#include #include #include #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{ int x = INT_MAX; int y = 2; int z; // this produces an invalid result ! z = x + y; std::cout << z << " != " << x << " + " << y << std::endl; std::cout << "error NOT detected!" << std::endl; } catch(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(std::exception & e){ // which we can catch here std::cout << "error detected:" << e.what() << std::endl; } return 0; }