json_view: get<T>() of a boolean throws for number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t and number_float_t like basic_json (#5988)

basic_json::get<T>() of a boolean throws type_error.302 for exactly
number_integer_t, number_unsigned_t and number_float_t (dedicated from_json()
overloads) and gives 0/1 for every other arithmetic type. The view returned
0/1 for all of them, contradicting its documentation. The view now throws
the same exception (same message, with path/bytes decoration) for these three
types. basic_json is unchanged; its behavior is documented and pinned by a test.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ overload (3).
See [Number conversion](../../features/types/number_handling.md#number-conversion)
for more information.
!!! note "Booleans as numbers"
A JSON boolean converts to `#!cpp 0` or `#!cpp 1` for every arithmetic type **except** [`number_integer_t`](number_integer_t.md),
[`number_unsigned_t`](number_unsigned_t.md) and [`number_float_t`](number_float_t.md) (by default `#!cpp std::int64_t`,
`#!cpp std::uint64_t`, and `#!cpp double`), for which `#!cpp get<T>()` throws
[`type_error.302`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error302) ("type must be number, but is boolean"). So
`#!cpp json(true).get<int>()` is `#!cpp 1`, while `#!cpp json(true).get<std::int64_t>()` and
`#!cpp json(true).get<double>()` throw. This is the behavior of all 3.x versions;
[`basic_json_view::get<T>()`](../basic_json_view/get.md) behaves the same.
!!! note "`std::optional` conversions"
Prior to version 3.13.0, `#!cpp get<std::optional<T>>()` (and other conversions to `std::optional<T>`) failed to
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@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ For the types below, the conversion works directly on the flat index — no `Bas
- `#!cpp bool`
- arithmetic types other than `#!cpp bool` (for a boolean, `#!cpp 0`/`#!cpp 1`, exactly as for
[`BasicJsonType::get<T>()`](../basic_json/get.md))
[`BasicJsonType::get<T>()`](../basic_json/get.md#notes), except for `number_integer_t`, `number_unsigned_t` and
`number_float_t`, which throw `type_error.302` for a boolean, as `BasicJsonType::get<T>()` does)
- `#!cpp std::nullptr_t`
- `#!cpp std::basic_string<char, Traits, Alloc>` (including `string_t`) — a copy of the string
- [`string_view_t`](index.md#member-types) — **no copy**: the returned view points into the document's