mpatch: avoid integer overflow in combine() (SEC)
All the callers of this function can handle a NULL return, so that
appears to be the "safe" way to report an error.
% lazy ancestor set for [], stoprev = 0, inclusive = False
membership: []
iteration: []
% lazy ancestor set for [11, 13], stoprev = 0, inclusive = False
membership: [7, 8, 3, 4, 1, 0]
iteration: [3, 7, 8, 1, 4, 0, 2]
% lazy ancestor set for [1, 3], stoprev = 0, inclusive = False
membership: [1, 0]
iteration: [0, 1]
% lazy ancestor set for [11, 13], stoprev = 0, inclusive = True
membership: [11, 13, 7, 8, 3, 4, 1, 0]
iteration: [11, 13, 3, 7, 8, 1, 4, 0, 2]
% lazy ancestor set for [11, 13], stoprev = 6, inclusive = False
membership: [7, 8]
iteration: [7, 8]
% lazy ancestor set for [11, 13], stoprev = 6, inclusive = True
membership: [11, 13, 7, 8]
iteration: [11, 13, 7, 8]