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
9#include <boost/safe_numerics/safe_integer.hpp>
10
11int main(int, const char *[]){
12 std::cout << "example 3:";
13 std::cout << "undetected underflow in data type" << std::endl;
14 std::cout << "Not using safe numerics" << std::endl;
15 // problem: decrement can yield incorrect result
16 try{
17 unsigned int x = 0;
18 // the following silently produces an incorrect result
19 --x;
20 std::cout << x << " != " << -1 << std::endl;
21
22 // when comparing int and unsigned int, C++ converts
23 // the int to unsigned int so the following assertion
24 // fails to detect the above error!
25 assert(x == -1);
26
27 std::cout << "error NOT detected!" << std::endl;
28 }
29 catch(const std::exception &){
30 // never arrive here
31 std::cout << "error detected!" << std::endl;
32 }
33 // solution: replace unsigned int with safe<unsigned int>
34 std::cout << "Using safe numerics" << std::endl;
35 try{
36 using namespace boost::safe_numerics;
37 safe<unsigned int> x = 0;
38 // decrement unsigned to less than zero throws exception
39 --x;
40 assert(false); // never arrive here
41 }
42 catch(const std::exception & e){
43 std::cout << e.what() << std::endl;
44 std::cout << "error detected!" << std::endl;
45 }
46 return 0;
47}
48

source code of boost/libs/safe_numerics/example/example3.cpp