From 3df5337e7981e064670ac16da308df951ad05214 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Dixon <kevin.c.dixon@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 21:41:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #223 by updating README.md

---
 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4a32513a..0a0b5b0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ std::cout << std::setw(4) << j << std::endl;
 
 These operators work for any subclasses of `std::istream` or `std::ostream`.
 
+Please note that setting the exception bit for `failbit` is inappropriate for this use case. It will result in program termination due to the `noexcept` specifier in use.
+
 ### STL-like access
 
 We designed the JSON class to behave just like an STL container. In fact, it satisfies the [**ReversibleContainer**](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concept/ReversibleContainer) requirement.