From 7369339c88e57f5ae85ac022fd5370502d9edaf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ioioioio <iodadi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 15:14:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Neon utf8validation (#207)

* utf8 validation on neon works
---
 Dockerfile                            |  10 ++
 include/simdjson/numberparsing.h      |  32 ++--
 include/simdjson/simdutf8check_neon.h | 222 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/simdjson/stage1_find_marks.h  | 134 +++++++++++-----
 include/simdjson/stage2_build_tape.h  |   2 -
 include/simdjson/stringparsing.h      |   4 -
 6 files changed, 344 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Dockerfile
 create mode 100644 include/simdjson/simdutf8check_neon.h

diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96a9445a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# docker build -t simdjson .
+# docker run --privileged -t simdjson
+FROM gcc:8.3
+COPY . /usr/src/
+WORKDIR /usr/src/
+RUN make clean
+RUN make
+RUN make test
+RUN make parsingcompetition
+CMD ["bash", "scripts/parser.sh"]
diff --git a/include/simdjson/numberparsing.h b/include/simdjson/numberparsing.h
index 82787ea4..280988e6 100644
--- a/include/simdjson/numberparsing.h
+++ b/include/simdjson/numberparsing.h
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ is_not_structural_or_whitespace_or_exponent_or_decimal(unsigned char c) {
   return structural_or_whitespace_or_exponent_or_decimal_negated[c];
 }
 
-#if defined (__AVX2__) || defined (__SSE4_2__)
+#ifndef SIMDJSON_DISABLE_SWAR_NUMBER_PARSING
+// #if defined (__AVX2__) || defined (__SSE4_2__)
 #define SWAR_NUMBER_PARSING
 #endif
 
@@ -138,22 +139,7 @@ static inline bool is_made_of_eight_digits_fast(const char *chars) {
           0x3333333333333333);
 }
 
-// clang-format off
-/***
-Should parse_eight_digits_unrolled be out of the question, one could
-use a standard approach like the following:
-
-static inline uint32_t newparse_eight_digits_unrolled(const char *chars) {
-   uint64_t val;
-   memcpy(&val, chars, sizeof(uint64_t));  
-   val = (val & 0x0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F) * 2561 >> 8;
-   val = (val & 0x00FF00FF00FF00FF) * 6553601 >> 16;
-   return (val & 0x0000FFFF0000FFFF) * 42949672960001 >> 32;
-}
-
-credit: https://johnnylee-sde.github.io/Fast-numeric-string-to-int/
-*/
-// clang-format on
+#if defined (__AVX2__) || defined (__SSE4_2__)
 
 static inline uint32_t parse_eight_digits_unrolled(const char *chars) {
   // this actually computes *16* values so we are being wasteful.
@@ -171,7 +157,19 @@ static inline uint32_t parse_eight_digits_unrolled(const char *chars) {
   return _mm_cvtsi128_si32(
       t4); // only captures the sum of the first 8 digits, drop the rest
 }
+#else
+// we don't have SSE, so let us use a scalar function
+// credit: https://johnnylee-sde.github.io/Fast-numeric-string-to-int/
+static inline uint32_t parse_eight_digits_unrolled(const char *chars) {
+   uint64_t val;
+   memcpy(&val, chars, sizeof(uint64_t));  
+   val = (val & 0x0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F) * 2561 >> 8;
+   val = (val & 0x00FF00FF00FF00FF) * 6553601 >> 16;
+   return (val & 0x0000FFFF0000FFFF) * 42949672960001 >> 32;
+}
 
+
+#endif
 #endif
 
 //
diff --git a/include/simdjson/simdutf8check_neon.h b/include/simdjson/simdutf8check_neon.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b8015c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/simdjson/simdutf8check_neon.h
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+// From https://github.com/cyb70289/utf8/blob/master/lemire-neon.c
+// Adapted from https://github.com/lemire/fastvalidate-utf-8
+
+#ifndef SIMDJSON_SIMDUTF8CHECK_NEON_H
+#define SIMDJSON_SIMDUTF8CHECK_NEON_H
+
+#ifdef __aarch64__
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <arm_neon.h>
+
+/*
+ * legal utf-8 byte sequence
+ * http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.0.0/ch03.pdf - page 94
+ *
+ *  Code Points        1st       2s       3s       4s
+ * U+0000..U+007F     00..7F
+ * U+0080..U+07FF     C2..DF   80..BF
+ * U+0800..U+0FFF     E0       A0..BF   80..BF
+ * U+1000..U+CFFF     E1..EC   80..BF   80..BF
+ * U+D000..U+D7FF     ED       80..9F   80..BF
+ * U+E000..U+FFFF     EE..EF   80..BF   80..BF
+ * U+10000..U+3FFFF   F0       90..BF   80..BF   80..BF
+ * U+40000..U+FFFFF   F1..F3   80..BF   80..BF   80..BF
+ * U+100000..U+10FFFF F4       80..8F   80..BF   80..BF
+ *
+ */
+
+#if 0
+static void print128(const char *s, const int8x16_t *v128)
+{
+    int8_t v8[16];
+    vst1q_s8(v8, *v128);
+
+    if (s)
+        printf("%s:\t", s);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i)
+        printf("%02x ", (unsigned char)v8[i]);
+    printf("\n");
+}
+#endif
+
+// all byte values must be no larger than 0xF4
+static inline void checkSmallerThan0xF4(int8x16_t current_bytes,
+                                        int8x16_t *has_error) {
+  // unsigned, saturates to 0 below max
+  *has_error = vorrq_s8(*has_error,
+          vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vqsubq_u8(vreinterpretq_u8_s8(current_bytes), vdupq_n_u8(0xF4))));
+}
+
+static const int8_t _nibbles[] = {
+  1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, // 0xxx (ASCII)
+  0, 0, 0, 0,             // 10xx (continuation)
+  2, 2,                   // 110x
+  3,                      // 1110
+  4, // 1111, next should be 0 (not checked here)
+};
+
+static inline int8x16_t continuationLengths(int8x16_t high_nibbles) {
+  return vqtbl1q_s8(vld1q_s8(_nibbles), vreinterpretq_u8_s8(high_nibbles));
+}
+
+static inline int8x16_t carryContinuations(int8x16_t initial_lengths,
+                                         int8x16_t previous_carries) {
+
+  int8x16_t right1 =
+     vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vqsubq_u8(vreinterpretq_u8_s8(vextq_s8(previous_carries, initial_lengths, 16 - 1)),
+                    vdupq_n_u8(1)));
+  int8x16_t sum = vaddq_s8(initial_lengths, right1);
+
+  int8x16_t right2 = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vqsubq_u8(vreinterpretq_u8_s8(vextq_s8(previous_carries, sum, 16 - 2)),
+                                 vdupq_n_u8(2)));
+  return vaddq_s8(sum, right2);
+}
+
+static inline void checkContinuations(int8x16_t initial_lengths, int8x16_t carries,
+                                      int8x16_t *has_error) {
+
+  // overlap || underlap
+  // carry > length && length > 0 || !(carry > length) && !(length > 0)
+  // (carries > length) == (lengths > 0)
+  uint8x16_t overunder =
+      vceqq_u8(vcgtq_s8(carries, initial_lengths),
+                     vcgtq_s8(initial_lengths, vdupq_n_s8(0)));
+
+  *has_error = vorrq_s8(*has_error, vreinterpretq_s8_u8(overunder));
+}
+
+// when 0xED is found, next byte must be no larger than 0x9F
+// when 0xF4 is found, next byte must be no larger than 0x8F
+// next byte must be continuation, ie sign bit is set, so signed < is ok
+static inline void checkFirstContinuationMax(int8x16_t current_bytes,
+                                             int8x16_t off1_current_bytes,
+                                             int8x16_t *has_error) {
+  uint8x16_t maskED = vceqq_s8(off1_current_bytes, vdupq_n_s8(0xED));
+  uint8x16_t maskF4 = vceqq_s8(off1_current_bytes, vdupq_n_s8(0xF4));
+
+  uint8x16_t badfollowED =
+      vandq_u8(vcgtq_s8(current_bytes, vdupq_n_s8(0x9F)), maskED);
+  uint8x16_t badfollowF4 =
+      vandq_u8(vcgtq_s8(current_bytes, vdupq_n_s8(0x8F)), maskF4);
+
+  *has_error = vorrq_s8(*has_error, vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vorrq_u8(badfollowED, badfollowF4)));
+}
+
+static const int8_t _initial_mins[] = {
+  -128, -128, -128, -128, -128, -128, -128, -128, -128, -128,
+  -128, -128, // 10xx => false
+  (int8_t) 0xC2, -128, // 110x
+  (int8_t) 0xE1,       // 1110
+  (int8_t) 0xF1,
+};
+
+static const int8_t _second_mins[] = {
+  -128, -128, -128, -128, -128, -128, -128, -128, -128, -128,
+  -128, -128, // 10xx => false
+  127, 127,   // 110x => true
+  (int8_t) 0xA0,       // 1110
+  (int8_t) 0x90,
+};
+
+// map off1_hibits => error condition
+// hibits     off1    cur
+// C       => < C2 && true
+// E       => < E1 && < A0
+// F       => < F1 && < 90
+// else      false && false
+static inline void checkOverlong(int8x16_t current_bytes,
+                                 int8x16_t off1_current_bytes, int8x16_t hibits,
+                                 int8x16_t previous_hibits, int8x16_t *has_error) {
+  int8x16_t off1_hibits = vextq_s8(previous_hibits, hibits, 16 - 1);
+  int8x16_t initial_mins = vqtbl1q_s8(vld1q_s8(_initial_mins), vreinterpretq_u8_s8(off1_hibits));
+
+  uint8x16_t initial_under = vcgtq_s8(initial_mins, off1_current_bytes);
+
+  int8x16_t second_mins = vqtbl1q_s8(vld1q_s8(_second_mins), vreinterpretq_u8_s8(off1_hibits));
+  uint8x16_t second_under = vcgtq_s8(second_mins, current_bytes);
+  *has_error =
+     vorrq_s8(*has_error, vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vandq_u8(initial_under, second_under)));
+}
+
+struct processed_utf_bytes {
+  int8x16_t rawbytes;
+  int8x16_t high_nibbles;
+  int8x16_t carried_continuations;
+};
+
+static inline void count_nibbles(int8x16_t bytes,
+                                 struct processed_utf_bytes *answer) {
+  answer->rawbytes = bytes;
+  answer->high_nibbles =
+    vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vshrq_n_u8(vreinterpretq_u8_s8(bytes), 4));
+}
+
+// check whether the current bytes are valid UTF-8
+// at the end of the function, previous gets updated
+static inline struct processed_utf_bytes
+checkUTF8Bytes(int8x16_t current_bytes, struct processed_utf_bytes *previous,
+               int8x16_t *has_error) {
+  struct processed_utf_bytes pb;
+  count_nibbles(current_bytes, &pb);
+
+  checkSmallerThan0xF4(current_bytes, has_error);
+
+  int8x16_t initial_lengths = continuationLengths(pb.high_nibbles);
+
+  pb.carried_continuations =
+      carryContinuations(initial_lengths, previous->carried_continuations);
+
+  checkContinuations(initial_lengths, pb.carried_continuations, has_error);
+
+  int8x16_t off1_current_bytes =
+    vextq_s8(previous->rawbytes, pb.rawbytes, 16 - 1);
+  checkFirstContinuationMax(current_bytes, off1_current_bytes, has_error);
+
+  checkOverlong(current_bytes, off1_current_bytes, pb.high_nibbles,
+                previous->high_nibbles, has_error);
+  return pb;
+}
+
+#if 0
+static const int8_t _verror[] = {9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 1};
+
+/* Return 0 on success, -1 on error */
+int utf8_lemire(const unsigned char *src, int len) {
+  int i = 0;
+  int8x16_t has_error = vdupq_n_s8(0);
+  struct processed_utf_bytes previous = {.rawbytes = vdupq_n_s8(0),
+                                         .high_nibbles = vdupq_n_s8(0),
+                                         .carried_continuations =
+                                             vdupq_n_s8(0)};
+  if (len >= 16) {
+    for (; i <= len - 16; i += 16) {
+      int8x16_t current_bytes = vld1q_s8((int8_t*)(src + i));
+      previous = checkUTF8Bytes(current_bytes, &previous, &has_error);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // last part
+  if (i < len) {
+    char buffer[16];
+    memset(buffer, 0, 16);
+    memcpy(buffer, src + i, len - i);
+    int8x16_t current_bytes = vld1q_s8((int8_t *)buffer);
+    previous = checkUTF8Bytes(current_bytes, &previous, &has_error);
+  } else {
+    has_error =
+        vorrq_s8(vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vcgtq_s8(previous.carried_continuations,
+                                    vld1q_s8(_verror))),
+                     has_error);
+  }
+
+  return vmaxvq_u8(vreinterpretq_u8_s8(has_error)) == 0 ? 0 : -1;
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/simdjson/stage1_find_marks.h b/include/simdjson/stage1_find_marks.h
index 525a39a9..b6e44c5a 100644
--- a/include/simdjson/stage1_find_marks.h
+++ b/include/simdjson/stage1_find_marks.h
@@ -6,30 +6,32 @@
 #include "simdjson/parsedjson.h"
 #include "simdjson/portability.h"
 
-#if defined (__AVX2__) || defined (__SSE4_2__) || (defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_M_AMD64))
+#if defined (__AVX2__)
+#elif defined (__SSE4_2__) || (defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_M_AMD64))
+#elif defined(__ARM_NEON) || (defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_M_ARM64))
+#include <arm_neon.h>
+#else
+#warning It appears that neither ARM NEON nor AVX2 nor SSE are detected.
+#endif // (__AVX2__)
 
 #ifndef SIMDJSON_SKIPUTF8VALIDATION
 #define SIMDJSON_UTF8VALIDATE
 #endif
-#else
-// currently we don't UTF8 validate for ARM
-// also we assume that if you're not __AVX2__ 
-// you're ARM, which is a bit dumb. TODO: Fix...
-#if defined(__ARM_NEON)   || (defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_M_ARM64))
-#include <arm_neon.h>
-#else
-#warning It appears that neither ARM NEON nor AVX2 are detected.
-#endif // __ARM_NEON
-#endif // (__AVX2__) || (__SSE4_2__)
 
 // It seems that many parsers do UTF-8 validation.
 // RapidJSON does not do it by default, but a flag
 // allows it.
 #ifdef SIMDJSON_UTF8VALIDATE
+#if defined (__AVX2__)
 #include "simdjson/simdutf8check.h"
-#endif
+#elif defined (__SSE4_2__) || (defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_M_AMD64))
+#include "simdjson/simdutf8check.h"
+#elif defined(__ARM_NEON) || (defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_M_ARM64))
+#include "simdjson/simdutf8check_neon.h"
+#endif // (__AVX2__)
+#endif  // SIMDJSON_UTF8VALIDATE
 
-#define TRANSPOSE
+//#define TRANSPOSE
 
 namespace simdjson {
 template<instruction_set>
@@ -221,6 +223,32 @@ struct utf8_checking_state<instruction_set::sse4_2>
 };
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__ARM_NEON)  || (defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_M_ARM64))
+template<>
+struct utf8_checking_state<instruction_set::neon>
+{
+  int8x16_t has_error {};
+  processed_utf_bytes previous {};
+};
+#endif
+
+#if defined(__ARM_NEON)  || (defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_M_ARM64))
+// Checks that all bytes are ascii
+really_inline
+bool check_ascii_neon(simd_input<instruction_set::neon> in) {
+  // checking if the most significant bit is always equal to 0.
+  uint8x16_t highbit = vdupq_n_u8(0x80);
+  uint8x16_t t0 = vorrq_u8(in.i0, in.i1);
+  uint8x16_t t1 = vorrq_u8(in.i2, in.i3);
+  uint8x16_t t3 = vorrq_u8(t0, t1);
+  uint8x16_t t4 = vandq_u8(t3, highbit);
+  uint64x2_t v64 = vreinterpretq_u64_u8(t4);
+  uint32x2_t v32 = vqmovn_u64(v64);
+  uint64x1_t result = vreinterpret_u64_u32(v32);
+  return vget_lane_u64(result, 0) == 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 template<instruction_set T>
 void check_utf8(simd_input<T> in, utf8_checking_state<T>& state);
 
@@ -278,6 +306,28 @@ void check_utf8<instruction_set::sse4_2>(simd_input<instruction_set::sse4_2> in,
 }
 #endif // __SSE4_2
 
+#if defined(__ARM_NEON)  || (defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_M_ARM64))
+template<> really_inline
+void check_utf8<instruction_set::neon>(simd_input<instruction_set::neon> in,
+                utf8_checking_state<instruction_set::neon>& state) {
+  if (check_ascii_neon(in)) {
+    // All bytes are ascii. Therefore the byte that was just before must be ascii too.
+    // We only check the byte that was just before simd_input. Nines are arbitrary values.
+    int8_t _verror[] = {9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 1};
+    state.has_error =
+        vorrq_s8(vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vcgtq_s8(state.previous.carried_continuations,
+                                    vld1q_s8(_verror))),
+                     state.has_error);
+  } else {
+    // it is not ascii so we have to do heavy work
+    state.previous = checkUTF8Bytes(vreinterpretq_s8_u8(in.i0), &(state.previous), &(state.has_error));
+    state.previous = checkUTF8Bytes(vreinterpretq_s8_u8(in.i1), &(state.previous), &(state.has_error));
+    state.previous = checkUTF8Bytes(vreinterpretq_s8_u8(in.i2), &(state.previous), &(state.has_error));
+    state.previous = checkUTF8Bytes(vreinterpretq_s8_u8(in.i3), &(state.previous), &(state.has_error));
+  }
+}
+#endif // __ARM_NEON
+
 // Checks if the utf8 validation has found any error.
 template<instruction_set T>
 errorValues check_utf8_errors(utf8_checking_state<T>& state);
@@ -295,6 +345,16 @@ errorValues check_utf8_errors<instruction_set::sse4_2>(utf8_checking_state<instr
   return _mm_testz_si128(state.has_error, state.has_error) == 0 ? simdjson::UTF8_ERROR : simdjson::SUCCESS;
 }
 #endif
+
+#if defined(__ARM_NEON)  || (defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_M_ARM64))
+template<> really_inline
+errorValues check_utf8_errors<instruction_set::neon>(utf8_checking_state<instruction_set::neon>& state) {
+  uint64x2_t v64 = vreinterpretq_u64_s8(state.has_error);
+  uint32x2_t v32 = vqmovn_u64(v64);
+  uint64x1_t result = vreinterpret_u64_u32(v32);
+  return vget_lane_u64(result, 0) != 0 ? simdjson::UTF8_ERROR : simdjson::SUCCESS;
+}
+#endif
 #endif // SIMDJSON_UTF8VALIDATE
 
 template<instruction_set T>
@@ -375,10 +435,10 @@ uint64_t cmp_mask_against_input<instruction_set::sse4_2>(simd_input<instruction_
 template<> really_inline
 uint64_t cmp_mask_against_input<instruction_set::neon>(simd_input<instruction_set::neon> in, uint8_t m) {
   const uint8x16_t mask = vmovq_n_u8(m); 
-  uint8x16_t cmp_res_0 = vceqq_u8(in.i.val[0], mask); 
-  uint8x16_t cmp_res_1 = vceqq_u8(in.i.val[1], mask); 
-  uint8x16_t cmp_res_2 = vceqq_u8(in.i.val[2], mask); 
-  uint8x16_t cmp_res_3 = vceqq_u8(in.i.val[3], mask); 
+  uint8x16_t cmp_res_0 = vceqq_u8(in.i0, mask); 
+  uint8x16_t cmp_res_1 = vceqq_u8(in.i1, mask); 
+  uint8x16_t cmp_res_2 = vceqq_u8(in.i2, mask); 
+  uint8x16_t cmp_res_3 = vceqq_u8(in.i3, mask); 
   return neonmovemask_bulk(cmp_res_0, cmp_res_1, cmp_res_2, cmp_res_3);
 }
 #endif
@@ -419,10 +479,10 @@ uint64_t unsigned_lteq_against_input<instruction_set::sse4_2>(simd_input<instruc
 template<> really_inline
 uint64_t unsigned_lteq_against_input<instruction_set::neon>(simd_input<instruction_set::neon> in, uint8_t m) {
   const uint8x16_t mask = vmovq_n_u8(m); 
-  uint8x16_t cmp_res_0 = vcleq_u8(in.i.val[0], mask); 
-  uint8x16_t cmp_res_1 = vcleq_u8(in.i.val[1], mask); 
-  uint8x16_t cmp_res_2 = vcleq_u8(in.i.val[2], mask); 
-  uint8x16_t cmp_res_3 = vcleq_u8(in.i.val[3], mask); 
+  uint8x16_t cmp_res_0 = vcleq_u8(in.i0, mask); 
+  uint8x16_t cmp_res_1 = vcleq_u8(in.i1, mask); 
+  uint8x16_t cmp_res_2 = vcleq_u8(in.i2, mask); 
+  uint8x16_t cmp_res_3 = vcleq_u8(in.i3, mask); 
   return neonmovemask_bulk(cmp_res_0, cmp_res_1, cmp_res_2, cmp_res_3);
 }
 #endif
@@ -693,26 +753,26 @@ void find_whitespace_and_structurals<instruction_set::neon>(
   const uint8x16_t whitespace_shufti_mask = vmovq_n_u8(0x18); 
   const uint8x16_t low_nib_and_mask = vmovq_n_u8(0xf); 
 
-  uint8x16_t nib_0_lo = vandq_u8(in.i.val[0], low_nib_and_mask);
-  uint8x16_t nib_0_hi = vshrq_n_u8(in.i.val[0], 4);
+  uint8x16_t nib_0_lo = vandq_u8(in.i0, low_nib_and_mask);
+  uint8x16_t nib_0_hi = vshrq_n_u8(in.i0, 4);
   uint8x16_t shuf_0_lo = vqtbl1q_u8(low_nibble_mask, nib_0_lo);
   uint8x16_t shuf_0_hi = vqtbl1q_u8(high_nibble_mask, nib_0_hi);
   uint8x16_t v_0 = vandq_u8(shuf_0_lo, shuf_0_hi);
 
-  uint8x16_t nib_1_lo = vandq_u8(in.i.val[1], low_nib_and_mask);
-  uint8x16_t nib_1_hi = vshrq_n_u8(in.i.val[1], 4);
+  uint8x16_t nib_1_lo = vandq_u8(in.i1, low_nib_and_mask);
+  uint8x16_t nib_1_hi = vshrq_n_u8(in.i1, 4);
   uint8x16_t shuf_1_lo = vqtbl1q_u8(low_nibble_mask, nib_1_lo);
   uint8x16_t shuf_1_hi = vqtbl1q_u8(high_nibble_mask, nib_1_hi);
   uint8x16_t v_1 = vandq_u8(shuf_1_lo, shuf_1_hi);
 
-  uint8x16_t nib_2_lo = vandq_u8(in.i.val[2], low_nib_and_mask);
-  uint8x16_t nib_2_hi = vshrq_n_u8(in.i.val[2], 4);
+  uint8x16_t nib_2_lo = vandq_u8(in.i2, low_nib_and_mask);
+  uint8x16_t nib_2_hi = vshrq_n_u8(in.i2, 4);
   uint8x16_t shuf_2_lo = vqtbl1q_u8(low_nibble_mask, nib_2_lo);
   uint8x16_t shuf_2_hi = vqtbl1q_u8(high_nibble_mask, nib_2_hi);
   uint8x16_t v_2 = vandq_u8(shuf_2_lo, shuf_2_hi);
 
-  uint8x16_t nib_3_lo = vandq_u8(in.i.val[3], low_nib_and_mask);
-  uint8x16_t nib_3_hi = vshrq_n_u8(in.i.val[3], 4);
+  uint8x16_t nib_3_lo = vandq_u8(in.i3, low_nib_and_mask);
+  uint8x16_t nib_3_hi = vshrq_n_u8(in.i3, 4);
   uint8x16_t shuf_3_lo = vqtbl1q_u8(low_nibble_mask, nib_3_lo);
   uint8x16_t shuf_3_hi = vqtbl1q_u8(high_nibble_mask, nib_3_hi);
   uint8x16_t v_3 = vandq_u8(shuf_3_lo, shuf_3_hi);
@@ -768,29 +828,29 @@ void find_whitespace_and_structurals<instruction_set::neon>(
   const uint8x16_t low_3bits_and_mask = vmovq_n_u8(0x7); 
   const uint8x16_t high_1bit_tst_mask = vmovq_n_u8(0x80); 
 
-  int8x16_t low_3bits_0 = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vandq_u8(in.i.val[0], low_3bits_and_mask));
-  uint8x16_t high_5bits_0 = vshrq_n_u8(in.i.val[0], 3);
+  int8x16_t low_3bits_0 = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vandq_u8(in.i0, low_3bits_and_mask));
+  uint8x16_t high_5bits_0 = vshrq_n_u8(in.i0, 3);
   uint8x16_t shuffle_structural_0 = vshlq_u8(vqtbl1q_u8(structural_bitvec, high_5bits_0), low_3bits_0);
   uint8x16_t shuffle_ws_0 = vshlq_u8(vqtbl1q_u8(whitespace_bitvec, high_5bits_0), low_3bits_0);
   uint8x16_t tmp_0 = vtstq_u8(shuffle_structural_0, high_1bit_tst_mask);
   uint8x16_t tmp_ws_0 = vtstq_u8(shuffle_ws_0, high_1bit_tst_mask);
 
-  int8x16_t low_3bits_1 = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vandq_u8(in.i.val[1], low_3bits_and_mask));
-  uint8x16_t high_5bits_1 = vshrq_n_u8(in.i.val[1], 3);
+  int8x16_t low_3bits_1 = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vandq_u8(in.i1, low_3bits_and_mask));
+  uint8x16_t high_5bits_1 = vshrq_n_u8(in.i1, 3);
   uint8x16_t shuffle_structural_1 = vshlq_u8(vqtbl1q_u8(structural_bitvec, high_5bits_1), low_3bits_1);
   uint8x16_t shuffle_ws_1 = vshlq_u8(vqtbl1q_u8(whitespace_bitvec, high_5bits_1), low_3bits_1);
   uint8x16_t tmp_1 = vtstq_u8(shuffle_structural_1, high_1bit_tst_mask);
   uint8x16_t tmp_ws_1 = vtstq_u8(shuffle_ws_1, high_1bit_tst_mask);
 
-  int8x16_t low_3bits_2 = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vandq_u8(in.i.val[2], low_3bits_and_mask));
-  uint8x16_t high_5bits_2 = vshrq_n_u8(in.i.val[2], 3);
+  int8x16_t low_3bits_2 = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vandq_u8(in.i2, low_3bits_and_mask));
+  uint8x16_t high_5bits_2 = vshrq_n_u8(in.i2, 3);
   uint8x16_t shuffle_structural_2 = vshlq_u8(vqtbl1q_u8(structural_bitvec, high_5bits_2), low_3bits_2);
   uint8x16_t shuffle_ws_2 = vshlq_u8(vqtbl1q_u8(whitespace_bitvec, high_5bits_2), low_3bits_2);
   uint8x16_t tmp_2 = vtstq_u8(shuffle_structural_2, high_1bit_tst_mask);
   uint8x16_t tmp_ws_2 = vtstq_u8(shuffle_ws_2, high_1bit_tst_mask);
 
-  int8x16_t low_3bits_3 = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vandq_u8(in.i.val[3], low_3bits_and_mask));
-  uint8x16_t high_5bits_3 = vshrq_n_u8(in.i.val[3], 3);
+  int8x16_t low_3bits_3 = vreinterpretq_s8_u8(vandq_u8(in.i3, low_3bits_and_mask));
+  uint8x16_t high_5bits_3 = vshrq_n_u8(in.i3, 3);
   uint8x16_t shuffle_structural_3 = vshlq_u8(vqtbl1q_u8(structural_bitvec, high_5bits_3), low_3bits_3);
   uint8x16_t shuffle_ws_3 = vshlq_u8(vqtbl1q_u8(whitespace_bitvec, high_5bits_3), low_3bits_3);
   uint8x16_t tmp_3 = vtstq_u8(shuffle_structural_3, high_1bit_tst_mask);
diff --git a/include/simdjson/stage2_build_tape.h b/include/simdjson/stage2_build_tape.h
index 911589d3..6f7b1b6d 100644
--- a/include/simdjson/stage2_build_tape.h
+++ b/include/simdjson/stage2_build_tape.h
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 #include "simdjson/stringparsing.h"
 #include "simdjson/simdjson.h"
 
-#define PATH_SEP '/'
-
 namespace simdjson {
 void init_state_machine();
 
diff --git a/include/simdjson/stringparsing.h b/include/simdjson/stringparsing.h
index c9be1788..b0332ca6 100644
--- a/include/simdjson/stringparsing.h
+++ b/include/simdjson/stringparsing.h
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@ really_inline bool handle_unicode_codepoint(const uint8_t **src_ptr, uint8_t **d
   return offset > 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef __ARM_NEON
-#include <arm_neon.h>
-#endif
-
 // Holds backslashes and quotes locations.
 struct parse_string_helper {
   uint32_t bs_bits;