winreg SetValue(Ex) should mention integer as an acceptable value

[kainjow]

BPO	42018
Nosy	@pfmoore, @tjguk, @zware, @serhiy-storchaka, @zooba, @kainjow
PRs	bpo-42018: winreg SetValue(Ex) should mention integer as an acceptable value #22671

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• gh-86184: Update document for winreg.SetValueEx #141516

[kainjow]

On https://docs.python.org/3/library/winreg.html

For SetValue and SetValueEx is says:

value is a string that specifies the new value.

but value can also be an integer if the type is DWORD. Here's a test that shows that: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/3.9/Lib/test/test_winreg.py#L339

Suggested update:

value is a string or integer that specifies the new value.