#include #include #include #include #include "../include/safe_integer.hpp" int main(int argc, const char * argv[]){ 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; // but assert fails to detect it since C++ implicitly // converts variables to int before evaluating he expression! // assert(z == x + y); std::cout << static_cast(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::numeric; safe x = 127; safe y = 2; safe z; // rather than producing and invalid result an exception is thrown z = x + y; } catch(std::exception & e){ // which can catch here std::cout << e.what() << std::endl; } return 0; }