cppcson

The cppcson C++ library provides a simple api to parse and write *.cson files.

Features:

• Meta information for parsed values (line, column etc.)
• Proper error reporting
• No dependencies
• Thread safe
• Support for \u escapes in strings

Tested on:

• Linux g++ 8.3.0
• macOS Clang 10.0.1
• Windows Visual Studio 2019

Note:

• The parser interprets the input as encoded in UTF-8. To use other Unicode encodings such as UTF-16, have a look on utf8streams.

Requirements

• CMake (version 3.10 or later)
• A C++11 compatible compiler such as g++ or clang
• Googletest (only for tests)

How to build?

On Unix systems:

mkdir build
cd build

cmake ..      # -DCPPCSON_BUILD_TESTS=OFF to disable tests
make

On Windows:

In the Visual Studio command line:

mkdir build
cd build

cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" ..      # -DCPPCSON_BUILD_TESTS=OFF to disable tests
nmake

In case Googletest is not found download the source code, build it and rerun cmake:

cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" -DGTEST_LIBRARY=googletest-release-1.8.1\googletest\build\gtestd.lib -DGTEST_MAIN_LIBRARY=googletest-release-1.8.1\googletest\build\gtest_maind.lib -DGTEST_INCLUDE_DIR=googletest-release-1.8.1\googletest\include ..

Please also note possible incompatibilities between /MDd and /MTd. For more information see this thread.

If tests are enabled, they can be started by executing ctest in the same folder.

Usage

The usage of the library is demonstrated in the Example and Tests folders.