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<a name="safe_numerics.tutorial.2"></a>Problem:Undetected overflow</h3></div></div></div>
<p>A variation of the above is when a value is incremented/decremented
beyond it's domain. This is a common problem with for loops.</p>
<pre class="programlisting">void example3(){
// problem: undetected overflow in data type
try{
int x = INT_MAX;
// the following silently produces an incorrect result
++x;
//std::cout &lt;&lt; x &lt;&lt; " != " &lt;&lt; -1;
detected_msg(false);
}
catch(...){
assert(false); // never arrive here
}
// solution: replace int with safe&lt;int&gt;
try{
using namespace boost::numeric;
safe&lt;int&gt; x = INT_MAX;
// throws exception when result is past maximum possible
++x;
assert(false); // never arrive here
}
catch(std::range_error &amp; e){
std::cout &lt;&lt; e.what();
detected_msg(true);
}
}
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