#include #include #include int main(int, const char *[]){ // problem: cannot recover from arithmetic errors std::cout << "example 7: "; std::cout << "cannot recover from arithmetic errors" << std::endl; std::cout << "Not using safe numerics" << std::endl; try{ int x = 1; int y = 0; // can't do this as it will crash the program with no // opportunity for recovery - comment out for example //std::cout << x / y; std::cout << "error NOT detectable!" << 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::safe_numerics; safe x = 1; safe y = 0; std::cout << x / y; std::cout << " error NOT detected!" << std::endl; } catch(std::exception & e){ std::cout << "error detected:" << e.what() << std::endl; } return 0; }