Custom BinaryType direct assignment (#5266)

* Fix discussion #4209: custom BinaryType direct assignment and extraction

When a custom BinaryType is configured (other than the default std::vector<uint8_t>),
users can now:
1. Assign values of that type directly to create binary values (not arrays)
2. Extract binary values back to that type with get<>()
3. Extract arrays to that type (for backward compatibility)

Implementation:
- Add is_compatible_binary_type trait to centralize SFINAE condition
- Update to_json to accept custom BinaryType values directly
- Update from_json to handle both binary and array inputs for custom BinaryType
- Add #include <vector> with IWYU comment to from_json.hpp
- Add comprehensive tests for assignment and array extraction
- Update binary_t documentation with example

This is purely additive and invisible to the default nlohmann::json alias, which
continues to treat std::vector<uint8_t> as arrays.

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

* Fix CI: missing include and const-correctness

- Add #include <vector> to type_traits.hpp for the new
  is_compatible_binary_type trait's std::vector<std::uint8_t> reference
  (caught by cpplint's include-what-you-use check)
- Mark test-local json variables const where never reassigned
  (caught by clang-tidy's misc-const-correctness check)

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

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Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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@@ -1136,6 +1136,40 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests 2")
CHECK((decoded == json_4804::array()));
}
SECTION("discussion #4209 - custom BinaryType direct assignment and round-tripping")
{
// Test that assigning a custom BinaryType directly creates a binary value, not an array
const std::vector<std::byte> original{std::byte{1}, std::byte{2}, std::byte{3}};
const json_4804 j = original;
CHECK(j.is_binary());
CHECK(!j.is_array());
// Test round-tripping: extracting the binary value back as the custom container type
const auto extracted = j.get<std::vector<std::byte>>();
CHECK(extracted == original);
// Test that the default json alias behavior is unchanged: std::vector<uint8_t> -> array
const json default_json = std::vector<std::uint8_t> {1, 2, 3};
CHECK(default_json.is_array());
CHECK(!default_json.is_binary());
}
SECTION("discussion #4209 - custom BinaryType extraction from parsed array")
{
// Test that extracting a custom BinaryType from a parsed JSON array still works
// (not just from a binary-typed node)
const auto j = json_4804::parse("[1,2,3]");
CHECK(j.is_array());
CHECK(!j.is_binary());
// Extracting as custom BinaryType should work from arrays
const auto extracted = j.get<std::vector<std::byte>>();
CHECK(extracted.size() == 3);
CHECK(extracted[0] == std::byte{1});
CHECK(extracted[1] == std::byte{2});
CHECK(extracted[2] == std::byte{3});
}
SECTION("issue #5046 - implicit conversion of return json to std::optional no longer implicit")
{
const json jval{};