# v2.0.8

Released on 2016-12-02.

Adds the [`emplace`](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/emplace/index.md) and [`emplace_back`](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/emplace_back/index.md) functions and improves parsing and serialization performance. All changes are backward-compatible. [Full release notes](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/tag/v2.0.8).

## API changes

**Added (2 pages):**

- `basic_json`: [`emplace`](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/emplace/index.md), [`emplace_back`](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/emplace_back/index.md)