Add natvis visualizers for json_document and json_view (#5967)

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ at its root, a [Natvis](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/
file that gives `json`/`ordered_json` values a friendly, key/value debugger view instead of showing raw internal
fields, when debugging with the MSVC debug engine (`cppvsdbg`) in Visual Studio or VS Code.
The file also has visualizers for `json_document` and `json_view` (and their `ordered_json`/editable variants). They
show the value of the document or view, and its elements as an expandable list. Because a document is only a flat index
into the source text, the strings of the direct elements are shown, but the elements of nested arrays and objects are
shown as index nodes (their kind, size, and numbers; strings only by length). Arrays and objects that have been edited
in a `json_editable_document` are not expanded. The visualizers read the internal layout of the MSVC STL (`std::array`,
`std::unique_ptr`).
The checked-in visualizers cover namespace variants with zero, one, or two ABI tags. Configurations with three or more
ABI tags are not covered and may show raw internal fields instead. To generate a Natvis file for such a configuration:
@@ -29,7 +36,7 @@ ABI tags are not covered and may show raw internal fields instead. To generate a
4. Use the generated file instead of `nlohmann_json.natvis`.
`--abi-tags` can be repeated for several configurations, and `--all` generates every combination (about 60 MB for 12
`--abi-tags` can be repeated for several configurations, and `--all` generates every combination (about 60 MB for 11
ABI tags, doubling with each further tag). See
[`tools/generate_natvis`](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/tree/develop/tools/generate_natvis) for all options.