//********************************************************
// The following code example is taken from the book
//  C++20 - The Complete Guide
//  by Nicolai M. Josuttis (www.josuttis.com)
//  http://www.cppstd20.com
//
// The code is licensed under a
//  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
//  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
//********************************************************


#include <vector>
#include <ranges>
#include <algorithm>
#include <array>

template<std::ranges::input_range T>
consteval auto mergeValuesSz(T rg, auto... vals)
{
  // create compile-time vector from passed range:
  std::vector<std::ranges::range_value_t<T>> v{std::ranges::begin(rg),
                                               std::ranges::end(rg)};
  (... , v.push_back(vals));  // merge all passed parameters  

  std::ranges::sort(v);       // sort all elements

  // return extended collection as array and its size:
  constexpr auto maxSz = std::ranges::size(rg) + sizeof...(vals);
  std::array<std::ranges::range_value_t<T>, maxSz> arr{};
  auto res = std::ranges::unique_copy(v, arr.begin());
  return std::pair{arr, res.out - arr.begin()};
}