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1 //  Copyright (c) 2018 Robert Ramey
2 //
3 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
4 // accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
5 // http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
6 
7 #include <iostream>
8 
9 #include <boost/safe_numerics/safe_integer.hpp>
10 
main(int,const char * [])11 int main(int, const char *[]){
12     std::cout << "example 1:";
13     std::cout << "undetected erroneous expression evaluation" << std::endl;
14     std::cout << "Not using safe numerics" << std::endl;
15     try{
16         std::int8_t x = 127;
17         std::int8_t y = 2;
18         std::int8_t z;
19         // this produces an invalid result !
20         z = x + y;
21         std::cout << "error NOT detected!" << std::endl;
22         std::cout << (int)z << " != " << (int)x << " + " << (int)y << std::endl;
23     }
24     catch(const std::exception &){
25         std::cout << "error detected!" << std::endl;
26     }
27     // solution: replace int with safe<int>
28     std::cout << "Using safe numerics" << std::endl;
29     try{
30         using namespace boost::safe_numerics;
31         safe<std::int8_t> x = INT_MAX;
32         safe<std::int8_t> y = 2;
33         safe<std::int8_t> z;
34         // rather than producing an invalid result an exception is thrown
35         z = x + y;
36     }
37     catch(const std::exception & e){
38         // which we can catch here
39         std::cout << "error detected:" << e.what() << std::endl;
40     }
41     return 0;
42 }
43