Fix update(merge_objects=true) throwing on primitive-to-object merge (#5414)

When merge_objects is true, recurse only if the existing value is an
object. Otherwise overwrite, matching the documented "all other values
are overwritten as usual" behavior.

Fixes #5402

Signed-off-by: elix3r <157088510+22elix3r@users.noreply.github.com>
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@@ -1555,4 +1555,15 @@ TEST_CASE("issue #5338 - truncated CBOR tagged binary subtype is rejected")
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TEST_CASE("issue #5402 - update(merge_objects=true) overwrites a primitive with an object")
{
json t = {{"k", 1}};
t.update(json{{"k", {{"x", 2}}}}, true);
CHECK(t == json({{"k", {{"x", 2}}}}));
json mixed = {{"keep", {{"a", 1}}}, {"replace", 1}};
mixed.update(json{{"keep", {{"b", 2}}}, {"replace", {{"x", 2}}}}, true);
CHECK(mixed == json({{"keep", {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}}}, {"replace", {{"x", 2}}}}));
}
DOCTEST_CLANG_SUPPRESS_WARNING_POP