Add unit test for #3388

Closes #3388.

test/src/unit-alt-string.cpp

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class alt_string
   public:
     using value_type = std::string::value_type;
 
+    static constexpr auto npos = static_cast<std::size_t>(-1);
+
     alt_string(const char* str): str_impl(str) {}
     alt_string(const char* str, std::size_t count): str_impl(str, count) {}
     alt_string(size_t count, char chr): str_impl(count, chr) {}
@@ -144,11 +146,38 @@ class alt_string
         str_impl.clear();
     }
 
-    const value_type* data()
+    const value_type* data() const
     {
         return str_impl.data();
     }
 
+    bool empty() const
+    {
+        return str_impl.empty();
+    }
+
+    std::size_t find(const alt_string& str, std::size_t pos = 0) const
+    {
+        return str_impl.find(str.str_impl, pos);
+    }
+
+    std::size_t find_first_of(char c, std::size_t pos = 0) const
+    {
+        return str_impl.find_first_of(c, pos);
+    }
+
+    alt_string substr(std::size_t pos = 0, std::size_t count = npos) const
+    {
+        std::string s = str_impl.substr(pos, count);
+        return {s.data(), s.size()};
+    }
+
+    alt_string& replace(std::size_t pos, std::size_t count, const alt_string& str)
+    {
+        str_impl.replace(pos, count, str.str_impl);
+        return *this;
+    }
+
   private:
     std::string str_impl {};
 
@@ -296,4 +325,20 @@ TEST_CASE("alternative string type")
             CHECK_FALSE(const_doc["Who are you?"] == "I'm Bruce Wayne");
         }
     }
+
+    SECTION("JSON pointer")
+    {
+        // conversion from json to alt_json fails to compile (see #3425);
+        // attempted fix(*) produces: [[['b','a','r'],['b','a','z']]] (with each char being an integer)
+        // (*) disable implicit conversion for json_refs of any basic_json type
+        // alt_json j = R"(
+        // {
+        //     "foo": ["bar", "baz"]
+        // }
+        // )"_json;
+        auto j = alt_json::parse(R"({"foo": ["bar", "baz"]})");
+
+        CHECK(j.at(alt_json::json_pointer("/foo/0")) == j["foo"][0]);
+        CHECK(j.at(alt_json::json_pointer("/foo/1")) == j["foo"][1]);
+    }
 }