♻️ allow patch and diff to be used with arbitrary string types (#4536)

include/nlohmann/detail/string_utils.hpp

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+//     __ _____ _____ _____
+//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++
+// |  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 3.11.3
+// |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
+//
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 - 2024 Niels Lohmann <https://nlohmann.me>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <string> // string, to_string
+
+#include <nlohmann/detail/abi_macros.hpp>
+
+NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+namespace detail
+{
+
+template<typename StringType>
+void int_to_string(StringType& target, std::size_t value)
+{
+    // For ADL
+    using std::to_string;
+    target = to_string(value);
+}
+
+template<typename StringType>
+StringType to_string(std::size_t value)
+{
+    StringType result;
+    int_to_string(result, value);
+    return result;
+}
+
+}  // namespace detail
+NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END