Merge pull request #508 from theodelrieu/feature/c_array_conversion

add to_json method for C arrays

src/json.hpp.re2c

@@ -798,6 +798,13 @@ void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const  CompatibleObjectType& arr)
     external_constructor<value_t::object>::construct(j, arr);
 }
 
+template <typename BasicJsonType, typename T, std::size_t N,
+          enable_if_t<not std::is_constructible<
+                          typename BasicJsonType::string_t, T (&)[N]>::value,
+                      int> = 0>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType &j, T (&arr)[N]) {
+  external_constructor<value_t::array>::construct(j, arr);
+}
 
 ///////////////
 // from_json //

test/src/unit-conversions.cpp

@@ -190,6 +190,20 @@ TEST_CASE("value conversion")
 #endif
         }
 
+        SECTION("built-in arrays")
+        {
+          const char str[] = "a string";
+          const int nbs[] = {0, 1, 2};
+
+          json j2 = nbs;
+          json j3 = str;
+
+          auto v = j2.get<std::vector<int>>();
+          auto s = j3.get<std::string>();
+          CHECK(std::equal(v.begin(), v.end(), std::begin(nbs)));
+          CHECK(s == str);
+        }
+
         SECTION("std::deque<json>")
         {
             std::deque<json> a = j.get<std::deque<json>>();