Replace src/libutil/json.cc with nlohmann json generation

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/src/libexpr/value-to-json.cc b/src/libexpr/value-to-json.cc
index 4d63d8b49..5dc453b2e 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/value-to-json.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/value-to-json.cc
@@ -1,84 +1,82 @@
 #include "value-to-json.hh"
-#include "json.hh"
 #include "eval-inline.hh"
 #include "util.hh"
 
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <iomanip>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
 
 namespace nix {
-
-void printValueAsJSON(EvalState & state, bool strict,
-    Value & v, const PosIdx pos, JSONPlaceholder & out, PathSet & context, bool copyToStore)
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+json printValueAsJSON(EvalState & state, bool strict,
+    Value & v, const PosIdx pos, PathSet & context, bool copyToStore)
 {
     checkInterrupt();
 
     if (strict) state.forceValue(v, pos);
 
+    json out;
+
     switch (v.type()) {
 
         case nInt:
-            out.write(v.integer);
+            out = v.integer;
             break;
 
         case nBool:
-            out.write(v.boolean);
+            out = v.boolean;
             break;
 
         case nString:
             copyContext(v, context);
-            out.write(v.string.s);
+            out = v.string.s;
             break;
 
         case nPath:
             if (copyToStore)
-                out.write(state.copyPathToStore(context, v.path));
+                out = state.copyPathToStore(context, v.path);
             else
-                out.write(v.path);
+                out = v.path;
             break;
 
         case nNull:
-            out.write(nullptr);
             break;
 
         case nAttrs: {
             auto maybeString = state.tryAttrsToString(pos, v, context, false, false);
             if (maybeString) {
-                out.write(*maybeString);
+                out = *maybeString;
                 break;
             }
             auto i = v.attrs->find(state.sOutPath);
             if (i == v.attrs->end()) {
-                auto obj(out.object());
+                out = json::object();
                 StringSet names;
                 for (auto & j : *v.attrs)
                     names.emplace(state.symbols[j.name]);
                 for (auto & j : names) {
                     Attr & a(*v.attrs->find(state.symbols.create(j)));
-                    auto placeholder(obj.placeholder(j));
-                    printValueAsJSON(state, strict, *a.value, a.pos, placeholder, context, copyToStore);
+                    out[j] = printValueAsJSON(state, strict, *a.value, a.pos, context, copyToStore);
                 }
             } else
-                printValueAsJSON(state, strict, *i->value, i->pos, out, context, copyToStore);
+                return printValueAsJSON(state, strict, *i->value, i->pos, context, copyToStore);
             break;
         }
 
         case nList: {
-            auto list(out.list());
-            for (auto elem : v.listItems()) {
-                auto placeholder(list.placeholder());
-                printValueAsJSON(state, strict, *elem, pos, placeholder, context, copyToStore);
-            }
+            out = json::array();
+            for (auto elem : v.listItems())
+                out.push_back(printValueAsJSON(state, strict, *elem, pos, context, copyToStore));
             break;
         }
 
         case nExternal:
-            v.external->printValueAsJSON(state, strict, out, context, copyToStore);
+            return v.external->printValueAsJSON(state, strict, context, copyToStore);
             break;
 
         case nFloat:
-            out.write(v.fpoint);
+            out = v.fpoint;
             break;
 
         case nThunk:
@@ -91,17 +89,17 @@ void printValueAsJSON(EvalState & state, bool strict,
             state.debugThrowLastTrace(e);
             throw e;
     }
+    return out;
 }
 
 void printValueAsJSON(EvalState & state, bool strict,
     Value & v, const PosIdx pos, std::ostream & str, PathSet & context, bool copyToStore)
 {
-    JSONPlaceholder out(str);
-    printValueAsJSON(state, strict, v, pos, out, context, copyToStore);
+    str << printValueAsJSON(state, strict, v, pos, context, copyToStore);
 }
 
-void ExternalValueBase::printValueAsJSON(EvalState & state, bool strict,
-    JSONPlaceholder & out, PathSet & context, bool copyToStore) const
+json ExternalValueBase::printValueAsJSON(EvalState & state, bool strict,
+    PathSet & context, bool copyToStore) const
 {
     state.debugThrowLastTrace(TypeError("cannot convert %1% to JSON", showType()));
 }