Use by value semantics in __set_difference helper in set_difference.h

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The warning was a false positive per @miscco (#10938 (review))

Description

closes #10934

Update: the controversial NOLINT addition is removed. __set_difference now takes iterators by value.

Checklist

• New or existing tests cover these changes.
• The documentation is up to date with these changes.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Refactor
  • Improved internal set-difference iterator and sentinel handling.
  • Public interfaces remain unchanged.
  • No user-visible behavior changes.

Walkthrough

The pull request changes __set_difference to accept iterator, sentinel, and output parameters by value. Both public overloads move these arguments into the implementation. The comparator remains unchanged.

Changes

Set difference move parameter fix

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Update set difference parameter flow libcudacxx/include/cuda/std/__algorithm/set_difference.h	__set_difference now accepts iterator, sentinel, and output parameters by value. Both public overloads move these arguments into the implementation, which removes the forwarding-reference clang-tidy diagnostic.

Assessment against linked issues

Objective	Addressed	Explanation
Avoid bugprone-move-forwarding-reference errors in set_difference.h [#10934]	✅

Suggested reviewers: bernhardmgruber

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[miscco]

Yeah we should probably just move in the top level function and accept by value, which is much more consistent with what we do everywhere else

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1. CUDA STF exception translation: noreturn function returns under NVHPC · 1 job

Explanation: NVHPC 26.5 does not prove that every valid `if constexpr` branch in `translate_t::__throw_translated` throws, so it diagnoses the closing brace of the `[[noreturn]]` function. The PR diff does not modify this file, but the header build instantiates the affected helper and warnings are promoted to errors.

Evidence:

2026-09-01T18:28:37.4591495Z "/home/coder/cccl/cudax/include/cuda/experimental/__stf/utility/exception_policy.cuh", line 569: error: function declared with "noreturn" does return [noreturn_function_does_return]
2026-09-01T18:28:37.4595883Z             instantiation of "void cuda::experimental::stf::exception_policies::translate_t<_From, _To>::__throw_translated(const _From &) [with _From=cuda::experimental::stf::__ut_low_error, _To=cuda::experimental::stf::__ut_high_error]" at line 530
2026-09-01T18:35:00.3610780Z ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

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Failure group: CUDA STF exception translation: noreturn function returns under NVHPC
Affected jobs:
- cudax nvcc NVHPC / [CTK13.2 NVHPC26.5 C++20] Build(amd64): sm{75;120}: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33539868263/job/99963364713

Investigate the NVHPC 26.5 C++20 failure in `cudax/include/cuda/experimental/__stf/utility/exception_policy.cuh`, specifically `translate_t::__throw_translated`. Reproduce narrowly with CUDA 13.2/NVHPC 26.5 by building the `cudax.test.stf.unittest_headers.__stf.utility.exception_policy` target. All viable compile-time branches throw; add `_CCCL_UNREACHABLE();` immediately after the `if constexpr`/`else` chain to make the `[[noreturn]]` contract explicit to NVHPC without changing runtime behavior. Review the invalid-type `static_assert` path, run the focused exception-policy header build and tests under NVHPC, check another supported compiler, and run formatting/pre-commit on the changed file.

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• cudax nvcc NVHPC / [CTK13.2 NVHPC26.5 C++20] Build(amd64): sm{75;120}

2. RAPIDS environment creation: rapidsai-nightly repodata returned HTTP 503 · 3 jobs

Explanation: These jobs failed while creating the shared RAPIDS conda environment, before any downstream project compilation, because the rapidsai-nightly channel repeatedly returned HTTP 503 responses. This is an external package-channel availability failure rather than evidence of a CCCL or RAPIDS source regression.

Evidence:

2026-09-01T17:52:04.2645069Z warning  libmamba Failed to load subdir: Transfer finalized, status: 503 [https://conda.anaconda.org/rapidsai-nightly/linux-64/repodata.json.zst] 0 bytes
2026-09-01T17:52:04.6323353Z warning  libmamba Unable to retrieve repodata (response: 503) for 'https://conda.anaconda.org/rapidsai-nightly/linux-64/repodata.json'
2026-09-01T17:52:05.0105169Z     Subdir rapidsai-nightly/noarch not loaded!

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Failure group: RAPIDS environment creation: rapidsai-nightly repodata returned HTTP 503
Affected jobs:
- Build RAPIDS (optional) / rmm ucxx kvikio rapidsmpf cudf cudf_kafka: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33539868263/job/99963404405
- Build RAPIDS (optional) / rmm ucxx raft cuvs cugraph wholegraph: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33539868263/job/99963404419
- Build RAPIDS (optional) / rmm ucxx raft cuvs nvforest cuml: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33539868263/job/99963404491

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3. RAPIDS environment creation: repodata ZSTD decompression failed · 1 job

Explanation: The cuopt matrix received bytes that libmamba could not decode as ZSTD metadata for both rapidsai-nightly subdirectories, so environment creation stopped before compilation. The log cannot determine whether the malformed payload originated upstream, from an intermediary, or from the mounted conda metadata cache.

Evidence:

2026-09-01T17:52:04.4866803Z error    libmamba ZSTD decompression error: Unknown frame descriptor
2026-09-01T17:52:04.4877070Z warning  libmamba Download error (23) Failed writing received data to disk/application [https://conda.anaconda.org/rapidsai-nightly/linux-64/repodata.json.zst]
2026-09-01T17:52:15.4357058Z     Subdir rapidsai-nightly/noarch not loaded!

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Failure group: RAPIDS environment creation: repodata ZSTD decompression failed
Affected jobs:
- Build RAPIDS (optional) / cuopt: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33539868263/job/99963404528

Reproduce the cuopt RAPIDS environment creation narrowly through `ci/rapids/rapids-entrypoint.sh` and inspect the cached rapidsai-nightly repodata before running any builds. Remove only cached conda index/repodata entries and retry; if the clean retry succeeds, rerun the job without changing source. If malformed metadata recurs, capture response status and headers and harden the environment-creation step with bounded retries that clear only repodata/index cache between attempts, ensuring `rapids-post-start-command -f` remains idempotent; validate with a simulated corrupt first response and the targeted cuopt job.

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