id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
12787	how to read non-utf8 strings with boost::property_tree	steinbac@…	Sebastian Redl	"Hi,
I am having this problem with boost::property_tree::read_json since 1.59! My json tree looks like this (code attached):


{{{
static std::string reduced(""{\n    \""pipename\"": \""quantiser(decode_lut_string=<verbatim>\\u0000@\\u0000\200\\u0000<\\/verbatim>)\"",\n    \""raw\"": {\n        \""type\"": \""t\"",\n        \""rank\"": \""3\"",\n        \""shape\"": {\n            \""dim\"": \""256\"",\n            \""dim\"": \""128\"",\n            \""dim\"": \""128\""\n        }\n    },\n    \""encoded\"": {\n        \""bytes\"": \""4194304\""\n    }\n}\n"",296);
}}}

If you check, there is a section between <verbatim>..</verbatim> that I'd like to parse as is. the read_json method however throws an exception saying that:

{{{
<unspecified file>(4): invalid code sequence
}}}

my guess is, that the characters quoted above are non-utf8 and hence property_tree throws. Is this a bug or a feature?

if it is a feature, i.e. property_tree is meant to only yield utf8 encoded strings, how would I store an arbitrary string in the property tree? NB. the string above works with boost 1.58 and older!

Best,
P"	Bugs	new	To Be Determined	property_tree	Boost 1.61.0	Showstopper			steinbac@…