// Copyright (c) 2018 Robert Ramey // // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See // accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at // http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) #include #include int main(int, const char *[]){ std::cout << "example 1:"; std::cout << "undetected erroneous expression evaluation" << std::endl; std::cout << "Not using safe numerics" << std::endl; try{ std::int8_t x = 127; std::int8_t y = 2; std::int8_t z; // this produces an invalid result ! z = x + y; std::cout << "error NOT detected!" << std::endl; std::cout << (int)z << " != " << (int)x << " + " << (int)y << std::endl; } catch(const std::exception &){ std::cout << "error detected!" << std::endl; } // solution: replace int with safe std::cout << "Using safe numerics" << std::endl; try{ using namespace boost::safe_numerics; safe x = INT_MAX; safe y = 2; safe z; // rather than producing an invalid result an exception is thrown z = x + y; } catch(const std::exception & e){ // which we can catch here std::cout << "error detected:" << e.what() << std::endl; } return 0; }