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📝 Document cross-basic_json conversion limitation (#3425) (#5249)

When converting objects or strings between different basic_json specializations,
the target's object_t::key_type or string_t must be directly constructible from
the source's corresponding type. If this requirement is not met, the conversion
silently falls back to the array-conversion path, producing incorrect results.

This documents the limitation and provides references to issue #3425, which tracks
this behavior. The comment in unit-alt-string.cpp is clarified to reference the
known limitation with a link to the issue, and suggests the parse() workaround.

Fixes #3425 (documentation; full fix deferred pending type-trait redesign)

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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[RFC 8259](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259), because any order implements the specified "unordered" nature of JSON
objects.
#### Cross-`basic_json` conversion requirements
When converting an object from one `basic_json` specialization to another via the
[converting constructor](basic_json.md#overload-4), the target `object_t`'s `key_type` must be
directly constructible from the source `basic_json`'s `string_t` type (or more generally, from the
source object's key type). If this requirement is not met, the conversion does not fail; instead,
the object is silently converted as an array of key-value pairs, which is incorrect. See
[issue #3425](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/3425) for details and an example.
## Examples
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