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combine() fails on containers with different size

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
backend

Research direction

Reproduce the provided C++ example and start by reading boost/range/combine.hpp, the entry point named by the include. Trace iteration and size handling when the containers differ in length. Done means the combined view stops safely at the shorter container without accessing past vec1.end(), while retaining the demonstrated size and pairs.

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Description

The code

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <boost/range/combine.hpp>
#include <boost/tuple/tuple.hpp>
int main() {
std::vector vec1 = { 1, 2 };
std::vector vec2 = { 5, 6, 7 };
const auto& zip_view = boost::range::combine(vec1, vec2);
std::cout << "boost::range::combine(vec1, vec2).size() = " << std::ranges::size(zip_view) << std::endl;
for (auto const& zipped : zip_view) {
int first, second;
boost::tie(first, second) = zipped;
std::cout << first << " " << second << std::endl;
}
return 0;
}

produces an output

boost::range::combine(vec1, vec2).size() = 2
1 5
2 6

and fails while access over vec1.end()

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