// 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 3:"; std::cout << "undetected underflow in data type" << std::endl; std::cout << "Not using safe numerics" << std::endl; // problem: decrement can yield incorrect result try{ unsigned int x = 0; // the following silently produces an incorrect result --x; std::cout << x << " != " << -1 << std::endl; // when comparing int and unsigned int, C++ converts // the int to unsigned int so the following assertion // fails to detect the above error! assert(x == -1); std::cout << "error NOT detected!" << std::endl; } catch(const std::exception &){ // never arrive here std::cout << "error detected!" << std::endl; } // solution: replace unsigned int with safe std::cout << "Using safe numerics" << std::endl; try{ using namespace boost::safe_numerics; safe x = 0; // decrement unsigned to less than zero throws exception --x; assert(false); // never arrive here } catch(const std::exception & e){ std::cout << e.what() << std::endl; std::cout << "error detected!" << std::endl; } return 0; }