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Clarify that FlatBuffers unions do not support scalars (#6416)

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I mention that a common practice is to wrap the scalar value in a table
or a struct.

Signed-off-by: Juan Cruz Viotti <jv@jviotti.com>
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@@ -211,9 +211,11 @@ If you have a need to distinguish between different FlatBuffers in a more
open-ended way, for example for use as files, see the file identification open-ended way, for example for use as files, see the file identification
feature below. feature below.
There is an experimental support only in C++ for a vector of unions There is an experimental support only in C++ for a vector of unions (and
(and types). In the example IDL file above, use [Any] to add a types). In the example IDL file above, use [Any] to add a vector of Any to
vector of Any to Monster table. Monster table. There is also experimental support for other types besides
tables in unions, in particular structs and strings. There's no direct support
for scalars in unions, but they can be wrapped in a struct at no space cost.
### Namespaces ### Namespaces