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+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2016 by the deal.II authors
+//
+// This file is part of the deal.II library.
+//
+// The deal.II library is free software; you can use it, redistribute
+// it, and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General
+// Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+// The full text of the license can be found in the file LICENSE at
+// the top level of the deal.II distribution.
+//
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Check that pop_back() for `IndexSet` works properly
+
+#include "../tests.h"
+#include <fstream>
+
+#include <deal.II/base/logstream.h>
+#include <deal.II/base/index_set.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+ std::ofstream logfile("output");
+ deallog.attach(logfile);
+
+ const unsigned int size = 100;
+
+ IndexSet locally_owned(size);
+ locally_owned.add_range(0,size);
+
+ deallog << locally_owned.nth_index_in_set(5)
+ << std::endl;
+}