Add scalar-on-left overloads for legacy discarded comparisons in C++20

With JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON=1 and C++20, a scalar on
the left-hand side of <= or >= (e.g., `1 <= discarded`) yielded false
instead of the documented true. The C++20 legacy block only had member
operators, which are only candidates when the basic_json is the left
operand; for a scalar on the left, overload resolution picked the
candidate rewritten from operator<=>, which does not emulate the legacy
behavior. The C++17 branch already has scalar-on-the-left friend
overloads for <= and >=; add the equivalent pair to the C++20 legacy
block.

Added a regression test to tests/src/unit-comparison.cpp covering all
four operand orders for both operators.

Fixes #5665.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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## Version history
- Added in version 3.11.0.
- Fixed in version 3.13.0 so `<=` and `>=` also emulate the legacy behavior in C++20 when the JSON value is the
right-hand operand of a scalar comparison; before, only the 3-way-comparison-rewritten candidate was found, which
yielded `#!cpp false` instead of `#!cpp true`.