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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import itertools
+import jinja2
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+
+def semver(v):
+    if not re.fullmatch(r'\d+\.\d+\.\d+', v):
+        raise ValueError
+    return v
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--version', required=True, type=semver, help='Library version number')
+    parser.add_argument('output', help='Output directory for nlohmann_json.natvis')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    namespaces = ['nlohmann']
+    abi_prefix = 'json_abi'
+    abi_tags = ['_diag', '_ldvcmp']
+    version = '_v' + args.version.replace('.', '_')
+    inline_namespaces = []
+
+    # generate all combinations of inline namespace names
+    for n in range(0, len(abi_tags) + 1):
+        for tags in itertools.combinations(abi_tags, n):
+            ns = abi_prefix + ''.join(tags)
+            inline_namespaces += [ns, ns + version]
+
+    namespaces += [f'{namespaces[0]}::{ns}' for ns in inline_namespaces]
+
+    env = jinja2.Environment(loader=jinja2.FileSystemLoader(searchpath=sys.path[0]), autoescape=True, trim_blocks=True,
+                                                            lstrip_blocks=True, keep_trailing_newline=True)
+    template = env.get_template('nlohmann_json.natvis.j2')
+    natvis = template.render(namespaces=namespaces)
+
+    with open(os.path.join(args.output, 'nlohmann_json.natvis'), 'w') as f:
+        f.write(natvis)