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doc/basics.md

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ The simdjson library has fast functions to validate UTF-8 strings. They are many
   bool is_ok = simdjson::validate_utf8(some_string, length);
 ```
 
-Though it does not validate the JSON input, it will detect when the document ends with an unterminated string. E.g., it would refuse to minify the string `"this string is not terminated` because of the missing final quote.
+The UTF-8 validation function merely checks that the input is valid UTF-8: it works with strings in general, not just JSON strings.
 
 
 C++17 Support

include/simdjson/implementation.h

@@ -26,7 +26,19 @@ WARN_UNUSED bool validate_utf8(const char * buf, size_t length) noexcept;
  * @param p the string_view to validate.
  * @return true if the string is valid UTF-8.
  */
-WARN_UNUSED bool validate_utf8(std::string_view& p) noexcept;
+really_inline WARN_UNUSED bool validate_utf8(const std::string_view& p) noexcept {
+  return validate_utf8(p.data(), p.size());
+}
+
+/**
+ * Validate the UTF-8 string.
+ *
+ * @param p the string_view to validate.
+ * @return true if the string is valid UTF-8.
+ */
+really_inline WARN_UNUSED bool validate_utf8(const std::string& p) noexcept {
+  return validate_utf8(p.data(), p.size());
+}
 
 namespace dom {
   class document;

tests/readme_examples.cpp

@@ -272,6 +272,20 @@ bool is_correct() {
   return is_ok;
 }
 
+bool is_correct_string_view() {
+  const char * some_string = "[ 1, 2, 3, 4] ";
+  size_t length = strlen(some_string);
+  std::string_view v(some_string, length);
+  bool is_ok = simdjson::validate_utf8(v);
+  return is_ok;
+}
+
+bool is_correct_string() {
+  const std::string some_string = "[ 1, 2, 3, 4] ";
+  bool is_ok = simdjson::validate_utf8(some_string);
+  return is_ok;
+}
+
 int main() {
   basics_dom_1();
   basics_dom_2();