#include #include #include #include int main(int, const char *[]){ // simple demo of rational library const boost::rational r {1, 2}; std::cout << "r = " << r << std::endl; const boost::rational q {-2, 4}; std::cout << "q = " << q << std::endl; // display the product std::cout << "r * q = " << r * q << std::endl; // problem: rational doesn't handle integer overflow well const boost::rational c {1, INT_MAX}; std::cout << "c = " << c << std::endl; const boost::rational d {1, 2}; std::cout << "d = " << d << std::endl; // display the product - wrong answer std::cout << "c * d = " << c * d << std::endl; // solution: use safe integer in rational definition using safe_rational = boost::rational< boost::safe_numerics::safe >; // use rationals created with safe_t const safe_rational sc {1, INT_MAX}; std::cout << "c = " << sc << std::endl; const safe_rational sd {1, 2}; std::cout << "d = " << sd << std::endl; std::cout << "c * d = "; try { // multiply them. This will overflow std::cout << sc * sd << std::endl; } catch (std::exception const& e) { // catch exception due to multiplication overflow std::cout << e.what() << std::endl; } return 0; }