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It's way too easy to overlook the checking of parameters received from outside the current program.
#include <cassert>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include "../include/safe_integer.hpp"
void detected_msg(bool detected){
std::cout << (detected ? "error detected!" : "error NOT detected! ") << std::endl;
}
int main(int argc, const char * argv[]){
// problem: checking of externally produced value can be overlooked
std::cout << "example 6: ";
std::cout << "checking of externally produced value can be overlooked" << std::endl;
std::cout << "Not using safe numerics" << std::endl;
std::istringstream is("12317289372189 1231287389217389217893");
int x, y, z;
is >> x >> y; // get integer values from the user
z = x + y;
std::cout << z << std::endl; // display sum of the values
detected_msg(false);
// solution: asign externally retrieved values to safe equivalents
std::cout << "Using safe numerics" << std::endl;
{
using namespace boost::numeric;
safe<int> x, y, z;
is.seekg(0);
try{
is >> x >> y; // get integer values from the user
detected_msg(false);
}
catch(std::range_error & e){
std::cout << e.what() << std::endl;
detected_msg(true);
}
try{
z = x + y;
detected_msg(false);
}
catch(std::exception e){
std::cout << z << std::endl; // display sum of the values
detected_msg(true);
}
}
return 0;
}
Without safe integer, one will have to insert new code every time an integer variable is retrieved. This is a tedious and error prone procedure.