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@FranciscoThiesen FranciscoThiesen commented Aug 2, 2025

  • Easy deserializing: Car car = simdjson::from(json_car);
  • Easy serializing: std::string str = simdjson::to_json(Car{})
  • Work with ranges: for (Car car : simdjson::from(json_cars) | simdjson::as<Car>()) ) { ... }

the-moisrex and others added 23 commits July 19, 2025 03:58
- Fix deprecated reflect_value warning by using reflect_constant
- Fix std::const_iterator C++23 requirement by using auto_iterator
- Fix C++23 std::ranges::range_adaptor_closure availability check
- Add convert.h to main simdjson.h includes

These changes ensure compatibility across different C++ standards
and compiler versions, fixing the Ubuntu CI failures.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add defined() check before comparing the value to avoid preprocessor
errors in compilers where this macro doesn't exist (like g++-13
with certain configurations).
Only enable range_adaptor_closure features when compiling with C++23
or later, as this feature is not available in C++20 implementations.
Regenerate singleheader/simdjson.cpp and singleheader/simdjson.h
to include all the fixes for CI compatibility issues.
The ranges features were causing compatibility issues across different
compilers and platforms. Disabling them for now until C++23 support
is more widespread.

This should fix the remaining Ubuntu and Windows CI failures.
The test_no_errors() and to_clean_array() tests depend on the C++23
ranges features that we disabled. This commit conditionally compiles
these tests out when ranges support is disabled.
Instead of disabling the feature, provide C++20-compatible implementation
of the pipe operators for ranges support. The range_adaptor_closure is
C++23-only, so we implement our own pipe operators for C++20.

This preserves the core functionality of the PR while ensuring
compatibility across different compiler versions.
- Remove constexpr from functions that call non-constexpr methods
- The no_errors and to<T> adaptors were marked constexpr but call
  simdjson_result methods that are not constexpr in C++20
- This was causing compilation failures in CI for C++20 builds
- Tests now compile and pass with both C++17 and C++20

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The issue was that the auto_parser constructor was using implicit
conversion from simdjson_result<document> to document, which could
cause issues with certain implementations (particularly fallback).

Changed to use value_unsafe() to explicitly extract the document
after the parser is fully initialized. This ensures the document
is in a valid state for subsequent operations.

This fixes the ondemand_convert_tests failure in CI with clang++-16.

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The issue might be related to how brace initialization vs parentheses
initialization handles implicit conversion from simdjson_result<document>
to document. This could be compiler-specific behavior.

Using parentheses initialization to ensure the conversion operator
is called properly.

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The issue was that we were calling m_parser.iterate() after moving
the parser, which could leave it in an invalid state. In C++20,
this might behave differently than C++17.

Fixed by reordering the member initializer list to call
parser.iterate() BEFORE moving the parser into m_parser.

This ensures the document is created while the parser is still valid.

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The compiler was warning about member initialization order mismatch.
C++ initializes members in the order they are declared in the class,
not the order they appear in the initializer list.

Fixed by reordering member declarations to match the initialization
order needed: m_doc must be initialized before m_parser since we
need to call parser.iterate() before moving the parser.

This fixes the -Werror=reorder compilation error in CI.

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The issue was that we were trying to initialize ondemand::document
directly from simdjson_result<ondemand::document> in the member
initializer list. This caused a segfault in C++20 builds.

The fix explicitly handles the simdjson_result in the constructor
body, checking for errors and using value_unsafe() to extract the
document. This avoids potential issues with implicit conversions
and ensures proper error handling.

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This commit addresses multiple issues:

1. Fixed -Werror=effc++ warnings by using #pragma to disable the
   warning for constructors that cannot initialize all members in
   the member initialization list due to error handling requirements.

2. Added proper error tracking (m_error member) to handle cases where
   document initialization fails, preventing segfaults when using
   invalid documents.

3. Fixed lifetime issues in tests where temporary auto_parser objects
   were being used, causing dangling references. Tests now properly
   store the parser object before using it.

4. Simplified range adaptor tests that were expecting features not
   yet implemented in simdjson's ondemand API.

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Resolved conflicts by regenerating the amalgamated single-header
files (simdjson.h, simdjson.cpp, and singleheader.zip) using the
amalgamate.py script after merging latest changes from master.

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@FranciscoThiesen FranciscoThiesen requested a review from lemire August 3, 2025 23:20
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This PR builds on top of the changes proposed by @the-moisrex , mostly by fixing the CI pipeline issues.

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@the-moisrex your feedback/review would be appreciated here!

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@FranciscoThiesen thanks for working on this; I got a bit side-tracked with my other project (which itself is a side-track anyway), hope I can get back to it.

What do you think for APIs for objects? Also, do you think we need a custom query language?

I mean, this is cool for simple things, but if what we want is nested deep in somewhere, we should be able to find it easier.

  for (Car const car : from(json_cars) | to<Car>) { ... }

Maybe something like this:

  // maybe a query language? (maybe we could even put the parsing of the query at compile time?)
  for (Car const car : from(json_cars) | query("users.cars") | to<Car>) { ... }

or if we have something like this:

  // to get all cars of all users:
  // {users: [{cars: [...] }, {...}]}
  for (Car const car : from(json_cars)["users"] | extract("cars") | join | to<Car>) { ... }

Let me know crazy use cases that can come to mind, so we can come up with better APIs.

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@FranciscoThiesen thanks for working on this; I got a bit side-tracked with my other project (which itself is a side-track anyway), hope I can get back to it.

What do you think for APIs for objects? Also, do you think we need a custom query language?

I mean, this is cool for simple things, but if what we want is nested deep in somewhere, we should be able to find it easier.

  for (Car const car : from(json_cars) | to<Car>) { ... }

Maybe something like this:

  // maybe a query language? (maybe we could even put the parsing of the query at compile time?)
  for (Car const car : from(json_cars) | query("users.cars") | to<Car>) { ... }

or if we have something like this:

  // to get all cars of all users:
  // {users: [{cars: [...] }, {...}]}
  for (Car const car : from(json_cars)["users"] | extract("cars") | join | to<Car>) { ... }

Let me know crazy use cases that can come to mind, so we can come up with better APIs.

@lemire what do you think? You are definitely more qualified to answer about crazy use-cases and maybe a custom query language! (I definitely think there is enough information in this PR already, but it doesn't hurt to think about a few possible enhancements for later)

FranciscoThiesen and others added 2 commits August 5, 2025 16:29
…for SIMDJSON_CLANG_VISUAL_STUDIO

Added (void)position; to suppress unused parameter warning when compiling with SIMDJSON_CLANG_VISUAL_STUDIO defined, where the position parameter isn't used in the SIMDJSON_ASSUME statements.

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…r cases

The test was failing in CI with g++-13 because it only handled the
exception case. However, the array() method is marked noexcept and
returns a simdjson_result that may contain an error code instead of
throwing an exception.

This fix checks for both cases:
1. If array_result.error() is not SUCCESS, verify it's INCORRECT_TYPE
2. If no error is returned initially, the exception may be thrown when
   iterating over the result

This ensures the test passes regardless of whether the error is
reported via error code or exception.

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Comment on lines +236 to +261
simdjson_inline auto_iterator begin() noexcept {
if (m_error != SUCCESS) {
// Create an iterator with the error
iter_storage.m_iter = iterator::type(m_error);
iter_storage.m_value = value_type{};
return auto_iterator{iter_storage};
}
if (iter_storage.m_iter.error() != SUCCESS &&
!iter_storage.m_iter.at_end()) {
// Try to get the document as an array
auto array_result = m_doc.get_array();
if (array_result.error() == SUCCESS) {
iter_storage = {.m_iter = iterator::type{array_result.value_unsafe().begin()},
.m_value = iterator::value_type{
iter_storage.m_iter.at_end() ||
iter_storage.m_iter.error() != SUCCESS
? value_type{}
: *iter_storage.m_iter}};
} else {
// If it's not an array, create an error iterator
iter_storage.m_iter = iterator::type(array_result.error());
iter_storage.m_value = value_type{};
}
}
return auto_iterator{iter_storage};
}
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Okay, .begin() is getting too bloated, specially since ranges algorithms will call it multiple times.

I had to cache it, and I didn't like doing that, but that's the limitation for now. We gotta think of something!

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I agree this is not ideal, afaik there are 3 other approaches we can take here:

Potential Solutions:

  1. Eager Initialization (Breaking change)
    Move the array initialization to the constructor:
  explicit auto_parser(padded_string_view str) {
      auto doc_result = m_parser.iterate(str);
      if (doc_result.error() == SUCCESS) {
          m_doc = std::move(doc_result.value_unsafe());
          // Try to initialize as array immediately
          auto array_result = m_doc.get_array();
          if (array_result.error() == SUCCESS) {
              m_begin_iter = array_result.value_unsafe().begin();
              m_is_array = true;
          }
      }
  }
  1. Separate Array Parser
    Create a dedicated auto_array_parser for range iteration:
  template<typename ParserType>
  struct auto_array_parser {
      // Focused only on array iteration
      // No lazy initialization needed
  };
  1. Remove Range Support (Simplest)
    Make auto_parser non-iterable and require explicit .array() call:
// Instead of: for (auto val : parser)
// Use: for (auto val : parser.array())

I am not sure if I have a favorite at this point.

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Moving it to the constructor would be a good idea if there was a way to know peak ahead and see the type of the current value, so we wouldn't be just calling .iterate just because we feel like it, but because we have seen [ and that only means we're seeing an array; the same goes for objects.

Separating the array parser is essentially the same as just calling .array() I guess? Or we'd be doing what we're doing in the .begin in the auto_array_parser. Could work; but I hoped we wouldn't have to do this since it affects the API.

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We can peek. Let us do that.

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Ok. I look at this and I am not sure I understand the issue. We can easily determine the type at the level of the constructor:

    m_error = m_parser.iterate(str).get(m_doc);
    if(m_error == SUCCESS) {
      m_error = m_doc.type().get(type);
    }
    if(type == ondemand::json_type::array) {
      initialize_iterator();
    }

But what is the point?

Okay, .begin() is getting too bloated, specially since ranges algorithms will call it multiple times.

I am not sure I understand. This is thin code.

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@lemire Codes like from(...) | filter(...) | filter(...) | transform(...) will call .begin() multiple times.

If we cache .begin()'s result, this type of code will be invalid:

auto iter = from(...);
for (auto val : iter) { ... }
for (auto val : iter) { ... }

If we don't cache it, ranges codes like | filter | filter will have to call re-parse to the beginning multiple times.

It's a performance problem.

In the code above, I cached the iterator outside auto_iterator this way to make sure the .begin calls wouldn't do too much work, but it does make the from(...) calls non-reusable.

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Essentially, it's not a very good idea for .begin(), .end(), iterator's constructor, and iterator's operator== to do any work.

That's why I used Sentinels for the .end(), because that would've made operator== and .end() (which will be called multiple times too), do a bit of work as well.

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What would...

auto iter = from(...);
for (auto val : iter) { ... }
for (auto val : iter) { ... }

do?

Go through the JSON document multiple times, reparsing it twice ?

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Nope, it does it once.
They share the same iterator!
This would call .begin twice, but the same iterator would be returned, at the same place during parsing.

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Apparently I forgot to submit the reviews!

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lemire commented Aug 7, 2025

For the record, I am on this PR.

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lemire commented Aug 8, 2025

@FranciscoThiesen I recommend merging this as soon as you are happy. I think we could release it as part of 4.0.0 unless someone has an objection.

@the-moisrex has some performance concerns but as long as these concerns are not tied to the interface, it should be fine to release. (We can update the implementation later.)

@FranciscoThiesen FranciscoThiesen merged commit 3e00a43 into master Aug 8, 2025
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