From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@colostate.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 19:58:15 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: Add one more forgotten simplification.
X-Git-Tag: v9.6.0-rc1~251^2
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F17049%2Fhead;p=dealii.git

Add one more forgotten simplification.
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diff --git a/include/deal.II/fe/fe_tools.templates.h b/include/deal.II/fe/fe_tools.templates.h
index 851bc31ae7..33d25c70ad 100644
--- a/include/deal.II/fe/fe_tools.templates.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/fe/fe_tools.templates.h
@@ -223,20 +223,20 @@ namespace FETools
                          const FiniteElement<dim, spacedim> *fe5,
                          const unsigned int                  N5)
     {
-      std::vector<const FiniteElement<dim, spacedim> *> fes;
-      fes.push_back(fe1);
-      fes.push_back(fe2);
-      fes.push_back(fe3);
-      fes.push_back(fe4);
-      fes.push_back(fe5);
-
-      std::vector<unsigned int> mult;
-      mult.push_back(N1);
-      mult.push_back(N2);
-      mult.push_back(N3);
-      mult.push_back(N4);
-      mult.push_back(N5);
-      return multiply_dof_numbers(fes, mult);
+      std::vector<const FiniteElement<dim, spacedim> *> fe_list = {
+        fe1, fe2, fe3, fe4, fe5};
+      std::vector<unsigned int> multiplicities = {N1, N2, N3, N4, N5};
+
+      // This function is occasionally called with nullptr values for the
+      // finite elements. Drop those again.
+      while ((fe_list.size() > 0) && (fe_list.back() == nullptr))
+        {
+          Assert(multiplicities.back() == 0, ExcInternalError());
+          fe_list.pop_back();
+          multiplicities.pop_back();
+        }
+
+      return multiply_dof_numbers(fe_list, multiplicities);
     }