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#include <limits>
9
10#include <boost/rational.hpp>
11#include <boost/safe_numerics/safe_integer.hpp>
12
13int main(int, const char *[]){
14 // simple demo of rational library
15 const boost::rational<int> r {1, 2};
16 std::cout << "r = " << r << std::endl;
17 const boost::rational<int> q {-2, 4};
18 std::cout << "q = " << q << std::endl;
19 // display the product
20 std::cout << "r * q = " << r * q << std::endl;
21
22 // problem: rational doesn't handle integer overflow well
23 const boost::rational<int> c {1, INT_MAX};
24 std::cout << "c = " << c << std::endl;
25 const boost::rational<int> d {1, 2};
26 std::cout << "d = " << d << std::endl;
27 // display the product - wrong answer
28 std::cout << "c * d = " << c * d << std::endl;
29
30 // solution: use safe integer in rational definition
31 using safe_rational = boost::rational<
32 boost::safe_numerics::safe<int>
33 >;
34
35 // use rationals created with safe_t
36 const safe_rational sc {1, std::numeric_limits<int>::max()};
37
38 std::cout << "c = " << sc << std::endl;
39 const safe_rational sd {1, 2};
40 std::cout << "d = " << sd << std::endl;
41 std::cout << "c * d = ";
42 try {
43 // multiply them. This will overflow
44 std::cout << (sc * sd) << std::endl;
45 }
46 catch (std::exception const& e) {
47 // catch exception due to multiplication overflow
48 std::cout << e.what() << std::endl;
49 }
50
51 return 0;
52}
53

source code of boost/libs/safe_numerics/example/example15.cpp