Report one-character non-numeric array indices like longer ones (#5800)

* Report one-character non-numeric array indices like longer ones

A JSON pointer reference token that is not a number but has only one
character (e.g. "/a/x") was reported as out_of_range.404 ("unresolved
reference token"), because the "is not a number" check only ran for
tokens longer than one character; "/a/xy" got parse_error.109. Both now
throw parse_error.109. "-" and the empty token are still reported as
out_of_range.404. As a consequence, value(json_pointer, default) on an
array now throws for "/x" as it already did for "/xy".

Also document why ordered_map::erase's destroy/placement-new loop on
pair<const Key, T> is kept despite [basic.life]/8 before C++20.

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

* Document the one-character array index change

Add 3.13.0 version-history entries to at, operator[], value, patch,
patch_inplace, and unflatten, and describe in exceptions.md which array
indices throw parse_error.109 and which out_of_range.404.

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

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Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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@@ -241,4 +241,6 @@ Strong exception safety: if an exception occurs, the original value stays intact
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 [`operator[]`](operator[].md), [`value`](value.md), [`find`](find.md), and other lookup
functions.
4. Added in version 2.0.0.
4. Added in version 2.0.0. Throws [`parse_error.109`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error109) instead of
[`out_of_range.404`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range404) for a one-character array index that is not
a digit (e.g., `/x`) in version 3.13.0, as it already did for longer ones.

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@@ -286,4 +286,6 @@ Strong exception safety: if an exception occurs, the original value stays intact
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. A missing array index in the const version is guarded by a runtime assertion since
version 3.13.0.
version 3.13.0. Throws [`parse_error.109`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error109) instead of
[`out_of_range.404`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range404) for a one-character array index that is not
a digit (e.g., `/x`) in version 3.13.0, as it already did for longer ones.

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@@ -112,3 +112,6 @@ is thrown. In any case, the original value is not changed: the patch is applied
location has a non-object/non-array parent in version 3.13.0.
- Added [`out_of_range.414`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range414) and rejected a "move" operation whose "from" location is a proper
prefix of its "path" location instead of silently producing a corrupted result in version 3.13.0.
- Throws [`parse_error.109`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error109) instead of
[`out_of_range.404`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range404) for a one-character array index that is
not a digit (e.g., `/x`) in version 3.13.0, as it already did for longer ones.

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@@ -110,3 +110,6 @@ function throws an exception.
location has a non-object/non-array parent in version 3.13.0.
- Added [`out_of_range.414`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range414) and rejected a "move" operation whose "from" location is a proper
prefix of its "path" location instead of silently producing a corrupted result in version 3.13.0.
- Throws [`parse_error.109`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error109) instead of
[`out_of_range.404`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range404) for a one-character array index that is
not a digit (e.g., `/x`) in version 3.13.0, as it already did for longer ones.

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@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ The function can throw the following exceptions:
- Throws [`parse_error.109`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error109) if an array index in a key is not a
number; example: `"array index 'one' is not a number"`
- Throws [`out_of_range.404`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range404) if a level becomes an array
(because one of its keys is `0`) and another key at that level cannot be an array index; example:
`"unresolved reference token 'x'"`
(because one of its keys is `0`) and another key at that level begins with a digit but is not a valid array index
(such as `1a`), or is `-`; example:
`"unresolved reference token '-'"`
## Complexity
@@ -80,3 +81,6 @@ Apart from these two cases, for a JSON value `j`, the following is always true:
- Added in version 2.0.0.
- Made the array/object decision independent of the object's iteration order in version 3.13.0.
- Throws [`parse_error.109`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error109) instead of
[`out_of_range.404`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range404) for a one-character array index that is
not a digit (e.g., `/x`) in version 3.13.0, as it already did for longer ones.

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@@ -227,4 +227,6 @@ changes to any JSON value.
[`operator[]`](operator[].md), [`at`](at.md), [`find`](find.md), and other lookup functions.
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).
`default_value`, as documented). Throws [`parse_error.109`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error109)
instead of returning `default_value` for a one-character array index that is not a digit (e.g., `/x`) in version
3.13.0, as it already did for longer ones.