json_view: view_mode enum instead of bool Editable, node_kind for node::kind (#5919)

* json_view: view_mode enum instead of bool Editable, node_kind for node::kind

basic_json_document and basic_json_view take a view_mode (read_only, the
default, or editable) instead of a bool: basic_json_document<json, true>
did not say what true means. The shortcut aliases are unchanged.

The kind of a node is a node_kind (the value_t values plus link, 10 as
before), which removes the static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::...) of
every comparison. The node and image layouts are unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* json_view: node_kind in the node writers, spell out read_only, comment fixes

The builder and the edit functions take and store a node_kind instead of
casting a value_t; the numbering assertions and the comments now speak of
node_kind, and the link kind notes that it follows value_t::discarded.
The read-only aliases name view_mode::read_only like the editable ones.
view_mode.md says the mode is a compile-time property of the type.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* json_view: views of read-only documents convert to editable views

A read-only document has no edits, so a view of it reads correctly as a
view of an editable document before its first edit. The implicit
conversion lets a function taking a json_editable_view accept the views
of both modes. There is no conversion the other way: a read-only view of
an editable document would read wrong values after the next edit.

The mode comparisons in the cross-mode operator==/!= use an
is_other_mode trait, which astyle keeps compact.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

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# <small>nlohmann::basic_json_view::</small>basic_json_view
```cpp
// (1)
basic_json_view() noexcept = default;
// (2) only for Mode == view_mode::editable
basic_json_view(const basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, view_mode::read_only>& other) noexcept;
```
Creates an invalid (discarded) view: [`type()`](type.md) is `#!cpp value_t::discarded` and
[`is_discarded()`](is_discarded.md) is `#!cpp true`.
1. Creates an invalid (discarded) view: [`type()`](type.md) is `#!cpp value_t::discarded` and
[`is_discarded()`](is_discarded.md) is `#!cpp true`.
2. Converts a view of a read-only document into a view of an editable document (implicitly), so that a function
taking a [`json_editable_view`](../json_editable_view.md) accepts both. The result is a view of the same value of
the same read-only document. See [`view_mode`](../view_mode.md) for why there is no conversion the other way.
This is the only constructor a caller can use directly. Every other view is obtained from a
## Parameters
`other` (in)
: a view of a read-only document with the same `BasicJsonType`
Apart from these, a view is obtained from a
[`basic_json_document`](../basic_json_document/index.md), via [`root()`](../basic_json_document/root.md) or by
navigating into a container with [`operator[]`](operator[].md), [`at`](at.md), [`front`](front.md), [`back`](back.md),
[`find`](find.md), or iteration.
## Exception safety
No-throw guarantee: this constructor never throws exceptions.
No-throw guarantee: these constructors never throw exceptions.
## Complexity
@@ -45,6 +57,7 @@ placeholder for "no value yet" and later be assigned a real view.
- [is_discarded](is_discarded.md) - return whether the view is invalid
- [root](../basic_json_document/root.md) - the view of a document's root value
- [view_mode](../view_mode.md) - whether a document and its views can be edited
## Version history
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
<small>Defined in header `<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`</small>
```cpp
template<typename BasicJsonType, bool Editable = false>
template<typename BasicJsonType, view_mode Mode = view_mode::read_only>
class basic_json_view;
```
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Moving the document itself does not invalidate its views: the index is heap-allo
`#!cpp operator ValueType()`), and no `#!cpp get_ptr()` or `#!cpp get_ref()`; see [`get`](get.md).
`basic_json_view` itself is always read-only -- it never has a `set` or `push_back` of its own. A view of an
**editable** document (`#!cpp Editable == true`) sees every edit made through
**editable** document (`#!cpp view_mode::editable`) sees every edit made through
[`basic_json_document::set`](../basic_json_document/set.md) and
[`basic_json_document::push_back`](../basic_json_document/push_back.md): once a value is changed, every view that
still refers to it -- including ones taken before the change -- reads the new value. See
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ still refers to it -- including ones taken before the change -- reads the new va
: a specialization of [`basic_json`](../basic_json/index.md), matching the
[`basic_json_document`](../basic_json_document/index.md) the view was taken from.
`Editable`
: whether the view is of an editable document, matching the [`basic_json_document`](../basic_json_document/index.md)
it was taken from (optional, `#!cpp false` by default). See [Edits](../basic_json_document/index.md#edits).
`Mode`
: a [`view_mode`](../view_mode.md): whether the view is of an editable document, matching the
[`basic_json_document`](../basic_json_document/index.md) it was taken from (optional, `#!cpp view_mode::read_only` by
default). See [Edits](../basic_json_document/index.md#edits).
## Specializations