Scan the strings of json_view with NEON and SSE2

Long runs of string bytes are scanned 16 at a time with NEON (AArch64, with
GCC and Clang) and SSE2 (x86-64): both belong to the baseline instruction
sets. A signed compare with 0x20 finds control characters and non-ASCII
bytes at once. Keys keep 16 table checks before the vector loop (their
lengths repeat from record to record, so the branches predict well);
string values have 8, as their lengths vary more.

Non-ASCII text is validated 16 bytes at a time with the "lookup4" check of
simdjson (J. Keiser and D. Lemire, "Validating UTF-8 In Less Than One
Instruction Per Byte", 2021): with NEON, and on x86-64 with SSSE3 if
JSON_VIEW_USE_SSSE3 is defined (SSSE3 is not part of x86-64, and the code
must not depend on the flags of a translation unit). JSON_VIEW_NO_SIMD
selects the portable code. The vector code sits in
detail/view/simd.hpp; the same input is accepted either way.

json_document::parse, best of 7 runs in separate processes (M1 Max):
poet.json (CJK text) -72%, random.json -25%, twitter.json -22%,
gsoc-2018.json -20%, semanticscholar -19%, github_events -11%,
apache_builds -9.5%, canada/citm -5/-6%; lottie +4%, tree-pretty +2.5%.

Tests: every two-byte sequence and three- and four-byte sequences with
continuation bytes at the edges of their ranges, at every offset around
the vector blocks of keys and values, cut short, and long runs of text
with a damaged byte, against json::accept and json::parse. CMake builds
the parser tests again with JSON_VIEW_NO_SIMD, and on x86-64 with
JSON_VIEW_USE_SSSE3 and -mssse3; the macros are documented.

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

docs/docset/docSet.sql

@@ -307,3 +307,5 @@ INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM'
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MAJOR', 'Macro', 'api/macros/nlohmann_json_version_major/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MINOR', 'Macro', 'api/macros/nlohmann_json_version_major/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_PATCH', 'Macro', 'api/macros/nlohmann_json_version_major/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_VIEW_NO_SIMD', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_view_no_simd/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('JSON_VIEW_USE_SSSE3', 'Macro', 'api/macros/json_view_use_ssse3/index.html');

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/macros/index.md

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ header. See also the [macro overview page](../../features/macros.md).
 - [**JSON_SKIP_UNSUPPORTED_COMPILER_CHECK**](json_skip_unsupported_compiler_check.md) - do not warn about unsupported compilers
 - [**JSON_USE_GLOBAL_UDLS**](json_use_global_udls.md) - place user-defined string literals (UDLs) into the global namespace
 - [**JSON_USE_SIMDUTF**](json_use_simdutf.md) - use the simdutf library to accelerate UTF-8 validation
+- [**JSON_VIEW_NO_SIMD**](json_view_no_simd.md) - use only portable code in the parser of `json_view.hpp`
+- [**JSON_VIEW_USE_SSSE3**](json_view_use_ssse3.md) - validate non-ASCII strings with SSSE3 in the parser of `json_view.hpp`
 
 ## Library version
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/macros/json_view_no_simd.md

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# JSON_VIEW_NO_SIMD
+
+```cpp
+#define JSON_VIEW_NO_SIMD
+```
+
+When defined, the parser of [`basic_json_document`](../basic_json_document/index.md) (`<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`)
+uses only portable C++ to scan strings. By default, it scans long runs of string bytes 16 at a time with NEON on
+AArch64 (with GCC and Clang) and SSE2 on x86-64, which are part of the baseline instruction sets of these
+architectures, and validates non-ASCII text with NEON (or SSSE3, see
+[`JSON_VIEW_USE_SSSE3`](json_view_use_ssse3.md)).
+
+The same input is accepted or rejected either way, with the same values, and errors are reported the same way; only
+the speed differs. The macro exists for platforms whose compilers lack the intrinsics headers, and to test the portable
+code.
+
+!!! warning "Define consistently"
+
+    The macro selects between two definitions of the same inline functions. It must therefore be defined identically for
+    **every** translation unit that includes `<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`; prefer a compile definition on the target.
+
+## Default definition
+
+By default, `#!cpp JSON_VIEW_NO_SIMD` is not defined, and the vector code is used where available.
+
+```cpp
+#undef JSON_VIEW_NO_SIMD
+```
+
+## Examples
+
+??? example
+
+    The code below uses the portable string scanning of the view.
+
+    ```cpp
+    #define JSON_VIEW_NO_SIMD
+    #include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
+
+    ...
+    ```
+
+## See also
+
+- [JSON_VIEW_USE_SSSE3](json_view_use_ssse3.md) - validate non-ASCII strings with SSSE3 on x86-64
+- [json_view](../../features/json_view.md) - the zero-copy view
+
+## Version history
+
+- Added in version 3.13.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/macros/json_view_use_ssse3.md

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# JSON_VIEW_USE_SSSE3
+
+```cpp
+#define JSON_VIEW_USE_SSSE3
+```
+
+When defined on x86-64, the parser of [`basic_json_document`](../basic_json_document/index.md)
+(`<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`) validates non-ASCII text in strings with SSSE3, 16 bytes at a time, using the "lookup4"
+algorithm of [simdjson](https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson). Without it, non-ASCII text is validated one UTF-8
+sequence at a time on x86-64; on AArch64, the vector check uses NEON and is always on.
+
+SSSE3 is not part of the x86-64 baseline, so the code must be compiled for it: define the macro only together with a
+compiler option that enables SSSE3 (e.g. `-mssse3`, or `-march=` with a CPU that has it), and only for programs that
+run on such CPUs. The same input is accepted or rejected either way; only the speed of non-ASCII text differs.
+
+!!! warning "Define consistently"
+
+    The macro selects between two definitions of the same inline functions. It must therefore be defined identically,
+    with the same compiler options, for **every** translation unit that includes `<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`; mixing
+    translation units that define it with ones that do not is an ODR violation. Prefer a compile definition on the
+    target.
+
+## Default definition
+
+By default, `#!cpp JSON_VIEW_USE_SSSE3` is not defined.
+
+```cpp
+#undef JSON_VIEW_USE_SSSE3
+```
+
+## Examples
+
+??? example
+
+    With CMake, for a program that only runs on CPUs with SSSE3:
+
+    ```cmake
+    target_compile_definitions(your_target PRIVATE JSON_VIEW_USE_SSSE3)
+    target_compile_options(your_target PRIVATE -mssse3)
+    ```
+
+## See also
+
+- [JSON_VIEW_NO_SIMD](json_view_no_simd.md) - use only portable code in the view's parser
+- [JSON_USE_SIMDUTF](json_use_simdutf.md) - validate UTF-8 with simdutf in `basic_json`'s parser
+
+## Version history
+
+- Added in version 3.13.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/home/license.md

@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ The class contains a copy of [Hedley](https://nemequ.github.io/hedley/) from Eva
 The class contains an adapted version of the Eisel-Lemire algorithm and its table of powers of five from [fast_float](https://github.com/fastfloat/fast_float) by Daniel Lemire and contributors, which is available under the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) (used here), the Apache 2.0 License, and the Boost Software License. Copyright © 2021 The fast_float authors
 
 The view's parser (`<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`) contains techniques and code adapted from [yyjson](https://github.com/ibireme/yyjson) by YaoYuan, which is licensed under the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) (see above): table-driven decoding of `\u` escapes and fixed-offset unrolled checks.
+
+The view's parser (`<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`) validates non-ASCII strings with the vector UTF-8 check of [simdjson](https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson) by Daniel Lemire, Geoff Langdale, John Keiser, and contributors (its "lookup4" algorithm and tables, after J. Keiser and D. Lemire, "Validating UTF-8 In Less Than One Instruction Per Byte", 2021), which is available under the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) (used here) and the Apache 2.0 License. Copyright &copy; 2018-2025 The simdjson authors

docs/mkdocs/mkdocs.yml

@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ nav:
           - 'JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS': api/macros/json_use_implicit_conversions.md
           - 'JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON': api/macros/json_use_legacy_discarded_value_comparison.md
           - 'JSON_USE_SIMDUTF': api/macros/json_use_simdutf.md
+          - 'JSON_VIEW_NO_SIMD': api/macros/json_view_no_simd.md
+          - 'JSON_VIEW_USE_SSSE3': api/macros/json_view_use_ssse3.md
           - 'NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_INTRUSIVE, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_INTRUSIVE_WITH_DEFAULT, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_INTRUSIVE_ONLY_SERIALIZE, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE_WITH_DEFAULT, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE_ONLY_SERIALIZE': api/macros/nlohmann_define_derived_type.md
           - 'NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_INTRUSIVE, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_INTRUSIVE_WITH_DEFAULT, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_INTRUSIVE_ONLY_SERIALIZE': api/macros/nlohmann_define_type_intrusive.md
           - 'NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE_WITH_DEFAULT, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE_ONLY_SERIALIZE': api/macros/nlohmann_define_type_non_intrusive.md