Why does std::sort throw a segmentation fault on this code?

The comparison function must define a strict weak ordering which means that a.

Third argument of std::sort should be a function (or functional object) such that if compare(a, b) is true then compare(b, a) should be false, but your one isn't such. So your program is UB and can give any result.

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