diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4b721f0..c869151 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,3 +50,6 @@ jsoncpp_lib_static.dir/
 .project
 .cproject
 /.settings/
+
+# DS_Store
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/include/json/config.h b/include/json/config.h
index b2bfb29..c83e78a 100644
--- a/include/json/config.h
+++ b/include/json/config.h
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __clang__
+#  if __has_extension(attribute_deprecated_with_message)
+#    define JSONCPP_DEPRECATED(message)  __attribute__ ((deprecated(message)))
+#  endif
 #elif defined __GNUC__ // not clang (gcc comes later since clang emulates gcc)
 #  if (__GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 5))
 #    define JSONCPP_DEPRECATED(message)  __attribute__ ((deprecated(message)))
diff --git a/include/json/reader.h b/include/json/reader.h
index 5ee962a..82859fd 100644
--- a/include/json/reader.h
+++ b/include/json/reader.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace Json {
  *
  * \deprecated Use CharReader and CharReaderBuilder.
  */
-class JSON_API Reader {
+class JSONCPP_DEPRECATED("Use CharReader and CharReaderBuilder instead") JSON_API Reader {
 public:
   typedef char Char;
   typedef const Char* Location;
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ private:
   void addComment(Location begin, Location end, CommentPlacement placement);
   void skipCommentTokens(Token& token);
 
+  static bool containsNewLine(Location begin, Location end);
+  static JSONCPP_STRING normalizeEOL(Location begin, Location end);
+
   typedef std::stack<Value*> Nodes;
   Nodes nodes_;
   Errors errors_;
diff --git a/include/json/value.h b/include/json/value.h
index 2da9559..ebca175 100644
--- a/include/json/value.h
+++ b/include/json/value.h
@@ -518,10 +518,12 @@ Json::Value obj_value(Json::objectValue); // {}
   /// \pre type() is objectValue or nullValue
   /// \post type() is unchanged
   /// \deprecated
+  JSONCPP_DEPRECATED("")
   Value removeMember(const char* key);
   /// Same as removeMember(const char*)
   /// \param key may contain embedded nulls.
   /// \deprecated
+  JSONCPP_DEPRECATED("")
   Value removeMember(const JSONCPP_STRING& key);
   /// Same as removeMember(const char* begin, const char* end, Value* removed),
   /// but 'key' is null-terminated.
diff --git a/include/json/writer.h b/include/json/writer.h
index 8a1279b..f258cbf 100644
--- a/include/json/writer.h
+++ b/include/json/writer.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public:
 /** \brief Abstract class for writers.
  * \deprecated Use StreamWriter. (And really, this is an implementation detail.)
  */
-class JSON_API Writer {
+class JSONCPP_DEPRECATED("Use StreamWriter instead") JSON_API Writer {
 public:
   virtual ~Writer();
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public:
  * \sa Reader, Value
  * \deprecated Use StreamWriterBuilder.
  */
-class JSON_API FastWriter : public Writer {
+class JSONCPP_DEPRECATED("Use StreamWriterBuilder instead") JSON_API FastWriter : public Writer {
 
 public:
   FastWriter();
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ private:
  * \sa Reader, Value, Value::setComment()
  * \deprecated Use StreamWriterBuilder.
  */
-class JSON_API StyledWriter : public Writer {
+class JSONCPP_DEPRECATED("Use StreamWriterBuilder instead") JSON_API StyledWriter : public Writer {
 public:
   StyledWriter();
   ~StyledWriter() JSONCPP_OVERRIDE {}
@@ -267,12 +267,14 @@ private:
  * If the Value have comments then they are outputed according to their
  #CommentPlacement.
  *
- * \param indentation Each level will be indented by this amount extra.
  * \sa Reader, Value, Value::setComment()
  * \deprecated Use StreamWriterBuilder.
  */
-class JSON_API StyledStreamWriter {
+class JSONCPP_DEPRECATED("Use StreamWriterBuilder instead") JSON_API StyledStreamWriter {
 public:
+/**
+ * \param indentation Each level will be indented by this amount extra.
+ */
   StyledStreamWriter(JSONCPP_STRING indentation = "\t");
   ~StyledStreamWriter() {}
 
diff --git a/src/lib_json/json_reader.cpp b/src/lib_json/json_reader.cpp
index 23d732c..8850d2e 100644
--- a/src/lib_json/json_reader.cpp
+++ b/src/lib_json/json_reader.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Features Features::strictMode() {
 // Implementation of class Reader
 // ////////////////////////////////
 
-static bool containsNewLine(Reader::Location begin, Reader::Location end) {
+bool Reader::containsNewLine(Reader::Location begin, Reader::Location end) {
   for (; begin < end; ++begin)
     if (*begin == '\n' || *begin == '\r')
       return true;
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ bool Reader::readComment() {
   return true;
 }
 
-static JSONCPP_STRING normalizeEOL(Reader::Location begin, Reader::Location end) {
+JSONCPP_STRING Reader::normalizeEOL(Reader::Location begin, Reader::Location end) {
   JSONCPP_STRING normalized;
   normalized.reserve(static_cast<size_t>(end - begin));
   Reader::Location current = begin;
@@ -1019,6 +1019,9 @@ private:
   void addComment(Location begin, Location end, CommentPlacement placement);
   void skipCommentTokens(Token& token);
 
+  static JSONCPP_STRING normalizeEOL(Location begin, Location end);
+  static bool containsNewLine(Location begin, Location end);
+
   typedef std::stack<Value*> Nodes;
   Nodes nodes_;
   Errors errors_;
@@ -1036,6 +1039,13 @@ private:
 
 // complete copy of Read impl, for OurReader
 
+bool OurReader::containsNewLine(OurReader::Location begin, OurReader::Location end) {
+  for (; begin < end; ++begin)
+    if (*begin == '\n' || *begin == '\r')
+      return true;
+  return false;
+}
+
 OurReader::OurReader(OurFeatures const& features)
     : errors_(), document_(), begin_(), end_(), current_(), lastValueEnd_(),
       lastValue_(), commentsBefore_(),
@@ -1345,6 +1355,25 @@ bool OurReader::readComment() {
   return true;
 }
 
+JSONCPP_STRING OurReader::normalizeEOL(OurReader::Location begin, OurReader::Location end) {
+  JSONCPP_STRING normalized;
+  normalized.reserve(static_cast<size_t>(end - begin));
+  OurReader::Location current = begin;
+  while (current != end) {
+    char c = *current++;
+    if (c == '\r') {
+      if (current != end && *current == '\n')
+         // convert dos EOL
+         ++current;
+      // convert Mac EOL
+      normalized += '\n';
+    } else {
+      normalized += c;
+    }
+  }
+  return normalized;
+}
+
 void
 OurReader::addComment(Location begin, Location end, CommentPlacement placement) {
   assert(collectComments_);
diff --git a/src/lib_json/json_value.cpp b/src/lib_json/json_value.cpp
index 791176e..2a53138 100644
--- a/src/lib_json/json_value.cpp
+++ b/src/lib_json/json_value.cpp
@@ -1453,8 +1453,13 @@ ptrdiff_t Value::getOffsetStart() const { return start_; }
 ptrdiff_t Value::getOffsetLimit() const { return limit_; }
 
 JSONCPP_STRING Value::toStyledString() const {
-  StyledWriter writer;
-  return writer.write(*this);
+  StreamWriterBuilder builder;
+
+  JSONCPP_STRING out = this->hasComment(commentBefore) ? "\n" : "";
+  out += Json::writeString(builder, *this);
+  out += "\n";
+
+  return out;
 }
 
 Value::const_iterator Value::begin() const {