Say that json_view converts integers while parsing

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ most of the resulting tree is thrown away almost immediately.
[`basic_json_document::parse()`](../api/basic_json_document/parse.md) parses the same JSON grammar, with the same
options, but instead of a tree it builds a flat index of the values it found: one
[16-byte entry](../home/architecture.md#node-index-of-json-views) per value (and one per object key), in document
order. Strings and numbers are referenced in place in the source text; only strings that contain escape sequences
are decoded, into one shared buffer owned by the document.
order. Integers are converted while parsing and stored in their entry. Floating-point numbers and strings are
referenced in place in the source text: a float is converted when it is read, and only strings that contain escape
sequences are decoded, into one shared buffer owned by the document.
[`basic_json_view`](../api/basic_json_view/index.md) is a small, trivially copyable handle (two pointers) into that
index. It gives you the read-only, type-inspection part of the `basic_json` interface --
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@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ a DOM, three alternatives avoid building it:
unparsed remainder of the input) instead of the whole document -- see the [recipe for streaming a large homogeneous
array](parsing/parser_callbacks.md#recipe-streaming-a-large-homogeneous-array).
- Parse into a [`json_document`](json_view.md) (`#!cpp <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`) instead of a `basic_json`. It keeps
the input text and builds a flat index of 16 bytes per value; strings and numbers are not copied, but read from the
text when needed. Read-only [views](../api/basic_json_view/index.md) give the familiar element access, and only the
the input text and builds a flat index of 16 bytes per value; strings and floating-point numbers are not copied, but
read from the text when needed. Read-only [views](../api/basic_json_view/index.md) give the familiar element access, and only the
parts you [`materialize()`](../api/basic_json_view/materialize.md) become `basic_json` values. A document that
borrows the text instead of owning a copy needs the text to outlive it; see
[choosing between `json`, the SAX interface, and `json_view`](json_view.md#choosing-between-json-ordered_json-the-sax-interface-and-json_view).