// 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; // problem: arithmetic operations can yield incorrect results. 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 << z << " != " << x + y << std::endl; std::cout << "error NOT detected!" << std::endl; } catch(const std::exception &){ std::cout << "error detected!" << std::endl; } // solution: replace std::int8_t with safe std::cout << "Using safe numerics" << std::endl; try{ using namespace boost::safe_numerics; safe x = 127; safe y = 2; // rather than producing and invalid result an exception is thrown safe z = x + y; } catch(const std::exception & e){ // which can catch here std::cout << e.what() << std::endl; } return 0; }