From 253f39c03e529c240a3af8b37c6bbc3b7dc9f268 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 14:00:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] :alembic: experiment from
 https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/2685#issuecomment-994015092

---
 include/nlohmann/json.hpp        | 13 +++++++++++++
 single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index cb1f2251e..7361e3608 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -3816,6 +3816,19 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         JSON_THROW(type_error::create(305, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with " + std::string(type_name()), *this));
     }
 
+    // see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/2685#issuecomment-994015092
+    template<typename T, std::size_t n>
+    reference operator[](T * (&key)[n])
+    {
+        return operator[](static_cast<const T>(key));
+    }
+
+    template<typename T, std::size_t n>
+    const_reference operator[](T * (&key)[n]) const
+    {
+        return operator[](static_cast<const T>(key));
+    }
+
     /*!
     @brief access specified object element with default value
 
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 9ff85b2d8..e4e397565 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -21383,6 +21383,19 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         JSON_THROW(type_error::create(305, "cannot use operator[] with a string argument with " + std::string(type_name()), *this));
     }
 
+    // see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/2685#issuecomment-994015092
+    template<typename T, std::size_t n>
+    reference operator[](T * (&key)[n])
+    {
+        return operator[](static_cast<const T>(key));
+    }
+
+    template<typename T, std::size_t n>
+    const_reference operator[](T * (&key)[n]) const
+    {
+        return operator[](static_cast<const T>(key));
+    }
+
     /*!
     @brief access specified object element with default value