Add JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS to delete the deprecated functions (#5755)

* Add JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS to delete the deprecated functions

Defining JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS to 1 (or the CMake option
JSON_DeleteDeprecatedFunctions) declares every deprecated function as
deleted instead of deprecated, so that code that is not ready for 4.0.0
no longer compiles. A deleted function still takes part in overload
resolution, so from_*(ptr, len) cannot silently bind len to the strict
parameter of from_*(InputType&&, bool); the roadmap now plans to keep
these overloads deleted in 4.0.0 instead of removing them.

The legacy discarded-value comparison is left to its own macro.

Also update the 4.0 roadmap: add JSON_DISABLE_TUPLE_REFERENCE_CONVERSION
and JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS to the macro table, add the
from_bjdata/from_bon8 (ptr, len) overloads to the deprecated functions,
document the macro in the migration guide, and fix the docs style check
findings (example titles, missing docset entry for JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8).

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

* Declare each deprecated function once and guard only its body

Instead of repeating every deprecated declaration in an
#if JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS branch, keep one declaration
(with its deprecation attribute) and switch only between "= delete;"
and the function body. Suggested by @gregmarr in the review.

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

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Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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- 'JSON_BRACE_INIT_COPY_SEMANTICS': api/macros/json_brace_init_copy_semantics.md
- 'JSON_CATCH_USER, JSON_THROW_USER, JSON_TRY_USER': api/macros/json_throw_user.md
- 'JSON_DIAGNOSTICS': api/macros/json_diagnostics.md
- 'JSON_DELETE_DEPRECATED_FUNCTIONS': api/macros/json_delete_deprecated_functions.md
- 'JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS': api/macros/json_diagnostic_positions.md
- 'JSON_DISABLE_ENUM_SERIALIZATION': api/macros/json_disable_enum_serialization.md
- 'JSON_DISABLE_TUPLE_REFERENCE_CONVERSION': api/macros/json_disable_tuple_reference_conversion.md