fu));
+                utf8_bytes[3] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0x80u | (wc & 0x3Fu));
+                utf8_bytes_filled = 4;
+            }
             else
             {
-                if (current_wchar < str.size())
-                {
-                    const int wc2 = static_cast<int>(str[current_wchar++]);
-                    const int charcode = 0x10000 + (((wc & 0x3FF) << 10) | (wc2 & 0x3FF));
-                    utf8_bytes[0] = 0xf0 | (charcode >> 18);
-                    utf8_bytes[1] = 0x80 | ((charcode >> 12) & 0x3F);
-                    utf8_bytes[2] = 0x80 | ((charcode >> 6) & 0x3F);
-                    utf8_bytes[3] = 0x80 | (charcode & 0x3F);
-                    utf8_bytes_filled = 4;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    // unknown character
-                    ++current_wchar;
-                    utf8_bytes[0] = wc;
-                    utf8_bytes_filled = 1;
-                }
+                // unknown character
+                utf8_bytes[0] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(wc);
+                utf8_bytes_filled = 1;
             }
         }
     }
+};
 
-    void fill_buffer_utf32()
+template<typename WideStringType>
+struct wide_string_input_helper<WideStringType, 2>
+{
+    // UTF-16
+    static void fill_buffer(const WideStringType& str,
+                            size_t& current_wchar,
+                            std::array<std::char_traits<char>::int_type, 4>& utf8_bytes,
+                            size_t& utf8_bytes_index,
+                            size_t& utf8_bytes_filled)
     {
         utf8_bytes_index = 0;
 
@@ -2078,50 +2472,88 @@ class wide_string_input_adapter : public input_adapter_protocol
         else
         {
             // get the current character
-            const int wc = static_cast<int>(str[current_wchar++]);
+            const auto wc = static_cast<unsigned int>(str[current_wchar++]);
 
-            // UTF-32 to UTF-8 encoding
+            // UTF-16 to UTF-8 encoding
             if (wc < 0x80)
             {
-                utf8_bytes[0] = wc;
+                utf8_bytes[0] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(wc);
                 utf8_bytes_filled = 1;
             }
             else if (wc <= 0x7FF)
             {
-                utf8_bytes[0] = 0xC0 | ((wc >> 6) & 0x1F);
-                utf8_bytes[1] = 0x80 | (wc & 0x3F);
+                utf8_bytes[0] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0xC0u | ((wc >> 6u)));
+                utf8_bytes[1] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0x80u | (wc & 0x3Fu));
                 utf8_bytes_filled = 2;
             }
-            else if (wc <= 0xFFFF)
+            else if (0xD800 > wc or wc >= 0xE000)
             {
-                utf8_bytes[0] = 0xE0 | ((wc >> 12) & 0x0F);
-                utf8_bytes[1] = 0x80 | ((wc >> 6) & 0x3F);
-                utf8_bytes[2] = 0x80 | (wc & 0x3F);
+                utf8_bytes[0] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0xE0u | ((wc >> 12u)));
+                utf8_bytes[1] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0x80u | ((wc >> 6u) & 0x3Fu));
+                utf8_bytes[2] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0x80u | (wc & 0x3Fu));
                 utf8_bytes_filled = 3;
             }
-            else if (wc <= 0x10FFFF)
-            {
-                utf8_bytes[0] = 0xF0 | ((wc >> 18 ) & 0x07);
-                utf8_bytes[1] = 0x80 | ((wc >> 12) & 0x3F);
-                utf8_bytes[2] = 0x80 | ((wc >> 6) & 0x3F);
-                utf8_bytes[3] = 0x80 | (wc & 0x3F);
-                utf8_bytes_filled = 4;
-            }
             else
             {
-                // unknown character
-                utf8_bytes[0] = wc;
-                utf8_bytes_filled = 1;
+                if (current_wchar < str.size())
+                {
+                    const auto wc2 = static_cast<unsigned int>(str[current_wchar++]);
+                    const auto charcode = 0x10000u + (((wc & 0x3FFu) << 10u) | (wc2 & 0x3FFu));
+                    utf8_bytes[0] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0xF0u | (charcode >> 18u));
+                    utf8_bytes[1] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0x80u | ((charcode >> 12u) & 0x3Fu));
+                    utf8_bytes[2] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0x80u | ((charcode >> 6u) & 0x3Fu));
+                    utf8_bytes[3] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(0x80u | (charcode & 0x3Fu));
+                    utf8_bytes_filled = 4;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // unknown character
+                    ++current_wchar;
+                    utf8_bytes[0] = static_cast<std::char_traits<char>::int_type>(wc);
+                    utf8_bytes_filled = 1;
+                }
             }
         }
     }
+};
 
-  private:
-    /// the wstring to process
-    const WideStringType& str;
+template<typename WideStringType>
+class wide_string_input_adapter : public input_adapter_protocol
+{
+  public:
+    explicit wide_string_input_adapter(const WideStringType& w) noexcept
+        : str(w)
+    {}
 
-    /// index of the current wchar in str
-    std::size_t current_wchar = 0;
+    std::char_traits<char>::int_type get_character() noexcept override
+    {
+        // check if buffer needs to be filled
+        if (utf8_bytes_index == utf8_bytes_filled)
+        {
+            fill_buffer<sizeof(typename WideStringType::value_type)>();
+
+            assert(utf8_bytes_filled > 0);
+            assert(utf8_bytes_index == 0);
+        }
+
+        // use buffer
+        assert(utf8_bytes_filled > 0);
+        assert(utf8_bytes_index < utf8_bytes_filled);
+        return utf8_bytes[utf8_bytes_index++];
+    }
+
+  private:
+    template<size_t T>
+    void fill_buffer()
+    {
+        wide_string_input_helper<WideStringType, T>::fill_buffer(str, current_wchar, utf8_bytes, utf8_bytes_index, utf8_bytes_filled);
+    }
+
+    /// the wstring to process
+    const WideStringType& str;
+
+    /// index of the current wchar in str
+    std::size_t current_wchar = 0;
 
     /// a buffer for UTF-8 bytes
     std::array<std::char_traits<char>::int_type, 4> utf8_bytes = {{0, 0, 0, 0}};
@@ -2136,7 +2568,8 @@ class input_adapter
 {
   public:
     // native support
-
+    input_adapter(std::FILE* file)
+        : ia(std::make_shared<file_input_adapter>(file)) {}
     /// input adapter for input stream
     input_adapter(std::istream& i)
         : ia(std::make_shared<input_stream_adapter>(i)) {}
@@ -2180,7 +2613,7 @@ class input_adapter
     /// input adapter for iterator range with contiguous storage
     template<class IteratorType,
              typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_same<typename std::iterator_traits<IteratorType>::iterator_category, std::random_access_iterator_tag>::value,
+                 std::is_same<typename iterator_traits<IteratorType>::iterator_category, std::random_access_iterator_tag>::value,
                  int>::type = 0>
     input_adapter(IteratorType first, IteratorType last)
     {
@@ -2199,7 +2632,7 @@ class input_adapter
 
         // assertion to check that each element is 1 byte long
         static_assert(
-            sizeof(typename std::iterator_traits<IteratorType>::value_type) == 1,
+            sizeof(typename iterator_traits<IteratorType>::value_type) == 1,
             "each element in the iterator range must have the size of 1 byte");
 
         const auto len = static_cast<size_t>(std::distance(first, last));
@@ -2223,7 +2656,7 @@ class input_adapter
     /// input adapter for contiguous container
     template<class ContiguousContainer, typename
              std::enable_if<not std::is_pointer<ContiguousContainer>::value and
-                            std::is_base_of<std::random_access_iterator_tag, typename std::iterator_traits<decltype(std::begin(std::declval<ContiguousContainer const>()))>::iterator_category>::value,
+                            std::is_base_of<std::random_access_iterator_tag, typename iterator_traits<decltype(std::begin(std::declval<ContiguousContainer const>()))>::iterator_category>::value,
                             int>::type = 0>
     input_adapter(const ContiguousContainer& c)
         : input_adapter(std::begin(c), std::end(c)) {}
@@ -2237,3725 +2670,5011 @@ class input_adapter
     /// the actual adapter
     input_adapter_t ia = nullptr;
 };
-}
-}
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/lexer.hpp>
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/json_sax.hpp>
 
 
-#include <clocale> // localeconv
-#include <cstddef> // size_t
-#include <cstdlib> // strtof, strtod, strtold, strtoll, strtoull
-#include <cstdio> // snprintf
-#include <initializer_list> // initializer_list
-#include <string> // char_traits, string
+#include <cassert> // assert
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <string> // string
+#include <utility> // move
 #include <vector> // vector
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/input_adapters.hpp>
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
 
 
 namespace nlohmann
 {
-namespace detail
-{
-///////////
-// lexer //
-///////////
 
 /*!
-@brief lexical analysis
+@brief SAX interface
 
-This class organizes the lexical analysis during JSON deserialization.
+This class describes the SAX interface used by @ref nlohmann::json::sax_parse.
+Each function is called in different situations while the input is parsed. The
+boolean return value informs the parser whether to continue processing the
+input.
 */
 template<typename BasicJsonType>
-class lexer
+struct json_sax
 {
+    /// type for (signed) integers
     using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
+    /// type for unsigned integers
     using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
+    /// type for floating-point numbers
     using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
+    /// type for strings
     using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
 
-  public:
-    /// token types for the parser
-    enum class token_type
-    {
-        uninitialized,    ///< indicating the scanner is uninitialized
-        literal_true,     ///< the `true` literal
-        literal_false,    ///< the `false` literal
-        literal_null,     ///< the `null` literal
-        value_string,     ///< a string -- use get_string() for actual value
-        value_unsigned,   ///< an unsigned integer -- use get_number_unsigned() for actual value
-        value_integer,    ///< a signed integer -- use get_number_integer() for actual value
-        value_float,      ///< an floating point number -- use get_number_float() for actual value
-        begin_array,      ///< the character for array begin `[`
-        begin_object,     ///< the character for object begin `{`
-        end_array,        ///< the character for array end `]`
-        end_object,       ///< the character for object end `}`
-        name_separator,   ///< the name separator `:`
-        value_separator,  ///< the value separator `,`
-        parse_error,      ///< indicating a parse error
-        end_of_input,     ///< indicating the end of the input buffer
-        literal_or_value  ///< a literal or the begin of a value (only for diagnostics)
-    };
+    /*!
+    @brief a null value was read
+    @return whether parsing should proceed
+    */
+    virtual bool null() = 0;
 
-    /// return name of values of type token_type (only used for errors)
-    static const char* token_type_name(const token_type t) noexcept
-    {
-        switch (t)
-        {
-            case token_type::uninitialized:
-                return "<uninitialized>";
-            case token_type::literal_true:
-                return "true literal";
-            case token_type::literal_false:
-                return "false literal";
-            case token_type::literal_null:
-                return "null literal";
-            case token_type::value_string:
-                return "string literal";
-            case lexer::token_type::value_unsigned:
-            case lexer::token_type::value_integer:
-            case lexer::token_type::value_float:
-                return "number literal";
-            case token_type::begin_array:
-                return "'['";
-            case token_type::begin_object:
-                return "'{'";
-            case token_type::end_array:
-                return "']'";
-            case token_type::end_object:
-                return "'}'";
-            case token_type::name_separator:
-                return "':'";
-            case token_type::value_separator:
-                return "','";
-            case token_type::parse_error:
-                return "<parse error>";
-            case token_type::end_of_input:
-                return "end of input";
-            case token_type::literal_or_value:
-                return "'[', '{', or a literal";
-            // LCOV_EXCL_START
-            default: // catch non-enum values
-                return "unknown token";
-                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
-        }
-    }
+    /*!
+    @brief a boolean value was read
+    @param[in] val  boolean value
+    @return whether parsing should proceed
+    */
+    virtual bool boolean(bool val) = 0;
 
-    explicit lexer(detail::input_adapter_t&& adapter)
-        : ia(std::move(adapter)), decimal_point_char(get_decimal_point()) {}
+    /*!
+    @brief an integer number was read
+    @param[in] val  integer value
+    @return whether parsing should proceed
+    */
+    virtual bool number_integer(number_integer_t val) = 0;
 
-    // delete because of pointer members
-    lexer(const lexer&) = delete;
-    lexer& operator=(lexer&) = delete;
+    /*!
+    @brief an unsigned integer number was read
+    @param[in] val  unsigned integer value
+    @return whether parsing should proceed
+    */
+    virtual bool number_unsigned(number_unsigned_t val) = 0;
 
-  private:
-    /////////////////////
-    // locales
-    /////////////////////
+    /*!
+    @brief an floating-point number was read
+    @param[in] val  floating-point value
+    @param[in] s    raw token value
+    @return whether parsing should proceed
+    */
+    virtual bool number_float(number_float_t val, const string_t& s) = 0;
 
-    /// return the locale-dependent decimal point
-    static char get_decimal_point() noexcept
-    {
-        const auto loc = localeconv();
-        assert(loc != nullptr);
-        return (loc->decimal_point == nullptr) ? '.' : *(loc->decimal_point);
-    }
+    /*!
+    @brief a string was read
+    @param[in] val  string value
+    @return whether parsing should proceed
+    @note It is safe to move the passed string.
+    */
+    virtual bool string(string_t& val) = 0;
 
-    /////////////////////
-    // scan functions
-    /////////////////////
+    /*!
+    @brief the beginning of an object was read
+    @param[in] elements  number of object elements or -1 if unknown
+    @return whether parsing should proceed
+    @note binary formats may report the number of elements
+    */
+    virtual bool start_object(std::size_t elements) = 0;
 
     /*!
-    @brief get codepoint from 4 hex characters following `\u`
+    @brief an object key was read
+    @param[in] val  object key
+    @return whether parsing should proceed
+    @note It is safe to move the passed string.
+    */
+    virtual bool key(string_t& val) = 0;
 
-    For input "\u c1 c2 c3 c4" the codepoint is:
-      (c1 * 0x1000) + (c2 * 0x0100) + (c3 * 0x0010) + c4
-    = (c1 << 12) + (c2 << 8) + (c3 << 4) + (c4 << 0)
+    /*!
+    @brief the end of an object was read
+    @return whether parsing should proceed
+    */
+    virtual bool end_object() = 0;
 
-    Furthermore, the possible characters '0'..'9', 'A'..'F', and 'a'..'f'
-    must be converted to the integers 0x0..0x9, 0xA..0xF, 0xA..0xF, resp. The
-    conversion is done by subtracting the offset (0x30, 0x37, and 0x57)
-    between the ASCII value of the character and the desired integer value.
+    /*!
+    @brief the beginning of an array was read
+    @param[in] elements  number of array elements or -1 if unknown
+    @return whether parsing should proceed
+    @note binary formats may report the number of elements
+    */
+    virtual bool start_array(std::size_t elements) = 0;
 
-    @return codepoint (0x0000..0xFFFF) or -1 in case of an error (e.g. EOF or
-            non-hex character)
+    /*!
+    @brief the end of an array was read
+    @return whether parsing should proceed
     */
-    int get_codepoint()
-    {
-        // this function only makes sense after reading `\u`
-        assert(current == 'u');
-        int codepoint = 0;
+    virtual bool end_array() = 0;
 
-        const auto factors = { 12, 8, 4, 0 };
-        for (const auto factor : factors)
-        {
-            get();
+    /*!
+    @brief a parse error occurred
+    @param[in] position    the position in the input where the error occurs
+    @param[in] last_token  the last read token
+    @param[in] ex          an exception object describing the error
+    @return whether parsing should proceed (must return false)
+    */
+    virtual bool parse_error(std::size_t position,
+                             const std::string& last_token,
+                             const detail::exception& ex) = 0;
 
-            if (current >= '0' and current <= '9')
-            {
-                codepoint += ((current - 0x30) << factor);
-            }
-            else if (current >= 'A' and current <= 'F')
-            {
-                codepoint += ((current - 0x37) << factor);
-            }
-            else if (current >= 'a' and current <= 'f')
-            {
-                codepoint += ((current - 0x57) << factor);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                return -1;
-            }
-        }
+    virtual ~json_sax() = default;
+};
 
-        assert(0x0000 <= codepoint and codepoint <= 0xFFFF);
-        return codepoint;
-    }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief check if the next byte(s) are inside a given range
+namespace detail
+{
+/*!
+@brief SAX implementation to create a JSON value from SAX events
 
-    Adds the current byte and, for each passed range, reads a new byte and
-    checks if it is inside the range. If a violation was detected, set up an
-    error message and return false. Otherwise, return true.
+This class implements the @ref json_sax interface and processes the SAX events
+to create a JSON value which makes it basically a DOM parser. The structure or
+hierarchy of the JSON value is managed by the stack `ref_stack` which contains
+a pointer to the respective array or object for each recursion depth.
 
-    @param[in] ranges  list of integers; interpreted as list of pairs of
-                       inclusive lower and upper bound, respectively
+After successful parsing, the value that is passed by reference to the
+constructor contains the parsed value.
 
-    @pre The passed list @a ranges must have 2, 4, or 6 elements; that is,
-         1, 2, or 3 pairs. This precondition is enforced by an assertion.
+@tparam BasicJsonType  the JSON type
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class json_sax_dom_parser
+{
+  public:
+    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
+    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
+    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
+    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
 
-    @return true if and only if no range violation was detected
+    /*!
+    @param[in, out] r  reference to a JSON value that is manipulated while
+                       parsing
+    @param[in] allow_exceptions_  whether parse errors yield exceptions
     */
-    bool next_byte_in_range(std::initializer_list<int> ranges)
+    explicit json_sax_dom_parser(BasicJsonType& r, const bool allow_exceptions_ = true)
+        : root(r), allow_exceptions(allow_exceptions_)
+    {}
+
+    // make class move-only
+    json_sax_dom_parser(const json_sax_dom_parser&) = delete;
+    json_sax_dom_parser(json_sax_dom_parser&&) = default;
+    json_sax_dom_parser& operator=(const json_sax_dom_parser&) = delete;
+    json_sax_dom_parser& operator=(json_sax_dom_parser&&) = default;
+    ~json_sax_dom_parser() = default;
+
+    bool null()
     {
-        assert(ranges.size() == 2 or ranges.size() == 4 or ranges.size() == 6);
-        add(current);
+        handle_value(nullptr);
+        return true;
+    }
 
-        for (auto range = ranges.begin(); range != ranges.end(); ++range)
+    bool boolean(bool val)
+    {
+        handle_value(val);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool number_integer(number_integer_t val)
+    {
+        handle_value(val);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool number_unsigned(number_unsigned_t val)
+    {
+        handle_value(val);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool number_float(number_float_t val, const string_t& /*unused*/)
+    {
+        handle_value(val);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool string(string_t& val)
+    {
+        handle_value(val);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool start_object(std::size_t len)
+    {
+        ref_stack.push_back(handle_value(BasicJsonType::value_t::object));
+
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(len != std::size_t(-1) and len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
         {
-            get();
-            if (JSON_LIKELY(*range <= current and current <= *(++range)))
-            {
-                add(current);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                error_message = "invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte";
-                return false;
-            }
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408,
+                                            "excessive object size: " + std::to_string(len)));
         }
 
         return true;
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief scan a string literal
-
-    This function scans a string according to Sect. 7 of RFC 7159. While
-    scanning, bytes are escaped and copied into buffer token_buffer. Then the
-    function returns successfully, token_buffer is *not* null-terminated (as it
-    may contain \0 bytes), and token_buffer.size() is the number of bytes in the
-    string.
+    bool key(string_t& val)
+    {
+        // add null at given key and store the reference for later
+        object_element = &(ref_stack.back()->m_value.object->operator[](val));
+        return true;
+    }
 
-    @return token_type::value_string if string could be successfully scanned,
-            token_type::parse_error otherwise
+    bool end_object()
+    {
+        ref_stack.pop_back();
+        return true;
+    }
 
-    @note In case of errors, variable error_message contains a textual
-          description.
-    */
-    token_type scan_string()
+    bool start_array(std::size_t len)
     {
-        // reset token_buffer (ignore opening quote)
-        reset();
+        ref_stack.push_back(handle_value(BasicJsonType::value_t::array));
 
-        // we entered the function by reading an open quote
-        assert(current == '\"');
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(len != std::size_t(-1) and len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408,
+                                            "excessive array size: " + std::to_string(len)));
+        }
 
-        while (true)
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool end_array()
+    {
+        ref_stack.pop_back();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool parse_error(std::size_t /*unused*/, const std::string& /*unused*/,
+                     const detail::exception& ex)
+    {
+        errored = true;
+        if (allow_exceptions)
         {
-            // get next character
-            switch (get())
+            // determine the proper exception type from the id
+            switch ((ex.id / 100) % 100)
             {
-                // end of file while parsing string
-                case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
-                {
-                    error_message = "invalid string: missing closing quote";
-                    return token_type::parse_error;
-                }
-
-                // closing quote
-                case '\"':
-                {
-                    return token_type::value_string;
-                }
+                case 1:
+                    JSON_THROW(*static_cast<const detail::parse_error*>(&ex));
+                case 4:
+                    JSON_THROW(*static_cast<const detail::out_of_range*>(&ex));
+                // LCOV_EXCL_START
+                case 2:
+                    JSON_THROW(*static_cast<const detail::invalid_iterator*>(&ex));
+                case 3:
+                    JSON_THROW(*static_cast<const detail::type_error*>(&ex));
+                case 5:
+                    JSON_THROW(*static_cast<const detail::other_error*>(&ex));
+                default:
+                    assert(false);
+                    // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 
-                // escapes
-                case '\\':
-                {
-                    switch (get())
-                    {
-                        // quotation mark
-                        case '\"':
-                            add('\"');
-                            break;
-                        // reverse solidus
-                        case '\\':
-                            add('\\');
-                            break;
-                        // solidus
-                        case '/':
-                            add('/');
-                            break;
-                        // backspace
-                        case 'b':
-                            add('\b');
-                            break;
-                        // form feed
-                        case 'f':
-                            add('\f');
-                            break;
-                        // line feed
-                        case 'n':
-                            add('\n');
-                            break;
-                        // carriage return
-                        case 'r':
-                            add('\r');
-                            break;
-                        // tab
-                        case 't':
-                            add('\t');
-                            break;
+    constexpr bool is_errored() const
+    {
+        return errored;
+    }
 
-                        // unicode escapes
-                        case 'u':
-                        {
-                            const int codepoint1 = get_codepoint();
-                            int codepoint = codepoint1; // start with codepoint1
+  private:
+    /*!
+    @invariant If the ref stack is empty, then the passed value will be the new
+               root.
+    @invariant If the ref stack contains a value, then it is an array or an
+               object to which we can add elements
+    */
+    template<typename Value>
+    BasicJsonType* handle_value(Value&& v)
+    {
+        if (ref_stack.empty())
+        {
+            root = BasicJsonType(std::forward<Value>(v));
+            return &root;
+        }
 
-                            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(codepoint1 == -1))
-                            {
-                                error_message = "invalid string: '\\u' must be followed by 4 hex digits";
-                                return token_type::parse_error;
-                            }
+        assert(ref_stack.back()->is_array() or ref_stack.back()->is_object());
 
-                            // check if code point is a high surrogate
-                            if (0xD800 <= codepoint1 and codepoint1 <= 0xDBFF)
-                            {
-                                // expect next \uxxxx entry
-                                if (JSON_LIKELY(get() == '\\' and get() == 'u'))
-                                {
-                                    const int codepoint2 = get_codepoint();
+        if (ref_stack.back()->is_array())
+        {
+            ref_stack.back()->m_value.array->emplace_back(std::forward<Value>(v));
+            return &(ref_stack.back()->m_value.array->back());
+        }
 
-                                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(codepoint2 == -1))
-                                    {
-                                        error_message = "invalid string: '\\u' must be followed by 4 hex digits";
-                                        return token_type::parse_error;
-                                    }
+        assert(ref_stack.back()->is_object());
+        assert(object_element);
+        *object_element = BasicJsonType(std::forward<Value>(v));
+        return object_element;
+    }
 
-                                    // check if codepoint2 is a low surrogate
-                                    if (JSON_LIKELY(0xDC00 <= codepoint2 and codepoint2 <= 0xDFFF))
-                                    {
-                                        // overwrite codepoint
-                                        codepoint =
-                                            // high surrogate occupies the most significant 22 bits
-                                            (codepoint1 << 10)
-                                            // low surrogate occupies the least significant 15 bits
-                                            + codepoint2
-                                            // there is still the 0xD800, 0xDC00 and 0x10000 noise
-                                            // in the result so we have to subtract with:
-                                            // (0xD800 << 10) + DC00 - 0x10000 = 0x35FDC00
-                                            - 0x35FDC00;
-                                    }
-                                    else
-                                    {
-                                        error_message = "invalid string: surrogate U+DC00..U+DFFF must be followed by U+DC00..U+DFFF";
-                                        return token_type::parse_error;
-                                    }
-                                }
-                                else
-                                {
-                                    error_message = "invalid string: surrogate U+DC00..U+DFFF must be followed by U+DC00..U+DFFF";
-                                    return token_type::parse_error;
-                                }
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(0xDC00 <= codepoint1 and codepoint1 <= 0xDFFF))
-                                {
-                                    error_message = "invalid string: surrogate U+DC00..U+DFFF must follow U+D800..U+DBFF";
-                                    return token_type::parse_error;
-                                }
-                            }
+    /// the parsed JSON value
+    BasicJsonType& root;
+    /// stack to model hierarchy of values
+    std::vector<BasicJsonType*> ref_stack {};
+    /// helper to hold the reference for the next object element
+    BasicJsonType* object_element = nullptr;
+    /// whether a syntax error occurred
+    bool errored = false;
+    /// whether to throw exceptions in case of errors
+    const bool allow_exceptions = true;
+};
 
-                            // result of the above calculation yields a proper codepoint
-                            assert(0x00 <= codepoint and codepoint <= 0x10FFFF);
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
+{
+  public:
+    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
+    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
+    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
+    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
+    using parser_callback_t = typename BasicJsonType::parser_callback_t;
+    using parse_event_t = typename BasicJsonType::parse_event_t;
 
-                            // translate codepoint into bytes
-                            if (codepoint < 0x80)
-                            {
-                                // 1-byte characters: 0xxxxxxx (ASCII)
-                                add(codepoint);
-                            }
-                            else if (codepoint <= 0x7FF)
-                            {
-                                // 2-byte characters: 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx
-                                add(0xC0 | (codepoint >> 6));
-                                add(0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3F));
-                            }
-                            else if (codepoint <= 0xFFFF)
-                            {
-                                // 3-byte characters: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
-                                add(0xE0 | (codepoint >> 12));
-                                add(0x80 | ((codepoint >> 6) & 0x3F));
-                                add(0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3F));
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                // 4-byte characters: 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
-                                add(0xF0 | (codepoint >> 18));
-                                add(0x80 | ((codepoint >> 12) & 0x3F));
-                                add(0x80 | ((codepoint >> 6) & 0x3F));
-                                add(0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3F));
-                            }
+    json_sax_dom_callback_parser(BasicJsonType& r,
+                                 const parser_callback_t cb,
+                                 const bool allow_exceptions_ = true)
+        : root(r), callback(cb), allow_exceptions(allow_exceptions_)
+    {
+        keep_stack.push_back(true);
+    }
 
-                            break;
-                        }
+    // make class move-only
+    json_sax_dom_callback_parser(const json_sax_dom_callback_parser&) = delete;
+    json_sax_dom_callback_parser(json_sax_dom_callback_parser&&) = default;
+    json_sax_dom_callback_parser& operator=(const json_sax_dom_callback_parser&) = delete;
+    json_sax_dom_callback_parser& operator=(json_sax_dom_callback_parser&&) = default;
+    ~json_sax_dom_callback_parser() = default;
 
-                        // other characters after escape
-                        default:
-                            error_message = "invalid string: forbidden character after backslash";
-                            return token_type::parse_error;
-                    }
+    bool null()
+    {
+        handle_value(nullptr);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool boolean(bool val)
+    {
+        handle_value(val);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool number_integer(number_integer_t val)
+    {
+        handle_value(val);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool number_unsigned(number_unsigned_t val)
+    {
+        handle_value(val);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool number_float(number_float_t val, const string_t& /*unused*/)
+    {
+        handle_value(val);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool string(string_t& val)
+    {
+        handle_value(val);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool start_object(std::size_t len)
+    {
+        // check callback for object start
+        const bool keep = callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()), parse_event_t::object_start, discarded);
+        keep_stack.push_back(keep);
+
+        auto val = handle_value(BasicJsonType::value_t::object, true);
+        ref_stack.push_back(val.second);
+
+        // check object limit
+        if (ref_stack.back() and JSON_UNLIKELY(len != std::size_t(-1) and len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, "excessive object size: " + std::to_string(len)));
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
 
+    bool key(string_t& val)
+    {
+        BasicJsonType k = BasicJsonType(val);
+
+        // check callback for key
+        const bool keep = callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()), parse_event_t::key, k);
+        key_keep_stack.push_back(keep);
+
+        // add discarded value at given key and store the reference for later
+        if (keep and ref_stack.back())
+        {
+            object_element = &(ref_stack.back()->m_value.object->operator[](val) = discarded);
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool end_object()
+    {
+        if (ref_stack.back() and not callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()) - 1, parse_event_t::object_end, *ref_stack.back()))
+        {
+            // discard object
+            *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
+        }
+
+        assert(not ref_stack.empty());
+        assert(not keep_stack.empty());
+        ref_stack.pop_back();
+        keep_stack.pop_back();
+
+        if (not ref_stack.empty() and ref_stack.back() and ref_stack.back()->is_object())
+        {
+            // remove discarded value
+            for (auto it = ref_stack.back()->begin(); it != ref_stack.back()->end(); ++it)
+            {
+                if (it->is_discarded())
+                {
+                    ref_stack.back()->erase(it);
                     break;
                 }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool start_array(std::size_t len)
+    {
+        const bool keep = callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()), parse_event_t::array_start, discarded);
+        keep_stack.push_back(keep);
+
+        auto val = handle_value(BasicJsonType::value_t::array, true);
+        ref_stack.push_back(val.second);
+
+        // check array limit
+        if (ref_stack.back() and JSON_UNLIKELY(len != std::size_t(-1) and len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, "excessive array size: " + std::to_string(len)));
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool end_array()
+    {
+        bool keep = true;
+
+        if (ref_stack.back())
+        {
+            keep = callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()) - 1, parse_event_t::array_end, *ref_stack.back());
+            if (not keep)
+            {
+                // discard array
+                *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
+            }
+        }
+
+        assert(not ref_stack.empty());
+        assert(not keep_stack.empty());
+        ref_stack.pop_back();
+        keep_stack.pop_back();
+
+        // remove discarded value
+        if (not keep and not ref_stack.empty() and ref_stack.back()->is_array())
+        {
+            ref_stack.back()->m_value.array->pop_back();
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool parse_error(std::size_t /*unused*/, const std::string& /*unused*/,
+                     const detail::exception& ex)
+    {
+        errored = true;
+        if (allow_exceptions)
+        {
+            // determine the proper exception type from the id
+            switch ((ex.id / 100) % 100)
+            {
+                case 1:
+                    JSON_THROW(*static_cast<const detail::parse_error*>(&ex));
+                case 4:
+                    JSON_THROW(*static_cast<const detail::out_of_range*>(&ex));
+                // LCOV_EXCL_START
+                case 2:
+                    JSON_THROW(*static_cast<const detail::invalid_iterator*>(&ex));
+                case 3:
+                    JSON_THROW(*static_cast<const detail::type_error*>(&ex));
+                case 5:
+                    JSON_THROW(*static_cast<const detail::other_error*>(&ex));
+                default:
+                    assert(false);
+                    // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    constexpr bool is_errored() const
+    {
+        return errored;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /*!
+    @param[in] v  value to add to the JSON value we build during parsing
+    @param[in] skip_callback  whether we should skip calling the callback
+               function; this is required after start_array() and
+               start_object() SAX events, because otherwise we would call the
+               callback function with an empty array or object, respectively.
+
+    @invariant If the ref stack is empty, then the passed value will be the new
+               root.
+    @invariant If the ref stack contains a value, then it is an array or an
+               object to which we can add elements
+
+    @return pair of boolean (whether value should be kept) and pointer (to the
+            passed value in the ref_stack hierarchy; nullptr if not kept)
+    */
+    template<typename Value>
+    std::pair<bool, BasicJsonType*> handle_value(Value&& v, const bool skip_callback = false)
+    {
+        assert(not keep_stack.empty());
+
+        // do not handle this value if we know it would be added to a discarded
+        // container
+        if (not keep_stack.back())
+        {
+            return {false, nullptr};
+        }
+
+        // create value
+        auto value = BasicJsonType(std::forward<Value>(v));
+
+        // check callback
+        const bool keep = skip_callback or callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()), parse_event_t::value, value);
+
+        // do not handle this value if we just learnt it shall be discarded
+        if (not keep)
+        {
+            return {false, nullptr};
+        }
+
+        if (ref_stack.empty())
+        {
+            root = std::move(value);
+            return {true, &root};
+        }
+
+        // skip this value if we already decided to skip the parent
+        // (https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/971#issuecomment-413678360)
+        if (not ref_stack.back())
+        {
+            return {false, nullptr};
+        }
+
+        // we now only expect arrays and objects
+        assert(ref_stack.back()->is_array() or ref_stack.back()->is_object());
+
+        // array
+        if (ref_stack.back()->is_array())
+        {
+            ref_stack.back()->m_value.array->push_back(std::move(value));
+            return {true, &(ref_stack.back()->m_value.array->back())};
+        }
+
+        // object
+        assert(ref_stack.back()->is_object());
+        // check if we should store an element for the current key
+        assert(not key_keep_stack.empty());
+        const bool store_element = key_keep_stack.back();
+        key_keep_stack.pop_back();
+
+        if (not store_element)
+        {
+            return {false, nullptr};
+        }
+
+        assert(object_element);
+        *object_element = std::move(value);
+        return {true, object_element};
+    }
+
+    /// the parsed JSON value
+    BasicJsonType& root;
+    /// stack to model hierarchy of values
+    std::vector<BasicJsonType*> ref_stack {};
+    /// stack to manage which values to keep
+    std::vector<bool> keep_stack {};
+    /// stack to manage which object keys to keep
+    std::vector<bool> key_keep_stack {};
+    /// helper to hold the reference for the next object element
+    BasicJsonType* object_element = nullptr;
+    /// whether a syntax error occurred
+    bool errored = false;
+    /// callback function
+    const parser_callback_t callback = nullptr;
+    /// whether to throw exceptions in case of errors
+    const bool allow_exceptions = true;
+    /// a discarded value for the callback
+    BasicJsonType discarded = BasicJsonType::value_t::discarded;
+};
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class json_sax_acceptor
+{
+  public:
+    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
+    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
+    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
+    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
+
+    bool null()
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool boolean(bool /*unused*/)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool number_integer(number_integer_t /*unused*/)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool number_unsigned(number_unsigned_t /*unused*/)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool number_float(number_float_t /*unused*/, const string_t& /*unused*/)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool string(string_t& /*unused*/)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool start_object(std::size_t  /*unused*/ = std::size_t(-1))
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool key(string_t& /*unused*/)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool end_object()
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool start_array(std::size_t  /*unused*/ = std::size_t(-1))
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool end_array()
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool parse_error(std::size_t /*unused*/, const std::string& /*unused*/, const detail::exception& /*unused*/)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+};
+}  // namespace detail
+
+}  // namespace nlohmann
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/is_sax.hpp>
+
+
+#include <cstdint> // size_t
+#include <utility> // declval
+#include <string> // string
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/detected.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+template <typename T>
+using null_function_t = decltype(std::declval<T&>().null());
+
+template <typename T>
+using boolean_function_t =
+    decltype(std::declval<T&>().boolean(std::declval<bool>()));
+
+template <typename T, typename Integer>
+using number_integer_function_t =
+    decltype(std::declval<T&>().number_integer(std::declval<Integer>()));
+
+template <typename T, typename Unsigned>
+using number_unsigned_function_t =
+    decltype(std::declval<T&>().number_unsigned(std::declval<Unsigned>()));
+
+template <typename T, typename Float, typename String>
+using number_float_function_t = decltype(std::declval<T&>().number_float(
+                                    std::declval<Float>(), std::declval<const String&>()));
+
+template <typename T, typename String>
+using string_function_t =
+    decltype(std::declval<T&>().string(std::declval<String&>()));
+
+template <typename T>
+using start_object_function_t =
+    decltype(std::declval<T&>().start_object(std::declval<std::size_t>()));
+
+template <typename T, typename String>
+using key_function_t =
+    decltype(std::declval<T&>().key(std::declval<String&>()));
+
+template <typename T>
+using end_object_function_t = decltype(std::declval<T&>().end_object());
+
+template <typename T>
+using start_array_function_t =
+    decltype(std::declval<T&>().start_array(std::declval<std::size_t>()));
+
+template <typename T>
+using end_array_function_t = decltype(std::declval<T&>().end_array());
+
+template <typename T, typename Exception>
+using parse_error_function_t = decltype(std::declval<T&>().parse_error(
+        std::declval<std::size_t>(), std::declval<const std::string&>(),
+        std::declval<const Exception&>()));
+
+template <typename SAX, typename BasicJsonType>
+struct is_sax
+{
+  private:
+    static_assert(is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value,
+                  "BasicJsonType must be of type basic_json<...>");
+
+    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
+    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
+    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
+    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
+    using exception_t = typename BasicJsonType::exception;
+
+  public:
+    static constexpr bool value =
+        is_detected_exact<bool, null_function_t, SAX>::value &&
+        is_detected_exact<bool, boolean_function_t, SAX>::value &&
+        is_detected_exact<bool, number_integer_function_t, SAX,
+        number_integer_t>::value &&
+        is_detected_exact<bool, number_unsigned_function_t, SAX,
+        number_unsigned_t>::value &&
+        is_detected_exact<bool, number_float_function_t, SAX, number_float_t,
+        string_t>::value &&
+        is_detected_exact<bool, string_function_t, SAX, string_t>::value &&
+        is_detected_exact<bool, start_object_function_t, SAX>::value &&
+        is_detected_exact<bool, key_function_t, SAX, string_t>::value &&
+        is_detected_exact<bool, end_object_function_t, SAX>::value &&
+        is_detected_exact<bool, start_array_function_t, SAX>::value &&
+        is_detected_exact<bool, end_array_function_t, SAX>::value &&
+        is_detected_exact<bool, parse_error_function_t, SAX, exception_t>::value;
+};
+
+template <typename SAX, typename BasicJsonType>
+struct is_sax_static_asserts
+{
+  private:
+    static_assert(is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value,
+                  "BasicJsonType must be of type basic_json<...>");
+
+    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
+    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
+    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
+    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
+    using exception_t = typename BasicJsonType::exception;
+
+  public:
+    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, null_function_t, SAX>::value,
+                  "Missing/invalid function: bool null()");
+    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, boolean_function_t, SAX>::value,
+                  "Missing/invalid function: bool boolean(bool)");
+    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, boolean_function_t, SAX>::value,
+                  "Missing/invalid function: bool boolean(bool)");
+    static_assert(
+        is_detected_exact<bool, number_integer_function_t, SAX,
+        number_integer_t>::value,
+        "Missing/invalid function: bool number_integer(number_integer_t)");
+    static_assert(
+        is_detected_exact<bool, number_unsigned_function_t, SAX,
+        number_unsigned_t>::value,
+        "Missing/invalid function: bool number_unsigned(number_unsigned_t)");
+    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, number_float_function_t, SAX,
+                  number_float_t, string_t>::value,
+                  "Missing/invalid function: bool number_float(number_float_t, const string_t&)");
+    static_assert(
+        is_detected_exact<bool, string_function_t, SAX, string_t>::value,
+        "Missing/invalid function: bool string(string_t&)");
+    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, start_object_function_t, SAX>::value,
+                  "Missing/invalid function: bool start_object(std::size_t)");
+    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, key_function_t, SAX, string_t>::value,
+                  "Missing/invalid function: bool key(string_t&)");
+    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, end_object_function_t, SAX>::value,
+                  "Missing/invalid function: bool end_object()");
+    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, start_array_function_t, SAX>::value,
+                  "Missing/invalid function: bool start_array(std::size_t)");
+    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, end_array_function_t, SAX>::value,
+                  "Missing/invalid function: bool end_array()");
+    static_assert(
+        is_detected_exact<bool, parse_error_function_t, SAX, exception_t>::value,
+        "Missing/invalid function: bool parse_error(std::size_t, const "
+        "std::string&, const exception&)");
+};
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+///////////////////
+// binary reader //
+///////////////////
+
+/*!
+@brief deserialization of CBOR, MessagePack, and UBJSON values
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename SAX = json_sax_dom_parser<BasicJsonType>>
+class binary_reader
+{
+    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
+    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
+    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
+    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
+    using json_sax_t = SAX;
+
+  public:
+    /*!
+    @brief create a binary reader
+
+    @param[in] adapter  input adapter to read from
+    */
+    explicit binary_reader(input_adapter_t adapter) : ia(std::move(adapter))
+    {
+        (void)detail::is_sax_static_asserts<SAX, BasicJsonType> {};
+        assert(ia);
+    }
+
+    // make class move-only
+    binary_reader(const binary_reader&) = delete;
+    binary_reader(binary_reader&&) = default;
+    binary_reader& operator=(const binary_reader&) = delete;
+    binary_reader& operator=(binary_reader&&) = default;
+    ~binary_reader() = default;
+
+    /*!
+    @param[in] format  the binary format to parse
+    @param[in] sax_    a SAX event processor
+    @param[in] strict  whether to expect the input to be consumed completed
+
+    @return
+    */
+    bool sax_parse(const input_format_t format,
+                   json_sax_t* sax_,
+                   const bool strict = true)
+    {
+        sax = sax_;
+        bool result = false;
+
+        switch (format)
+        {
+            case input_format_t::bson:
+                result = parse_bson_internal();
+                break;
+
+            case input_format_t::cbor:
+                result = parse_cbor_internal();
+                break;
+
+            case input_format_t::msgpack:
+                result = parse_msgpack_internal();
+                break;
+
+            case input_format_t::ubjson:
+                result = parse_ubjson_internal();
+                break;
+
+            default:            // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+                assert(false);  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+        }
+
+        // strict mode: next byte must be EOF
+        if (result and strict)
+        {
+            if (format == input_format_t::ubjson)
+            {
+                get_ignore_noop();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                get();
+            }
+
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current != std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
+            {
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(),
+                                        parse_error::create(110, chars_read, exception_message(format, "expected end of input; last byte: 0x" + get_token_string(), "value")));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief determine system byte order
+
+    @return true if and only if system's byte order is little endian
+
+    @note from http://stackoverflow.com/a/1001328/266378
+    */
+    static constexpr bool little_endianess(int num = 1) noexcept
+    {
+        return *reinterpret_cast<char*>(&num) == 1;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    //////////
+    // BSON //
+    //////////
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Reads in a BSON-object and passes it to the SAX-parser.
+    @return whether a valid BSON-value was passed to the SAX parser
+    */
+    bool parse_bson_internal()
+    {
+        std::int32_t document_size;
+        get_number<std::int32_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, document_size);
+
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_object(std::size_t(-1))))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_bson_element_list(/*is_array*/false)))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return sax->end_object();
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Parses a C-style string from the BSON input.
+    @param[in, out] result  A reference to the string variable where the read
+                            string is to be stored.
+    @return `true` if the \x00-byte indicating the end of the string was
+             encountered before the EOF; false` indicates an unexpected EOF.
+    */
+    bool get_bson_cstr(string_t& result)
+    {
+        auto out = std::back_inserter(result);
+        while (true)
+        {
+            get();
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::bson, "cstring")))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (current == 0x00)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            *out++ = static_cast<char>(current);
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Parses a zero-terminated string of length @a len from the BSON
+           input.
+    @param[in] len  The length (including the zero-byte at the end) of the
+                    string to be read.
+    @param[in, out] result  A reference to the string variable where the read
+                            string is to be stored.
+    @tparam NumberType The type of the length @a len
+    @pre len >= 1
+    @return `true` if the string was successfully parsed
+    */
+    template<typename NumberType>
+    bool get_bson_string(const NumberType len, string_t& result)
+    {
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(len < 1))
+        {
+            auto last_token = get_token_string();
+            return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::bson, "string length must be at least 1, is " + std::to_string(len), "string")));
+        }
+
+        return get_string(input_format_t::bson, len - static_cast<NumberType>(1), result) and get() != std::char_traits<char>::eof();
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Read a BSON document element of the given @a element_type.
+    @param[in] element_type The BSON element type, c.f. http://bsonspec.org/spec.html
+    @param[in] element_type_parse_position The position in the input stream,
+               where the `element_type` was read.
+    @warning Not all BSON element types are supported yet. An unsupported
+             @a element_type will give rise to a parse_error.114:
+             Unsupported BSON record type 0x...
+    @return whether a valid BSON-object/array was passed to the SAX parser
+    */
+    bool parse_bson_element_internal(const int element_type,
+                                     const std::size_t element_type_parse_position)
+    {
+        switch (element_type)
+        {
+            case 0x01: // double
+            {
+                double number;
+                return get_number<double, true>(input_format_t::bson, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+            }
+
+            case 0x02: // string
+            {
+                std::int32_t len;
+                string_t value;
+                return get_number<std::int32_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, len) and get_bson_string(len, value) and sax->string(value);
+            }
+
+            case 0x03: // object
+            {
+                return parse_bson_internal();
+            }
+
+            case 0x04: // array
+            {
+                return parse_bson_array();
+            }
+
+            case 0x08: // boolean
+            {
+                return sax->boolean(get() != 0);
+            }
+
+            case 0x0A: // null
+            {
+                return sax->null();
+            }
+
+            case 0x10: // int32
+            {
+                std::int32_t value;
+                return get_number<std::int32_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, value) and sax->number_integer(value);
+            }
+
+            case 0x12: // int64
+            {
+                std::int64_t value;
+                return get_number<std::int64_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, value) and sax->number_integer(value);
+            }
+
+            default: // anything else not supported (yet)
+            {
+                std::array<char, 3> cr{{}};
+                (std::snprintf)(cr.data(), cr.size(), "%.2hhX", static_cast<unsigned char>(element_type));
+                return sax->parse_error(element_type_parse_position, std::string(cr.data()), parse_error::create(114, element_type_parse_position, "Unsupported BSON record type 0x" + std::string(cr.data())));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Read a BSON element list (as specified in the BSON-spec)
+
+    The same binary layout is used for objects and arrays, hence it must be
+    indicated with the argument @a is_array which one is expected
+    (true --> array, false --> object).
+
+    @param[in] is_array Determines if the element list being read is to be
+                        treated as an object (@a is_array == false), or as an
+                        array (@a is_array == true).
+    @return whether a valid BSON-object/array was passed to the SAX parser
+    */
+    bool parse_bson_element_list(const bool is_array)
+    {
+        string_t key;
+        while (int element_type = get())
+        {
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::bson, "element list")))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            const std::size_t element_type_parse_position = chars_read;
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_bson_cstr(key)))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (not is_array and not sax->key(key))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_bson_element_internal(element_type, element_type_parse_position)))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // get_bson_cstr only appends
+            key.clear();
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Reads an array from the BSON input and passes it to the SAX-parser.
+    @return whether a valid BSON-array was passed to the SAX parser
+    */
+    bool parse_bson_array()
+    {
+        std::int32_t document_size;
+        get_number<std::int32_t, true>(input_format_t::bson, document_size);
+
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_array(std::size_t(-1))))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_bson_element_list(/*is_array*/true)))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return sax->end_array();
+    }
+
+    //////////
+    // CBOR //
+    //////////
+
+    /*!
+    @param[in] get_char  whether a new character should be retrieved from the
+                         input (true, default) or whether the last read
+                         character should be considered instead
+
+    @return whether a valid CBOR value was passed to the SAX parser
+    */
+    bool parse_cbor_internal(const bool get_char = true)
+    {
+        switch (get_char ? get() : current)
+        {
+            // EOF
+            case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
+                return unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "value");
+
+            // Integer 0x00..0x17 (0..23)
+            case 0x00:
+            case 0x01:
+            case 0x02:
+            case 0x03:
+            case 0x04:
+            case 0x05:
+            case 0x06:
+            case 0x07:
+            case 0x08:
+            case 0x09:
+            case 0x0A:
+            case 0x0B:
+            case 0x0C:
+            case 0x0D:
+            case 0x0E:
+            case 0x0F:
+            case 0x10:
+            case 0x11:
+            case 0x12:
+            case 0x13:
+            case 0x14:
+            case 0x15:
+            case 0x16:
+            case 0x17:
+                return sax->number_unsigned(static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(current));
+
+            case 0x18: // Unsigned integer (one-byte uint8_t follows)
+            {
+                std::uint8_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+            }
+
+            case 0x19: // Unsigned integer (two-byte uint16_t follows)
+            {
+                std::uint16_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+            }
+
+            case 0x1A: // Unsigned integer (four-byte uint32_t follows)
+            {
+                std::uint32_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+            }
+
+            case 0x1B: // Unsigned integer (eight-byte uint64_t follows)
+            {
+                std::uint64_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+            }
+
+            // Negative integer -1-0x00..-1-0x17 (-1..-24)
+            case 0x20:
+            case 0x21:
+            case 0x22:
+            case 0x23:
+            case 0x24:
+            case 0x25:
+            case 0x26:
+            case 0x27:
+            case 0x28:
+            case 0x29:
+            case 0x2A:
+            case 0x2B:
+            case 0x2C:
+            case 0x2D:
+            case 0x2E:
+            case 0x2F:
+            case 0x30:
+            case 0x31:
+            case 0x32:
+            case 0x33:
+            case 0x34:
+            case 0x35:
+            case 0x36:
+            case 0x37:
+                return sax->number_integer(static_cast<std::int8_t>(0x20 - 1 - current));
+
+            case 0x38: // Negative integer (one-byte uint8_t follows)
+            {
+                std::uint8_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
+            }
+
+            case 0x39: // Negative integer -1-n (two-byte uint16_t follows)
+            {
+                std::uint16_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
+            }
+
+            case 0x3A: // Negative integer -1-n (four-byte uint32_t follows)
+            {
+                std::uint32_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
+            }
+
+            case 0x3B: // Negative integer -1-n (eight-byte uint64_t follows)
+            {
+                std::uint64_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1)
+                        - static_cast<number_integer_t>(number));
+            }
+
+            // UTF-8 string (0x00..0x17 bytes follow)
+            case 0x60:
+            case 0x61:
+            case 0x62:
+            case 0x63:
+            case 0x64:
+            case 0x65:
+            case 0x66:
+            case 0x67:
+            case 0x68:
+            case 0x69:
+            case 0x6A:
+            case 0x6B:
+            case 0x6C:
+            case 0x6D:
+            case 0x6E:
+            case 0x6F:
+            case 0x70:
+            case 0x71:
+            case 0x72:
+            case 0x73:
+            case 0x74:
+            case 0x75:
+            case 0x76:
+            case 0x77:
+            case 0x78: // UTF-8 string (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
+            case 0x79: // UTF-8 string (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
+            case 0x7A: // UTF-8 string (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
+            case 0x7B: // UTF-8 string (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
+            case 0x7F: // UTF-8 string (indefinite length)
+            {
+                string_t s;
+                return get_cbor_string(s) and sax->string(s);
+            }
+
+            // array (0x00..0x17 data items follow)
+            case 0x80:
+            case 0x81:
+            case 0x82:
+            case 0x83:
+            case 0x84:
+            case 0x85:
+            case 0x86:
+            case 0x87:
+            case 0x88:
+            case 0x89:
+            case 0x8A:
+            case 0x8B:
+            case 0x8C:
+            case 0x8D:
+            case 0x8E:
+            case 0x8F:
+            case 0x90:
+            case 0x91:
+            case 0x92:
+            case 0x93:
+            case 0x94:
+            case 0x95:
+            case 0x96:
+            case 0x97:
+                return get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(static_cast<unsigned int>(current) & 0x1Fu));
+
+            case 0x98: // array (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
+            {
+                std::uint8_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+            }
+
+            case 0x99: // array (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
+            {
+                std::uint16_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+            }
+
+            case 0x9A: // array (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
+            {
+                std::uint32_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+            }
+
+            case 0x9B: // array (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
+            {
+                std::uint64_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+            }
+
+            case 0x9F: // array (indefinite length)
+                return get_cbor_array(std::size_t(-1));
+
+            // map (0x00..0x17 pairs of data items follow)
+            case 0xA0:
+            case 0xA1:
+            case 0xA2:
+            case 0xA3:
+            case 0xA4:
+            case 0xA5:
+            case 0xA6:
+            case 0xA7:
+            case 0xA8:
+            case 0xA9:
+            case 0xAA:
+            case 0xAB:
+            case 0xAC:
+            case 0xAD:
+            case 0xAE:
+            case 0xAF:
+            case 0xB0:
+            case 0xB1:
+            case 0xB2:
+            case 0xB3:
+            case 0xB4:
+            case 0xB5:
+            case 0xB6:
+            case 0xB7:
+                return get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(static_cast<unsigned int>(current) & 0x1Fu));
+
+            case 0xB8: // map (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
+            {
+                std::uint8_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+            }
+
+            case 0xB9: // map (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
+            {
+                std::uint16_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+            }
+
+            case 0xBA: // map (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
+            {
+                std::uint32_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+            }
 
-                // invalid control characters
-                case 0x00:
-                case 0x01:
-                case 0x02:
-                case 0x03:
-                case 0x04:
-                case 0x05:
-                case 0x06:
-                case 0x07:
-                case 0x08:
-                case 0x09:
-                case 0x0A:
-                case 0x0B:
-                case 0x0C:
-                case 0x0D:
-                case 0x0E:
-                case 0x0F:
-                case 0x10:
-                case 0x11:
-                case 0x12:
-                case 0x13:
-                case 0x14:
-                case 0x15:
-                case 0x16:
-                case 0x17:
-                case 0x18:
-                case 0x19:
-                case 0x1A:
-                case 0x1B:
-                case 0x1C:
-                case 0x1D:
-                case 0x1E:
-                case 0x1F:
-                {
-                    error_message = "invalid string: control character must be escaped";
-                    return token_type::parse_error;
-                }
+            case 0xBB: // map (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
+            {
+                std::uint64_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+            }
 
-                // U+0020..U+007F (except U+0022 (quote) and U+005C (backspace))
-                case 0x20:
-                case 0x21:
-                case 0x23:
-                case 0x24:
-                case 0x25:
-                case 0x26:
-                case 0x27:
-                case 0x28:
-                case 0x29:
-                case 0x2A:
-                case 0x2B:
-                case 0x2C:
-                case 0x2D:
-                case 0x2E:
-                case 0x2F:
-                case 0x30:
-                case 0x31:
-                case 0x32:
-                case 0x33:
-                case 0x34:
-                case 0x35:
-                case 0x36:
-                case 0x37:
-                case 0x38:
-                case 0x39:
-                case 0x3A:
-                case 0x3B:
-                case 0x3C:
-                case 0x3D:
-                case 0x3E:
-                case 0x3F:
-                case 0x40:
-                case 0x41:
-                case 0x42:
-                case 0x43:
-                case 0x44:
-                case 0x45:
-                case 0x46:
-                case 0x47:
-                case 0x48:
-                case 0x49:
-                case 0x4A:
-                case 0x4B:
-                case 0x4C:
-                case 0x4D:
-                case 0x4E:
-                case 0x4F:
-                case 0x50:
-                case 0x51:
-                case 0x52:
-                case 0x53:
-                case 0x54:
-                case 0x55:
-                case 0x56:
-                case 0x57:
-                case 0x58:
-                case 0x59:
-                case 0x5A:
-                case 0x5B:
-                case 0x5D:
-                case 0x5E:
-                case 0x5F:
-                case 0x60:
-                case 0x61:
-                case 0x62:
-                case 0x63:
-                case 0x64:
-                case 0x65:
-                case 0x66:
-                case 0x67:
-                case 0x68:
-                case 0x69:
-                case 0x6A:
-                case 0x6B:
-                case 0x6C:
-                case 0x6D:
-                case 0x6E:
-                case 0x6F:
-                case 0x70:
-                case 0x71:
-                case 0x72:
-                case 0x73:
-                case 0x74:
-                case 0x75:
-                case 0x76:
-                case 0x77:
-                case 0x78:
-                case 0x79:
-                case 0x7A:
-                case 0x7B:
-                case 0x7C:
-                case 0x7D:
-                case 0x7E:
-                case 0x7F:
-                {
-                    add(current);
-                    break;
-                }
+            case 0xBF: // map (indefinite length)
+                return get_cbor_object(std::size_t(-1));
 
-                // U+0080..U+07FF: bytes C2..DF 80..BF
-                case 0xC2:
-                case 0xC3:
-                case 0xC4:
-                case 0xC5:
-                case 0xC6:
-                case 0xC7:
-                case 0xC8:
-                case 0xC9:
-                case 0xCA:
-                case 0xCB:
-                case 0xCC:
-                case 0xCD:
-                case 0xCE:
-                case 0xCF:
-                case 0xD0:
-                case 0xD1:
-                case 0xD2:
-                case 0xD3:
-                case 0xD4:
-                case 0xD5:
-                case 0xD6:
-                case 0xD7:
-                case 0xD8:
-                case 0xD9:
-                case 0xDA:
-                case 0xDB:
-                case 0xDC:
-                case 0xDD:
-                case 0xDE:
-                case 0xDF:
-                {
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF})))
-                    {
-                        return token_type::parse_error;
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
+            case 0xF4: // false
+                return sax->boolean(false);
 
-                // U+0800..U+0FFF: bytes E0 A0..BF 80..BF
-                case 0xE0:
-                {
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0xA0, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
-                    {
-                        return token_type::parse_error;
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
+            case 0xF5: // true
+                return sax->boolean(true);
 
-                // U+1000..U+CFFF: bytes E1..EC 80..BF 80..BF
-                // U+E000..U+FFFF: bytes EE..EF 80..BF 80..BF
-                case 0xE1:
-                case 0xE2:
-                case 0xE3:
-                case 0xE4:
-                case 0xE5:
-                case 0xE6:
-                case 0xE7:
-                case 0xE8:
-                case 0xE9:
-                case 0xEA:
-                case 0xEB:
-                case 0xEC:
-                case 0xEE:
-                case 0xEF:
-                {
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
-                    {
-                        return token_type::parse_error;
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
+            case 0xF6: // null
+                return sax->null();
 
-                // U+D000..U+D7FF: bytes ED 80..9F 80..BF
-                case 0xED:
+            case 0xF9: // Half-Precision Float (two-byte IEEE 754)
+            {
+                const int byte1_raw = get();
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "number")))
                 {
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0x9F, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
-                    {
-                        return token_type::parse_error;
-                    }
-                    break;
+                    return false;
                 }
-
-                // U+10000..U+3FFFF F0 90..BF 80..BF 80..BF
-                case 0xF0:
+                const int byte2_raw = get();
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "number")))
                 {
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0x90, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
-                    {
-                        return token_type::parse_error;
-                    }
-                    break;
+                    return false;
                 }
 
-                // U+40000..U+FFFFF F1..F3 80..BF 80..BF 80..BF
-                case 0xF1:
-                case 0xF2:
-                case 0xF3:
-                {
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
-                    {
-                        return token_type::parse_error;
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
+                const auto byte1 = static_cast<unsigned char>(byte1_raw);
+                const auto byte2 = static_cast<unsigned char>(byte2_raw);
 
-                // U+100000..U+10FFFF F4 80..8F 80..BF 80..BF
-                case 0xF4:
+                // code from RFC 7049, Appendix D, Figure 3:
+                // As half-precision floating-point numbers were only added
+                // to IEEE 754 in 2008, today's programming platforms often
+                // still only have limited support for them. It is very
+                // easy to include at least decoding support for them even
+                // without such support. An example of a small decoder for
+                // half-precision floating-point numbers in the C language
+                // is shown in Fig. 3.
+                const auto half = static_cast<unsigned int>((byte1 << 8u) + byte2);
+                const double val = [&half]
                 {
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0x8F, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    const int exp = (half >> 10u) & 0x1Fu;
+                    const unsigned int mant = half & 0x3FFu;
+                    assert(0 <= exp and exp <= 32);
+                    assert(0 <= mant and mant <= 1024);
+                    switch (exp)
                     {
-                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                        case 0:
+                            return std::ldexp(mant, -24);
+                        case 31:
+                            return (mant == 0)
+                            ? std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity()
+                            : std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN();
+                        default:
+                            return std::ldexp(mant + 1024, exp - 25);
                     }
-                    break;
-                }
+                }();
+                return sax->number_float((half & 0x8000u) != 0
+                                         ? static_cast<number_float_t>(-val)
+                                         : static_cast<number_float_t>(val), "");
+            }
 
-                // remaining bytes (80..C1 and F5..FF) are ill-formed
-                default:
-                {
-                    error_message = "invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte";
-                    return token_type::parse_error;
-                }
+            case 0xFA: // Single-Precision Float (four-byte IEEE 754)
+            {
+                float number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+            }
+
+            case 0xFB: // Double-Precision Float (eight-byte IEEE 754)
+            {
+                double number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+            }
+
+            default: // anything else (0xFF is handled inside the other types)
+            {
+                auto last_token = get_token_string();
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::cbor, "invalid byte: 0x" + last_token, "value")));
             }
         }
     }
 
-    static void strtof(float& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
-    {
-        f = std::strtof(str, endptr);
-    }
+    /*!
+    @brief reads a CBOR string
 
-    static void strtof(double& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
-    {
-        f = std::strtod(str, endptr);
-    }
+    This function first reads starting bytes to determine the expected
+    string length and then copies this number of bytes into a string.
+    Additionally, CBOR's strings with indefinite lengths are supported.
 
-    static void strtof(long double& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
+    @param[out] result  created string
+
+    @return whether string creation completed
+    */
+    bool get_cbor_string(string_t& result)
     {
-        f = std::strtold(str, endptr);
-    }
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "string")))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief scan a number literal
+        switch (current)
+        {
+            // UTF-8 string (0x00..0x17 bytes follow)
+            case 0x60:
+            case 0x61:
+            case 0x62:
+            case 0x63:
+            case 0x64:
+            case 0x65:
+            case 0x66:
+            case 0x67:
+            case 0x68:
+            case 0x69:
+            case 0x6A:
+            case 0x6B:
+            case 0x6C:
+            case 0x6D:
+            case 0x6E:
+            case 0x6F:
+            case 0x70:
+            case 0x71:
+            case 0x72:
+            case 0x73:
+            case 0x74:
+            case 0x75:
+            case 0x76:
+            case 0x77:
+            {
+                return get_string(input_format_t::cbor, static_cast<unsigned int>(current) & 0x1Fu, result);
+            }
 
-    This function scans a string according to Sect. 6 of RFC 7159.
+            case 0x78: // UTF-8 string (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
+            {
+                std::uint8_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_string(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
+            }
 
-    The function is realized with a deterministic finite state machine derived
-    from the grammar described in RFC 7159. Starting in state "init", the
-    input is read and used to determined the next state. Only state "done"
-    accepts the number. State "error" is a trap state to model errors. In the
-    table below, "anything" means any character but the ones listed before.
+            case 0x79: // UTF-8 string (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
+            {
+                std::uint16_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_string(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
+            }
 
-    state    | 0        | 1-9      | e E      | +       | -       | .        | anything
-    ---------|----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|----------|-----------
-    init     | zero     | any1     | [error]  | [error] | minus   | [error]  | [error]
-    minus    | zero     | any1     | [error]  | [error] | [error] | [error]  | [error]
-    zero     | done     | done     | exponent | done    | done    | decimal1 | done
-    any1     | any1     | any1     | exponent | done    | done    | decimal1 | done
-    decimal1 | decimal2 | [error]  | [error]  | [error] | [error] | [error]  | [error]
-    decimal2 | decimal2 | decimal2 | exponent | done    | done    | done     | done
-    exponent | any2     | any2     | [error]  | sign    | sign    | [error]  | [error]
-    sign     | any2     | any2     | [error]  | [error] | [error] | [error]  | [error]
-    any2     | any2     | any2     | done     | done    | done    | done     | done
+            case 0x7A: // UTF-8 string (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
+            {
+                std::uint32_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_string(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
+            }
 
-    The state machine is realized with one label per state (prefixed with
-    "scan_number_") and `goto` statements between them. The state machine
-    contains cycles, but any cycle can be left when EOF is read. Therefore,
-    the function is guaranteed to terminate.
+            case 0x7B: // UTF-8 string (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
+            {
+                std::uint64_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) and get_string(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
+            }
 
-    During scanning, the read bytes are stored in token_buffer. This string is
-    then converted to a signed integer, an unsigned integer, or a
-    floating-point number.
+            case 0x7F: // UTF-8 string (indefinite length)
+            {
+                while (get() != 0xFF)
+                {
+                    string_t chunk;
+                    if (not get_cbor_string(chunk))
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    result.append(chunk);
+                }
+                return true;
+            }
 
-    @return token_type::value_unsigned, token_type::value_integer, or
-            token_type::value_float if number could be successfully scanned,
-            token_type::parse_error otherwise
+            default:
+            {
+                auto last_token = get_token_string();
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::cbor, "expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0x" + last_token, "string")));
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
-    @note The scanner is independent of the current locale. Internally, the
-          locale's decimal point is used instead of `.` to work with the
-          locale-dependent converters.
+    /*!
+    @param[in] len  the length of the array or std::size_t(-1) for an
+                    array of indefinite size
+    @return whether array creation completed
     */
-    token_type scan_number()
+    bool get_cbor_array(const std::size_t len)
     {
-        // reset token_buffer to store the number's bytes
-        reset();
-
-        // the type of the parsed number; initially set to unsigned; will be
-        // changed if minus sign, decimal point or exponent is read
-        token_type number_type = token_type::value_unsigned;
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_array(len)))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
 
-        // state (init): we just found out we need to scan a number
-        switch (current)
+        if (len != std::size_t(-1))
         {
-            case '-':
+            for (std::size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i)
             {
-                add(current);
-                goto scan_number_minus;
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_cbor_internal()))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
             }
-
-            case '0':
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            while (get() != 0xFF)
             {
-                add(current);
-                goto scan_number_zero;
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_cbor_internal(false)))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
             }
+        }
 
-            case '1':
-            case '2':
-            case '3':
-            case '4':
-            case '5':
-            case '6':
-            case '7':
-            case '8':
-            case '9':
+        return sax->end_array();
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @param[in] len  the length of the object or std::size_t(-1) for an
+                    object of indefinite size
+    @return whether object creation completed
+    */
+    bool get_cbor_object(const std::size_t len)
+    {
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_object(len)))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        string_t key;
+        if (len != std::size_t(-1))
+        {
+            for (std::size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i)
             {
-                add(current);
-                goto scan_number_any1;
-            }
+                get();
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_cbor_string(key) or not sax->key(key)))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
 
-            // LCOV_EXCL_START
-            default:
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_cbor_internal()))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                key.clear();
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            while (get() != 0xFF)
             {
-                // all other characters are rejected outside scan_number()
-                assert(false);
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_cbor_string(key) or not sax->key(key)))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_cbor_internal()))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                key.clear();
             }
-                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
         }
 
-scan_number_minus:
-        // state: we just parsed a leading minus sign
-        number_type = token_type::value_integer;
+        return sax->end_object();
+    }
+
+    /////////////
+    // MsgPack //
+    /////////////
+
+    /*!
+    @return whether a valid MessagePack value was passed to the SAX parser
+    */
+    bool parse_msgpack_internal()
+    {
         switch (get())
         {
-            case '0':
-            {
-                add(current);
-                goto scan_number_zero;
-            }
+            // EOF
+            case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
+                return unexpect_eof(input_format_t::msgpack, "value");
 
-            case '1':
-            case '2':
-            case '3':
-            case '4':
-            case '5':
-            case '6':
-            case '7':
-            case '8':
-            case '9':
+            // positive fixint
+            case 0x00:
+            case 0x01:
+            case 0x02:
+            case 0x03:
+            case 0x04:
+            case 0x05:
+            case 0x06:
+            case 0x07:
+            case 0x08:
+            case 0x09:
+            case 0x0A:
+            case 0x0B:
+            case 0x0C:
+            case 0x0D:
+            case 0x0E:
+            case 0x0F:
+            case 0x10:
+            case 0x11:
+            case 0x12:
+            case 0x13:
+            case 0x14:
+            case 0x15:
+            case 0x16:
+            case 0x17:
+            case 0x18:
+            case 0x19:
+            case 0x1A:
+            case 0x1B:
+            case 0x1C:
+            case 0x1D:
+            case 0x1E:
+            case 0x1F:
+            case 0x20:
+            case 0x21:
+            case 0x22:
+            case 0x23:
+            case 0x24:
+            case 0x25:
+            case 0x26:
+            case 0x27:
+            case 0x28:
+            case 0x29:
+            case 0x2A:
+            case 0x2B:
+            case 0x2C:
+            case 0x2D:
+            case 0x2E:
+            case 0x2F:
+            case 0x30:
+            case 0x31:
+            case 0x32:
+            case 0x33:
+            case 0x34:
+            case 0x35:
+            case 0x36:
+            case 0x37:
+            case 0x38:
+            case 0x39:
+            case 0x3A:
+            case 0x3B:
+            case 0x3C:
+            case 0x3D:
+            case 0x3E:
+            case 0x3F:
+            case 0x40:
+            case 0x41:
+            case 0x42:
+            case 0x43:
+            case 0x44:
+            case 0x45:
+            case 0x46:
+            case 0x47:
+            case 0x48:
+            case 0x49:
+            case 0x4A:
+            case 0x4B:
+            case 0x4C:
+            case 0x4D:
+            case 0x4E:
+            case 0x4F:
+            case 0x50:
+            case 0x51:
+            case 0x52:
+            case 0x53:
+            case 0x54:
+            case 0x55:
+            case 0x56:
+            case 0x57:
+            case 0x58:
+            case 0x59:
+            case 0x5A:
+            case 0x5B:
+            case 0x5C:
+            case 0x5D:
+            case 0x5E:
+            case 0x5F:
+            case 0x60:
+            case 0x61:
+            case 0x62:
+            case 0x63:
+            case 0x64:
+            case 0x65:
+            case 0x66:
+            case 0x67:
+            case 0x68:
+            case 0x69:
+            case 0x6A:
+            case 0x6B:
+            case 0x6C:
+            case 0x6D:
+            case 0x6E:
+            case 0x6F:
+            case 0x70:
+            case 0x71:
+            case 0x72:
+            case 0x73:
+            case 0x74:
+            case 0x75:
+            case 0x76:
+            case 0x77:
+            case 0x78:
+            case 0x79:
+            case 0x7A:
+            case 0x7B:
+            case 0x7C:
+            case 0x7D:
+            case 0x7E:
+            case 0x7F:
+                return sax->number_unsigned(static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(current));
+
+            // fixmap
+            case 0x80:
+            case 0x81:
+            case 0x82:
+            case 0x83:
+            case 0x84:
+            case 0x85:
+            case 0x86:
+            case 0x87:
+            case 0x88:
+            case 0x89:
+            case 0x8A:
+            case 0x8B:
+            case 0x8C:
+            case 0x8D:
+            case 0x8E:
+            case 0x8F:
+                return get_msgpack_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(static_cast<unsigned int>(current) & 0x0Fu));
+
+            // fixarray
+            case 0x90:
+            case 0x91:
+            case 0x92:
+            case 0x93:
+            case 0x94:
+            case 0x95:
+            case 0x96:
+            case 0x97:
+            case 0x98:
+            case 0x99:
+            case 0x9A:
+            case 0x9B:
+            case 0x9C:
+            case 0x9D:
+            case 0x9E:
+            case 0x9F:
+                return get_msgpack_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(static_cast<unsigned int>(current) & 0x0Fu));
+
+            // fixstr
+            case 0xA0:
+            case 0xA1:
+            case 0xA2:
+            case 0xA3:
+            case 0xA4:
+            case 0xA5:
+            case 0xA6:
+            case 0xA7:
+            case 0xA8:
+            case 0xA9:
+            case 0xAA:
+            case 0xAB:
+            case 0xAC:
+            case 0xAD:
+            case 0xAE:
+            case 0xAF:
+            case 0xB0:
+            case 0xB1:
+            case 0xB2:
+            case 0xB3:
+            case 0xB4:
+            case 0xB5:
+            case 0xB6:
+            case 0xB7:
+            case 0xB8:
+            case 0xB9:
+            case 0xBA:
+            case 0xBB:
+            case 0xBC:
+            case 0xBD:
+            case 0xBE:
+            case 0xBF:
             {
-                add(current);
-                goto scan_number_any1;
+                string_t s;
+                return get_msgpack_string(s) and sax->string(s);
             }
 
-            default:
+            case 0xC0: // nil
+                return sax->null();
+
+            case 0xC2: // false
+                return sax->boolean(false);
+
+            case 0xC3: // true
+                return sax->boolean(true);
+
+            case 0xCA: // float 32
             {
-                error_message = "invalid number; expected digit after '-'";
-                return token_type::parse_error;
+                float number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
-        }
 
-scan_number_zero:
-        // state: we just parse a zero (maybe with a leading minus sign)
-        switch (get())
-        {
-            case '.':
+            case 0xCB: // float 64
             {
-                add(decimal_point_char);
-                goto scan_number_decimal1;
+                double number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
             }
 
-            case 'e':
-            case 'E':
+            case 0xCC: // uint 8
             {
-                add(current);
-                goto scan_number_exponent;
+                std::uint8_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
-            default:
-                goto scan_number_done;
-        }
-
-scan_number_any1:
-        // state: we just parsed a number 0-9 (maybe with a leading minus sign)
-        switch (get())
-        {
-            case '0':
-            case '1':
-            case '2':
-            case '3':
-            case '4':
-            case '5':
-            case '6':
-            case '7':
-            case '8':
-            case '9':
+            case 0xCD: // uint 16
             {
-                add(current);
-                goto scan_number_any1;
+                std::uint16_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
-            case '.':
+            case 0xCE: // uint 32
             {
-                add(decimal_point_char);
-                goto scan_number_decimal1;
+                std::uint32_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
-            case 'e':
-            case 'E':
+            case 0xCF: // uint 64
             {
-                add(current);
-                goto scan_number_exponent;
+                std::uint64_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
             }
 
-            default:
-                goto scan_number_done;
-        }
-
-scan_number_decimal1:
-        // state: we just parsed a decimal point
-        number_type = token_type::value_float;
-        switch (get())
-        {
-            case '0':
-            case '1':
-            case '2':
-            case '3':
-            case '4':
-            case '5':
-            case '6':
-            case '7':
-            case '8':
-            case '9':
+            case 0xD0: // int 8
             {
-                add(current);
-                goto scan_number_decimal2;
+                std::int8_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
-            default:
+            case 0xD1: // int 16
             {
-                error_message = "invalid number; expected digit after '.'";
-                return token_type::parse_error;
+                std::int16_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
-        }
 
-scan_number_decimal2:
-        // we just parsed at least one number after a decimal point
-        switch (get())
-        {
-            case '0':
-            case '1':
-            case '2':
-            case '3':
-            case '4':
-            case '5':
-            case '6':
-            case '7':
-            case '8':
-            case '9':
+            case 0xD2: // int 32
             {
-                add(current);
-                goto scan_number_decimal2;
+                std::int32_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
-            case 'e':
-            case 'E':
+            case 0xD3: // int 64
             {
-                add(current);
-                goto scan_number_exponent;
+                std::int64_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
             }
 
-            default:
-                goto scan_number_done;
-        }
-
-scan_number_exponent:
-        // we just parsed an exponent
-        number_type = token_type::value_float;
-        switch (get())
-        {
-            case '+':
-            case '-':
+            case 0xD9: // str 8
+            case 0xDA: // str 16
+            case 0xDB: // str 32
             {
-                add(current);
-                goto scan_number_sign;
+                string_t s;
+                return get_msgpack_string(s) and sax->string(s);
             }
 
-            case '0':
-            case '1':
-            case '2':
-            case '3':
-            case '4':
-            case '5':
-            case '6':
-            case '7':
-            case '8':
-            case '9':
+            case 0xDC: // array 16
             {
-                add(current);
-                goto scan_number_any2;
+                std::uint16_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_msgpack_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
-            default:
+            case 0xDD: // array 32
             {
-                error_message =
-                    "invalid number; expected '+', '-', or digit after exponent";
-                return token_type::parse_error;
+                std::uint32_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_msgpack_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
-        }
 
-scan_number_sign:
-        // we just parsed an exponent sign
-        switch (get())
-        {
-            case '0':
-            case '1':
-            case '2':
-            case '3':
-            case '4':
-            case '5':
-            case '6':
-            case '7':
-            case '8':
-            case '9':
+            case 0xDE: // map 16
             {
-                add(current);
-                goto scan_number_any2;
+                std::uint16_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_msgpack_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
 
-            default:
+            case 0xDF: // map 32
             {
-                error_message = "invalid number; expected digit after exponent sign";
-                return token_type::parse_error;
+                std::uint32_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_msgpack_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
             }
-        }
 
-scan_number_any2:
-        // we just parsed a number after the exponent or exponent sign
-        switch (get())
-        {
-            case '0':
-            case '1':
-            case '2':
-            case '3':
-            case '4':
-            case '5':
-            case '6':
-            case '7':
-            case '8':
-            case '9':
+            // negative fixint
+            case 0xE0:
+            case 0xE1:
+            case 0xE2:
+            case 0xE3:
+            case 0xE4:
+            case 0xE5:
+            case 0xE6:
+            case 0xE7:
+            case 0xE8:
+            case 0xE9:
+            case 0xEA:
+            case 0xEB:
+            case 0xEC:
+            case 0xED:
+            case 0xEE:
+            case 0xEF:
+            case 0xF0:
+            case 0xF1:
+            case 0xF2:
+            case 0xF3:
+            case 0xF4:
+            case 0xF5:
+            case 0xF6:
+            case 0xF7:
+            case 0xF8:
+            case 0xF9:
+            case 0xFA:
+            case 0xFB:
+            case 0xFC:
+            case 0xFD:
+            case 0xFE:
+            case 0xFF:
+                return sax->number_integer(static_cast<std::int8_t>(current));
+
+            default: // anything else
             {
-                add(current);
-                goto scan_number_any2;
+                auto last_token = get_token_string();
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::msgpack, "invalid byte: 0x" + last_token, "value")));
             }
-
-            default:
-                goto scan_number_done;
         }
+    }
 
-scan_number_done:
-        // unget the character after the number (we only read it to know that
-        // we are done scanning a number)
-        unget();
+    /*!
+    @brief reads a MessagePack string
 
-        char* endptr = nullptr;
-        errno = 0;
+    This function first reads starting bytes to determine the expected
+    string length and then copies this number of bytes into a string.
 
-        // try to parse integers first and fall back to floats
-        if (number_type == token_type::value_unsigned)
+    @param[out] result  created string
+
+    @return whether string creation completed
+    */
+    bool get_msgpack_string(string_t& result)
+    {
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::msgpack, "string")))
         {
-            const auto x = std::strtoull(token_buffer.data(), &endptr, 10);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        switch (current)
+        {
+            // fixstr
+            case 0xA0:
+            case 0xA1:
+            case 0xA2:
+            case 0xA3:
+            case 0xA4:
+            case 0xA5:
+            case 0xA6:
+            case 0xA7:
+            case 0xA8:
+            case 0xA9:
+            case 0xAA:
+            case 0xAB:
+            case 0xAC:
+            case 0xAD:
+            case 0xAE:
+            case 0xAF:
+            case 0xB0:
+            case 0xB1:
+            case 0xB2:
+            case 0xB3:
+            case 0xB4:
+            case 0xB5:
+            case 0xB6:
+            case 0xB7:
+            case 0xB8:
+            case 0xB9:
+            case 0xBA:
+            case 0xBB:
+            case 0xBC:
+            case 0xBD:
+            case 0xBE:
+            case 0xBF:
+            {
+                return get_string(input_format_t::msgpack, static_cast<unsigned int>(current) & 0x1Fu, result);
+            }
 
-            // we checked the number format before
-            assert(endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size());
+            case 0xD9: // str 8
+            {
+                std::uint8_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_string(input_format_t::msgpack, len, result);
+            }
 
-            if (errno == 0)
+            case 0xDA: // str 16
             {
-                value_unsigned = static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(x);
-                if (value_unsigned == x)
-                {
-                    return token_type::value_unsigned;
-                }
+                std::uint16_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_string(input_format_t::msgpack, len, result);
             }
-        }
-        else if (number_type == token_type::value_integer)
-        {
-            const auto x = std::strtoll(token_buffer.data(), &endptr, 10);
 
-            // we checked the number format before
-            assert(endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size());
+            case 0xDB: // str 32
+            {
+                std::uint32_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::msgpack, len) and get_string(input_format_t::msgpack, len, result);
+            }
 
-            if (errno == 0)
+            default:
             {
-                value_integer = static_cast<number_integer_t>(x);
-                if (value_integer == x)
-                {
-                    return token_type::value_integer;
-                }
+                auto last_token = get_token_string();
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::msgpack, "expected length specification (0xA0-0xBF, 0xD9-0xDB); last byte: 0x" + last_token, "string")));
             }
         }
+    }
 
-        // this code is reached if we parse a floating-point number or if an
-        // integer conversion above failed
-        strtof(value_float, token_buffer.data(), &endptr);
+    /*!
+    @param[in] len  the length of the array
+    @return whether array creation completed
+    */
+    bool get_msgpack_array(const std::size_t len)
+    {
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_array(len)))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
 
-        // we checked the number format before
-        assert(endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size());
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+        {
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_msgpack_internal()))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
 
-        return token_type::value_float;
+        return sax->end_array();
     }
 
     /*!
-    @param[in] literal_text  the literal text to expect
-    @param[in] length        the length of the passed literal text
-    @param[in] return_type   the token type to return on success
+    @param[in] len  the length of the object
+    @return whether object creation completed
     */
-    token_type scan_literal(const char* literal_text, const std::size_t length,
-                            token_type return_type)
+    bool get_msgpack_object(const std::size_t len)
     {
-        assert(current == literal_text[0]);
-        for (std::size_t i = 1; i < length; ++i)
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_object(len)))
         {
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(get() != literal_text[i]))
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        string_t key;
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+        {
+            get();
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_msgpack_string(key) or not sax->key(key)))
             {
-                error_message = "invalid literal";
-                return token_type::parse_error;
+                return false;
             }
+
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_msgpack_internal()))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            key.clear();
         }
-        return return_type;
+
+        return sax->end_object();
     }
 
-    /////////////////////
-    // input management
-    /////////////////////
+    ////////////
+    // UBJSON //
+    ////////////
 
-    /// reset token_buffer; current character is beginning of token
-    void reset() noexcept
+    /*!
+    @param[in] get_char  whether a new character should be retrieved from the
+                         input (true, default) or whether the last read
+                         character should be considered instead
+
+    @return whether a valid UBJSON value was passed to the SAX parser
+    */
+    bool parse_ubjson_internal(const bool get_char = true)
     {
-        token_buffer.clear();
-        token_string.clear();
-        token_string.push_back(std::char_traits<char>::to_char_type(current));
+        return get_ubjson_value(get_char ? get_ignore_noop() : current);
     }
 
-    /*
-    @brief get next character from the input
+    /*!
+    @brief reads a UBJSON string
 
-    This function provides the interface to the used input adapter. It does
-    not throw in case the input reached EOF, but returns a
-    `std::char_traits<char>::eof()` in that case.  Stores the scanned characters
-    for use in error messages.
+    This function is either called after reading the 'S' byte explicitly
+    indicating a string, or in case of an object key where the 'S' byte can be
+    left out.
 
-    @return character read from the input
+    @param[out] result   created string
+    @param[in] get_char  whether a new character should be retrieved from the
+                         input (true, default) or whether the last read
+                         character should be considered instead
+
+    @return whether string creation completed
     */
-    std::char_traits<char>::int_type get()
+    bool get_ubjson_string(string_t& result, const bool get_char = true)
     {
-        ++chars_read;
-        if (next_unget)
-        {
-            // just reset the next_unget variable and work with current
-            next_unget = false;
-        }
-        else
+        if (get_char)
         {
-            current = ia->get_character();
+            get();  // TODO(niels): may we ignore N here?
         }
 
-        if (JSON_LIKELY(current != std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::ubjson, "value")))
         {
-            token_string.push_back(std::char_traits<char>::to_char_type(current));
+            return false;
         }
-        return current;
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief unget current character (read it again on next get)
 
-    We implement unget by setting variable next_unget to true. The input is not
-    changed - we just simulate ungetting by modifying chars_read and
-    token_string. The next call to get() will behave as if the unget character
-    is read again.
-    */
-    void unget()
-    {
-        next_unget = true;
-        --chars_read;
-        if (JSON_LIKELY(current != std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
+        switch (current)
         {
-            assert(token_string.size() != 0);
-            token_string.pop_back();
-        }
-    }
+            case 'U':
+            {
+                std::uint8_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, len) and get_string(input_format_t::ubjson, len, result);
+            }
 
-    /// add a character to token_buffer
-    void add(int c)
-    {
-        token_buffer.push_back(std::char_traits<char>::to_char_type(c));
-    }
+            case 'i':
+            {
+                std::int8_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, len) and get_string(input_format_t::ubjson, len, result);
+            }
 
-  public:
-    /////////////////////
-    // value getters
-    /////////////////////
+            case 'I':
+            {
+                std::int16_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, len) and get_string(input_format_t::ubjson, len, result);
+            }
 
-    /// return integer value
-    constexpr number_integer_t get_number_integer() const noexcept
-    {
-        return value_integer;
-    }
+            case 'l':
+            {
+                std::int32_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, len) and get_string(input_format_t::ubjson, len, result);
+            }
 
-    /// return unsigned integer value
-    constexpr number_unsigned_t get_number_unsigned() const noexcept
-    {
-        return value_unsigned;
-    }
+            case 'L':
+            {
+                std::int64_t len;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, len) and get_string(input_format_t::ubjson, len, result);
+            }
 
-    /// return floating-point value
-    constexpr number_float_t get_number_float() const noexcept
-    {
-        return value_float;
+            default:
+                auto last_token = get_token_string();
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::ubjson, "expected length type specification (U, i, I, l, L); last byte: 0x" + last_token, "string")));
+        }
     }
 
-    /// return current string value (implicitly resets the token; useful only once)
-    string_t& get_string()
+    /*!
+    @param[out] result  determined size
+    @return whether size determination completed
+    */
+    bool get_ubjson_size_value(std::size_t& result)
     {
-        return token_buffer;
-    }
+        switch (get_ignore_noop())
+        {
+            case 'U':
+            {
+                std::uint8_t number;
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number)))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                result = static_cast<std::size_t>(number);
+                return true;
+            }
 
-    /////////////////////
-    // diagnostics
-    /////////////////////
+            case 'i':
+            {
+                std::int8_t number;
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number)))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                result = static_cast<std::size_t>(number);
+                return true;
+            }
 
-    /// return position of last read token
-    constexpr std::size_t get_position() const noexcept
-    {
-        return chars_read;
-    }
+            case 'I':
+            {
+                std::int16_t number;
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number)))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                result = static_cast<std::size_t>(number);
+                return true;
+            }
 
-    /// return the last read token (for errors only).  Will never contain EOF
-    /// (an arbitrary value that is not a valid char value, often -1), because
-    /// 255 may legitimately occur.  May contain NUL, which should be escaped.
-    std::string get_token_string() const
-    {
-        // escape control characters
-        std::string result;
-        for (const auto c : token_string)
-        {
-            if ('\x00' <= c and c <= '\x1F')
+            case 'l':
+            {
+                std::int32_t number;
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number)))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                result = static_cast<std::size_t>(number);
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            case 'L':
             {
-                // escape control characters
-                char cs[9];
-                snprintf(cs, 9, "<U+%.4X>", static_cast<unsigned char>(c));
-                result += cs;
+                std::int64_t number;
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number)))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                result = static_cast<std::size_t>(number);
+                return true;
             }
-            else
+
+            default:
             {
-                // add character as is
-                result.push_back(c);
+                auto last_token = get_token_string();
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::ubjson, "expected length type specification (U, i, I, l, L) after '#'; last byte: 0x" + last_token, "size")));
             }
         }
-
-        return result;
     }
 
-    /// return syntax error message
-    constexpr const char* get_error_message() const noexcept
-    {
-        return error_message;
-    }
+    /*!
+    @brief determine the type and size for a container
 
-    /////////////////////
-    // actual scanner
-    /////////////////////
+    In the optimized UBJSON format, a type and a size can be provided to allow
+    for a more compact representation.
 
-    /*!
-    @brief skip the UTF-8 byte order mark
-    @return true iff there is no BOM or the correct BOM has been skipped
+    @param[out] result  pair of the size and the type
+
+    @return whether pair creation completed
     */
-    bool skip_bom()
+    bool get_ubjson_size_type(std::pair<std::size_t, int>& result)
     {
-        if (get() == 0xEF)
+        result.first = string_t::npos; // size
+        result.second = 0; // type
+
+        get_ignore_noop();
+
+        if (current == '$')
         {
-            if (get() == 0xBB and get() == 0xBF)
+            result.second = get();  // must not ignore 'N', because 'N' maybe the type
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::ubjson, "type")))
             {
-                // we completely parsed the BOM
-                return true;
+                return false;
             }
-            else
+
+            get_ignore_noop();
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current != '#'))
             {
-                // after reading 0xEF, an unexpected character followed
-                return false;
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::ubjson, "value")))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                auto last_token = get_token_string();
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::ubjson, "expected '#' after type information; last byte: 0x" + last_token, "size")));
             }
+
+            return get_ubjson_size_value(result.first);
         }
-        else
+
+        if (current == '#')
         {
-            // the first character is not the beginning of the BOM; unget it to
-            // process is later
-            unget();
-            return true;
+            return get_ubjson_size_value(result.first);
         }
+
+        return true;
     }
 
-    token_type scan()
+    /*!
+    @param prefix  the previously read or set type prefix
+    @return whether value creation completed
+    */
+    bool get_ubjson_value(const int prefix)
     {
-        // initially, skip the BOM
-        if (chars_read == 0 and not skip_bom())
+        switch (prefix)
         {
-            error_message = "invalid BOM; must be 0xEF 0xBB 0xBF if given";
-            return token_type::parse_error;
-        }
+            case std::char_traits<char>::eof():  // EOF
+                return unexpect_eof(input_format_t::ubjson, "value");
 
-        // read next character and ignore whitespace
-        do
-        {
-            get();
-        }
-        while (current == ' ' or current == '\t' or current == '\n' or current == '\r');
+            case 'T':  // true
+                return sax->boolean(true);
+            case 'F':  // false
+                return sax->boolean(false);
 
-        switch (current)
-        {
-            // structural characters
-            case '[':
-                return token_type::begin_array;
-            case ']':
-                return token_type::end_array;
-            case '{':
-                return token_type::begin_object;
-            case '}':
-                return token_type::end_object;
-            case ':':
-                return token_type::name_separator;
-            case ',':
-                return token_type::value_separator;
+            case 'Z':  // null
+                return sax->null();
 
-            // literals
-            case 't':
-                return scan_literal("true", 4, token_type::literal_true);
-            case 'f':
-                return scan_literal("false", 5, token_type::literal_false);
-            case 'n':
-                return scan_literal("null", 4, token_type::literal_null);
+            case 'U':
+            {
+                std::uint8_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+            }
 
-            // string
-            case '\"':
-                return scan_string();
+            case 'i':
+            {
+                std::int8_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+            }
 
-            // number
-            case '-':
-            case '0':
-            case '1':
-            case '2':
-            case '3':
-            case '4':
-            case '5':
-            case '6':
-            case '7':
-            case '8':
-            case '9':
-                return scan_number();
+            case 'I':
+            {
+                std::int16_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+            }
 
-            // end of input (the null byte is needed when parsing from
-            // string literals)
-            case '\0':
-            case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
-                return token_type::end_of_input;
+            case 'l':
+            {
+                std::int32_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+            }
 
-            // error
-            default:
-                error_message = "invalid literal";
-                return token_type::parse_error;
-        }
-    }
+            case 'L':
+            {
+                std::int64_t number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_integer(number);
+            }
 
-  private:
-    /// input adapter
-    detail::input_adapter_t ia = nullptr;
+            case 'd':
+            {
+                float number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+            }
 
-    /// the current character
-    std::char_traits<char>::int_type current = std::char_traits<char>::eof();
+            case 'D':
+            {
+                double number;
+                return get_number(input_format_t::ubjson, number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+            }
 
-    /// whether the next get() call should just return current
-    bool next_unget = false;
+            case 'C':  // char
+            {
+                get();
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(input_format_t::ubjson, "char")))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current > 127))
+                {
+                    auto last_token = get_token_string();
+                    return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::ubjson, "byte after 'C' must be in range 0x00..0x7F; last byte: 0x" + last_token, "char")));
+                }
+                string_t s(1, static_cast<char>(current));
+                return sax->string(s);
+            }
 
-    /// the number of characters read
-    std::size_t chars_read = 0;
+            case 'S':  // string
+            {
+                string_t s;
+                return get_ubjson_string(s) and sax->string(s);
+            }
 
-    /// raw input token string (for error messages)
-    std::vector<char> token_string {};
+            case '[':  // array
+                return get_ubjson_array();
 
-    /// buffer for variable-length tokens (numbers, strings)
-    string_t token_buffer {};
+            case '{':  // object
+                return get_ubjson_object();
 
-    /// a description of occurred lexer errors
-    const char* error_message = "";
+            default: // anything else
+            {
+                auto last_token = get_token_string();
+                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, exception_message(input_format_t::ubjson, "invalid byte: 0x" + last_token, "value")));
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
-    // number values
-    number_integer_t value_integer = 0;
-    number_unsigned_t value_unsigned = 0;
-    number_float_t value_float = 0;
+    /*!
+    @return whether array creation completed
+    */
+    bool get_ubjson_array()
+    {
+        std::pair<std::size_t, int> size_and_type;
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_ubjson_size_type(size_and_type)))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
 
-    /// the decimal point
-    const char decimal_point_char = '.';
-};
-}
-}
+        if (size_and_type.first != string_t::npos)
+        {
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_array(size_and_type.first)))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (size_and_type.second != 0)
+            {
+                if (size_and_type.second != 'N')
+                {
+                    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < size_and_type.first; ++i)
+                    {
+                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_ubjson_value(size_and_type.second)))
+                        {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                for (std::size_t i = 0; i < size_and_type.first; ++i)
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_ubjson_internal()))
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_array(std::size_t(-1))))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp>
+            while (current != ']')
+            {
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_ubjson_internal(false)))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                get_ignore_noop();
+            }
+        }
 
+        return sax->end_array();
+    }
 
-#include <cassert> // assert
-#include <cmath> // isfinite
-#include <cstdint> // uint8_t
-#include <functional> // function
-#include <string> // string
-#include <utility> // move
+    /*!
+    @return whether object creation completed
+    */
+    bool get_ubjson_object()
+    {
+        std::pair<std::size_t, int> size_and_type;
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_ubjson_size_type(size_and_type)))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
+        string_t key;
+        if (size_and_type.first != string_t::npos)
+        {
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_object(size_and_type.first)))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+            if (size_and_type.second != 0)
+            {
+                for (std::size_t i = 0; i < size_and_type.first; ++i)
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_ubjson_string(key) or not sax->key(key)))
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_ubjson_value(size_and_type.second)))
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    key.clear();
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                for (std::size_t i = 0; i < size_and_type.first; ++i)
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_ubjson_string(key) or not sax->key(key)))
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_ubjson_internal()))
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    key.clear();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_object(std::size_t(-1))))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/is_sax.hpp>
+            while (current != '}')
+            {
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_ubjson_string(key, false) or not sax->key(key)))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_ubjson_internal()))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                get_ignore_noop();
+                key.clear();
+            }
+        }
 
+        return sax->end_object();
+    }
 
-#include <cstdint> // size_t
-#include <utility> // declval
+    ///////////////////////
+    // Utility functions //
+    ///////////////////////
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/detected.hpp>
+    /*!
+    @brief get next character from the input
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp>
+    This function provides the interface to the used input adapter. It does
+    not throw in case the input reached EOF, but returns a -'ve valued
+    `std::char_traits<char>::eof()` in that case.
 
+    @return character read from the input
+    */
+    int get()
+    {
+        ++chars_read;
+        return current = ia->get_character();
+    }
 
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-namespace detail
-{
-template <typename T>
-using null_function_t = decltype(std::declval<T&>().null());
+    /*!
+    @return character read from the input after ignoring all 'N' entries
+    */
+    int get_ignore_noop()
+    {
+        do
+        {
+            get();
+        }
+        while (current == 'N');
 
-template <typename T>
-using boolean_function_t =
-    decltype(std::declval<T&>().boolean(std::declval<bool>()));
+        return current;
+    }
 
-template <typename T, typename Integer>
-using number_integer_function_t =
-    decltype(std::declval<T&>().number_integer(std::declval<Integer>()));
+    /*
+    @brief read a number from the input
 
-template <typename T, typename Unsigned>
-using number_unsigned_function_t =
-    decltype(std::declval<T&>().number_unsigned(std::declval<Unsigned>()));
+    @tparam NumberType the type of the number
+    @param[in] format   the current format (for diagnostics)
+    @param[out] result  number of type @a NumberType
 
-template <typename T, typename Float, typename String>
-using number_float_function_t = decltype(std::declval<T&>().number_float(
-                                    std::declval<Float>(), std::declval<const String&>()));
+    @return whether conversion completed
 
-template <typename T, typename String>
-using string_function_t =
-    decltype(std::declval<T&>().string(std::declval<String&>()));
+    @note This function needs to respect the system's endianess, because
+          bytes in CBOR, MessagePack, and UBJSON are stored in network order
+          (big endian) and therefore need reordering on little endian systems.
+    */
+    template<typename NumberType, bool InputIsLittleEndian = false>
+    bool get_number(const input_format_t format, NumberType& result)
+    {
+        // step 1: read input into array with system's byte order
+        std::array<std::uint8_t, sizeof(NumberType)> vec;
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(NumberType); ++i)
+        {
+            get();
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(format, "number")))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
 
-template <typename T>
-using start_object_function_t =
-    decltype(std::declval<T&>().start_object(std::declval<std::size_t>()));
+            // reverse byte order prior to conversion if necessary
+            if (is_little_endian != InputIsLittleEndian)
+            {
+                vec[sizeof(NumberType) - i - 1] = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(current);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                vec[i] = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(current); // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+            }
+        }
 
-template <typename T, typename String>
-using key_function_t =
-    decltype(std::declval<T&>().key(std::declval<String&>()));
+        // step 2: convert array into number of type T and return
+        std::memcpy(&result, vec.data(), sizeof(NumberType));
+        return true;
+    }
 
-template <typename T>
-using end_object_function_t = decltype(std::declval<T&>().end_object());
+    /*!
+    @brief create a string by reading characters from the input
 
-template <typename T>
-using start_array_function_t =
-    decltype(std::declval<T&>().start_array(std::declval<std::size_t>()));
+    @tparam NumberType the type of the number
+    @param[in] format the current format (for diagnostics)
+    @param[in] len number of characters to read
+    @param[out] result string created by reading @a len bytes
 
-template <typename T>
-using end_array_function_t = decltype(std::declval<T&>().end_array());
+    @return whether string creation completed
 
-template <typename T, typename Exception>
-using parse_error_function_t = decltype(std::declval<T&>().parse_error(
-        std::declval<std::size_t>(), std::declval<const std::string&>(),
-        std::declval<const Exception&>()));
+    @note We can not reserve @a len bytes for the result, because @a len
+          may be too large. Usually, @ref unexpect_eof() detects the end of
+          the input before we run out of string memory.
+    */
+    template<typename NumberType>
+    bool get_string(const input_format_t format,
+                    const NumberType len,
+                    string_t& result)
+    {
+        bool success = true;
+        std::generate_n(std::back_inserter(result), len, [this, &success, &format]()
+        {
+            get();
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof(format, "string")))
+            {
+                success = false;
+            }
+            return static_cast<char>(current);
+        });
+        return success;
+    }
 
-template <typename SAX, typename BasicJsonType>
-struct is_sax
-{
-  private:
-    static_assert(is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value,
-                  "BasicJsonType must be of type basic_json<...>");
+    /*!
+    @param[in] format   the current format (for diagnostics)
+    @param[in] context  further context information (for diagnostics)
+    @return whether the last read character is not EOF
+    */
+    bool unexpect_eof(const input_format_t format, const char* context) const
+    {
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current == std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
+        {
+            return sax->parse_error(chars_read, "<end of file>",
+                                    parse_error::create(110, chars_read, exception_message(format, "unexpected end of input", context)));
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
 
-    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
-    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
-    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
-    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
-    using exception_t = typename BasicJsonType::exception;
+    /*!
+    @return a string representation of the last read byte
+    */
+    std::string get_token_string() const
+    {
+        std::array<char, 3> cr{{}};
+        (std::snprintf)(cr.data(), cr.size(), "%.2hhX", static_cast<unsigned char>(current));
+        return std::string{cr.data()};
+    }
 
-  public:
-    static constexpr bool value =
-        is_detected_exact<bool, null_function_t, SAX>::value &&
-        is_detected_exact<bool, boolean_function_t, SAX>::value &&
-        is_detected_exact<bool, number_integer_function_t, SAX,
-        number_integer_t>::value &&
-        is_detected_exact<bool, number_unsigned_function_t, SAX,
-        number_unsigned_t>::value &&
-        is_detected_exact<bool, number_float_function_t, SAX, number_float_t,
-        string_t>::value &&
-        is_detected_exact<bool, string_function_t, SAX, string_t>::value &&
-        is_detected_exact<bool, start_object_function_t, SAX>::value &&
-        is_detected_exact<bool, key_function_t, SAX, string_t>::value &&
-        is_detected_exact<bool, end_object_function_t, SAX>::value &&
-        is_detected_exact<bool, start_array_function_t, SAX>::value &&
-        is_detected_exact<bool, end_array_function_t, SAX>::value &&
-        is_detected_exact<bool, parse_error_function_t, SAX, exception_t>::value;
-};
+    /*!
+    @param[in] format   the current format
+    @param[in] detail   a detailed error message
+    @param[in] context  further contect information
+    @return a message string to use in the parse_error exceptions
+    */
+    std::string exception_message(const input_format_t format,
+                                  const std::string& detail,
+                                  const std::string& context) const
+    {
+        std::string error_msg = "syntax error while parsing ";
+
+        switch (format)
+        {
+            case input_format_t::cbor:
+                error_msg += "CBOR";
+                break;
+
+            case input_format_t::msgpack:
+                error_msg += "MessagePack";
+                break;
+
+            case input_format_t::ubjson:
+                error_msg += "UBJSON";
+                break;
+
+            case input_format_t::bson:
+                error_msg += "BSON";
+                break;
+
+            default:            // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+                assert(false);  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+        }
+
+        return error_msg + " " + context + ": " + detail;
+    }
 
-template <typename SAX, typename BasicJsonType>
-struct is_sax_static_asserts
-{
   private:
-    static_assert(is_basic_json<BasicJsonType>::value,
-                  "BasicJsonType must be of type basic_json<...>");
+    /// input adapter
+    input_adapter_t ia = nullptr;
 
-    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
-    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
-    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
-    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
-    using exception_t = typename BasicJsonType::exception;
+    /// the current character
+    int current = std::char_traits<char>::eof();
 
-  public:
-    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, null_function_t, SAX>::value,
-                  "Missing/invalid function: bool null()");
-    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, boolean_function_t, SAX>::value,
-                  "Missing/invalid function: bool boolean(bool)");
-    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, boolean_function_t, SAX>::value,
-                  "Missing/invalid function: bool boolean(bool)");
-    static_assert(
-        is_detected_exact<bool, number_integer_function_t, SAX,
-        number_integer_t>::value,
-        "Missing/invalid function: bool number_integer(number_integer_t)");
-    static_assert(
-        is_detected_exact<bool, number_unsigned_function_t, SAX,
-        number_unsigned_t>::value,
-        "Missing/invalid function: bool number_unsigned(number_unsigned_t)");
-    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, number_float_function_t, SAX,
-                  number_float_t, string_t>::value,
-                  "Missing/invalid function: bool number_float(number_float_t, const string_t&)");
-    static_assert(
-        is_detected_exact<bool, string_function_t, SAX, string_t>::value,
-        "Missing/invalid function: bool string(string_t&)");
-    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, start_object_function_t, SAX>::value,
-                  "Missing/invalid function: bool start_object(std::size_t)");
-    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, key_function_t, SAX, string_t>::value,
-                  "Missing/invalid function: bool key(string_t&)");
-    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, end_object_function_t, SAX>::value,
-                  "Missing/invalid function: bool end_object()");
-    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, start_array_function_t, SAX>::value,
-                  "Missing/invalid function: bool start_array(std::size_t)");
-    static_assert(is_detected_exact<bool, end_array_function_t, SAX>::value,
-                  "Missing/invalid function: bool end_array()");
-    static_assert(
-        is_detected_exact<bool, parse_error_function_t, SAX, exception_t>::value,
-        "Missing/invalid function: bool parse_error(std::size_t, const "
-        "std::string&, const exception&)");
+    /// the number of characters read
+    std::size_t chars_read = 0;
+
+    /// whether we can assume little endianess
+    const bool is_little_endian = little_endianess();
+
+    /// the SAX parser
+    json_sax_t* sax = nullptr;
 };
-}
-}
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/input/input_adapters.hpp>
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/json_sax.hpp>
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/lexer.hpp>
 
 
-#include <cstddef>
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
+#include <array> // array
+#include <clocale> // localeconv
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <cstdio> // snprintf
+#include <cstdlib> // strtof, strtod, strtold, strtoll, strtoull
+#include <initializer_list> // initializer_list
+#include <string> // char_traits, string
+#include <utility> // move
+#include <vector> // vector
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp>
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/input_adapters.hpp>
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/position_t.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
 
 
 namespace nlohmann
 {
+namespace detail
+{
+///////////
+// lexer //
+///////////
 
 /*!
-@brief SAX interface
+@brief lexical analysis
 
-This class describes the SAX interface used by @ref nlohmann::json::sax_parse.
-Each function is called in different situations while the input is parsed. The
-boolean return value informs the parser whether to continue processing the
-input.
+This class organizes the lexical analysis during JSON deserialization.
 */
 template<typename BasicJsonType>
-struct json_sax
+class lexer
 {
-    /// type for (signed) integers
     using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
-    /// type for unsigned integers
     using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
-    /// type for floating-point numbers
     using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
-    /// type for strings
     using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
 
+  public:
+    /// token types for the parser
+    enum class token_type
+    {
+        uninitialized,    ///< indicating the scanner is uninitialized
+        literal_true,     ///< the `true` literal
+        literal_false,    ///< the `false` literal
+        literal_null,     ///< the `null` literal
+        value_string,     ///< a string -- use get_string() for actual value
+        value_unsigned,   ///< an unsigned integer -- use get_number_unsigned() for actual value
+        value_integer,    ///< a signed integer -- use get_number_integer() for actual value
+        value_float,      ///< an floating point number -- use get_number_float() for actual value
+        begin_array,      ///< the character for array begin `[`
+        begin_object,     ///< the character for object begin `{`
+        end_array,        ///< the character for array end `]`
+        end_object,       ///< the character for object end `}`
+        name_separator,   ///< the name separator `:`
+        value_separator,  ///< the value separator `,`
+        parse_error,      ///< indicating a parse error
+        end_of_input,     ///< indicating the end of the input buffer
+        literal_or_value  ///< a literal or the begin of a value (only for diagnostics)
+    };
+
+    /// return name of values of type token_type (only used for errors)
+    static const char* token_type_name(const token_type t) noexcept
+    {
+        switch (t)
+        {
+            case token_type::uninitialized:
+                return "<uninitialized>";
+            case token_type::literal_true:
+                return "true literal";
+            case token_type::literal_false:
+                return "false literal";
+            case token_type::literal_null:
+                return "null literal";
+            case token_type::value_string:
+                return "string literal";
+            case lexer::token_type::value_unsigned:
+            case lexer::token_type::value_integer:
+            case lexer::token_type::value_float:
+                return "number literal";
+            case token_type::begin_array:
+                return "'['";
+            case token_type::begin_object:
+                return "'{'";
+            case token_type::end_array:
+                return "']'";
+            case token_type::end_object:
+                return "'}'";
+            case token_type::name_separator:
+                return "':'";
+            case token_type::value_separator:
+                return "','";
+            case token_type::parse_error:
+                return "<parse error>";
+            case token_type::end_of_input:
+                return "end of input";
+            case token_type::literal_or_value:
+                return "'[', '{', or a literal";
+            // LCOV_EXCL_START
+            default: // catch non-enum values
+                return "unknown token";
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+        }
+    }
+
+    explicit lexer(detail::input_adapter_t&& adapter)
+        : ia(std::move(adapter)), decimal_point_char(get_decimal_point()) {}
+
+    // delete because of pointer members
+    lexer(const lexer&) = delete;
+    lexer(lexer&&) = delete;
+    lexer& operator=(lexer&) = delete;
+    lexer& operator=(lexer&&) = delete;
+    ~lexer() = default;
+
+  private:
+    /////////////////////
+    // locales
+    /////////////////////
+
+    /// return the locale-dependent decimal point
+    static char get_decimal_point() noexcept
+    {
+        const auto loc = localeconv();
+        assert(loc != nullptr);
+        return (loc->decimal_point == nullptr) ? '.' : *(loc->decimal_point);
+    }
+
+    /////////////////////
+    // scan functions
+    /////////////////////
+
     /*!
-    @brief a null value was read
-    @return whether parsing should proceed
+    @brief get codepoint from 4 hex characters following `\u`
+
+    For input "\u c1 c2 c3 c4" the codepoint is:
+      (c1 * 0x1000) + (c2 * 0x0100) + (c3 * 0x0010) + c4
+    = (c1 << 12) + (c2 << 8) + (c3 << 4) + (c4 << 0)
+
+    Furthermore, the possible characters '0'..'9', 'A'..'F', and 'a'..'f'
+    must be converted to the integers 0x0..0x9, 0xA..0xF, 0xA..0xF, resp. The
+    conversion is done by subtracting the offset (0x30, 0x37, and 0x57)
+    between the ASCII value of the character and the desired integer value.
+
+    @return codepoint (0x0000..0xFFFF) or -1 in case of an error (e.g. EOF or
+            non-hex character)
     */
-    virtual bool null() = 0;
+    int get_codepoint()
+    {
+        // this function only makes sense after reading `\u`
+        assert(current == 'u');
+        int codepoint = 0;
+
+        const auto factors = { 12u, 8u, 4u, 0u };
+        for (const auto factor : factors)
+        {
+            get();
+
+            if (current >= '0' and current <= '9')
+            {
+                codepoint += static_cast<int>((static_cast<unsigned int>(current) - 0x30u) << factor);
+            }
+            else if (current >= 'A' and current <= 'F')
+            {
+                codepoint += static_cast<int>((static_cast<unsigned int>(current) - 0x37u) << factor);
+            }
+            else if (current >= 'a' and current <= 'f')
+            {
+                codepoint += static_cast<int>((static_cast<unsigned int>(current) - 0x57u) << factor);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        assert(0x0000 <= codepoint and codepoint <= 0xFFFF);
+        return codepoint;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief check if the next byte(s) are inside a given range
+
+    Adds the current byte and, for each passed range, reads a new byte and
+    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] ranges  list of integers; interpreted as list of pairs of
+                       inclusive lower and upper bound, respectively
+
+    @pre The passed list @a ranges must have 2, 4, or 6 elements; that is,
+         1, 2, or 3 pairs. This precondition is enforced by an assertion.
 
-    /*!
-    @brief a boolean value was read
-    @param[in] val  boolean value
-    @return whether parsing should proceed
+    @return true if and only if no range violation was detected
     */
-    virtual bool boolean(bool val) = 0;
+    bool next_byte_in_range(std::initializer_list<int> ranges)
+    {
+        assert(ranges.size() == 2 or ranges.size() == 4 or ranges.size() == 6);
+        add(current);
 
-    /*!
-    @brief an integer number was read
-    @param[in] val  integer value
-    @return whether parsing should proceed
-    */
-    virtual bool number_integer(number_integer_t val) = 0;
+        for (auto range = ranges.begin(); range != ranges.end(); ++range)
+        {
+            get();
+            if (JSON_LIKELY(*range <= current and current <= *(++range)))
+            {
+                add(current);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                error_message = "invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte";
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief an unsigned integer number was read
-    @param[in] val  unsigned integer value
-    @return whether parsing should proceed
-    */
-    virtual bool number_unsigned(number_unsigned_t val) = 0;
+        return true;
+    }
 
     /*!
-    @brief an floating-point number was read
-    @param[in] val  floating-point value
-    @param[in] s    raw token value
-    @return whether parsing should proceed
-    */
-    virtual bool number_float(number_float_t val, const string_t& s) = 0;
+    @brief scan a string literal
 
-    /*!
-    @brief a string was read
-    @param[in] val  string value
-    @return whether parsing should proceed
-    @note It is safe to move the passed string.
-    */
-    virtual bool string(string_t& val) = 0;
+    This function scans a string according to Sect. 7 of RFC 7159. While
+    scanning, bytes are escaped and copied into buffer token_buffer. Then the
+    function returns successfully, token_buffer is *not* null-terminated (as it
+    may contain \0 bytes), and token_buffer.size() is the number of bytes in the
+    string.
 
-    /*!
-    @brief the beginning of an object was read
-    @param[in] elements  number of object elements or -1 if unknown
-    @return whether parsing should proceed
-    @note binary formats may report the number of elements
-    */
-    virtual bool start_object(std::size_t elements) = 0;
+    @return token_type::value_string if string could be successfully scanned,
+            token_type::parse_error otherwise
 
-    /*!
-    @brief an object key was read
-    @param[in] val  object key
-    @return whether parsing should proceed
-    @note It is safe to move the passed string.
+    @note In case of errors, variable error_message contains a textual
+          description.
     */
-    virtual bool key(string_t& val) = 0;
+    token_type scan_string()
+    {
+        // reset token_buffer (ignore opening quote)
+        reset();
 
-    /*!
-    @brief the end of an object was read
-    @return whether parsing should proceed
-    */
-    virtual bool end_object() = 0;
+        // we entered the function by reading an open quote
+        assert(current == '\"');
 
-    /*!
-    @brief the beginning of an array was read
-    @param[in] elements  number of array elements or -1 if unknown
-    @return whether parsing should proceed
-    @note binary formats may report the number of elements
-    */
-    virtual bool start_array(std::size_t elements) = 0;
+        while (true)
+        {
+            // get next character
+            switch (get())
+            {
+                // end of file while parsing string
+                case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: missing closing quote";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief the end of an array was read
-    @return whether parsing should proceed
-    */
-    virtual bool end_array() = 0;
+                // closing quote
+                case '\"':
+                {
+                    return token_type::value_string;
+                }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief a parse error occurred
-    @param[in] position    the position in the input where the error occurs
-    @param[in] last_token  the last read token
-    @param[in] error_msg   a detailed error message
-    @return whether parsing should proceed (must return false)
-    */
-    virtual bool parse_error(std::size_t position,
-                             const std::string& last_token,
-                             const detail::exception& ex) = 0;
+                // escapes
+                case '\\':
+                {
+                    switch (get())
+                    {
+                        // quotation mark
+                        case '\"':
+                            add('\"');
+                            break;
+                        // reverse solidus
+                        case '\\':
+                            add('\\');
+                            break;
+                        // solidus
+                        case '/':
+                            add('/');
+                            break;
+                        // backspace
+                        case 'b':
+                            add('\b');
+                            break;
+                        // form feed
+                        case 'f':
+                            add('\f');
+                            break;
+                        // line feed
+                        case 'n':
+                            add('\n');
+                            break;
+                        // carriage return
+                        case 'r':
+                            add('\r');
+                            break;
+                        // tab
+                        case 't':
+                            add('\t');
+                            break;
 
-    virtual ~json_sax() = default;
-};
+                        // unicode escapes
+                        case 'u':
+                        {
+                            const int codepoint1 = get_codepoint();
+                            int codepoint = codepoint1; // start with codepoint1
 
+                            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(codepoint1 == -1))
+                            {
+                                error_message = "invalid string: '\\u' must be followed by 4 hex digits";
+                                return token_type::parse_error;
+                            }
 
-namespace detail
-{
-/*!
-@brief SAX implementation to create a JSON value from SAX events
+                            // check if code point is a high surrogate
+                            if (0xD800 <= codepoint1 and codepoint1 <= 0xDBFF)
+                            {
+                                // expect next \uxxxx entry
+                                if (JSON_LIKELY(get() == '\\' and get() == 'u'))
+                                {
+                                    const int codepoint2 = get_codepoint();
 
-This class implements the @ref json_sax interface and processes the SAX events
-to create a JSON value which makes it basically a DOM parser. The structure or
-hierarchy of the JSON value is managed by the stack `ref_stack` which contains
-a pointer to the respective array or object for each recursion depth.
+                                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(codepoint2 == -1))
+                                    {
+                                        error_message = "invalid string: '\\u' must be followed by 4 hex digits";
+                                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                                    }
 
-After successful parsing, the value that is passed by reference to the
-constructor contains the parsed value.
+                                    // check if codepoint2 is a low surrogate
+                                    if (JSON_LIKELY(0xDC00 <= codepoint2 and codepoint2 <= 0xDFFF))
+                                    {
+                                        // overwrite codepoint
+                                        codepoint = static_cast<int>(
+                                                        // high surrogate occupies the most significant 22 bits
+                                                        (static_cast<unsigned int>(codepoint1) << 10u)
+                                                        // low surrogate occupies the least significant 15 bits
+                                                        + static_cast<unsigned int>(codepoint2)
+                                                        // there is still the 0xD800, 0xDC00 and 0x10000 noise
+                                                        // in the result so we have to subtract with:
+                                                        // (0xD800 << 10) + DC00 - 0x10000 = 0x35FDC00
+                                                        - 0x35FDC00u);
+                                    }
+                                    else
+                                    {
+                                        error_message = "invalid string: surrogate U+DC00..U+DFFF must be followed by U+DC00..U+DFFF";
+                                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    error_message = "invalid string: surrogate U+DC00..U+DFFF must be followed by U+DC00..U+DFFF";
+                                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                                }
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(0xDC00 <= codepoint1 and codepoint1 <= 0xDFFF))
+                                {
+                                    error_message = "invalid string: surrogate U+DC00..U+DFFF must follow U+D800..U+DBFF";
+                                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                                }
+                            }
 
-@tparam BasicJsonType  the JSON type
-*/
-template<typename BasicJsonType>
-class json_sax_dom_parser
-{
-  public:
-    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
-    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
-    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
-    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
+                            // result of the above calculation yields a proper codepoint
+                            assert(0x00 <= codepoint and codepoint <= 0x10FFFF);
 
-    /*!
-    @param[in, out] r  reference to a JSON value that is manipulated while
-                       parsing
-    @param[in] allow_exceptions_  whether parse errors yield exceptions
-    */
-    explicit json_sax_dom_parser(BasicJsonType& r, const bool allow_exceptions_ = true)
-        : root(r), allow_exceptions(allow_exceptions_)
-    {}
+                            // translate codepoint into bytes
+                            if (codepoint < 0x80)
+                            {
+                                // 1-byte characters: 0xxxxxxx (ASCII)
+                                add(codepoint);
+                            }
+                            else if (codepoint <= 0x7FF)
+                            {
+                                // 2-byte characters: 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx
+                                add(static_cast<int>(0xC0u | (static_cast<unsigned int>(codepoint) >> 6u)));
+                                add(static_cast<int>(0x80u | (static_cast<unsigned int>(codepoint) & 0x3Fu)));
+                            }
+                            else if (codepoint <= 0xFFFF)
+                            {
+                                // 3-byte characters: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
+                                add(static_cast<int>(0xE0u | (static_cast<unsigned int>(codepoint) >> 12u)));
+                                add(static_cast<int>(0x80u | ((static_cast<unsigned int>(codepoint) >> 6u) & 0x3Fu)));
+                                add(static_cast<int>(0x80u | (static_cast<unsigned int>(codepoint) & 0x3Fu)));
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                // 4-byte characters: 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
+                                add(static_cast<int>(0xF0u | (static_cast<unsigned int>(codepoint) >> 18u)));
+                                add(static_cast<int>(0x80u | ((static_cast<unsigned int>(codepoint) >> 12u) & 0x3Fu)));
+                                add(static_cast<int>(0x80u | ((static_cast<unsigned int>(codepoint) >> 6u) & 0x3Fu)));
+                                add(static_cast<int>(0x80u | (static_cast<unsigned int>(codepoint) & 0x3Fu)));
+                            }
 
-    bool null()
-    {
-        handle_value(nullptr);
-        return true;
-    }
+                            break;
+                        }
 
-    bool boolean(bool val)
-    {
-        handle_value(val);
-        return true;
-    }
+                        // other characters after escape
+                        default:
+                            error_message = "invalid string: forbidden character after backslash";
+                            return token_type::parse_error;
+                    }
 
-    bool number_integer(number_integer_t val)
-    {
-        handle_value(val);
-        return true;
-    }
+                    break;
+                }
 
-    bool number_unsigned(number_unsigned_t val)
-    {
-        handle_value(val);
-        return true;
-    }
+                // invalid control characters
+                case 0x00:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0000 (NUL) must be escaped to \\u0000";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool number_float(number_float_t val, const string_t&)
-    {
-        handle_value(val);
-        return true;
-    }
+                case 0x01:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0001 (SOH) must be escaped to \\u0001";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool string(string_t& val)
-    {
-        handle_value(val);
-        return true;
-    }
+                case 0x02:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0002 (STX) must be escaped to \\u0002";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool start_object(std::size_t len)
-    {
-        ref_stack.push_back(handle_value(BasicJsonType::value_t::object));
+                case 0x03:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0003 (ETX) must be escaped to \\u0003";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(len != std::size_t(-1) and len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
-        {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408,
-                                            "excessive object size: " + std::to_string(len)));
-        }
+                case 0x04:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0004 (EOT) must be escaped to \\u0004";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-        return true;
-    }
+                case 0x05:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0005 (ENQ) must be escaped to \\u0005";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool key(string_t& val)
-    {
-        // add null at given key and store the reference for later
-        object_element = &(ref_stack.back()->m_value.object->operator[](val));
-        return true;
-    }
+                case 0x06:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0006 (ACK) must be escaped to \\u0006";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool end_object()
-    {
-        ref_stack.pop_back();
-        return true;
-    }
+                case 0x07:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0007 (BEL) must be escaped to \\u0007";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool start_array(std::size_t len)
-    {
-        ref_stack.push_back(handle_value(BasicJsonType::value_t::array));
+                case 0x08:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0008 (BS) must be escaped to \\u0008 or \\b";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(len != std::size_t(-1) and len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
-        {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408,
-                                            "excessive array size: " + std::to_string(len)));
-        }
+                case 0x09:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0009 (HT) must be escaped to \\u0009 or \\t";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-        return true;
-    }
+                case 0x0A:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+000A (LF) must be escaped to \\u000A or \\n";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool end_array()
-    {
-        ref_stack.pop_back();
-        return true;
-    }
+                case 0x0B:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+000B (VT) must be escaped to \\u000B";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool parse_error(std::size_t, const std::string&,
-                     const detail::exception& ex)
-    {
-        errored = true;
-        if (allow_exceptions)
-        {
-            // determine the proper exception type from the id
-            switch ((ex.id / 100) % 100)
-            {
-                case 1:
-                    JSON_THROW(*reinterpret_cast<const detail::parse_error*>(&ex));
-                case 4:
-                    JSON_THROW(*reinterpret_cast<const detail::out_of_range*>(&ex));
-                // LCOV_EXCL_START
-                case 2:
-                    JSON_THROW(*reinterpret_cast<const detail::invalid_iterator*>(&ex));
-                case 3:
-                    JSON_THROW(*reinterpret_cast<const detail::type_error*>(&ex));
-                case 5:
-                    JSON_THROW(*reinterpret_cast<const detail::other_error*>(&ex));
-                default:
-                    assert(false);
-                    // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
+                case 0x0C:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+000C (FF) must be escaped to \\u000C or \\f";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    constexpr bool is_errored() const
-    {
-        return errored;
-    }
+                case 0x0D:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+000D (CR) must be escaped to \\u000D or \\r";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-  private:
-    /*!
-    @invariant If the ref stack is empty, then the passed value will be the new
-               root.
-    @invariant If the ref stack contains a value, then it is an array or an
-               object to which we can add elements
-    */
-    template<typename Value>
-    BasicJsonType* handle_value(Value&& v)
-    {
-        if (ref_stack.empty())
-        {
-            root = BasicJsonType(std::forward<Value>(v));
-            return &root;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            assert(ref_stack.back()->is_array() or ref_stack.back()->is_object());
-            if (ref_stack.back()->is_array())
-            {
-                ref_stack.back()->m_value.array->emplace_back(std::forward<Value>(v));
-                return &(ref_stack.back()->m_value.array->back());
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                assert(object_element);
-                *object_element = BasicJsonType(std::forward<Value>(v));
-                return object_element;
-            }
-        }
-    }
+                case 0x0E:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+000E (SO) must be escaped to \\u000E";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    /// the parsed JSON value
-    BasicJsonType& root;
-    /// stack to model hierarchy of values
-    std::vector<BasicJsonType*> ref_stack;
-    /// helper to hold the reference for the next object element
-    BasicJsonType* object_element = nullptr;
-    /// whether a syntax error occurred
-    bool errored = false;
-    /// whether to throw exceptions in case of errors
-    const bool allow_exceptions = true;
-};
+                case 0x0F:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+000F (SI) must be escaped to \\u000F";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-template<typename BasicJsonType>
-class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
-{
-  public:
-    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
-    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
-    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
-    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
-    using parser_callback_t = typename BasicJsonType::parser_callback_t;
-    using parse_event_t = typename BasicJsonType::parse_event_t;
+                case 0x10:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0010 (DLE) must be escaped to \\u0010";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    json_sax_dom_callback_parser(BasicJsonType& r,
-                                 const parser_callback_t cb,
-                                 const bool allow_exceptions_ = true)
-        : root(r), callback(cb), allow_exceptions(allow_exceptions_)
-    {
-        keep_stack.push_back(true);
-    }
+                case 0x11:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0011 (DC1) must be escaped to \\u0011";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool null()
-    {
-        handle_value(nullptr);
-        return true;
-    }
+                case 0x12:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0012 (DC2) must be escaped to \\u0012";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool boolean(bool val)
-    {
-        handle_value(val);
-        return true;
-    }
+                case 0x13:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0013 (DC3) must be escaped to \\u0013";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool number_integer(number_integer_t val)
-    {
-        handle_value(val);
-        return true;
-    }
+                case 0x14:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0014 (DC4) must be escaped to \\u0014";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
+
+                case 0x15:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0015 (NAK) must be escaped to \\u0015";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
+
+                case 0x16:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0016 (SYN) must be escaped to \\u0016";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool number_unsigned(number_unsigned_t val)
-    {
-        handle_value(val);
-        return true;
-    }
+                case 0x17:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0017 (ETB) must be escaped to \\u0017";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool number_float(number_float_t val, const string_t&)
-    {
-        handle_value(val);
-        return true;
-    }
+                case 0x18:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0018 (CAN) must be escaped to \\u0018";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool string(string_t& val)
-    {
-        handle_value(val);
-        return true;
-    }
+                case 0x19:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+0019 (EM) must be escaped to \\u0019";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool start_object(std::size_t len)
-    {
-        // check callback for object start
-        const bool keep = callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()), parse_event_t::object_start, discarded);
-        keep_stack.push_back(keep);
+                case 0x1A:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+001A (SUB) must be escaped to \\u001A";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-        auto val = handle_value(BasicJsonType::value_t::object, true);
-        ref_stack.push_back(val.second);
+                case 0x1B:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+001B (ESC) must be escaped to \\u001B";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-        // check object limit
-        if (ref_stack.back())
-        {
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(len != std::size_t(-1) and len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
-            {
-                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408,
-                                                "excessive object size: " + std::to_string(len)));
-            }
-        }
+                case 0x1C:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+001C (FS) must be escaped to \\u001C";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-        return true;
-    }
+                case 0x1D:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+001D (GS) must be escaped to \\u001D";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-    bool key(string_t& val)
-    {
-        BasicJsonType k = BasicJsonType(val);
+                case 0x1E:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+001E (RS) must be escaped to \\u001E";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-        // check callback for key
-        const bool keep = callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()), parse_event_t::key, k);
-        key_keep_stack.push_back(keep);
+                case 0x1F:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: control character U+001F (US) must be escaped to \\u001F";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
 
-        // add discarded value at given key and store the reference for later
-        if (keep and ref_stack.back())
-        {
-            object_element = &(ref_stack.back()->m_value.object->operator[](val) = discarded);
-        }
+                // U+0020..U+007F (except U+0022 (quote) and U+005C (backspace))
+                case 0x20:
+                case 0x21:
+                case 0x23:
+                case 0x24:
+                case 0x25:
+                case 0x26:
+                case 0x27:
+                case 0x28:
+                case 0x29:
+                case 0x2A:
+                case 0x2B:
+                case 0x2C:
+                case 0x2D:
+                case 0x2E:
+                case 0x2F:
+                case 0x30:
+                case 0x31:
+                case 0x32:
+                case 0x33:
+                case 0x34:
+                case 0x35:
+                case 0x36:
+                case 0x37:
+                case 0x38:
+                case 0x39:
+                case 0x3A:
+                case 0x3B:
+                case 0x3C:
+                case 0x3D:
+                case 0x3E:
+                case 0x3F:
+                case 0x40:
+                case 0x41:
+                case 0x42:
+                case 0x43:
+                case 0x44:
+                case 0x45:
+                case 0x46:
+                case 0x47:
+                case 0x48:
+                case 0x49:
+                case 0x4A:
+                case 0x4B:
+                case 0x4C:
+                case 0x4D:
+                case 0x4E:
+                case 0x4F:
+                case 0x50:
+                case 0x51:
+                case 0x52:
+                case 0x53:
+                case 0x54:
+                case 0x55:
+                case 0x56:
+                case 0x57:
+                case 0x58:
+                case 0x59:
+                case 0x5A:
+                case 0x5B:
+                case 0x5D:
+                case 0x5E:
+                case 0x5F:
+                case 0x60:
+                case 0x61:
+                case 0x62:
+                case 0x63:
+                case 0x64:
+                case 0x65:
+                case 0x66:
+                case 0x67:
+                case 0x68:
+                case 0x69:
+                case 0x6A:
+                case 0x6B:
+                case 0x6C:
+                case 0x6D:
+                case 0x6E:
+                case 0x6F:
+                case 0x70:
+                case 0x71:
+                case 0x72:
+                case 0x73:
+                case 0x74:
+                case 0x75:
+                case 0x76:
+                case 0x77:
+                case 0x78:
+                case 0x79:
+                case 0x7A:
+                case 0x7B:
+                case 0x7C:
+                case 0x7D:
+                case 0x7E:
+                case 0x7F:
+                {
+                    add(current);
+                    break;
+                }
 
-        return true;
-    }
+                // U+0080..U+07FF: bytes C2..DF 80..BF
+                case 0xC2:
+                case 0xC3:
+                case 0xC4:
+                case 0xC5:
+                case 0xC6:
+                case 0xC7:
+                case 0xC8:
+                case 0xC9:
+                case 0xCA:
+                case 0xCB:
+                case 0xCC:
+                case 0xCD:
+                case 0xCE:
+                case 0xCF:
+                case 0xD0:
+                case 0xD1:
+                case 0xD2:
+                case 0xD3:
+                case 0xD4:
+                case 0xD5:
+                case 0xD6:
+                case 0xD7:
+                case 0xD8:
+                case 0xD9:
+                case 0xDA:
+                case 0xDB:
+                case 0xDC:
+                case 0xDD:
+                case 0xDE:
+                case 0xDF:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF})))
+                    {
+                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
 
-    bool end_object()
-    {
-        if (ref_stack.back())
-        {
-            if (not callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()) - 1, parse_event_t::object_end, *ref_stack.back()))
-            {
-                // discard object
-                *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
-            }
-        }
+                // U+0800..U+0FFF: bytes E0 A0..BF 80..BF
+                case 0xE0:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0xA0, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    {
+                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
 
-        assert(not ref_stack.empty());
-        assert(not keep_stack.empty());
-        ref_stack.pop_back();
-        keep_stack.pop_back();
+                // U+1000..U+CFFF: bytes E1..EC 80..BF 80..BF
+                // U+E000..U+FFFF: bytes EE..EF 80..BF 80..BF
+                case 0xE1:
+                case 0xE2:
+                case 0xE3:
+                case 0xE4:
+                case 0xE5:
+                case 0xE6:
+                case 0xE7:
+                case 0xE8:
+                case 0xE9:
+                case 0xEA:
+                case 0xEB:
+                case 0xEC:
+                case 0xEE:
+                case 0xEF:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    {
+                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
 
-        if (not ref_stack.empty() and ref_stack.back())
-        {
-            // remove discarded value
-            if (ref_stack.back()->is_object())
-            {
-                for (auto it = ref_stack.back()->begin(); it != ref_stack.back()->end(); ++it)
+                // U+D000..U+D7FF: bytes ED 80..9F 80..BF
+                case 0xED:
                 {
-                    if (it->is_discarded())
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0x9F, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
                     {
-                        ref_stack.back()->erase(it);
-                        break;
+                        return token_type::parse_error;
                     }
+                    break;
                 }
-            }
-        }
 
-        return true;
-    }
+                // U+10000..U+3FFFF F0 90..BF 80..BF 80..BF
+                case 0xF0:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0x90, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    {
+                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
 
-    bool start_array(std::size_t len)
-    {
-        const bool keep = callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()), parse_event_t::array_start, discarded);
-        keep_stack.push_back(keep);
+                // U+40000..U+FFFFF F1..F3 80..BF 80..BF 80..BF
+                case 0xF1:
+                case 0xF2:
+                case 0xF3:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    {
+                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
 
-        auto val = handle_value(BasicJsonType::value_t::array, true);
-        ref_stack.push_back(val.second);
+                // U+100000..U+10FFFF F4 80..8F 80..BF 80..BF
+                case 0xF4:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not (next_byte_in_range({0x80, 0x8F, 0x80, 0xBF, 0x80, 0xBF}))))
+                    {
+                        return token_type::parse_error;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
 
-        // check array limit
-        if (ref_stack.back())
-        {
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(len != std::size_t(-1) and len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
-            {
-                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408,
-                                                "excessive array size: " + std::to_string(len)));
+                // remaining bytes (80..C1 and F5..FF) are ill-formed
+                default:
+                {
+                    error_message = "invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte";
+                    return token_type::parse_error;
+                }
             }
         }
-
-        return true;
     }
 
-    bool end_array()
+    static void strtof(float& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
     {
-        bool keep = true;
-
-        if (ref_stack.back())
-        {
-            keep = callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()) - 1, parse_event_t::array_end, *ref_stack.back());
-            if (not keep)
-            {
-                // discard array
-                *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
-            }
-        }
-
-        assert(not ref_stack.empty());
-        assert(not keep_stack.empty());
-        ref_stack.pop_back();
-        keep_stack.pop_back();
-
-        // remove discarded value
-        if (not keep and not ref_stack.empty())
-        {
-            if (ref_stack.back()->is_array())
-            {
-                ref_stack.back()->m_value.array->pop_back();
-            }
-        }
-
-        return true;
+        f = std::strtof(str, endptr);
     }
 
-    bool parse_error(std::size_t, const std::string&,
-                     const detail::exception& ex)
+    static void strtof(double& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
     {
-        errored = true;
-        if (allow_exceptions)
-        {
-            // determine the proper exception type from the id
-            switch ((ex.id / 100) % 100)
-            {
-                case 1:
-                    JSON_THROW(*reinterpret_cast<const detail::parse_error*>(&ex));
-                case 4:
-                    JSON_THROW(*reinterpret_cast<const detail::out_of_range*>(&ex));
-                // LCOV_EXCL_START
-                case 2:
-                    JSON_THROW(*reinterpret_cast<const detail::invalid_iterator*>(&ex));
-                case 3:
-                    JSON_THROW(*reinterpret_cast<const detail::type_error*>(&ex));
-                case 5:
-                    JSON_THROW(*reinterpret_cast<const detail::other_error*>(&ex));
-                default:
-                    assert(false);
-                    // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
+        f = std::strtod(str, endptr);
     }
 
-    constexpr bool is_errored() const
+    static void strtof(long double& f, const char* str, char** endptr) noexcept
     {
-        return errored;
+        f = std::strtold(str, endptr);
     }
 
-  private:
     /*!
-    @param[in] v  value to add to the JSON value we build during parsing
-    @param[in] skip_callback  whether we should skip calling the callback
-               function; this is required after start_array() and
-               start_object() SAX events, because otherwise we would call the
-               callback function with an empty array or object, respectively.
-
-    @invariant If the ref stack is empty, then the passed value will be the new
-               root.
-    @invariant If the ref stack contains a value, then it is an array or an
-               object to which we can add elements
-
-    @return pair of boolean (whether value should be kept) and pointer (to the
-            passed value in the ref_stack hierarchy; nullptr if not kept)
-    */
-    template<typename Value>
-    std::pair<bool, BasicJsonType*> handle_value(Value&& v, const bool skip_callback = false)
-    {
-        assert(not keep_stack.empty());
-
-        // do not handle this value if we know it would be added to a discarded
-        // container
-        if (not keep_stack.back())
-        {
-            return {false, nullptr};
-        }
-
-        // create value
-        auto value = BasicJsonType(std::forward<Value>(v));
-
-        // check callback
-        const bool keep = skip_callback or callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()), parse_event_t::value, value);
-
-        // do not handle this value if we just learnt it shall be discarded
-        if (not keep)
-        {
-            return {false, nullptr};
-        }
-
-        if (ref_stack.empty())
-        {
-            root = std::move(value);
-            return {true, &root};
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            // skip this value if we already decided to skip the parent
-            // (https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/971#issuecomment-413678360)
-            if (not ref_stack.back())
-            {
-                return {false, nullptr};
-            }
-
-            assert(ref_stack.back()->is_array() or ref_stack.back()->is_object());
-            if (ref_stack.back()->is_array())
-            {
-                ref_stack.back()->m_value.array->push_back(std::move(value));
-                return {true, &(ref_stack.back()->m_value.array->back())};
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                // check if we should store an element for the current key
-                assert(not key_keep_stack.empty());
-                const bool store_element = key_keep_stack.back();
-                key_keep_stack.pop_back();
-
-                if (not store_element)
-                {
-                    return {false, nullptr};
-                }
-
-                assert(object_element);
-                *object_element = std::move(value);
-                return {true, object_element};
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// the parsed JSON value
-    BasicJsonType& root;
-    /// stack to model hierarchy of values
-    std::vector<BasicJsonType*> ref_stack;
-    /// stack to manage which values to keep
-    std::vector<bool> keep_stack;
-    /// stack to manage which object keys to keep
-    std::vector<bool> key_keep_stack;
-    /// helper to hold the reference for the next object element
-    BasicJsonType* object_element = nullptr;
-    /// whether a syntax error occurred
-    bool errored = false;
-    /// callback function
-    const parser_callback_t callback = nullptr;
-    /// whether to throw exceptions in case of errors
-    const bool allow_exceptions = true;
-    /// a discarded value for the callback
-    BasicJsonType discarded = BasicJsonType::value_t::discarded;
-};
-
-template<typename BasicJsonType>
-class json_sax_acceptor
-{
-  public:
-    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
-    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
-    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
-    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
-
-    bool null()
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
+    @brief scan a number literal
 
-    bool boolean(bool)
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
+    This function scans a string according to Sect. 6 of RFC 7159.
 
-    bool number_integer(number_integer_t)
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
+    The function is realized with a deterministic finite state machine derived
+    from the grammar described in RFC 7159. Starting in state "init", the
+    input is read and used to determined the next state. Only state "done"
+    accepts the number. State "error" is a trap state to model errors. In the
+    table below, "anything" means any character but the ones listed before.
 
-    bool number_unsigned(number_unsigned_t)
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
+    state    | 0        | 1-9      | e E      | +       | -       | .        | anything
+    ---------|----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|----------|-----------
+    init     | zero     | any1     | [error]  | [error] | minus   | [error]  | [error]
+    minus    | zero     | any1     | [error]  | [error] | [error] | [error]  | [error]
+    zero     | done     | done     | exponent | done    | done    | decimal1 | done
+    any1     | any1     | any1     | exponent | done    | done    | decimal1 | done
+    decimal1 | decimal2 | [error]  | [error]  | [error] | [error] | [error]  | [error]
+    decimal2 | decimal2 | decimal2 | exponent | done    | done    | done     | done
+    exponent | any2     | any2     | [error]  | sign    | sign    | [error]  | [error]
+    sign     | any2     | any2     | [error]  | [error] | [error] | [error]  | [error]
+    any2     | any2     | any2     | done     | done    | done    | done     | done
 
-    bool number_float(number_float_t, const string_t&)
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
+    The state machine is realized with one label per state (prefixed with
+    "scan_number_") and `goto` statements between them. The state machine
+    contains cycles, but any cycle can be left when EOF is read. Therefore,
+    the function is guaranteed to terminate.
 
-    bool string(string_t&)
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
+    During scanning, the read bytes are stored in token_buffer. This string is
+    then converted to a signed integer, an unsigned integer, or a
+    floating-point number.
 
-    bool start_object(std::size_t = std::size_t(-1))
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
+    @return token_type::value_unsigned, token_type::value_integer, or
+            token_type::value_float if number could be successfully scanned,
+            token_type::parse_error otherwise
 
-    bool key(string_t&)
+    @note The scanner is independent of the current locale. Internally, the
+          locale's decimal point is used instead of `.` to work with the
+          locale-dependent converters.
+    */
+    token_type scan_number()  // lgtm [cpp/use-of-goto]
     {
-        return true;
-    }
+        // reset token_buffer to store the number's bytes
+        reset();
 
-    bool end_object()
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
+        // the type of the parsed number; initially set to unsigned; will be
+        // changed if minus sign, decimal point or exponent is read
+        token_type number_type = token_type::value_unsigned;
 
-    bool start_array(std::size_t = std::size_t(-1))
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
+        // state (init): we just found out we need to scan a number
+        switch (current)
+        {
+            case '-':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_minus;
+            }
 
-    bool end_array()
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
+            case '0':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_zero;
+            }
 
-    bool parse_error(std::size_t, const std::string&, const detail::exception&)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-};
-}
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_any1;
+            }
 
-}
+            // all other characters are rejected outside scan_number()
+            default:            // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+                assert(false);  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+        }
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/lexer.hpp>
+scan_number_minus:
+        // state: we just parsed a leading minus sign
+        number_type = token_type::value_integer;
+        switch (get())
+        {
+            case '0':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_zero;
+            }
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_any1;
+            }
 
+            default:
+            {
+                error_message = "invalid number; expected digit after '-'";
+                return token_type::parse_error;
+            }
+        }
 
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-namespace detail
-{
-////////////
-// parser //
-////////////
+scan_number_zero:
+        // state: we just parse a zero (maybe with a leading minus sign)
+        switch (get())
+        {
+            case '.':
+            {
+                add(decimal_point_char);
+                goto scan_number_decimal1;
+            }
 
-/*!
-@brief syntax analysis
+            case 'e':
+            case 'E':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_exponent;
+            }
 
-This class implements a recursive decent parser.
-*/
-template<typename BasicJsonType>
-class parser
-{
-    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
-    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
-    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
-    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
-    using lexer_t = lexer<BasicJsonType>;
-    using token_type = typename lexer_t::token_type;
+            default:
+                goto scan_number_done;
+        }
 
-  public:
-    enum class parse_event_t : uint8_t
-    {
-        /// the parser read `{` and started to process a JSON object
-        object_start,
-        /// the parser read `}` and finished processing a JSON object
-        object_end,
-        /// the parser read `[` and started to process a JSON array
-        array_start,
-        /// the parser read `]` and finished processing a JSON array
-        array_end,
-        /// the parser read a key of a value in an object
-        key,
-        /// the parser finished reading a JSON value
-        value
-    };
+scan_number_any1:
+        // state: we just parsed a number 0-9 (maybe with a leading minus sign)
+        switch (get())
+        {
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_any1;
+            }
 
-    using parser_callback_t =
-        std::function<bool(int depth, parse_event_t event, BasicJsonType& parsed)>;
+            case '.':
+            {
+                add(decimal_point_char);
+                goto scan_number_decimal1;
+            }
 
-    /// a parser reading from an input adapter
-    explicit parser(detail::input_adapter_t&& adapter,
-                    const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr,
-                    const bool allow_exceptions_ = true)
-        : callback(cb), m_lexer(std::move(adapter)), allow_exceptions(allow_exceptions_)
-    {
-        // read first token
-        get_token();
-    }
+            case 'e':
+            case 'E':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_exponent;
+            }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief public parser interface
+            default:
+                goto scan_number_done;
+        }
 
-    @param[in] strict      whether to expect the last token to be EOF
-    @param[in,out] result  parsed JSON value
+scan_number_decimal1:
+        // state: we just parsed a decimal point
+        number_type = token_type::value_float;
+        switch (get())
+        {
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_decimal2;
+            }
 
-    @throw parse_error.101 in case of an unexpected token
-    @throw parse_error.102 if to_unicode fails or surrogate error
-    @throw parse_error.103 if to_unicode fails
-    */
-    void parse(const bool strict, BasicJsonType& result)
-    {
-        if (callback)
+            default:
+            {
+                error_message = "invalid number; expected digit after '.'";
+                return token_type::parse_error;
+            }
+        }
+
+scan_number_decimal2:
+        // we just parsed at least one number after a decimal point
+        switch (get())
         {
-            json_sax_dom_callback_parser<BasicJsonType> sdp(result, callback, allow_exceptions);
-            sax_parse_internal(&sdp);
-            result.assert_invariant();
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_decimal2;
+            }
 
-            // in strict mode, input must be completely read
-            if (strict and (get_token() != token_type::end_of_input))
+            case 'e':
+            case 'E':
+            {
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_exponent;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                goto scan_number_done;
+        }
+
+scan_number_exponent:
+        // we just parsed an exponent
+        number_type = token_type::value_float;
+        switch (get())
+        {
+            case '+':
+            case '-':
             {
-                sdp.parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
-                                m_lexer.get_token_string(),
-                                parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(), exception_message(token_type::end_of_input)));
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_sign;
             }
 
-            // in case of an error, return discarded value
-            if (sdp.is_errored())
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
             {
-                result = value_t::discarded;
-                return;
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_any2;
             }
 
-            // set top-level value to null if it was discarded by the callback
-            // function
-            if (result.is_discarded())
+            default:
             {
-                result = nullptr;
+                error_message =
+                    "invalid number; expected '+', '-', or digit after exponent";
+                return token_type::parse_error;
             }
         }
-        else
-        {
-            json_sax_dom_parser<BasicJsonType> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-            sax_parse_internal(&sdp);
-            result.assert_invariant();
 
-            // in strict mode, input must be completely read
-            if (strict and (get_token() != token_type::end_of_input))
+scan_number_sign:
+        // we just parsed an exponent sign
+        switch (get())
+        {
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
             {
-                sdp.parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
-                                m_lexer.get_token_string(),
-                                parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(), exception_message(token_type::end_of_input)));
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_any2;
             }
 
-            // in case of an error, return discarded value
-            if (sdp.is_errored())
+            default:
             {
-                result = value_t::discarded;
-                return;
+                error_message = "invalid number; expected digit after exponent sign";
+                return token_type::parse_error;
             }
         }
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief public accept interface
-
-    @param[in] strict  whether to expect the last token to be EOF
-    @return whether the input is a proper JSON text
-    */
-    bool accept(const bool strict = true)
-    {
-        json_sax_acceptor<BasicJsonType> sax_acceptor;
-        return sax_parse(&sax_acceptor, strict);
-    }
-
-    template <typename SAX>
-    bool sax_parse(SAX* sax, const bool strict = true)
-    {
-        (void)detail::is_sax_static_asserts<SAX, BasicJsonType> {};
-        const bool result = sax_parse_internal(sax);
-
-        // strict mode: next byte must be EOF
-        if (result and strict and (get_token() != token_type::end_of_input))
-        {
-            return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
-                                    m_lexer.get_token_string(),
-                                    parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(), exception_message(token_type::end_of_input)));
-        }
-
-        return result;
-    }
-
-  private:
-    template <typename SAX>
-    bool sax_parse_internal(SAX* sax)
-    {
-        // stack to remember the hieararchy of structured values we are parsing
-        // true = array; false = object
-        std::vector<bool> states;
-        // value to avoid a goto (see comment where set to true)
-        bool skip_to_state_evaluation = false;
 
-        while (true)
+scan_number_any2:
+        // we just parsed a number after the exponent or exponent sign
+        switch (get())
         {
-            if (not skip_to_state_evaluation)
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
             {
-                // invariant: get_token() was called before each iteration
-                switch (last_token)
-                {
-                    case token_type::begin_object:
-                    {
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_object(std::size_t(-1))))
-                        {
-                            return false;
-                        }
-
-                        // closing } -> we are done
-                        if (get_token() == token_type::end_object)
-                        {
-                            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->end_object()))
-                            {
-                                return false;
-                            }
-                            break;
-                        }
-
-                        // parse key
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(last_token != token_type::value_string))
-                        {
-                            return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
-                                                    m_lexer.get_token_string(),
-                                                    parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(), exception_message(token_type::value_string)));
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->key(m_lexer.get_string())))
-                            {
-                                return false;
-                            }
-                        }
-
-                        // parse separator (:)
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(get_token() != token_type::name_separator))
-                        {
-                            return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
-                                                    m_lexer.get_token_string(),
-                                                    parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(), exception_message(token_type::name_separator)));
-                        }
-
-                        // remember we are now inside an object
-                        states.push_back(false);
-
-                        // parse values
-                        get_token();
-                        continue;
-                    }
-
-                    case token_type::begin_array:
-                    {
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_array(std::size_t(-1))))
-                        {
-                            return false;
-                        }
-
-                        // closing ] -> we are done
-                        if (get_token() == token_type::end_array)
-                        {
-                            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->end_array()))
-                            {
-                                return false;
-                            }
-                            break;
-                        }
-
-                        // remember we are now inside an array
-                        states.push_back(true);
-
-                        // parse values (no need to call get_token)
-                        continue;
-                    }
-
-                    case token_type::value_float:
-                    {
-                        const auto res = m_lexer.get_number_float();
-
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not std::isfinite(res)))
-                        {
-                            return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
-                                                    m_lexer.get_token_string(),
-                                                    out_of_range::create(406, "number overflow parsing '" + m_lexer.get_token_string() + "'"));
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->number_float(res, m_lexer.get_string())))
-                            {
-                                return false;
-                            }
-                            break;
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    case token_type::literal_false:
-                    {
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->boolean(false)))
-                        {
-                            return false;
-                        }
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    case token_type::literal_null:
-                    {
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->null()))
-                        {
-                            return false;
-                        }
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    case token_type::literal_true:
-                    {
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->boolean(true)))
-                        {
-                            return false;
-                        }
-                        break;
-                    }
+                add(current);
+                goto scan_number_any2;
+            }
 
-                    case token_type::value_integer:
-                    {
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->number_integer(m_lexer.get_number_integer())))
-                        {
-                            return false;
-                        }
-                        break;
-                    }
+            default:
+                goto scan_number_done;
+        }
 
-                    case token_type::value_string:
-                    {
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->string(m_lexer.get_string())))
-                        {
-                            return false;
-                        }
-                        break;
-                    }
+scan_number_done:
+        // unget the character after the number (we only read it to know that
+        // we are done scanning a number)
+        unget();
 
-                    case token_type::value_unsigned:
-                    {
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->number_unsigned(m_lexer.get_number_unsigned())))
-                        {
-                            return false;
-                        }
-                        break;
-                    }
+        char* endptr = nullptr;
+        errno = 0;
 
-                    case token_type::parse_error:
-                    {
-                        // using "uninitialized" to avoid "expected" message
-                        return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
-                                                m_lexer.get_token_string(),
-                                                parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(), exception_message(token_type::uninitialized)));
-                    }
+        // try to parse integers first and fall back to floats
+        if (number_type == token_type::value_unsigned)
+        {
+            const auto x = std::strtoull(token_buffer.data(), &endptr, 10);
 
-                    default: // the last token was unexpected
-                    {
-                        return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
-                                                m_lexer.get_token_string(),
-                                                parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(), exception_message(token_type::literal_or_value)));
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                skip_to_state_evaluation = false;
-            }
+            // we checked the number format before
+            assert(endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size());
 
-            // we reached this line after we successfully parsed a value
-            if (states.empty())
-            {
-                // empty stack: we reached the end of the hieararchy: done
-                return true;
-            }
-            else
+            if (errno == 0)
             {
-                if (states.back())  // array
+                value_unsigned = static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(x);
+                if (value_unsigned == x)
                 {
-                    // comma -> next value
-                    if (get_token() == token_type::value_separator)
-                    {
-                        // parse a new value
-                        get_token();
-                        continue;
-                    }
+                    return token_type::value_unsigned;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else if (number_type == token_type::value_integer)
+        {
+            const auto x = std::strtoll(token_buffer.data(), &endptr, 10);
 
-                    // closing ]
-                    if (JSON_LIKELY(last_token == token_type::end_array))
-                    {
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->end_array()))
-                        {
-                            return false;
-                        }
+            // we checked the number format before
+            assert(endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size());
 
-                        // We are done with this array. Before we can parse a
-                        // new value, we need to evaluate the new state first.
-                        // By setting skip_to_state_evaluation to false, we
-                        // are effectively jumping to the beginning of this if.
-                        assert(not states.empty());
-                        states.pop_back();
-                        skip_to_state_evaluation = true;
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
-                                                m_lexer.get_token_string(),
-                                                parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(), exception_message(token_type::end_array)));
-                    }
-                }
-                else  // object
+            if (errno == 0)
+            {
+                value_integer = static_cast<number_integer_t>(x);
+                if (value_integer == x)
                 {
-                    // comma -> next value
-                    if (get_token() == token_type::value_separator)
-                    {
-                        // parse key
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(get_token() != token_type::value_string))
-                        {
-                            return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
-                                                    m_lexer.get_token_string(),
-                                                    parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(), exception_message(token_type::value_string)));
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->key(m_lexer.get_string())))
-                            {
-                                return false;
-                            }
-                        }
+                    return token_type::value_integer;
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
-                        // parse separator (:)
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(get_token() != token_type::name_separator))
-                        {
-                            return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
-                                                    m_lexer.get_token_string(),
-                                                    parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(), exception_message(token_type::name_separator)));
-                        }
+        // this code is reached if we parse a floating-point number or if an
+        // integer conversion above failed
+        strtof(value_float, token_buffer.data(), &endptr);
 
-                        // parse values
-                        get_token();
-                        continue;
-                    }
+        // we checked the number format before
+        assert(endptr == token_buffer.data() + token_buffer.size());
 
-                    // closing }
-                    if (JSON_LIKELY(last_token == token_type::end_object))
-                    {
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->end_object()))
-                        {
-                            return false;
-                        }
+        return token_type::value_float;
+    }
 
-                        // We are done with this object. Before we can parse a
-                        // new value, we need to evaluate the new state first.
-                        // By setting skip_to_state_evaluation to false, we
-                        // are effectively jumping to the beginning of this if.
-                        assert(not states.empty());
-                        states.pop_back();
-                        skip_to_state_evaluation = true;
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
-                                                m_lexer.get_token_string(),
-                                                parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(), exception_message(token_type::end_object)));
-                    }
-                }
+    /*!
+    @param[in] literal_text  the literal text to expect
+    @param[in] length        the length of the passed literal text
+    @param[in] return_type   the token type to return on success
+    */
+    token_type scan_literal(const char* literal_text, const std::size_t length,
+                            token_type return_type)
+    {
+        assert(current == literal_text[0]);
+        for (std::size_t i = 1; i < length; ++i)
+        {
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(get() != literal_text[i]))
+            {
+                error_message = "invalid literal";
+                return token_type::parse_error;
             }
         }
+        return return_type;
     }
 
-    /// get next token from lexer
-    token_type get_token()
+    /////////////////////
+    // input management
+    /////////////////////
+
+    /// reset token_buffer; current character is beginning of token
+    void reset() noexcept
     {
-        return (last_token = m_lexer.scan());
+        token_buffer.clear();
+        token_string.clear();
+        token_string.push_back(std::char_traits<char>::to_char_type(current));
     }
 
-    std::string exception_message(const token_type expected)
+    /*
+    @brief get next character from the input
+
+    This function provides the interface to the used input adapter. It does
+    not throw in case the input reached EOF, but returns a
+    `std::char_traits<char>::eof()` in that case.  Stores the scanned characters
+    for use in error messages.
+
+    @return character read from the input
+    */
+    std::char_traits<char>::int_type get()
     {
-        std::string error_msg = "syntax error - ";
-        if (last_token == token_type::parse_error)
+        ++position.chars_read_total;
+        ++position.chars_read_current_line;
+
+        if (next_unget)
         {
-            error_msg += std::string(m_lexer.get_error_message()) + "; last read: '" +
-                         m_lexer.get_token_string() + "'";
+            // just reset the next_unget variable and work with current
+            next_unget = false;
         }
         else
         {
-            error_msg += "unexpected " + std::string(lexer_t::token_type_name(last_token));
+            current = ia->get_character();
         }
 
-        if (expected != token_type::uninitialized)
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(current != std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
         {
-            error_msg += "; expected " + std::string(lexer_t::token_type_name(expected));
+            token_string.push_back(std::char_traits<char>::to_char_type(current));
         }
 
-        return error_msg;
-    }
-
-  private:
-    /// callback function
-    const parser_callback_t callback = nullptr;
-    /// the type of the last read token
-    token_type last_token = token_type::uninitialized;
-    /// the lexer
-    lexer_t m_lexer;
-    /// whether to throw exceptions in case of errors
-    const bool allow_exceptions = true;
-};
-}
-}
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/primitive_iterator.hpp>
-
-
-#include <cstddef> // ptrdiff_t
-#include <limits>  // numeric_limits
-
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-namespace detail
-{
-/*
-@brief an iterator for primitive JSON types
-
-This class models an iterator for primitive JSON types (boolean, number,
-string). It's only purpose is to allow the iterator/const_iterator classes
-to "iterate" over primitive values. Internally, the iterator is modeled by
-a `difference_type` variable. Value begin_value (`0`) models the begin,
-end_value (`1`) models past the end.
-*/
-class primitive_iterator_t
-{
-  private:
-    using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
-    static constexpr difference_type begin_value = 0;
-    static constexpr difference_type end_value = begin_value + 1;
-
-    /// iterator as signed integer type
-    difference_type m_it = (std::numeric_limits<std::ptrdiff_t>::min)();
+        if (current == '\n')
+        {
+            ++position.lines_read;
+            position.chars_read_current_line = 0;
+        }
 
-  public:
-    constexpr difference_type get_value() const noexcept
-    {
-        return m_it;
+        return current;
     }
 
-    /// set iterator to a defined beginning
-    void set_begin() noexcept
-    {
-        m_it = begin_value;
-    }
+    /*!
+    @brief unget current character (read it again on next get)
 
-    /// set iterator to a defined past the end
-    void set_end() noexcept
+    We implement unget by setting variable next_unget to true. The input is not
+    changed - we just simulate ungetting by modifying chars_read_total,
+    chars_read_current_line, and token_string. The next call to get() will
+    behave as if the unget character is read again.
+    */
+    void unget()
     {
-        m_it = end_value;
-    }
+        next_unget = true;
 
-    /// return whether the iterator can be dereferenced
-    constexpr bool is_begin() const noexcept
-    {
-        return m_it == begin_value;
-    }
+        --position.chars_read_total;
 
-    /// return whether the iterator is at end
-    constexpr bool is_end() const noexcept
-    {
-        return m_it == end_value;
-    }
+        // in case we "unget" a newline, we have to also decrement the lines_read
+        if (position.chars_read_current_line == 0)
+        {
+            if (position.lines_read > 0)
+            {
+                --position.lines_read;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            --position.chars_read_current_line;
+        }
 
-    friend constexpr bool operator==(primitive_iterator_t lhs, primitive_iterator_t rhs) noexcept
-    {
-        return lhs.m_it == rhs.m_it;
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(current != std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
+        {
+            assert(not token_string.empty());
+            token_string.pop_back();
+        }
     }
 
-    friend constexpr bool operator<(primitive_iterator_t lhs, primitive_iterator_t rhs) noexcept
+    /// add a character to token_buffer
+    void add(int c)
     {
-        return lhs.m_it < rhs.m_it;
+        token_buffer.push_back(std::char_traits<char>::to_char_type(c));
     }
 
-    primitive_iterator_t operator+(difference_type n) noexcept
-    {
-        auto result = *this;
-        result += n;
-        return result;
-    }
+  public:
+    /////////////////////
+    // value getters
+    /////////////////////
 
-    friend constexpr difference_type operator-(primitive_iterator_t lhs, primitive_iterator_t rhs) noexcept
+    /// return integer value
+    constexpr number_integer_t get_number_integer() const noexcept
     {
-        return lhs.m_it - rhs.m_it;
+        return value_integer;
     }
 
-    primitive_iterator_t& operator++() noexcept
+    /// return unsigned integer value
+    constexpr number_unsigned_t get_number_unsigned() const noexcept
     {
-        ++m_it;
-        return *this;
+        return value_unsigned;
     }
 
-    primitive_iterator_t const operator++(int) noexcept
+    /// return floating-point value
+    constexpr number_float_t get_number_float() const noexcept
     {
-        auto result = *this;
-        ++m_it;
-        return result;
+        return value_float;
     }
 
-    primitive_iterator_t& operator--() noexcept
+    /// return current string value (implicitly resets the token; useful only once)
+    string_t& get_string()
     {
-        --m_it;
-        return *this;
+        return token_buffer;
     }
 
-    primitive_iterator_t const operator--(int) noexcept
+    /////////////////////
+    // diagnostics
+    /////////////////////
+
+    /// return position of last read token
+    constexpr position_t get_position() const noexcept
     {
-        auto result = *this;
-        --m_it;
-        return result;
+        return position;
     }
 
-    primitive_iterator_t& operator+=(difference_type n) noexcept
+    /// return the last read token (for errors only).  Will never contain EOF
+    /// (an arbitrary value that is not a valid char value, often -1), because
+    /// 255 may legitimately occur.  May contain NUL, which should be escaped.
+    std::string get_token_string() const
     {
-        m_it += n;
-        return *this;
+        // escape control characters
+        std::string result;
+        for (const auto c : token_string)
+        {
+            if ('\x00' <= c and c <= '\x1F')
+            {
+                // escape control characters
+                std::array<char, 9> cs{{}};
+                (std::snprintf)(cs.data(), cs.size(), "<U+%.4X>", static_cast<unsigned char>(c));
+                result += cs.data();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // add character as is
+                result.push_back(c);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
     }
 
-    primitive_iterator_t& operator-=(difference_type n) noexcept
+    /// return syntax error message
+    constexpr const char* get_error_message() const noexcept
     {
-        m_it -= n;
-        return *this;
+        return error_message;
     }
-};
-}
-}
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/internal_iterator.hpp>
-
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/primitive_iterator.hpp>
-
 
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-namespace detail
-{
-/*!
-@brief an iterator value
-
-@note This structure could easily be a union, but MSVC currently does not allow
-unions members with complex constructors, see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/105.
-*/
-template<typename BasicJsonType> struct internal_iterator
-{
-    /// iterator for JSON objects
-    typename BasicJsonType::object_t::iterator object_iterator {};
-    /// iterator for JSON arrays
-    typename BasicJsonType::array_t::iterator array_iterator {};
-    /// generic iterator for all other types
-    primitive_iterator_t primitive_iterator {};
-};
-}
-}
+    /////////////////////
+    // actual scanner
+    /////////////////////
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/iter_impl.hpp>
+    /*!
+    @brief skip the UTF-8 byte order mark
+    @return true iff there is no BOM or the correct BOM has been skipped
+    */
+    bool skip_bom()
+    {
+        if (get() == 0xEF)
+        {
+            // check if we completely parse the BOM
+            return get() == 0xBB and get() == 0xBF;
+        }
 
+        // the first character is not the beginning of the BOM; unget it to
+        // process is later
+        unget();
+        return true;
+    }
 
-#include <ciso646> // not
-#include <iterator> // iterator, random_access_iterator_tag, bidirectional_iterator_tag, advance, next
-#include <type_traits> // conditional, is_const, remove_const
+    token_type scan()
+    {
+        // initially, skip the BOM
+        if (position.chars_read_total == 0 and not skip_bom())
+        {
+            error_message = "invalid BOM; must be 0xEF 0xBB 0xBF if given";
+            return token_type::parse_error;
+        }
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
+        // read next character and ignore whitespace
+        do
+        {
+            get();
+        }
+        while (current == ' ' or current == '\t' or current == '\n' or current == '\r');
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/internal_iterator.hpp>
+        switch (current)
+        {
+            // structural characters
+            case '[':
+                return token_type::begin_array;
+            case ']':
+                return token_type::end_array;
+            case '{':
+                return token_type::begin_object;
+            case '}':
+                return token_type::end_object;
+            case ':':
+                return token_type::name_separator;
+            case ',':
+                return token_type::value_separator;
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/primitive_iterator.hpp>
+            // literals
+            case 't':
+                return scan_literal("true", 4, token_type::literal_true);
+            case 'f':
+                return scan_literal("false", 5, token_type::literal_false);
+            case 'n':
+                return scan_literal("null", 4, token_type::literal_null);
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+            // string
+            case '\"':
+                return scan_string();
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
+            // number
+            case '-':
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+                return scan_number();
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+            // end of input (the null byte is needed when parsing from
+            // string literals)
+            case '\0':
+            case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
+                return token_type::end_of_input;
 
+            // error
+            default:
+                error_message = "invalid literal";
+                return token_type::parse_error;
+        }
+    }
 
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-namespace detail
-{
-// forward declare, to be able to friend it later on
-template<typename IteratorType> class iteration_proxy;
+  private:
+    /// input adapter
+    detail::input_adapter_t ia = nullptr;
 
-/*!
-@brief a template for a bidirectional iterator for the @ref basic_json class
+    /// the current character
+    std::char_traits<char>::int_type current = std::char_traits<char>::eof();
 
-This class implements a both iterators (iterator and const_iterator) for the
-@ref basic_json class.
+    /// whether the next get() call should just return current
+    bool next_unget = false;
 
-@note An iterator is called *initialized* when a pointer to a JSON value has
-      been set (e.g., by a constructor or a copy assignment). If the iterator is
-      default-constructed, it is *uninitialized* and most methods are undefined.
-      **The library uses assertions to detect calls on uninitialized iterators.**
+    /// the start position of the current token
+    position_t position {};
 
-@requirement The class satisfies the following concept requirements:
--
-[BidirectionalIterator](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/BidirectionalIterator):
-  The iterator that can be moved can be moved in both directions (i.e.
-  incremented and decremented).
+    /// raw input token string (for error messages)
+    std::vector<char> token_string {};
 
-@since version 1.0.0, simplified in version 2.0.9, change to bidirectional
-       iterators in version 3.0.0 (see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/593)
-*/
-template<typename BasicJsonType>
-class iter_impl
-{
-    /// allow basic_json to access private members
-    friend iter_impl<typename std::conditional<std::is_const<BasicJsonType>::value, typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type, const BasicJsonType>::type>;
-    friend BasicJsonType;
-    friend iteration_proxy<iter_impl>;
+    /// buffer for variable-length tokens (numbers, strings)
+    string_t token_buffer {};
 
-    using object_t = typename BasicJsonType::object_t;
-    using array_t = typename BasicJsonType::array_t;
-    // make sure BasicJsonType is basic_json or const basic_json
-    static_assert(is_basic_json<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type>::value,
-                  "iter_impl only accepts (const) basic_json");
+    /// a description of occurred lexer errors
+    const char* error_message = "";
 
-  public:
+    // number values
+    number_integer_t value_integer = 0;
+    number_unsigned_t value_unsigned = 0;
+    number_float_t value_float = 0;
 
-    /// The std::iterator class template (used as a base class to provide typedefs) is deprecated in C++17.
-    /// The C++ Standard has never required user-defined iterators to derive from std::iterator.
-    /// A user-defined iterator should provide publicly accessible typedefs named
-    /// iterator_category, value_type, difference_type, pointer, and reference.
-    /// Note that value_type is required to be non-const, even for constant iterators.
-    using iterator_category = std::bidirectional_iterator_tag;
+    /// the decimal point
+    const char decimal_point_char = '.';
+};
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
-    /// the type of the values when the iterator is dereferenced
-    using value_type = typename BasicJsonType::value_type;
-    /// a type to represent differences between iterators
-    using difference_type = typename BasicJsonType::difference_type;
-    /// defines a pointer to the type iterated over (value_type)
-    using pointer = typename std::conditional<std::is_const<BasicJsonType>::value,
-          typename BasicJsonType::const_pointer,
-          typename BasicJsonType::pointer>::type;
-    /// defines a reference to the type iterated over (value_type)
-    using reference =
-        typename std::conditional<std::is_const<BasicJsonType>::value,
-        typename BasicJsonType::const_reference,
-        typename BasicJsonType::reference>::type;
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp>
 
-    /// default constructor
-    iter_impl() = default;
 
-    /*!
-    @brief constructor for a given JSON instance
-    @param[in] object  pointer to a JSON object for this iterator
-    @pre object != nullptr
-    @post The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    explicit iter_impl(pointer object) noexcept : m_object(object)
-    {
-        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+#include <cassert> // assert
+#include <cmath> // isfinite
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t
+#include <functional> // function
+#include <string> // string
+#include <utility> // move
+#include <vector> // vector
 
-        switch (m_object->m_type)
-        {
-            case value_t::object:
-            {
-                m_it.object_iterator = typename object_t::iterator();
-                break;
-            }
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
 
-            case value_t::array:
-            {
-                m_it.array_iterator = typename array_t::iterator();
-                break;
-            }
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/input_adapters.hpp>
 
-            default:
-            {
-                m_it.primitive_iterator = primitive_iterator_t();
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/json_sax.hpp>
 
-    /*!
-    @note The conventional copy constructor and copy assignment are implicitly
-          defined. Combined with the following converting constructor and
-          assignment, they support: (1) copy from iterator to iterator, (2)
-          copy from const iterator to const iterator, and (3) conversion from
-          iterator to const iterator. However conversion from const iterator
-          to iterator is not defined.
-    */
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/lexer.hpp>
 
-    /*!
-    @brief converting constructor
-    @param[in] other  non-const iterator to copy from
-    @note It is not checked whether @a other is initialized.
-    */
-    iter_impl(const iter_impl<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type>& other) noexcept
-        : m_object(other.m_object), m_it(other.m_it) {}
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
 
-    /*!
-    @brief converting assignment
-    @param[in,out] other  non-const iterator to copy from
-    @return const/non-const iterator
-    @note It is not checked whether @a other is initialized.
-    */
-    iter_impl& operator=(const iter_impl<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type>& other) noexcept
-    {
-        m_object = other.m_object;
-        m_it = other.m_it;
-        return *this;
-    }
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/is_sax.hpp>
 
-  private:
-    /*!
-    @brief set the iterator to the first value
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    void set_begin() noexcept
-    {
-        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
 
-        switch (m_object->m_type)
-        {
-            case value_t::object:
-            {
-                m_it.object_iterator = m_object->m_value.object->begin();
-                break;
-            }
 
-            case value_t::array:
-            {
-                m_it.array_iterator = m_object->m_value.array->begin();
-                break;
-            }
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+////////////
+// parser //
+////////////
 
-            case value_t::null:
-            {
-                // set to end so begin()==end() is true: null is empty
-                m_it.primitive_iterator.set_end();
-                break;
-            }
+/*!
+@brief syntax analysis
 
-            default:
-            {
-                m_it.primitive_iterator.set_begin();
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
+This class implements a recursive decent parser.
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class parser
+{
+    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
+    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
+    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
+    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
+    using lexer_t = lexer<BasicJsonType>;
+    using token_type = typename lexer_t::token_type;
 
-    /*!
-    @brief set the iterator past the last value
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    void set_end() noexcept
+  public:
+    enum class parse_event_t : uint8_t
     {
-        assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-        switch (m_object->m_type)
-        {
-            case value_t::object:
-            {
-                m_it.object_iterator = m_object->m_value.object->end();
-                break;
-            }
+        /// the parser read `{` and started to process a JSON object
+        object_start,
+        /// the parser read `}` and finished processing a JSON object
+        object_end,
+        /// the parser read `[` and started to process a JSON array
+        array_start,
+        /// the parser read `]` and finished processing a JSON array
+        array_end,
+        /// the parser read a key of a value in an object
+        key,
+        /// the parser finished reading a JSON value
+        value
+    };
 
-            case value_t::array:
-            {
-                m_it.array_iterator = m_object->m_value.array->end();
-                break;
-            }
+    using parser_callback_t =
+        std::function<bool(int depth, parse_event_t event, BasicJsonType& parsed)>;
 
-            default:
-            {
-                m_it.primitive_iterator.set_end();
-                break;
-            }
-        }
+    /// a parser reading from an input adapter
+    explicit parser(detail::input_adapter_t&& adapter,
+                    const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr,
+                    const bool allow_exceptions_ = true)
+        : callback(cb), m_lexer(std::move(adapter)), allow_exceptions(allow_exceptions_)
+    {
+        // read first token
+        get_token();
     }
 
-  public:
     /*!
-    @brief return a reference to the value pointed to by the iterator
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    @brief public parser interface
+
+    @param[in] strict      whether to expect the last token to be EOF
+    @param[in,out] result  parsed JSON value
+
+    @throw parse_error.101 in case of an unexpected token
+    @throw parse_error.102 if to_unicode fails or surrogate error
+    @throw parse_error.103 if to_unicode fails
     */
-    reference operator*() const
+    void parse(const bool strict, BasicJsonType& result)
     {
-        assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        if (callback)
         {
-            case value_t::object:
-            {
-                assert(m_it.object_iterator != m_object->m_value.object->end());
-                return m_it.object_iterator->second;
-            }
+            json_sax_dom_callback_parser<BasicJsonType> sdp(result, callback, allow_exceptions);
+            sax_parse_internal(&sdp);
+            result.assert_invariant();
 
-            case value_t::array:
+            // in strict mode, input must be completely read
+            if (strict and (get_token() != token_type::end_of_input))
             {
-                assert(m_it.array_iterator != m_object->m_value.array->end());
-                return *m_it.array_iterator;
+                sdp.parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                m_lexer.get_token_string(),
+                                parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                    exception_message(token_type::end_of_input, "value")));
             }
 
-            case value_t::null:
-                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(214, "cannot get value"));
-
-            default:
+            // in case of an error, return discarded value
+            if (sdp.is_errored())
             {
-                if (JSON_LIKELY(m_it.primitive_iterator.is_begin()))
-                {
-                    return *m_object;
-                }
-
-                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(214, "cannot get value"));
+                result = value_t::discarded;
+                return;
             }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief dereference the iterator
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    pointer operator->() const
-    {
-        assert(m_object != nullptr);
 
-        switch (m_object->m_type)
-        {
-            case value_t::object:
+            // set top-level value to null if it was discarded by the callback
+            // function
+            if (result.is_discarded())
             {
-                assert(m_it.object_iterator != m_object->m_value.object->end());
-                return &(m_it.object_iterator->second);
+                result = nullptr;
             }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            json_sax_dom_parser<BasicJsonType> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
+            sax_parse_internal(&sdp);
+            result.assert_invariant();
 
-            case value_t::array:
+            // in strict mode, input must be completely read
+            if (strict and (get_token() != token_type::end_of_input))
             {
-                assert(m_it.array_iterator != m_object->m_value.array->end());
-                return &*m_it.array_iterator;
+                sdp.parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                m_lexer.get_token_string(),
+                                parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                    exception_message(token_type::end_of_input, "value")));
             }
 
-            default:
+            // in case of an error, return discarded value
+            if (sdp.is_errored())
             {
-                if (JSON_LIKELY(m_it.primitive_iterator.is_begin()))
-                {
-                    return m_object;
-                }
-
-                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(214, "cannot get value"));
+                result = value_t::discarded;
+                return;
             }
         }
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief post-increment (it++)
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    @brief public accept interface
+
+    @param[in] strict  whether to expect the last token to be EOF
+    @return whether the input is a proper JSON text
     */
-    iter_impl const operator++(int)
+    bool accept(const bool strict = true)
     {
-        auto result = *this;
-        ++(*this);
-        return result;
+        json_sax_acceptor<BasicJsonType> sax_acceptor;
+        return sax_parse(&sax_acceptor, strict);
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief pre-increment (++it)
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    iter_impl& operator++()
+    template <typename SAX>
+    bool sax_parse(SAX* sax, const bool strict = true)
     {
-        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+        (void)detail::is_sax_static_asserts<SAX, BasicJsonType> {};
+        const bool result = sax_parse_internal(sax);
 
-        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        // strict mode: next byte must be EOF
+        if (result and strict and (get_token() != token_type::end_of_input))
         {
-            case value_t::object:
-            {
-                std::advance(m_it.object_iterator, 1);
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::array:
-            {
-                std::advance(m_it.array_iterator, 1);
-                break;
-            }
-
-            default:
-            {
-                ++m_it.primitive_iterator;
-                break;
-            }
+            return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                    m_lexer.get_token_string(),
+                                    parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                            exception_message(token_type::end_of_input, "value")));
         }
 
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief post-decrement (it--)
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    iter_impl const operator--(int)
-    {
-        auto result = *this;
-        --(*this);
         return result;
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief pre-decrement (--it)
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    iter_impl& operator--()
+  private:
+    template <typename SAX>
+    bool sax_parse_internal(SAX* sax)
     {
-        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+        // stack to remember the hierarchy of structured values we are parsing
+        // true = array; false = object
+        std::vector<bool> states;
+        // value to avoid a goto (see comment where set to true)
+        bool skip_to_state_evaluation = false;
 
-        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        while (true)
         {
-            case value_t::object:
+            if (not skip_to_state_evaluation)
             {
-                std::advance(m_it.object_iterator, -1);
-                break;
-            }
+                // invariant: get_token() was called before each iteration
+                switch (last_token)
+                {
+                    case token_type::begin_object:
+                    {
+                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_object(std::size_t(-1))))
+                        {
+                            return false;
+                        }
 
-            case value_t::array:
-            {
-                std::advance(m_it.array_iterator, -1);
-                break;
-            }
+                        // closing } -> we are done
+                        if (get_token() == token_type::end_object)
+                        {
+                            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->end_object()))
+                            {
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                            break;
+                        }
 
-            default:
-            {
-                --m_it.primitive_iterator;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
+                        // parse key
+                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(last_token != token_type::value_string))
+                        {
+                            return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                    m_lexer.get_token_string(),
+                                                    parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                            exception_message(token_type::value_string, "object key")));
+                        }
+                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->key(m_lexer.get_string())))
+                        {
+                            return false;
+                        }
 
-        return *this;
-    }
+                        // parse separator (:)
+                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(get_token() != token_type::name_separator))
+                        {
+                            return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                    m_lexer.get_token_string(),
+                                                    parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                            exception_message(token_type::name_separator, "object separator")));
+                        }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief  comparison: equal
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    bool operator==(const iter_impl& other) const
-    {
-        // if objects are not the same, the comparison is undefined
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(m_object != other.m_object))
-        {
-            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(212, "cannot compare iterators of different containers"));
-        }
+                        // remember we are now inside an object
+                        states.push_back(false);
 
-        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+                        // parse values
+                        get_token();
+                        continue;
+                    }
 
-        switch (m_object->m_type)
-        {
-            case value_t::object:
-                return (m_it.object_iterator == other.m_it.object_iterator);
+                    case token_type::begin_array:
+                    {
+                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_array(std::size_t(-1))))
+                        {
+                            return false;
+                        }
 
-            case value_t::array:
-                return (m_it.array_iterator == other.m_it.array_iterator);
+                        // closing ] -> we are done
+                        if (get_token() == token_type::end_array)
+                        {
+                            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->end_array()))
+                            {
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                            break;
+                        }
 
-            default:
-                return (m_it.primitive_iterator == other.m_it.primitive_iterator);
-        }
-    }
+                        // remember we are now inside an array
+                        states.push_back(true);
 
-    /*!
-    @brief  comparison: not equal
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    bool operator!=(const iter_impl& other) const
-    {
-        return not operator==(other);
-    }
+                        // parse values (no need to call get_token)
+                        continue;
+                    }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief  comparison: smaller
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    bool operator<(const iter_impl& other) const
-    {
-        // if objects are not the same, the comparison is undefined
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(m_object != other.m_object))
-        {
-            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(212, "cannot compare iterators of different containers"));
-        }
+                    case token_type::value_float:
+                    {
+                        const auto res = m_lexer.get_number_float();
 
-        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not std::isfinite(res)))
+                        {
+                            return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                    m_lexer.get_token_string(),
+                                                    out_of_range::create(406, "number overflow parsing '" + m_lexer.get_token_string() + "'"));
+                        }
 
-        switch (m_object->m_type)
-        {
-            case value_t::object:
-                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(213, "cannot compare order of object iterators"));
+                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->number_float(res, m_lexer.get_string())))
+                        {
+                            return false;
+                        }
 
-            case value_t::array:
-                return (m_it.array_iterator < other.m_it.array_iterator);
+                        break;
+                    }
 
-            default:
-                return (m_it.primitive_iterator < other.m_it.primitive_iterator);
-        }
-    }
+                    case token_type::literal_false:
+                    {
+                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->boolean(false)))
+                        {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief  comparison: less than or equal
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    bool operator<=(const iter_impl& other) const
-    {
-        return not other.operator < (*this);
-    }
+                    case token_type::literal_null:
+                    {
+                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->null()))
+                        {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief  comparison: greater than
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    bool operator>(const iter_impl& other) const
-    {
-        return not operator<=(other);
-    }
+                    case token_type::literal_true:
+                    {
+                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->boolean(true)))
+                        {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief  comparison: greater than or equal
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    bool operator>=(const iter_impl& other) const
-    {
-        return not operator<(other);
-    }
+                    case token_type::value_integer:
+                    {
+                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->number_integer(m_lexer.get_number_integer())))
+                        {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief  add to iterator
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    iter_impl& operator+=(difference_type i)
-    {
-        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+                    case token_type::value_string:
+                    {
+                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->string(m_lexer.get_string())))
+                        {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    }
 
-        switch (m_object->m_type)
-        {
-            case value_t::object:
-                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(209, "cannot use offsets with object iterators"));
+                    case token_type::value_unsigned:
+                    {
+                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->number_unsigned(m_lexer.get_number_unsigned())))
+                        {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    }
 
-            case value_t::array:
+                    case token_type::parse_error:
+                    {
+                        // using "uninitialized" to avoid "expected" message
+                        return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                m_lexer.get_token_string(),
+                                                parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                        exception_message(token_type::uninitialized, "value")));
+                    }
+
+                    default: // the last token was unexpected
+                    {
+                        return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                m_lexer.get_token_string(),
+                                                parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                        exception_message(token_type::literal_or_value, "value")));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else
             {
-                std::advance(m_it.array_iterator, i);
-                break;
+                skip_to_state_evaluation = false;
             }
 
-            default:
+            // we reached this line after we successfully parsed a value
+            if (states.empty())
             {
-                m_it.primitive_iterator += i;
-                break;
+                // empty stack: we reached the end of the hierarchy: done
+                return true;
             }
-        }
 
-        return *this;
-    }
+            if (states.back())  // array
+            {
+                // comma -> next value
+                if (get_token() == token_type::value_separator)
+                {
+                    // parse a new value
+                    get_token();
+                    continue;
+                }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief  subtract from iterator
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    iter_impl& operator-=(difference_type i)
-    {
-        return operator+=(-i);
-    }
+                // closing ]
+                if (JSON_LIKELY(last_token == token_type::end_array))
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->end_array()))
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief  add to iterator
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    iter_impl operator+(difference_type i) const
-    {
-        auto result = *this;
-        result += i;
-        return result;
-    }
+                    // We are done with this array. Before we can parse a
+                    // new value, we need to evaluate the new state first.
+                    // By setting skip_to_state_evaluation to false, we
+                    // are effectively jumping to the beginning of this if.
+                    assert(not states.empty());
+                    states.pop_back();
+                    skip_to_state_evaluation = true;
+                    continue;
+                }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief  addition of distance and iterator
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    friend iter_impl operator+(difference_type i, const iter_impl& it)
-    {
-        auto result = it;
-        result += i;
-        return result;
-    }
+                return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                        m_lexer.get_token_string(),
+                                        parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                exception_message(token_type::end_array, "array")));
+            }
+            else  // object
+            {
+                // comma -> next value
+                if (get_token() == token_type::value_separator)
+                {
+                    // parse key
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(get_token() != token_type::value_string))
+                    {
+                        return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                m_lexer.get_token_string(),
+                                                parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                        exception_message(token_type::value_string, "object key")));
+                    }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief  subtract from iterator
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    iter_impl operator-(difference_type i) const
-    {
-        auto result = *this;
-        result -= i;
-        return result;
-    }
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->key(m_lexer.get_string())))
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief  return difference
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    difference_type operator-(const iter_impl& other) const
-    {
-        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+                    // parse separator (:)
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(get_token() != token_type::name_separator))
+                    {
+                        return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                m_lexer.get_token_string(),
+                                                parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                        exception_message(token_type::name_separator, "object separator")));
+                    }
 
-        switch (m_object->m_type)
-        {
-            case value_t::object:
-                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(209, "cannot use offsets with object iterators"));
+                    // parse values
+                    get_token();
+                    continue;
+                }
 
-            case value_t::array:
-                return m_it.array_iterator - other.m_it.array_iterator;
+                // closing }
+                if (JSON_LIKELY(last_token == token_type::end_object))
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->end_object()))
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
 
-            default:
-                return m_it.primitive_iterator - other.m_it.primitive_iterator;
+                    // We are done with this object. Before we can parse a
+                    // new value, we need to evaluate the new state first.
+                    // By setting skip_to_state_evaluation to false, we
+                    // are effectively jumping to the beginning of this if.
+                    assert(not states.empty());
+                    states.pop_back();
+                    skip_to_state_evaluation = true;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                return sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                        m_lexer.get_token_string(),
+                                        parse_error::create(101, m_lexer.get_position(),
+                                                exception_message(token_type::end_object, "object")));
+            }
         }
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief  access to successor
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    reference operator[](difference_type n) const
+    /// get next token from lexer
+    token_type get_token()
     {
-        assert(m_object != nullptr);
-
-        switch (m_object->m_type)
-        {
-            case value_t::object:
-                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(208, "cannot use operator[] for object iterators"));
-
-            case value_t::array:
-                return *std::next(m_it.array_iterator, n);
-
-            case value_t::null:
-                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(214, "cannot get value"));
+        return last_token = m_lexer.scan();
+    }
 
-            default:
-            {
-                if (JSON_LIKELY(m_it.primitive_iterator.get_value() == -n))
-                {
-                    return *m_object;
-                }
+    std::string exception_message(const token_type expected, const std::string& context)
+    {
+        std::string error_msg = "syntax error ";
 
-                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(214, "cannot get value"));
-            }
+        if (not context.empty())
+        {
+            error_msg += "while parsing " + context + " ";
         }
-    }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief  return the key of an object iterator
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    const typename object_t::key_type& key() const
-    {
-        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+        error_msg += "- ";
 
-        if (JSON_LIKELY(m_object->is_object()))
+        if (last_token == token_type::parse_error)
         {
-            return m_it.object_iterator->first;
+            error_msg += std::string(m_lexer.get_error_message()) + "; last read: '" +
+                         m_lexer.get_token_string() + "'";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            error_msg += "unexpected " + std::string(lexer_t::token_type_name(last_token));
         }
 
-        JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(207, "cannot use key() for non-object iterators"));
-    }
+        if (expected != token_type::uninitialized)
+        {
+            error_msg += "; expected " + std::string(lexer_t::token_type_name(expected));
+        }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief  return the value of an iterator
-    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
-    */
-    reference value() const
-    {
-        return operator*();
+        return error_msg;
     }
 
   private:
-    /// associated JSON instance
-    pointer m_object = nullptr;
-    /// the actual iterator of the associated instance
-    internal_iterator<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type> m_it;
+    /// callback function
+    const parser_callback_t callback = nullptr;
+    /// the type of the last read token
+    token_type last_token = token_type::uninitialized;
+    /// the lexer
+    lexer_t m_lexer;
+    /// whether to throw exceptions in case of errors
+    const bool allow_exceptions = true;
 };
-}
-}
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/iteration_proxy.hpp>
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/internal_iterator.hpp>
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/json_reverse_iterator.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/primitive_iterator.hpp>
 
 
 #include <cstddef> // ptrdiff_t
-#include <iterator> // reverse_iterator
-#include <utility> // declval
+#include <limits>  // numeric_limits
 
 namespace nlohmann
 {
 namespace detail
 {
-//////////////////////
-// reverse_iterator //
-//////////////////////
-
-/*!
-@brief a template for a reverse iterator class
-
-@tparam Base the base iterator type to reverse. Valid types are @ref
-iterator (to create @ref reverse_iterator) and @ref const_iterator (to
-create @ref const_reverse_iterator).
-
-@requirement The class satisfies the following concept requirements:
--
-[BidirectionalIterator](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/BidirectionalIterator):
-  The iterator that can be moved can be moved in both directions (i.e.
-  incremented and decremented).
-- [OutputIterator](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/OutputIterator):
-  It is possible to write to the pointed-to element (only if @a Base is
-  @ref iterator).
+/*
+@brief an iterator for primitive JSON types
 
-@since version 1.0.0
+This class models an iterator for primitive JSON types (boolean, number,
+string). It's only purpose is to allow the iterator/const_iterator classes
+to "iterate" over primitive values. Internally, the iterator is modeled by
+a `difference_type` variable. Value begin_value (`0`) models the begin,
+end_value (`1`) models past the end.
 */
-template<typename Base>
-class json_reverse_iterator : public std::reverse_iterator<Base>
+class primitive_iterator_t
 {
-  public:
+  private:
     using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
-    /// shortcut to the reverse iterator adapter
-    using base_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<Base>;
-    /// the reference type for the pointed-to element
-    using reference = typename Base::reference;
-
-    /// create reverse iterator from iterator
-    explicit json_reverse_iterator(const typename base_iterator::iterator_type& it) noexcept
-        : base_iterator(it) {}
+    static constexpr difference_type begin_value = 0;
+    static constexpr difference_type end_value = begin_value + 1;
 
-    /// create reverse iterator from base class
-    explicit json_reverse_iterator(const base_iterator& it) noexcept : base_iterator(it) {}
+    /// iterator as signed integer type
+    difference_type m_it = (std::numeric_limits<std::ptrdiff_t>::min)();
 
-    /// post-increment (it++)
-    json_reverse_iterator const operator++(int)
+  public:
+    constexpr difference_type get_value() const noexcept
     {
-        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator++(1));
+        return m_it;
     }
 
-    /// pre-increment (++it)
-    json_reverse_iterator& operator++()
+    /// set iterator to a defined beginning
+    void set_begin() noexcept
     {
-        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator&>(base_iterator::operator++());
+        m_it = begin_value;
     }
 
-    /// post-decrement (it--)
-    json_reverse_iterator const operator--(int)
+    /// set iterator to a defined past the end
+    void set_end() noexcept
     {
-        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator--(1));
+        m_it = end_value;
     }
 
-    /// pre-decrement (--it)
-    json_reverse_iterator& operator--()
+    /// return whether the iterator can be dereferenced
+    constexpr bool is_begin() const noexcept
     {
-        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator&>(base_iterator::operator--());
+        return m_it == begin_value;
     }
 
-    /// add to iterator
-    json_reverse_iterator& operator+=(difference_type i)
+    /// return whether the iterator is at end
+    constexpr bool is_end() const noexcept
     {
-        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator&>(base_iterator::operator+=(i));
+        return m_it == end_value;
     }
 
-    /// add to iterator
-    json_reverse_iterator operator+(difference_type i) const
+    friend constexpr bool operator==(primitive_iterator_t lhs, primitive_iterator_t rhs) noexcept
     {
-        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator+(i));
+        return lhs.m_it == rhs.m_it;
     }
 
-    /// subtract from iterator
-    json_reverse_iterator operator-(difference_type i) const
+    friend constexpr bool operator<(primitive_iterator_t lhs, primitive_iterator_t rhs) noexcept
     {
-        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator-(i));
+        return lhs.m_it < rhs.m_it;
     }
 
-    /// return difference
-    difference_type operator-(const json_reverse_iterator& other) const
+    primitive_iterator_t operator+(difference_type n) noexcept
     {
-        return base_iterator(*this) - base_iterator(other);
+        auto result = *this;
+        result += n;
+        return result;
     }
 
-    /// access to successor
-    reference operator[](difference_type n) const
+    friend constexpr difference_type operator-(primitive_iterator_t lhs, primitive_iterator_t rhs) noexcept
     {
-        return *(this->operator+(n));
+        return lhs.m_it - rhs.m_it;
     }
 
-    /// return the key of an object iterator
-    auto key() const -> decltype(std::declval<Base>().key())
+    primitive_iterator_t& operator++() noexcept
     {
-        auto it = --this->base();
-        return it.key();
+        ++m_it;
+        return *this;
     }
 
-    /// return the value of an iterator
-    reference value() const
+    primitive_iterator_t const operator++(int) noexcept
     {
-        auto it = --this->base();
-        return it.operator * ();
+        auto result = *this;
+        ++m_it;
+        return result;
     }
-};
-}
-}
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/output_adapters.hpp>
-
-
-#include <algorithm> // copy
-#include <cstddef> // size_t
-#include <ios> // streamsize
-#include <iterator> // back_inserter
-#include <memory> // shared_ptr, make_shared
-#include <ostream> // basic_ostream
-#include <string> // basic_string
-#include <vector> // vector
 
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-namespace detail
-{
-/// abstract output adapter interface
-template<typename CharType> struct output_adapter_protocol
-{
-    virtual void write_character(CharType c) = 0;
-    virtual void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) = 0;
-    virtual ~output_adapter_protocol() = default;
-};
-
-/// a type to simplify interfaces
-template<typename CharType>
-using output_adapter_t = std::shared_ptr<output_adapter_protocol<CharType>>;
-
-/// output adapter for byte vectors
-template<typename CharType>
-class output_vector_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
-{
-  public:
-    explicit output_vector_adapter(std::vector<CharType>& vec) : v(vec) {}
-
-    void write_character(CharType c) override
+    primitive_iterator_t& operator--() noexcept
     {
-        v.push_back(c);
+        --m_it;
+        return *this;
     }
 
-    void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
+    primitive_iterator_t const operator--(int) noexcept
     {
-        std::copy(s, s + length, std::back_inserter(v));
+        auto result = *this;
+        --m_it;
+        return result;
     }
 
-  private:
-    std::vector<CharType>& v;
-};
-
-/// output adapter for output streams
-template<typename CharType>
-class output_stream_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
-{
-  public:
-    explicit output_stream_adapter(std::basic_ostream<CharType>& s) : stream(s) {}
-
-    void write_character(CharType c) override
+    primitive_iterator_t& operator+=(difference_type n) noexcept
     {
-        stream.put(c);
+        m_it += n;
+        return *this;
     }
 
-    void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
+    primitive_iterator_t& operator-=(difference_type n) noexcept
     {
-        stream.write(s, static_cast<std::streamsize>(length));
+        m_it -= n;
+        return *this;
     }
-
-  private:
-    std::basic_ostream<CharType>& stream;
 };
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
-/// output adapter for basic_string
-template<typename CharType, typename StringType = std::basic_string<CharType>>
-class output_string_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
-{
-  public:
-    explicit output_string_adapter(StringType& s) : str(s) {}
-
-    void write_character(CharType c) override
-    {
-        str.push_back(c);
-    }
-
-    void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
-    {
-        str.append(s, length);
-    }
-
-  private:
-    StringType& str;
-};
 
-template<typename CharType, typename StringType = std::basic_string<CharType>>
-class output_adapter
+namespace nlohmann
 {
-  public:
-    output_adapter(std::vector<CharType>& vec)
-        : oa(std::make_shared<output_vector_adapter<CharType>>(vec)) {}
-
-    output_adapter(std::basic_ostream<CharType>& s)
-        : oa(std::make_shared<output_stream_adapter<CharType>>(s)) {}
-
-    output_adapter(StringType& s)
-        : oa(std::make_shared<output_string_adapter<CharType, StringType>>(s)) {}
-
-    operator output_adapter_t<CharType>()
-    {
-        return oa;
-    }
-
-  private:
-    output_adapter_t<CharType> oa = nullptr;
-};
-}
-}
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp>
-
+namespace detail
+{
+/*!
+@brief an iterator value
 
-#include <algorithm> // generate_n
-#include <array> // array
-#include <cassert> // assert
-#include <cmath> // ldexp
-#include <cstddef> // size_t
-#include <cstdint> // uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t, uint64_t
-#include <cstdio> // snprintf
-#include <cstring> // memcpy
-#include <iterator> // back_inserter
-#include <limits> // numeric_limits
-#include <string> // char_traits, string
-#include <utility> // make_pair, move
+@note This structure could easily be a union, but MSVC currently does not allow
+unions members with complex constructors, see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/105.
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType> struct internal_iterator
+{
+    /// iterator for JSON objects
+    typename BasicJsonType::object_t::iterator object_iterator {};
+    /// iterator for JSON arrays
+    typename BasicJsonType::array_t::iterator array_iterator {};
+    /// generic iterator for all other types
+    primitive_iterator_t primitive_iterator {};
+};
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/input_adapters.hpp>
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/iter_impl.hpp>
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/json_sax.hpp>
+
+#include <ciso646> // not
+#include <iterator> // iterator, random_access_iterator_tag, bidirectional_iterator_tag, advance, next
+#include <type_traits> // conditional, is_const, remove_const
 
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
 
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/internal_iterator.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/primitive_iterator.hpp>
+
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/is_sax.hpp>
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp>
 
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
 
@@ -5964,5183 +7683,5158 @@ namespace nlohmann
 {
 namespace detail
 {
-///////////////////
-// binary reader //
-///////////////////
+// forward declare, to be able to friend it later on
+template<typename IteratorType> class iteration_proxy;
+template<typename IteratorType> class iteration_proxy_value;
 
 /*!
-@brief deserialization of CBOR, MessagePack, and UBJSON values
+@brief a template for a bidirectional iterator for the @ref basic_json class
+This class implements a both iterators (iterator and const_iterator) for the
+@ref basic_json class.
+@note An iterator is called *initialized* when a pointer to a JSON value has
+      been set (e.g., by a constructor or a copy assignment). If the iterator is
+      default-constructed, it is *uninitialized* and most methods are undefined.
+      **The library uses assertions to detect calls on uninitialized iterators.**
+@requirement The class satisfies the following concept requirements:
+-
+[BidirectionalIterator](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/BidirectionalIterator):
+  The iterator that can be moved can be moved in both directions (i.e.
+  incremented and decremented).
+@since version 1.0.0, simplified in version 2.0.9, change to bidirectional
+       iterators in version 3.0.0 (see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/593)
 */
-template<typename BasicJsonType, typename SAX = json_sax_dom_parser<BasicJsonType>>
-class binary_reader
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class iter_impl
 {
-    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
-    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
-    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
-    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
-    using json_sax_t = SAX;
+    /// allow basic_json to access private members
+    friend iter_impl<typename std::conditional<std::is_const<BasicJsonType>::value, typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type, const BasicJsonType>::type>;
+    friend BasicJsonType;
+    friend iteration_proxy<iter_impl>;
+    friend iteration_proxy_value<iter_impl>;
+
+    using object_t = typename BasicJsonType::object_t;
+    using array_t = typename BasicJsonType::array_t;
+    // make sure BasicJsonType is basic_json or const basic_json
+    static_assert(is_basic_json<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type>::value,
+                  "iter_impl only accepts (const) basic_json");
 
   public:
-    /*!
-    @brief create a binary reader
 
-    @param[in] adapter  input adapter to read from
-    */
-    explicit binary_reader(input_adapter_t adapter) : ia(std::move(adapter))
-    {
-        (void)detail::is_sax_static_asserts<SAX, BasicJsonType> {};
-        assert(ia);
-    }
+    /// The std::iterator class template (used as a base class to provide typedefs) is deprecated in C++17.
+    /// The C++ Standard has never required user-defined iterators to derive from std::iterator.
+    /// A user-defined iterator should provide publicly accessible typedefs named
+    /// iterator_category, value_type, difference_type, pointer, and reference.
+    /// Note that value_type is required to be non-const, even for constant iterators.
+    using iterator_category = std::bidirectional_iterator_tag;
 
-    /*!
-    @param[in] format  the binary format to parse
-    @param[in] sax_    a SAX event processor
-    @param[in] strict  whether to expect the input to be consumed completed
+    /// the type of the values when the iterator is dereferenced
+    using value_type = typename BasicJsonType::value_type;
+    /// a type to represent differences between iterators
+    using difference_type = typename BasicJsonType::difference_type;
+    /// defines a pointer to the type iterated over (value_type)
+    using pointer = typename std::conditional<std::is_const<BasicJsonType>::value,
+          typename BasicJsonType::const_pointer,
+          typename BasicJsonType::pointer>::type;
+    /// defines a reference to the type iterated over (value_type)
+    using reference =
+        typename std::conditional<std::is_const<BasicJsonType>::value,
+        typename BasicJsonType::const_reference,
+        typename BasicJsonType::reference>::type;
 
-    @return
+    /// default constructor
+    iter_impl() = default;
+
+    /*!
+    @brief constructor for a given JSON instance
+    @param[in] object  pointer to a JSON object for this iterator
+    @pre object != nullptr
+    @post The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
     */
-    bool sax_parse(const input_format_t format,
-                   json_sax_t* sax_,
-                   const bool strict = true)
+    explicit iter_impl(pointer object) noexcept : m_object(object)
     {
-        sax = sax_;
-        bool result = false;
-
-        switch (format)
-        {
-            case input_format_t::cbor:
-                result = parse_cbor_internal();
-                break;
-
-            case input_format_t::msgpack:
-                result = parse_msgpack_internal();
-                break;
-
-            case input_format_t::ubjson:
-                result = parse_ubjson_internal();
-                break;
-
-            // LCOV_EXCL_START
-            default:
-                assert(false);
-                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
-        }
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
 
-        // strict mode: next byte must be EOF
-        if (result and strict)
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
         {
-            if (format == input_format_t::ubjson)
+            case value_t::object:
             {
-                get_ignore_noop();
+                m_it.object_iterator = typename object_t::iterator();
+                break;
             }
-            else
+
+            case value_t::array:
             {
-                get();
+                m_it.array_iterator = typename array_t::iterator();
+                break;
             }
 
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current != std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
+            default:
             {
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(), parse_error::create(110, chars_read, "expected end of input"));
+                m_it.primitive_iterator = primitive_iterator_t();
+                break;
             }
         }
-
-        return result;
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief determine system byte order
+    @note The conventional copy constructor and copy assignment are implicitly
+          defined. Combined with the following converting constructor and
+          assignment, they support: (1) copy from iterator to iterator, (2)
+          copy from const iterator to const iterator, and (3) conversion from
+          iterator to const iterator. However conversion from const iterator
+          to iterator is not defined.
+    */
 
-    @return true if and only if system's byte order is little endian
+    /*!
+    @brief converting constructor
+    @param[in] other  non-const iterator to copy from
+    @note It is not checked whether @a other is initialized.
+    */
+    iter_impl(const iter_impl<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type>& other) noexcept
+        : m_object(other.m_object), m_it(other.m_it) {}
 
-    @note from http://stackoverflow.com/a/1001328/266378
+    /*!
+    @brief converting assignment
+    @param[in,out] other  non-const iterator to copy from
+    @return const/non-const iterator
+    @note It is not checked whether @a other is initialized.
     */
-    static constexpr bool little_endianess(int num = 1) noexcept
+    iter_impl& operator=(const iter_impl<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type>& other) noexcept
     {
-        return (*reinterpret_cast<char*>(&num) == 1);
+        m_object = other.m_object;
+        m_it = other.m_it;
+        return *this;
     }
 
   private:
     /*!
-    @param[in] get_char  whether a new character should be retrieved from the
-                         input (true, default) or whether the last read
-                         character should be considered instead
-
-    @return whether a valid CBOR value was passed to the SAX parser
+    @brief set the iterator to the first value
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
     */
-    bool parse_cbor_internal(const bool get_char = true)
+    void set_begin() noexcept
     {
-        switch (get_char ? get() : current)
-        {
-            // EOF
-            case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
-                return unexpect_eof();
-
-            // Integer 0x00..0x17 (0..23)
-            case 0x00:
-            case 0x01:
-            case 0x02:
-            case 0x03:
-            case 0x04:
-            case 0x05:
-            case 0x06:
-            case 0x07:
-            case 0x08:
-            case 0x09:
-            case 0x0A:
-            case 0x0B:
-            case 0x0C:
-            case 0x0D:
-            case 0x0E:
-            case 0x0F:
-            case 0x10:
-            case 0x11:
-            case 0x12:
-            case 0x13:
-            case 0x14:
-            case 0x15:
-            case 0x16:
-            case 0x17:
-                return sax->number_unsigned(static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(current));
-
-            case 0x18: // Unsigned integer (one-byte uint8_t follows)
-            {
-                uint8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
-            }
-
-            case 0x19: // Unsigned integer (two-byte uint16_t follows)
-            {
-                uint16_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
-            }
-
-            case 0x1A: // Unsigned integer (four-byte uint32_t follows)
-            {
-                uint32_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
-            }
-
-            case 0x1B: // Unsigned integer (eight-byte uint64_t follows)
-            {
-                uint64_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
-            }
-
-            // Negative integer -1-0x00..-1-0x17 (-1..-24)
-            case 0x20:
-            case 0x21:
-            case 0x22:
-            case 0x23:
-            case 0x24:
-            case 0x25:
-            case 0x26:
-            case 0x27:
-            case 0x28:
-            case 0x29:
-            case 0x2A:
-            case 0x2B:
-            case 0x2C:
-            case 0x2D:
-            case 0x2E:
-            case 0x2F:
-            case 0x30:
-            case 0x31:
-            case 0x32:
-            case 0x33:
-            case 0x34:
-            case 0x35:
-            case 0x36:
-            case 0x37:
-                return sax->number_integer(static_cast<int8_t>(0x20 - 1 - current));
-
-            case 0x38: // Negative integer (one-byte uint8_t follows)
-            {
-                uint8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
-            }
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
 
-            case 0x39: // Negative integer -1-n (two-byte uint16_t follows)
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
             {
-                uint16_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
+                m_it.object_iterator = m_object->m_value.object->begin();
+                break;
             }
 
-            case 0x3A: // Negative integer -1-n (four-byte uint32_t follows)
+            case value_t::array:
             {
-                uint32_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1) - number);
+                m_it.array_iterator = m_object->m_value.array->begin();
+                break;
             }
 
-            case 0x3B: // Negative integer -1-n (eight-byte uint64_t follows)
+            case value_t::null:
             {
-                uint64_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(static_cast<number_integer_t>(-1)
-                        - static_cast<number_integer_t>(number));
+                // set to end so begin()==end() is true: null is empty
+                m_it.primitive_iterator.set_end();
+                break;
             }
 
-            // UTF-8 string (0x00..0x17 bytes follow)
-            case 0x60:
-            case 0x61:
-            case 0x62:
-            case 0x63:
-            case 0x64:
-            case 0x65:
-            case 0x66:
-            case 0x67:
-            case 0x68:
-            case 0x69:
-            case 0x6A:
-            case 0x6B:
-            case 0x6C:
-            case 0x6D:
-            case 0x6E:
-            case 0x6F:
-            case 0x70:
-            case 0x71:
-            case 0x72:
-            case 0x73:
-            case 0x74:
-            case 0x75:
-            case 0x76:
-            case 0x77:
-            case 0x78: // UTF-8 string (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
-            case 0x79: // UTF-8 string (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
-            case 0x7A: // UTF-8 string (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
-            case 0x7B: // UTF-8 string (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
-            case 0x7F: // UTF-8 string (indefinite length)
+            default:
             {
-                string_t s;
-                return get_cbor_string(s) and sax->string(s);
+                m_it.primitive_iterator.set_begin();
+                break;
             }
+        }
+    }
 
-            // array (0x00..0x17 data items follow)
-            case 0x80:
-            case 0x81:
-            case 0x82:
-            case 0x83:
-            case 0x84:
-            case 0x85:
-            case 0x86:
-            case 0x87:
-            case 0x88:
-            case 0x89:
-            case 0x8A:
-            case 0x8B:
-            case 0x8C:
-            case 0x8D:
-            case 0x8E:
-            case 0x8F:
-            case 0x90:
-            case 0x91:
-            case 0x92:
-            case 0x93:
-            case 0x94:
-            case 0x95:
-            case 0x96:
-            case 0x97:
-                return get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(current & 0x1F));
+    /*!
+    @brief set the iterator past the last value
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    void set_end() noexcept
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
 
-            case 0x98: // array (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
             {
-                uint8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                m_it.object_iterator = m_object->m_value.object->end();
+                break;
             }
 
-            case 0x99: // array (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
+            case value_t::array:
             {
-                uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                m_it.array_iterator = m_object->m_value.array->end();
+                break;
             }
 
-            case 0x9A: // array (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
+            default:
             {
-                uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                m_it.primitive_iterator.set_end();
+                break;
             }
+        }
+    }
 
-            case 0x9B: // array (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
+  public:
+    /*!
+    @brief return a reference to the value pointed to by the iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    reference operator*() const
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
             {
-                uint64_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                assert(m_it.object_iterator != m_object->m_value.object->end());
+                return m_it.object_iterator->second;
             }
 
-            case 0x9F: // array (indefinite length)
-                return get_cbor_array(std::size_t(-1));
-
-            // map (0x00..0x17 pairs of data items follow)
-            case 0xA0:
-            case 0xA1:
-            case 0xA2:
-            case 0xA3:
-            case 0xA4:
-            case 0xA5:
-            case 0xA6:
-            case 0xA7:
-            case 0xA8:
-            case 0xA9:
-            case 0xAA:
-            case 0xAB:
-            case 0xAC:
-            case 0xAD:
-            case 0xAE:
-            case 0xAF:
-            case 0xB0:
-            case 0xB1:
-            case 0xB2:
-            case 0xB3:
-            case 0xB4:
-            case 0xB5:
-            case 0xB6:
-            case 0xB7:
-                return get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(current & 0x1F));
-
-            case 0xB8: // map (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
+            case value_t::array:
             {
-                uint8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                assert(m_it.array_iterator != m_object->m_value.array->end());
+                return *m_it.array_iterator;
             }
 
-            case 0xB9: // map (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
+            case value_t::null:
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(214, "cannot get value"));
+
+            default:
             {
-                uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                if (JSON_LIKELY(m_it.primitive_iterator.is_begin()))
+                {
+                    return *m_object;
+                }
+
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(214, "cannot get value"));
             }
+        }
+    }
 
-            case 0xBA: // map (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
+    /*!
+    @brief dereference the iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    pointer operator->() const
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
             {
-                uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                assert(m_it.object_iterator != m_object->m_value.object->end());
+                return &(m_it.object_iterator->second);
             }
 
-            case 0xBB: // map (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
+            case value_t::array:
             {
-                uint64_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_cbor_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+                assert(m_it.array_iterator != m_object->m_value.array->end());
+                return &*m_it.array_iterator;
             }
 
-            case 0xBF: // map (indefinite length)
-                return get_cbor_object(std::size_t(-1));
+            default:
+            {
+                if (JSON_LIKELY(m_it.primitive_iterator.is_begin()))
+                {
+                    return m_object;
+                }
 
-            case 0xF4: // false
-                return sax->boolean(false);
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(214, "cannot get value"));
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
-            case 0xF5: // true
-                return sax->boolean(true);
+    /*!
+    @brief post-increment (it++)
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl const operator++(int)
+    {
+        auto result = *this;
+        ++(*this);
+        return result;
+    }
 
-            case 0xF6: // null
-                return sax->null();
+    /*!
+    @brief pre-increment (++it)
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl& operator++()
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
 
-            case 0xF9: // Half-Precision Float (two-byte IEEE 754)
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
             {
-                const int byte1 = get();
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                const int byte2 = get();
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-
-                // code from RFC 7049, Appendix D, Figure 3:
-                // As half-precision floating-point numbers were only added
-                // to IEEE 754 in 2008, today's programming platforms often
-                // still only have limited support for them. It is very
-                // easy to include at least decoding support for them even
-                // without such support. An example of a small decoder for
-                // half-precision floating-point numbers in the C language
-                // is shown in Fig. 3.
-                const int half = (byte1 << 8) + byte2;
-                const double val = [&half]
-                {
-                    const int exp = (half >> 10) & 0x1F;
-                    const int mant = half & 0x3FF;
-                    assert(0 <= exp and exp <= 32);
-                    assert(0 <= mant and mant <= 1024);
-                    switch (exp)
-                    {
-                        case 0:
-                            return std::ldexp(mant, -24);
-                        case 31:
-                            return (mant == 0)
-                            ? std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity()
-                            : std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN();
-                        default:
-                            return std::ldexp(mant + 1024, exp - 25);
-                    }
-                }();
-                return sax->number_float((half & 0x8000) != 0
-                                         ? static_cast<number_float_t>(-val)
-                                         : static_cast<number_float_t>(val), "");
+                std::advance(m_it.object_iterator, 1);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                std::advance(m_it.array_iterator, 1);
+                break;
             }
 
-            case 0xFA: // Single-Precision Float (four-byte IEEE 754)
+            default:
             {
-                float number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+                ++m_it.primitive_iterator;
+                break;
             }
+        }
 
-            case 0xFB: // Double-Precision Float (eight-byte IEEE 754)
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief post-decrement (it--)
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl const operator--(int)
+    {
+        auto result = *this;
+        --(*this);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief pre-decrement (--it)
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl& operator--()
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
             {
-                double number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+                std::advance(m_it.object_iterator, -1);
+                break;
             }
 
-            default: // anything else (0xFF is handled inside the other types)
+            case value_t::array:
             {
-                auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, "error reading CBOR; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                std::advance(m_it.array_iterator, -1);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                --m_it.primitive_iterator;
+                break;
             }
         }
+
+        return *this;
     }
 
     /*!
-    @return whether a valid MessagePack value was passed to the SAX parser
+    @brief  comparison: equal
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
     */
-    bool parse_msgpack_internal()
+    bool operator==(const iter_impl& other) const
     {
-        switch (get())
+        // if objects are not the same, the comparison is undefined
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(m_object != other.m_object))
         {
-            // EOF
-            case std::char_traits<char>::eof():
-                return unexpect_eof();
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(212, "cannot compare iterators of different containers"));
+        }
 
-            // positive fixint
-            case 0x00:
-            case 0x01:
-            case 0x02:
-            case 0x03:
-            case 0x04:
-            case 0x05:
-            case 0x06:
-            case 0x07:
-            case 0x08:
-            case 0x09:
-            case 0x0A:
-            case 0x0B:
-            case 0x0C:
-            case 0x0D:
-            case 0x0E:
-            case 0x0F:
-            case 0x10:
-            case 0x11:
-            case 0x12:
-            case 0x13:
-            case 0x14:
-            case 0x15:
-            case 0x16:
-            case 0x17:
-            case 0x18:
-            case 0x19:
-            case 0x1A:
-            case 0x1B:
-            case 0x1C:
-            case 0x1D:
-            case 0x1E:
-            case 0x1F:
-            case 0x20:
-            case 0x21:
-            case 0x22:
-            case 0x23:
-            case 0x24:
-            case 0x25:
-            case 0x26:
-            case 0x27:
-            case 0x28:
-            case 0x29:
-            case 0x2A:
-            case 0x2B:
-            case 0x2C:
-            case 0x2D:
-            case 0x2E:
-            case 0x2F:
-            case 0x30:
-            case 0x31:
-            case 0x32:
-            case 0x33:
-            case 0x34:
-            case 0x35:
-            case 0x36:
-            case 0x37:
-            case 0x38:
-            case 0x39:
-            case 0x3A:
-            case 0x3B:
-            case 0x3C:
-            case 0x3D:
-            case 0x3E:
-            case 0x3F:
-            case 0x40:
-            case 0x41:
-            case 0x42:
-            case 0x43:
-            case 0x44:
-            case 0x45:
-            case 0x46:
-            case 0x47:
-            case 0x48:
-            case 0x49:
-            case 0x4A:
-            case 0x4B:
-            case 0x4C:
-            case 0x4D:
-            case 0x4E:
-            case 0x4F:
-            case 0x50:
-            case 0x51:
-            case 0x52:
-            case 0x53:
-            case 0x54:
-            case 0x55:
-            case 0x56:
-            case 0x57:
-            case 0x58:
-            case 0x59:
-            case 0x5A:
-            case 0x5B:
-            case 0x5C:
-            case 0x5D:
-            case 0x5E:
-            case 0x5F:
-            case 0x60:
-            case 0x61:
-            case 0x62:
-            case 0x63:
-            case 0x64:
-            case 0x65:
-            case 0x66:
-            case 0x67:
-            case 0x68:
-            case 0x69:
-            case 0x6A:
-            case 0x6B:
-            case 0x6C:
-            case 0x6D:
-            case 0x6E:
-            case 0x6F:
-            case 0x70:
-            case 0x71:
-            case 0x72:
-            case 0x73:
-            case 0x74:
-            case 0x75:
-            case 0x76:
-            case 0x77:
-            case 0x78:
-            case 0x79:
-            case 0x7A:
-            case 0x7B:
-            case 0x7C:
-            case 0x7D:
-            case 0x7E:
-            case 0x7F:
-                return sax->number_unsigned(static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(current));
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
 
-            // fixmap
-            case 0x80:
-            case 0x81:
-            case 0x82:
-            case 0x83:
-            case 0x84:
-            case 0x85:
-            case 0x86:
-            case 0x87:
-            case 0x88:
-            case 0x89:
-            case 0x8A:
-            case 0x8B:
-            case 0x8C:
-            case 0x8D:
-            case 0x8E:
-            case 0x8F:
-                return get_msgpack_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(current & 0x0F));
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+                return (m_it.object_iterator == other.m_it.object_iterator);
+
+            case value_t::array:
+                return (m_it.array_iterator == other.m_it.array_iterator);
+
+            default:
+                return (m_it.primitive_iterator == other.m_it.primitive_iterator);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  comparison: not equal
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    bool operator!=(const iter_impl& other) const
+    {
+        return not operator==(other);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief  comparison: smaller
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    bool operator<(const iter_impl& other) const
+    {
+        // if objects are not the same, the comparison is undefined
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(m_object != other.m_object))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(212, "cannot compare iterators of different containers"));
+        }
+
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
+
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(213, "cannot compare order of object iterators"));
+
+            case value_t::array:
+                return (m_it.array_iterator < other.m_it.array_iterator);
 
-            // fixarray
-            case 0x90:
-            case 0x91:
-            case 0x92:
-            case 0x93:
-            case 0x94:
-            case 0x95:
-            case 0x96:
-            case 0x97:
-            case 0x98:
-            case 0x99:
-            case 0x9A:
-            case 0x9B:
-            case 0x9C:
-            case 0x9D:
-            case 0x9E:
-            case 0x9F:
-                return get_msgpack_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(current & 0x0F));
+            default:
+                return (m_it.primitive_iterator < other.m_it.primitive_iterator);
+        }
+    }
 
-            // fixstr
-            case 0xA0:
-            case 0xA1:
-            case 0xA2:
-            case 0xA3:
-            case 0xA4:
-            case 0xA5:
-            case 0xA6:
-            case 0xA7:
-            case 0xA8:
-            case 0xA9:
-            case 0xAA:
-            case 0xAB:
-            case 0xAC:
-            case 0xAD:
-            case 0xAE:
-            case 0xAF:
-            case 0xB0:
-            case 0xB1:
-            case 0xB2:
-            case 0xB3:
-            case 0xB4:
-            case 0xB5:
-            case 0xB6:
-            case 0xB7:
-            case 0xB8:
-            case 0xB9:
-            case 0xBA:
-            case 0xBB:
-            case 0xBC:
-            case 0xBD:
-            case 0xBE:
-            case 0xBF:
-            {
-                string_t s;
-                return get_msgpack_string(s) and sax->string(s);
-            }
+    /*!
+    @brief  comparison: less than or equal
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    bool operator<=(const iter_impl& other) const
+    {
+        return not other.operator < (*this);
+    }
 
-            case 0xC0: // nil
-                return sax->null();
+    /*!
+    @brief  comparison: greater than
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    bool operator>(const iter_impl& other) const
+    {
+        return not operator<=(other);
+    }
 
-            case 0xC2: // false
-                return sax->boolean(false);
+    /*!
+    @brief  comparison: greater than or equal
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    bool operator>=(const iter_impl& other) const
+    {
+        return not operator<(other);
+    }
 
-            case 0xC3: // true
-                return sax->boolean(true);
+    /*!
+    @brief  add to iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl& operator+=(difference_type i)
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
 
-            case 0xCA: // float 32
-            {
-                float number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
-            }
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(209, "cannot use offsets with object iterators"));
 
-            case 0xCB: // float 64
+            case value_t::array:
             {
-                double number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
+                std::advance(m_it.array_iterator, i);
+                break;
             }
 
-            case 0xCC: // uint 8
+            default:
             {
-                uint8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
+                m_it.primitive_iterator += i;
+                break;
             }
+        }
 
-            case 0xCD: // uint 16
-            {
-                uint16_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
-            }
+        return *this;
+    }
 
-            case 0xCE: // uint 32
-            {
-                uint32_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
-            }
+    /*!
+    @brief  subtract from iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl& operator-=(difference_type i)
+    {
+        return operator+=(-i);
+    }
 
-            case 0xCF: // uint 64
-            {
-                uint64_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
-            }
+    /*!
+    @brief  add to iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl operator+(difference_type i) const
+    {
+        auto result = *this;
+        result += i;
+        return result;
+    }
 
-            case 0xD0: // int 8
-            {
-                int8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
-            }
+    /*!
+    @brief  addition of distance and iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    friend iter_impl operator+(difference_type i, const iter_impl& it)
+    {
+        auto result = it;
+        result += i;
+        return result;
+    }
 
-            case 0xD1: // int 16
-            {
-                int16_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
-            }
+    /*!
+    @brief  subtract from iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    iter_impl operator-(difference_type i) const
+    {
+        auto result = *this;
+        result -= i;
+        return result;
+    }
 
-            case 0xD2: // int 32
-            {
-                int32_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
-            }
+    /*!
+    @brief  return difference
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    difference_type operator-(const iter_impl& other) const
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
 
-            case 0xD3: // int 64
-            {
-                int64_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
-            }
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(209, "cannot use offsets with object iterators"));
 
-            case 0xD9: // str 8
-            case 0xDA: // str 16
-            case 0xDB: // str 32
-            {
-                string_t s;
-                return get_msgpack_string(s) and sax->string(s);
-            }
+            case value_t::array:
+                return m_it.array_iterator - other.m_it.array_iterator;
 
-            case 0xDC: // array 16
-            {
-                uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_msgpack_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
-            }
+            default:
+                return m_it.primitive_iterator - other.m_it.primitive_iterator;
+        }
+    }
 
-            case 0xDD: // array 32
-            {
-                uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_msgpack_array(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
-            }
+    /*!
+    @brief  access to successor
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
+    */
+    reference operator[](difference_type n) const
+    {
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
 
-            case 0xDE: // map 16
-            {
-                uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_msgpack_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
-            }
+        switch (m_object->m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(208, "cannot use operator[] for object iterators"));
 
-            case 0xDF: // map 32
-            {
-                uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_msgpack_object(static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
-            }
+            case value_t::array:
+                return *std::next(m_it.array_iterator, n);
 
-            // negative fixint
-            case 0xE0:
-            case 0xE1:
-            case 0xE2:
-            case 0xE3:
-            case 0xE4:
-            case 0xE5:
-            case 0xE6:
-            case 0xE7:
-            case 0xE8:
-            case 0xE9:
-            case 0xEA:
-            case 0xEB:
-            case 0xEC:
-            case 0xED:
-            case 0xEE:
-            case 0xEF:
-            case 0xF0:
-            case 0xF1:
-            case 0xF2:
-            case 0xF3:
-            case 0xF4:
-            case 0xF5:
-            case 0xF6:
-            case 0xF7:
-            case 0xF8:
-            case 0xF9:
-            case 0xFA:
-            case 0xFB:
-            case 0xFC:
-            case 0xFD:
-            case 0xFE:
-            case 0xFF:
-                return sax->number_integer(static_cast<int8_t>(current));
+            case value_t::null:
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(214, "cannot get value"));
 
-            default: // anything else
+            default:
             {
-                auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, "error reading MessagePack; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
+                if (JSON_LIKELY(m_it.primitive_iterator.get_value() == -n))
+                {
+                    return *m_object;
+                }
+
+                JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(214, "cannot get value"));
             }
         }
     }
 
     /*!
-    @param[in] get_char  whether a new character should be retrieved from the
-                         input (true, default) or whether the last read
-                         character should be considered instead
-
-    @return whether a valid UBJSON value was passed to the SAX parser
+    @brief  return the key of an object iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
     */
-    bool parse_ubjson_internal(const bool get_char = true)
+    const typename object_t::key_type& key() const
     {
-        return get_ubjson_value(get_char ? get_ignore_noop() : current);
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief get next character from the input
+        assert(m_object != nullptr);
 
-    This function provides the interface to the used input adapter. It does
-    not throw in case the input reached EOF, but returns a -'ve valued
-    `std::char_traits<char>::eof()` in that case.
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(m_object->is_object()))
+        {
+            return m_it.object_iterator->first;
+        }
 
-    @return character read from the input
-    */
-    int get()
-    {
-        ++chars_read;
-        return (current = ia->get_character());
+        JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(207, "cannot use key() for non-object iterators"));
     }
 
     /*!
-    @return character read from the input after ignoring all 'N' entries
+    @brief  return the value of an iterator
+    @pre The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
     */
-    int get_ignore_noop()
+    reference value() const
     {
-        do
-        {
-            get();
-        }
-        while (current == 'N');
-
-        return current;
+        return operator*();
     }
 
-    /*
-    @brief read a number from the input
-
-    @tparam NumberType the type of the number
-    @param[out] result  number of type @a NumberType
+  private:
+    /// associated JSON instance
+    pointer m_object = nullptr;
+    /// the actual iterator of the associated instance
+    internal_iterator<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type> m_it {};
+};
+}  // namespace detail
+} // namespace nlohmann
 
-    @return whether conversion completed
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/iteration_proxy.hpp>
 
-    @note This function needs to respect the system's endianess, because
-          bytes in CBOR, MessagePack, and UBJSON are stored in network order
-          (big endian) and therefore need reordering on little endian systems.
-    */
-    template<typename NumberType>
-    bool get_number(NumberType& result)
-    {
-        // step 1: read input into array with system's byte order
-        std::array<uint8_t, sizeof(NumberType)> vec;
-        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(NumberType); ++i)
-        {
-            get();
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/json_reverse_iterator.hpp>
 
-            // reverse byte order prior to conversion if necessary
-            if (is_little_endian)
-            {
-                vec[sizeof(NumberType) - i - 1] = static_cast<uint8_t>(current);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                vec[i] = static_cast<uint8_t>(current); // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
-            }
-        }
 
-        // step 2: convert array into number of type T and return
-        std::memcpy(&result, vec.data(), sizeof(NumberType));
-        return true;
-    }
+#include <cstddef> // ptrdiff_t
+#include <iterator> // reverse_iterator
+#include <utility> // declval
 
-    /*!
-    @brief create a string by reading characters from the input
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+//////////////////////
+// reverse_iterator //
+//////////////////////
 
-    @tparam NumberType the type of the number
-    @param[in] len number of characters to read
-    @param[out] string created by reading @a len bytes
+/*!
+@brief a template for a reverse iterator class
 
-    @return whether string creation completed
+@tparam Base the base iterator type to reverse. Valid types are @ref
+iterator (to create @ref reverse_iterator) and @ref const_iterator (to
+create @ref const_reverse_iterator).
 
-    @note We can not reserve @a len bytes for the result, because @a len
-          may be too large. Usually, @ref unexpect_eof() detects the end of
-          the input before we run out of string memory.
-    */
-    template<typename NumberType>
-    bool get_string(const NumberType len, string_t& result)
-    {
-        bool success = true;
-        std::generate_n(std::back_inserter(result), len, [this, &success]()
-        {
-            get();
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
-            {
-                success = false;
-            }
-            return static_cast<char>(current);
-        });
-        return success;
-    }
+@requirement The class satisfies the following concept requirements:
+-
+[BidirectionalIterator](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/BidirectionalIterator):
+  The iterator that can be moved can be moved in both directions (i.e.
+  incremented and decremented).
+- [OutputIterator](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/OutputIterator):
+  It is possible to write to the pointed-to element (only if @a Base is
+  @ref iterator).
 
-    /*!
-    @brief reads a CBOR string
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+template<typename Base>
+class json_reverse_iterator : public std::reverse_iterator<Base>
+{
+  public:
+    using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+    /// shortcut to the reverse iterator adapter
+    using base_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<Base>;
+    /// the reference type for the pointed-to element
+    using reference = typename Base::reference;
 
-    This function first reads starting bytes to determine the expected
-    string length and then copies this number of bytes into a string.
-    Additionally, CBOR's strings with indefinite lengths are supported.
+    /// create reverse iterator from iterator
+    explicit json_reverse_iterator(const typename base_iterator::iterator_type& it) noexcept
+        : base_iterator(it) {}
 
-    @param[out] result  created string
+    /// create reverse iterator from base class
+    explicit json_reverse_iterator(const base_iterator& it) noexcept : base_iterator(it) {}
 
-    @return whether string creation completed
-    */
-    bool get_cbor_string(string_t& result)
+    /// post-increment (it++)
+    json_reverse_iterator const operator++(int)
     {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator++(1));
+    }
 
-        switch (current)
-        {
-            // UTF-8 string (0x00..0x17 bytes follow)
-            case 0x60:
-            case 0x61:
-            case 0x62:
-            case 0x63:
-            case 0x64:
-            case 0x65:
-            case 0x66:
-            case 0x67:
-            case 0x68:
-            case 0x69:
-            case 0x6A:
-            case 0x6B:
-            case 0x6C:
-            case 0x6D:
-            case 0x6E:
-            case 0x6F:
-            case 0x70:
-            case 0x71:
-            case 0x72:
-            case 0x73:
-            case 0x74:
-            case 0x75:
-            case 0x76:
-            case 0x77:
-            {
-                return get_string(current & 0x1F, result);
-            }
+    /// pre-increment (++it)
+    json_reverse_iterator& operator++()
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator&>(base_iterator::operator++());
+    }
 
-            case 0x78: // UTF-8 string (one-byte uint8_t for n follows)
-            {
-                uint8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
-            }
+    /// post-decrement (it--)
+    json_reverse_iterator const operator--(int)
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator--(1));
+    }
 
-            case 0x79: // UTF-8 string (two-byte uint16_t for n follow)
-            {
-                uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
-            }
+    /// pre-decrement (--it)
+    json_reverse_iterator& operator--()
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator&>(base_iterator::operator--());
+    }
 
-            case 0x7A: // UTF-8 string (four-byte uint32_t for n follow)
-            {
-                uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
-            }
+    /// add to iterator
+    json_reverse_iterator& operator+=(difference_type i)
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator&>(base_iterator::operator+=(i));
+    }
 
-            case 0x7B: // UTF-8 string (eight-byte uint64_t for n follow)
-            {
-                uint64_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
-            }
+    /// add to iterator
+    json_reverse_iterator operator+(difference_type i) const
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator+(i));
+    }
 
-            case 0x7F: // UTF-8 string (indefinite length)
-            {
-                while (get() != 0xFF)
-                {
-                    string_t chunk;
-                    if (not get_cbor_string(chunk))
-                    {
-                        return false;
-                    }
-                    result.append(chunk);
-                }
-                return true;
-            }
+    /// subtract from iterator
+    json_reverse_iterator operator-(difference_type i) const
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_reverse_iterator>(base_iterator::operator-(i));
+    }
 
-            default:
-            {
-                auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "expected a CBOR string; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
-            }
-        }
+    /// return difference
+    difference_type operator-(const json_reverse_iterator& other) const
+    {
+        return base_iterator(*this) - base_iterator(other);
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @param[in] len  the length of the array or std::size_t(-1) for an
-                    array of indefinite size
-    @return whether array creation completed
-    */
-    bool get_cbor_array(const std::size_t len)
+    /// access to successor
+    reference operator[](difference_type n) const
     {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_array(len)))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        if (len != std::size_t(-1))
-            for (std::size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i)
-            {
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_cbor_internal()))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-        else
-        {
-            while (get() != 0xFF)
-            {
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_cbor_internal(false)))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        return *(this->operator+(n));
+    }
 
-        return sax->end_array();
+    /// return the key of an object iterator
+    auto key() const -> decltype(std::declval<Base>().key())
+    {
+        auto it = --this->base();
+        return it.key();
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @param[in] len  the length of the object or std::size_t(-1) for an
-                    object of indefinite size
-    @return whether object creation completed
-    */
-    bool get_cbor_object(const std::size_t len)
+    /// return the value of an iterator
+    reference value() const
     {
-        if (not JSON_UNLIKELY(sax->start_object(len)))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
+        auto it = --this->base();
+        return it.operator * ();
+    }
+};
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
-        string_t key;
-        if (len != std::size_t(-1))
-        {
-            for (std::size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i)
-            {
-                get();
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_cbor_string(key) or not sax->key(key)))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/primitive_iterator.hpp>
 
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_cbor_internal()))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                key.clear();
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            while (get() != 0xFF)
-            {
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_cbor_string(key) or not sax->key(key)))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/json_pointer.hpp>
 
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_cbor_internal()))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                key.clear();
-            }
-        }
 
-        return sax->end_object();
-    }
+#include <algorithm> // all_of
+#include <cassert> // assert
+#include <numeric> // accumulate
+#include <string> // string
+#include <utility> // move
+#include <vector> // vector
 
-    /*!
-    @brief reads a MessagePack string
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
 
-    This function first reads starting bytes to determine the expected
-    string length and then copies this number of bytes into a string.
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
 
-    @param[out] result  created string
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
 
-    @return whether string creation completed
-    */
-    bool get_msgpack_string(string_t& result)
-    {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
 
-        switch (current)
-        {
-            // fixstr
-            case 0xA0:
-            case 0xA1:
-            case 0xA2:
-            case 0xA3:
-            case 0xA4:
-            case 0xA5:
-            case 0xA6:
-            case 0xA7:
-            case 0xA8:
-            case 0xA9:
-            case 0xAA:
-            case 0xAB:
-            case 0xAC:
-            case 0xAD:
-            case 0xAE:
-            case 0xAF:
-            case 0xB0:
-            case 0xB1:
-            case 0xB2:
-            case 0xB3:
-            case 0xB4:
-            case 0xB5:
-            case 0xB6:
-            case 0xB7:
-            case 0xB8:
-            case 0xB9:
-            case 0xBA:
-            case 0xBB:
-            case 0xBC:
-            case 0xBD:
-            case 0xBE:
-            case 0xBF:
-            {
-                return get_string(current & 0x1F, result);
-            }
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class json_pointer
+{
+    // allow basic_json to access private members
+    NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
+    friend class basic_json;
 
-            case 0xD9: // str 8
-            {
-                uint8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
-            }
+  public:
+    /*!
+    @brief create JSON pointer
 
-            case 0xDA: // str 16
-            {
-                uint16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
-            }
+    Create a JSON pointer according to the syntax described in
+    [Section 3 of RFC6901](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901#section-3).
 
-            case 0xDB: // str 32
-            {
-                uint32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
-            }
+    @param[in] s  string representing the JSON pointer; if omitted, the empty
+                  string is assumed which references the whole JSON value
 
-            default:
-            {
-                auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "expected a MessagePack string; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    @throw parse_error.107 if the given JSON pointer @a s is nonempty and does
+                           not begin with a slash (`/`); see example below
+
+    @throw parse_error.108 if a tilde (`~`) in the given JSON pointer @a s is
+    not followed by `0` (representing `~`) or `1` (representing `/`); see
+    example below
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows the construction several valid JSON pointers
+    as well as the exceptional behavior.,json_pointer}
+
+    @since version 2.0.0
+    */
+    explicit json_pointer(const std::string& s = "")
+        : reference_tokens(split(s))
+    {}
 
     /*!
-    @param[in] len  the length of the array
-    @return whether array creation completed
+    @brief return a string representation of the JSON pointer
+
+    @invariant For each JSON pointer `ptr`, it holds:
+    @code {.cpp}
+    ptr == json_pointer(ptr.to_string());
+    @endcode
+
+    @return a string representation of the JSON pointer
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows the result of `to_string`.,json_pointer__to_string}
+
+    @since version 2.0.0
     */
-    bool get_msgpack_array(const std::size_t len)
+    std::string to_string() const
     {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_array(len)))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+        return std::accumulate(reference_tokens.begin(), reference_tokens.end(),
+                               std::string{},
+                               [](const std::string & a, const std::string & b)
         {
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_msgpack_internal()))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
+            return a + "/" + escape(b);
+        });
+    }
 
-        return sax->end_array();
+    /// @copydoc to_string()
+    operator std::string() const
+    {
+        return to_string();
     }
 
     /*!
-    @param[in] len  the length of the object
-    @return whether object creation completed
-    */
-    bool get_msgpack_object(const std::size_t len)
-    {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_object(len)))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
+    @brief append another JSON pointer at the end of this JSON pointer
 
-        string_t key;
-        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i)
-        {
-            get();
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_msgpack_string(key) or not sax->key(key)))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
+    @param[in] ptr  JSON pointer to append
+    @return JSON pointer with @a ptr appended
 
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_msgpack_internal()))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            key.clear();
-        }
+    @liveexample{The example shows the usage of `operator/=`.,json_pointer__operator_add}
+
+    @complexity Linear in the length of @a ptr.
+
+    @sa @ref operator/=(std::string) to append a reference token
+    @sa @ref operator/=(std::size_t) to append an array index
+    @sa @ref operator/(const json_pointer&, const json_pointer&) for a binary operator
 
-        return sax->end_object();
+    @since version 3.6.0
+    */
+    json_pointer& operator/=(const json_pointer& ptr)
+    {
+        reference_tokens.insert(reference_tokens.end(),
+                                ptr.reference_tokens.begin(),
+                                ptr.reference_tokens.end());
+        return *this;
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief reads a UBJSON string
+    @brief append an unescaped reference token at the end of this JSON pointer
 
-    This function is either called after reading the 'S' byte explicitly
-    indicating a string, or in case of an object key where the 'S' byte can be
-    left out.
+    @param[in] token  reference token to append
+    @return JSON pointer with @a token appended without escaping @a token
 
-    @param[out] result   created string
-    @param[in] get_char  whether a new character should be retrieved from the
-                         input (true, default) or whether the last read
-                         character should be considered instead
+    @liveexample{The example shows the usage of `operator/=`.,json_pointer__operator_add}
 
-    @return whether string creation completed
+    @complexity Amortized constant.
+
+    @sa @ref operator/=(const json_pointer&) to append a JSON pointer
+    @sa @ref operator/=(std::size_t) to append an array index
+    @sa @ref operator/(const json_pointer&, std::size_t) for a binary operator
+
+    @since version 3.6.0
     */
-    bool get_ubjson_string(string_t& result, const bool get_char = true)
+    json_pointer& operator/=(std::string token)
     {
-        if (get_char)
-        {
-            get();  // TODO: may we ignore N here?
-        }
-
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
+        push_back(std::move(token));
+        return *this;
+    }
 
-        switch (current)
-        {
-            case 'U':
-            {
-                uint8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
-            }
+    /*!
+    @brief append an array index at the end of this JSON pointer
 
-            case 'i':
-            {
-                int8_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
-            }
+    @param[in] array_index  array index ot append
+    @return JSON pointer with @a array_index appended
 
-            case 'I':
-            {
-                int16_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
-            }
+    @liveexample{The example shows the usage of `operator/=`.,json_pointer__operator_add}
 
-            case 'l':
-            {
-                int32_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
-            }
+    @complexity Amortized constant.
 
-            case 'L':
-            {
-                int64_t len;
-                return get_number(len) and get_string(len, result);
-            }
+    @sa @ref operator/=(const json_pointer&) to append a JSON pointer
+    @sa @ref operator/=(std::string) to append a reference token
+    @sa @ref operator/(const json_pointer&, std::string) for a binary operator
 
-            default:
-                auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "expected a UBJSON string; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
-        }
+    @since version 3.6.0
+    */
+    json_pointer& operator/=(std::size_t array_index)
+    {
+        return *this /= std::to_string(array_index);
     }
 
     /*!
-    @param[out] result  determined size
-    @return whether size determination completed
+    @brief create a new JSON pointer by appending the right JSON pointer at the end of the left JSON pointer
+
+    @param[in] lhs  JSON pointer
+    @param[in] rhs  JSON pointer
+    @return a new JSON pointer with @a rhs appended to @a lhs
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows the usage of `operator/`.,json_pointer__operator_add_binary}
+
+    @complexity Linear in the length of @a lhs and @a rhs.
+
+    @sa @ref operator/=(const json_pointer&) to append a JSON pointer
+
+    @since version 3.6.0
     */
-    bool get_ubjson_size_value(std::size_t& result)
+    friend json_pointer operator/(const json_pointer& lhs,
+                                  const json_pointer& rhs)
     {
-        switch (get_ignore_noop())
-        {
-            case 'U':
-            {
-                uint8_t number;
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(number)))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                result = static_cast<std::size_t>(number);
-                return true;
-            }
+        return json_pointer(lhs) /= rhs;
+    }
 
-            case 'i':
-            {
-                int8_t number;
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(number)))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                result = static_cast<std::size_t>(number);
-                return true;
-            }
+    /*!
+    @brief create a new JSON pointer by appending the unescaped token at the end of the JSON pointer
 
-            case 'I':
-            {
-                int16_t number;
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(number)))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                result = static_cast<std::size_t>(number);
-                return true;
-            }
+    @param[in] ptr  JSON pointer
+    @param[in] token  reference token
+    @return a new JSON pointer with unescaped @a token appended to @a ptr
 
-            case 'l':
-            {
-                int32_t number;
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(number)))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                result = static_cast<std::size_t>(number);
-                return true;
-            }
+    @liveexample{The example shows the usage of `operator/`.,json_pointer__operator_add_binary}
 
-            case 'L':
-            {
-                int64_t number;
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_number(number)))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                result = static_cast<std::size_t>(number);
-                return true;
-            }
+    @complexity Linear in the length of @a ptr.
 
-            default:
-            {
-                auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "byte after '#' must denote a number type; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
-            }
-        }
+    @sa @ref operator/=(std::string) to append a reference token
+
+    @since version 3.6.0
+    */
+    friend json_pointer operator/(const json_pointer& ptr, std::string token)
+    {
+        return json_pointer(ptr) /= std::move(token);
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief determine the type and size for a container
+    @brief create a new JSON pointer by appending the array-index-token at the end of the JSON pointer
 
-    In the optimized UBJSON format, a type and a size can be provided to allow
-    for a more compact representation.
+    @param[in] ptr  JSON pointer
+    @param[in] array_index  array index
+    @return a new JSON pointer with @a array_index appended to @a ptr
 
-    @param[out] result  pair of the size and the type
+    @liveexample{The example shows the usage of `operator/`.,json_pointer__operator_add_binary}
 
-    @return whether pair creation completed
+    @complexity Linear in the length of @a ptr.
+
+    @sa @ref operator/=(std::size_t) to append an array index
+
+    @since version 3.6.0
     */
-    bool get_ubjson_size_type(std::pair<std::size_t, int>& result)
+    friend json_pointer operator/(const json_pointer& ptr, std::size_t array_index)
     {
-        result.first = string_t::npos; // size
-        result.second = 0; // type
+        return json_pointer(ptr) /= array_index;
+    }
 
-        get_ignore_noop();
+    /*!
+    @brief returns the parent of this JSON pointer
 
-        if (current == '$')
-        {
-            result.second = get();  // must not ignore 'N', because 'N' maybe the type
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
+    @return parent of this JSON pointer; in case this JSON pointer is the root,
+            the root itself is returned
 
-            get_ignore_noop();
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current != '#'))
-            {
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, "expected '#' after UBJSON type information; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
-            }
+    @complexity Linear in the length of the JSON pointer.
 
-            return get_ubjson_size_value(result.first);
-        }
-        else if (current == '#')
+    @liveexample{The example shows the result of `parent_pointer` for different
+    JSON Pointers.,json_pointer__parent_pointer}
+
+    @since version 3.6.0
+    */
+    json_pointer parent_pointer() const
+    {
+        if (empty())
         {
-            return get_ubjson_size_value(result.first);
+            return *this;
         }
-        return true;
+
+        json_pointer res = *this;
+        res.pop_back();
+        return res;
     }
 
     /*!
-    @param prefix  the previously read or set type prefix
-    @return whether value creation completed
+    @brief remove last reference token
+
+    @pre not `empty()`
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows the usage of `pop_back`.,json_pointer__pop_back}
+
+    @complexity Constant.
+
+    @throw out_of_range.405 if JSON pointer has no parent
+
+    @since version 3.6.0
     */
-    bool get_ubjson_value(const int prefix)
+    void pop_back()
     {
-        switch (prefix)
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(empty()))
         {
-            case std::char_traits<char>::eof():  // EOF
-                return unexpect_eof();
+            JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(405, "JSON pointer has no parent"));
+        }
 
-            case 'T':  // true
-                return sax->boolean(true);
-            case 'F':  // false
-                return sax->boolean(false);
+        reference_tokens.pop_back();
+    }
 
-            case 'Z':  // null
-                return sax->null();
+    /*!
+    @brief return last reference token
 
-            case 'U':
-            {
-                uint8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_unsigned(number);
-            }
+    @pre not `empty()`
+    @return last reference token
 
-            case 'i':
-            {
-                int8_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
-            }
+    @liveexample{The example shows the usage of `back`.,json_pointer__back}
 
-            case 'I':
-            {
-                int16_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
-            }
+    @complexity Constant.
 
-            case 'l':
-            {
-                int32_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
-            }
+    @throw out_of_range.405 if JSON pointer has no parent
 
-            case 'L':
-            {
-                int64_t number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_integer(number);
-            }
+    @since version 3.6.0
+    */
+    const std::string& back()
+    {
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(empty()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(405, "JSON pointer has no parent"));
+        }
 
-            case 'd':
-            {
-                float number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
-            }
+        return reference_tokens.back();
+    }
 
-            case 'D':
-            {
-                double number;
-                return get_number(number) and sax->number_float(static_cast<number_float_t>(number), "");
-            }
+    /*!
+    @brief append an unescaped token at the end of the reference pointer
 
-            case 'C':  // char
-            {
-                get();
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not unexpect_eof()))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current > 127))
-                {
-                    auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                    return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(113, chars_read, "byte after 'C' must be in range 0x00..0x7F; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
-                }
-                string_t s(1, static_cast<char>(current));
-                return sax->string(s);
-            }
+    @param[in] token  token to add
 
-            case 'S':  // string
-            {
-                string_t s;
-                return get_ubjson_string(s) and sax->string(s);
-            }
+    @complexity Amortized constant.
 
-            case '[':  // array
-                return get_ubjson_array();
+    @liveexample{The example shows the result of `push_back` for different
+    JSON Pointers.,json_pointer__push_back}
 
-            case '{':  // object
-                return get_ubjson_object();
+    @since version 3.6.0
+    */
+    void push_back(const std::string& token)
+    {
+        reference_tokens.push_back(token);
+    }
 
-            default: // anything else
-            {
-                auto last_token = get_token_string();
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, last_token, parse_error::create(112, chars_read, "error reading UBJSON; last byte: 0x" + last_token));
-            }
-        }
+    /// @copydoc push_back(const std::string&)
+    void push_back(std::string&& token)
+    {
+        reference_tokens.push_back(std::move(token));
     }
 
     /*!
-    @return whether array creation completed
+    @brief return whether pointer points to the root document
+
+    @return true iff the JSON pointer points to the root document
+
+    @complexity Constant.
+
+    @exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows the result of `empty` for different JSON
+    Pointers.,json_pointer__empty}
+
+    @since version 3.6.0
+    */
+    bool empty() const noexcept
+    {
+        return reference_tokens.empty();
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /*!
+    @param[in] s  reference token to be converted into an array index
+
+    @return integer representation of @a s
+
+    @throw out_of_range.404 if string @a s could not be converted to an integer
     */
-    bool get_ubjson_array()
+    static int array_index(const std::string& s)
     {
-        std::pair<std::size_t, int> size_and_type;
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_ubjson_size_type(size_and_type)))
+        std::size_t processed_chars = 0;
+        const int res = std::stoi(s, &processed_chars);
+
+        // check if the string was completely read
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(processed_chars != s.size()))
         {
-            return false;
+            JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, "unresolved reference token '" + s + "'"));
         }
 
-        if (size_and_type.first != string_t::npos)
-        {
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_array(size_and_type.first)))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
+        return res;
+    }
 
-            if (size_and_type.second != 0)
-            {
-                if (size_and_type.second != 'N')
-                {
-                    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < size_and_type.first; ++i)
-                    {
-                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_ubjson_value(size_and_type.second)))
-                        {
-                            return false;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                for (std::size_t i = 0; i < size_and_type.first; ++i)
-                {
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_ubjson_internal()))
-                    {
-                        return false;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        else
+    json_pointer top() const
+    {
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(empty()))
         {
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_array(std::size_t(-1))))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            while (current != ']')
-            {
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_ubjson_internal(false)))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                get_ignore_noop();
-            }
+            JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(405, "JSON pointer has no parent"));
         }
 
-        return sax->end_array();
+        json_pointer result = *this;
+        result.reference_tokens = {reference_tokens[0]};
+        return result;
     }
 
     /*!
-    @return whether object creation completed
+    @brief create and return a reference to the pointed to value
+
+    @complexity Linear in the number of reference tokens.
+
+    @throw parse_error.109 if array index is not a number
+    @throw type_error.313 if value cannot be unflattened
     */
-    bool get_ubjson_object()
+    BasicJsonType& get_and_create(BasicJsonType& j) const
     {
-        std::pair<std::size_t, int> size_and_type;
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_ubjson_size_type(size_and_type)))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
+        using size_type = typename BasicJsonType::size_type;
+        auto result = &j;
 
-        string_t key;
-        if (size_and_type.first != string_t::npos)
+        // in case no reference tokens exist, return a reference to the JSON value
+        // j which will be overwritten by a primitive value
+        for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
         {
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_object(size_and_type.first)))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (size_and_type.second != 0)
+            switch (result->m_type)
             {
-                for (std::size_t i = 0; i < size_and_type.first; ++i)
+                case detail::value_t::null:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_ubjson_string(key) or not sax->key(key)))
+                    if (reference_token == "0")
                     {
-                        return false;
+                        // start a new array if reference token is 0
+                        result = &result->operator[](0);
                     }
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_ubjson_value(size_and_type.second)))
+                    else
                     {
-                        return false;
+                        // start a new object otherwise
+                        result = &result->operator[](reference_token);
                     }
-                    key.clear();
+                    break;
                 }
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                for (std::size_t i = 0; i < size_and_type.first; ++i)
+
+                case detail::value_t::object:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_ubjson_string(key) or not sax->key(key)))
+                    // create an entry in the object
+                    result = &result->operator[](reference_token);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                case detail::value_t::array:
+                {
+                    // create an entry in the array
+                    JSON_TRY
                     {
-                        return false;
+                        result = &result->operator[](static_cast<size_type>(array_index(reference_token)));
                     }
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_ubjson_internal()))
+                    JSON_CATCH(std::invalid_argument&)
                     {
-                        return false;
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(109, 0, "array index '" + reference_token + "' is not a number"));
                     }
-                    key.clear();
+                    break;
                 }
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not sax->start_object(std::size_t(-1))))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
 
-            while (current != '}')
-            {
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not get_ubjson_string(key, false) or not sax->key(key)))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not parse_ubjson_internal()))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                get_ignore_noop();
-                key.clear();
+                /*
+                The following code is only reached if there exists a reference
+                token _and_ the current value is primitive. In this case, we have
+                an error situation, because primitive values may only occur as
+                single value; that is, with an empty list of reference tokens.
+                */
+                default:
+                    JSON_THROW(detail::type_error::create(313, "invalid value to unflatten"));
             }
         }
 
-        return sax->end_object();
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @return whether the last read character is not EOF
-    */
-    bool unexpect_eof() const
-    {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(current == std::char_traits<char>::eof()))
-        {
-            return sax->parse_error(chars_read, "<end of file>", parse_error::create(110, chars_read, "unexpected end of input"));
-        }
-        return true;
+        return *result;
     }
 
     /*!
-    @return a string representation of the last read byte
-    */
-    std::string get_token_string() const
-    {
-        char cr[3];
-        snprintf(cr, 3, "%.2hhX", static_cast<unsigned char>(current));
-        return std::string{cr};
-    }
-
-  private:
-    /// input adapter
-    input_adapter_t ia = nullptr;
-
-    /// the current character
-    int current = std::char_traits<char>::eof();
-
-    /// the number of characters read
-    std::size_t chars_read = 0;
-
-    /// whether we can assume little endianess
-    const bool is_little_endian = little_endianess();
-
-    /// the SAX parser
-    json_sax_t* sax = nullptr;
-};
-}
-}
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp>
-
-
-#include <algorithm> // reverse
-#include <array> // array
-#include <cstdint> // uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t, uint64_t
-#include <cstring> // memcpy
-#include <limits> // numeric_limits
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp>
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/output_adapters.hpp>
+    @brief return a reference to the pointed to value
 
+    @note This version does not throw if a value is not present, but tries to
+          create nested values instead. For instance, calling this function
+          with pointer `"/this/that"` on a null value is equivalent to calling
+          `operator[]("this").operator[]("that")` on that value, effectively
+          changing the null value to an object.
 
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-namespace detail
-{
-///////////////////
-// binary writer //
-///////////////////
+    @param[in] ptr  a JSON value
 
-/*!
-@brief serialization to CBOR and MessagePack values
-*/
-template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CharType>
-class binary_writer
-{
-  public:
-    /*!
-    @brief create a binary writer
+    @return reference to the JSON value pointed to by the JSON pointer
 
-    @param[in] adapter  output adapter to write to
-    */
-    explicit binary_writer(output_adapter_t<CharType> adapter) : oa(adapter)
-    {
-        assert(oa);
-    }
+    @complexity Linear in the length of the JSON pointer.
 
-    /*!
-    @brief[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @throw parse_error.106   if an array index begins with '0'
+    @throw parse_error.109   if an array index was not a number
+    @throw out_of_range.404  if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
     */
-    void write_cbor(const BasicJsonType& j)
+    BasicJsonType& get_unchecked(BasicJsonType* ptr) const
     {
-        switch (j.type())
+        using size_type = typename BasicJsonType::size_type;
+        for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
         {
-            case value_t::null:
+            // convert null values to arrays or objects before continuing
+            if (ptr->m_type == detail::value_t::null)
             {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xF6));
-                break;
-            }
+                // check if reference token is a number
+                const bool nums =
+                    std::all_of(reference_token.begin(), reference_token.end(),
+                                [](const char x)
+                {
+                    return x >= '0' and x <= '9';
+                });
 
-            case value_t::boolean:
-            {
-                oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
-                                    ? static_cast<CharType>(0xF5)
-                                    : static_cast<CharType>(0xF4));
-                break;
+                // change value to array for numbers or "-" or to object otherwise
+                *ptr = (nums or reference_token == "-")
+                       ? detail::value_t::array
+                       : detail::value_t::object;
             }
 
-            case value_t::number_integer:
+            switch (ptr->m_type)
             {
-                if (j.m_value.number_integer >= 0)
+                case detail::value_t::object:
                 {
-                    // CBOR does not differentiate between positive signed
-                    // integers and unsigned integers. Therefore, we used the
-                    // code from the value_t::number_unsigned case here.
-                    if (j.m_value.number_integer <= 0x17)
-                    {
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x18));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x19));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1A));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1B));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
+                    // use unchecked object access
+                    ptr = &ptr->operator[](reference_token);
+                    break;
                 }
-                else
+
+                case detail::value_t::array:
                 {
-                    // The conversions below encode the sign in the first
-                    // byte, and the value is converted to a positive number.
-                    const auto positive_number = -1 - j.m_value.number_integer;
-                    if (j.m_value.number_integer >= -24)
-                    {
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x20 + positive_number));
-                    }
-                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
-                    {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x38));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(positive_number));
-                    }
-                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                    // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0'))
                     {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x39));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(positive_number));
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(106, 0,
+                                                               "array index '" + reference_token +
+                                                               "' must not begin with '0'"));
                     }
-                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+
+                    if (reference_token == "-")
                     {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x3A));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(positive_number));
+                        // explicitly treat "-" as index beyond the end
+                        ptr = &ptr->operator[](ptr->m_value.array->size());
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x3B));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(positive_number));
+                        // convert array index to number; unchecked access
+                        JSON_TRY
+                        {
+                            ptr = &ptr->operator[](
+                                static_cast<size_type>(array_index(reference_token)));
+                        }
+                        JSON_CATCH(std::invalid_argument&)
+                        {
+                            JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(109, 0, "array index '" + reference_token + "' is not a number"));
+                        }
                     }
+                    break;
                 }
-                break;
-            }
 
-            case value_t::number_unsigned:
-            {
-                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= 0x17)
-                {
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
-                }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x18));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
-                }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x19));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
-                }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1A));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x1B));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
-                }
-                break;
+                default:
+                    JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, "unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'"));
             }
+        }
 
-            case value_t::number_float:
-            {
-                oa->write_character(get_cbor_float_prefix(j.m_value.number_float));
-                write_number(j.m_value.number_float);
-                break;
-            }
+        return *ptr;
+    }
 
-            case value_t::string:
+    /*!
+    @throw parse_error.106   if an array index begins with '0'
+    @throw parse_error.109   if an array index was not a number
+    @throw out_of_range.402  if the array index '-' is used
+    @throw out_of_range.404  if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
+    */
+    BasicJsonType& get_checked(BasicJsonType* ptr) const
+    {
+        using size_type = typename BasicJsonType::size_type;
+        for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
+        {
+            switch (ptr->m_type)
             {
-                // step 1: write control byte and the string length
-                const auto N = j.m_value.string->size();
-                if (N <= 0x17)
-                {
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x60 + N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x78));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x79));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x7A));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
-                }
-                // LCOV_EXCL_START
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                case detail::value_t::object:
                 {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x7B));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(N));
+                    // note: at performs range check
+                    ptr = &ptr->at(reference_token);
+                    break;
                 }
-                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
-
-                // step 2: write the string
-                oa->write_characters(
-                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
-                    j.m_value.string->size());
-                break;
-            }
 
-            case value_t::array:
-            {
-                // step 1: write control byte and the array size
-                const auto N = j.m_value.array->size();
-                if (N <= 0x17)
-                {
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x80 + N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x98));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x99));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x9A));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
-                }
-                // LCOV_EXCL_START
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                case detail::value_t::array:
                 {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0x9B));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(N));
-                }
-                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token == "-"))
+                    {
+                        // "-" always fails the range check
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(402,
+                                                                "array index '-' (" + std::to_string(ptr->m_value.array->size()) +
+                                                                ") is out of range"));
+                    }
 
-                // step 2: write each element
-                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
-                {
-                    write_cbor(el);
-                }
-                break;
-            }
+                    // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0'))
+                    {
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(106, 0,
+                                                               "array index '" + reference_token +
+                                                               "' must not begin with '0'"));
+                    }
 
-            case value_t::object:
-            {
-                // step 1: write control byte and the object size
-                const auto N = j.m_value.object->size();
-                if (N <= 0x17)
-                {
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0xA0 + N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xB8));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xB9));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xBA));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
-                }
-                // LCOV_EXCL_START
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xBB));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(N));
+                    // note: at performs range check
+                    JSON_TRY
+                    {
+                        ptr = &ptr->at(static_cast<size_type>(array_index(reference_token)));
+                    }
+                    JSON_CATCH(std::invalid_argument&)
+                    {
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(109, 0, "array index '" + reference_token + "' is not a number"));
+                    }
+                    break;
                 }
-                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
 
-                // step 2: write each element
-                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
-                {
-                    write_cbor(el.first);
-                    write_cbor(el.second);
-                }
-                break;
+                default:
+                    JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, "unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'"));
             }
-
-            default:
-                break;
         }
+
+        return *ptr;
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @brief return a const reference to the pointed to value
+
+    @param[in] ptr  a JSON value
+
+    @return const reference to the JSON value pointed to by the JSON
+    pointer
+
+    @throw parse_error.106   if an array index begins with '0'
+    @throw parse_error.109   if an array index was not a number
+    @throw out_of_range.402  if the array index '-' is used
+    @throw out_of_range.404  if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
     */
-    void write_msgpack(const BasicJsonType& j)
+    const BasicJsonType& get_unchecked(const BasicJsonType* ptr) const
     {
-        switch (j.type())
+        using size_type = typename BasicJsonType::size_type;
+        for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
         {
-            case value_t::null: // nil
-            {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xC0));
-                break;
-            }
-
-            case value_t::boolean: // true and false
+            switch (ptr->m_type)
             {
-                oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
-                                    ? static_cast<CharType>(0xC3)
-                                    : static_cast<CharType>(0xC2));
-                break;
-            }
+                case detail::value_t::object:
+                {
+                    // use unchecked object access
+                    ptr = &ptr->operator[](reference_token);
+                    break;
+                }
 
-            case value_t::number_integer:
-            {
-                if (j.m_value.number_integer >= 0)
+                case detail::value_t::array:
                 {
-                    // MessagePack does not differentiate between positive
-                    // signed integers and unsigned integers. Therefore, we used
-                    // the code from the value_t::number_unsigned case here.
-                    if (j.m_value.number_unsigned < 128)
-                    {
-                        // positive fixnum
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token == "-"))
                     {
-                        // uint 8
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCC));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                        // "-" cannot be used for const access
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(402,
+                                                                "array index '-' (" + std::to_string(ptr->m_value.array->size()) +
+                                                                ") is out of range"));
                     }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+
+                    // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0'))
                     {
-                        // uint 16
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCD));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(106, 0,
+                                                               "array index '" + reference_token +
+                                                               "' must not begin with '0'"));
                     }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+
+                    // use unchecked array access
+                    JSON_TRY
                     {
-                        // uint 32
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCE));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                        ptr = &ptr->operator[](
+                            static_cast<size_type>(array_index(reference_token)));
                     }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                    JSON_CATCH(std::invalid_argument&)
                     {
-                        // uint 64
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCF));
-                        write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(109, 0, "array index '" + reference_token + "' is not a number"));
                     }
+                    break;
                 }
-                else
+
+                default:
+                    JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, "unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'"));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return *ptr;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @throw parse_error.106   if an array index begins with '0'
+    @throw parse_error.109   if an array index was not a number
+    @throw out_of_range.402  if the array index '-' is used
+    @throw out_of_range.404  if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
+    */
+    const BasicJsonType& get_checked(const BasicJsonType* ptr) const
+    {
+        using size_type = typename BasicJsonType::size_type;
+        for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
+        {
+            switch (ptr->m_type)
+            {
+                case detail::value_t::object:
                 {
-                    if (j.m_value.number_integer >= -32)
-                    {
-                        // negative fixnum
-                        write_number(static_cast<int8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                    }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min)() and
-                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)())
+                    // note: at performs range check
+                    ptr = &ptr->at(reference_token);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                case detail::value_t::array:
+                {
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token == "-"))
                     {
-                        // int 8
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD0));
-                        write_number(static_cast<int8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                        // "-" always fails the range check
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(402,
+                                                                "array index '-' (" + std::to_string(ptr->m_value.array->size()) +
+                                                                ") is out of range"));
                     }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min)() and
-                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)())
+
+                    // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0'))
                     {
-                        // int 16
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD1));
-                        write_number(static_cast<int16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(106, 0,
+                                                               "array index '" + reference_token +
+                                                               "' must not begin with '0'"));
                     }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min)() and
-                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())
+
+                    // note: at performs range check
+                    JSON_TRY
                     {
-                        // int 32
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD2));
-                        write_number(static_cast<int32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                        ptr = &ptr->at(static_cast<size_type>(array_index(reference_token)));
                     }
-                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::min)() and
-                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max)())
+                    JSON_CATCH(std::invalid_argument&)
                     {
-                        // int 64
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD3));
-                        write_number(static_cast<int64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(109, 0, "array index '" + reference_token + "' is not a number"));
                     }
+                    break;
                 }
-                break;
+
+                default:
+                    JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, "unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'"));
             }
+        }
 
-            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+        return *ptr;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief split the string input to reference tokens
+
+    @note This function is only called by the json_pointer constructor.
+          All exceptions below are documented there.
+
+    @throw parse_error.107  if the pointer is not empty or begins with '/'
+    @throw parse_error.108  if character '~' is not followed by '0' or '1'
+    */
+    static std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string& reference_string)
+    {
+        std::vector<std::string> result;
+
+        // special case: empty reference string -> no reference tokens
+        if (reference_string.empty())
+        {
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        // check if nonempty reference string begins with slash
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_string[0] != '/'))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(107, 1,
+                                                   "JSON pointer must be empty or begin with '/' - was: '" +
+                                                   reference_string + "'"));
+        }
+
+        // extract the reference tokens:
+        // - slash: position of the last read slash (or end of string)
+        // - start: position after the previous slash
+        for (
+            // search for the first slash after the first character
+            std::size_t slash = reference_string.find_first_of('/', 1),
+            // set the beginning of the first reference token
+            start = 1;
+            // we can stop if start == 0 (if slash == std::string::npos)
+            start != 0;
+            // set the beginning of the next reference token
+            // (will eventually be 0 if slash == std::string::npos)
+            start = (slash == std::string::npos) ? 0 : slash + 1,
+            // find next slash
+            slash = reference_string.find_first_of('/', start))
+        {
+            // use the text between the beginning of the reference token
+            // (start) and the last slash (slash).
+            auto reference_token = reference_string.substr(start, slash - start);
+
+            // check reference tokens are properly escaped
+            for (std::size_t pos = reference_token.find_first_of('~');
+                    pos != std::string::npos;
+                    pos = reference_token.find_first_of('~', pos + 1))
             {
-                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned < 128)
-                {
-                    // positive fixnum
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    // uint 8
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCC));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    // uint 16
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCD));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    // uint 32
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCE));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
-                }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                assert(reference_token[pos] == '~');
+
+                // ~ must be followed by 0 or 1
+                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(pos == reference_token.size() - 1 or
+                                  (reference_token[pos + 1] != '0' and
+                                   reference_token[pos + 1] != '1')))
                 {
-                    // uint 64
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xCF));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(108, 0, "escape character '~' must be followed with '0' or '1'"));
                 }
-                break;
             }
 
-            case value_t::number_float:
-            {
-                oa->write_character(get_msgpack_float_prefix(j.m_value.number_float));
-                write_number(j.m_value.number_float);
-                break;
-            }
+            // finally, store the reference token
+            unescape(reference_token);
+            result.push_back(reference_token);
+        }
 
-            case value_t::string:
-            {
-                // step 1: write control byte and the string length
-                const auto N = j.m_value.string->size();
-                if (N <= 31)
-                {
-                    // fixstr
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0xA0 | N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    // str 8
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xD9));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    // str 16
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDA));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    // str 32
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDB));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
-                }
+        return result;
+    }
 
-                // step 2: write the string
-                oa->write_characters(
-                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
-                    j.m_value.string->size());
-                break;
-            }
+    /*!
+    @brief replace all occurrences of a substring by another string
 
-            case value_t::array:
+    @param[in,out] s  the string to manipulate; changed so that all
+                   occurrences of @a f are replaced with @a t
+    @param[in]     f  the substring to replace with @a t
+    @param[in]     t  the string to replace @a f
+
+    @pre The search string @a f must not be empty. **This precondition is
+    enforced with an assertion.**
+
+    @since version 2.0.0
+    */
+    static void replace_substring(std::string& s, const std::string& f,
+                                  const std::string& t)
+    {
+        assert(not f.empty());
+        for (auto pos = s.find(f);                // find first occurrence of f
+                pos != std::string::npos;         // make sure f was found
+                s.replace(pos, f.size(), t),      // replace with t, and
+                pos = s.find(f, pos + t.size()))  // find next occurrence of f
+        {}
+    }
+
+    /// escape "~" to "~0" and "/" to "~1"
+    static std::string escape(std::string s)
+    {
+        replace_substring(s, "~", "~0");
+        replace_substring(s, "/", "~1");
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    /// unescape "~1" to tilde and "~0" to slash (order is important!)
+    static void unescape(std::string& s)
+    {
+        replace_substring(s, "~1", "/");
+        replace_substring(s, "~0", "~");
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @param[in] reference_string  the reference string to the current value
+    @param[in] value             the value to consider
+    @param[in,out] result        the result object to insert values to
+
+    @note Empty objects or arrays are flattened to `null`.
+    */
+    static void flatten(const std::string& reference_string,
+                        const BasicJsonType& value,
+                        BasicJsonType& result)
+    {
+        switch (value.m_type)
+        {
+            case detail::value_t::array:
             {
-                // step 1: write control byte and the array size
-                const auto N = j.m_value.array->size();
-                if (N <= 15)
-                {
-                    // fixarray
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x90 | N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    // array 16
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDC));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                if (value.m_value.array->empty())
                 {
-                    // array 32
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDD));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                    // flatten empty array as null
+                    result[reference_string] = nullptr;
                 }
-
-                // step 2: write each element
-                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
+                else
                 {
-                    write_msgpack(el);
+                    // iterate array and use index as reference string
+                    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < value.m_value.array->size(); ++i)
+                    {
+                        flatten(reference_string + "/" + std::to_string(i),
+                                value.m_value.array->operator[](i), result);
+                    }
                 }
                 break;
             }
 
-            case value_t::object:
+            case detail::value_t::object:
             {
-                // step 1: write control byte and the object size
-                const auto N = j.m_value.object->size();
-                if (N <= 15)
-                {
-                    // fixmap
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x80 | (N & 0xF)));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
-                {
-                    // map 16
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDE));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
-                }
-                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                if (value.m_value.object->empty())
                 {
-                    // map 32
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(0xDF));
-                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                    // flatten empty object as null
+                    result[reference_string] = nullptr;
                 }
-
-                // step 2: write each element
-                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
+                else
                 {
-                    write_msgpack(el.first);
-                    write_msgpack(el.second);
+                    // iterate object and use keys as reference string
+                    for (const auto& element : *value.m_value.object)
+                    {
+                        flatten(reference_string + "/" + escape(element.first), element.second, result);
+                    }
                 }
                 break;
             }
 
             default:
+            {
+                // add primitive value with its reference string
+                result[reference_string] = value;
                 break;
+            }
         }
     }
 
     /*!
-    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
-    @param[in] use_count   whether to use '#' prefixes (optimized format)
-    @param[in] use_type    whether to use '$' prefixes (optimized format)
-    @param[in] add_prefix  whether prefixes need to be used for this value
+    @param[in] value  flattened JSON
+
+    @return unflattened JSON
+
+    @throw parse_error.109 if array index is not a number
+    @throw type_error.314  if value is not an object
+    @throw type_error.315  if object values are not primitive
+    @throw type_error.313  if value cannot be unflattened
     */
-    void write_ubjson(const BasicJsonType& j, const bool use_count,
-                      const bool use_type, const bool add_prefix = true)
+    static BasicJsonType
+    unflatten(const BasicJsonType& value)
     {
-        switch (j.type())
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not value.is_object()))
         {
-            case value_t::null:
-            {
-                if (add_prefix)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('Z'));
-                }
-                break;
-            }
+            JSON_THROW(detail::type_error::create(314, "only objects can be unflattened"));
+        }
 
-            case value_t::boolean:
-            {
-                if (add_prefix)
-                    oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
-                                        ? static_cast<CharType>('T')
-                                        : static_cast<CharType>('F'));
-                break;
-            }
+        BasicJsonType result;
 
-            case value_t::number_integer:
+        // iterate the JSON object values
+        for (const auto& element : *value.m_value.object)
+        {
+            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not element.second.is_primitive()))
             {
-                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.number_integer, add_prefix);
-                break;
+                JSON_THROW(detail::type_error::create(315, "values in object must be primitive"));
             }
 
-            case value_t::number_unsigned:
-            {
-                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.number_unsigned, add_prefix);
-                break;
-            }
+            // assign value to reference pointed to by JSON pointer; Note that if
+            // the JSON pointer is "" (i.e., points to the whole value), function
+            // get_and_create returns a reference to result itself. An assignment
+            // will then create a primitive value.
+            json_pointer(element.first).get_and_create(result) = element.second;
+        }
 
-            case value_t::number_float:
-            {
-                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.number_float, add_prefix);
-                break;
-            }
+        return result;
+    }
 
-            case value_t::string:
-            {
-                if (add_prefix)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('S'));
-                }
-                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.string->size(), true);
-                oa->write_characters(
-                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
-                    j.m_value.string->size());
-                break;
-            }
+    /*!
+    @brief compares two JSON pointers for equality
 
-            case value_t::array:
-            {
-                if (add_prefix)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('['));
-                }
+    @param[in] lhs  JSON pointer to compare
+    @param[in] rhs  JSON pointer to compare
+    @return whether @a lhs is equal to @a rhs
+
+    @complexity Linear in the length of the JSON pointer
+
+    @exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
+    */
+    friend bool operator==(json_pointer const& lhs,
+                           json_pointer const& rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return lhs.reference_tokens == rhs.reference_tokens;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief compares two JSON pointers for inequality
+
+    @param[in] lhs  JSON pointer to compare
+    @param[in] rhs  JSON pointer to compare
+    @return whether @a lhs is not equal @a rhs
+
+    @complexity Linear in the length of the JSON pointer
+
+    @exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
+    */
+    friend bool operator!=(json_pointer const& lhs,
+                           json_pointer const& rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        return not (lhs == rhs);
+    }
+
+    /// the reference tokens
+    std::vector<std::string> reference_tokens;
+};
+}  // namespace nlohmann
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/json_ref.hpp>
+
+
+#include <initializer_list>
+#include <utility>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class json_ref
+{
+  public:
+    using value_type = BasicJsonType;
+
+    json_ref(value_type&& value)
+        : owned_value(std::move(value)), value_ref(&owned_value), is_rvalue(true)
+    {}
+
+    json_ref(const value_type& value)
+        : value_ref(const_cast<value_type*>(&value)), is_rvalue(false)
+    {}
+
+    json_ref(std::initializer_list<json_ref> init)
+        : owned_value(init), value_ref(&owned_value), is_rvalue(true)
+    {}
+
+    template <
+        class... Args,
+        enable_if_t<std::is_constructible<value_type, Args...>::value, int> = 0 >
+    json_ref(Args && ... args)
+        : owned_value(std::forward<Args>(args)...), value_ref(&owned_value),
+          is_rvalue(true) {}
+
+    // class should be movable only
+    json_ref(json_ref&&) = default;
+    json_ref(const json_ref&) = delete;
+    json_ref& operator=(const json_ref&) = delete;
+    json_ref& operator=(json_ref&&) = delete;
+    ~json_ref() = default;
+
+    value_type moved_or_copied() const
+    {
+        if (is_rvalue)
+        {
+            return std::move(*value_ref);
+        }
+        return *value_ref;
+    }
+
+    value_type const& operator*() const
+    {
+        return *static_cast<value_type const*>(value_ref);
+    }
+
+    value_type const* operator->() const
+    {
+        return static_cast<value_type const*>(value_ref);
+    }
+
+  private:
+    mutable value_type owned_value = nullptr;
+    value_type* value_ref = nullptr;
+    const bool is_rvalue;
+};
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp>
+
+
+#include <algorithm> // reverse
+#include <array> // array
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t, uint64_t
+#include <cstring> // memcpy
+#include <limits> // numeric_limits
+#include <string> // string
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/output_adapters.hpp>
+
+
+#include <algorithm> // copy
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <ios> // streamsize
+#include <iterator> // back_inserter
+#include <memory> // shared_ptr, make_shared
+#include <ostream> // basic_ostream
+#include <string> // basic_string
+#include <vector> // vector
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+/// abstract output adapter interface
+template<typename CharType> struct output_adapter_protocol
+{
+    virtual void write_character(CharType c) = 0;
+    virtual void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) = 0;
+    virtual ~output_adapter_protocol() = default;
+};
+
+/// a type to simplify interfaces
+template<typename CharType>
+using output_adapter_t = std::shared_ptr<output_adapter_protocol<CharType>>;
+
+/// output adapter for byte vectors
+template<typename CharType>
+class output_vector_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
+{
+  public:
+    explicit output_vector_adapter(std::vector<CharType>& vec) noexcept
+        : v(vec)
+    {}
+
+    void write_character(CharType c) override
+    {
+        v.push_back(c);
+    }
 
-                bool prefix_required = true;
-                if (use_type and not j.m_value.array->empty())
-                {
-                    assert(use_count);
-                    const CharType first_prefix = ubjson_prefix(j.front());
-                    const bool same_prefix = std::all_of(j.begin() + 1, j.end(),
-                                                         [this, first_prefix](const BasicJsonType & v)
-                    {
-                        return ubjson_prefix(v) == first_prefix;
-                    });
+    void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
+    {
+        std::copy(s, s + length, std::back_inserter(v));
+    }
 
-                    if (same_prefix)
-                    {
-                        prefix_required = false;
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('$'));
-                        oa->write_character(first_prefix);
-                    }
-                }
+  private:
+    std::vector<CharType>& v;
+};
 
-                if (use_count)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('#'));
-                    write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.array->size(), true);
-                }
+/// output adapter for output streams
+template<typename CharType>
+class output_stream_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
+{
+  public:
+    explicit output_stream_adapter(std::basic_ostream<CharType>& s) noexcept
+        : stream(s)
+    {}
 
-                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
-                {
-                    write_ubjson(el, use_count, use_type, prefix_required);
-                }
+    void write_character(CharType c) override
+    {
+        stream.put(c);
+    }
 
-                if (not use_count)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>(']'));
-                }
+    void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
+    {
+        stream.write(s, static_cast<std::streamsize>(length));
+    }
 
-                break;
-            }
+  private:
+    std::basic_ostream<CharType>& stream;
+};
 
-            case value_t::object:
-            {
-                if (add_prefix)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('{'));
-                }
+/// output adapter for basic_string
+template<typename CharType, typename StringType = std::basic_string<CharType>>
+class output_string_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
+{
+  public:
+    explicit output_string_adapter(StringType& s) noexcept
+        : str(s)
+    {}
 
-                bool prefix_required = true;
-                if (use_type and not j.m_value.object->empty())
-                {
-                    assert(use_count);
-                    const CharType first_prefix = ubjson_prefix(j.front());
-                    const bool same_prefix = std::all_of(j.begin(), j.end(),
-                                                         [this, first_prefix](const BasicJsonType & v)
-                    {
-                        return ubjson_prefix(v) == first_prefix;
-                    });
+    void write_character(CharType c) override
+    {
+        str.push_back(c);
+    }
 
-                    if (same_prefix)
-                    {
-                        prefix_required = false;
-                        oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('$'));
-                        oa->write_character(first_prefix);
-                    }
-                }
+    void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
+    {
+        str.append(s, length);
+    }
 
-                if (use_count)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('#'));
-                    write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.object->size(), true);
-                }
+  private:
+    StringType& str;
+};
 
-                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
-                {
-                    write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(el.first.size(), true);
-                    oa->write_characters(
-                        reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(el.first.c_str()),
-                        el.first.size());
-                    write_ubjson(el.second, use_count, use_type, prefix_required);
-                }
+template<typename CharType, typename StringType = std::basic_string<CharType>>
+class output_adapter
+{
+  public:
+    output_adapter(std::vector<CharType>& vec)
+        : oa(std::make_shared<output_vector_adapter<CharType>>(vec)) {}
 
-                if (not use_count)
-                {
-                    oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('}'));
-                }
+    output_adapter(std::basic_ostream<CharType>& s)
+        : oa(std::make_shared<output_stream_adapter<CharType>>(s)) {}
 
-                break;
-            }
+    output_adapter(StringType& s)
+        : oa(std::make_shared<output_string_adapter<CharType, StringType>>(s)) {}
 
-            default:
-                break;
-        }
+    operator output_adapter_t<CharType>()
+    {
+        return oa;
     }
 
   private:
-    /*
-    @brief write a number to output input
+    output_adapter_t<CharType> oa = nullptr;
+};
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
-    @param[in] n number of type @a NumberType
-    @tparam NumberType the type of the number
 
-    @note This function needs to respect the system's endianess, because bytes
-          in CBOR, MessagePack, and UBJSON are stored in network order (big
-          endian) and therefore need reordering on little endian systems.
-    */
-    template<typename NumberType>
-    void write_number(const NumberType n)
-    {
-        // step 1: write number to array of length NumberType
-        std::array<CharType, sizeof(NumberType)> vec;
-        std::memcpy(vec.data(), &n, sizeof(NumberType));
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+///////////////////
+// binary writer //
+///////////////////
 
-        // step 2: write array to output (with possible reordering)
-        if (is_little_endian)
-        {
-            // reverse byte order prior to conversion if necessary
-            std::reverse(vec.begin(), vec.end());
-        }
+/*!
+@brief serialization to CBOR and MessagePack values
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CharType>
+class binary_writer
+{
+    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
 
-        oa->write_characters(vec.data(), sizeof(NumberType));
-    }
+  public:
+    /*!
+    @brief create a binary writer
 
-    // UBJSON: write number (floating point)
-    template<typename NumberType, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_floating_point<NumberType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    void write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(const NumberType n,
-                                         const bool add_prefix)
+    @param[in] adapter  output adapter to write to
+    */
+    explicit binary_writer(output_adapter_t<CharType> adapter) : oa(adapter)
     {
-        if (add_prefix)
-        {
-            oa->write_character(get_ubjson_float_prefix(n));
-        }
-        write_number(n);
+        assert(oa);
     }
 
-    // UBJSON: write number (unsigned integer)
-    template<typename NumberType, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_unsigned<NumberType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    void write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(const NumberType n,
-                                         const bool add_prefix)
+    /*!
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @pre       j.type() == value_t::object
+    */
+    void write_bson(const BasicJsonType& j)
     {
-        if (n <= static_cast<uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)()))
-        {
-            if (add_prefix)
-            {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('i'));  // int8
-            }
-            write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(n));
-        }
-        else if (n <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
-        {
-            if (add_prefix)
-            {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('U'));  // uint8
-            }
-            write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(n));
-        }
-        else if (n <= static_cast<uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)()))
-        {
-            if (add_prefix)
-            {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('I'));  // int16
-            }
-            write_number(static_cast<int16_t>(n));
-        }
-        else if (n <= static_cast<uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)()))
-        {
-            if (add_prefix)
-            {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('l'));  // int32
-            }
-            write_number(static_cast<int32_t>(n));
-        }
-        else if (n <= static_cast<uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max)()))
+        switch (j.type())
         {
-            if (add_prefix)
+            case value_t::object:
             {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('L'));  // int64
+                write_bson_object(*j.m_value.object);
+                break;
             }
-            write_number(static_cast<int64_t>(n));
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "number overflow serializing " + std::to_string(n)));
-        }
-    }
 
-    // UBJSON: write number (signed integer)
-    template<typename NumberType, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_signed<NumberType>::value and
-                 not std::is_floating_point<NumberType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    void write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(const NumberType n,
-                                         const bool add_prefix)
-    {
-        if ((std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)())
-        {
-            if (add_prefix)
-            {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('i'));  // int8
-            }
-            write_number(static_cast<int8_t>(n));
-        }
-        else if (static_cast<int64_t>((std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::min)()) <= n and n <= static_cast<int64_t>((std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)()))
-        {
-            if (add_prefix)
-            {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('U'));  // uint8
-            }
-            write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(n));
-        }
-        else if ((std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)())
-        {
-            if (add_prefix)
-            {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('I'));  // int16
-            }
-            write_number(static_cast<int16_t>(n));
-        }
-        else if ((std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())
-        {
-            if (add_prefix)
-            {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('l'));  // int32
-            }
-            write_number(static_cast<int32_t>(n));
-        }
-        else if ((std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max)())
-        {
-            if (add_prefix)
+            default:
             {
-                oa->write_character(static_cast<CharType>('L'));  // int64
+                JSON_THROW(type_error::create(317, "to serialize to BSON, top-level type must be object, but is " + std::string(j.type_name())));
             }
-            write_number(static_cast<int64_t>(n));
         }
-        // LCOV_EXCL_START
-        else
-        {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "number overflow serializing " + std::to_string(n)));
-        }
-        // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief determine the type prefix of container values
-
-    @note This function does not need to be 100% accurate when it comes to
-          integer limits. In case a number exceeds the limits of int64_t,
-          this will be detected by a later call to function
-          write_number_with_ubjson_prefix. Therefore, we return 'L' for any
-          value that does not fit the previous limits.
+    /*!
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
     */
-    CharType ubjson_prefix(const BasicJsonType& j) const noexcept
+    void write_cbor(const BasicJsonType& j)
     {
         switch (j.type())
         {
             case value_t::null:
-                return 'Z';
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xF6));
+                break;
+            }
 
             case value_t::boolean:
-                return j.m_value.boolean ? 'T' : 'F';
+            {
+                oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
+                                    ? to_char_type(0xF5)
+                                    : to_char_type(0xF4));
+                break;
+            }
 
             case value_t::number_integer:
             {
-                if ((std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)())
+                if (j.m_value.number_integer >= 0)
                 {
-                    return 'i';
+                    // CBOR does not differentiate between positive signed
+                    // integers and unsigned integers. Therefore, we used the
+                    // code from the value_t::number_unsigned case here.
+                    if (j.m_value.number_integer <= 0x17)
+                    {
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x18));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x19));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x1A));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x1B));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
                 }
-                else if ((std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                else
                 {
-                    return 'U';
+                    // The conversions below encode the sign in the first
+                    // byte, and the value is converted to a positive number.
+                    const auto positive_number = -1 - j.m_value.number_integer;
+                    if (j.m_value.number_integer >= -24)
+                    {
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(0x20 + positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x38));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x39));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x3A));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x3B));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::uint64_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= 0x17)
+                {
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
                 }
-                else if ((std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)())
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max)())
                 {
-                    return 'I';
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x18));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
                 }
-                else if ((std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint16_t>::max)())
                 {
-                    return 'l';
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x19));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x1A));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
                 }
-                else  // no check and assume int64_t (see note above)
+                else
                 {
-                    return 'L';
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x1B));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
                 }
+                break;
             }
 
-            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            case value_t::number_float:
+            {
+                oa->write_character(get_cbor_float_prefix(j.m_value.number_float));
+                write_number(j.m_value.number_float);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::string:
             {
-                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)())
+                // step 1: write control byte and the string length
+                const auto N = j.m_value.string->size();
+                if (N <= 0x17)
                 {
-                    return 'i';
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(0x60 + N));
                 }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max)())
                 {
-                    return 'U';
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x78));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(N));
                 }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)())
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint16_t>::max)())
                 {
-                    return 'I';
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x79));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(N));
                 }
-                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
                 {
-                    return 'l';
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x7A));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(N));
                 }
-                else  // no check and assume int64_t (see note above)
+                // LCOV_EXCL_START
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint64_t>::max)())
                 {
-                    return 'L';
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x7B));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint64_t>(N));
                 }
-            }
-
-            case value_t::number_float:
-                return get_ubjson_float_prefix(j.m_value.number_float);
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
 
-            case value_t::string:
-                return 'S';
+                // step 2: write the string
+                oa->write_characters(
+                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
+                    j.m_value.string->size());
+                break;
+            }
 
             case value_t::array:
-                return '[';
-
-            case value_t::object:
-                return '{';
-
-            default:  // discarded values
-                return 'N';
-        }
-    }
-
-    static constexpr CharType get_cbor_float_prefix(float)
-    {
-        return static_cast<CharType>(0xFA);  // Single-Precision Float
-    }
-
-    static constexpr CharType get_cbor_float_prefix(double)
-    {
-        return static_cast<CharType>(0xFB);  // Double-Precision Float
-    }
-
-    static constexpr CharType get_msgpack_float_prefix(float)
-    {
-        return static_cast<CharType>(0xCA);  // float 32
-    }
-
-    static constexpr CharType get_msgpack_float_prefix(double)
-    {
-        return static_cast<CharType>(0xCB);  // float 64
-    }
-
-    static constexpr CharType get_ubjson_float_prefix(float)
-    {
-        return 'd';  // float 32
-    }
-
-    static constexpr CharType get_ubjson_float_prefix(double)
-    {
-        return 'D';  // float 64
-    }
-
-  private:
-    /// whether we can assume little endianess
-    const bool is_little_endian = binary_reader<BasicJsonType>::little_endianess();
-
-    /// the output
-    output_adapter_t<CharType> oa = nullptr;
-};
-}
-}
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/serializer.hpp>
-
-
-#include <algorithm> // reverse, remove, fill, find, none_of
-#include <array> // array
-#include <cassert> // assert
-#include <ciso646> // and, or
-#include <clocale> // localeconv, lconv
-#include <cmath> // labs, isfinite, isnan, signbit
-#include <cstddef> // size_t, ptrdiff_t
-#include <cstdint> // uint8_t
-#include <cstdio> // snprintf
-#include <limits> // numeric_limits
-#include <string> // string
-#include <type_traits> // is_same
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
-
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/conversions/to_chars.hpp>
-
-
-#include <cassert> // assert
-#include <ciso646> // or, and, not
-#include <cmath>   // signbit, isfinite
-#include <cstdint> // intN_t, uintN_t
-#include <cstring> // memcpy, memmove
-
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-namespace detail
-{
-
-/*!
-@brief implements the Grisu2 algorithm for binary to decimal floating-point
-conversion.
-
-This implementation is a slightly modified version of the reference
-implementation which may be obtained from
-http://florian.loitsch.com/publications (bench.tar.gz).
-
-The code is distributed under the MIT license, Copyright (c) 2009 Florian Loitsch.
-
-For a detailed description of the algorithm see:
-
-[1] Loitsch, "Printing Floating-Point Numbers Quickly and Accurately with
-    Integers", Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 2010 Conference on Programming
-    Language Design and Implementation, PLDI 2010
-[2] Burger, Dybvig, "Printing Floating-Point Numbers Quickly and Accurately",
-    Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 1996 Conference on Programming Language
-    Design and Implementation, PLDI 1996
-*/
-namespace dtoa_impl
-{
-
-template <typename Target, typename Source>
-Target reinterpret_bits(const Source source)
-{
-    static_assert(sizeof(Target) == sizeof(Source), "size mismatch");
-
-    Target target;
-    std::memcpy(&target, &source, sizeof(Source));
-    return target;
-}
-
-struct diyfp // f * 2^e
-{
-    static constexpr int kPrecision = 64; // = q
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the array size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.array->size();
+                if (N <= 0x17)
+                {
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(0x80 + N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x98));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x99));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x9A));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_START
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint64_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x9B));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint64_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
 
-    uint64_t f;
-    int e;
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
+                {
+                    write_cbor(el);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
 
-    constexpr diyfp() noexcept : f(0), e(0) {}
-    constexpr diyfp(uint64_t f_, int e_) noexcept : f(f_), e(e_) {}
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the object size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.object->size();
+                if (N <= 0x17)
+                {
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(0xA0 + N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xB8));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xB9));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xBA));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_START
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint64_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xBB));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint64_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
 
-    /*!
-    @brief returns x - y
-    @pre x.e == y.e and x.f >= y.f
-    */
-    static diyfp sub(const diyfp& x, const diyfp& y) noexcept
-    {
-        assert(x.e == y.e);
-        assert(x.f >= y.f);
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
+                {
+                    write_cbor(el.first);
+                    write_cbor(el.second);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
 
-        return diyfp(x.f - y.f, x.e);
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief returns x * y
-    @note The result is rounded. (Only the upper q bits are returned.)
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
     */
-    static diyfp mul(const diyfp& x, const diyfp& y) noexcept
+    void write_msgpack(const BasicJsonType& j)
     {
-        static_assert(kPrecision == 64, "internal error");
-
-        // Computes:
-        //  f = round((x.f * y.f) / 2^q)
-        //  e = x.e + y.e + q
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::null: // nil
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xC0));
+                break;
+            }
 
-        // Emulate the 64-bit * 64-bit multiplication:
-        //
-        // p = u * v
-        //   = (u_lo + 2^32 u_hi) (v_lo + 2^32 v_hi)
-        //   = (u_lo v_lo         ) + 2^32 ((u_lo v_hi         ) + (u_hi v_lo         )) + 2^64 (u_hi v_hi         )
-        //   = (p0                ) + 2^32 ((p1                ) + (p2                )) + 2^64 (p3                )
-        //   = (p0_lo + 2^32 p0_hi) + 2^32 ((p1_lo + 2^32 p1_hi) + (p2_lo + 2^32 p2_hi)) + 2^64 (p3                )
-        //   = (p0_lo             ) + 2^32 (p0_hi + p1_lo + p2_lo                      ) + 2^64 (p1_hi + p2_hi + p3)
-        //   = (p0_lo             ) + 2^32 (Q                                          ) + 2^64 (H                 )
-        //   = (p0_lo             ) + 2^32 (Q_lo + 2^32 Q_hi                           ) + 2^64 (H                 )
-        //
-        // (Since Q might be larger than 2^32 - 1)
-        //
-        //   = (p0_lo + 2^32 Q_lo) + 2^64 (Q_hi + H)
-        //
-        // (Q_hi + H does not overflow a 64-bit int)
-        //
-        //   = p_lo + 2^64 p_hi
+            case value_t::boolean: // true and false
+            {
+                oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
+                                    ? to_char_type(0xC3)
+                                    : to_char_type(0xC2));
+                break;
+            }
 
-        const uint64_t u_lo = x.f & 0xFFFFFFFF;
-        const uint64_t u_hi = x.f >> 32;
-        const uint64_t v_lo = y.f & 0xFFFFFFFF;
-        const uint64_t v_hi = y.f >> 32;
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_integer >= 0)
+                {
+                    // MessagePack does not differentiate between positive
+                    // signed integers and unsigned integers. Therefore, we used
+                    // the code from the value_t::number_unsigned case here.
+                    if (j.m_value.number_unsigned < 128)
+                    {
+                        // positive fixnum
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 8
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCC));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 16
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCD));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 32
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCE));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint64_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 64
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCF));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    if (j.m_value.number_integer >= -32)
+                    {
+                        // negative fixnum
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::int8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<std::int8_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 8
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xD0));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::int8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<std::int16_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 16
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xD1));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::int16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 32
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xD2));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::int32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<std::int64_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int64_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 64
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xD3));
+                        write_number(static_cast<std::int64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            }
 
-        const uint64_t p0 = u_lo * v_lo;
-        const uint64_t p1 = u_lo * v_hi;
-        const uint64_t p2 = u_hi * v_lo;
-        const uint64_t p3 = u_hi * v_hi;
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned < 128)
+                {
+                    // positive fixnum
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 8
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCC));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 16
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCD));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 32
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCE));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint64_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 64
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCF));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                break;
+            }
 
-        const uint64_t p0_hi = p0 >> 32;
-        const uint64_t p1_lo = p1 & 0xFFFFFFFF;
-        const uint64_t p1_hi = p1 >> 32;
-        const uint64_t p2_lo = p2 & 0xFFFFFFFF;
-        const uint64_t p2_hi = p2 >> 32;
+            case value_t::number_float:
+            {
+                oa->write_character(get_msgpack_float_prefix(j.m_value.number_float));
+                write_number(j.m_value.number_float);
+                break;
+            }
 
-        uint64_t Q = p0_hi + p1_lo + p2_lo;
+            case value_t::string:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the string length
+                const auto N = j.m_value.string->size();
+                if (N <= 31)
+                {
+                    // fixstr
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(0xA0 | N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // str 8
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xD9));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // str 16
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xDA));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // str 32
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xDB));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(N));
+                }
 
-        // The full product might now be computed as
-        //
-        // p_hi = p3 + p2_hi + p1_hi + (Q >> 32)
-        // p_lo = p0_lo + (Q << 32)
-        //
-        // But in this particular case here, the full p_lo is not required.
-        // Effectively we only need to add the highest bit in p_lo to p_hi (and
-        // Q_hi + 1 does not overflow).
+                // step 2: write the string
+                oa->write_characters(
+                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
+                    j.m_value.string->size());
+                break;
+            }
 
-        Q += uint64_t{1} << (64 - 32 - 1); // round, ties up
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the array size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.array->size();
+                if (N <= 15)
+                {
+                    // fixarray
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(0x90 | N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // array 16
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xDC));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // array 32
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xDD));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(N));
+                }
 
-        const uint64_t h = p3 + p2_hi + p1_hi + (Q >> 32);
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
+                {
+                    write_msgpack(el);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
 
-        return diyfp(h, x.e + y.e + 64);
-    }
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the object size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.object->size();
+                if (N <= 15)
+                {
+                    // fixmap
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(0x80 | (N & 0xF)));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // map 16
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xDE));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // map 32
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xDF));
+                    write_number(static_cast<std::uint32_t>(N));
+                }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief normalize x such that the significand is >= 2^(q-1)
-    @pre x.f != 0
-    */
-    static diyfp normalize(diyfp x) noexcept
-    {
-        assert(x.f != 0);
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
+                {
+                    write_msgpack(el.first);
+                    write_msgpack(el.second);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
 
-        while ((x.f >> 63) == 0)
-        {
-            x.f <<= 1;
-            x.e--;
+            default:
+                break;
         }
-
-        return x;
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief normalize x such that the result has the exponent E
-    @pre e >= x.e and the upper e - x.e bits of x.f must be zero.
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @param[in] use_count   whether to use '#' prefixes (optimized format)
+    @param[in] use_type    whether to use '$' prefixes (optimized format)
+    @param[in] add_prefix  whether prefixes need to be used for this value
     */
-    static diyfp normalize_to(const diyfp& x, const int target_exponent) noexcept
+    void write_ubjson(const BasicJsonType& j, const bool use_count,
+                      const bool use_type, const bool add_prefix = true)
     {
-        const int delta = x.e - target_exponent;
-
-        assert(delta >= 0);
-        assert(((x.f << delta) >> delta) == x.f);
-
-        return diyfp(x.f << delta, target_exponent);
-    }
-};
-
-struct boundaries
-{
-    diyfp w;
-    diyfp minus;
-    diyfp plus;
-};
-
-/*!
-Compute the (normalized) diyfp representing the input number 'value' and its
-boundaries.
-
-@pre value must be finite and positive
-*/
-template <typename FloatType>
-boundaries compute_boundaries(FloatType value)
-{
-    assert(std::isfinite(value));
-    assert(value > 0);
-
-    // Convert the IEEE representation into a diyfp.
-    //
-    // If v is denormal:
-    //      value = 0.F * 2^(1 - bias) = (          F) * 2^(1 - bias - (p-1))
-    // If v is normalized:
-    //      value = 1.F * 2^(E - bias) = (2^(p-1) + F) * 2^(E - bias - (p-1))
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::null:
+            {
+                if (add_prefix)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type('Z'));
+                }
+                break;
+            }
 
-    static_assert(std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::is_iec559,
-                  "internal error: dtoa_short requires an IEEE-754 floating-point implementation");
+            case value_t::boolean:
+            {
+                if (add_prefix)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
+                                        ? to_char_type('T')
+                                        : to_char_type('F'));
+                }
+                break;
+            }
 
-    constexpr int      kPrecision = std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::digits; // = p (includes the hidden bit)
-    constexpr int      kBias      = std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::max_exponent - 1 + (kPrecision - 1);
-    constexpr int      kMinExp    = 1 - kBias;
-    constexpr uint64_t kHiddenBit = uint64_t{1} << (kPrecision - 1); // = 2^(p-1)
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.number_integer, add_prefix);
+                break;
+            }
 
-    using bits_type = typename std::conditional< kPrecision == 24, uint32_t, uint64_t >::type;
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.number_unsigned, add_prefix);
+                break;
+            }
 
-    const uint64_t bits = reinterpret_bits<bits_type>(value);
-    const uint64_t E = bits >> (kPrecision - 1);
-    const uint64_t F = bits & (kHiddenBit - 1);
+            case value_t::number_float:
+            {
+                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.number_float, add_prefix);
+                break;
+            }
 
-    const bool is_denormal = (E == 0);
-    const diyfp v = is_denormal
-                    ? diyfp(F, kMinExp)
-                    : diyfp(F + kHiddenBit, static_cast<int>(E) - kBias);
+            case value_t::string:
+            {
+                if (add_prefix)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type('S'));
+                }
+                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.string->size(), true);
+                oa->write_characters(
+                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
+                    j.m_value.string->size());
+                break;
+            }
 
-    // Compute the boundaries m- and m+ of the floating-point value
-    // v = f * 2^e.
-    //
-    // Determine v- and v+, the floating-point predecessor and successor if v,
-    // respectively.
-    //
-    //      v- = v - 2^e        if f != 2^(p-1) or e == e_min                (A)
-    //         = v - 2^(e-1)    if f == 2^(p-1) and e > e_min                (B)
-    //
-    //      v+ = v + 2^e
-    //
-    // Let m- = (v- + v) / 2 and m+ = (v + v+) / 2. All real numbers _strictly_
-    // between m- and m+ round to v, regardless of how the input rounding
-    // algorithm breaks ties.
-    //
-    //      ---+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+---  (A)
-    //         v-            m-            v             m+            v+
-    //
-    //      -----------------+------+------+-------------+-------------+---  (B)
-    //                       v-     m-     v             m+            v+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                if (add_prefix)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type('['));
+                }
 
-    const bool lower_boundary_is_closer = (F == 0 and E > 1);
-    const diyfp m_plus = diyfp(2 * v.f + 1, v.e - 1);
-    const diyfp m_minus = lower_boundary_is_closer
-                          ? diyfp(4 * v.f - 1, v.e - 2)  // (B)
-                          : diyfp(2 * v.f - 1, v.e - 1); // (A)
+                bool prefix_required = true;
+                if (use_type and not j.m_value.array->empty())
+                {
+                    assert(use_count);
+                    const CharType first_prefix = ubjson_prefix(j.front());
+                    const bool same_prefix = std::all_of(j.begin() + 1, j.end(),
+                                                         [this, first_prefix](const BasicJsonType & v)
+                    {
+                        return ubjson_prefix(v) == first_prefix;
+                    });
 
-    // Determine the normalized w+ = m+.
-    const diyfp w_plus = diyfp::normalize(m_plus);
+                    if (same_prefix)
+                    {
+                        prefix_required = false;
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type('$'));
+                        oa->write_character(first_prefix);
+                    }
+                }
 
-    // Determine w- = m- such that e_(w-) = e_(w+).
-    const diyfp w_minus = diyfp::normalize_to(m_minus, w_plus.e);
+                if (use_count)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type('#'));
+                    write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.array->size(), true);
+                }
 
-    return {diyfp::normalize(v), w_minus, w_plus};
-}
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
+                {
+                    write_ubjson(el, use_count, use_type, prefix_required);
+                }
 
-// Given normalized diyfp w, Grisu needs to find a (normalized) cached
-// power-of-ten c, such that the exponent of the product c * w = f * 2^e lies
-// within a certain range [alpha, gamma] (Definition 3.2 from [1])
-//
-//      alpha <= e = e_c + e_w + q <= gamma
-//
-// or
-//
-//      f_c * f_w * 2^alpha <= f_c 2^(e_c) * f_w 2^(e_w) * 2^q
-//                          <= f_c * f_w * 2^gamma
-//
-// Since c and w are normalized, i.e. 2^(q-1) <= f < 2^q, this implies
-//
-//      2^(q-1) * 2^(q-1) * 2^alpha <= c * w * 2^q < 2^q * 2^q * 2^gamma
-//
-// or
-//
-//      2^(q - 2 + alpha) <= c * w < 2^(q + gamma)
-//
-// The choice of (alpha,gamma) determines the size of the table and the form of
-// the digit generation procedure. Using (alpha,gamma)=(-60,-32) works out well
-// in practice:
-//
-// The idea is to cut the number c * w = f * 2^e into two parts, which can be
-// processed independently: An integral part p1, and a fractional part p2:
-//
-//      f * 2^e = ( (f div 2^-e) * 2^-e + (f mod 2^-e) ) * 2^e
-//              = (f div 2^-e) + (f mod 2^-e) * 2^e
-//              = p1 + p2 * 2^e
-//
-// The conversion of p1 into decimal form requires a series of divisions and
-// modulos by (a power of) 10. These operations are faster for 32-bit than for
-// 64-bit integers, so p1 should ideally fit into a 32-bit integer. This can be
-// achieved by choosing
-//
-//      -e >= 32   or   e <= -32 := gamma
-//
-// In order to convert the fractional part
-//
-//      p2 * 2^e = p2 / 2^-e = d[-1] / 10^1 + d[-2] / 10^2 + ...
-//
-// into decimal form, the fraction is repeatedly multiplied by 10 and the digits
-// d[-i] are extracted in order:
-//
-//      (10 * p2) div 2^-e = d[-1]
-//      (10 * p2) mod 2^-e = d[-2] / 10^1 + ...
-//
-// The multiplication by 10 must not overflow. It is sufficient to choose
-//
-//      10 * p2 < 16 * p2 = 2^4 * p2 <= 2^64.
-//
-// Since p2 = f mod 2^-e < 2^-e,
-//
-//      -e <= 60   or   e >= -60 := alpha
+                if (not use_count)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(']'));
+                }
 
-constexpr int kAlpha = -60;
-constexpr int kGamma = -32;
+                break;
+            }
 
-struct cached_power // c = f * 2^e ~= 10^k
-{
-    uint64_t f;
-    int e;
-    int k;
-};
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                if (add_prefix)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type('{'));
+                }
 
-/*!
-For a normalized diyfp w = f * 2^e, this function returns a (normalized) cached
-power-of-ten c = f_c * 2^e_c, such that the exponent of the product w * c
-satisfies (Definition 3.2 from [1])
+                bool prefix_required = true;
+                if (use_type and not j.m_value.object->empty())
+                {
+                    assert(use_count);
+                    const CharType first_prefix = ubjson_prefix(j.front());
+                    const bool same_prefix = std::all_of(j.begin(), j.end(),
+                                                         [this, first_prefix](const BasicJsonType & v)
+                    {
+                        return ubjson_prefix(v) == first_prefix;
+                    });
 
-     alpha <= e_c + e + q <= gamma.
-*/
-inline cached_power get_cached_power_for_binary_exponent(int e)
-{
-    // Now
-    //
-    //      alpha <= e_c + e + q <= gamma                                    (1)
-    //      ==> f_c * 2^alpha <= c * 2^e * 2^q
-    //
-    // and since the c's are normalized, 2^(q-1) <= f_c,
-    //
-    //      ==> 2^(q - 1 + alpha) <= c * 2^(e + q)
-    //      ==> 2^(alpha - e - 1) <= c
-    //
-    // If c were an exakt power of ten, i.e. c = 10^k, one may determine k as
-    //
-    //      k = ceil( log_10( 2^(alpha - e - 1) ) )
-    //        = ceil( (alpha - e - 1) * log_10(2) )
-    //
-    // From the paper:
-    // "In theory the result of the procedure could be wrong since c is rounded,
-    //  and the computation itself is approximated [...]. In practice, however,
-    //  this simple function is sufficient."
-    //
-    // For IEEE double precision floating-point numbers converted into
-    // normalized diyfp's w = f * 2^e, with q = 64,
-    //
-    //      e >= -1022      (min IEEE exponent)
-    //           -52        (p - 1)
-    //           -52        (p - 1, possibly normalize denormal IEEE numbers)
-    //           -11        (normalize the diyfp)
-    //         = -1137
-    //
-    // and
-    //
-    //      e <= +1023      (max IEEE exponent)
-    //           -52        (p - 1)
-    //           -11        (normalize the diyfp)
-    //         = 960
-    //
-    // This binary exponent range [-1137,960] results in a decimal exponent
-    // range [-307,324]. One does not need to store a cached power for each
-    // k in this range. For each such k it suffices to find a cached power
-    // such that the exponent of the product lies in [alpha,gamma].
-    // This implies that the difference of the decimal exponents of adjacent
-    // table entries must be less than or equal to
-    //
-    //      floor( (gamma - alpha) * log_10(2) ) = 8.
-    //
-    // (A smaller distance gamma-alpha would require a larger table.)
+                    if (same_prefix)
+                    {
+                        prefix_required = false;
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type('$'));
+                        oa->write_character(first_prefix);
+                    }
+                }
 
-    // NB:
-    // Actually this function returns c, such that -60 <= e_c + e + 64 <= -34.
+                if (use_count)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type('#'));
+                    write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.object->size(), true);
+                }
+
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
+                {
+                    write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(el.first.size(), true);
+                    oa->write_characters(
+                        reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(el.first.c_str()),
+                        el.first.size());
+                    write_ubjson(el.second, use_count, use_type, prefix_required);
+                }
 
-    constexpr int kCachedPowersSize = 79;
-    constexpr int kCachedPowersMinDecExp = -300;
-    constexpr int kCachedPowersDecStep = 8;
+                if (not use_count)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type('}'));
+                }
 
-    static constexpr cached_power kCachedPowers[] =
-    {
-        { 0xAB70FE17C79AC6CA, -1060, -300 },
-        { 0xFF77B1FCBEBCDC4F, -1034, -292 },
-        { 0xBE5691EF416BD60C, -1007, -284 },
-        { 0x8DD01FAD907FFC3C,  -980, -276 },
-        { 0xD3515C2831559A83,  -954, -268 },
-        { 0x9D71AC8FADA6C9B5,  -927, -260 },
-        { 0xEA9C227723EE8BCB,  -901, -252 },
-        { 0xAECC49914078536D,  -874, -244 },
-        { 0x823C12795DB6CE57,  -847, -236 },
-        { 0xC21094364DFB5637,  -821, -228 },
-        { 0x9096EA6F3848984F,  -794, -220 },
-        { 0xD77485CB25823AC7,  -768, -212 },
-        { 0xA086CFCD97BF97F4,  -741, -204 },
-        { 0xEF340A98172AACE5,  -715, -196 },
-        { 0xB23867FB2A35B28E,  -688, -188 },
-        { 0x84C8D4DFD2C63F3B,  -661, -180 },
-        { 0xC5DD44271AD3CDBA,  -635, -172 },
-        { 0x936B9FCEBB25C996,  -608, -164 },
-        { 0xDBAC6C247D62A584,  -582, -156 },
-        { 0xA3AB66580D5FDAF6,  -555, -148 },
-        { 0xF3E2F893DEC3F126,  -529, -140 },
-        { 0xB5B5ADA8AAFF80B8,  -502, -132 },
-        { 0x87625F056C7C4A8B,  -475, -124 },
-        { 0xC9BCFF6034C13053,  -449, -116 },
-        { 0x964E858C91BA2655,  -422, -108 },
-        { 0xDFF9772470297EBD,  -396, -100 },
-        { 0xA6DFBD9FB8E5B88F,  -369,  -92 },
-        { 0xF8A95FCF88747D94,  -343,  -84 },
-        { 0xB94470938FA89BCF,  -316,  -76 },
-        { 0x8A08F0F8BF0F156B,  -289,  -68 },
-        { 0xCDB02555653131B6,  -263,  -60 },
-        { 0x993FE2C6D07B7FAC,  -236,  -52 },
-        { 0xE45C10C42A2B3B06,  -210,  -44 },
-        { 0xAA242499697392D3,  -183,  -36 },
-        { 0xFD87B5F28300CA0E,  -157,  -28 },
-        { 0xBCE5086492111AEB,  -130,  -20 },
-        { 0x8CBCCC096F5088CC,  -103,  -12 },
-        { 0xD1B71758E219652C,   -77,   -4 },
-        { 0x9C40000000000000,   -50,    4 },
-        { 0xE8D4A51000000000,   -24,   12 },
-        { 0xAD78EBC5AC620000,     3,   20 },
-        { 0x813F3978F8940984,    30,   28 },
-        { 0xC097CE7BC90715B3,    56,   36 },
-        { 0x8F7E32CE7BEA5C70,    83,   44 },
-        { 0xD5D238A4ABE98068,   109,   52 },
-        { 0x9F4F2726179A2245,   136,   60 },
-        { 0xED63A231D4C4FB27,   162,   68 },
-        { 0xB0DE65388CC8ADA8,   189,   76 },
-        { 0x83C7088E1AAB65DB,   216,   84 },
-        { 0xC45D1DF942711D9A,   242,   92 },
-        { 0x924D692CA61BE758,   269,  100 },
-        { 0xDA01EE641A708DEA,   295,  108 },
-        { 0xA26DA3999AEF774A,   322,  116 },
-        { 0xF209787BB47D6B85,   348,  124 },
-        { 0xB454E4A179DD1877,   375,  132 },
-        { 0x865B86925B9BC5C2,   402,  140 },
-        { 0xC83553C5C8965D3D,   428,  148 },
-        { 0x952AB45CFA97A0B3,   455,  156 },
-        { 0xDE469FBD99A05FE3,   481,  164 },
-        { 0xA59BC234DB398C25,   508,  172 },
-        { 0xF6C69A72A3989F5C,   534,  180 },
-        { 0xB7DCBF5354E9BECE,   561,  188 },
-        { 0x88FCF317F22241E2,   588,  196 },
-        { 0xCC20CE9BD35C78A5,   614,  204 },
-        { 0x98165AF37B2153DF,   641,  212 },
-        { 0xE2A0B5DC971F303A,   667,  220 },
-        { 0xA8D9D1535CE3B396,   694,  228 },
-        { 0xFB9B7CD9A4A7443C,   720,  236 },
-        { 0xBB764C4CA7A44410,   747,  244 },
-        { 0x8BAB8EEFB6409C1A,   774,  252 },
-        { 0xD01FEF10A657842C,   800,  260 },
-        { 0x9B10A4E5E9913129,   827,  268 },
-        { 0xE7109BFBA19C0C9D,   853,  276 },
-        { 0xAC2820D9623BF429,   880,  284 },
-        { 0x80444B5E7AA7CF85,   907,  292 },
-        { 0xBF21E44003ACDD2D,   933,  300 },
-        { 0x8E679C2F5E44FF8F,   960,  308 },
-        { 0xD433179D9C8CB841,   986,  316 },
-        { 0x9E19DB92B4E31BA9,  1013,  324 },
-    };
+                break;
+            }
 
-    // This computation gives exactly the same results for k as
-    //      k = ceil((kAlpha - e - 1) * 0.30102999566398114)
-    // for |e| <= 1500, but doesn't require floating-point operations.
-    // NB: log_10(2) ~= 78913 / 2^18
-    assert(e >= -1500);
-    assert(e <=  1500);
-    const int f = kAlpha - e - 1;
-    const int k = (f * 78913) / (1 << 18) + (f > 0);
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
 
-    const int index = (-kCachedPowersMinDecExp + k + (kCachedPowersDecStep - 1)) / kCachedPowersDecStep;
-    assert(index >= 0);
-    assert(index < kCachedPowersSize);
-    static_cast<void>(kCachedPowersSize); // Fix warning.
+  private:
+    //////////
+    // BSON //
+    //////////
 
-    const cached_power cached = kCachedPowers[index];
-    assert(kAlpha <= cached.e + e + 64);
-    assert(kGamma >= cached.e + e + 64);
+    /*!
+    @return The size of a BSON document entry header, including the id marker
+            and the entry name size (and its null-terminator).
+    */
+    static std::size_t calc_bson_entry_header_size(const string_t& name)
+    {
+        const auto it = name.find(static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(0));
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(it != BasicJsonType::string_t::npos))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(409,
+                                            "BSON key cannot contain code point U+0000 (at byte " + std::to_string(it) + ")"));
+        }
 
-    return cached;
-}
+        return /*id*/ 1ul + name.size() + /*zero-terminator*/1u;
+    }
 
-/*!
-For n != 0, returns k, such that pow10 := 10^(k-1) <= n < 10^k.
-For n == 0, returns 1 and sets pow10 := 1.
-*/
-inline int find_largest_pow10(const uint32_t n, uint32_t& pow10)
-{
-    // LCOV_EXCL_START
-    if (n >= 1000000000)
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes the given @a element_type and @a name to the output adapter
+    */
+    void write_bson_entry_header(const string_t& name,
+                                 const std::uint8_t element_type)
     {
-        pow10 = 1000000000;
-        return 10;
+        oa->write_character(to_char_type(element_type)); // boolean
+        oa->write_characters(
+            reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(name.c_str()),
+            name.size() + 1u);
     }
-    // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
-    else if (n >= 100000000)
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and boolean value @a value
+    */
+    void write_bson_boolean(const string_t& name,
+                            const bool value)
     {
-        pow10 = 100000000;
-        return  9;
+        write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x08);
+        oa->write_character(value ? to_char_type(0x01) : to_char_type(0x00));
     }
-    else if (n >= 10000000)
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and double value @a value
+    */
+    void write_bson_double(const string_t& name,
+                           const double value)
     {
-        pow10 = 10000000;
-        return  8;
+        write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x01);
+        write_number<double, true>(value);
     }
-    else if (n >= 1000000)
+
+    /*!
+    @return The size of the BSON-encoded string in @a value
+    */
+    static std::size_t calc_bson_string_size(const string_t& value)
     {
-        pow10 = 1000000;
-        return  7;
+        return sizeof(std::int32_t) + value.size() + 1ul;
     }
-    else if (n >= 100000)
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and string value @a value
+    */
+    void write_bson_string(const string_t& name,
+                           const string_t& value)
     {
-        pow10 = 100000;
-        return  6;
+        write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x02);
+
+        write_number<std::int32_t, true>(static_cast<std::int32_t>(value.size() + 1ul));
+        oa->write_characters(
+            reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(value.c_str()),
+            value.size() + 1);
     }
-    else if (n >= 10000)
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and null value
+    */
+    void write_bson_null(const string_t& name)
     {
-        pow10 = 10000;
-        return  5;
+        write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x0A);
     }
-    else if (n >= 1000)
+
+    /*!
+    @return The size of the BSON-encoded integer @a value
+    */
+    static std::size_t calc_bson_integer_size(const std::int64_t value)
     {
-        pow10 = 1000;
-        return  4;
+        return (std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::min)() <= value and value <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::max)()
+               ? sizeof(std::int32_t)
+               : sizeof(std::int64_t);
     }
-    else if (n >= 100)
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and integer @a value
+    */
+    void write_bson_integer(const string_t& name,
+                            const std::int64_t value)
     {
-        pow10 = 100;
-        return  3;
+        if ((std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::min)() <= value and value <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::max)())
+        {
+            write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x10); // int32
+            write_number<std::int32_t, true>(static_cast<std::int32_t>(value));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x12); // int64
+            write_number<std::int64_t, true>(static_cast<std::int64_t>(value));
+        }
     }
-    else if (n >= 10)
+
+    /*!
+    @return The size of the BSON-encoded unsigned integer in @a j
+    */
+    static constexpr std::size_t calc_bson_unsigned_size(const std::uint64_t value) noexcept
     {
-        pow10 = 10;
-        return  2;
+        return (value <= static_cast<std::uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::max)()))
+               ? sizeof(std::int32_t)
+               : sizeof(std::int64_t);
     }
-    else
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and unsigned @a value
+    */
+    void write_bson_unsigned(const string_t& name,
+                             const std::uint64_t value)
     {
-        pow10 = 1;
-        return 1;
+        if (value <= static_cast<std::uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x10 /* int32 */);
+            write_number<std::int32_t, true>(static_cast<std::int32_t>(value));
+        }
+        else if (value <= static_cast<std::uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<std::int64_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x12 /* int64 */);
+            write_number<std::int64_t, true>(static_cast<std::int64_t>(value));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "integer number " + std::to_string(value) + " cannot be represented by BSON as it does not fit int64"));
+        }
     }
-}
-
-inline void grisu2_round(char* buf, int len, uint64_t dist, uint64_t delta,
-                         uint64_t rest, uint64_t ten_k)
-{
-    assert(len >= 1);
-    assert(dist <= delta);
-    assert(rest <= delta);
-    assert(ten_k > 0);
-
-    //               <--------------------------- delta ---->
-    //                                  <---- dist --------->
-    // --------------[------------------+-------------------]--------------
-    //               M-                 w                   M+
-    //
-    //                                  ten_k
-    //                                <------>
-    //                                       <---- rest ---->
-    // --------------[------------------+----+--------------]--------------
-    //                                  w    V
-    //                                       = buf * 10^k
-    //
-    // ten_k represents a unit-in-the-last-place in the decimal representation
-    // stored in buf.
-    // Decrement buf by ten_k while this takes buf closer to w.
-
-    // The tests are written in this order to avoid overflow in unsigned
-    // integer arithmetic.
 
-    while (rest < dist
-            and delta - rest >= ten_k
-            and (rest + ten_k < dist or dist - rest > rest + ten_k - dist))
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and object @a value
+    */
+    void write_bson_object_entry(const string_t& name,
+                                 const typename BasicJsonType::object_t& value)
     {
-        assert(buf[len - 1] != '0');
-        buf[len - 1]--;
-        rest += ten_k;
+        write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x03); // object
+        write_bson_object(value);
     }
-}
-
-/*!
-Generates V = buffer * 10^decimal_exponent, such that M- <= V <= M+.
-M- and M+ must be normalized and share the same exponent -60 <= e <= -32.
-*/
-inline void grisu2_digit_gen(char* buffer, int& length, int& decimal_exponent,
-                             diyfp M_minus, diyfp w, diyfp M_plus)
-{
-    static_assert(kAlpha >= -60, "internal error");
-    static_assert(kGamma <= -32, "internal error");
-
-    // Generates the digits (and the exponent) of a decimal floating-point
-    // number V = buffer * 10^decimal_exponent in the range [M-, M+]. The diyfp's
-    // w, M- and M+ share the same exponent e, which satisfies alpha <= e <= gamma.
-    //
-    //               <--------------------------- delta ---->
-    //                                  <---- dist --------->
-    // --------------[------------------+-------------------]--------------
-    //               M-                 w                   M+
-    //
-    // Grisu2 generates the digits of M+ from left to right and stops as soon as
-    // V is in [M-,M+].
-
-    assert(M_plus.e >= kAlpha);
-    assert(M_plus.e <= kGamma);
-
-    uint64_t delta = diyfp::sub(M_plus, M_minus).f; // (significand of (M+ - M-), implicit exponent is e)
-    uint64_t dist  = diyfp::sub(M_plus, w      ).f; // (significand of (M+ - w ), implicit exponent is e)
-
-    // Split M+ = f * 2^e into two parts p1 and p2 (note: e < 0):
-    //
-    //      M+ = f * 2^e
-    //         = ((f div 2^-e) * 2^-e + (f mod 2^-e)) * 2^e
-    //         = ((p1        ) * 2^-e + (p2        )) * 2^e
-    //         = p1 + p2 * 2^e
-
-    const diyfp one(uint64_t{1} << -M_plus.e, M_plus.e);
-
-    uint32_t p1 = static_cast<uint32_t>(M_plus.f >> -one.e); // p1 = f div 2^-e (Since -e >= 32, p1 fits into a 32-bit int.)
-    uint64_t p2 = M_plus.f & (one.f - 1);                    // p2 = f mod 2^-e
-
-    // 1)
-    //
-    // Generate the digits of the integral part p1 = d[n-1]...d[1]d[0]
-
-    assert(p1 > 0);
-
-    uint32_t pow10;
-    const int k = find_largest_pow10(p1, pow10);
-
-    //      10^(k-1) <= p1 < 10^k, pow10 = 10^(k-1)
-    //
-    //      p1 = (p1 div 10^(k-1)) * 10^(k-1) + (p1 mod 10^(k-1))
-    //         = (d[k-1]         ) * 10^(k-1) + (p1 mod 10^(k-1))
-    //
-    //      M+ = p1                                             + p2 * 2^e
-    //         = d[k-1] * 10^(k-1) + (p1 mod 10^(k-1))          + p2 * 2^e
-    //         = d[k-1] * 10^(k-1) + ((p1 mod 10^(k-1)) * 2^-e + p2) * 2^e
-    //         = d[k-1] * 10^(k-1) + (                         rest) * 2^e
-    //
-    // Now generate the digits d[n] of p1 from left to right (n = k-1,...,0)
-    //
-    //      p1 = d[k-1]...d[n] * 10^n + d[n-1]...d[0]
-    //
-    // but stop as soon as
-    //
-    //      rest * 2^e = (d[n-1]...d[0] * 2^-e + p2) * 2^e <= delta * 2^e
 
-    int n = k;
-    while (n > 0)
+    /*!
+    @return The size of the BSON-encoded array @a value
+    */
+    static std::size_t calc_bson_array_size(const typename BasicJsonType::array_t& value)
     {
-        // Invariants:
-        //      M+ = buffer * 10^n + (p1 + p2 * 2^e)    (buffer = 0 for n = k)
-        //      pow10 = 10^(n-1) <= p1 < 10^n
-        //
-        const uint32_t d = p1 / pow10;  // d = p1 div 10^(n-1)
-        const uint32_t r = p1 % pow10;  // r = p1 mod 10^(n-1)
-        //
-        //      M+ = buffer * 10^n + (d * 10^(n-1) + r) + p2 * 2^e
-        //         = (buffer * 10 + d) * 10^(n-1) + (r + p2 * 2^e)
-        //
-        assert(d <= 9);
-        buffer[length++] = static_cast<char>('0' + d); // buffer := buffer * 10 + d
-        //
-        //      M+ = buffer * 10^(n-1) + (r + p2 * 2^e)
-        //
-        p1 = r;
-        n--;
-        //
-        //      M+ = buffer * 10^n + (p1 + p2 * 2^e)
-        //      pow10 = 10^n
-        //
+        std::size_t embedded_document_size = 0ul;
+        std::size_t array_index = 0ul;
 
-        // Now check if enough digits have been generated.
-        // Compute
-        //
-        //      p1 + p2 * 2^e = (p1 * 2^-e + p2) * 2^e = rest * 2^e
-        //
-        // Note:
-        // Since rest and delta share the same exponent e, it suffices to
-        // compare the significands.
-        const uint64_t rest = (uint64_t{p1} << -one.e) + p2;
-        if (rest <= delta)
+        for (const auto& el : value)
         {
-            // V = buffer * 10^n, with M- <= V <= M+.
+            embedded_document_size += calc_bson_element_size(std::to_string(array_index++), el);
+        }
 
-            decimal_exponent += n;
+        return sizeof(std::int32_t) + embedded_document_size + 1ul;
+    }
 
-            // We may now just stop. But instead look if the buffer could be
-            // decremented to bring V closer to w.
-            //
-            // pow10 = 10^n is now 1 ulp in the decimal representation V.
-            // The rounding procedure works with diyfp's with an implicit
-            // exponent of e.
-            //
-            //      10^n = (10^n * 2^-e) * 2^e = ulp * 2^e
-            //
-            const uint64_t ten_n = uint64_t{pow10} << -one.e;
-            grisu2_round(buffer, length, dist, delta, rest, ten_n);
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and array @a value
+    */
+    void write_bson_array(const string_t& name,
+                          const typename BasicJsonType::array_t& value)
+    {
+        write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x04); // array
+        write_number<std::int32_t, true>(static_cast<std::int32_t>(calc_bson_array_size(value)));
 
-            return;
+        std::size_t array_index = 0ul;
+
+        for (const auto& el : value)
+        {
+            write_bson_element(std::to_string(array_index++), el);
         }
 
-        pow10 /= 10;
-        //
-        //      pow10 = 10^(n-1) <= p1 < 10^n
-        // Invariants restored.
+        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x00));
     }
 
-    // 2)
-    //
-    // The digits of the integral part have been generated:
-    //
-    //      M+ = d[k-1]...d[1]d[0] + p2 * 2^e
-    //         = buffer            + p2 * 2^e
-    //
-    // Now generate the digits of the fractional part p2 * 2^e.
-    //
-    // Note:
-    // No decimal point is generated: the exponent is adjusted instead.
-    //
-    // p2 actually represents the fraction
-    //
-    //      p2 * 2^e
-    //          = p2 / 2^-e
-    //          = d[-1] / 10^1 + d[-2] / 10^2 + ...
-    //
-    // Now generate the digits d[-m] of p1 from left to right (m = 1,2,...)
-    //
-    //      p2 * 2^e = d[-1]d[-2]...d[-m] * 10^-m
-    //                      + 10^-m * (d[-m-1] / 10^1 + d[-m-2] / 10^2 + ...)
-    //
-    // using
-    //
-    //      10^m * p2 = ((10^m * p2) div 2^-e) * 2^-e + ((10^m * p2) mod 2^-e)
-    //                = (                   d) * 2^-e + (                   r)
-    //
-    // or
-    //      10^m * p2 * 2^e = d + r * 2^e
-    //
-    // i.e.
-    //
-    //      M+ = buffer + p2 * 2^e
-    //         = buffer + 10^-m * (d + r * 2^e)
-    //         = (buffer * 10^m + d) * 10^-m + 10^-m * r * 2^e
-    //
-    // and stop as soon as 10^-m * r * 2^e <= delta * 2^e
+    /*!
+    @brief Calculates the size necessary to serialize the JSON value @a j with its @a name
+    @return The calculated size for the BSON document entry for @a j with the given @a name.
+    */
+    static std::size_t calc_bson_element_size(const string_t& name,
+            const BasicJsonType& j)
+    {
+        const auto header_size = calc_bson_entry_header_size(name);
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+                return header_size + calc_bson_object_size(*j.m_value.object);
 
-    assert(p2 > delta);
+            case value_t::array:
+                return header_size + calc_bson_array_size(*j.m_value.array);
 
-    int m = 0;
-    for (;;)
-    {
-        // Invariant:
-        //      M+ = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (d[-m-1] / 10 + d[-m-2] / 10^2 + ...) * 2^e
-        //         = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (p2                                 ) * 2^e
-        //         = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (1/10 * (10 * p2)                   ) * 2^e
-        //         = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (1/10 * ((10*p2 div 2^-e) * 2^-e + (10*p2 mod 2^-e)) * 2^e
-        //
-        assert(p2 <= UINT64_MAX / 10);
-        p2 *= 10;
-        const uint64_t d = p2 >> -one.e;     // d = (10 * p2) div 2^-e
-        const uint64_t r = p2 & (one.f - 1); // r = (10 * p2) mod 2^-e
-        //
-        //      M+ = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (1/10 * (d * 2^-e + r) * 2^e
-        //         = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (1/10 * (d + r * 2^e))
-        //         = (buffer * 10 + d) * 10^(-m-1) + 10^(-m-1) * r * 2^e
-        //
-        assert(d <= 9);
-        buffer[length++] = static_cast<char>('0' + d); // buffer := buffer * 10 + d
-        //
-        //      M+ = buffer * 10^(-m-1) + 10^(-m-1) * r * 2^e
-        //
-        p2 = r;
-        m++;
-        //
-        //      M+ = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * p2 * 2^e
-        // Invariant restored.
+            case value_t::boolean:
+                return header_size + 1ul;
 
-        // Check if enough digits have been generated.
-        //
-        //      10^-m * p2 * 2^e <= delta * 2^e
-        //              p2 * 2^e <= 10^m * delta * 2^e
-        //                    p2 <= 10^m * delta
-        delta *= 10;
-        dist  *= 10;
-        if (p2 <= delta)
-        {
-            break;
+            case value_t::number_float:
+                return header_size + 8ul;
+
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+                return header_size + calc_bson_integer_size(j.m_value.number_integer);
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+                return header_size + calc_bson_unsigned_size(j.m_value.number_unsigned);
+
+            case value_t::string:
+                return header_size + calc_bson_string_size(*j.m_value.string);
+
+            case value_t::null:
+                return header_size + 0ul;
+
+            // LCOV_EXCL_START
+            default:
+                assert(false);
+                return 0ul;
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
         }
     }
 
-    // V = buffer * 10^-m, with M- <= V <= M+.
-
-    decimal_exponent -= m;
+    /*!
+    @brief Serializes the JSON value @a j to BSON and associates it with the
+           key @a name.
+    @param name The name to associate with the JSON entity @a j within the
+                current BSON document
+    @return The size of the BSON entry
+    */
+    void write_bson_element(const string_t& name,
+                            const BasicJsonType& j)
+    {
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+                return write_bson_object_entry(name, *j.m_value.object);
 
-    // 1 ulp in the decimal representation is now 10^-m.
-    // Since delta and dist are now scaled by 10^m, we need to do the
-    // same with ulp in order to keep the units in sync.
-    //
-    //      10^m * 10^-m = 1 = 2^-e * 2^e = ten_m * 2^e
-    //
-    const uint64_t ten_m = one.f;
-    grisu2_round(buffer, length, dist, delta, p2, ten_m);
+            case value_t::array:
+                return write_bson_array(name, *j.m_value.array);
 
-    // By construction this algorithm generates the shortest possible decimal
-    // number (Loitsch, Theorem 6.2) which rounds back to w.
-    // For an input number of precision p, at least
-    //
-    //      N = 1 + ceil(p * log_10(2))
-    //
-    // decimal digits are sufficient to identify all binary floating-point
-    // numbers (Matula, "In-and-Out conversions").
-    // This implies that the algorithm does not produce more than N decimal
-    // digits.
-    //
-    //      N = 17 for p = 53 (IEEE double precision)
-    //      N = 9  for p = 24 (IEEE single precision)
-}
+            case value_t::boolean:
+                return write_bson_boolean(name, j.m_value.boolean);
 
-/*!
-v = buf * 10^decimal_exponent
-len is the length of the buffer (number of decimal digits)
-The buffer must be large enough, i.e. >= max_digits10.
-*/
-inline void grisu2(char* buf, int& len, int& decimal_exponent,
-                   diyfp m_minus, diyfp v, diyfp m_plus)
-{
-    assert(m_plus.e == m_minus.e);
-    assert(m_plus.e == v.e);
+            case value_t::number_float:
+                return write_bson_double(name, j.m_value.number_float);
 
-    //  --------(-----------------------+-----------------------)--------    (A)
-    //          m-                      v                       m+
-    //
-    //  --------------------(-----------+-----------------------)--------    (B)
-    //                      m-          v                       m+
-    //
-    // First scale v (and m- and m+) such that the exponent is in the range
-    // [alpha, gamma].
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+                return write_bson_integer(name, j.m_value.number_integer);
 
-    const cached_power cached = get_cached_power_for_binary_exponent(m_plus.e);
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+                return write_bson_unsigned(name, j.m_value.number_unsigned);
 
-    const diyfp c_minus_k(cached.f, cached.e); // = c ~= 10^-k
+            case value_t::string:
+                return write_bson_string(name, *j.m_value.string);
 
-    // The exponent of the products is = v.e + c_minus_k.e + q and is in the range [alpha,gamma]
-    const diyfp w       = diyfp::mul(v,       c_minus_k);
-    const diyfp w_minus = diyfp::mul(m_minus, c_minus_k);
-    const diyfp w_plus  = diyfp::mul(m_plus,  c_minus_k);
+            case value_t::null:
+                return write_bson_null(name);
 
-    //  ----(---+---)---------------(---+---)---------------(---+---)----
-    //          w-                      w                       w+
-    //          = c*m-                  = c*v                   = c*m+
-    //
-    // diyfp::mul rounds its result and c_minus_k is approximated too. w, w- and
-    // w+ are now off by a small amount.
-    // In fact:
-    //
-    //      w - v * 10^k < 1 ulp
-    //
-    // To account for this inaccuracy, add resp. subtract 1 ulp.
-    //
-    //  --------+---[---------------(---+---)---------------]---+--------
-    //          w-  M-                  w                   M+  w+
-    //
-    // Now any number in [M-, M+] (bounds included) will round to w when input,
-    // regardless of how the input rounding algorithm breaks ties.
-    //
-    // And digit_gen generates the shortest possible such number in [M-, M+].
-    // Note that this does not mean that Grisu2 always generates the shortest
-    // possible number in the interval (m-, m+).
-    const diyfp M_minus(w_minus.f + 1, w_minus.e);
-    const diyfp M_plus (w_plus.f  - 1, w_plus.e );
+            // LCOV_EXCL_START
+            default:
+                assert(false);
+                return;
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+        }
+    }
 
-    decimal_exponent = -cached.k; // = -(-k) = k
+    /*!
+    @brief Calculates the size of the BSON serialization of the given
+           JSON-object @a j.
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @pre       j.type() == value_t::object
+    */
+    static std::size_t calc_bson_object_size(const typename BasicJsonType::object_t& value)
+    {
+        std::size_t document_size = std::accumulate(value.begin(), value.end(), 0ul,
+                                    [](size_t result, const typename BasicJsonType::object_t::value_type & el)
+        {
+            return result += calc_bson_element_size(el.first, el.second);
+        });
 
-    grisu2_digit_gen(buf, len, decimal_exponent, M_minus, w, M_plus);
-}
+        return sizeof(std::int32_t) + document_size + 1ul;
+    }
 
-/*!
-v = buf * 10^decimal_exponent
-len is the length of the buffer (number of decimal digits)
-The buffer must be large enough, i.e. >= max_digits10.
-*/
-template <typename FloatType>
-void grisu2(char* buf, int& len, int& decimal_exponent, FloatType value)
-{
-    static_assert(diyfp::kPrecision >= std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::digits + 3,
-                  "internal error: not enough precision");
+    /*!
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @pre       j.type() == value_t::object
+    */
+    void write_bson_object(const typename BasicJsonType::object_t& value)
+    {
+        write_number<std::int32_t, true>(static_cast<std::int32_t>(calc_bson_object_size(value)));
 
-    assert(std::isfinite(value));
-    assert(value > 0);
+        for (const auto& el : value)
+        {
+            write_bson_element(el.first, el.second);
+        }
 
-    // If the neighbors (and boundaries) of 'value' are always computed for double-precision
-    // numbers, all float's can be recovered using strtod (and strtof). However, the resulting
-    // decimal representations are not exactly "short".
-    //
-    // The documentation for 'std::to_chars' (https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/to_chars)
-    // says "value is converted to a string as if by std::sprintf in the default ("C") locale"
-    // and since sprintf promotes float's to double's, I think this is exactly what 'std::to_chars'
-    // does.
-    // On the other hand, the documentation for 'std::to_chars' requires that "parsing the
-    // representation using the corresponding std::from_chars function recovers value exactly". That
-    // indicates that single precision floating-point numbers should be recovered using
-    // 'std::strtof'.
-    //
-    // NB: If the neighbors are computed for single-precision numbers, there is a single float
-    //     (7.0385307e-26f) which can't be recovered using strtod. The resulting double precision
-    //     value is off by 1 ulp.
-#if 0
-    const boundaries w = compute_boundaries(static_cast<double>(value));
-#else
-    const boundaries w = compute_boundaries(value);
-#endif
+        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x00));
+    }
 
-    grisu2(buf, len, decimal_exponent, w.minus, w.w, w.plus);
-}
+    //////////
+    // CBOR //
+    //////////
 
-/*!
-@brief appends a decimal representation of e to buf
-@return a pointer to the element following the exponent.
-@pre -1000 < e < 1000
-*/
-inline char* append_exponent(char* buf, int e)
-{
-    assert(e > -1000);
-    assert(e <  1000);
+    static constexpr CharType get_cbor_float_prefix(float /*unused*/)
+    {
+        return to_char_type(0xFA);  // Single-Precision Float
+    }
 
-    if (e < 0)
+    static constexpr CharType get_cbor_float_prefix(double /*unused*/)
     {
-        e = -e;
-        *buf++ = '-';
+        return to_char_type(0xFB);  // Double-Precision Float
     }
-    else
+
+    /////////////
+    // MsgPack //
+    /////////////
+
+    static constexpr CharType get_msgpack_float_prefix(float /*unused*/)
     {
-        *buf++ = '+';
+        return to_char_type(0xCA);  // float 32
     }
 
-    uint32_t k = static_cast<uint32_t>(e);
-    if (k < 10)
+    static constexpr CharType get_msgpack_float_prefix(double /*unused*/)
     {
-        // Always print at least two digits in the exponent.
-        // This is for compatibility with printf("%g").
-        *buf++ = '0';
-        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k);
+        return to_char_type(0xCB);  // float 64
     }
-    else if (k < 100)
+
+    ////////////
+    // UBJSON //
+    ////////////
+
+    // UBJSON: write number (floating point)
+    template<typename NumberType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_floating_point<NumberType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    void write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(const NumberType n,
+                                         const bool add_prefix)
     {
-        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k / 10);
-        k %= 10;
-        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k);
+        if (add_prefix)
+        {
+            oa->write_character(get_ubjson_float_prefix(n));
+        }
+        write_number(n);
     }
-    else
+
+    // UBJSON: write number (unsigned integer)
+    template<typename NumberType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_unsigned<NumberType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    void write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(const NumberType n,
+                                         const bool add_prefix)
     {
-        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k / 100);
-        k %= 100;
-        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k / 10);
-        k %= 10;
-        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k);
+        if (n <= static_cast<std::uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<std::int8_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('i'));  // int8
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if (n <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max)())
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('U'));  // uint8
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if (n <= static_cast<std::uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<std::int16_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('I'));  // int16
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<std::int16_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if (n <= static_cast<std::uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('l'));  // int32
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<std::int32_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if (n <= static_cast<std::uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<std::int64_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('L'));  // int64
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<std::int64_t>(n));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "integer number " + std::to_string(n) + " cannot be represented by UBJSON as it does not fit int64"));
+        }
     }
 
-    return buf;
-}
+    // UBJSON: write number (signed integer)
+    template<typename NumberType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_signed<NumberType>::value and
+                 not std::is_floating_point<NumberType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    void write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(const NumberType n,
+                                         const bool add_prefix)
+    {
+        if ((std::numeric_limits<std::int8_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int8_t>::max)())
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('i'));  // int8
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<std::int8_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if (static_cast<std::int64_t>((std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::min)()) <= n and n <= static_cast<std::int64_t>((std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('U'));  // uint8
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if ((std::numeric_limits<std::int16_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int16_t>::max)())
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('I'));  // int16
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<std::int16_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if ((std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::max)())
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('l'));  // int32
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<std::int32_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if ((std::numeric_limits<std::int64_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int64_t>::max)())
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('L'));  // int64
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<std::int64_t>(n));
+        }
+        // LCOV_EXCL_START
+        else
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "integer number " + std::to_string(n) + " cannot be represented by UBJSON as it does not fit int64"));
+        }
+        // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+    }
 
-/*!
-@brief prettify v = buf * 10^decimal_exponent
+    /*!
+    @brief determine the type prefix of container values
 
-If v is in the range [10^min_exp, 10^max_exp) it will be printed in fixed-point
-notation. Otherwise it will be printed in exponential notation.
+    @note This function does not need to be 100% accurate when it comes to
+          integer limits. In case a number exceeds the limits of int64_t,
+          this will be detected by a later call to function
+          write_number_with_ubjson_prefix. Therefore, we return 'L' for any
+          value that does not fit the previous limits.
+    */
+    CharType ubjson_prefix(const BasicJsonType& j) const noexcept
+    {
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::null:
+                return 'Z';
 
-@pre min_exp < 0
-@pre max_exp > 0
-*/
-inline char* format_buffer(char* buf, int len, int decimal_exponent,
-                           int min_exp, int max_exp)
-{
-    assert(min_exp < 0);
-    assert(max_exp > 0);
+            case value_t::boolean:
+                return j.m_value.boolean ? 'T' : 'F';
 
-    const int k = len;
-    const int n = len + decimal_exponent;
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                if ((std::numeric_limits<std::int8_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'i';
+                }
+                if ((std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'U';
+                }
+                if ((std::numeric_limits<std::int16_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'I';
+                }
+                if ((std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'l';
+                }
+                // no check and assume int64_t (see note above)
+                return 'L';
+            }
 
-    // v = buf * 10^(n-k)
-    // k is the length of the buffer (number of decimal digits)
-    // n is the position of the decimal point relative to the start of the buffer.
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'i';
+                }
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'U';
+                }
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'I';
+                }
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'l';
+                }
+                // no check and assume int64_t (see note above)
+                return 'L';
+            }
 
-    if (k <= n and n <= max_exp)
-    {
-        // digits[000]
-        // len <= max_exp + 2
+            case value_t::number_float:
+                return get_ubjson_float_prefix(j.m_value.number_float);
 
-        std::memset(buf + k, '0', static_cast<size_t>(n - k));
-        // Make it look like a floating-point number (#362, #378)
-        buf[n + 0] = '.';
-        buf[n + 1] = '0';
-        return buf + (n + 2);
-    }
+            case value_t::string:
+                return 'S';
 
-    if (0 < n and n <= max_exp)
-    {
-        // dig.its
-        // len <= max_digits10 + 1
+            case value_t::array:
+                return '[';
 
-        assert(k > n);
+            case value_t::object:
+                return '{';
 
-        std::memmove(buf + (n + 1), buf + n, static_cast<size_t>(k - n));
-        buf[n] = '.';
-        return buf + (k + 1);
+            default:  // discarded values
+                return 'N';
+        }
     }
 
-    if (min_exp < n and n <= 0)
+    static constexpr CharType get_ubjson_float_prefix(float /*unused*/)
     {
-        // 0.[000]digits
-        // len <= 2 + (-min_exp - 1) + max_digits10
-
-        std::memmove(buf + (2 + -n), buf, static_cast<size_t>(k));
-        buf[0] = '0';
-        buf[1] = '.';
-        std::memset(buf + 2, '0', static_cast<size_t>(-n));
-        return buf + (2 + (-n) + k);
+        return 'd';  // float 32
     }
 
-    if (k == 1)
-    {
-        // dE+123
-        // len <= 1 + 5
-
-        buf += 1;
-    }
-    else
+    static constexpr CharType get_ubjson_float_prefix(double /*unused*/)
     {
-        // d.igitsE+123
-        // len <= max_digits10 + 1 + 5
-
-        std::memmove(buf + 2, buf + 1, static_cast<size_t>(k - 1));
-        buf[1] = '.';
-        buf += 1 + k;
+        return 'D';  // float 64
     }
 
-    *buf++ = 'e';
-    return append_exponent(buf, n - 1);
-}
+    ///////////////////////
+    // Utility functions //
+    ///////////////////////
 
-} // namespace dtoa_impl
+    /*
+    @brief write a number to output input
+    @param[in] n number of type @a NumberType
+    @tparam NumberType the type of the number
+    @tparam OutputIsLittleEndian Set to true if output data is
+                                 required to be little endian
 
-/*!
-@brief generates a decimal representation of the floating-point number value in [first, last).
+    @note This function needs to respect the system's endianess, because bytes
+          in CBOR, MessagePack, and UBJSON are stored in network order (big
+          endian) and therefore need reordering on little endian systems.
+    */
+    template<typename NumberType, bool OutputIsLittleEndian = false>
+    void write_number(const NumberType n)
+    {
+        // step 1: write number to array of length NumberType
+        std::array<CharType, sizeof(NumberType)> vec;
+        std::memcpy(vec.data(), &n, sizeof(NumberType));
 
-The format of the resulting decimal representation is similar to printf's %g
-format. Returns an iterator pointing past-the-end of the decimal representation.
+        // step 2: write array to output (with possible reordering)
+        if (is_little_endian != OutputIsLittleEndian)
+        {
+            // reverse byte order prior to conversion if necessary
+            std::reverse(vec.begin(), vec.end());
+        }
 
-@note The input number must be finite, i.e. NaN's and Inf's are not supported.
-@note The buffer must be large enough.
-@note The result is NOT null-terminated.
-*/
-template <typename FloatType>
-char* to_chars(char* first, char* last, FloatType value)
-{
-    static_cast<void>(last); // maybe unused - fix warning
-    assert(std::isfinite(value));
+        oa->write_characters(vec.data(), sizeof(NumberType));
+    }
 
-    // Use signbit(value) instead of (value < 0) since signbit works for -0.
-    if (std::signbit(value))
+  public:
+    // The following to_char_type functions are implement the conversion
+    // between uint8_t and CharType. In case CharType is not unsigned,
+    // such a conversion is required to allow values greater than 128.
+    // See <https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/1286> for a discussion.
+    template < typename C = CharType,
+               enable_if_t < std::is_signed<C>::value and std::is_signed<char>::value > * = nullptr >
+    static constexpr CharType to_char_type(std::uint8_t x) noexcept
     {
-        value = -value;
-        *first++ = '-';
+        return *reinterpret_cast<char*>(&x);
     }
 
-    if (value == 0) // +-0
+    template < typename C = CharType,
+               enable_if_t < std::is_signed<C>::value and std::is_unsigned<char>::value > * = nullptr >
+    static CharType to_char_type(std::uint8_t x) noexcept
     {
-        *first++ = '0';
-        // Make it look like a floating-point number (#362, #378)
-        *first++ = '.';
-        *first++ = '0';
-        return first;
+        static_assert(sizeof(std::uint8_t) == sizeof(CharType), "size of CharType must be equal to std::uint8_t");
+        static_assert(std::is_pod<CharType>::value, "CharType must be POD");
+        CharType result;
+        std::memcpy(&result, &x, sizeof(x));
+        return result;
     }
 
-    assert(last - first >= std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::max_digits10);
-
-    // Compute v = buffer * 10^decimal_exponent.
-    // The decimal digits are stored in the buffer, which needs to be interpreted
-    // as an unsigned decimal integer.
-    // len is the length of the buffer, i.e. the number of decimal digits.
-    int len = 0;
-    int decimal_exponent = 0;
-    dtoa_impl::grisu2(first, len, decimal_exponent, value);
+    template<typename C = CharType,
+             enable_if_t<std::is_unsigned<C>::value>* = nullptr>
+    static constexpr CharType to_char_type(std::uint8_t x) noexcept
+    {
+        return x;
+    }
 
-    assert(len <= std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::max_digits10);
+    template < typename InputCharType, typename C = CharType,
+               enable_if_t <
+                   std::is_signed<C>::value and
+                   std::is_signed<char>::value and
+                   std::is_same<char, typename std::remove_cv<InputCharType>::type>::value
+                   > * = nullptr >
+    static constexpr CharType to_char_type(InputCharType x) noexcept
+    {
+        return x;
+    }
 
-    // Format the buffer like printf("%.*g", prec, value)
-    constexpr int kMinExp = -4;
-    // Use digits10 here to increase compatibility with version 2.
-    constexpr int kMaxExp = std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::digits10;
+  private:
+    /// whether we can assume little endianess
+    const bool is_little_endian = binary_reader<BasicJsonType>::little_endianess();
 
-    assert(last - first >= kMaxExp + 2);
-    assert(last - first >= 2 + (-kMinExp - 1) + std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::max_digits10);
-    assert(last - first >= std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::max_digits10 + 6);
+    /// the output
+    output_adapter_t<CharType> oa = nullptr;
+};
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
 
-    return dtoa_impl::format_buffer(first, len, decimal_exponent, kMinExp, kMaxExp);
-}
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/output_adapters.hpp>
 
-} // namespace detail
-} // namespace nlohmann
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/serializer.hpp>
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
+#include <algorithm> // reverse, remove, fill, find, none_of
+#include <array> // array
+#include <cassert> // assert
+#include <ciso646> // and, or
+#include <clocale> // localeconv, lconv
+#include <cmath> // labs, isfinite, isnan, signbit
+#include <cstddef> // size_t, ptrdiff_t
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t
+#include <cstdio> // snprintf
+#include <limits> // numeric_limits
+#include <string> // string
+#include <type_traits> // is_same
+#include <utility> // move
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/output_adapters.hpp>
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/conversions/to_chars.hpp>
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
 
+#include <array> // array
+#include <cassert> // assert
+#include <ciso646> // or, and, not
+#include <cmath>   // signbit, isfinite
+#include <cstdint> // intN_t, uintN_t
+#include <cstring> // memcpy, memmove
+#include <limits> // numeric_limits
+#include <type_traits> // conditional
 
 namespace nlohmann
 {
 namespace detail
 {
-///////////////////
-// serialization //
-///////////////////
 
-template<typename BasicJsonType>
-class serializer
+/*!
+@brief implements the Grisu2 algorithm for binary to decimal floating-point
+conversion.
+
+This implementation is a slightly modified version of the reference
+implementation which may be obtained from
+http://florian.loitsch.com/publications (bench.tar.gz).
+
+The code is distributed under the MIT license, Copyright (c) 2009 Florian Loitsch.
+
+For a detailed description of the algorithm see:
+
+[1] Loitsch, "Printing Floating-Point Numbers Quickly and Accurately with
+    Integers", Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 2010 Conference on Programming
+    Language Design and Implementation, PLDI 2010
+[2] Burger, Dybvig, "Printing Floating-Point Numbers Quickly and Accurately",
+    Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 1996 Conference on Programming Language
+    Design and Implementation, PLDI 1996
+*/
+namespace dtoa_impl
 {
-    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
-    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
-    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
-    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
-    static constexpr uint8_t UTF8_ACCEPT = 0;
-    static constexpr uint8_t UTF8_REJECT = 1;
 
-  public:
+template <typename Target, typename Source>
+Target reinterpret_bits(const Source source)
+{
+    static_assert(sizeof(Target) == sizeof(Source), "size mismatch");
+
+    Target target;
+    std::memcpy(&target, &source, sizeof(Source));
+    return target;
+}
+
+struct diyfp // f * 2^e
+{
+    static constexpr int kPrecision = 64; // = q
+
+    std::uint64_t f = 0;
+    int e = 0;
+
+    constexpr diyfp(std::uint64_t f_, int e_) noexcept : f(f_), e(e_) {}
+
     /*!
-    @param[in] s  output stream to serialize to
-    @param[in] ichar  indentation character to use
+    @brief returns x - y
+    @pre x.e == y.e and x.f >= y.f
     */
-    serializer(output_adapter_t<char> s, const char ichar)
-        : o(std::move(s)), loc(std::localeconv()),
-          thousands_sep(loc->thousands_sep == nullptr ? '\0' : * (loc->thousands_sep)),
-          decimal_point(loc->decimal_point == nullptr ? '\0' : * (loc->decimal_point)),
-          indent_char(ichar), indent_string(512, indent_char)
-    {}
+    static diyfp sub(const diyfp& x, const diyfp& y) noexcept
+    {
+        assert(x.e == y.e);
+        assert(x.f >= y.f);
 
-    // delete because of pointer members
-    serializer(const serializer&) = delete;
-    serializer& operator=(const serializer&) = delete;
+        return {x.f - y.f, x.e};
+    }
 
     /*!
-    @brief internal implementation of the serialization function
+    @brief returns x * y
+    @note The result is rounded. (Only the upper q bits are returned.)
+    */
+    static diyfp mul(const diyfp& x, const diyfp& y) noexcept
+    {
+        static_assert(kPrecision == 64, "internal error");
 
-    This function is called by the public member function dump and organizes
-    the serialization internally. The indentation level is propagated as
-    additional parameter. In case of arrays and objects, the function is
-    called recursively.
+        // Computes:
+        //  f = round((x.f * y.f) / 2^q)
+        //  e = x.e + y.e + q
 
-    - strings and object keys are escaped using `escape_string()`
-    - integer numbers are converted implicitly via `operator<<`
-    - floating-point numbers are converted to a string using `"%g"` format
+        // Emulate the 64-bit * 64-bit multiplication:
+        //
+        // p = u * v
+        //   = (u_lo + 2^32 u_hi) (v_lo + 2^32 v_hi)
+        //   = (u_lo v_lo         ) + 2^32 ((u_lo v_hi         ) + (u_hi v_lo         )) + 2^64 (u_hi v_hi         )
+        //   = (p0                ) + 2^32 ((p1                ) + (p2                )) + 2^64 (p3                )
+        //   = (p0_lo + 2^32 p0_hi) + 2^32 ((p1_lo + 2^32 p1_hi) + (p2_lo + 2^32 p2_hi)) + 2^64 (p3                )
+        //   = (p0_lo             ) + 2^32 (p0_hi + p1_lo + p2_lo                      ) + 2^64 (p1_hi + p2_hi + p3)
+        //   = (p0_lo             ) + 2^32 (Q                                          ) + 2^64 (H                 )
+        //   = (p0_lo             ) + 2^32 (Q_lo + 2^32 Q_hi                           ) + 2^64 (H                 )
+        //
+        // (Since Q might be larger than 2^32 - 1)
+        //
+        //   = (p0_lo + 2^32 Q_lo) + 2^64 (Q_hi + H)
+        //
+        // (Q_hi + H does not overflow a 64-bit int)
+        //
+        //   = p_lo + 2^64 p_hi
 
-    @param[in] val             value to serialize
-    @param[in] pretty_print    whether the output shall be pretty-printed
-    @param[in] indent_step     the indent level
-    @param[in] current_indent  the current indent level (only used internally)
-    */
-    void dump(const BasicJsonType& val, const bool pretty_print,
-              const bool ensure_ascii,
-              const unsigned int indent_step,
-              const unsigned int current_indent = 0)
-    {
-        switch (val.m_type)
-        {
-            case value_t::object:
-            {
-                if (val.m_value.object->empty())
-                {
-                    o->write_characters("{}", 2);
-                    return;
-                }
+        const std::uint64_t u_lo = x.f & 0xFFFFFFFFu;
+        const std::uint64_t u_hi = x.f >> 32u;
+        const std::uint64_t v_lo = y.f & 0xFFFFFFFFu;
+        const std::uint64_t v_hi = y.f >> 32u;
 
-                if (pretty_print)
-                {
-                    o->write_characters("{\n", 2);
+        const std::uint64_t p0 = u_lo * v_lo;
+        const std::uint64_t p1 = u_lo * v_hi;
+        const std::uint64_t p2 = u_hi * v_lo;
+        const std::uint64_t p3 = u_hi * v_hi;
 
-                    // variable to hold indentation for recursive calls
-                    const auto new_indent = current_indent + indent_step;
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(indent_string.size() < new_indent))
-                    {
-                        indent_string.resize(indent_string.size() * 2, ' ');
-                    }
+        const std::uint64_t p0_hi = p0 >> 32u;
+        const std::uint64_t p1_lo = p1 & 0xFFFFFFFFu;
+        const std::uint64_t p1_hi = p1 >> 32u;
+        const std::uint64_t p2_lo = p2 & 0xFFFFFFFFu;
+        const std::uint64_t p2_hi = p2 >> 32u;
 
-                    // first n-1 elements
-                    auto i = val.m_value.object->cbegin();
-                    for (std::size_t cnt = 0; cnt < val.m_value.object->size() - 1; ++cnt, ++i)
-                    {
-                        o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
-                        o->write_character('\"');
-                        dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
-                        o->write_characters("\": ", 3);
-                        dump(i->second, true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
-                        o->write_characters(",\n", 2);
-                    }
+        std::uint64_t Q = p0_hi + p1_lo + p2_lo;
 
-                    // last element
-                    assert(i != val.m_value.object->cend());
-                    assert(std::next(i) == val.m_value.object->cend());
-                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
-                    o->write_character('\"');
-                    dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
-                    o->write_characters("\": ", 3);
-                    dump(i->second, true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
+        // The full product might now be computed as
+        //
+        // p_hi = p3 + p2_hi + p1_hi + (Q >> 32)
+        // p_lo = p0_lo + (Q << 32)
+        //
+        // But in this particular case here, the full p_lo is not required.
+        // Effectively we only need to add the highest bit in p_lo to p_hi (and
+        // Q_hi + 1 does not overflow).
 
-                    o->write_character('\n');
-                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), current_indent);
-                    o->write_character('}');
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    o->write_character('{');
+        Q += std::uint64_t{1} << (64u - 32u - 1u); // round, ties up
 
-                    // first n-1 elements
-                    auto i = val.m_value.object->cbegin();
-                    for (std::size_t cnt = 0; cnt < val.m_value.object->size() - 1; ++cnt, ++i)
-                    {
-                        o->write_character('\"');
-                        dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
-                        o->write_characters("\":", 2);
-                        dump(i->second, false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
-                        o->write_character(',');
-                    }
+        const std::uint64_t h = p3 + p2_hi + p1_hi + (Q >> 32u);
 
-                    // last element
-                    assert(i != val.m_value.object->cend());
-                    assert(std::next(i) == val.m_value.object->cend());
-                    o->write_character('\"');
-                    dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
-                    o->write_characters("\":", 2);
-                    dump(i->second, false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
+        return {h, x.e + y.e + 64};
+    }
 
-                    o->write_character('}');
-                }
+    /*!
+    @brief normalize x such that the significand is >= 2^(q-1)
+    @pre x.f != 0
+    */
+    static diyfp normalize(diyfp x) noexcept
+    {
+        assert(x.f != 0);
 
-                return;
-            }
+        while ((x.f >> 63u) == 0)
+        {
+            x.f <<= 1u;
+            x.e--;
+        }
 
-            case value_t::array:
-            {
-                if (val.m_value.array->empty())
-                {
-                    o->write_characters("[]", 2);
-                    return;
-                }
+        return x;
+    }
 
-                if (pretty_print)
-                {
-                    o->write_characters("[\n", 2);
+    /*!
+    @brief normalize x such that the result has the exponent E
+    @pre e >= x.e and the upper e - x.e bits of x.f must be zero.
+    */
+    static diyfp normalize_to(const diyfp& x, const int target_exponent) noexcept
+    {
+        const int delta = x.e - target_exponent;
 
-                    // variable to hold indentation for recursive calls
-                    const auto new_indent = current_indent + indent_step;
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(indent_string.size() < new_indent))
-                    {
-                        indent_string.resize(indent_string.size() * 2, ' ');
-                    }
+        assert(delta >= 0);
+        assert(((x.f << delta) >> delta) == x.f);
 
-                    // first n-1 elements
-                    for (auto i = val.m_value.array->cbegin();
-                            i != val.m_value.array->cend() - 1; ++i)
-                    {
-                        o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
-                        dump(*i, true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
-                        o->write_characters(",\n", 2);
-                    }
+        return {x.f << delta, target_exponent};
+    }
+};
 
-                    // last element
-                    assert(not val.m_value.array->empty());
-                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
-                    dump(val.m_value.array->back(), true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
+struct boundaries
+{
+    diyfp w;
+    diyfp minus;
+    diyfp plus;
+};
 
-                    o->write_character('\n');
-                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), current_indent);
-                    o->write_character(']');
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    o->write_character('[');
+/*!
+Compute the (normalized) diyfp representing the input number 'value' and its
+boundaries.
 
-                    // first n-1 elements
-                    for (auto i = val.m_value.array->cbegin();
-                            i != val.m_value.array->cend() - 1; ++i)
-                    {
-                        dump(*i, false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
-                        o->write_character(',');
-                    }
+@pre value must be finite and positive
+*/
+template <typename FloatType>
+boundaries compute_boundaries(FloatType value)
+{
+    assert(std::isfinite(value));
+    assert(value > 0);
 
-                    // last element
-                    assert(not val.m_value.array->empty());
-                    dump(val.m_value.array->back(), false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
+    // Convert the IEEE representation into a diyfp.
+    //
+    // If v is denormal:
+    //      value = 0.F * 2^(1 - bias) = (          F) * 2^(1 - bias - (p-1))
+    // If v is normalized:
+    //      value = 1.F * 2^(E - bias) = (2^(p-1) + F) * 2^(E - bias - (p-1))
 
-                    o->write_character(']');
-                }
+    static_assert(std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::is_iec559,
+                  "internal error: dtoa_short requires an IEEE-754 floating-point implementation");
 
-                return;
-            }
+    constexpr int      kPrecision = std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::digits; // = p (includes the hidden bit)
+    constexpr int      kBias      = std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::max_exponent - 1 + (kPrecision - 1);
+    constexpr int      kMinExp    = 1 - kBias;
+    constexpr std::uint64_t kHiddenBit = std::uint64_t{1} << (kPrecision - 1); // = 2^(p-1)
 
-            case value_t::string:
-            {
-                o->write_character('\"');
-                dump_escaped(*val.m_value.string, ensure_ascii);
-                o->write_character('\"');
-                return;
-            }
+    using bits_type = typename std::conditional<kPrecision == 24, std::uint32_t, std::uint64_t >::type;
 
-            case value_t::boolean:
-            {
-                if (val.m_value.boolean)
-                {
-                    o->write_characters("true", 4);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    o->write_characters("false", 5);
-                }
-                return;
-            }
+    const std::uint64_t bits = reinterpret_bits<bits_type>(value);
+    const std::uint64_t E = bits >> (kPrecision - 1);
+    const std::uint64_t F = bits & (kHiddenBit - 1);
 
-            case value_t::number_integer:
-            {
-                dump_integer(val.m_value.number_integer);
-                return;
-            }
+    const bool is_denormal = E == 0;
+    const diyfp v = is_denormal
+                    ? diyfp(F, kMinExp)
+                    : diyfp(F + kHiddenBit, static_cast<int>(E) - kBias);
 
-            case value_t::number_unsigned:
-            {
-                dump_integer(val.m_value.number_unsigned);
-                return;
-            }
+    // Compute the boundaries m- and m+ of the floating-point value
+    // v = f * 2^e.
+    //
+    // Determine v- and v+, the floating-point predecessor and successor if v,
+    // respectively.
+    //
+    //      v- = v - 2^e        if f != 2^(p-1) or e == e_min                (A)
+    //         = v - 2^(e-1)    if f == 2^(p-1) and e > e_min                (B)
+    //
+    //      v+ = v + 2^e
+    //
+    // Let m- = (v- + v) / 2 and m+ = (v + v+) / 2. All real numbers _strictly_
+    // between m- and m+ round to v, regardless of how the input rounding
+    // algorithm breaks ties.
+    //
+    //      ---+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+---  (A)
+    //         v-            m-            v             m+            v+
+    //
+    //      -----------------+------+------+-------------+-------------+---  (B)
+    //                       v-     m-     v             m+            v+
 
-            case value_t::number_float:
-            {
-                dump_float(val.m_value.number_float);
-                return;
-            }
+    const bool lower_boundary_is_closer = F == 0 and E > 1;
+    const diyfp m_plus = diyfp(2 * v.f + 1, v.e - 1);
+    const diyfp m_minus = lower_boundary_is_closer
+                          ? diyfp(4 * v.f - 1, v.e - 2)  // (B)
+                          : diyfp(2 * v.f - 1, v.e - 1); // (A)
 
-            case value_t::discarded:
-            {
-                o->write_characters("<discarded>", 11);
-                return;
-            }
+    // Determine the normalized w+ = m+.
+    const diyfp w_plus = diyfp::normalize(m_plus);
 
-            case value_t::null:
-            {
-                o->write_characters("null", 4);
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    // Determine w- = m- such that e_(w-) = e_(w+).
+    const diyfp w_minus = diyfp::normalize_to(m_minus, w_plus.e);
 
-  private:
-    /*!
-    @brief dump escaped string
+    return {diyfp::normalize(v), w_minus, w_plus};
+}
 
-    Escape a string by replacing certain special characters by a sequence of an
-    escape character (backslash) and another character and other control
-    characters by a sequence of "\u" followed by a four-digit hex
-    representation. The escaped string is written to output stream @a o.
+// Given normalized diyfp w, Grisu needs to find a (normalized) cached
+// power-of-ten c, such that the exponent of the product c * w = f * 2^e lies
+// within a certain range [alpha, gamma] (Definition 3.2 from [1])
+//
+//      alpha <= e = e_c + e_w + q <= gamma
+//
+// or
+//
+//      f_c * f_w * 2^alpha <= f_c 2^(e_c) * f_w 2^(e_w) * 2^q
+//                          <= f_c * f_w * 2^gamma
+//
+// Since c and w are normalized, i.e. 2^(q-1) <= f < 2^q, this implies
+//
+//      2^(q-1) * 2^(q-1) * 2^alpha <= c * w * 2^q < 2^q * 2^q * 2^gamma
+//
+// or
+//
+//      2^(q - 2 + alpha) <= c * w < 2^(q + gamma)
+//
+// The choice of (alpha,gamma) determines the size of the table and the form of
+// the digit generation procedure. Using (alpha,gamma)=(-60,-32) works out well
+// in practice:
+//
+// The idea is to cut the number c * w = f * 2^e into two parts, which can be
+// processed independently: An integral part p1, and a fractional part p2:
+//
+//      f * 2^e = ( (f div 2^-e) * 2^-e + (f mod 2^-e) ) * 2^e
+//              = (f div 2^-e) + (f mod 2^-e) * 2^e
+//              = p1 + p2 * 2^e
+//
+// The conversion of p1 into decimal form requires a series of divisions and
+// modulos by (a power of) 10. These operations are faster for 32-bit than for
+// 64-bit integers, so p1 should ideally fit into a 32-bit integer. This can be
+// achieved by choosing
+//
+//      -e >= 32   or   e <= -32 := gamma
+//
+// In order to convert the fractional part
+//
+//      p2 * 2^e = p2 / 2^-e = d[-1] / 10^1 + d[-2] / 10^2 + ...
+//
+// into decimal form, the fraction is repeatedly multiplied by 10 and the digits
+// d[-i] are extracted in order:
+//
+//      (10 * p2) div 2^-e = d[-1]
+//      (10 * p2) mod 2^-e = d[-2] / 10^1 + ...
+//
+// The multiplication by 10 must not overflow. It is sufficient to choose
+//
+//      10 * p2 < 16 * p2 = 2^4 * p2 <= 2^64.
+//
+// Since p2 = f mod 2^-e < 2^-e,
+//
+//      -e <= 60   or   e >= -60 := alpha
 
-    @param[in] s  the string to escape
-    @param[in] ensure_ascii  whether to escape non-ASCII characters with
-                             \uXXXX sequences
+constexpr int kAlpha = -60;
+constexpr int kGamma = -32;
 
-    @complexity Linear in the length of string @a s.
-    */
-    void dump_escaped(const string_t& s, const bool ensure_ascii)
-    {
-        uint32_t codepoint;
-        uint8_t state = UTF8_ACCEPT;
-        std::size_t bytes = 0;  // number of bytes written to string_buffer
+struct cached_power // c = f * 2^e ~= 10^k
+{
+    std::uint64_t f;
+    int e;
+    int k;
+};
 
-        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < s.size(); ++i)
-        {
-            const auto byte = static_cast<uint8_t>(s[i]);
+/*!
+For a normalized diyfp w = f * 2^e, this function returns a (normalized) cached
+power-of-ten c = f_c * 2^e_c, such that the exponent of the product w * c
+satisfies (Definition 3.2 from [1])
 
-            switch (decode(state, codepoint, byte))
-            {
-                case UTF8_ACCEPT:  // decode found a new code point
-                {
-                    switch (codepoint)
-                    {
-                        case 0x08: // backspace
-                        {
-                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
-                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'b';
-                            break;
-                        }
+     alpha <= e_c + e + q <= gamma.
+*/
+inline cached_power get_cached_power_for_binary_exponent(int e)
+{
+    // Now
+    //
+    //      alpha <= e_c + e + q <= gamma                                    (1)
+    //      ==> f_c * 2^alpha <= c * 2^e * 2^q
+    //
+    // and since the c's are normalized, 2^(q-1) <= f_c,
+    //
+    //      ==> 2^(q - 1 + alpha) <= c * 2^(e + q)
+    //      ==> 2^(alpha - e - 1) <= c
+    //
+    // If c were an exakt power of ten, i.e. c = 10^k, one may determine k as
+    //
+    //      k = ceil( log_10( 2^(alpha - e - 1) ) )
+    //        = ceil( (alpha - e - 1) * log_10(2) )
+    //
+    // From the paper:
+    // "In theory the result of the procedure could be wrong since c is rounded,
+    //  and the computation itself is approximated [...]. In practice, however,
+    //  this simple function is sufficient."
+    //
+    // For IEEE double precision floating-point numbers converted into
+    // normalized diyfp's w = f * 2^e, with q = 64,
+    //
+    //      e >= -1022      (min IEEE exponent)
+    //           -52        (p - 1)
+    //           -52        (p - 1, possibly normalize denormal IEEE numbers)
+    //           -11        (normalize the diyfp)
+    //         = -1137
+    //
+    // and
+    //
+    //      e <= +1023      (max IEEE exponent)
+    //           -52        (p - 1)
+    //           -11        (normalize the diyfp)
+    //         = 960
+    //
+    // This binary exponent range [-1137,960] results in a decimal exponent
+    // range [-307,324]. One does not need to store a cached power for each
+    // k in this range. For each such k it suffices to find a cached power
+    // such that the exponent of the product lies in [alpha,gamma].
+    // This implies that the difference of the decimal exponents of adjacent
+    // table entries must be less than or equal to
+    //
+    //      floor( (gamma - alpha) * log_10(2) ) = 8.
+    //
+    // (A smaller distance gamma-alpha would require a larger table.)
 
-                        case 0x09: // horizontal tab
-                        {
-                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
-                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 't';
-                            break;
-                        }
+    // NB:
+    // Actually this function returns c, such that -60 <= e_c + e + 64 <= -34.
 
-                        case 0x0A: // newline
-                        {
-                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
-                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'n';
-                            break;
-                        }
+    constexpr int kCachedPowersMinDecExp = -300;
+    constexpr int kCachedPowersDecStep = 8;
 
-                        case 0x0C: // formfeed
-                        {
-                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
-                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'f';
-                            break;
-                        }
+    static constexpr std::array<cached_power, 79> kCachedPowers =
+    {
+        {
+            { 0xAB70FE17C79AC6CA, -1060, -300 },
+            { 0xFF77B1FCBEBCDC4F, -1034, -292 },
+            { 0xBE5691EF416BD60C, -1007, -284 },
+            { 0x8DD01FAD907FFC3C,  -980, -276 },
+            { 0xD3515C2831559A83,  -954, -268 },
+            { 0x9D71AC8FADA6C9B5,  -927, -260 },
+            { 0xEA9C227723EE8BCB,  -901, -252 },
+            { 0xAECC49914078536D,  -874, -244 },
+            { 0x823C12795DB6CE57,  -847, -236 },
+            { 0xC21094364DFB5637,  -821, -228 },
+            { 0x9096EA6F3848984F,  -794, -220 },
+            { 0xD77485CB25823AC7,  -768, -212 },
+            { 0xA086CFCD97BF97F4,  -741, -204 },
+            { 0xEF340A98172AACE5,  -715, -196 },
+            { 0xB23867FB2A35B28E,  -688, -188 },
+            { 0x84C8D4DFD2C63F3B,  -661, -180 },
+            { 0xC5DD44271AD3CDBA,  -635, -172 },
+            { 0x936B9FCEBB25C996,  -608, -164 },
+            { 0xDBAC6C247D62A584,  -582, -156 },
+            { 0xA3AB66580D5FDAF6,  -555, -148 },
+            { 0xF3E2F893DEC3F126,  -529, -140 },
+            { 0xB5B5ADA8AAFF80B8,  -502, -132 },
+            { 0x87625F056C7C4A8B,  -475, -124 },
+            { 0xC9BCFF6034C13053,  -449, -116 },
+            { 0x964E858C91BA2655,  -422, -108 },
+            { 0xDFF9772470297EBD,  -396, -100 },
+            { 0xA6DFBD9FB8E5B88F,  -369,  -92 },
+            { 0xF8A95FCF88747D94,  -343,  -84 },
+            { 0xB94470938FA89BCF,  -316,  -76 },
+            { 0x8A08F0F8BF0F156B,  -289,  -68 },
+            { 0xCDB02555653131B6,  -263,  -60 },
+            { 0x993FE2C6D07B7FAC,  -236,  -52 },
+            { 0xE45C10C42A2B3B06,  -210,  -44 },
+            { 0xAA242499697392D3,  -183,  -36 },
+            { 0xFD87B5F28300CA0E,  -157,  -28 },
+            { 0xBCE5086492111AEB,  -130,  -20 },
+            { 0x8CBCCC096F5088CC,  -103,  -12 },
+            { 0xD1B71758E219652C,   -77,   -4 },
+            { 0x9C40000000000000,   -50,    4 },
+            { 0xE8D4A51000000000,   -24,   12 },
+            { 0xAD78EBC5AC620000,     3,   20 },
+            { 0x813F3978F8940984,    30,   28 },
+            { 0xC097CE7BC90715B3,    56,   36 },
+            { 0x8F7E32CE7BEA5C70,    83,   44 },
+            { 0xD5D238A4ABE98068,   109,   52 },
+            { 0x9F4F2726179A2245,   136,   60 },
+            { 0xED63A231D4C4FB27,   162,   68 },
+            { 0xB0DE65388CC8ADA8,   189,   76 },
+            { 0x83C7088E1AAB65DB,   216,   84 },
+            { 0xC45D1DF942711D9A,   242,   92 },
+            { 0x924D692CA61BE758,   269,  100 },
+            { 0xDA01EE641A708DEA,   295,  108 },
+            { 0xA26DA3999AEF774A,   322,  116 },
+            { 0xF209787BB47D6B85,   348,  124 },
+            { 0xB454E4A179DD1877,   375,  132 },
+            { 0x865B86925B9BC5C2,   402,  140 },
+            { 0xC83553C5C8965D3D,   428,  148 },
+            { 0x952AB45CFA97A0B3,   455,  156 },
+            { 0xDE469FBD99A05FE3,   481,  164 },
+            { 0xA59BC234DB398C25,   508,  172 },
+            { 0xF6C69A72A3989F5C,   534,  180 },
+            { 0xB7DCBF5354E9BECE,   561,  188 },
+            { 0x88FCF317F22241E2,   588,  196 },
+            { 0xCC20CE9BD35C78A5,   614,  204 },
+            { 0x98165AF37B2153DF,   641,  212 },
+            { 0xE2A0B5DC971F303A,   667,  220 },
+            { 0xA8D9D1535CE3B396,   694,  228 },
+            { 0xFB9B7CD9A4A7443C,   720,  236 },
+            { 0xBB764C4CA7A44410,   747,  244 },
+            { 0x8BAB8EEFB6409C1A,   774,  252 },
+            { 0xD01FEF10A657842C,   800,  260 },
+            { 0x9B10A4E5E9913129,   827,  268 },
+            { 0xE7109BFBA19C0C9D,   853,  276 },
+            { 0xAC2820D9623BF429,   880,  284 },
+            { 0x80444B5E7AA7CF85,   907,  292 },
+            { 0xBF21E44003ACDD2D,   933,  300 },
+            { 0x8E679C2F5E44FF8F,   960,  308 },
+            { 0xD433179D9C8CB841,   986,  316 },
+            { 0x9E19DB92B4E31BA9,  1013,  324 },
+        }
+    };
 
-                        case 0x0D: // carriage return
-                        {
-                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
-                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'r';
-                            break;
-                        }
+    // This computation gives exactly the same results for k as
+    //      k = ceil((kAlpha - e - 1) * 0.30102999566398114)
+    // for |e| <= 1500, but doesn't require floating-point operations.
+    // NB: log_10(2) ~= 78913 / 2^18
+    assert(e >= -1500);
+    assert(e <=  1500);
+    const int f = kAlpha - e - 1;
+    const int k = (f * 78913) / (1 << 18) + static_cast<int>(f > 0);
 
-                        case 0x22: // quotation mark
-                        {
-                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
-                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\"';
-                            break;
-                        }
+    const int index = (-kCachedPowersMinDecExp + k + (kCachedPowersDecStep - 1)) / kCachedPowersDecStep;
+    assert(index >= 0);
+    assert(static_cast<std::size_t>(index) < kCachedPowers.size());
 
-                        case 0x5C: // reverse solidus
-                        {
-                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
-                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
-                            break;
-                        }
+    const cached_power cached = kCachedPowers[static_cast<std::size_t>(index)];
+    assert(kAlpha <= cached.e + e + 64);
+    assert(kGamma >= cached.e + e + 64);
 
-                        default:
-                        {
-                            // escape control characters (0x00..0x1F) or, if
-                            // ensure_ascii parameter is used, non-ASCII characters
-                            if ((codepoint <= 0x1F) or (ensure_ascii and (codepoint >= 0x7F)))
-                            {
-                                if (codepoint <= 0xFFFF)
-                                {
-                                    std::snprintf(string_buffer.data() + bytes, 7, "\\u%04x",
-                                                  static_cast<uint16_t>(codepoint));
-                                    bytes += 6;
-                                }
-                                else
-                                {
-                                    std::snprintf(string_buffer.data() + bytes, 13, "\\u%04x\\u%04x",
-                                                  static_cast<uint16_t>(0xD7C0 + (codepoint >> 10)),
-                                                  static_cast<uint16_t>(0xDC00 + (codepoint & 0x3FF)));
-                                    bytes += 12;
-                                }
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                // copy byte to buffer (all previous bytes
-                                // been copied have in default case above)
-                                string_buffer[bytes++] = s[i];
-                            }
-                            break;
-                        }
-                    }
+    return cached;
+}
 
-                    // write buffer and reset index; there must be 13 bytes
-                    // left, as this is the maximal number of bytes to be
-                    // written ("\uxxxx\uxxxx\0") for one code point
-                    if (string_buffer.size() - bytes < 13)
-                    {
-                        o->write_characters(string_buffer.data(), bytes);
-                        bytes = 0;
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
+/*!
+For n != 0, returns k, such that pow10 := 10^(k-1) <= n < 10^k.
+For n == 0, returns 1 and sets pow10 := 1.
+*/
+inline int find_largest_pow10(const std::uint32_t n, std::uint32_t& pow10)
+{
+    // LCOV_EXCL_START
+    if (n >= 1000000000)
+    {
+        pow10 = 1000000000;
+        return 10;
+    }
+    // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+    else if (n >= 100000000)
+    {
+        pow10 = 100000000;
+        return  9;
+    }
+    else if (n >= 10000000)
+    {
+        pow10 = 10000000;
+        return  8;
+    }
+    else if (n >= 1000000)
+    {
+        pow10 = 1000000;
+        return  7;
+    }
+    else if (n >= 100000)
+    {
+        pow10 = 100000;
+        return  6;
+    }
+    else if (n >= 10000)
+    {
+        pow10 = 10000;
+        return  5;
+    }
+    else if (n >= 1000)
+    {
+        pow10 = 1000;
+        return  4;
+    }
+    else if (n >= 100)
+    {
+        pow10 = 100;
+        return  3;
+    }
+    else if (n >= 10)
+    {
+        pow10 = 10;
+        return  2;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        pow10 = 1;
+        return 1;
+    }
+}
 
-                case UTF8_REJECT:  // decode found invalid UTF-8 byte
-                {
-                    std::string sn(3, '\0');
-                    snprintf(&sn[0], sn.size(), "%.2X", byte);
-                    JSON_THROW(type_error::create(316, "invalid UTF-8 byte at index " + std::to_string(i) + ": 0x" + sn));
-                }
+inline void grisu2_round(char* buf, int len, std::uint64_t dist, std::uint64_t delta,
+                         std::uint64_t rest, std::uint64_t ten_k)
+{
+    assert(len >= 1);
+    assert(dist <= delta);
+    assert(rest <= delta);
+    assert(ten_k > 0);
 
-                default:  // decode found yet incomplete multi-byte code point
-                {
-                    if (not ensure_ascii)
-                    {
-                        // code point will not be escaped - copy byte to buffer
-                        string_buffer[bytes++] = s[i];
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
+    //               <--------------------------- delta ---->
+    //                                  <---- dist --------->
+    // --------------[------------------+-------------------]--------------
+    //               M-                 w                   M+
+    //
+    //                                  ten_k
+    //                                <------>
+    //                                       <---- rest ---->
+    // --------------[------------------+----+--------------]--------------
+    //                                  w    V
+    //                                       = buf * 10^k
+    //
+    // ten_k represents a unit-in-the-last-place in the decimal representation
+    // stored in buf.
+    // Decrement buf by ten_k while this takes buf closer to w.
+
+    // The tests are written in this order to avoid overflow in unsigned
+    // integer arithmetic.
 
-        if (JSON_LIKELY(state == UTF8_ACCEPT))
-        {
-            // write buffer
-            if (bytes > 0)
-            {
-                o->write_characters(string_buffer.data(), bytes);
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            // we finish reading, but do not accept: string was incomplete
-            std::string sn(3, '\0');
-            snprintf(&sn[0], sn.size(), "%.2X", static_cast<uint8_t>(s.back()));
-            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(316, "incomplete UTF-8 string; last byte: 0x" + sn));
-        }
+    while (rest < dist
+            and delta - rest >= ten_k
+            and (rest + ten_k < dist or dist - rest > rest + ten_k - dist))
+    {
+        assert(buf[len - 1] != '0');
+        buf[len - 1]--;
+        rest += ten_k;
     }
+}
 
-    /*!
-    @brief dump an integer
+/*!
+Generates V = buffer * 10^decimal_exponent, such that M- <= V <= M+.
+M- and M+ must be normalized and share the same exponent -60 <= e <= -32.
+*/
+inline void grisu2_digit_gen(char* buffer, int& length, int& decimal_exponent,
+                             diyfp M_minus, diyfp w, diyfp M_plus)
+{
+    static_assert(kAlpha >= -60, "internal error");
+    static_assert(kGamma <= -32, "internal error");
 
-    Dump a given integer to output stream @a o. Works internally with
-    @a number_buffer.
+    // Generates the digits (and the exponent) of a decimal floating-point
+    // number V = buffer * 10^decimal_exponent in the range [M-, M+]. The diyfp's
+    // w, M- and M+ share the same exponent e, which satisfies alpha <= e <= gamma.
+    //
+    //               <--------------------------- delta ---->
+    //                                  <---- dist --------->
+    // --------------[------------------+-------------------]--------------
+    //               M-                 w                   M+
+    //
+    // Grisu2 generates the digits of M+ from left to right and stops as soon as
+    // V is in [M-,M+].
 
-    @param[in] x  integer number (signed or unsigned) to dump
-    @tparam NumberType either @a number_integer_t or @a number_unsigned_t
-    */
-    template<typename NumberType, detail::enable_if_t<
-                 std::is_same<NumberType, number_unsigned_t>::value or
-                 std::is_same<NumberType, number_integer_t>::value,
-                 int> = 0>
-    void dump_integer(NumberType x)
-    {
-        // special case for "0"
-        if (x == 0)
-        {
-            o->write_character('0');
-            return;
-        }
+    assert(M_plus.e >= kAlpha);
+    assert(M_plus.e <= kGamma);
 
-        const bool is_negative = (x <= 0) and (x != 0);  // see issue #755
-        std::size_t i = 0;
+    std::uint64_t delta = diyfp::sub(M_plus, M_minus).f; // (significand of (M+ - M-), implicit exponent is e)
+    std::uint64_t dist  = diyfp::sub(M_plus, w      ).f; // (significand of (M+ - w ), implicit exponent is e)
 
-        while (x != 0)
-        {
-            // spare 1 byte for '\0'
-            assert(i < number_buffer.size() - 1);
+    // Split M+ = f * 2^e into two parts p1 and p2 (note: e < 0):
+    //
+    //      M+ = f * 2^e
+    //         = ((f div 2^-e) * 2^-e + (f mod 2^-e)) * 2^e
+    //         = ((p1        ) * 2^-e + (p2        )) * 2^e
+    //         = p1 + p2 * 2^e
 
-            const auto digit = std::labs(static_cast<long>(x % 10));
-            number_buffer[i++] = static_cast<char>('0' + digit);
-            x /= 10;
-        }
+    const diyfp one(std::uint64_t{1} << -M_plus.e, M_plus.e);
 
-        if (is_negative)
-        {
-            // make sure there is capacity for the '-'
-            assert(i < number_buffer.size() - 2);
-            number_buffer[i++] = '-';
-        }
+    auto p1 = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(M_plus.f >> -one.e); // p1 = f div 2^-e (Since -e >= 32, p1 fits into a 32-bit int.)
+    std::uint64_t p2 = M_plus.f & (one.f - 1);                    // p2 = f mod 2^-e
 
-        std::reverse(number_buffer.begin(), number_buffer.begin() + i);
-        o->write_characters(number_buffer.data(), i);
-    }
+    // 1)
+    //
+    // Generate the digits of the integral part p1 = d[n-1]...d[1]d[0]
 
-    /*!
-    @brief dump a floating-point number
+    assert(p1 > 0);
 
-    Dump a given floating-point number to output stream @a o. Works internally
-    with @a number_buffer.
+    std::uint32_t pow10;
+    const int k = find_largest_pow10(p1, pow10);
 
-    @param[in] x  floating-point number to dump
-    */
-    void dump_float(number_float_t x)
+    //      10^(k-1) <= p1 < 10^k, pow10 = 10^(k-1)
+    //
+    //      p1 = (p1 div 10^(k-1)) * 10^(k-1) + (p1 mod 10^(k-1))
+    //         = (d[k-1]         ) * 10^(k-1) + (p1 mod 10^(k-1))
+    //
+    //      M+ = p1                                             + p2 * 2^e
+    //         = d[k-1] * 10^(k-1) + (p1 mod 10^(k-1))          + p2 * 2^e
+    //         = d[k-1] * 10^(k-1) + ((p1 mod 10^(k-1)) * 2^-e + p2) * 2^e
+    //         = d[k-1] * 10^(k-1) + (                         rest) * 2^e
+    //
+    // Now generate the digits d[n] of p1 from left to right (n = k-1,...,0)
+    //
+    //      p1 = d[k-1]...d[n] * 10^n + d[n-1]...d[0]
+    //
+    // but stop as soon as
+    //
+    //      rest * 2^e = (d[n-1]...d[0] * 2^-e + p2) * 2^e <= delta * 2^e
+
+    int n = k;
+    while (n > 0)
     {
-        // NaN / inf
-        if (not std::isfinite(x))
+        // Invariants:
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^n + (p1 + p2 * 2^e)    (buffer = 0 for n = k)
+        //      pow10 = 10^(n-1) <= p1 < 10^n
+        //
+        const std::uint32_t d = p1 / pow10;  // d = p1 div 10^(n-1)
+        const std::uint32_t r = p1 % pow10;  // r = p1 mod 10^(n-1)
+        //
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^n + (d * 10^(n-1) + r) + p2 * 2^e
+        //         = (buffer * 10 + d) * 10^(n-1) + (r + p2 * 2^e)
+        //
+        assert(d <= 9);
+        buffer[length++] = static_cast<char>('0' + d); // buffer := buffer * 10 + d
+        //
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^(n-1) + (r + p2 * 2^e)
+        //
+        p1 = r;
+        n--;
+        //
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^n + (p1 + p2 * 2^e)
+        //      pow10 = 10^n
+        //
+
+        // Now check if enough digits have been generated.
+        // Compute
+        //
+        //      p1 + p2 * 2^e = (p1 * 2^-e + p2) * 2^e = rest * 2^e
+        //
+        // Note:
+        // Since rest and delta share the same exponent e, it suffices to
+        // compare the significands.
+        const std::uint64_t rest = (std::uint64_t{p1} << -one.e) + p2;
+        if (rest <= delta)
         {
-            o->write_characters("null", 4);
+            // V = buffer * 10^n, with M- <= V <= M+.
+
+            decimal_exponent += n;
+
+            // We may now just stop. But instead look if the buffer could be
+            // decremented to bring V closer to w.
+            //
+            // pow10 = 10^n is now 1 ulp in the decimal representation V.
+            // The rounding procedure works with diyfp's with an implicit
+            // exponent of e.
+            //
+            //      10^n = (10^n * 2^-e) * 2^e = ulp * 2^e
+            //
+            const std::uint64_t ten_n = std::uint64_t{pow10} << -one.e;
+            grisu2_round(buffer, length, dist, delta, rest, ten_n);
+
             return;
         }
 
-        // If number_float_t is an IEEE-754 single or double precision number,
-        // use the Grisu2 algorithm to produce short numbers which are
-        // guaranteed to round-trip, using strtof and strtod, resp.
+        pow10 /= 10;
         //
-        // NB: The test below works if <long double> == <double>.
-        static constexpr bool is_ieee_single_or_double
-            = (std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::is_iec559 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::digits == 24 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent == 128) or
-              (std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::is_iec559 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::digits == 53 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent == 1024);
-
-        dump_float(x, std::integral_constant<bool, is_ieee_single_or_double>());
+        //      pow10 = 10^(n-1) <= p1 < 10^n
+        // Invariants restored.
     }
 
-    void dump_float(number_float_t x, std::true_type /*is_ieee_single_or_double*/)
-    {
-        char* begin = number_buffer.data();
-        char* end = ::nlohmann::detail::to_chars(begin, begin + number_buffer.size(), x);
+    // 2)
+    //
+    // The digits of the integral part have been generated:
+    //
+    //      M+ = d[k-1]...d[1]d[0] + p2 * 2^e
+    //         = buffer            + p2 * 2^e
+    //
+    // Now generate the digits of the fractional part p2 * 2^e.
+    //
+    // Note:
+    // No decimal point is generated: the exponent is adjusted instead.
+    //
+    // p2 actually represents the fraction
+    //
+    //      p2 * 2^e
+    //          = p2 / 2^-e
+    //          = d[-1] / 10^1 + d[-2] / 10^2 + ...
+    //
+    // Now generate the digits d[-m] of p1 from left to right (m = 1,2,...)
+    //
+    //      p2 * 2^e = d[-1]d[-2]...d[-m] * 10^-m
+    //                      + 10^-m * (d[-m-1] / 10^1 + d[-m-2] / 10^2 + ...)
+    //
+    // using
+    //
+    //      10^m * p2 = ((10^m * p2) div 2^-e) * 2^-e + ((10^m * p2) mod 2^-e)
+    //                = (                   d) * 2^-e + (                   r)
+    //
+    // or
+    //      10^m * p2 * 2^e = d + r * 2^e
+    //
+    // i.e.
+    //
+    //      M+ = buffer + p2 * 2^e
+    //         = buffer + 10^-m * (d + r * 2^e)
+    //         = (buffer * 10^m + d) * 10^-m + 10^-m * r * 2^e
+    //
+    // and stop as soon as 10^-m * r * 2^e <= delta * 2^e
 
-        o->write_characters(begin, static_cast<size_t>(end - begin));
-    }
+    assert(p2 > delta);
 
-    void dump_float(number_float_t x, std::false_type /*is_ieee_single_or_double*/)
+    int m = 0;
+    for (;;)
     {
-        // get number of digits for a float -> text -> float round-trip
-        static constexpr auto d = std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_digits10;
-
-        // the actual conversion
-        std::ptrdiff_t len = snprintf(number_buffer.data(), number_buffer.size(), "%.*g", d, x);
-
-        // negative value indicates an error
-        assert(len > 0);
-        // check if buffer was large enough
-        assert(static_cast<std::size_t>(len) < number_buffer.size());
-
-        // erase thousands separator
-        if (thousands_sep != '\0')
-        {
-            const auto end = std::remove(number_buffer.begin(),
-                                         number_buffer.begin() + len, thousands_sep);
-            std::fill(end, number_buffer.end(), '\0');
-            assert((end - number_buffer.begin()) <= len);
-            len = (end - number_buffer.begin());
-        }
+        // Invariant:
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (d[-m-1] / 10 + d[-m-2] / 10^2 + ...) * 2^e
+        //         = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (p2                                 ) * 2^e
+        //         = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (1/10 * (10 * p2)                   ) * 2^e
+        //         = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (1/10 * ((10*p2 div 2^-e) * 2^-e + (10*p2 mod 2^-e)) * 2^e
+        //
+        assert(p2 <= (std::numeric_limits<std::uint64_t>::max)() / 10);
+        p2 *= 10;
+        const std::uint64_t d = p2 >> -one.e;     // d = (10 * p2) div 2^-e
+        const std::uint64_t r = p2 & (one.f - 1); // r = (10 * p2) mod 2^-e
+        //
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (1/10 * (d * 2^-e + r) * 2^e
+        //         = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * (1/10 * (d + r * 2^e))
+        //         = (buffer * 10 + d) * 10^(-m-1) + 10^(-m-1) * r * 2^e
+        //
+        assert(d <= 9);
+        buffer[length++] = static_cast<char>('0' + d); // buffer := buffer * 10 + d
+        //
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^(-m-1) + 10^(-m-1) * r * 2^e
+        //
+        p2 = r;
+        m++;
+        //
+        //      M+ = buffer * 10^-m + 10^-m * p2 * 2^e
+        // Invariant restored.
 
-        // convert decimal point to '.'
-        if (decimal_point != '\0' and decimal_point != '.')
+        // Check if enough digits have been generated.
+        //
+        //      10^-m * p2 * 2^e <= delta * 2^e
+        //              p2 * 2^e <= 10^m * delta * 2^e
+        //                    p2 <= 10^m * delta
+        delta *= 10;
+        dist  *= 10;
+        if (p2 <= delta)
         {
-            const auto dec_pos = std::find(number_buffer.begin(), number_buffer.end(), decimal_point);
-            if (dec_pos != number_buffer.end())
-            {
-                *dec_pos = '.';
-            }
+            break;
         }
+    }
 
-        o->write_characters(number_buffer.data(), static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+    // V = buffer * 10^-m, with M- <= V <= M+.
 
-        // determine if need to append ".0"
-        const bool value_is_int_like =
-            std::none_of(number_buffer.begin(), number_buffer.begin() + len + 1,
-                         [](char c)
-        {
-            return (c == '.' or c == 'e');
-        });
+    decimal_exponent -= m;
 
-        if (value_is_int_like)
-        {
-            o->write_characters(".0", 2);
-        }
-    }
+    // 1 ulp in the decimal representation is now 10^-m.
+    // Since delta and dist are now scaled by 10^m, we need to do the
+    // same with ulp in order to keep the units in sync.
+    //
+    //      10^m * 10^-m = 1 = 2^-e * 2^e = ten_m * 2^e
+    //
+    const std::uint64_t ten_m = one.f;
+    grisu2_round(buffer, length, dist, delta, p2, ten_m);
 
-    /*!
-    @brief check whether a string is UTF-8 encoded
+    // By construction this algorithm generates the shortest possible decimal
+    // number (Loitsch, Theorem 6.2) which rounds back to w.
+    // For an input number of precision p, at least
+    //
+    //      N = 1 + ceil(p * log_10(2))
+    //
+    // decimal digits are sufficient to identify all binary floating-point
+    // numbers (Matula, "In-and-Out conversions").
+    // This implies that the algorithm does not produce more than N decimal
+    // digits.
+    //
+    //      N = 17 for p = 53 (IEEE double precision)
+    //      N = 9  for p = 24 (IEEE single precision)
+}
 
-    The function checks each byte of a string whether it is UTF-8 encoded. The
-    result of the check is stored in the @a state parameter. The function must
-    be called initially with state 0 (accept). State 1 means the string must
-    be rejected, because the current byte is not allowed. If the string is
-    completely processed, but the state is non-zero, the string ended
-    prematurely; that is, the last byte indicated more bytes should have
-    followed.
+/*!
+v = buf * 10^decimal_exponent
+len is the length of the buffer (number of decimal digits)
+The buffer must be large enough, i.e. >= max_digits10.
+*/
+inline void grisu2(char* buf, int& len, int& decimal_exponent,
+                   diyfp m_minus, diyfp v, diyfp m_plus)
+{
+    assert(m_plus.e == m_minus.e);
+    assert(m_plus.e == v.e);
 
-    @param[in,out] state  the state of the decoding
-    @param[in,out] codep  codepoint (valid only if resulting state is UTF8_ACCEPT)
-    @param[in] byte       next byte to decode
-    @return               new state
+    //  --------(-----------------------+-----------------------)--------    (A)
+    //          m-                      v                       m+
+    //
+    //  --------------------(-----------+-----------------------)--------    (B)
+    //                      m-          v                       m+
+    //
+    // First scale v (and m- and m+) such that the exponent is in the range
+    // [alpha, gamma].
 
-    @note The function has been edited: a std::array is used.
+    const cached_power cached = get_cached_power_for_binary_exponent(m_plus.e);
 
-    @copyright Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Bjoern Hoehrmann <bjoern@hoehrmann.de>
-    @sa http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de/utf-8/decoder/dfa/
-    */
-    static uint8_t decode(uint8_t& state, uint32_t& codep, const uint8_t byte) noexcept
-    {
-        static const std::array<uint8_t, 400> utf8d =
-        {
-            {
-                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 00..1F
-                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 20..3F
-                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 40..5F
-                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 60..7F
-                1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, // 80..9F
-                7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, // A0..BF
-                8, 8, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, // C0..DF
-                0xA, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x4, 0x3, 0x3, // E0..EF
-                0xB, 0x6, 0x6, 0x6, 0x5, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, // F0..FF
-                0x0, 0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x5, 0x8, 0x7, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x4, 0x6, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, // s0..s0
-                1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, // s1..s2
-                1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, // s3..s4
-                1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, // s5..s6
-                1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 // s7..s8
-            }
-        };
+    const diyfp c_minus_k(cached.f, cached.e); // = c ~= 10^-k
 
-        const uint8_t type = utf8d[byte];
+    // The exponent of the products is = v.e + c_minus_k.e + q and is in the range [alpha,gamma]
+    const diyfp w       = diyfp::mul(v,       c_minus_k);
+    const diyfp w_minus = diyfp::mul(m_minus, c_minus_k);
+    const diyfp w_plus  = diyfp::mul(m_plus,  c_minus_k);
 
-        codep = (state != UTF8_ACCEPT)
-                ? (byte & 0x3fu) | (codep << 6)
-                : static_cast<uint32_t>(0xff >> type) & (byte);
+    //  ----(---+---)---------------(---+---)---------------(---+---)----
+    //          w-                      w                       w+
+    //          = c*m-                  = c*v                   = c*m+
+    //
+    // diyfp::mul rounds its result and c_minus_k is approximated too. w, w- and
+    // w+ are now off by a small amount.
+    // In fact:
+    //
+    //      w - v * 10^k < 1 ulp
+    //
+    // To account for this inaccuracy, add resp. subtract 1 ulp.
+    //
+    //  --------+---[---------------(---+---)---------------]---+--------
+    //          w-  M-                  w                   M+  w+
+    //
+    // Now any number in [M-, M+] (bounds included) will round to w when input,
+    // regardless of how the input rounding algorithm breaks ties.
+    //
+    // And digit_gen generates the shortest possible such number in [M-, M+].
+    // Note that this does not mean that Grisu2 always generates the shortest
+    // possible number in the interval (m-, m+).
+    const diyfp M_minus(w_minus.f + 1, w_minus.e);
+    const diyfp M_plus (w_plus.f  - 1, w_plus.e );
 
-        state = utf8d[256u + state * 16u + type];
-        return state;
-    }
+    decimal_exponent = -cached.k; // = -(-k) = k
 
-  private:
-    /// the output of the serializer
-    output_adapter_t<char> o = nullptr;
+    grisu2_digit_gen(buf, len, decimal_exponent, M_minus, w, M_plus);
+}
 
-    /// a (hopefully) large enough character buffer
-    std::array<char, 64> number_buffer{{}};
+/*!
+v = buf * 10^decimal_exponent
+len is the length of the buffer (number of decimal digits)
+The buffer must be large enough, i.e. >= max_digits10.
+*/
+template <typename FloatType>
+void grisu2(char* buf, int& len, int& decimal_exponent, FloatType value)
+{
+    static_assert(diyfp::kPrecision >= std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::digits + 3,
+                  "internal error: not enough precision");
 
-    /// the locale
-    const std::lconv* loc = nullptr;
-    /// the locale's thousand separator character
-    const char thousands_sep = '\0';
-    /// the locale's decimal point character
-    const char decimal_point = '\0';
+    assert(std::isfinite(value));
+    assert(value > 0);
 
-    /// string buffer
-    std::array<char, 512> string_buffer{{}};
+    // If the neighbors (and boundaries) of 'value' are always computed for double-precision
+    // numbers, all float's can be recovered using strtod (and strtof). However, the resulting
+    // decimal representations are not exactly "short".
+    //
+    // The documentation for 'std::to_chars' (https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/to_chars)
+    // says "value is converted to a string as if by std::sprintf in the default ("C") locale"
+    // and since sprintf promotes float's to double's, I think this is exactly what 'std::to_chars'
+    // does.
+    // On the other hand, the documentation for 'std::to_chars' requires that "parsing the
+    // representation using the corresponding std::from_chars function recovers value exactly". That
+    // indicates that single precision floating-point numbers should be recovered using
+    // 'std::strtof'.
+    //
+    // NB: If the neighbors are computed for single-precision numbers, there is a single float
+    //     (7.0385307e-26f) which can't be recovered using strtod. The resulting double precision
+    //     value is off by 1 ulp.
+#if 0
+    const boundaries w = compute_boundaries(static_cast<double>(value));
+#else
+    const boundaries w = compute_boundaries(value);
+#endif
 
-    /// the indentation character
-    const char indent_char;
-    /// the indentation string
-    string_t indent_string;
-};
-}
+    grisu2(buf, len, decimal_exponent, w.minus, w.w, w.plus);
 }
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/json_ref.hpp>
+/*!
+@brief appends a decimal representation of e to buf
+@return a pointer to the element following the exponent.
+@pre -1000 < e < 1000
+*/
+inline char* append_exponent(char* buf, int e)
+{
+    assert(e > -1000);
+    assert(e <  1000);
 
+    if (e < 0)
+    {
+        e = -e;
+        *buf++ = '-';
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        *buf++ = '+';
+    }
 
-#include <initializer_list>
-#include <utility>
+    auto k = static_cast<std::uint32_t>(e);
+    if (k < 10)
+    {
+        // Always print at least two digits in the exponent.
+        // This is for compatibility with printf("%g").
+        *buf++ = '0';
+        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k);
+    }
+    else if (k < 100)
+    {
+        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k / 10);
+        k %= 10;
+        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k / 100);
+        k %= 100;
+        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k / 10);
+        k %= 10;
+        *buf++ = static_cast<char>('0' + k);
+    }
 
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-namespace detail
-{
-template<typename BasicJsonType>
-class json_ref
-{
-  public:
-    using value_type = BasicJsonType;
+    return buf;
+}
 
-    json_ref(value_type&& value)
-        : owned_value(std::move(value)), value_ref(&owned_value), is_rvalue(true)
-    {}
+/*!
+@brief prettify v = buf * 10^decimal_exponent
 
-    json_ref(const value_type& value)
-        : value_ref(const_cast<value_type*>(&value)), is_rvalue(false)
-    {}
+If v is in the range [10^min_exp, 10^max_exp) it will be printed in fixed-point
+notation. Otherwise it will be printed in exponential notation.
 
-    json_ref(std::initializer_list<json_ref> init)
-        : owned_value(init), value_ref(&owned_value), is_rvalue(true)
-    {}
+@pre min_exp < 0
+@pre max_exp > 0
+*/
+inline char* format_buffer(char* buf, int len, int decimal_exponent,
+                           int min_exp, int max_exp)
+{
+    assert(min_exp < 0);
+    assert(max_exp > 0);
 
-    template<class... Args>
-    json_ref(Args&& ... args)
-        : owned_value(std::forward<Args>(args)...), value_ref(&owned_value), is_rvalue(true)
-    {}
+    const int k = len;
+    const int n = len + decimal_exponent;
 
-    // class should be movable only
-    json_ref(json_ref&&) = default;
-    json_ref(const json_ref&) = delete;
-    json_ref& operator=(const json_ref&) = delete;
+    // v = buf * 10^(n-k)
+    // k is the length of the buffer (number of decimal digits)
+    // n is the position of the decimal point relative to the start of the buffer.
 
-    value_type moved_or_copied() const
+    if (k <= n and n <= max_exp)
     {
-        if (is_rvalue)
-        {
-            return std::move(*value_ref);
-        }
-        return *value_ref;
+        // digits[000]
+        // len <= max_exp + 2
+
+        std::memset(buf + k, '0', static_cast<size_t>(n - k));
+        // Make it look like a floating-point number (#362, #378)
+        buf[n + 0] = '.';
+        buf[n + 1] = '0';
+        return buf + (n + 2);
     }
 
-    value_type const& operator*() const
+    if (0 < n and n <= max_exp)
     {
-        return *static_cast<value_type const*>(value_ref);
+        // dig.its
+        // len <= max_digits10 + 1
+
+        assert(k > n);
+
+        std::memmove(buf + (n + 1), buf + n, static_cast<size_t>(k - n));
+        buf[n] = '.';
+        return buf + (k + 1);
     }
 
-    value_type const* operator->() const
+    if (min_exp < n and n <= 0)
     {
-        return static_cast<value_type const*>(value_ref);
-    }
+        // 0.[000]digits
+        // len <= 2 + (-min_exp - 1) + max_digits10
 
-  private:
-    mutable value_type owned_value = nullptr;
-    value_type* value_ref = nullptr;
-    const bool is_rvalue;
-};
-}
-}
+        std::memmove(buf + (2 + -n), buf, static_cast<size_t>(k));
+        buf[0] = '0';
+        buf[1] = '.';
+        std::memset(buf + 2, '0', static_cast<size_t>(-n));
+        return buf + (2 + (-n) + k);
+    }
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/json_pointer.hpp>
+    if (k == 1)
+    {
+        // dE+123
+        // len <= 1 + 5
 
+        buf += 1;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // d.igitsE+123
+        // len <= max_digits10 + 1 + 5
 
-#include <cassert> // assert
-#include <numeric> // accumulate
-#include <string> // string
-#include <vector> // vector
+        std::memmove(buf + 2, buf + 1, static_cast<size_t>(k - 1));
+        buf[1] = '.';
+        buf += 1 + k;
+    }
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+    *buf++ = 'e';
+    return append_exponent(buf, n - 1);
+}
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
+} // namespace dtoa_impl
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+/*!
+@brief generates a decimal representation of the floating-point number value in [first, last).
 
+The format of the resulting decimal representation is similar to printf's %g
+format. Returns an iterator pointing past-the-end of the decimal representation.
 
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-template<typename BasicJsonType>
-class json_pointer
+@note The input number must be finite, i.e. NaN's and Inf's are not supported.
+@note The buffer must be large enough.
+@note The result is NOT null-terminated.
+*/
+template <typename FloatType>
+char* to_chars(char* first, const char* last, FloatType value)
 {
-    // allow basic_json to access private members
-    NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
-    friend class basic_json;
-
-  public:
-    /*!
-    @brief create JSON pointer
-
-    Create a JSON pointer according to the syntax described in
-    [Section 3 of RFC6901](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901#section-3).
+    static_cast<void>(last); // maybe unused - fix warning
+    assert(std::isfinite(value));
 
-    @param[in] s  string representing the JSON pointer; if omitted, the empty
-                  string is assumed which references the whole JSON value
+    // Use signbit(value) instead of (value < 0) since signbit works for -0.
+    if (std::signbit(value))
+    {
+        value = -value;
+        *first++ = '-';
+    }
 
-    @throw parse_error.107 if the given JSON pointer @a s is nonempty and does
-                           not begin with a slash (`/`); see example below
+    if (value == 0) // +-0
+    {
+        *first++ = '0';
+        // Make it look like a floating-point number (#362, #378)
+        *first++ = '.';
+        *first++ = '0';
+        return first;
+    }
 
-    @throw parse_error.108 if a tilde (`~`) in the given JSON pointer @a s is
-    not followed by `0` (representing `~`) or `1` (representing `/`); see
-    example below
+    assert(last - first >= std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::max_digits10);
 
-    @liveexample{The example shows the construction several valid JSON pointers
-    as well as the exceptional behavior.,json_pointer}
+    // Compute v = buffer * 10^decimal_exponent.
+    // The decimal digits are stored in the buffer, which needs to be interpreted
+    // as an unsigned decimal integer.
+    // len is the length of the buffer, i.e. the number of decimal digits.
+    int len = 0;
+    int decimal_exponent = 0;
+    dtoa_impl::grisu2(first, len, decimal_exponent, value);
 
-    @since version 2.0.0
-    */
-    explicit json_pointer(const std::string& s = "")
-        : reference_tokens(split(s))
-    {}
+    assert(len <= std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::max_digits10);
 
-    /*!
-    @brief return a string representation of the JSON pointer
+    // Format the buffer like printf("%.*g", prec, value)
+    constexpr int kMinExp = -4;
+    // Use digits10 here to increase compatibility with version 2.
+    constexpr int kMaxExp = std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::digits10;
 
-    @invariant For each JSON pointer `ptr`, it holds:
-    @code {.cpp}
-    ptr == json_pointer(ptr.to_string());
-    @endcode
+    assert(last - first >= kMaxExp + 2);
+    assert(last - first >= 2 + (-kMinExp - 1) + std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::max_digits10);
+    assert(last - first >= std::numeric_limits<FloatType>::max_digits10 + 6);
 
-    @return a string representation of the JSON pointer
+    return dtoa_impl::format_buffer(first, len, decimal_exponent, kMinExp, kMaxExp);
+}
 
-    @liveexample{The example shows the result of `to_string`.,
-    json_pointer__to_string}
+} // namespace detail
+} // namespace nlohmann
 
-    @since version 2.0.0
-    */
-    std::string to_string() const noexcept
-    {
-        return std::accumulate(reference_tokens.begin(), reference_tokens.end(),
-                               std::string{},
-                               [](const std::string & a, const std::string & b)
-        {
-            return a + "/" + escape(b);
-        });
-    }
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
 
-    /// @copydoc to_string()
-    operator std::string() const
-    {
-        return to_string();
-    }
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
 
-    /*!
-    @param[in] s  reference token to be converted into an array index
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
 
-    @return integer representation of @a s
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp>
 
-    @throw out_of_range.404 if string @a s could not be converted to an integer
-    */
-    static int array_index(const std::string& s)
-    {
-        std::size_t processed_chars = 0;
-        const int res = std::stoi(s, &processed_chars);
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/output/output_adapters.hpp>
 
-        // check if the string was completely read
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(processed_chars != s.size()))
-        {
-            JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, "unresolved reference token '" + s + "'"));
-        }
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
 
-        return res;
-    }
 
-  private:
-    /*!
-    @brief remove and return last reference pointer
-    @throw out_of_range.405 if JSON pointer has no parent
-    */
-    std::string pop_back()
-    {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(is_root()))
-        {
-            JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(405, "JSON pointer has no parent"));
-        }
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+///////////////////
+// serialization //
+///////////////////
 
-        auto last = reference_tokens.back();
-        reference_tokens.pop_back();
-        return last;
-    }
+/// how to treat decoding errors
+enum class error_handler_t
+{
+    strict,  ///< throw a type_error exception in case of invalid UTF-8
+    replace, ///< replace invalid UTF-8 sequences with U+FFFD
+    ignore   ///< ignore invalid UTF-8 sequences
+};
 
-    /// return whether pointer points to the root document
-    bool is_root() const
-    {
-        return reference_tokens.empty();
-    }
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class serializer
+{
+    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
+    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
+    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
+    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
+    static constexpr std::uint8_t UTF8_ACCEPT = 0;
+    static constexpr std::uint8_t UTF8_REJECT = 1;
 
-    json_pointer top() const
-    {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(is_root()))
-        {
-            JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(405, "JSON pointer has no parent"));
-        }
+  public:
+    /*!
+    @param[in] s  output stream to serialize to
+    @param[in] ichar  indentation character to use
+    @param[in] error_handler_  how to react on decoding errors
+    */
+    serializer(output_adapter_t<char> s, const char ichar,
+               error_handler_t error_handler_ = error_handler_t::strict)
+        : o(std::move(s))
+        , loc(std::localeconv())
+        , thousands_sep(loc->thousands_sep == nullptr ? '\0' : * (loc->thousands_sep))
+        , decimal_point(loc->decimal_point == nullptr ? '\0' : * (loc->decimal_point))
+        , indent_char(ichar)
+        , indent_string(512, indent_char)
+        , error_handler(error_handler_)
+    {}
 
-        json_pointer result = *this;
-        result.reference_tokens = {reference_tokens[0]};
-        return result;
-    }
+    // delete because of pointer members
+    serializer(const serializer&) = delete;
+    serializer& operator=(const serializer&) = delete;
+    serializer(serializer&&) = delete;
+    serializer& operator=(serializer&&) = delete;
+    ~serializer() = default;
 
     /*!
-    @brief create and return a reference to the pointed to value
+    @brief internal implementation of the serialization function
 
-    @complexity Linear in the number of reference tokens.
+    This function is called by the public member function dump and organizes
+    the serialization internally. The indentation level is propagated as
+    additional parameter. In case of arrays and objects, the function is
+    called recursively.
 
-    @throw parse_error.109 if array index is not a number
-    @throw type_error.313 if value cannot be unflattened
+    - strings and object keys are escaped using `escape_string()`
+    - integer numbers are converted implicitly via `operator<<`
+    - floating-point numbers are converted to a string using `"%g"` format
+
+    @param[in] val             value to serialize
+    @param[in] pretty_print    whether the output shall be pretty-printed
+    @param[in] indent_step     the indent level
+    @param[in] current_indent  the current indent level (only used internally)
     */
-    BasicJsonType& get_and_create(BasicJsonType& j) const
+    void dump(const BasicJsonType& val, const bool pretty_print,
+              const bool ensure_ascii,
+              const unsigned int indent_step,
+              const unsigned int current_indent = 0)
     {
-        using size_type = typename BasicJsonType::size_type;
-        auto result = &j;
-
-        // in case no reference tokens exist, return a reference to the JSON value
-        // j which will be overwritten by a primitive value
-        for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
+        switch (val.m_type)
         {
-            switch (result->m_type)
+            case value_t::object:
             {
-                case detail::value_t::null:
+                if (val.m_value.object->empty())
                 {
-                    if (reference_token == "0")
+                    o->write_characters("{}", 2);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (pretty_print)
+                {
+                    o->write_characters("{\n", 2);
+
+                    // variable to hold indentation for recursive calls
+                    const auto new_indent = current_indent + indent_step;
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(indent_string.size() < new_indent))
                     {
-                        // start a new array if reference token is 0
-                        result = &result->operator[](0);
+                        indent_string.resize(indent_string.size() * 2, ' ');
                     }
-                    else
+
+                    // first n-1 elements
+                    auto i = val.m_value.object->cbegin();
+                    for (std::size_t cnt = 0; cnt < val.m_value.object->size() - 1; ++cnt, ++i)
                     {
-                        // start a new object otherwise
-                        result = &result->operator[](reference_token);
+                        o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
+                        o->write_character('\"');
+                        dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
+                        o->write_characters("\": ", 3);
+                        dump(i->second, true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
+                        o->write_characters(",\n", 2);
                     }
-                    break;
+
+                    // last element
+                    assert(i != val.m_value.object->cend());
+                    assert(std::next(i) == val.m_value.object->cend());
+                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
+                    o->write_character('\"');
+                    dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
+                    o->write_characters("\": ", 3);
+                    dump(i->second, true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
+
+                    o->write_character('\n');
+                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), current_indent);
+                    o->write_character('}');
                 }
+                else
+                {
+                    o->write_character('{');
 
-                case detail::value_t::object:
+                    // first n-1 elements
+                    auto i = val.m_value.object->cbegin();
+                    for (std::size_t cnt = 0; cnt < val.m_value.object->size() - 1; ++cnt, ++i)
+                    {
+                        o->write_character('\"');
+                        dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
+                        o->write_characters("\":", 2);
+                        dump(i->second, false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
+                        o->write_character(',');
+                    }
+
+                    // last element
+                    assert(i != val.m_value.object->cend());
+                    assert(std::next(i) == val.m_value.object->cend());
+                    o->write_character('\"');
+                    dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
+                    o->write_characters("\":", 2);
+                    dump(i->second, false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
+
+                    o->write_character('}');
+                }
+
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                if (val.m_value.array->empty())
                 {
-                    // create an entry in the object
-                    result = &result->operator[](reference_token);
-                    break;
+                    o->write_characters("[]", 2);
+                    return;
                 }
 
-                case detail::value_t::array:
+                if (pretty_print)
                 {
-                    // create an entry in the array
-                    JSON_TRY
+                    o->write_characters("[\n", 2);
+
+                    // variable to hold indentation for recursive calls
+                    const auto new_indent = current_indent + indent_step;
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(indent_string.size() < new_indent))
                     {
-                        result = &result->operator[](static_cast<size_type>(array_index(reference_token)));
+                        indent_string.resize(indent_string.size() * 2, ' ');
                     }
-                    JSON_CATCH(std::invalid_argument&)
+
+                    // first n-1 elements
+                    for (auto i = val.m_value.array->cbegin();
+                            i != val.m_value.array->cend() - 1; ++i)
                     {
-                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(109, 0, "array index '" + reference_token + "' is not a number"));
+                        o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
+                        dump(*i, true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
+                        o->write_characters(",\n", 2);
                     }
-                    break;
+
+                    // last element
+                    assert(not val.m_value.array->empty());
+                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
+                    dump(val.m_value.array->back(), true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
+
+                    o->write_character('\n');
+                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), current_indent);
+                    o->write_character(']');
                 }
+                else
+                {
+                    o->write_character('[');
 
-                /*
-                The following code is only reached if there exists a reference
-                token _and_ the current value is primitive. In this case, we have
-                an error situation, because primitive values may only occur as
-                single value; that is, with an empty list of reference tokens.
-                */
-                default:
-                    JSON_THROW(detail::type_error::create(313, "invalid value to unflatten"));
+                    // first n-1 elements
+                    for (auto i = val.m_value.array->cbegin();
+                            i != val.m_value.array->cend() - 1; ++i)
+                    {
+                        dump(*i, false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
+                        o->write_character(',');
+                    }
+
+                    // last element
+                    assert(not val.m_value.array->empty());
+                    dump(val.m_value.array->back(), false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
+
+                    o->write_character(']');
+                }
+
+                return;
             }
-        }
 
-        return *result;
-    }
+            case value_t::string:
+            {
+                o->write_character('\"');
+                dump_escaped(*val.m_value.string, ensure_ascii);
+                o->write_character('\"');
+                return;
+            }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief return a reference to the pointed to value
+            case value_t::boolean:
+            {
+                if (val.m_value.boolean)
+                {
+                    o->write_characters("true", 4);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    o->write_characters("false", 5);
+                }
+                return;
+            }
 
-    @note This version does not throw if a value is not present, but tries to
-          create nested values instead. For instance, calling this function
-          with pointer `"/this/that"` on a null value is equivalent to calling
-          `operator[]("this").operator[]("that")` on that value, effectively
-          changing the null value to an object.
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                dump_integer(val.m_value.number_integer);
+                return;
+            }
 
-    @param[in] ptr  a JSON value
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                dump_integer(val.m_value.number_unsigned);
+                return;
+            }
 
-    @return reference to the JSON value pointed to by the JSON pointer
+            case value_t::number_float:
+            {
+                dump_float(val.m_value.number_float);
+                return;
+            }
 
-    @complexity Linear in the length of the JSON pointer.
+            case value_t::discarded:
+            {
+                o->write_characters("<discarded>", 11);
+                return;
+            }
 
-    @throw parse_error.106   if an array index begins with '0'
-    @throw parse_error.109   if an array index was not a number
-    @throw out_of_range.404  if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
-    */
-    BasicJsonType& get_unchecked(BasicJsonType* ptr) const
-    {
-        using size_type = typename BasicJsonType::size_type;
-        for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
-        {
-            // convert null values to arrays or objects before continuing
-            if (ptr->m_type == detail::value_t::null)
+            case value_t::null:
             {
-                // check if reference token is a number
-                const bool nums =
-                    std::all_of(reference_token.begin(), reference_token.end(),
-                                [](const char x)
-                {
-                    return (x >= '0' and x <= '9');
-                });
+                o->write_characters("null", 4);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            default:            // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+                assert(false);  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+        }
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /*!
+    @brief dump escaped string
+
+    Escape a string by replacing certain special characters by a sequence of an
+    escape character (backslash) and another character and other control
+    characters by a sequence of "\u" followed by a four-digit hex
+    representation. The escaped string is written to output stream @a o.
+
+    @param[in] s  the string to escape
+    @param[in] ensure_ascii  whether to escape non-ASCII characters with
+                             \uXXXX sequences
 
-                // change value to array for numbers or "-" or to object otherwise
-                *ptr = (nums or reference_token == "-")
-                       ? detail::value_t::array
-                       : detail::value_t::object;
-            }
+    @complexity Linear in the length of string @a s.
+    */
+    void dump_escaped(const string_t& s, const bool ensure_ascii)
+    {
+        std::uint32_t codepoint;
+        std::uint8_t state = UTF8_ACCEPT;
+        std::size_t bytes = 0;  // number of bytes written to string_buffer
 
-            switch (ptr->m_type)
-            {
-                case detail::value_t::object:
-                {
-                    // use unchecked object access
-                    ptr = &ptr->operator[](reference_token);
-                    break;
-                }
+        // number of bytes written at the point of the last valid byte
+        std::size_t bytes_after_last_accept = 0;
+        std::size_t undumped_chars = 0;
 
-                case detail::value_t::array:
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < s.size(); ++i)
+        {
+            const auto byte = static_cast<uint8_t>(s[i]);
+
+            switch (decode(state, codepoint, byte))
+            {
+                case UTF8_ACCEPT:  // decode found a new code point
                 {
-                    // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0'))
+                    switch (codepoint)
                     {
-                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(106, 0,
-                                                               "array index '" + reference_token +
-                                                               "' must not begin with '0'"));
-                    }
+                        case 0x08: // backspace
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'b';
+                            break;
+                        }
 
-                    if (reference_token == "-")
-                    {
-                        // explicitly treat "-" as index beyond the end
-                        ptr = &ptr->operator[](ptr->m_value.array->size());
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        // convert array index to number; unchecked access
-                        JSON_TRY
+                        case 0x09: // horizontal tab
                         {
-                            ptr = &ptr->operator[](
-                                static_cast<size_type>(array_index(reference_token)));
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 't';
+                            break;
                         }
-                        JSON_CATCH(std::invalid_argument&)
+
+                        case 0x0A: // newline
                         {
-                            JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(109, 0, "array index '" + reference_token + "' is not a number"));
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'n';
+                            break;
                         }
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
 
-                default:
-                    JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, "unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'"));
-            }
-        }
+                        case 0x0C: // formfeed
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'f';
+                            break;
+                        }
 
-        return *ptr;
-    }
+                        case 0x0D: // carriage return
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'r';
+                            break;
+                        }
 
-    /*!
-    @throw parse_error.106   if an array index begins with '0'
-    @throw parse_error.109   if an array index was not a number
-    @throw out_of_range.402  if the array index '-' is used
-    @throw out_of_range.404  if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
-    */
-    BasicJsonType& get_checked(BasicJsonType* ptr) const
-    {
-        using size_type = typename BasicJsonType::size_type;
-        for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
-        {
-            switch (ptr->m_type)
-            {
-                case detail::value_t::object:
-                {
-                    // note: at performs range check
-                    ptr = &ptr->at(reference_token);
-                    break;
-                }
+                        case 0x22: // quotation mark
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\"';
+                            break;
+                        }
 
-                case detail::value_t::array:
-                {
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token == "-"))
-                    {
-                        // "-" always fails the range check
-                        JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(402,
-                                                                "array index '-' (" + std::to_string(ptr->m_value.array->size()) +
-                                                                ") is out of range"));
-                    }
+                        case 0x5C: // reverse solidus
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            break;
+                        }
 
-                    // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0'))
-                    {
-                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(106, 0,
-                                                               "array index '" + reference_token +
-                                                               "' must not begin with '0'"));
+                        default:
+                        {
+                            // escape control characters (0x00..0x1F) or, if
+                            // ensure_ascii parameter is used, non-ASCII characters
+                            if ((codepoint <= 0x1F) or (ensure_ascii and (codepoint >= 0x7F)))
+                            {
+                                if (codepoint <= 0xFFFF)
+                                {
+                                    (std::snprintf)(string_buffer.data() + bytes, 7, "\\u%04x",
+                                                    static_cast<std::uint16_t>(codepoint));
+                                    bytes += 6;
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    (std::snprintf)(string_buffer.data() + bytes, 13, "\\u%04x\\u%04x",
+                                                    static_cast<std::uint16_t>(0xD7C0u + (codepoint >> 10u)),
+                                                    static_cast<std::uint16_t>(0xDC00u + (codepoint & 0x3FFu)));
+                                    bytes += 12;
+                                }
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                // copy byte to buffer (all previous bytes
+                                // been copied have in default case above)
+                                string_buffer[bytes++] = s[i];
+                            }
+                            break;
+                        }
                     }
 
-                    // note: at performs range check
-                    JSON_TRY
-                    {
-                        ptr = &ptr->at(static_cast<size_type>(array_index(reference_token)));
-                    }
-                    JSON_CATCH(std::invalid_argument&)
+                    // write buffer and reset index; there must be 13 bytes
+                    // left, as this is the maximal number of bytes to be
+                    // written ("\uxxxx\uxxxx\0") for one code point
+                    if (string_buffer.size() - bytes < 13)
                     {
-                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(109, 0, "array index '" + reference_token + "' is not a number"));
+                        o->write_characters(string_buffer.data(), bytes);
+                        bytes = 0;
                     }
+
+                    // remember the byte position of this accept
+                    bytes_after_last_accept = bytes;
+                    undumped_chars = 0;
                     break;
                 }
 
-                default:
-                    JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, "unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'"));
-            }
-        }
+                case UTF8_REJECT:  // decode found invalid UTF-8 byte
+                {
+                    switch (error_handler)
+                    {
+                        case error_handler_t::strict:
+                        {
+                            std::string sn(3, '\0');
+                            (std::snprintf)(&sn[0], sn.size(), "%.2X", byte);
+                            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(316, "invalid UTF-8 byte at index " + std::to_string(i) + ": 0x" + sn));
+                        }
 
-        return *ptr;
-    }
+                        case error_handler_t::ignore:
+                        case error_handler_t::replace:
+                        {
+                            // in case we saw this character the first time, we
+                            // would like to read it again, because the byte
+                            // may be OK for itself, but just not OK for the
+                            // previous sequence
+                            if (undumped_chars > 0)
+                            {
+                                --i;
+                            }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief return a const reference to the pointed to value
+                            // reset length buffer to the last accepted index;
+                            // thus removing/ignoring the invalid characters
+                            bytes = bytes_after_last_accept;
 
-    @param[in] ptr  a JSON value
+                            if (error_handler == error_handler_t::replace)
+                            {
+                                // add a replacement character
+                                if (ensure_ascii)
+                                {
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = 'u';
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = 'f';
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = 'f';
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = 'f';
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = 'd';
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = detail::binary_writer<BasicJsonType, char>::to_char_type('\xEF');
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = detail::binary_writer<BasicJsonType, char>::to_char_type('\xBF');
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = detail::binary_writer<BasicJsonType, char>::to_char_type('\xBD');
+                                }
 
-    @return const reference to the JSON value pointed to by the JSON
-    pointer
+                                // write buffer and reset index; there must be 13 bytes
+                                // left, as this is the maximal number of bytes to be
+                                // written ("\uxxxx\uxxxx\0") for one code point
+                                if (string_buffer.size() - bytes < 13)
+                                {
+                                    o->write_characters(string_buffer.data(), bytes);
+                                    bytes = 0;
+                                }
 
-    @throw parse_error.106   if an array index begins with '0'
-    @throw parse_error.109   if an array index was not a number
-    @throw out_of_range.402  if the array index '-' is used
-    @throw out_of_range.404  if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
-    */
-    const BasicJsonType& get_unchecked(const BasicJsonType* ptr) const
-    {
-        using size_type = typename BasicJsonType::size_type;
-        for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
-        {
-            switch (ptr->m_type)
-            {
-                case detail::value_t::object:
-                {
-                    // use unchecked object access
-                    ptr = &ptr->operator[](reference_token);
-                    break;
-                }
+                                bytes_after_last_accept = bytes;
+                            }
 
-                case detail::value_t::array:
-                {
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token == "-"))
-                    {
-                        // "-" cannot be used for const access
-                        JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(402,
-                                                                "array index '-' (" + std::to_string(ptr->m_value.array->size()) +
-                                                                ") is out of range"));
-                    }
+                            undumped_chars = 0;
 
-                    // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0'))
-                    {
-                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(106, 0,
-                                                               "array index '" + reference_token +
-                                                               "' must not begin with '0'"));
-                    }
+                            // continue processing the string
+                            state = UTF8_ACCEPT;
+                            break;
+                        }
 
-                    // use unchecked array access
-                    JSON_TRY
-                    {
-                        ptr = &ptr->operator[](
-                            static_cast<size_type>(array_index(reference_token)));
+                        default:            // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+                            assert(false);  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
                     }
-                    JSON_CATCH(std::invalid_argument&)
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                default:  // decode found yet incomplete multi-byte code point
+                {
+                    if (not ensure_ascii)
                     {
-                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(109, 0, "array index '" + reference_token + "' is not a number"));
+                        // code point will not be escaped - copy byte to buffer
+                        string_buffer[bytes++] = s[i];
                     }
+                    ++undumped_chars;
                     break;
                 }
+            }
+        }
 
-                default:
-                    JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, "unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'"));
+        // we finished processing the string
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(state == UTF8_ACCEPT))
+        {
+            // write buffer
+            if (bytes > 0)
+            {
+                o->write_characters(string_buffer.data(), bytes);
             }
         }
-
-        return *ptr;
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @throw parse_error.106   if an array index begins with '0'
-    @throw parse_error.109   if an array index was not a number
-    @throw out_of_range.402  if the array index '-' is used
-    @throw out_of_range.404  if the JSON pointer can not be resolved
-    */
-    const BasicJsonType& get_checked(const BasicJsonType* ptr) const
-    {
-        using size_type = typename BasicJsonType::size_type;
-        for (const auto& reference_token : reference_tokens)
+        else
         {
-            switch (ptr->m_type)
+            // we finish reading, but do not accept: string was incomplete
+            switch (error_handler)
             {
-                case detail::value_t::object:
+                case error_handler_t::strict:
                 {
-                    // note: at performs range check
-                    ptr = &ptr->at(reference_token);
-                    break;
+                    std::string sn(3, '\0');
+                    (std::snprintf)(&sn[0], sn.size(), "%.2X", static_cast<std::uint8_t>(s.back()));
+                    JSON_THROW(type_error::create(316, "incomplete UTF-8 string; last byte: 0x" + sn));
                 }
 
-                case detail::value_t::array:
+                case error_handler_t::ignore:
                 {
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token == "-"))
-                    {
-                        // "-" always fails the range check
-                        JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(402,
-                                                                "array index '-' (" + std::to_string(ptr->m_value.array->size()) +
-                                                                ") is out of range"));
-                    }
-
-                    // error condition (cf. RFC 6901, Sect. 4)
-                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_token.size() > 1 and reference_token[0] == '0'))
-                    {
-                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(106, 0,
-                                                               "array index '" + reference_token +
-                                                               "' must not begin with '0'"));
-                    }
+                    // write all accepted bytes
+                    o->write_characters(string_buffer.data(), bytes_after_last_accept);
+                    break;
+                }
 
-                    // note: at performs range check
-                    JSON_TRY
+                case error_handler_t::replace:
+                {
+                    // write all accepted bytes
+                    o->write_characters(string_buffer.data(), bytes_after_last_accept);
+                    // add a replacement character
+                    if (ensure_ascii)
                     {
-                        ptr = &ptr->at(static_cast<size_type>(array_index(reference_token)));
+                        o->write_characters("\\ufffd", 6);
                     }
-                    JSON_CATCH(std::invalid_argument&)
+                    else
                     {
-                        JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(109, 0, "array index '" + reference_token + "' is not a number"));
+                        o->write_characters("\xEF\xBF\xBD", 3);
                     }
                     break;
                 }
 
-                default:
-                    JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, "unresolved reference token '" + reference_token + "'"));
+                default:            // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+                    assert(false);  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
             }
         }
-
-        return *ptr;
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief split the string input to reference tokens
+    @brief count digits
 
-    @note This function is only called by the json_pointer constructor.
-          All exceptions below are documented there.
+    Count the number of decimal (base 10) digits for an input unsigned integer.
 
-    @throw parse_error.107  if the pointer is not empty or begins with '/'
-    @throw parse_error.108  if character '~' is not followed by '0' or '1'
+    @param[in] x  unsigned integer number to count its digits
+    @return    number of decimal digits
     */
-    static std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string& reference_string)
+    inline unsigned int count_digits(number_unsigned_t x) noexcept
     {
-        std::vector<std::string> result;
-
-        // special case: empty reference string -> no reference tokens
-        if (reference_string.empty())
+        unsigned int n_digits = 1;
+        for (;;)
         {
-            return result;
+            if (x < 10)
+            {
+                return n_digits;
+            }
+            if (x < 100)
+            {
+                return n_digits + 1;
+            }
+            if (x < 1000)
+            {
+                return n_digits + 2;
+            }
+            if (x < 10000)
+            {
+                return n_digits + 3;
+            }
+            x = x / 10000u;
+            n_digits += 4;
         }
+    }
 
-        // check if nonempty reference string begins with slash
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(reference_string[0] != '/'))
-        {
-            JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(107, 1,
-                                                   "JSON pointer must be empty or begin with '/' - was: '" +
-                                                   reference_string + "'"));
-        }
+    /*!
+    @brief dump an integer
 
-        // extract the reference tokens:
-        // - slash: position of the last read slash (or end of string)
-        // - start: position after the previous slash
-        for (
-            // search for the first slash after the first character
-            std::size_t slash = reference_string.find_first_of('/', 1),
-            // set the beginning of the first reference token
-            start = 1;
-            // we can stop if start == string::npos+1 = 0
-            start != 0;
-            // set the beginning of the next reference token
-            // (will eventually be 0 if slash == std::string::npos)
-            start = slash + 1,
-            // find next slash
-            slash = reference_string.find_first_of('/', start))
-        {
-            // use the text between the beginning of the reference token
-            // (start) and the last slash (slash).
-            auto reference_token = reference_string.substr(start, slash - start);
+    Dump a given integer to output stream @a o. Works internally with
+    @a number_buffer.
 
-            // check reference tokens are properly escaped
-            for (std::size_t pos = reference_token.find_first_of('~');
-                    pos != std::string::npos;
-                    pos = reference_token.find_first_of('~', pos + 1))
+    @param[in] x  integer number (signed or unsigned) to dump
+    @tparam NumberType either @a number_integer_t or @a number_unsigned_t
+    */
+    template<typename NumberType, detail::enable_if_t<
+                 std::is_same<NumberType, number_unsigned_t>::value or
+                 std::is_same<NumberType, number_integer_t>::value,
+                 int> = 0>
+    void dump_integer(NumberType x)
+    {
+        static constexpr std::array<std::array<char, 2>, 100> digits_to_99
+        {
             {
-                assert(reference_token[pos] == '~');
-
-                // ~ must be followed by 0 or 1
-                if (JSON_UNLIKELY(pos == reference_token.size() - 1 or
-                                  (reference_token[pos + 1] != '0' and
-                                   reference_token[pos + 1] != '1')))
-                {
-                    JSON_THROW(detail::parse_error::create(108, 0, "escape character '~' must be followed with '0' or '1'"));
-                }
+                {{'0', '0'}}, {{'0', '1'}}, {{'0', '2'}}, {{'0', '3'}}, {{'0', '4'}}, {{'0', '5'}}, {{'0', '6'}}, {{'0', '7'}}, {{'0', '8'}}, {{'0', '9'}},
+                {{'1', '0'}}, {{'1', '1'}}, {{'1', '2'}}, {{'1', '3'}}, {{'1', '4'}}, {{'1', '5'}}, {{'1', '6'}}, {{'1', '7'}}, {{'1', '8'}}, {{'1', '9'}},
+                {{'2', '0'}}, {{'2', '1'}}, {{'2', '2'}}, {{'2', '3'}}, {{'2', '4'}}, {{'2', '5'}}, {{'2', '6'}}, {{'2', '7'}}, {{'2', '8'}}, {{'2', '9'}},
+                {{'3', '0'}}, {{'3', '1'}}, {{'3', '2'}}, {{'3', '3'}}, {{'3', '4'}}, {{'3', '5'}}, {{'3', '6'}}, {{'3', '7'}}, {{'3', '8'}}, {{'3', '9'}},
+                {{'4', '0'}}, {{'4', '1'}}, {{'4', '2'}}, {{'4', '3'}}, {{'4', '4'}}, {{'4', '5'}}, {{'4', '6'}}, {{'4', '7'}}, {{'4', '8'}}, {{'4', '9'}},
+                {{'5', '0'}}, {{'5', '1'}}, {{'5', '2'}}, {{'5', '3'}}, {{'5', '4'}}, {{'5', '5'}}, {{'5', '6'}}, {{'5', '7'}}, {{'5', '8'}}, {{'5', '9'}},
+                {{'6', '0'}}, {{'6', '1'}}, {{'6', '2'}}, {{'6', '3'}}, {{'6', '4'}}, {{'6', '5'}}, {{'6', '6'}}, {{'6', '7'}}, {{'6', '8'}}, {{'6', '9'}},
+                {{'7', '0'}}, {{'7', '1'}}, {{'7', '2'}}, {{'7', '3'}}, {{'7', '4'}}, {{'7', '5'}}, {{'7', '6'}}, {{'7', '7'}}, {{'7', '8'}}, {{'7', '9'}},
+                {{'8', '0'}}, {{'8', '1'}}, {{'8', '2'}}, {{'8', '3'}}, {{'8', '4'}}, {{'8', '5'}}, {{'8', '6'}}, {{'8', '7'}}, {{'8', '8'}}, {{'8', '9'}},
+                {{'9', '0'}}, {{'9', '1'}}, {{'9', '2'}}, {{'9', '3'}}, {{'9', '4'}}, {{'9', '5'}}, {{'9', '6'}}, {{'9', '7'}}, {{'9', '8'}}, {{'9', '9'}},
             }
+        };
 
-            // finally, store the reference token
-            unescape(reference_token);
-            result.push_back(reference_token);
+        // special case for "0"
+        if (x == 0)
+        {
+            o->write_character('0');
+            return;
         }
 
-        return result;
-    }
+        // use a pointer to fill the buffer
+        auto buffer_ptr = number_buffer.begin();
 
-    /*!
-    @brief replace all occurrences of a substring by another string
+        const bool is_negative = std::is_same<NumberType, number_integer_t>::value and not(x >= 0); // see issue #755
+        number_unsigned_t abs_value;
 
-    @param[in,out] s  the string to manipulate; changed so that all
-                   occurrences of @a f are replaced with @a t
-    @param[in]     f  the substring to replace with @a t
-    @param[in]     t  the string to replace @a f
+        unsigned int n_chars;
 
-    @pre The search string @a f must not be empty. **This precondition is
-    enforced with an assertion.**
+        if (is_negative)
+        {
+            *buffer_ptr = '-';
+            abs_value = static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(std::abs(static_cast<std::intmax_t>(x)));
 
-    @since version 2.0.0
-    */
-    static void replace_substring(std::string& s, const std::string& f,
-                                  const std::string& t)
-    {
-        assert(not f.empty());
-        for (auto pos = s.find(f);                // find first occurrence of f
-                pos != std::string::npos;         // make sure f was found
-                s.replace(pos, f.size(), t),      // replace with t, and
-                pos = s.find(f, pos + t.size()))  // find next occurrence of f
-        {}
-    }
+            // account one more byte for the minus sign
+            n_chars = 1 + count_digits(abs_value);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            abs_value = static_cast<number_unsigned_t>(x);
+            n_chars = count_digits(abs_value);
+        }
 
-    /// escape "~"" to "~0" and "/" to "~1"
-    static std::string escape(std::string s)
-    {
-        replace_substring(s, "~", "~0");
-        replace_substring(s, "/", "~1");
-        return s;
-    }
+        // spare 1 byte for '\0'
+        assert(n_chars < number_buffer.size() - 1);
 
-    /// unescape "~1" to tilde and "~0" to slash (order is important!)
-    static void unescape(std::string& s)
-    {
-        replace_substring(s, "~1", "/");
-        replace_substring(s, "~0", "~");
+        // jump to the end to generate the string from backward
+        // so we later avoid reversing the result
+        buffer_ptr += n_chars;
+
+        // Fast int2ascii implementation inspired by "Fastware" talk by Andrei Alexandrescu
+        // See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4-CwDo2zpg
+        while (abs_value >= 100)
+        {
+            const auto digits_index = static_cast<unsigned>((abs_value % 100));
+            abs_value /= 100;
+            *(--buffer_ptr) = digits_to_99[digits_index][1];
+            *(--buffer_ptr) = digits_to_99[digits_index][0];
+        }
+
+        if (abs_value >= 10)
+        {
+            const auto digits_index = static_cast<unsigned>(abs_value);
+            *(--buffer_ptr) = digits_to_99[digits_index][1];
+            *(--buffer_ptr) = digits_to_99[digits_index][0];
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            *(--buffer_ptr) = static_cast<char>('0' + abs_value);
+        }
+
+        o->write_characters(number_buffer.data(), n_chars);
     }
 
     /*!
-    @param[in] reference_string  the reference string to the current value
-    @param[in] value             the value to consider
-    @param[in,out] result        the result object to insert values to
+    @brief dump a floating-point number
 
-    @note Empty objects or arrays are flattened to `null`.
+    Dump a given floating-point number to output stream @a o. Works internally
+    with @a number_buffer.
+
+    @param[in] x  floating-point number to dump
     */
-    static void flatten(const std::string& reference_string,
-                        const BasicJsonType& value,
-                        BasicJsonType& result)
+    void dump_float(number_float_t x)
     {
-        switch (value.m_type)
+        // NaN / inf
+        if (not std::isfinite(x))
         {
-            case detail::value_t::array:
-            {
-                if (value.m_value.array->empty())
-                {
-                    // flatten empty array as null
-                    result[reference_string] = nullptr;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    // iterate array and use index as reference string
-                    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < value.m_value.array->size(); ++i)
-                    {
-                        flatten(reference_string + "/" + std::to_string(i),
-                                value.m_value.array->operator[](i), result);
-                    }
-                }
-                break;
-            }
+            o->write_characters("null", 4);
+            return;
+        }
 
-            case detail::value_t::object:
-            {
-                if (value.m_value.object->empty())
-                {
-                    // flatten empty object as null
-                    result[reference_string] = nullptr;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    // iterate object and use keys as reference string
-                    for (const auto& element : *value.m_value.object)
-                    {
-                        flatten(reference_string + "/" + escape(element.first), element.second, result);
-                    }
-                }
-                break;
-            }
+        // If number_float_t is an IEEE-754 single or double precision number,
+        // use the Grisu2 algorithm to produce short numbers which are
+        // guaranteed to round-trip, using strtof and strtod, resp.
+        //
+        // NB: The test below works if <long double> == <double>.
+        static constexpr bool is_ieee_single_or_double
+            = (std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::is_iec559 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::digits == 24 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent == 128) or
+              (std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::is_iec559 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::digits == 53 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent == 1024);
 
-            default:
-            {
-                // add primitive value with its reference string
-                result[reference_string] = value;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
+        dump_float(x, std::integral_constant<bool, is_ieee_single_or_double>());
+    }
+
+    void dump_float(number_float_t x, std::true_type /*is_ieee_single_or_double*/)
+    {
+        char* begin = number_buffer.data();
+        char* end = ::nlohmann::detail::to_chars(begin, begin + number_buffer.size(), x);
+
+        o->write_characters(begin, static_cast<size_t>(end - begin));
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @param[in] value  flattened JSON
+    void dump_float(number_float_t x, std::false_type /*is_ieee_single_or_double*/)
+    {
+        // get number of digits for a float -> text -> float round-trip
+        static constexpr auto d = std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_digits10;
 
-    @return unflattened JSON
+        // the actual conversion
+        std::ptrdiff_t len = (std::snprintf)(number_buffer.data(), number_buffer.size(), "%.*g", d, x);
 
-    @throw parse_error.109 if array index is not a number
-    @throw type_error.314  if value is not an object
-    @throw type_error.315  if object values are not primitive
-    @throw type_error.313  if value cannot be unflattened
-    */
-    static BasicJsonType
-    unflatten(const BasicJsonType& value)
-    {
-        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not value.is_object()))
+        // negative value indicates an error
+        assert(len > 0);
+        // check if buffer was large enough
+        assert(static_cast<std::size_t>(len) < number_buffer.size());
+
+        // erase thousands separator
+        if (thousands_sep != '\0')
         {
-            JSON_THROW(detail::type_error::create(314, "only objects can be unflattened"));
+            const auto end = std::remove(number_buffer.begin(),
+                                         number_buffer.begin() + len, thousands_sep);
+            std::fill(end, number_buffer.end(), '\0');
+            assert((end - number_buffer.begin()) <= len);
+            len = (end - number_buffer.begin());
         }
 
-        BasicJsonType result;
-
-        // iterate the JSON object values
-        for (const auto& element : *value.m_value.object)
+        // convert decimal point to '.'
+        if (decimal_point != '\0' and decimal_point != '.')
         {
-            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not element.second.is_primitive()))
+            const auto dec_pos = std::find(number_buffer.begin(), number_buffer.end(), decimal_point);
+            if (dec_pos != number_buffer.end())
             {
-                JSON_THROW(detail::type_error::create(315, "values in object must be primitive"));
+                *dec_pos = '.';
             }
-
-            // assign value to reference pointed to by JSON pointer; Note that if
-            // the JSON pointer is "" (i.e., points to the whole value), function
-            // get_and_create returns a reference to result itself. An assignment
-            // will then create a primitive value.
-            json_pointer(element.first).get_and_create(result) = element.second;
         }
 
-        return result;
-    }
+        o->write_characters(number_buffer.data(), static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
 
-    friend bool operator==(json_pointer const& lhs,
-                           json_pointer const& rhs) noexcept
-    {
-        return (lhs.reference_tokens == rhs.reference_tokens);
-    }
+        // determine if need to append ".0"
+        const bool value_is_int_like =
+            std::none_of(number_buffer.begin(), number_buffer.begin() + len + 1,
+                         [](char c)
+        {
+            return c == '.' or c == 'e';
+        });
 
-    friend bool operator!=(json_pointer const& lhs,
-                           json_pointer const& rhs) noexcept
-    {
-        return not (lhs == rhs);
+        if (value_is_int_like)
+        {
+            o->write_characters(".0", 2);
+        }
     }
 
-    /// the reference tokens
-    std::vector<std::string> reference_tokens;
-};
-}
+    /*!
+    @brief check whether a string is UTF-8 encoded
 
-// #include <nlohmann/adl_serializer.hpp>
+    The function checks each byte of a string whether it is UTF-8 encoded. The
+    result of the check is stored in the @a state parameter. The function must
+    be called initially with state 0 (accept). State 1 means the string must
+    be rejected, because the current byte is not allowed. If the string is
+    completely processed, but the state is non-zero, the string ended
+    prematurely; that is, the last byte indicated more bytes should have
+    followed.
 
+    @param[in,out] state  the state of the decoding
+    @param[in,out] codep  codepoint (valid only if resulting state is UTF8_ACCEPT)
+    @param[in] byte       next byte to decode
+    @return               new state
 
-#include <utility>
+    @note The function has been edited: a std::array is used.
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp>
+    @copyright Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Bjoern Hoehrmann <bjoern@hoehrmann.de>
+    @sa http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de/utf-8/decoder/dfa/
+    */
+    static std::uint8_t decode(std::uint8_t& state, std::uint32_t& codep, const std::uint8_t byte) noexcept
+    {
+        static const std::array<std::uint8_t, 400> utf8d =
+        {
+            {
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 00..1F
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 20..3F
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 40..5F
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 60..7F
+                1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, // 80..9F
+                7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, // A0..BF
+                8, 8, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, // C0..DF
+                0xA, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x4, 0x3, 0x3, // E0..EF
+                0xB, 0x6, 0x6, 0x6, 0x5, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, // F0..FF
+                0x0, 0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x5, 0x8, 0x7, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x4, 0x6, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, // s0..s0
+                1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, // s1..s2
+                1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, // s3..s4
+                1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, // s5..s6
+                1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 // s7..s8
+            }
+        };
 
-// #include <nlohmann/detail/conversions/to_json.hpp>
+        const std::uint8_t type = utf8d[byte];
 
+        codep = (state != UTF8_ACCEPT)
+                ? (byte & 0x3fu) | (codep << 6u)
+                : (0xFFu >> type) & (byte);
 
-namespace nlohmann
-{
-template<typename, typename>
-struct adl_serializer
-{
-    /*!
-    @brief convert a JSON value to any value type
+        state = utf8d[256u + state * 16u + type];
+        return state;
+    }
 
-    This function is usually called by the `get()` function of the
-    @ref basic_json class (either explicit or via conversion operators).
+  private:
+    /// the output of the serializer
+    output_adapter_t<char> o = nullptr;
 
-    @param[in] j         JSON value to read from
-    @param[in,out] val  value to write to
-    */
-    template<typename BasicJsonType, typename ValueType>
-    static auto from_json(BasicJsonType&& j, ValueType& val) noexcept(
-        noexcept(::nlohmann::from_json(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), val))) -> decltype(
-            ::nlohmann::from_json(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), val), void()
-        )
-    {
-        ::nlohmann::from_json(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), val);
-    }
+    /// a (hopefully) large enough character buffer
+    std::array<char, 64> number_buffer{{}};
 
-    /*!
-    @brief convert any value type to a JSON value
+    /// the locale
+    const std::lconv* loc = nullptr;
+    /// the locale's thousand separator character
+    const char thousands_sep = '\0';
+    /// the locale's decimal point character
+    const char decimal_point = '\0';
 
-    This function is usually called by the constructors of the @ref basic_json
-    class.
+    /// string buffer
+    std::array<char, 512> string_buffer{{}};
 
-    @param[in,out] j  JSON value to write to
-    @param[in] val     value to read from
-    */
-    template <typename BasicJsonType, typename ValueType>
-    static auto to_json(BasicJsonType& j, ValueType&& val) noexcept(
-        noexcept(::nlohmann::to_json(j, std::forward<ValueType>(val))))
-    -> decltype(::nlohmann::to_json(j, std::forward<ValueType>(val)),
-                void())
-    {
-        ::nlohmann::to_json(j, std::forward<ValueType>(val));
-    }
+    /// the indentation character
+    const char indent_char;
+    /// the indentation string
+    string_t indent_string;
+
+    /// error_handler how to react on decoding errors
+    const error_handler_t error_handler;
 };
-}
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
+
+// #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
+
+// #include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
 
 
 /*!
@@ -11281,6 +12975,8 @@ class basic_json
     using json_pointer = ::nlohmann::json_pointer<basic_json>;
     template<typename T, typename SFINAE>
     using json_serializer = JSONSerializer<T, SFINAE>;
+    /// how to treat decoding errors
+    using error_handler_t = detail::error_handler_t;
     /// helper type for initializer lists of basic_json values
     using initializer_list_t = std::initializer_list<detail::json_ref<basic_json>>;
 
@@ -11388,6 +13084,7 @@ class basic_json
 
     @since 2.1.0
     */
+    JSON_NODISCARD
     static basic_json meta()
     {
         basic_json result;
@@ -12020,7 +13717,7 @@ class basic_json
                     object = nullptr;  // silence warning, see #821
                     if (JSON_UNLIKELY(t == value_t::null))
                     {
-                        JSON_THROW(other_error::create(500, "961c151d2e87f2686a955a9be24d316f1362bf21 3.2.0")); // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+                        JSON_THROW(other_error::create(500, "961c151d2e87f2686a955a9be24d316f1362bf21 3.6.1")); // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
                     }
                     break;
                 }
@@ -12393,6 +14090,8 @@ class basic_json
             case value_t::discarded:
                 m_type = value_t::discarded;
                 break;
+            default:            // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+                assert(false);  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
         }
         assert_invariant();
     }
@@ -12480,7 +14179,7 @@ class basic_json
         bool is_an_object = std::all_of(init.begin(), init.end(),
                                         [](const detail::json_ref<basic_json>& element_ref)
         {
-            return (element_ref->is_array() and element_ref->size() == 2 and (*element_ref)[0].is_string());
+            return element_ref->is_array() and element_ref->size() == 2 and (*element_ref)[0].is_string();
         });
 
         // adjust type if type deduction is not wanted
@@ -12560,6 +14259,7 @@ class basic_json
 
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
+    JSON_NODISCARD
     static basic_json array(initializer_list_t init = {})
     {
         return basic_json(init, false, value_t::array);
@@ -12603,6 +14303,7 @@ class basic_json
 
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
+    JSON_NODISCARD
     static basic_json object(initializer_list_t init = {})
     {
         return basic_json(init, false, value_t::object);
@@ -12939,7 +14640,7 @@ class basic_json
 
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
-    reference& operator=(basic_json other) noexcept (
+    basic_json& operator=(basic_json other) noexcept (
         std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<value_t>::value and
         std::is_nothrow_move_assignable<value_t>::value and
         std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<json_value>::value and
@@ -13005,6 +14706,10 @@ class basic_json
     @param[in] ensure_ascii If @a ensure_ascii is true, all non-ASCII characters
     in the output are escaped with `\uXXXX` sequences, and the result consists
     of ASCII characters only.
+    @param[in] error_handler  how to react on decoding errors; there are three
+    possible values: `strict` (throws and exception in case a decoding error
+    occurs; default), `replace` (replace invalid UTF-8 sequences with U+FFFD),
+    and `ignore` (ignore invalid UTF-8 sequences during serialization).
 
     @return string containing the serialization of the JSON value
 
@@ -13023,13 +14728,16 @@ class basic_json
     @see https://docs.python.org/2/library/json.html#json.dump
 
     @since version 1.0.0; indentation character @a indent_char, option
-           @a ensure_ascii and exceptions added in version 3.0.0
+           @a ensure_ascii and exceptions added in version 3.0.0; error
+           handlers added in version 3.4.0.
     */
-    string_t dump(const int indent = -1, const char indent_char = ' ',
-                  const bool ensure_ascii = false) const
+    string_t dump(const int indent = -1,
+                  const char indent_char = ' ',
+                  const bool ensure_ascii = false,
+                  const error_handler_t error_handler = error_handler_t::strict) const
     {
         string_t result;
-        serializer s(detail::output_adapter<char, string_t>(result), indent_char);
+        serializer s(detail::output_adapter<char, string_t>(result), indent_char, error_handler);
 
         if (indent >= 0)
         {
@@ -13156,7 +14864,7 @@ class basic_json
     */
     constexpr bool is_null() const noexcept
     {
-        return (m_type == value_t::null);
+        return m_type == value_t::null;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -13178,7 +14886,7 @@ class basic_json
     */
     constexpr bool is_boolean() const noexcept
     {
-        return (m_type == value_t::boolean);
+        return m_type == value_t::boolean;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -13237,7 +14945,7 @@ class basic_json
     */
     constexpr bool is_number_integer() const noexcept
     {
-        return (m_type == value_t::number_integer or m_type == value_t::number_unsigned);
+        return m_type == value_t::number_integer or m_type == value_t::number_unsigned;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -13265,7 +14973,7 @@ class basic_json
     */
     constexpr bool is_number_unsigned() const noexcept
     {
-        return (m_type == value_t::number_unsigned);
+        return m_type == value_t::number_unsigned;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -13293,7 +15001,7 @@ class basic_json
     */
     constexpr bool is_number_float() const noexcept
     {
-        return (m_type == value_t::number_float);
+        return m_type == value_t::number_float;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -13315,7 +15023,7 @@ class basic_json
     */
     constexpr bool is_object() const noexcept
     {
-        return (m_type == value_t::object);
+        return m_type == value_t::object;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -13337,7 +15045,7 @@ class basic_json
     */
     constexpr bool is_array() const noexcept
     {
-        return (m_type == value_t::array);
+        return m_type == value_t::array;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -13359,7 +15067,7 @@ class basic_json
     */
     constexpr bool is_string() const noexcept
     {
-        return (m_type == value_t::string);
+        return m_type == value_t::string;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -13386,7 +15094,7 @@ class basic_json
     */
     constexpr bool is_discarded() const noexcept
     {
-        return (m_type == value_t::discarded);
+        return m_type == value_t::discarded;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -13697,17 +15405,64 @@ class basic_json
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief get a pointer value (explicit)
+    @brief get a value (explicit)
 
-    Explicit pointer access to the internally stored JSON value. No copies are
+    Explicit type conversion between the JSON value and a compatible value.
+    The value is filled into the input parameter by calling the @ref json_serializer<ValueType>
+    `from_json()` method.
+
+    The function is equivalent to executing
+    @code {.cpp}
+    ValueType v;
+    JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(*this, v);
+    @endcode
+
+    This overloads is chosen if:
+    - @a ValueType is not @ref basic_json,
+    - @ref json_serializer<ValueType> has a `from_json()` method of the form
+      `void from_json(const basic_json&, ValueType&)`, and
+
+    @tparam ValueType the input parameter type.
+
+    @return the input parameter, allowing chaining calls.
+
+    @throw what @ref json_serializer<ValueType> `from_json()` method throws
+
+    @liveexample{The example below shows several conversions from JSON values
+    to other types. There a few things to note: (1) Floating-point numbers can
+    be converted to integers\, (2) A JSON array can be converted to a standard
+    `std::vector<short>`\, (3) A JSON object can be converted to C++
+    associative containers such as `std::unordered_map<std::string\,
+    json>`.,get_to}
+
+    @since version 3.3.0
+    */
+    template<typename ValueType,
+             detail::enable_if_t <
+                 not detail::is_basic_json<ValueType>::value and
+                 detail::has_from_json<basic_json_t, ValueType>::value,
+                 int> = 0>
+    ValueType & get_to(ValueType& v) const noexcept(noexcept(
+                JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(std::declval<const basic_json_t&>(), v)))
+    {
+        JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(*this, v);
+        return v;
+    }
+
+
+    /*!
+    @brief get a pointer value (implicit)
+
+    Implicit pointer access to the internally stored JSON value. No copies are
     made.
 
-    @warning The pointer becomes invalid if the underlying JSON object
-    changes.
+    @warning Writing data to the pointee of the result yields an undefined
+    state.
 
     @tparam PointerType pointer type; must be a pointer to @ref array_t, @ref
     object_t, @ref string_t, @ref boolean_t, @ref number_integer_t,
-    @ref number_unsigned_t, or @ref number_float_t.
+    @ref number_unsigned_t, or @ref number_float_t. Enforced by a static
+    assertion.
 
     @return pointer to the internally stored JSON value if the requested
     pointer type @a PointerType fits to the JSON value; `nullptr` otherwise
@@ -13717,45 +15472,43 @@ class basic_json
     @liveexample{The example below shows how pointers to internal values of a
     JSON value can be requested. Note that no type conversions are made and a
     `nullptr` is returned if the value and the requested pointer type does not
-    match.,get__PointerType}
-
-    @sa @ref get_ptr() for explicit pointer-member access
+    match.,get_ptr}
 
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
     template<typename PointerType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_pointer<PointerType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    PointerType get() noexcept
+    auto get_ptr() noexcept -> decltype(std::declval<basic_json_t&>().get_impl_ptr(std::declval<PointerType>()))
     {
-        // delegate the call to get_ptr
-        return get_ptr<PointerType>();
+        // delegate the call to get_impl_ptr<>()
+        return get_impl_ptr(static_cast<PointerType>(nullptr));
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief get a pointer value (explicit)
-    @copydoc get()
+    @brief get a pointer value (implicit)
+    @copydoc get_ptr()
     */
     template<typename PointerType, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_pointer<PointerType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    constexpr const PointerType get() const noexcept
+                 std::is_pointer<PointerType>::value and
+                 std::is_const<typename std::remove_pointer<PointerType>::type>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    constexpr auto get_ptr() const noexcept -> decltype(std::declval<const basic_json_t&>().get_impl_ptr(std::declval<PointerType>()))
     {
-        // delegate the call to get_ptr
-        return get_ptr<PointerType>();
+        // delegate the call to get_impl_ptr<>() const
+        return get_impl_ptr(static_cast<PointerType>(nullptr));
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief get a pointer value (implicit)
+    @brief get a pointer value (explicit)
 
-    Implicit pointer access to the internally stored JSON value. No copies are
+    Explicit pointer access to the internally stored JSON value. No copies are
     made.
 
-    @warning Writing data to the pointee of the result yields an undefined
-    state.
+    @warning The pointer becomes invalid if the underlying JSON object
+    changes.
 
     @tparam PointerType pointer type; must be a pointer to @ref array_t, @ref
     object_t, @ref string_t, @ref boolean_t, @ref number_integer_t,
-    @ref number_unsigned_t, or @ref number_float_t. Enforced by a static
-    assertion.
+    @ref number_unsigned_t, or @ref number_float_t.
 
     @return pointer to the internally stored JSON value if the requested
     pointer type @a PointerType fits to the JSON value; `nullptr` otherwise
@@ -13765,59 +15518,30 @@ class basic_json
     @liveexample{The example below shows how pointers to internal values of a
     JSON value can be requested. Note that no type conversions are made and a
     `nullptr` is returned if the value and the requested pointer type does not
-    match.,get_ptr}
+    match.,get__PointerType}
+
+    @sa @ref get_ptr() for explicit pointer-member access
 
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
     template<typename PointerType, typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_pointer<PointerType>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    PointerType get_ptr() noexcept
+    auto get() noexcept -> decltype(std::declval<basic_json_t&>().template get_ptr<PointerType>())
     {
-        // get the type of the PointerType (remove pointer and const)
-        using pointee_t = typename std::remove_const<typename
-                          std::remove_pointer<typename
-                          std::remove_const<PointerType>::type>::type>::type;
-        // make sure the type matches the allowed types
-        static_assert(
-            std::is_same<object_t, pointee_t>::value
-            or std::is_same<array_t, pointee_t>::value
-            or std::is_same<string_t, pointee_t>::value
-            or std::is_same<boolean_t, pointee_t>::value
-            or std::is_same<number_integer_t, pointee_t>::value
-            or std::is_same<number_unsigned_t, pointee_t>::value
-            or std::is_same<number_float_t, pointee_t>::value
-            , "incompatible pointer type");
-
-        // delegate the call to get_impl_ptr<>()
-        return get_impl_ptr(static_cast<PointerType>(nullptr));
+        // delegate the call to get_ptr
+        return get_ptr<PointerType>();
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief get a pointer value (implicit)
-    @copydoc get_ptr()
+    @brief get a pointer value (explicit)
+    @copydoc get()
     */
     template<typename PointerType, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_pointer<PointerType>::value and
-                 std::is_const<typename std::remove_pointer<PointerType>::type>::value, int>::type = 0>
-    constexpr const PointerType get_ptr() const noexcept
+                 std::is_pointer<PointerType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    constexpr auto get() const noexcept -> decltype(std::declval<const basic_json_t&>().template get_ptr<PointerType>())
     {
-        // get the type of the PointerType (remove pointer and const)
-        using pointee_t = typename std::remove_const<typename
-                          std::remove_pointer<typename
-                          std::remove_const<PointerType>::type>::type>::type;
-        // make sure the type matches the allowed types
-        static_assert(
-            std::is_same<object_t, pointee_t>::value
-            or std::is_same<array_t, pointee_t>::value
-            or std::is_same<string_t, pointee_t>::value
-            or std::is_same<boolean_t, pointee_t>::value
-            or std::is_same<number_integer_t, pointee_t>::value
-            or std::is_same<number_unsigned_t, pointee_t>::value
-            or std::is_same<number_float_t, pointee_t>::value
-            , "incompatible pointer type");
-
-        // delegate the call to get_impl_ptr<>() const
-        return get_impl_ptr(static_cast<PointerType>(nullptr));
+        // delegate the call to get_ptr
+        return get_ptr<PointerType>();
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -13901,12 +15625,14 @@ class basic_json
                    not std::is_same<ValueType, detail::json_ref<basic_json>>::value and
                    not std::is_same<ValueType, typename string_t::value_type>::value and
                    not detail::is_basic_json<ValueType>::value
+
 #ifndef _MSC_VER  // fix for issue #167 operator<< ambiguity under VS2015
                    and not std::is_same<ValueType, std::initializer_list<typename string_t::value_type>>::value
-#if defined(JSON_HAS_CPP_17) && defined(_MSC_VER) and _MSC_VER <= 1914
+#if defined(JSON_HAS_CPP_17) && (defined(__GNUC__) || (defined(_MSC_VER) and _MSC_VER <= 1914))
                    and not std::is_same<ValueType, typename std::string_view>::value
 #endif
 #endif
+                   and detail::is_detected<detail::get_template_function, const basic_json_t&, ValueType>::value
                    , int >::type = 0 >
     operator ValueType() const
     {
@@ -14451,7 +16177,7 @@ class basic_json
 
     /*!
     @brief overload for a default value of type const char*
-    @copydoc basic_json::value(const typename object_t::key_type&, ValueType) const
+    @copydoc basic_json::value(const typename object_t::key_type&, const ValueType&) const
     */
     string_t value(const typename object_t::key_type& key, const char* default_value) const
     {
@@ -14940,6 +16666,8 @@ class basic_json
 
     @liveexample{The example shows how `find()` is used.,find__key_type}
 
+    @sa @ref contains(KeyT&&) const -- checks whether a key exists
+
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
     template<typename KeyT>
@@ -15000,6 +16728,36 @@ class basic_json
         return is_object() ? m_value.object->count(std::forward<KeyT>(key)) : 0;
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief check the existence of an element in a JSON object
+
+    Check whether an element exists in a JSON object with key equivalent to
+    @a key. If the element is not found or the JSON value is not an object,
+    false is returned.
+
+    @note This method always returns false when executed on a JSON type
+          that is not an object.
+
+    @param[in] key key value to check its existence.
+
+    @return true if an element with specified @a key exists. If no such
+    element with such key is found or the JSON value is not an object,
+    false is returned.
+
+    @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the JSON object.
+
+    @liveexample{The following code shows an example for `contains()`.,contains}
+
+    @sa @ref find(KeyT&&) -- returns an iterator to an object element
+
+    @since version 3.6.0
+    */
+    template<typename KeyT>
+    bool contains(KeyT&& key) const
+    {
+        return is_object() and m_value.object->find(std::forward<KeyT>(key)) != m_value.object->end();
+    }
+
     /// @}
 
 
@@ -15386,9 +17144,20 @@ class basic_json
     Range-based for loop with `items()` function:
 
     @code{cpp}
-    for (auto it : j_object.items())
+    for (auto& el : j_object.items())
     {
-        std::cout << "key: " << it.key() << ", value:" << it.value() << '\n';
+        std::cout << "key: " << el.key() << ", value:" << el.value() << '\n';
+    }
+    @endcode
+
+    The `items()` function also allows to use
+    [structured bindings](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/structured_binding)
+    (C++17):
+
+    @code{cpp}
+    for (auto& [key, val] : j_object.items())
+    {
+        std::cout << "key: " << key << ", value:" << val << '\n';
     }
     @endcode
 
@@ -15406,7 +17175,7 @@ class basic_json
 
     @complexity Constant.
 
-    @since version 3.1.0.
+    @since version 3.1.0, structured bindings support since 3.5.0.
     */
     iteration_proxy<iterator> items() noexcept
     {
@@ -15773,7 +17542,8 @@ class basic_json
 
         // add element to array (move semantics)
         m_value.array->push_back(std::move(val));
-        // invalidate object
+        // invalidate object: mark it null so we do not call the destructor
+        // cppcheck-suppress accessMoved
         val.m_type = value_t::null;
     }
 
@@ -16016,6 +17786,26 @@ class basic_json
         return {it, res.second};
     }
 
+    /// Helper for insertion of an iterator
+    /// @note: This uses std::distance to support GCC 4.8,
+    ///        see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/1257
+    template<typename... Args>
+    iterator insert_iterator(const_iterator pos, Args&& ... args)
+    {
+        iterator result(this);
+        assert(m_value.array != nullptr);
+
+        auto insert_pos = std::distance(m_value.array->begin(), pos.m_it.array_iterator);
+        m_value.array->insert(pos.m_it.array_iterator, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+        result.m_it.array_iterator = m_value.array->begin() + insert_pos;
+
+        // This could have been written as:
+        // result.m_it.array_iterator = m_value.array->insert(pos.m_it.array_iterator, cnt, val);
+        // but the return value of insert is missing in GCC 4.8, so it is written this way instead.
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
     /*!
     @brief inserts element
 
@@ -16050,9 +17840,7 @@ class basic_json
             }
 
             // insert to array and return iterator
-            iterator result(this);
-            result.m_it.array_iterator = m_value.array->insert(pos.m_it.array_iterator, val);
-            return result;
+            return insert_iterator(pos, val);
         }
 
         JSON_THROW(type_error::create(309, "cannot use insert() with " + std::string(type_name())));
@@ -16103,9 +17891,7 @@ class basic_json
             }
 
             // insert to array and return iterator
-            iterator result(this);
-            result.m_it.array_iterator = m_value.array->insert(pos.m_it.array_iterator, cnt, val);
-            return result;
+            return insert_iterator(pos, cnt, val);
         }
 
         JSON_THROW(type_error::create(309, "cannot use insert() with " + std::string(type_name())));
@@ -16167,12 +17953,7 @@ class basic_json
         }
 
         // insert to array and return iterator
-        iterator result(this);
-        result.m_it.array_iterator = m_value.array->insert(
-                                         pos.m_it.array_iterator,
-                                         first.m_it.array_iterator,
-                                         last.m_it.array_iterator);
-        return result;
+        return insert_iterator(pos, first.m_it.array_iterator, last.m_it.array_iterator);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -16214,9 +17995,7 @@ class basic_json
         }
 
         // insert to array and return iterator
-        iterator result(this);
-        result.m_it.array_iterator = m_value.array->insert(pos.m_it.array_iterator, ilist.begin(), ilist.end());
-        return result;
+        return insert_iterator(pos, ilist.begin(), ilist.end());
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -16556,28 +18335,28 @@ class basic_json
             switch (lhs_type)
             {
                 case value_t::array:
-                    return (*lhs.m_value.array == *rhs.m_value.array);
+                    return *lhs.m_value.array == *rhs.m_value.array;
 
                 case value_t::object:
-                    return (*lhs.m_value.object == *rhs.m_value.object);
+                    return *lhs.m_value.object == *rhs.m_value.object;
 
                 case value_t::null:
                     return true;
 
                 case value_t::string:
-                    return (*lhs.m_value.string == *rhs.m_value.string);
+                    return *lhs.m_value.string == *rhs.m_value.string;
 
                 case value_t::boolean:
-                    return (lhs.m_value.boolean == rhs.m_value.boolean);
+                    return lhs.m_value.boolean == rhs.m_value.boolean;
 
                 case value_t::number_integer:
-                    return (lhs.m_value.number_integer == rhs.m_value.number_integer);
+                    return lhs.m_value.number_integer == rhs.m_value.number_integer;
 
                 case value_t::number_unsigned:
-                    return (lhs.m_value.number_unsigned == rhs.m_value.number_unsigned);
+                    return lhs.m_value.number_unsigned == rhs.m_value.number_unsigned;
 
                 case value_t::number_float:
-                    return (lhs.m_value.number_float == rhs.m_value.number_float);
+                    return lhs.m_value.number_float == rhs.m_value.number_float;
 
                 default:
                     return false;
@@ -16585,27 +18364,27 @@ class basic_json
         }
         else if (lhs_type == value_t::number_integer and rhs_type == value_t::number_float)
         {
-            return (static_cast<number_float_t>(lhs.m_value.number_integer) == rhs.m_value.number_float);
+            return static_cast<number_float_t>(lhs.m_value.number_integer) == rhs.m_value.number_float;
         }
         else if (lhs_type == value_t::number_float and rhs_type == value_t::number_integer)
         {
-            return (lhs.m_value.number_float == static_cast<number_float_t>(rhs.m_value.number_integer));
+            return lhs.m_value.number_float == static_cast<number_float_t>(rhs.m_value.number_integer);
         }
         else if (lhs_type == value_t::number_unsigned and rhs_type == value_t::number_float)
         {
-            return (static_cast<number_float_t>(lhs.m_value.number_unsigned) == rhs.m_value.number_float);
+            return static_cast<number_float_t>(lhs.m_value.number_unsigned) == rhs.m_value.number_float;
         }
         else if (lhs_type == value_t::number_float and rhs_type == value_t::number_unsigned)
         {
-            return (lhs.m_value.number_float == static_cast<number_float_t>(rhs.m_value.number_unsigned));
+            return lhs.m_value.number_float == static_cast<number_float_t>(rhs.m_value.number_unsigned);
         }
         else if (lhs_type == value_t::number_unsigned and rhs_type == value_t::number_integer)
         {
-            return (static_cast<number_integer_t>(lhs.m_value.number_unsigned) == rhs.m_value.number_integer);
+            return static_cast<number_integer_t>(lhs.m_value.number_unsigned) == rhs.m_value.number_integer;
         }
         else if (lhs_type == value_t::number_integer and rhs_type == value_t::number_unsigned)
         {
-            return (lhs.m_value.number_integer == static_cast<number_integer_t>(rhs.m_value.number_unsigned));
+            return lhs.m_value.number_integer == static_cast<number_integer_t>(rhs.m_value.number_unsigned);
         }
 
         return false;
@@ -16619,7 +18398,7 @@ class basic_json
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
     friend bool operator==(const_reference lhs, const ScalarType rhs) noexcept
     {
-        return (lhs == basic_json(rhs));
+        return lhs == basic_json(rhs);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -16630,7 +18409,7 @@ class basic_json
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
     friend bool operator==(const ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept
     {
-        return (basic_json(lhs) == rhs);
+        return basic_json(lhs) == rhs;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -16664,7 +18443,7 @@ class basic_json
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
     friend bool operator!=(const_reference lhs, const ScalarType rhs) noexcept
     {
-        return (lhs != basic_json(rhs));
+        return lhs != basic_json(rhs);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -16675,7 +18454,7 @@ class basic_json
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
     friend bool operator!=(const ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept
     {
-        return (basic_json(lhs) != rhs);
+        return basic_json(lhs) != rhs;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -16714,6 +18493,8 @@ class basic_json
             switch (lhs_type)
             {
                 case value_t::array:
+                    // note parentheses are necessary, see
+                    // https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/1530
                     return (*lhs.m_value.array) < (*rhs.m_value.array);
 
                 case value_t::object:
@@ -16780,7 +18561,7 @@ class basic_json
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
     friend bool operator<(const_reference lhs, const ScalarType rhs) noexcept
     {
-        return (lhs < basic_json(rhs));
+        return lhs < basic_json(rhs);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -16791,7 +18572,7 @@ class basic_json
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
     friend bool operator<(const ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept
     {
-        return (basic_json(lhs) < rhs);
+        return basic_json(lhs) < rhs;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -16826,7 +18607,7 @@ class basic_json
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
     friend bool operator<=(const_reference lhs, const ScalarType rhs) noexcept
     {
-        return (lhs <= basic_json(rhs));
+        return lhs <= basic_json(rhs);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -16837,7 +18618,7 @@ class basic_json
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
     friend bool operator<=(const ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept
     {
-        return (basic_json(lhs) <= rhs);
+        return basic_json(lhs) <= rhs;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -16872,7 +18653,7 @@ class basic_json
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
     friend bool operator>(const_reference lhs, const ScalarType rhs) noexcept
     {
-        return (lhs > basic_json(rhs));
+        return lhs > basic_json(rhs);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -16883,7 +18664,7 @@ class basic_json
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
     friend bool operator>(const ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept
     {
-        return (basic_json(lhs) > rhs);
+        return basic_json(lhs) > rhs;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -16918,7 +18699,7 @@ class basic_json
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
     friend bool operator>=(const_reference lhs, const ScalarType rhs) noexcept
     {
-        return (lhs >= basic_json(rhs));
+        return lhs >= basic_json(rhs);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -16929,7 +18710,7 @@ class basic_json
                  std::is_scalar<ScalarType>::value, int>::type = 0>
     friend bool operator>=(const ScalarType lhs, const_reference rhs) noexcept
     {
-        return (basic_json(lhs) >= rhs);
+        return basic_json(lhs) >= rhs;
     }
 
     /// @}
@@ -16975,8 +18756,8 @@ class basic_json
     friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const basic_json& j)
     {
         // read width member and use it as indentation parameter if nonzero
-        const bool pretty_print = (o.width() > 0);
-        const auto indentation = (pretty_print ? o.width() : 0);
+        const bool pretty_print = o.width() > 0;
+        const auto indentation = pretty_print ? o.width() : 0;
 
         // reset width to 0 for subsequent calls to this stream
         o.width(0);
@@ -17032,9 +18813,6 @@ class basic_json
     @pre The container storage is contiguous. Violating this precondition
     yields undefined behavior. **This precondition is enforced with an
     assertion.**
-    @pre Each element of the container has a size of 1 byte. Violating this
-    precondition yields undefined behavior. **This precondition is enforced
-    with a static assertion.**
 
     @warning There is no way to enforce all preconditions at compile-time. If
              the function is called with a noncompliant container and with
@@ -17045,8 +18823,12 @@ class basic_json
     @param[in] cb  a parser callback function of type @ref parser_callback_t
     which is used to control the deserialization by filtering unwanted values
     (optional)
+    @param[in] allow_exceptions  whether to throw exceptions in case of a
+    parse error (optional, true by default)
 
-    @return result of the deserialization
+    @return deserialized JSON value; in case of a parse error and
+            @a allow_exceptions set to `false`, the return value will be
+            value_t::discarded.
 
     @throw parse_error.101 if a parse error occurs; example: `""unexpected end
     of input; expected string literal""`
@@ -17073,6 +18855,7 @@ class basic_json
 
     @since version 2.0.3 (contiguous containers)
     */
+    JSON_NODISCARD
     static basic_json parse(detail::input_adapter&& i,
                             const parser_callback_t cb = nullptr,
                             const bool allow_exceptions = true)
@@ -17110,9 +18893,6 @@ class basic_json
     @pre The container storage is contiguous. Violating this precondition
     yields undefined behavior. **This precondition is enforced with an
     assertion.**
-    @pre Each element of the container has a size of 1 byte. Violating this
-    precondition yields undefined behavior. **This precondition is enforced
-    with a static assertion.**
 
     @warning There is no way to enforce all preconditions at compile-time. If
              the function is called with a noncompliant container and with
@@ -17149,13 +18929,9 @@ class basic_json
                           const bool strict = true)
     {
         assert(sax);
-        switch (format)
-        {
-            case input_format_t::json:
-                return parser(std::move(i)).sax_parse(sax, strict);
-            default:
-                return detail::binary_reader<basic_json, SAX>(std::move(i)).sax_parse(format, sax, strict);
-        }
+        return format == input_format_t::json
+               ? parser(std::move(i)).sax_parse(sax, strict)
+               : detail::binary_reader<basic_json, SAX>(std::move(i)).sax_parse(format, sax, strict);
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -17188,7 +18964,9 @@ class basic_json
     @param[in] allow_exceptions  whether to throw exceptions in case of a
     parse error (optional, true by default)
 
-    @return result of the deserialization
+    @return deserialized JSON value; in case of a parse error and
+            @a allow_exceptions set to `false`, the return value will be
+            value_t::discarded.
 
     @throw parse_error.101 in case of an unexpected token
     @throw parse_error.102 if to_unicode fails or surrogate error
@@ -17440,7 +19218,7 @@ class basic_json
     vector in CBOR format.,to_cbor}
 
     @sa http://cbor.io
-    @sa @ref from_cbor(detail::input_adapter, const bool strict) for the
+    @sa @ref from_cbor(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool) for the
         analogous deserialization
     @sa @ref to_msgpack(const basic_json&) for the related MessagePack format
     @sa @ref to_ubjson(const basic_json&, const bool, const bool) for the
@@ -17537,8 +19315,7 @@ class basic_json
     vector in MessagePack format.,to_msgpack}
 
     @sa http://msgpack.org
-    @sa @ref from_msgpack(const std::vector<uint8_t>&, const size_t) for the
-        analogous deserialization
+    @sa @ref from_msgpack for the analogous deserialization
     @sa @ref to_cbor(const basic_json& for the related CBOR format
     @sa @ref to_ubjson(const basic_json&, const bool, const bool) for the
              related UBJSON format
@@ -17635,7 +19412,7 @@ class basic_json
     vector in UBJSON format.,to_ubjson}
 
     @sa http://ubjson.org
-    @sa @ref from_ubjson(detail::input_adapter, const bool strict) for the
+    @sa @ref from_ubjson(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool) for the
         analogous deserialization
     @sa @ref to_cbor(const basic_json& for the related CBOR format
     @sa @ref to_msgpack(const basic_json&) for the related MessagePack format
@@ -17663,6 +19440,91 @@ class basic_json
         binary_writer<char>(o).write_ubjson(j, use_size, use_type);
     }
 
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Serializes the given JSON object `j` to BSON and returns a vector
+           containing the corresponding BSON-representation.
+
+    BSON (Binary JSON) is a binary format in which zero or more ordered key/value pairs are
+    stored as a single entity (a so-called document).
+
+    The library uses the following mapping from JSON values types to BSON types:
+
+    JSON value type | value/range                       | BSON type   | marker
+    --------------- | --------------------------------- | ----------- | ------
+    null            | `null`                            | null        | 0x0A
+    boolean         | `true`, `false`                   | boolean     | 0x08
+    number_integer  | -9223372036854775808..-2147483649 | int64       | 0x12
+    number_integer  | -2147483648..2147483647           | int32       | 0x10
+    number_integer  | 2147483648..9223372036854775807   | int64       | 0x12
+    number_unsigned | 0..2147483647                     | int32       | 0x10
+    number_unsigned | 2147483648..9223372036854775807   | int64       | 0x12
+    number_unsigned | 9223372036854775808..18446744073709551615| --   | --
+    number_float    | *any value*                       | double      | 0x01
+    string          | *any value*                       | string      | 0x02
+    array           | *any value*                       | document    | 0x04
+    object          | *any value*                       | document    | 0x03
+
+    @warning The mapping is **incomplete**, since only JSON-objects (and things
+    contained therein) can be serialized to BSON.
+    Also, integers larger than 9223372036854775807 cannot be serialized to BSON,
+    and the keys may not contain U+0000, since they are serialized a
+    zero-terminated c-strings.
+
+    @throw out_of_range.407  if `j.is_number_unsigned() && j.get<std::uint64_t>() > 9223372036854775807`
+    @throw out_of_range.409  if a key in `j` contains a NULL (U+0000)
+    @throw type_error.317    if `!j.is_object()`
+
+    @pre The input `j` is required to be an object: `j.is_object() == true`.
+
+    @note Any BSON output created via @ref to_bson can be successfully parsed
+          by @ref from_bson.
+
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @return BSON serialization as byte vector
+
+    @complexity Linear in the size of the JSON value @a j.
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows the serialization of a JSON value to a byte
+    vector in BSON format.,to_bson}
+
+    @sa http://bsonspec.org/spec.html
+    @sa @ref from_bson(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool strict) for the
+        analogous deserialization
+    @sa @ref to_ubjson(const basic_json&, const bool, const bool) for the
+             related UBJSON format
+    @sa @ref to_cbor(const basic_json&) for the related CBOR format
+    @sa @ref to_msgpack(const basic_json&) for the related MessagePack format
+    */
+    static std::vector<uint8_t> to_bson(const basic_json& j)
+    {
+        std::vector<uint8_t> result;
+        to_bson(j, result);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Serializes the given JSON object `j` to BSON and forwards the
+           corresponding BSON-representation to the given output_adapter `o`.
+    @param j The JSON object to convert to BSON.
+    @param o The output adapter that receives the binary BSON representation.
+    @pre The input `j` shall be an object: `j.is_object() == true`
+    @sa @ref to_bson(const basic_json&)
+    */
+    static void to_bson(const basic_json& j, detail::output_adapter<uint8_t> o)
+    {
+        binary_writer<uint8_t>(o).write_bson(j);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @copydoc to_bson(const basic_json&, detail::output_adapter<uint8_t>)
+    */
+    static void to_bson(const basic_json& j, detail::output_adapter<char> o)
+    {
+        binary_writer<char>(o).write_bson(j);
+    }
+
+
     /*!
     @brief create a JSON value from an input in CBOR format
 
@@ -17704,7 +19566,7 @@ class basic_json
     map                    | object          | 0xBF
     False                  | `false`         | 0xF4
     True                   | `true`          | 0xF5
-    Nill                   | `null`          | 0xF6
+    Null                   | `null`          | 0xF6
     Half-Precision Float   | number_float    | 0xF9
     Single-Precision Float | number_float    | 0xFA
     Double-Precision Float | number_float    | 0xFB
@@ -17735,7 +19597,9 @@ class basic_json
     @param[in] allow_exceptions  whether to throw exceptions in case of a
     parse error (optional, true by default)
 
-    @return deserialized JSON value
+    @return deserialized JSON value; in case of a parse error and
+            @a allow_exceptions set to `false`, the return value will be
+            value_t::discarded.
 
     @throw parse_error.110 if the given input ends prematurely or the end of
     file was not reached when @a strict was set to true
@@ -17750,16 +19614,17 @@ class basic_json
 
     @sa http://cbor.io
     @sa @ref to_cbor(const basic_json&) for the analogous serialization
-    @sa @ref from_msgpack(detail::input_adapter, const bool, const bool) for the
+    @sa @ref from_msgpack(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool) for the
         related MessagePack format
-    @sa @ref from_ubjson(detail::input_adapter, const bool, const bool) for the
+    @sa @ref from_ubjson(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool) for the
         related UBJSON format
 
     @since version 2.0.9; parameter @a start_index since 2.1.1; changed to
            consume input adapters, removed start_index parameter, and added
-           @a strict parameter since 3.0.0; added @allow_exceptions parameter
+           @a strict parameter since 3.0.0; added @a allow_exceptions parameter
            since 3.2.0
     */
+    JSON_NODISCARD
     static basic_json from_cbor(detail::input_adapter&& i,
                                 const bool strict = true,
                                 const bool allow_exceptions = true)
@@ -17771,10 +19636,11 @@ class basic_json
     }
 
     /*!
-    @copydoc from_cbor(detail::input_adapter, const bool, const bool)
+    @copydoc from_cbor(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool)
     */
     template<typename A1, typename A2,
              detail::enable_if_t<std::is_constructible<detail::input_adapter, A1, A2>::value, int> = 0>
+    JSON_NODISCARD
     static basic_json from_cbor(A1 && a1, A2 && a2,
                                 const bool strict = true,
                                 const bool allow_exceptions = true)
@@ -17838,7 +19704,9 @@ class basic_json
     @param[in] allow_exceptions  whether to throw exceptions in case of a
     parse error (optional, true by default)
 
-    @return deserialized JSON value
+    @return deserialized JSON value; in case of a parse error and
+            @a allow_exceptions set to `false`, the return value will be
+            value_t::discarded.
 
     @throw parse_error.110 if the given input ends prematurely or the end of
     file was not reached when @a strict was set to true
@@ -17853,16 +19721,19 @@ class basic_json
 
     @sa http://msgpack.org
     @sa @ref to_msgpack(const basic_json&) for the analogous serialization
-    @sa @ref from_cbor(detail::input_adapter, const bool, const bool) for the
+    @sa @ref from_cbor(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool) for the
         related CBOR format
-    @sa @ref from_ubjson(detail::input_adapter, const bool, const bool) for
+    @sa @ref from_ubjson(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool) for
         the related UBJSON format
+    @sa @ref from_bson(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool) for
+        the related BSON format
 
     @since version 2.0.9; parameter @a start_index since 2.1.1; changed to
            consume input adapters, removed start_index parameter, and added
-           @a strict parameter since 3.0.0; added @allow_exceptions parameter
+           @a strict parameter since 3.0.0; added @a allow_exceptions parameter
            since 3.2.0
     */
+    JSON_NODISCARD
     static basic_json from_msgpack(detail::input_adapter&& i,
                                    const bool strict = true,
                                    const bool allow_exceptions = true)
@@ -17874,10 +19745,11 @@ class basic_json
     }
 
     /*!
-    @copydoc from_msgpack(detail::input_adapter, const bool, const bool)
+    @copydoc from_msgpack(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool)
     */
     template<typename A1, typename A2,
              detail::enable_if_t<std::is_constructible<detail::input_adapter, A1, A2>::value, int> = 0>
+    JSON_NODISCARD
     static basic_json from_msgpack(A1 && a1, A2 && a2,
                                    const bool strict = true,
                                    const bool allow_exceptions = true)
@@ -17923,7 +19795,9 @@ class basic_json
     @param[in] allow_exceptions  whether to throw exceptions in case of a
     parse error (optional, true by default)
 
-    @return deserialized JSON value
+    @return deserialized JSON value; in case of a parse error and
+            @a allow_exceptions set to `false`, the return value will be
+            value_t::discarded.
 
     @throw parse_error.110 if the given input ends prematurely or the end of
     file was not reached when @a strict was set to true
@@ -17938,13 +19812,16 @@ class basic_json
     @sa http://ubjson.org
     @sa @ref to_ubjson(const basic_json&, const bool, const bool) for the
              analogous serialization
-    @sa @ref from_cbor(detail::input_adapter, const bool, const bool) for the
+    @sa @ref from_cbor(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool) for the
         related CBOR format
-    @sa @ref from_msgpack(detail::input_adapter, const bool, const bool) for
+    @sa @ref from_msgpack(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool) for
         the related MessagePack format
+    @sa @ref from_bson(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool) for
+        the related BSON format
 
-    @since version 3.1.0; added @allow_exceptions parameter since 3.2.0
+    @since version 3.1.0; added @a allow_exceptions parameter since 3.2.0
     */
+    JSON_NODISCARD
     static basic_json from_ubjson(detail::input_adapter&& i,
                                   const bool strict = true,
                                   const bool allow_exceptions = true)
@@ -17956,10 +19833,11 @@ class basic_json
     }
 
     /*!
-    @copydoc from_ubjson(detail::input_adapter, const bool, const bool)
+    @copydoc from_ubjson(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool)
     */
     template<typename A1, typename A2,
              detail::enable_if_t<std::is_constructible<detail::input_adapter, A1, A2>::value, int> = 0>
+    JSON_NODISCARD
     static basic_json from_ubjson(A1 && a1, A2 && a2,
                                   const bool strict = true,
                                   const bool allow_exceptions = true)
@@ -17970,6 +19848,95 @@ class basic_json
         return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief Create a JSON value from an input in BSON format
+
+    Deserializes a given input @a i to a JSON value using the BSON (Binary JSON)
+    serialization format.
+
+    The library maps BSON record types to JSON value types as follows:
+
+    BSON type       | BSON marker byte | JSON value type
+    --------------- | ---------------- | ---------------------------
+    double          | 0x01             | number_float
+    string          | 0x02             | string
+    document        | 0x03             | object
+    array           | 0x04             | array
+    binary          | 0x05             | still unsupported
+    undefined       | 0x06             | still unsupported
+    ObjectId        | 0x07             | still unsupported
+    boolean         | 0x08             | boolean
+    UTC Date-Time   | 0x09             | still unsupported
+    null            | 0x0A             | null
+    Regular Expr.   | 0x0B             | still unsupported
+    DB Pointer      | 0x0C             | still unsupported
+    JavaScript Code | 0x0D             | still unsupported
+    Symbol          | 0x0E             | still unsupported
+    JavaScript Code | 0x0F             | still unsupported
+    int32           | 0x10             | number_integer
+    Timestamp       | 0x11             | still unsupported
+    128-bit decimal float | 0x13       | still unsupported
+    Max Key         | 0x7F             | still unsupported
+    Min Key         | 0xFF             | still unsupported
+
+    @warning The mapping is **incomplete**. The unsupported mappings
+             are indicated in the table above.
+
+    @param[in] i  an input in BSON format convertible to an input adapter
+    @param[in] strict  whether to expect the input to be consumed until EOF
+                       (true by default)
+    @param[in] allow_exceptions  whether to throw exceptions in case of a
+    parse error (optional, true by default)
+
+    @return deserialized JSON value; in case of a parse error and
+            @a allow_exceptions set to `false`, the return value will be
+            value_t::discarded.
+
+    @throw parse_error.114 if an unsupported BSON record type is encountered
+
+    @complexity Linear in the size of the input @a i.
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows the deserialization of a byte vector in
+    BSON format to a JSON value.,from_bson}
+
+    @sa http://bsonspec.org/spec.html
+    @sa @ref to_bson(const basic_json&) for the analogous serialization
+    @sa @ref from_cbor(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool) for the
+        related CBOR format
+    @sa @ref from_msgpack(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool) for
+        the related MessagePack format
+    @sa @ref from_ubjson(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool) for the
+        related UBJSON format
+    */
+    JSON_NODISCARD
+    static basic_json from_bson(detail::input_adapter&& i,
+                                const bool strict = true,
+                                const bool allow_exceptions = true)
+    {
+        basic_json result;
+        detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
+        const bool res = binary_reader(detail::input_adapter(i)).sax_parse(input_format_t::bson, &sdp, strict);
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @copydoc from_bson(detail::input_adapter&&, const bool, const bool)
+    */
+    template<typename A1, typename A2,
+             detail::enable_if_t<std::is_constructible<detail::input_adapter, A1, A2>::value, int> = 0>
+    JSON_NODISCARD
+    static basic_json from_bson(A1 && a1, A2 && a2,
+                                const bool strict = true,
+                                const bool allow_exceptions = true)
+    {
+        basic_json result;
+        detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
+        const bool res = binary_reader(detail::input_adapter(std::forward<A1>(a1), std::forward<A2>(a2))).sax_parse(input_format_t::bson, &sdp, strict);
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
+    }
+
+
+
     /// @}
 
     //////////////////////////
@@ -18293,65 +20260,59 @@ class basic_json
         const auto operation_add = [&result](json_pointer & ptr, basic_json val)
         {
             // adding to the root of the target document means replacing it
-            if (ptr.is_root())
+            if (ptr.empty())
             {
                 result = val;
+                return;
             }
-            else
+
+            // make sure the top element of the pointer exists
+            json_pointer top_pointer = ptr.top();
+            if (top_pointer != ptr)
+            {
+                result.at(top_pointer);
+            }
+
+            // get reference to parent of JSON pointer ptr
+            const auto last_path = ptr.back();
+            ptr.pop_back();
+            basic_json& parent = result[ptr];
+
+            switch (parent.m_type)
             {
-                // make sure the top element of the pointer exists
-                json_pointer top_pointer = ptr.top();
-                if (top_pointer != ptr)
+                case value_t::null:
+                case value_t::object:
                 {
-                    result.at(top_pointer);
+                    // use operator[] to add value
+                    parent[last_path] = val;
+                    break;
                 }
 
-                // get reference to parent of JSON pointer ptr
-                const auto last_path = ptr.pop_back();
-                basic_json& parent = result[ptr];
-
-                switch (parent.m_type)
+                case value_t::array:
                 {
-                    case value_t::null:
-                    case value_t::object:
+                    if (last_path == "-")
                     {
-                        // use operator[] to add value
-                        parent[last_path] = val;
-                        break;
+                        // special case: append to back
+                        parent.push_back(val);
                     }
-
-                    case value_t::array:
+                    else
                     {
-                        if (last_path == "-")
+                        const auto idx = json_pointer::array_index(last_path);
+                        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(static_cast<size_type>(idx) > parent.size()))
                         {
-                            // special case: append to back
-                            parent.push_back(val);
+                            // avoid undefined behavior
+                            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(401, "array index " + std::to_string(idx) + " is out of range"));
                         }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            const auto idx = json_pointer::array_index(last_path);
-                            if (JSON_UNLIKELY(static_cast<size_type>(idx) > parent.size()))
-                            {
-                                // avoid undefined behavior
-                                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(401, "array index " + std::to_string(idx) + " is out of range"));
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                // default case: insert add offset
-                                parent.insert(parent.begin() + static_cast<difference_type>(idx), val);
-                            }
-                        }
-                        break;
-                    }
 
-                    // LCOV_EXCL_START
-                    default:
-                    {
-                        // if there exists a parent it cannot be primitive
-                        assert(false);
+                        // default case: insert add offset
+                        parent.insert(parent.begin() + static_cast<difference_type>(idx), val);
                     }
-                        // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+                    break;
                 }
+
+                // if there exists a parent it cannot be primitive
+                default:            // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+                    assert(false);  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
             }
         };
 
@@ -18359,7 +20320,8 @@ class basic_json
         const auto operation_remove = [&result](json_pointer & ptr)
         {
             // get reference to parent of JSON pointer ptr
-            const auto last_path = ptr.pop_back();
+            const auto last_path = ptr.back();
+            ptr.pop_back();
             basic_json& parent = result.at(ptr);
 
             // remove child
@@ -18506,7 +20468,7 @@ class basic_json
                     break;
                 }
 
-                case patch_operations::invalid:
+                default:
                 {
                     // op must be "add", "remove", "replace", "move", "copy", or
                     // "test"
@@ -18551,6 +20513,7 @@ class basic_json
 
     @since version 2.0.0
     */
+    JSON_NODISCARD
     static basic_json diff(const basic_json& source, const basic_json& target,
                            const std::string& path = "")
     {
@@ -18570,106 +20533,105 @@ class basic_json
             {
                 {"op", "replace"}, {"path", path}, {"value", target}
             });
+            return result;
         }
-        else
+
+        switch (source.type())
         {
-            switch (source.type())
+            case value_t::array:
             {
-                case value_t::array:
+                // first pass: traverse common elements
+                std::size_t i = 0;
+                while (i < source.size() and i < target.size())
                 {
-                    // first pass: traverse common elements
-                    std::size_t i = 0;
-                    while (i < source.size() and i < target.size())
-                    {
-                        // recursive call to compare array values at index i
-                        auto temp_diff = diff(source[i], target[i], path + "/" + std::to_string(i));
-                        result.insert(result.end(), temp_diff.begin(), temp_diff.end());
-                        ++i;
-                    }
+                    // recursive call to compare array values at index i
+                    auto temp_diff = diff(source[i], target[i], path + "/" + std::to_string(i));
+                    result.insert(result.end(), temp_diff.begin(), temp_diff.end());
+                    ++i;
+                }
 
-                    // i now reached the end of at least one array
-                    // in a second pass, traverse the remaining elements
+                // i now reached the end of at least one array
+                // in a second pass, traverse the remaining elements
 
-                    // remove my remaining elements
-                    const auto end_index = static_cast<difference_type>(result.size());
-                    while (i < source.size())
+                // remove my remaining elements
+                const auto end_index = static_cast<difference_type>(result.size());
+                while (i < source.size())
+                {
+                    // add operations in reverse order to avoid invalid
+                    // indices
+                    result.insert(result.begin() + end_index, object(
                     {
-                        // add operations in reverse order to avoid invalid
-                        // indices
-                        result.insert(result.begin() + end_index, object(
-                        {
-                            {"op", "remove"},
-                            {"path", path + "/" + std::to_string(i)}
-                        }));
-                        ++i;
-                    }
+                        {"op", "remove"},
+                        {"path", path + "/" + std::to_string(i)}
+                    }));
+                    ++i;
+                }
 
-                    // add other remaining elements
-                    while (i < target.size())
+                // add other remaining elements
+                while (i < target.size())
+                {
+                    result.push_back(
                     {
-                        result.push_back(
-                        {
-                            {"op", "add"},
-                            {"path", path + "/" + std::to_string(i)},
-                            {"value", target[i]}
-                        });
-                        ++i;
-                    }
-
-                    break;
+                        {"op", "add"},
+                        {"path", path + "/" + std::to_string(i)},
+                        {"value", target[i]}
+                    });
+                    ++i;
                 }
 
-                case value_t::object:
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                // first pass: traverse this object's elements
+                for (auto it = source.cbegin(); it != source.cend(); ++it)
                 {
-                    // first pass: traverse this object's elements
-                    for (auto it = source.cbegin(); it != source.cend(); ++it)
-                    {
-                        // escape the key name to be used in a JSON patch
-                        const auto key = json_pointer::escape(it.key());
+                    // escape the key name to be used in a JSON patch
+                    const auto key = json_pointer::escape(it.key());
 
-                        if (target.find(it.key()) != target.end())
-                        {
-                            // recursive call to compare object values at key it
-                            auto temp_diff = diff(it.value(), target[it.key()], path + "/" + key);
-                            result.insert(result.end(), temp_diff.begin(), temp_diff.end());
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            // found a key that is not in o -> remove it
-                            result.push_back(object(
-                            {
-                                {"op", "remove"}, {"path", path + "/" + key}
-                            }));
-                        }
+                    if (target.find(it.key()) != target.end())
+                    {
+                        // recursive call to compare object values at key it
+                        auto temp_diff = diff(it.value(), target[it.key()], path + "/" + key);
+                        result.insert(result.end(), temp_diff.begin(), temp_diff.end());
                     }
-
-                    // second pass: traverse other object's elements
-                    for (auto it = target.cbegin(); it != target.cend(); ++it)
+                    else
                     {
-                        if (source.find(it.key()) == source.end())
+                        // found a key that is not in o -> remove it
+                        result.push_back(object(
                         {
-                            // found a key that is not in this -> add it
-                            const auto key = json_pointer::escape(it.key());
-                            result.push_back(
-                            {
-                                {"op", "add"}, {"path", path + "/" + key},
-                                {"value", it.value()}
-                            });
-                        }
+                            {"op", "remove"}, {"path", path + "/" + key}
+                        }));
                     }
-
-                    break;
                 }
 
-                default:
+                // second pass: traverse other object's elements
+                for (auto it = target.cbegin(); it != target.cend(); ++it)
                 {
-                    // both primitive type: replace value
-                    result.push_back(
+                    if (source.find(it.key()) == source.end())
                     {
-                        {"op", "replace"}, {"path", path}, {"value", target}
-                    });
-                    break;
+                        // found a key that is not in this -> add it
+                        const auto key = json_pointer::escape(it.key());
+                        result.push_back(
+                        {
+                            {"op", "add"}, {"path", path + "/" + key},
+                            {"value", it.value()}
+                        });
+                    }
                 }
+
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                // both primitive type: replace value
+                result.push_back(
+                {
+                    {"op", "replace"}, {"path", path}, {"value", target}
+                });
+                break;
             }
         }
 
@@ -18715,7 +20677,7 @@ class basic_json
     Thereby, `Target` is the current object; that is, the patch is applied to
     the current value.
 
-    @param[in] patch  the patch to apply
+    @param[in] apply_patch  the patch to apply
 
     @complexity Linear in the lengths of @a patch.
 
@@ -18727,15 +20689,15 @@ class basic_json
 
     @since version 3.0.0
     */
-    void merge_patch(const basic_json& patch)
+    void merge_patch(const basic_json& apply_patch)
     {
-        if (patch.is_object())
+        if (apply_patch.is_object())
         {
             if (not is_object())
             {
                 *this = object();
             }
-            for (auto it = patch.begin(); it != patch.end(); ++it)
+            for (auto it = apply_patch.begin(); it != apply_patch.end(); ++it)
             {
                 if (it.value().is_null())
                 {
@@ -18749,7 +20711,7 @@ class basic_json
         }
         else
         {
-            *this = patch;
+            *this = apply_patch;
         }
     }
 
@@ -18764,19 +20726,6 @@ class basic_json
 // specialization of std::swap, and std::hash
 namespace std
 {
-/*!
-@brief exchanges the values of two JSON objects
-
-@since version 1.0.0
-*/
-template<>
-inline void swap<nlohmann::json>(nlohmann::json& j1, nlohmann::json& j2) noexcept(
-    is_nothrow_move_constructible<nlohmann::json>::value and
-    is_nothrow_move_assignable<nlohmann::json>::value
-)
-{
-    j1.swap(j2);
-}
 
 /// hash value for JSON objects
 template<>
@@ -18812,6 +20761,20 @@ struct less< ::nlohmann::detail::value_t>
     }
 };
 
+/*!
+@brief exchanges the values of two JSON objects
+
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+template<>
+inline void swap<nlohmann::json>(nlohmann::json& j1, nlohmann::json& j2) noexcept(
+    is_nothrow_move_constructible<nlohmann::json>::value and
+    is_nothrow_move_assignable<nlohmann::json>::value
+)
+{
+    j1.swap(j2);
+}
+
 } // namespace std
 
 /*!
@@ -18869,10 +20832,11 @@ inline nlohmann::json::json_pointer operator "" _json_pointer(const char* s, std
 #undef JSON_LIKELY
 #undef JSON_UNLIKELY
 #undef JSON_DEPRECATED
+#undef JSON_NODISCARD
 #undef JSON_HAS_CPP_14
 #undef JSON_HAS_CPP_17
 #undef NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
 #undef NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL
 
 
-#endif
+#endif  // INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_HPP_