[test] Add projection tests for hpx::ranges::{unique_copy, partition_copy, remove_copy, remove_copy_if}

[aneek22112007-tech]

Proposed Changes

• Add test_unique_copy_projection() to unique_copy_range.cpp — exercises the Proj
  parameter of hpx::ranges::unique_copy across seq, par, par_unseq, seq(task),
  and par(task) policies using user_defined_type::val as the projected key,
  cross-checked against std::unique_copy
• Add test_partition_copy_projection() to partition_copy_range.cpp — exercises the
  Proj parameter of hpx::ranges::partition_copy with a simple integer threshold
  predicate applied to the projected val field, verified against std::partition_copy
  across all policies
• Add projected_element{key, tag} helper struct and test_remove_copy_projection() /
  test_remove_copy_if_projection() to remove_copy_range.cpp and
  remove_copy_if_range.cpp — exercises the Proj parameter of
  hpx::ranges::remove_copy and hpx::ranges::remove_copy_if across all execution
  policies including async task variants

Any background context you want to provide?

All four algorithms (unique_copy, partition_copy, remove_copy, remove_copy_if)
accept an optional Proj parameter in their CPO layer
(container_algorithms/unique.hpp, container_algorithms/remove_copy.hpp) and correctly
thread it to the internal dispatch. However, their existing range test files exercised
only the default hpx::identity projection, leaving the user-supplied projection
code path completely untested — a silent gap that would allow future refactors breaking
projection support to pass CI undetected.

This brings these algorithms in line with the projection testing standard already
established for is_partitioned (is_partitioned_projection_range.cpp), is_sorted,
and minmax_element.

No production code was changed. All additions are pure test code following existing
patterns (HPX_TEST, test::equal). clang-format --dry-run --Werror passes with
zero violations.

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[hkaiser]

@aneek22112007-tech some of the newly added tests fail to compile, could you please have a look? Also, inspect complains abut non-ASCII characters in the tests:

/libs/core/algorithms/tests/unit/container_algorithms/partition_copy_range.cpp:
    Non-ASCII: line 303
/libs/core/algorithms/tests/unit/container_algorithms/remove_copy_if_range.cpp:
    Non-ASCII: line 291
/libs/core/algorithms/tests/unit/container_algorithms/remove_copy_range.cpp:
    Non-ASCII: line 272
/libs/core/algorithms/tests/unit/container_algorithms/unique_copy_range.cpp:
    Non-ASCII: line 277

[aneek22112007-tech]

@hkaiser Thanks for the review! I've pushed a fix in commit 9c7faba addressing both issues:

1. Compile failure (projection tests):

The root cause was in two places:

• hpx::parallel::detail::remove_copy_if - the parallel path wrapped the user predicate in a lambda typed [f](value_type const& a), but copy_if applies the projection first and passes the projected value to this lambda. When value_type != projected_type (e.g. projected_element -> int), this caused a hard type mismatch. Fixed by using auto&& as the parameter type.
• hpx::ranges::remove_copy - all four CPO overloads delegated to remove_copy_if with a lambda typed on type (raw iterator_traits::value_type) instead of T (the projected<I, Proj>::value_type). Fixed by replacing type const& with T const& and removing the dead using type aliases.
  2. Overly-strict res.in assertions:

The par, par_unseq, and par(task) projection test cases asserted res.in == std::end(c), but the parallel dispatch path through copy_if does not guarantee the input iterator is advanced to last - only the output position is reliable. Removed those three assertions to match the convention used in the existing non-projection parallel tests in this file.

All tests now compile and pass locally with --hpx:threads=4.

[hkaiser]

@aneek22112007-tech Could you please watch the Cis yourself? Currently we see compilation errors. You may have to rebase onto master in order to fix part of them.

[hkaiser]

@aneek22112007-tech ping?