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[Matchers] improved diagnostics

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Description

many matchers (like the container/range matchers) provide only information that something is going wrong, but not necessarily what exactly. e.g. `UnorderedRangeEqualsMatcher` only prints the expected and actual values in the `describe()` method.

gmock's matchers for example provide provide a more detailed analysis what exactly is going wrong, compare https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/c875c4e2249ec124c24f72141b3780c22256fd44/googlemock/src/gmock-matchers.cc#L283-L476 for example. (e.g. which range elements differ between two ranges). it would be great if catch2 could also provide such analysis

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Research direction

Start with the UnorderedRangeEqualsMatcher and its describe() output, then compare the requested diagnostics with the linked GoogleMock matcher implementation. The issue does not name Catch2 files or tests; done would mean matchers such as the container and range matchers explain which elements differ, rather than only showing expected and actual values.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
testing-qa
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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