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+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+// Copyright (C) 2021 - 2024 by the deal.II authors
+//
+// This file is part of the deal.II library.
+//
+// Part of the source code is dual licensed under Apache-2.0 WITH
+// LLVM-exception OR LGPL-2.1-or-later. Detailed license information
+// governing the source code and code contributions can be found in
+// LICENSE.md and CONTRIBUTING.md at the top level directory of deal.II.
+//
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+// hp::Refinement::limit_p_level_difference() used to ignore updating future
+// FE indices when they coincide with the active FE index of a cell.
+// This posed a problem with p-coarsening.
+
+
+#include <deal.II/dofs/dof_handler.h>
+
+#include <deal.II/fe/fe_q.h>
+
+#include <deal.II/grid/grid_generator.h>
+#include <deal.II/grid/tria.h>
+
+#include <deal.II/hp/fe_collection.h>
+#include <deal.II/hp/refinement.h>
+
+#include "../tests.h"
+
+#include "../test_grids.h"
+
+
+template <int dim>
+void
+test()
+{
+ // setup FE collection
+ hp::FECollection<dim> fes;
+ while (fes.size() < 3)
+ fes.push_back(FE_Q<dim>(1));
+
+ // setup two cell triangulation
+ Triangulation<dim> tria;
+ TestGrids::hyper_line(tria, 2);
+
+ DoFHandler<dim> dofh(tria);
+ dofh.distribute_dofs(fes);
+
+ // set both cells to the same active FE index,
+ // and assign a future FE index one higher and one lower
+ for (const auto &cell : dofh.active_cell_iterators())
+ {
+ cell->set_active_fe_index(1);
+
+ if (cell->id().to_string() == "0_0:")
+ cell->set_future_fe_index(2);
+ else if (cell->id().to_string() == "1_0:")
+ cell->set_future_fe_index(0);
+ else
+ Assert(false, ExcInternalError());
+ }
+
+ const bool future_fe_indices_changed =
+ hp::Refinement::limit_p_level_difference(dofh);
+
+ (void)future_fe_indices_changed;
+ Assert(future_fe_indices_changed, ExcInternalError());
+
+ // display FE indices for all cells
+ for (const auto &cell : dofh.active_cell_iterators())
+ deallog << cell->id().to_string() << ": active:" << cell->active_fe_index()
+ << " future:" << cell->future_fe_index()
+ << " flag:" << cell->future_fe_index_set() << std::endl;
+
+ deallog << "OK" << std::endl;
+}
+
+
+int
+main()
+{
+ initlog();
+
+ test<2>();
+ test<3>();
+}