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FR: Add an example of a vector of unions to the tutorial

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#6,828 opened on Sep 1, 2021

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Description

Right now there's little documentation about how to handle a vector of unions. I know this isn't supported in all languages, but it would be very helpful to have this for the languages that do support it.

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Review the existing tutorial section on unions and find the appropriate location to add a vector of unions example.
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cpp
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documentation
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1
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1-3 hours
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Clear
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FlatBuffers
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90