[Handle] Add support to more data types (backport #2879)

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This is an automatic backport of pull request #2879 done by [Mergify](https://mergify.com).

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Changes to be committed:
	modified:   doc/release_notes.rst
	modified:   hardware_interface/doc/hardware_interface_types_userdoc.rst
	modified:   hardware_interface/include/hardware_interface/hardware_info.hpp
	modified:   hardware_interface/include/hardware_interface/lexical_casts.hpp
	modified:   hardware_interface/src/lexical_casts.cpp
	modified:   hardware_interface/test/test_lexical_casts.cpp

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	both modified:   hardware_interface/include/hardware_interface/handle.hpp
	both modified:   hardware_interface/test/test_handle.cpp

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[christophfroehlich]

@saikishor did this go in intentionally?

ros2_control/hardware_interface/include/hardware_interface/handle.hpp

Line 457 in ab304b5

value = static_cast<double>(std::get<bool>(value_));

I removed it again here (we have released it already)

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Codecov Report

❌ Patch coverage is 92.64706% with 25 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 89.36%. Comparing base (ab304b5) to head (d6c322c).
⚠️ Report is 3 commits behind head on jazzy.

Files with missing lines	Patch %	Lines
...re_interface/include/hardware_interface/handle.hpp	80.23%	17 Missing ⚠️
...rface/include/hardware_interface/lexical_casts.hpp	80.00%	0 Missing and 4 partials ⚠️
hardware_interface/src/lexical_casts.cpp	75.00%	0 Missing and 3 partials ⚠️
hardware_interface/test/test_handle.cpp	99.41%	1 Missing ⚠️

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hardware_interface/test/test_lexical_casts.cpp	100.00% <100.00%> (ø)
hardware_interface/test/test_handle.cpp	99.06% <99.41%> (+0.40%)	⬆️
hardware_interface/src/lexical_casts.cpp	83.78% <75.00%> (-0.84%)	⬇️
...rface/include/hardware_interface/lexical_casts.hpp	73.33% <80.00%> (+5.33%)	⬆️
...re_interface/include/hardware_interface/handle.hpp	81.62% <80.23%> (+2.64%)	⬆️

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[saikishor]

I removed it again here (we have released it already)

I'm fine to remove it, but I guess @destogl is using it