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::</small>view_mode
<small>Defined in header `<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`</small>
```cpp
enum class view_mode : std::uint8_t
{
read_only,
editable
};
```
The second template parameter of [`basic_json_document`](basic_json_document/index.md) and
[`basic_json_view`](basic_json_view/index.md): whether a document can be changed after parsing, and whether a view is
of such a document.
`read_only`
: the default: the document is parsed once and then only read. It carries none of the bookkeeping edits need, and
calling [`set`](basic_json_document/set.md), [`push_back`](basic_json_document/push_back.md),
[`insert`](basic_json_document/insert.md), or [`erase`](basic_json_document/erase.md) on it fails to compile.
`editable`
: the document also offers [`set`](basic_json_document/set.md), [`push_back`](basic_json_document/push_back.md),
[`insert`](basic_json_document/insert.md), and [`erase`](basic_json_document/erase.md); its views see every edit,
see [Edits](basic_json_document/index.md#edits).
The shortcuts name both modes: [`json_document`](json_document.md) and [`json_view`](json_view.md) are read-only,
[`json_editable_document`](json_editable_document.md) and [`json_editable_view`](json_editable_view.md) are editable
(and likewise for `ordered_json`).
## Notes
The mode is a compile-time property of the document's and the view's type, not a setting of a call. A read-only view
reads a container in place, while a view of an editable document follows the links that edits leave behind. A view of
a read-only document converts implicitly to a view of an editable document of the same `BasicJsonType`: a read-only
document has no edits, so the converted view reads it like an editable document before its first edit (at the cost of
one check per access). There is no conversion the other way, because a read-only view of an editable document would
read wrong values after the next edit.
A function that takes a [`json_editable_view`](json_editable_view.md) therefore accepts the views of both modes. A
function template deduces the mode from its argument instead, without conversions, so it names the modes it accepts in
its signature:
```cpp
// views of editable documents only
template<typename BasicJsonType>
void f(basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, view_mode::editable> v);
// views of read-only documents only
template<typename BasicJsonType>
void f(basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, view_mode::read_only> v);
// either
template<typename BasicJsonType, view_mode Mode>
void f(basic_json_view<BasicJsonType, Mode> v);
```
A function that takes a [`json_view`](json_view.md) accepts neither an [`ordered_json_view`](ordered_json_view.md)
nor a [`json_editable_view`](json_editable_view.md). Views of the two modes compare with
[`operator==`](basic_json_view/operator_eq.md).
## Examples
??? example
The example below shows a function template that accepts the views of both modes, one that accepts only views of
editable documents, and a function taking a `json_editable_view` that also accepts a view of a read-only document.
```cpp
--8<-- "examples/view_mode.cpp"
```
Output:
```
--8<-- "examples/view_mode.output"
```
## See also
- [basic_json_document](basic_json_document/index.md) - a parsed JSON text
- [basic_json_view](basic_json_view/index.md) - a handle to one value of a document
- [json_editable_document](json_editable_document.md) - an editable document of `json`
- [(constructor)](basic_json_view/basic_json_view.md) - the conversion from a read-only to an editable view
## Version history
Added in version 3.13.0.