a >= ab failed, throwing an instance of 'ceph::buffer::end_of_buffer'
because it tried to access a[1]. All comparison operators should be
tested using a lexicographic sort like strcmp or memcmp (-1, 0, 1).
In the meantime, the missing test is added:
if (l.length() == p && r.length() > p) return false;
A set of unit tests demonstrating the problem and covering all comparison
operators are added to show that the proposed fix works as expected.