Documentation review (#5257)

* 📡 Fix documentation gaps for 3.13.0 release (todos 138-142)

- Todo 138: Add "Known issues" section to modules.md with compiler-specific troubleshooting (GCC redefinition, MSVC symbol export). Add pointer note to quality_assurance.md.
- Todo 139: Document CBOR/MessagePack half-precision float encoding for NaN/Infinity (0xF9/0xCA with exact byte sequences). Explain pre-3.13.0 double-precision bug mechanism without issue citations.
- Todo 140: Document CBOR negative-integer-overflow rejection (parse_error.112) for magnitudes exceeding int64_t range (already implemented in rev 1).
- Todo 141: Update version history in value.md and operator[].md with behavior-change details, removing issue citations per citation policy (prose is self-contained).
- Todo 142: Global sed replace of 3.12.x → 3.13.0 placeholder across all 20 documentation files.

Revision 2 incorporates feedback to reduce changelog-like issue citations. Only citations that add unique troubleshooting value are retained (#5103 for GCC workaround, #3970 for MSVC symbol export). "Known issues" section follows PR #5252's visual pattern (info admonition with bold-bullet format).

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

* 📡 Document integer type selection, type_name() invalid value, and std::optional get() fix

- number_handling.md: clarify that positive/negative integers select
  unsigned/signed storage based on the leading minus sign (todo 143).
- type_name.md: document the new "invalid" return value for corrupted
  JSON values (todo 145).
- get.md: note that get<std::optional<T>>() was unreachable in every
  configuration prior to 3.13.0 due to an internal macro-guard bug,
  unrelated to JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS's actual effect (todo 144).

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

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Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ A UTF-8 byte order mark is silently ignored.
- Added in version 3.0.0.
- Ignoring comments via `ignore_comments` added in version 3.9.0.
- Changed [runtime assertion](../../features/assertions.md) in case of `FILE*` null pointers to exception in version 3.12.0.
- Added `ignore_trailing_commas` in version 3.12.x.
- Added `ignore_trailing_commas` in version 3.13.0.
!!! warning "Deprecation"
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@@ -92,4 +92,4 @@ std::string format_as(const BasicJsonType& j)
## Version history
- Added in version 3.12.x.
- Added in version 3.13.0.
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@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ overload (3).
See [Number conversion](../../features/types/number_handling.md#number-conversion)
for more information.
!!! note "`std::optional` conversions"
Prior to version 3.13.0, `#!cpp get<std::optional<T>>()` (and other conversions to `std::optional<T>`) failed to
compile in every configuration, due to an internal implementation bug that made the `from_json` overload for
`std::optional` unreachable regardless of the [`JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS`](../macros/json_use_implicit_conversions.md)
setting. This has been fixed.
## Examples
??? example
@@ -251,5 +251,6 @@ Strong exception safety: if an exception occurs, the original value stays intact
1. Added in version 1.0.0.
2. Added in version 1.0.0. Added overloads for `T* key` in version 1.1.0. Removed overloads for `T* key` (replaced by 3)
in version 3.11.0.
3. Added in version 3.11.0.
3. Added in version 3.11.0. Fixed in version 3.13.0 to consistently accept `std::string_view`-convertible keys, as
already supported by [`at`](at.md), [`value`](value.md), [`find`](find.md), and other lookup functions.
4. Added in version 2.0.0.
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@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ Invalid Unicode escapes and unpaired surrogates in the input are reported as
- Overload for contiguous containers (1) added in version 2.0.3.
- Ignoring comments via `ignore_comments` added in version 3.9.0.
- Changed [runtime assertion](../../features/assertions.md) in case of `FILE*` null pointers to exception in version 3.12.0.
- Added `ignore_trailing_commas` in version 3.12.x.
- Added `ignore_trailing_commas` in version 3.13.0.
!!! warning "Deprecation"
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@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ is thrown. In any case, the original value is not changed: the patch is applied
- Added in version 2.0.0.
- Added [`out_of_range.411`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range411) and stopped relying on an internal assertion when an "add" operation's
target location has a non-object/non-array parent in version 3.12.x.
target location has a non-object/non-array parent in version 3.13.0.
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ function throws an exception.
- Added in version 3.11.0.
- Added [`out_of_range.411`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range411) and stopped relying on an internal assertion when an "add" operation's
target location has a non-object/non-array parent in version 3.12.x.
target location has a non-object/non-array parent in version 3.13.0.
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@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ A UTF-8 byte order mark is silently ignored.
- Added in version 3.2.0.
- Ignoring comments via `ignore_comments` added in version 3.9.0.
- Added `ignore_trailing_commas` in version 3.12.x.
- Added `ignore_trailing_commas` in version 3.13.0.
!!! warning "Deprecation"
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ provides `<format>`, controlled by the [`JSON_HAS_STD_FORMAT`](../macros/json_ha
## Version history
- Added in version 3.12.x.
- Added in version 3.13.0.
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ a string representation of the type ([`value_t`](value_t.md)):
| array | `"array"` |
| binary | `"binary"` |
| discarded | `"discarded"` |
| invalid (corrupted value) | `"invalid"` |
!!! note "The \"invalid\" type"
The `"invalid"` return value indicates a corrupted JSON value — this can occur if an enum value falls outside the
range of valid `value_t` values. This is useful for diagnosing data corruption or internal errors.
## Exception safety
@@ -52,3 +58,4 @@ Constant.
- Part of the public API version since 2.1.0.
- Changed return value to `const char*` and added `noexcept` in version 3.0.0.
- Added support for binary type in version 3.8.0.
- Added `"invalid"` return value for corrupted JSON values in version 3.13.0.
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@@ -184,4 +184,6 @@ changes to any JSON value.
1. Added in version 1.0.0. Changed parameter `default_value` type from `const ValueType&` to `ValueType&&` in version 3.11.0.
2. Added in version 3.11.0. Made `ValueType` the first template parameter in version 3.11.2.
3. Added in version 2.0.2. Extended to work with arrays in version 3.12.x.
3. Added in version 2.0.2. Extended to work with arrays in version 3.13.0, including fixing an issue where resolving
`ptr` through an array unexpectedly threw `out_of_range` instead of returning the resolved element (or
`default_value`, as documented).