diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 703c9048..efda6e92 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
 # define the project
-project(nlohmann_json VERSION 2.0.7 LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(nlohmann_json VERSION 2.0.8 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 enable_testing()
 
diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 37ef06a9..287420c6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,24 +1,69 @@
 # Change Log
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [v2.0.8](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/tag/v2.0.8) (2016-12-02)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/compare/v2.0.7...v2.0.8)
+
+- Reading from file [\#374](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/374)
+- Compiler warnings? [\#372](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/372)
+- docs: how to release a json object in memory? [\#371](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/371)
+- crash in dump [\#370](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/370)
+- Conversion operators not considered [\#369](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/369)
+- Coverity issue \(FORWARD\_NULL\) in lexer\(std::istream& s\) [\#368](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/368)
+- json::parse on failed stream gets stuck [\#366](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/366)
+- Performance improvements [\#365](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/365)
+- 'to\_string' is not a member of 'std'  [\#364](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/364)
+- Optional comment support. [\#363](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/363)
+- Loss of precision when serializing \<double\> [\#360](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/360)
+- Crash in dump\(\) from a static object [\#359](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/359)
+- json::parse\(...\) vs json j; j.parse\(...\) [\#357](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/357)
+- Hi, is there any method to dump  json to string with the insert order rather than alphabets [\#356](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/356)
+- Provide an example of reading from an json with only a key that has an array of strings. [\#354](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/354)
+- Request: access with default value. [\#353](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/353)
+- {} and \[\] causes parser error. [\#352](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/352)
+- Reading a JSON file into a JSON object [\#351](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/351)
+- Request: 'emplace\_back' [\#349](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/349)
+- Is it possible to stream data through the json parser without storing everything in memory? [\#347](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/347)
+- pure virtual conversion operator [\#346](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/346)
+- Floating point precision lost [\#345](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/345)
+- unit-conversions SIGSEGV on armv7hl [\#303](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/303)
+- Coverity scan fails [\#299](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/299)
+- Using QString as string type [\#274](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/274)
+
 ## [v2.0.7](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/tag/v2.0.7) (2016-11-02)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/compare/v2.0.6...v2.0.7)
 
-- ""-operators ignore the length parameter [\#340](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/340)
-
+- JSON5 [\#348](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/348)
 - Check "Parsing JSON is a Minefield" [\#344](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/344)
+- Allow hex numbers [\#342](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/342)
+- Convert strings to numbers [\#341](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/341)
+- ""-operators ignore the length parameter [\#340](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/340)
+- JSON into std::tuple [\#339](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/339)
+- JSON into vector [\#335](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/335)
+- Installing with Homebrew on Mac Errors \(El Capitan\) [\#331](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/331)
+- g++ make check results in error [\#312](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/312)
+- Cannot convert from 'json' to 'char' [\#276](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/276)
+- Please add a Pretty-Print option for arrays to stay always in one line [\#229](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/229)
+- Conversion to STL map\<string, vector\<int\>\> gives error [\#220](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/220)
+- std::unorderd\_map cannot be used as ObjectType [\#164](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/164)
 
 - fix minor grammar/style issue in README.md [\#336](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/336) ([seeekr](https://github.com/seeekr))
 
 ## [v2.0.6](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/tag/v2.0.6) (2016-10-15)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/compare/v2.0.5...v2.0.6)
 
+- How to handle json files? [\#333](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/333)
+- This file requires compiler and library support .... [\#332](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/332)
+- Segmentation fault on saving json to file [\#326](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/326)
+- parse error - unexpected \<uninitialized\> with 2.0.5 [\#325](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/325)
 - Add nested object capability to pointers [\#323](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/323)
-- make has\_mapped\_type struct friendly [\#324](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/324) ([vpetrigo](https://github.com/vpetrigo))
-
 - Fix usage examples' comments for std::multiset [\#322](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/322)
 - json\_unit runs forever when executed in build directory [\#319](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/319)
+- Visual studio 2015 update3 true != TRUE [\#317](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/317)
+- releasing single header file in compressed format [\#316](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/316)
+- json object from std::ifstream [\#315](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/315)
 
+- make has\_mapped\_type struct friendly [\#324](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/324) ([vpetrigo](https://github.com/vpetrigo))
 - Fix usage examples' comments for std::multiset [\#321](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/321) ([vasild](https://github.com/vasild))
 - Include dir relocation [\#318](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/318) ([ChristophJud](https://github.com/ChristophJud))
 - trivial documentation fix [\#313](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/313) ([5tefan](https://github.com/5tefan))
@@ -26,33 +71,44 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This projec
 ## [v2.0.5](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/tag/v2.0.5) (2016-09-14)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/compare/v2.0.4...v2.0.5)
 
+- \[feature request\]: schema validator and comments [\#311](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/311)
 - make json\_benchmarks no longer working in 2.0.4 [\#310](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/310)
+- Segmentation fault \(core dumped\) [\#309](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/309)
+- No matching member function for call to 'get\_impl' [\#308](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/308)
 
 ## [v2.0.4](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/tag/v2.0.4) (2016-09-11)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/compare/v2.0.3...v2.0.4)
 
 - Parsing fails without space at end of file [\#306](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/306)
-
+- json schema validator [\#305](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/305)
 - Unused variable warning [\#304](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/304)
 
 ## [v2.0.3](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/tag/v2.0.3) (2016-08-31)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/compare/v2.0.2...v2.0.3)
 
-- Support for iterator-range parsing [\#290](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/290)
-
 - warning C4706: assignment within conditional expression [\#295](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/295)
+- Strip comments / Minify [\#294](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/294)
+- Q: Is it possible to build json tree from already UTF8 encoded values? [\#293](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/293)
+- Equality operator results in array when assigned object [\#292](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/292)
+- Support for integers not from the range \[-\(2\*\*53\)+1, \(2\*\*53\)-1\] in parser [\#291](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/291)
+- Support for iterator-range parsing [\#290](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/290)
 - Horribly inconsistent behavior between const/non-const reference in operator \[\] \(\) [\#289](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/289)
+- Silently get numbers into smaller types [\#288](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/288)
+- Incorrect parsing of large int64\_t numbers [\#287](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/287)
+- \[question\]: macro to disable floating point support [\#284](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/284)
 
 - unit-constructor1.cpp: Fix floating point truncation warning [\#300](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/300) ([t-b](https://github.com/t-b))
 
 ## [v2.0.2](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/tag/v2.0.2) (2016-07-31)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/compare/v2.0.1...v2.0.2)
 
+- can function dump\(\)  return string in the order I push in the json object ? [\#286](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/286)
+- Error on the Mac: Undefined symbols for architecture x86\_64 [\#285](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/285)
 - value\(\) does not work with \_json\_pointer types [\#283](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/283)
-- Easy serialization of classes [\#280](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/280)
-
 - Build error for std::int64 [\#282](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/282)
-
+- strings can't be accessed after dump\(\)-\>parse\(\) - type is lost [\#281](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/281)
+- Easy serialization of classes [\#280](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/280)
+- recursive data structures [\#277](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/277)
 - hexify\(\) function emits conversion warning [\#270](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/270)
 
 - let the makefile choose the correct sed [\#279](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/279) ([murinicanor](https://github.com/murinicanor))
@@ -61,6 +117,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This projec
 ## [v2.0.1](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/tag/v2.0.1) (2016-06-28)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/compare/v2.0.0...v2.0.1)
 
+- Compilation error. [\#273](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/273)
 - dump\(\) performance degradation in v2 [\#272](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/272)
 
 - fixed a tiny typo [\#271](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/271) ([thelostt](https://github.com/thelostt))
@@ -68,43 +125,61 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This projec
 ## [v2.0.0](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/tag/v2.0.0) (2016-06-23)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/compare/v1.1.0...v2.0.0)
 
-- concatenate objects [\#252](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/252)
-- Unit test fails when doing a CMake out-of-tree build [\#241](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/241)
-- Additional integration options [\#237](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/237)
-- Can't use basic\_json::iterator as a base iterator for std::move\_iterator [\#233](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/233)
-- Provide a FAQ [\#163](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/163)
-- Create PULL\_REQUEST\_TEMPLATE.md [\#213](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/213) ([whackashoe](https://github.com/whackashoe))
-- fixed noexcept; added constexpr [\#208](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/208) ([nlohmann](https://github.com/nlohmann))
-- Add support for afl-fuzz testing [\#207](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/207) ([mykter](https://github.com/mykter))
-- Issue \#178 - Extending support to full uint64\_t/int64\_t range and unsigned type \(updated\) [\#193](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/193) ([twelsby](https://github.com/twelsby))
-
 - json::diff generates incorrect patch when removing multiple array elements. [\#269](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/269)
+- Docs - What does Json\[key\] return? [\#267](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/267)
+- Compiler Errors With JSON.hpp [\#265](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/265)
+- Throw exception instead of crashing my app [\#264](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/264)
+- Ambiguous push\_back and operator+= overloads [\#263](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/263)
+- Preseving order of items in json [\#262](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/262)
+- '\' char problem in strings [\#261](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/261)
+- VS2015 compile fail [\#260](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/260)
 - -Wconversion warning [\#259](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/259)
 - Maybe a bug [\#258](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/258)
+- Few tests failed on Visual C++ 2015 [\#257](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/257)
+- Access keys when iteration with new for loop C++11 [\#256](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/256)
+- multiline text values [\#255](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/255)
+- Error when using json in g++ [\#254](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/254)
+- is the release 2.0? [\#253](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/253)
+- concatenate objects [\#252](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/252)
+- Encoding [\#251](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/251)
+- Unable to build example for constructing json object with stringstreams [\#250](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/250)
+- Hexadecimal support [\#249](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/249)
+- Update long-term goals [\#246](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/246)
+- Contribution To This Json Project [\#245](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/245)
+- Trouble using parser with initial dictionary [\#243](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/243)
+- Unit test fails when doing a CMake out-of-tree build [\#241](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/241)
 - -Wconversion warnings [\#239](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/239)
+- Additional integration options [\#237](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/237)
+- .get\<std::string\>\(\) works for non spaced string but returns as array for spaced/longer strings [\#236](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/236)
 - ambiguous overload for 'push\_back' and 'operator+=' [\#235](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/235)
+- Can't use basic\_json::iterator as a base iterator for std::move\_iterator [\#233](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/233)
+- json object's creation can freezes execution [\#231](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/231)
 - Incorrect dumping of parsed numbers with exponents, but without decimal places [\#230](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/230)
 - double values are serialized with commas as decimal points [\#228](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/228)
 - Move semantics with std::initializer\_list [\#225](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/225)
+- replace emplace [\#224](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/224)
 - abort during getline in yyfill [\#223](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/223)
+- free\(\): invalid pointer error in GCC 5.2.1 [\#221](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/221)
+- Error compile Android NDK  error: 'strtof' is not a member of 'std' [\#219](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/219)
 - Wrong link in the README.md [\#217](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/217)
+- Wide character strings not supported [\#216](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/216)
+- Memory allocations using range-based for loops [\#214](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/214)
+- would you like to support gcc 4.8.1?  [\#211](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/211)
+- Reading concatenated json's from an istream [\#210](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/210)
+- Conflicting typedef of ssize\_t on Windows 32 bit when using Boost.Python [\#204](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/204)
+- Inconsistency between operator\[\] and push\_back [\#203](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/203)
 - Small bugs in json.hpp \(get\_number\) and unit.cpp \(non-standard integer type test\) [\#199](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/199)
 - GCC/clang floating point parsing bug in strtod\(\) [\#195](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/195)
+- What is within scope? [\#192](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/192)
 - Bugs in miloyip/nativejson-benchmark: roundtrips [\#187](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/187)
 - Floating point exceptions [\#181](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/181)
-- In basic\_json::basic\_json\(const CompatibleArrayType& val\), the requirement of CompatibleArrayType is not strict enough. [\#174](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/174)
-- Implicit assignment to std::string fails [\#144](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/144)
-- Fix Issue \#265 [\#266](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/266) ([06needhamt](https://github.com/06needhamt))
-- Issue \#195 - update Travis to Trusty due to gcc/clang strtod\(\) bug [\#196](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/196) ([twelsby](https://github.com/twelsby))
-
-- Compiler Errors With JSON.hpp [\#265](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/265)
-- VS2015 compile fail [\#260](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/260)
-- Error when using json in g++ [\#254](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/254)
-- Update long-term goals [\#246](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/246)
-- Error compile Android NDK  error: 'strtof' is not a member of 'std' [\#219](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/219)
-- Conflicting typedef of ssize\_t on Windows 32 bit when using Boost.Python [\#204](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/204)
 - Integer conversion to unsigned [\#178](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/178)
+- map string string fails to compile [\#176](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/176)
+- In basic\_json::basic\_json\(const CompatibleArrayType& val\), the requirement of CompatibleArrayType is not strict enough. [\#174](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/174)
+- Provide a FAQ [\#163](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/163)
+- Implicit assignment to std::string fails [\#144](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/144)
 
+- Fix Issue \#265 [\#266](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/266) ([06needhamt](https://github.com/06needhamt))
 - Define CMake/CTest tests [\#247](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/247) ([robertmrk](https://github.com/robertmrk))
 - Out of tree builds and a few other miscellaneous CMake cleanups. [\#242](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/242) ([ChrisKitching](https://github.com/ChrisKitching))
 - Implement additional integration options [\#238](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/238) ([robertmrk](https://github.com/robertmrk))
@@ -113,72 +188,81 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This projec
 - Use namespace std for int64\_t and uint64\_t [\#226](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/226) ([lv-zheng](https://github.com/lv-zheng))
 - Added missing cerrno header to fix ERANGE compile error on android [\#222](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/222) ([Teemperor](https://github.com/Teemperor))
 - Corrected readme [\#218](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/218) ([Annihil](https://github.com/Annihil))
+- Create PULL\_REQUEST\_TEMPLATE.md [\#213](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/213) ([whackashoe](https://github.com/whackashoe))
+- fixed noexcept; added constexpr [\#208](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/208) ([nlohmann](https://github.com/nlohmann))
+- Add support for afl-fuzz testing [\#207](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/207) ([mykter](https://github.com/mykter))
 - replaced ssize\_t occurrences with auto \(addresses \#204\) [\#205](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/205) ([nlohmann](https://github.com/nlohmann))
 - Fixed issue \#199 - Small bugs in json.hpp \(get\_number\) and unit.cpp \(non-standard integer type test\) [\#200](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/200) ([twelsby](https://github.com/twelsby))
 - Fix broken link [\#197](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/197) ([vog](https://github.com/vog))
+- Issue \#195 - update Travis to Trusty due to gcc/clang strtod\(\) bug [\#196](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/196) ([twelsby](https://github.com/twelsby))
+- Issue \#178 - Extending support to full uint64\_t/int64\_t range and unsigned type \(updated\) [\#193](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/193) ([twelsby](https://github.com/twelsby))
 
 ## [v1.1.0](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/tag/v1.1.0) (2016-01-24)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/compare/v1.0.0...v1.1.0)
 
-- JSON performance benchmark comparision [\#177](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/177)
-- Since re2c is often ignored in pull requests, it may make sense to make a contributing.md file [\#175](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/175)
-- Add assertions [\#168](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/168)
-- range based for loop for objects [\#83](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/83)
-- Implementation of get\_ref\(\) [\#184](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/184) ([dariomt](https://github.com/dariomt))
-
 - Small error in pull \#185 [\#194](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/194)
 - Bugs in miloyip/nativejson-benchmark: floating-point parsing [\#186](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/186)
-- Cannot index by key of type static constexpr const char\* [\#171](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/171)
-- Fixed Issue \#171 - added two extra template overloads of operator\[\] for T\* arguments [\#189](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/189) ([twelsby](https://github.com/twelsby))
-- Fixed issue \#167 - removed operator ValueType\(\) condition for VS2015 [\#188](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/188) ([twelsby](https://github.com/twelsby))
-
 - Floating point equality [\#185](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/185)
 - Unused variables in catch [\#180](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/180)
 - Typo in documentation [\#179](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/179)
+- JSON performance benchmark comparision [\#177](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/177)
+- Since re2c is often ignored in pull requests, it may make sense to make a contributing.md file [\#175](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/175)
+- Question about exceptions [\#173](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/173)
 - Android? [\#172](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/172)
+- Cannot index by key of type static constexpr const char\* [\#171](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/171)
+- Add assertions [\#168](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/168)
 - MSVC 2015 build fails when attempting to compare object\_t [\#167](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/167)
 - Member detector is not portable [\#166](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/166)
 - Unnecessary const\_cast [\#162](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/162)
+- Question about get\_ref\(\) [\#128](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/128)
+- range based for loop for objects [\#83](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/83)
 - Consider submitting this to the Boost Library Incubator [\#66](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/66)
 
 - Fixed Issue \#186 - add strto\(f|d|ld\) overload wrappers, "-0.0" special case and FP trailing zero [\#191](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/191) ([twelsby](https://github.com/twelsby))
 - Issue \#185 - remove approx\(\) and use \#pragma to kill warnings [\#190](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/190) ([twelsby](https://github.com/twelsby))
+- Fixed Issue \#171 - added two extra template overloads of operator\[\] for T\* arguments [\#189](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/189) ([twelsby](https://github.com/twelsby))
+- Fixed issue \#167 - removed operator ValueType\(\) condition for VS2015 [\#188](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/188) ([twelsby](https://github.com/twelsby))
+- Implementation of get\_ref\(\) [\#184](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/184) ([dariomt](https://github.com/dariomt))
 - Fixed some typos in CONTRIBUTING.md [\#182](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/182) ([nibroc](https://github.com/nibroc))
 
 ## [v1.0.0](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/tag/v1.0.0) (2015-12-27)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/compare/v1.0.0-rc1...v1.0.0)
 
 - add key name to exception [\#160](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/160)
-- prevent json.hpp from emitting compiler warnings [\#154](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/154)
-- json::parse\(string\) does not check utf8 bom [\#152](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/152)
-- unsigned 64bit values output as signed [\#151](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/151)
-- overload of at\(\) with default value [\#133](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/133)
-- Memory leak in face of exceptions [\#118](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/118)
-- Find and Count for arrays [\#117](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/117)
-- dynamically constructing an arbitrarily nested object [\#114](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/114)
-- object field accessors [\#103](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/103)
-- v8pp and json [\#95](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/95)
-- Wishlist [\#65](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/65)
-- Windows/Visual Studio \(through 2013\) is unsupported [\#62](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/62)
-
-- Bug in basic\_json::operator\[\] const overload [\#135](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/135)
-- wrong enable\_if for const pointer \(instead of pointer-to-const\) [\#134](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/134)
-- Visual Studio 14 Debug assertion failed [\#125](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/125)
-- Compile error with g++ 4.9.3 cygwin 64-bit [\#112](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/112)
-- error: unterminated raw string [\#109](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/109)
-- \[clang-3.6.2\] string/sstream with number to json issue [\#107](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/107)
-
 - Getting member discarding qualifyer [\#159](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/159)
 - basic\_json::iterator::value\(\) output includes quotes while basic\_json::iterator::key\(\) doesn't [\#158](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/158)
 - Indexing `const basic\_json\<\>` with `const basic\_string\<char\>` [\#157](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/157)
 - token\_type\_name\(token\_type t\): not all control paths return a value [\#156](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/156)
+- prevent json.hpp from emitting compiler warnings [\#154](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/154)
+- json::parse\(string\) does not check utf8 bom [\#152](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/152)
+- unsigned 64bit values output as signed [\#151](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/151)
+- Wish feature: json5 [\#150](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/150)
 - Unable to compile on MSVC 2015 with SDL checking enabled: This function or variable may be unsafe. [\#149](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/149)
+- "Json Object" type does not keep object order [\#148](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/148)
 - dump\(\)  convert strings encoded by utf-8 to shift-jis on windows 10.  [\#147](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/147)
 - Unable to get field names in a json object [\#145](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/145)
+- Question: Is the use of incomplete type correct? [\#138](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/138)
 - json.hpp:5746:32: error: 'to\_string' is not a member of 'std' [\#136](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/136)
+- Bug in basic\_json::operator\[\] const overload [\#135](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/135)
+- wrong enable\_if for const pointer \(instead of pointer-to-const\) [\#134](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/134)
+- overload of at\(\) with default value [\#133](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/133)
+- Splitting source [\#132](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/132)
+- Question about get\_ptr\(\) [\#127](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/127)
+- Visual Studio 14 Debug assertion failed [\#125](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/125)
+- Memory leak in face of exceptions [\#118](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/118)
+- Find and Count for arrays [\#117](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/117)
+- dynamically constructing an arbitrarily nested object [\#114](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/114)
 - Returning any data type [\#113](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/113)
+- Compile error with g++ 4.9.3 cygwin 64-bit [\#112](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/112)
+- insert json array issue with gcc4.8.2 [\#110](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/110)
+- error: unterminated raw string [\#109](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/109)
 - vector\<json\> copy constructor really weird [\#108](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/108)
+- \[clang-3.6.2\] string/sstream with number to json issue [\#107](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/107)
 - maintaining order of keys during iteration [\#106](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/106)
+- object field accessors [\#103](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/103)
+- v8pp and json [\#95](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/95)
+- Wishlist [\#65](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/65)
+- Windows/Visual Studio \(through 2013\) is unsupported [\#62](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/62)
 
 - Replace sprintf with hex function, this fixes \#149 [\#153](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/153) ([whackashoe](https://github.com/whackashoe))
 - Fix character skipping after a surrogate pair [\#146](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/146) ([robertmrk](https://github.com/robertmrk))
@@ -194,65 +278,71 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This projec
 - Use the right variable name in doc string [\#115](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/115) ([whoshuu](https://github.com/whoshuu))
 
 ## [v1.0.0-rc1](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc1) (2015-07-26)
+- Finish documenting the public interface in Doxygen [\#102](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/102)
+- Binary string causes numbers to be dumped as hex [\#101](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/101)
+- failed to iterator json object with reverse\_iterator [\#100](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/100)
+- 'noexcept' : unknown override specifier [\#99](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/99)
+- json float parsing problem [\#98](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/98)
 - Adjust wording to JSON RFC [\#97](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/97)
+- 17 MB / 90 MB repo size!? [\#96](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/96)
+- static analysis warnings [\#94](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/94)
+- reverse\_iterator operator inheritance problem [\#93](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/93)
+- init error [\#92](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/92)
 - access by \(const\) reference [\#91](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/91)
 - is\_integer and is\_float tests [\#90](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/90)
+- Nonstandard integer type [\#89](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/89)
+- static library build [\#84](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/84)
+- lexer::get\_number return NAN [\#82](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/82)
 - MinGW have no std::to\_string [\#80](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/80)
+- Incorrect behaviour of basic\_json::count method [\#78](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/78)
+- Invoking is\_array\(\) function creates "null" value [\#77](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/77)
+- dump\(\) / parse\(\) not idempotent [\#76](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/76)
+- Handle infinity and NaN cases [\#70](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/70)
+- errors in g++-4.8.1 [\#68](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/68)
+- Keys when iterating over objects [\#67](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/67)
+- Compilation results in tons of warnings [\#64](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/64)
+- Complete brief documentation [\#61](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/61)
+- Double quotation mark is not parsed correctly [\#60](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/60)
+- Get coverage back to 100% [\#58](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/58)
 - erase elements using iterators [\#57](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/57)
 - Removing item from array [\#56](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/56)
 - Serialize/Deserialize like PHP? [\#55](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/55)
+- Numbers as keys [\#54](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/54)
+- Why are elements alphabetized on key while iterating? [\#53](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/53)
 - Document erase, count, and iterators key and value [\#52](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/52)
+- Do not use std::to\_string [\#51](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/51)
 - Supported compilers [\#50](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/50)
+- Confused about iterating through json objects [\#49](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/49)
 - Use non-member begin/end [\#48](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/48)
 - Erase key [\#47](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/47)
 - Key iterator [\#46](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/46)
 - Add count member function [\#45](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/45)
-- Printing attribute names [\#39](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/39)
-- Avoid using spaces when encoding without pretty print [\#31](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/31)
-- Cannot encode long numbers [\#30](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/30)
-- Creating an empty array [\#27](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/27)
-- Custom allocator support [\#25](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/25)
-- create a header-only version [\#16](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/16)
-- Add to\_string overload for indentation [\#13](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/13)
-- move code into namespace [\#9](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/9)
-- free functions for explicit objects and arrays in initializer lists [\#8](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/8)
-- Test case coverage [\#2](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/2)
-- Parse streams incrementally. [\#40](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/40) ([aburgh](https://github.com/aburgh))
-
-- Binary string causes numbers to be dumped as hex [\#101](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/101)
-- failed to iterator json object with reverse\_iterator [\#100](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/100)
-- static analysis warnings [\#94](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/94)
-- reverse\_iterator operator inheritance problem [\#93](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/93)
-- Nonstandard integer type [\#89](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/89)
-- lexer::get\_number return NAN [\#82](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/82)
-- Handle infinity and NaN cases [\#70](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/70)
-- errors in g++-4.8.1 [\#68](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/68)
-- Double quotation mark is not parsed correctly [\#60](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/60)
-- Do not use std::to\_string [\#51](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/51)
-- Confused about iterating through json objects [\#49](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/49)
 - Problem getting vector \(array\) of strings [\#44](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/44)
 - Compilation error due to assuming that private=public [\#43](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/43)
 - Use of deprecated implicit copy constructor [\#42](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/42)
+- Printing attribute names [\#39](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/39)
 - dumping a small number\_float just outputs 0.000000 [\#37](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/37)
+- find is error [\#32](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/32)
 - Avoid using spaces when encoding without pretty print [\#31](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/31)
 - Cannot encode long numbers [\#30](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/30)
 - segmentation fault when iterating over empty arrays/objects [\#28](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/28)
+- Creating an empty array [\#27](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/27)
+- Custom allocator support [\#25](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/25)
+- make the type of the used string container customizable [\#20](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/20)
 - Improper parsing of JSON string "\\" [\#17](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/17)
+- create a header-only version [\#16](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/16)
 - Don't return "const values" [\#15](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/15)
+- Add to\_string overload for indentation [\#13](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/13)
 - string parser does not recognize uncompliant strings [\#12](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/12)
-- free functions for explicit objects and arrays in initializer lists [\#8](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/8)
-- Runtime error in Travis job [\#1](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/1)
-- Fix compilation of json\_unit with GCC 5 [\#59](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/59) ([dkopecek](https://github.com/dkopecek))
-
-- Finish documenting the public interface in Doxygen [\#102](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/102)
-- 'noexcept' : unknown override specifier [\#99](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/99)
-- Keys when iterating over objects [\#67](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/67)
-- Complete brief documentation [\#61](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/61)
-- Get coverage back to 100% [\#58](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/58)
 - possible double-free in find function [\#11](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/11)
 - UTF-8 encoding/deconding/testing [\#10](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/10)
+- move code into namespace [\#9](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/9)
+- free functions for explicit objects and arrays in initializer lists [\#8](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/8)
+- unique\_ptr for ownership [\#7](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/7)
 - Add unit tests [\#4](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/4)
 - Drop C++98 support [\#3](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/3)
+- Test case coverage [\#2](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/2)
+- Runtime error in Travis job [\#1](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/1)
 
 - Keyword 'inline' is useless when member functions are defined in headers [\#87](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/87) ([ahamez](https://github.com/ahamez))
 - Remove useless typename [\#86](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/86) ([ahamez](https://github.com/ahamez))
@@ -262,6 +352,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This projec
 - support enum [\#71](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/71) ([likebeta](https://github.com/likebeta))
 - Fix performance regression introduced with the parsing callback feature. [\#69](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/69) ([aburgh](https://github.com/aburgh))
 - Improve the implementations of the comparission-operators [\#63](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/63) ([Florianjw](https://github.com/Florianjw))
+- Fix compilation of json\_unit with GCC 5 [\#59](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/59) ([dkopecek](https://github.com/dkopecek))
+- Parse streams incrementally. [\#40](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/40) ([aburgh](https://github.com/aburgh))
 - Feature/small float serialization [\#38](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/38) ([jrandall](https://github.com/jrandall))
 - template version with re2c scanner [\#36](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/36) ([nlohmann](https://github.com/nlohmann))
 - more descriptive documentation in example [\#33](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/33) ([luxe](https://github.com/luxe))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d76aa2c..0305ea07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Other aspects were not so important to us:
 
 - **Memory efficiency**. Each JSON object has an overhead of one pointer (the maximal size of a union) and one enumeration element (1 byte). The default generalization uses the following C++ data types: `std::string` for strings, `int64_t`, `uint64_t` or `double` for numbers, `std::map` for objects, `std::vector` for arrays, and `bool` for Booleans. However, you can template the generalized class `basic_json` to your needs.
 
-- **Speed**. We currently implement the parser as naive [recursive descent parser](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_descent_parser) with hand coded string handling. It is fast enough, but a [LALR-parser](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LALR_parser) may be even faster (but would consist of more files which makes the integration harder).
+- **Speed**. There are certainly [faster JSON libraries](https://github.com/miloyip/nativejson-benchmark#parsing-time) out there. However, if your goal is to speed up your development by adding JSON support with a single header, then this library is the way to go. If you know how to use a `std::vector` or `std::map`, you are already set.
 
 See the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md#please-dont) for more information.
 
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ json array_not_object = { json::array({"currency", "USD"}), json::array({"value"
 
 ### Serialization / Deserialization
 
+#### To/from strings
+
 You can create an object (deserialization) by appending `_json` to a string literal:
 
 ```cpp
@@ -163,6 +165,8 @@ std::cout << j.dump(4) << std::endl;
 // }
 ```
 
+#### To/from streams (e.g. files, string streams)
+
 You can also use streams to serialize and deserialize:
 
 ```cpp
@@ -177,10 +181,37 @@ std::cout << j;
 std::cout << std::setw(4) << j << std::endl;
 ```
 
-These operators work for any subclasses of `std::istream` or `std::ostream`.
+These operators work for any subclasses of `std::istream` or `std::ostream`. Here is the same example with files:
+
+```cpp
+// read a JSON file
+std::ifstream i("file.json");
+json j;
+i >> j;
+
+// write prettified JSON to another file
+std::ofstream o("pretty.json");
+o << std::setw(4) << j << std::endl;
+```
 
 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.
 
+#### Read from iterator range
+
+You can also read JSON from an iterator range; that is, from any container accessible by iterators whose content is stored as contiguous byte sequence, for instance a `std::vector<uint8_t>`:
+
+```cpp
+std::vector<uint8_t> v = {'t', 'r', 'u', 'e'};
+json j = json::parse(v.begin(), v.end());
+```
+
+You may leave the iterators for the range [begin, end):
+
+```cpp
+std::vector<uint8_t> v = {'t', 'r', 'u', 'e'};
+json j = json::parse(v);
+```
+
 
 ### STL-like access
 
@@ -193,6 +224,9 @@ j.push_back("foo");
 j.push_back(1);
 j.push_back(true);
 
+// also use emplace_back
+j.emplace_back(1.78);
+
 // iterate the array
 for (json::iterator it = j.begin(); it != j.end(); ++it) {
   std::cout << *it << '\n';
@@ -231,6 +265,9 @@ o["foo"] = 23;
 o["bar"] = false;
 o["baz"] = 3.141;
 
+// also use emplace
+o.emplace("weather", "sunny");
+
 // special iterator member functions for objects
 for (json::iterator it = o.begin(); it != o.end(); ++it) {
   std::cout << it.key() << " : " << it.value() << "\n";
@@ -498,7 +535,7 @@ I deeply appreciate the help of the following people.
 - [Vladimir Petrigo](https://github.com/vpetrigo) made a SFINAE hack more readable.
 - [Denis Andrejew](https://github.com/seeekr) fixed a grammar issue in the README file.
 - [Pierre-Antoine Lacaze](https://github.com/palacaze) found a subtle bug in the `dump()` function.
-- [TurpentineDistillery](https://github.com/TurpentineDistillery) pointed to [`std::locale::classic()`](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/locale/locale/classic) to avoid too much locale joggling.
+- [TurpentineDistillery](https://github.com/TurpentineDistillery) pointed to [`std::locale::classic()`](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/locale/locale/classic) to avoid too much locale joggling, found some nice performance improvements in the parser and improved the benchmarking code.
 - [cgzones](https://github.com/cgzones) had an idea how to fix the Coverity scan.
 
 Thanks a lot for helping out!
@@ -523,7 +560,7 @@ To compile and run the tests, you need to execute
 $ make check
 
 ===============================================================================
-All tests passed (8905491 assertions in 36 test cases)
+All tests passed (8905518 assertions in 36 test cases)
 ```
 
 Alternatively, you can use [CMake](https://cmake.org) and run
diff --git a/doc/Doxyfile b/doc/Doxyfile
index 3201df52..625f9c11 100644
--- a/doc/Doxyfile
+++ b/doc/Doxyfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DOXYFILE_ENCODING      = UTF-8
 PROJECT_NAME           = "JSON for Modern C++"
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2.0.7
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2.0.8
 PROJECT_BRIEF          = 
 PROJECT_LOGO           =
 OUTPUT_DIRECTORY       = .
diff --git a/doc/examples/README.link b/doc/examples/README.link
index 19e256b5..48a66aa0 100644
--- a/doc/examples/README.link
+++ b/doc/examples/README.link
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<a target="_blank" href="http://melpon.org/wandbox/permlink/fsf5FqYe6GoX68W6"><b>online</b></a>
\ No newline at end of file
+<a target="_blank" href="http://melpon.org/wandbox/permlink/G6Pdtdxq01HJvvJz"><b>online</b></a>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/examples/emplace.cpp b/doc/examples/emplace.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3b3c3e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/emplace.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include <json.hpp>
+
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+int main()
+{
+    // create JSON values
+    json object = {{"one", 1}, {"two", 2}};
+    json null;
+
+    // print values
+    std::cout << object << '\n';
+    std::cout << null << '\n';
+
+    // add values
+    auto res1 = object.emplace("three", 3);
+    null.emplace("A", "a");
+    null.emplace("B", "b");
+
+    // the following call will not add an object, because there is already
+    // a value stored at key "B"
+    auto res2 = null.emplace("B", "c");
+
+    // print values
+    std::cout << object << '\n';
+    std::cout << *res1.first << " " << std::boolalpha << res1.second << '\n';
+
+    std::cout << null << '\n';
+    std::cout << *res2.first << " " << std::boolalpha << res2.second << '\n';
+}
diff --git a/doc/examples/emplace.link b/doc/examples/emplace.link
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9366c32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/emplace.link
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<a target="_blank" href="http://melpon.org/wandbox/permlink/B6ILaoysGMliouEO"><b>online</b></a>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/examples/emplace.output b/doc/examples/emplace.output
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83d6f773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/emplace.output
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{"one":1,"two":2}
+null
+{"one":1,"three":3,"two":2}
+3 true
+{"A":"a","B":"b"}
+"b" false
diff --git a/doc/examples/emplace_back.cpp b/doc/examples/emplace_back.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e9ec89a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/emplace_back.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include <json.hpp>
+
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+int main()
+{
+    // create JSON values
+    json array = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
+    json null;
+
+    // print values
+    std::cout << array << '\n';
+    std::cout << null << '\n';
+
+    // add values
+    array.emplace_back(6);
+    null.emplace_back("first");
+    null.emplace_back(3, "second");
+
+    // print values
+    std::cout << array << '\n';
+    std::cout << null << '\n';
+}
diff --git a/doc/examples/emplace_back.link b/doc/examples/emplace_back.link
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4363e4c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/emplace_back.link
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<a target="_blank" href="http://melpon.org/wandbox/permlink/jdch45YEMX94DvlH"><b>online</b></a>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/examples/emplace_back.output b/doc/examples/emplace_back.output
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bdd80d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/emplace_back.output
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[1,2,3,4,5]
+null
+[1,2,3,4,5,6]
+["first",["second","second","second"]]
diff --git a/doc/index.md b/doc/index.md
index fcb5b432..0b608eb5 100644
--- a/doc/index.md
+++ b/doc/index.md
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ The container functions known from STL have been extended to support the differe
     <td class="ok_green">@link nlohmann::basic_json::max_size `max_size` @endlink (returns `0`)</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
-    <td rowspan="5">modifiers</td>
+    <td rowspan="6">modifiers</td>
     <td>`clear`</td>
     <td class="ok_green">@link nlohmann::basic_json::clear `clear` @endlink</td>
     <td class="ok_green">@link nlohmann::basic_json::clear `clear` @endlink</td>
@@ -233,6 +233,15 @@ The container functions known from STL have been extended to support the differe
     <td class="nok_throws">throws `std::domain_error`</td>
     <td class="ok_green">@link nlohmann::basic_json::push_back(const typename object_t::value_type & val) `push_back` @endlink (creates object)<br>@link nlohmann::basic_json::push_back(const nlohmann::basic_json &) `push_back` @endlink (creates array)</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>`emplace` / `emplace_back`</td>
+    <td class="ok_green">@link nlohmann::basic_json::emplace() `emplace` @endlink</td>
+    <td class="ok_green">@link nlohmann::basic_json::emplace_back() `emplace_back` @endlink</td>
+    <td class="nok_throws">throws `std::domain_error`</td>
+    <td class="nok_throws">throws `std::domain_error`</td>
+    <td class="nok_throws">throws `std::domain_error`</td>
+    <td class="ok_green">@link nlohmann::basic_json::emplace() `emplace` @endlink (creates object)<br>@link nlohmann::basic_json::emplace_back() `emplace_back` @endlink (creates array)</td>
+  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>`swap`</td>
     <td class="ok_green">@link nlohmann::basic_json::swap `swap` @endlink</td>
@@ -268,4 +277,4 @@ The container functions known from STL have been extended to support the differe
 @author [Niels Lohmann](http://nlohmann.me)
 @see https://github.com/nlohmann/json to download the source code
 
-@version 2.0.7
+@version 2.0.8
diff --git a/doc/json.gif b/doc/json.gif
index 02ffdc89..a5f11878 100644
Binary files a/doc/json.gif and b/doc/json.gif differ
diff --git a/src/json.hpp b/src/json.hpp
index dc8939c9..7f6e2a7a 100644
--- a/src/json.hpp
+++ b/src/json.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
@@ -5032,6 +5032,102 @@ class basic_json
         return *this;
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief add an object to an array
+
+    Creates a JSON value from the passed parameters @a args to the end of the
+    JSON value. If the function is called on a JSON null value, an empty array
+    is created before appending the value created from @a args.
+
+    @param[in] args arguments to forward to a constructor of @ref basic_json
+    @tparam Args compatible types to create a @ref basic_json object
+
+    @throw std::domain_error when called on a type other than JSON array or
+    null; example: `"cannot use emplace_back() with number"`
+
+    @complexity Amortized constant.
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows how `push_back()` can be used to add
+    elements to a JSON array. Note how the `null` value was silently converted
+    to a JSON array.,emplace_back}
+
+    @since version 2.0.8
+    */
+    template<class... Args>
+    void emplace_back(Args&& ... args)
+    {
+        // emplace_back only works for null objects or arrays
+        if (not(is_null() or is_array()))
+        {
+            throw std::domain_error("cannot use emplace_back() with " + type_name());
+        }
+
+        // transform null object into an array
+        if (is_null())
+        {
+            m_type = value_t::array;
+            m_value = value_t::array;
+            assert_invariant();
+        }
+
+        // add element to array (perfect forwarding)
+        m_value.array->emplace_back(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief add an object to an object if key does not exist
+
+    Inserts a new element into a JSON object constructed in-place with the given
+    @a args if there is no element with the key in the container. If the
+    function is called on a JSON null value, an empty object is created before
+    appending the value created from @a args.
+
+    @param[in] args arguments to forward to a constructor of @ref basic_json
+    @tparam Args compatible types to create a @ref basic_json object
+
+    @return a pair consisting of an iterator to the inserted element, or the
+            already-existing element if no insertion happened, and a bool
+            denoting whether the insertion took place.
+
+    @throw std::domain_error when called on a type other than JSON object or
+    null; example: `"cannot use emplace() with number"`
+
+    @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container, O(log(`size()`)).
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows how `emplace()` can be used to add elements
+    to a JSON object. Note how the `null` value was silently converted to a
+    JSON object. Further note how no value is added if there was already one
+    value stored with the same key.,emplace}
+
+    @since version 2.0.8
+    */
+    template<class... Args>
+    std::pair<iterator, bool> emplace(Args&& ... args)
+    {
+        // emplace only works for null objects or arrays
+        if (not(is_null() or is_object()))
+        {
+            throw std::domain_error("cannot use emplace() with " + type_name());
+        }
+
+        // transform null object into an object
+        if (is_null())
+        {
+            m_type = value_t::object;
+            m_value = value_t::object;
+            assert_invariant();
+        }
+
+        // add element to array (perfect forwarding)
+        auto res = m_value.object->emplace(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+        // create result iterator and set iterator to the result of emplace
+        auto it = begin();
+        it.m_it.object_iterator = res.first;
+
+        // return pair of iterator and boolean
+        return {it, res.second};
+    }
+
     /*!
     @brief inserts element
 
@@ -9771,8 +9867,22 @@ basic_json_parser_66:
         */
         void fill_line_buffer(size_t n = 0)
         {
+            // if line buffer is used, m_content points to its data
+            assert(m_line_buffer.empty()
+                   or m_content == reinterpret_cast<const lexer_char_t*>(m_line_buffer.data()));
+
+            // if line buffer is used, m_limit is set past the end of its data
+            assert(m_line_buffer.empty()
+                   or m_limit == m_content + m_line_buffer.size());
+
+            // pointer relationships
+            assert(m_content <= m_start);
+            assert(m_start <= m_cursor);
+            assert(m_cursor <= m_limit);
+            assert(m_marker == nullptr or m_marker  <= m_limit);
+
             // number of processed characters (p)
-            const auto offset_start = m_start - m_content;
+            const size_t num_processed_chars = static_cast<size_t>(m_start - m_content);
             // offset for m_marker wrt. to m_start
             const auto offset_marker = (m_marker == nullptr) ? 0 : m_marker - m_start;
             // number of unprocessed characters (u)
@@ -9781,17 +9891,10 @@ basic_json_parser_66:
             // no stream is used or end of file is reached
             if (m_stream == nullptr or m_stream->eof())
             {
-                // skip this part if we are already using the line buffer
-                if (m_start != reinterpret_cast<const lexer_char_t*>(m_line_buffer.data()))
-                {
-                    // copy unprocessed characters to line buffer
-                    m_line_buffer.clear();
-                    for (m_cursor = m_start; m_cursor != m_limit; ++m_cursor)
-                    {
-                        assert(m_cursor != nullptr);
-                        m_line_buffer.append(1, static_cast<const char>(*m_cursor));
-                    }
-                }
+                // m_start may or may not be pointing into m_line_buffer at
+                // this point. We trust the standand library to do the right
+                // thing. See http://stackoverflow.com/q/28142011/266378
+                m_line_buffer.assign(m_start, m_limit);
 
                 // append n characters to make sure that there is sufficient
                 // space between m_cursor and m_limit
@@ -9804,16 +9907,18 @@ basic_json_parser_66:
             else
             {
                 // delete processed characters from line buffer
-                m_line_buffer.erase(0, static_cast<size_t>(offset_start));
+                m_line_buffer.erase(0, num_processed_chars);
                 // read next line from input stream
-                std::string line;
-                std::getline(*m_stream, line, '\n');
+                m_line_buffer_tmp.clear();
+                std::getline(*m_stream, m_line_buffer_tmp, '\n');
+
                 // add line with newline symbol to the line buffer
-                m_line_buffer += line + "\n";
+                m_line_buffer += m_line_buffer_tmp;
+                m_line_buffer.push_back('\n');
             }
 
             // set pointers
-            m_content = reinterpret_cast<const lexer_char_t*>(m_line_buffer.c_str());
+            m_content = reinterpret_cast<const lexer_char_t*>(m_line_buffer.data());
             assert(m_content != nullptr);
             m_start  = m_content;
             m_marker = m_start + offset_marker;
@@ -9896,9 +10001,20 @@ basic_json_parser_66:
             // iterate the result between the quotes
             for (const lexer_char_t* i = m_start + 1; i < m_cursor - 1; ++i)
             {
-                // process escaped characters
-                if (*i == '\\')
+                // find next escape character
+                auto e = std::find(i, m_cursor - 1, '\\');
+                if (e != i)
                 {
+                    // see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/365#issuecomment-262874705
+                    for (auto k = i; k < e; k++)
+                    {
+                        result.push_back(static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(*k));
+                    }
+                    i = e - 1; // -1 because of ++i
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // processing escaped character
                     // read next character
                     ++i;
 
@@ -9985,12 +10101,6 @@ basic_json_parser_66:
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                else
-                {
-                    // all other characters are just copied to the end of the
-                    // string
-                    result.append(1, static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(*i));
-                }
             }
 
             return result;
@@ -10174,6 +10284,8 @@ basic_json_parser_66:
         std::istream* m_stream = nullptr;
         /// line buffer buffer for m_stream
         string_t m_line_buffer {};
+        /// used for filling m_line_buffer
+        string_t m_line_buffer_tmp {};
         /// the buffer pointer
         const lexer_char_t* m_content = nullptr;
         /// pointer to the beginning of the current symbol
diff --git a/src/json.hpp.re2c b/src/json.hpp.re2c
index 1e017f4f..7daf9c49 100644
--- a/src/json.hpp.re2c
+++ b/src/json.hpp.re2c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
@@ -5032,6 +5032,102 @@ class basic_json
         return *this;
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief add an object to an array
+
+    Creates a JSON value from the passed parameters @a args to the end of the
+    JSON value. If the function is called on a JSON null value, an empty array
+    is created before appending the value created from @a args.
+
+    @param[in] args arguments to forward to a constructor of @ref basic_json
+    @tparam Args compatible types to create a @ref basic_json object
+
+    @throw std::domain_error when called on a type other than JSON array or
+    null; example: `"cannot use emplace_back() with number"`
+
+    @complexity Amortized constant.
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows how `push_back()` can be used to add
+    elements to a JSON array. Note how the `null` value was silently converted
+    to a JSON array.,emplace_back}
+
+    @since version 2.0.8
+    */
+    template<class... Args>
+    void emplace_back(Args&& ... args)
+    {
+        // emplace_back only works for null objects or arrays
+        if (not(is_null() or is_array()))
+        {
+            throw std::domain_error("cannot use emplace_back() with " + type_name());
+        }
+
+        // transform null object into an array
+        if (is_null())
+        {
+            m_type = value_t::array;
+            m_value = value_t::array;
+            assert_invariant();
+        }
+
+        // add element to array (perfect forwarding)
+        m_value.array->emplace_back(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief add an object to an object if key does not exist
+
+    Inserts a new element into a JSON object constructed in-place with the given
+    @a args if there is no element with the key in the container. If the
+    function is called on a JSON null value, an empty object is created before
+    appending the value created from @a args.
+
+    @param[in] args arguments to forward to a constructor of @ref basic_json
+    @tparam Args compatible types to create a @ref basic_json object
+
+    @return a pair consisting of an iterator to the inserted element, or the
+            already-existing element if no insertion happened, and a bool
+            denoting whether the insertion took place.
+
+    @throw std::domain_error when called on a type other than JSON object or
+    null; example: `"cannot use emplace() with number"`
+
+    @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container, O(log(`size()`)).
+
+    @liveexample{The example shows how `emplace()` can be used to add elements
+    to a JSON object. Note how the `null` value was silently converted to a
+    JSON object. Further note how no value is added if there was already one
+    value stored with the same key.,emplace}
+
+    @since version 2.0.8
+    */
+    template<class... Args>
+    std::pair<iterator, bool> emplace(Args&& ... args)
+    {
+        // emplace only works for null objects or arrays
+        if (not(is_null() or is_object()))
+        {
+            throw std::domain_error("cannot use emplace() with " + type_name());
+        }
+
+        // transform null object into an object
+        if (is_null())
+        {
+            m_type = value_t::object;
+            m_value = value_t::object;
+            assert_invariant();
+        }
+
+        // add element to array (perfect forwarding)
+        auto res = m_value.object->emplace(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+        // create result iterator and set iterator to the result of emplace
+        auto it = begin();
+        it.m_it.object_iterator = res.first;
+
+        // return pair of iterator and boolean
+        return {it, res.second};
+    }
+
     /*!
     @brief inserts element
 
@@ -8921,8 +9017,22 @@ class basic_json
         */
         void fill_line_buffer(size_t n = 0)
         {
+            // if line buffer is used, m_content points to its data
+            assert(m_line_buffer.empty()
+                   or m_content == reinterpret_cast<const lexer_char_t*>(m_line_buffer.data()));
+
+            // if line buffer is used, m_limit is set past the end of its data
+            assert(m_line_buffer.empty()
+                   or m_limit == m_content + m_line_buffer.size());
+
+            // pointer relationships
+            assert(m_content <= m_start);
+            assert(m_start <= m_cursor);
+            assert(m_cursor <= m_limit);
+            assert(m_marker == nullptr or m_marker  <= m_limit);
+
             // number of processed characters (p)
-            const auto offset_start = m_start - m_content;
+            const size_t num_processed_chars = static_cast<size_t>(m_start - m_content);
             // offset for m_marker wrt. to m_start
             const auto offset_marker = (m_marker == nullptr) ? 0 : m_marker - m_start;
             // number of unprocessed characters (u)
@@ -8931,17 +9041,10 @@ class basic_json
             // no stream is used or end of file is reached
             if (m_stream == nullptr or m_stream->eof())
             {
-                // skip this part if we are already using the line buffer
-                if (m_start != reinterpret_cast<const lexer_char_t*>(m_line_buffer.data()))
-                {
-                    // copy unprocessed characters to line buffer
-                    m_line_buffer.clear();
-                    for (m_cursor = m_start; m_cursor != m_limit; ++m_cursor)
-                    {
-                        assert(m_cursor != nullptr);
-                        m_line_buffer.append(1, static_cast<const char>(*m_cursor));
-                    }
-                }
+                // m_start may or may not be pointing into m_line_buffer at
+                // this point. We trust the standand library to do the right
+                // thing. See http://stackoverflow.com/q/28142011/266378
+                m_line_buffer.assign(m_start, m_limit);
 
                 // append n characters to make sure that there is sufficient
                 // space between m_cursor and m_limit
@@ -8954,16 +9057,18 @@ class basic_json
             else
             {
                 // delete processed characters from line buffer
-                m_line_buffer.erase(0, static_cast<size_t>(offset_start));
+                m_line_buffer.erase(0, num_processed_chars);
                 // read next line from input stream
-                std::string line;
-                std::getline(*m_stream, line, '\n');
+                m_line_buffer_tmp.clear();
+                std::getline(*m_stream, m_line_buffer_tmp, '\n');
+
                 // add line with newline symbol to the line buffer
-                m_line_buffer += line + "\n";
+                m_line_buffer += m_line_buffer_tmp;
+                m_line_buffer.push_back('\n');
             }
 
             // set pointers
-            m_content = reinterpret_cast<const lexer_char_t*>(m_line_buffer.c_str());
+            m_content = reinterpret_cast<const lexer_char_t*>(m_line_buffer.data());
             assert(m_content != nullptr);
             m_start  = m_content;
             m_marker = m_start + offset_marker;
@@ -9046,9 +9151,20 @@ class basic_json
             // iterate the result between the quotes
             for (const lexer_char_t* i = m_start + 1; i < m_cursor - 1; ++i)
             {
-                // process escaped characters
-                if (*i == '\\')
+                // find next escape character
+                auto e = std::find(i, m_cursor - 1, '\\');
+                if (e != i)
                 {
+                    // see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/365#issuecomment-262874705
+                    for (auto k = i; k < e; k++)
+                    {
+                        result.push_back(static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(*k));
+                    }
+                    i = e - 1; // -1 because of ++i
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // processing escaped character
                     // read next character
                     ++i;
 
@@ -9135,12 +9251,6 @@ class basic_json
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                else
-                {
-                    // all other characters are just copied to the end of the
-                    // string
-                    result.append(1, static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(*i));
-                }
             }
 
             return result;
@@ -9324,6 +9434,8 @@ class basic_json
         std::istream* m_stream = nullptr;
         /// line buffer buffer for m_stream
         string_t m_line_buffer {};
+        /// used for filling m_line_buffer
+        string_t m_line_buffer_tmp {};
         /// the buffer pointer
         const lexer_char_t* m_content = nullptr;
         /// pointer to the beginning of the current symbol
diff --git a/test/src/fuzz.cpp b/test/src/fuzz.cpp
index e614b238..880dc1ca 100644
--- a/test/src/fuzz.cpp
+++ b/test/src/fuzz.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (fuzz test support)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Run "make fuzz_testing" and follow the instructions.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-algorithms.cpp b/test/src/unit-algorithms.cpp
index 83612c37..5197f803 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-algorithms.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-algorithms.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-allocator.cpp b/test/src/unit-allocator.cpp
index c2487ccf..f6cecc87 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-allocator.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-allocator.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-capacity.cpp b/test/src/unit-capacity.cpp
index 19137407..97c19cf2 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-capacity.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-capacity.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-class_const_iterator.cpp b/test/src/unit-class_const_iterator.cpp
index 9504dff5..2ef62441 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-class_const_iterator.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-class_const_iterator.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-class_iterator.cpp b/test/src/unit-class_iterator.cpp
index 428baf50..3d82fce4 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-class_iterator.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-class_iterator.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-class_lexer.cpp b/test/src/unit-class_lexer.cpp
index c5999e35..22a04b05 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-class_lexer.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-class_lexer.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-class_parser.cpp b/test/src/unit-class_parser.cpp
index c9d5fcd9..dad6b1ed 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-class_parser.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-class_parser.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-comparison.cpp b/test/src/unit-comparison.cpp
index eb1cf627..582146a1 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-comparison.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-comparison.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-concepts.cpp b/test/src/unit-concepts.cpp
index d9a74029..002ccdfb 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-concepts.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-concepts.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-constructor1.cpp b/test/src/unit-constructor1.cpp
index 45b7aebe..6804a3a9 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-constructor1.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-constructor1.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-constructor2.cpp b/test/src/unit-constructor2.cpp
index 671e4ad6..1edad6ae 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-constructor2.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-constructor2.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-convenience.cpp b/test/src/unit-convenience.cpp
index e797e5e1..8791caf2 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-convenience.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-convenience.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-conversions.cpp b/test/src/unit-conversions.cpp
index b02431be..1c49a93b 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-conversions.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-conversions.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-deserialization.cpp b/test/src/unit-deserialization.cpp
index 8c820ce7..969a7753 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-deserialization.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-deserialization.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-element_access1.cpp b/test/src/unit-element_access1.cpp
index 09e5f479..d3b9ed4e 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-element_access1.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-element_access1.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-element_access2.cpp b/test/src/unit-element_access2.cpp
index 1b825339..ed1348f8 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-element_access2.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-element_access2.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-inspection.cpp b/test/src/unit-inspection.cpp
index 8a2eb039..d373c103 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-inspection.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-inspection.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-iterator_wrapper.cpp b/test/src/unit-iterator_wrapper.cpp
index d4434393..af1fa08e 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-iterator_wrapper.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-iterator_wrapper.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-iterators1.cpp b/test/src/unit-iterators1.cpp
index f4d1aad7..d51c4541 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-iterators1.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-iterators1.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-iterators2.cpp b/test/src/unit-iterators2.cpp
index 27d8fbb8..f231c8ec 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-iterators2.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-iterators2.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-json_patch.cpp b/test/src/unit-json_patch.cpp
index 79070135..9a40ce79 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-json_patch.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-json_patch.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-json_pointer.cpp b/test/src/unit-json_pointer.cpp
index 1b1e3485..35558d27 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-json_pointer.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-json_pointer.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-modifiers.cpp b/test/src/unit-modifiers.cpp
index fd7fed56..08a6dd34 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-modifiers.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-modifiers.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
@@ -258,6 +258,103 @@ TEST_CASE("modifiers")
         }
     }
 
+    SECTION("emplace_back()")
+    {
+        SECTION("to array")
+        {
+            SECTION("null")
+            {
+                json j;
+                j.emplace_back(1);
+                j.emplace_back(2);
+                CHECK(j.type() == json::value_t::array);
+                CHECK(j == json({1, 2}));
+            }
+
+            SECTION("array")
+            {
+                json j = {1, 2, 3};
+                j.emplace_back("Hello");
+                CHECK(j.type() == json::value_t::array);
+                CHECK(j == json({1, 2, 3, "Hello"}));
+            }
+
+            SECTION("multiple values")
+            {
+                json j;
+                j.emplace_back(3, "foo");
+                CHECK(j.type() == json::value_t::array);
+                CHECK(j == json({{"foo", "foo", "foo"}}));
+            }
+        }
+
+        SECTION("other type")
+        {
+            json j = 1;
+            CHECK_THROWS_AS(j.emplace_back("Hello"), std::domain_error);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(j.emplace_back("Hello"), "cannot use emplace_back() with number");
+        }
+    }
+
+    SECTION("emplace()")
+    {
+        SECTION("to object")
+        {
+            SECTION("null")
+            {
+                // start with a null value
+                json j;
+
+                // add a new key
+                auto res1 = j.emplace("foo", "bar");
+                CHECK(res1.second == true);
+                CHECK(*res1.first == "bar");
+
+                // the null value is changed to an object
+                CHECK(j.type() == json::value_t::object);
+
+                // add a new key
+                auto res2 = j.emplace("baz", "bam");
+                CHECK(res2.second == true);
+                CHECK(*res2.first == "bam");
+
+                // we try to insert at given key - no change
+                auto res3 = j.emplace("baz", "bad");
+                CHECK(res3.second == false);
+                CHECK(*res3.first == "bam");
+
+                // the final object
+                CHECK(j == json({{"baz", "bam"}, {"foo", "bar"}}));
+            }
+
+            SECTION("object")
+            {
+                // start with an object
+                json j = {{"foo", "bar"}};
+
+                // add a new key
+                auto res1 = j.emplace("baz", "bam");
+                CHECK(res1.second == true);
+                CHECK(*res1.first == "bam");
+
+                // add an existing key
+                auto res2 = j.emplace("foo", "bad");
+                CHECK(res2.second == false);
+                CHECK(*res2.first == "bar");
+
+                // check final object
+                CHECK(j == json({{"baz", "bam"}, {"foo", "bar"}}));
+            }
+        }
+
+        SECTION("other type")
+        {
+            json j = 1;
+            CHECK_THROWS_AS(j.emplace("foo", "bar"), std::domain_error);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH(j.emplace("foo", "bar"), "cannot use emplace() with number");
+        }
+    }
+
     SECTION("operator+=")
     {
         SECTION("to array")
diff --git a/test/src/unit-pointer_access.cpp b/test/src/unit-pointer_access.cpp
index 8948360c..5d5eb163 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-pointer_access.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-pointer_access.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-readme.cpp b/test/src/unit-readme.cpp
index a5078e90..07f36363 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-readme.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-readme.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-reference_access.cpp b/test/src/unit-reference_access.cpp
index b7e1b90a..a036d2f8 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-reference_access.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-reference_access.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-regression.cpp b/test/src/unit-regression.cpp
index 50cb190f..e04513ca 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-regression.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-regression.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-serialization.cpp b/test/src/unit-serialization.cpp
index cc8dcec0..0c800382 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-serialization.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-serialization.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-testsuites.cpp b/test/src/unit-testsuites.cpp
index 15fee1f5..c41c4788 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-testsuites.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-testsuites.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit-unicode.cpp b/test/src/unit-unicode.cpp
index 19da6497..0e49757b 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-unicode.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-unicode.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
diff --git a/test/src/unit.cpp b/test/src/unit.cpp
index 6ad7d8e1..7b93c387 100644
--- a/test/src/unit.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
     __ _____ _____ _____
  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (test suite)
-|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.7
+|  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 2.0.8
 |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
 Licensed under the MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.