use from_utf8_unchecked in the fmt::Display implementation of Value

src/value/mod.rs

@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
 //! [from_reader]: https://docs.serde.rs/serde_json/de/fn.from_reader.html
 
 use crate::error::Error;
-use crate::io;
 use crate::lib::*;
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::ser::Serialize;
@@ -191,27 +190,43 @@ impl Debug for Value {
     }
 }
 
-struct WriterFormatter<'a, 'b: 'a> {
-    inner: &'a mut fmt::Formatter<'b>,
-}
+// WriterFormatter is in it's own little module to enforce using the unsafe constructor
+mod writer_formatter {
+    use crate::io;
+    use crate::lib::*;
+
+    pub struct WriterFormatter<'a, 'b: 'a> {
+        inner: &'a mut fmt::Formatter<'b>,
+    }
 
-impl<'a, 'b> io::Write for WriterFormatter<'a, 'b> {
-    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        fn io_error<E>(_: E) -> io::Error {
-            // Error value does not matter because fmt::Display impl below just
-            // maps it to fmt::Error
-            io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "fmt error")
+    impl<'a, 'b: 'a> WriterFormatter<'a, 'b> {
+        /// Safety: the caller needs to ensure that only valid utf8 bytes are written into this writer
+        pub unsafe fn new(inner: &'a mut fmt::Formatter<'b>) -> Self {
+            Self { inner }
         }
-        let s = tri!(str::from_utf8(buf).map_err(io_error));
-        tri!(self.inner.write_str(s).map_err(io_error));
-        Ok(buf.len())
     }
 
-    fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        Ok(())
+    impl<'a, 'b> io::Write for WriterFormatter<'a, 'b> {
+        fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+            fn io_error<E>(_: E) -> io::Error {
+                // Error value does not matter because fmt::Display impl below just
+                // maps it to fmt::Error
+                io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "fmt error")
+            }
+            // The safety requirements of passing in valid utf8 is passed trough to the caller trough the unsafe `new` method
+            let s = unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(buf) };
+            tri!(self.inner.write_str(s).map_err(io_error));
+            Ok(buf.len())
+        }
+
+        fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+            Ok(())
+        }
     }
 }
 
+use writer_formatter::WriterFormatter;
+
 impl fmt::Display for Value {
     /// Display a JSON value as a string.
     ///
@@ -239,7 +254,10 @@ impl fmt::Display for Value {
     /// ```
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         let alternate = f.alternate();
-        let mut wr = WriterFormatter { inner: f };
+        let mut wr = unsafe {
+            // The serializer only emits valid json with the default formatters
+            WriterFormatter::new(f)
+        };
         if alternate {
             // {:#}
             super::ser::to_writer_pretty(&mut wr, self).map_err(|_| fmt::Error)