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<p>
</p>
<p>
Suppose we want our own user-defined error handlers rather than the any
of the default ones supplied by the library to be used. If we set the
policy for a specific type of error to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">user_error</span></code>
then the library will call a user-supplied error handler. These are forward
declared, but not defined in boost/math/policies/error_handling.hpp like
this:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">policies</span><span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_domain_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_pole_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_overflow_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_underflow_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_denorm_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_evaluation_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_indeterminate_result_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">}}}</span> <span class="comment">// namespaces
</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
So out first job is to include the header we want to use, and then provide
definitions for the user-defined error handlers we want to use:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">iostream</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">special_functions</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">policies</span><span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_domain_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cerr</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"Domain Error."</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">numeric_limits</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">quiet_NaN</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_pole_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cerr</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"Pole Error."</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">numeric_limits</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">quiet_NaN</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">}}}</span> <span class="comment">// namespaces</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Now we'll need to define a suitable policy that will call these handlers,
and define some forwarding functions that make use of the policy:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span><span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">policies</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">policy</span><span class="special"><</span>
<span class="identifier">domain_error</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">user_error</span><span class="special">>,</span>
<span class="identifier">pole_error</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">user_error</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">user_error_policy</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">BOOST_MATH_DECLARE_SPECIAL_FUNCTIONS</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">user_error_policy</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="comment">// close unnamed namespace</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
We now have a set of forwarding functions defined in an unnamed namespace
that all look something like this:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">RealType</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tools</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">promote_args</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">RT</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span>
<span class="identifier">tgamma</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">RT</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tgamma</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">user_error_policy</span><span class="special">());</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
So that when we call <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tgamma</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">)</span></code> we really end up calling <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tgamma</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">user_error_policy</span><span class="special">())</span></code>,
and any errors will get directed to our own error handlers:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"Result of erf_inv(-10) is: "</span>
<span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">erf_inv</span><span class="special">(-</span><span class="number">10</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"Result of tgamma(-10) is: "</span>
<span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">tgamma</span><span class="special">(-</span><span class="number">10</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Which outputs:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting">Domain Error.
Result of erf_inv(-10) is: 1.#QNAN
Pole Error.
Result of tgamma(-10) is: 1.#QNAN
</pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
The previous example was all well and good, but the custom error handlers
didn't really do much of any use. In this example we'll implement all
the custom handlers and show how the information provided to them can
be used to generate nice formatted error messages.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Each error handler has the general form:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_</span><span class="emphasis"><em>error_type</em></span><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
and accepts three arguments:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<div class="variablelist">
<p class="title"><b></b></p>
<dl>
<dt><span class="term">const char* function</span></dt>
<dd><p>
The name of the function that raised the error, this string contains
one or more %1% format specifiers that should be replaced by the
name of type T.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">const char* message</span></dt>
<dd><p>
A message associated with the error, normally this contains a %1%
format specifier that should be replaced with the value of <span class="emphasis"><em>value</em></span>:
however note that overflow and underflow messages do not contain
this %1% specifier (since the value of <span class="emphasis"><em>value</em></span>
is immaterial in these cases).
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">const T& value</span></dt>
<dd><p>
The value that caused the error: either an argument to the function
if this is a domain or pole error, the tentative result if this
is a denorm or evaluation error, or zero or infinity for underflow
or overflow errors.
</p></dd>
</dl>
</div>
<p>
</p>
<p>
As before we'll include the headers we need first:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">iostream</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">special_functions</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Next we'll implement the error handlers for each type of error, starting
with domain errors:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">policies</span><span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_domain_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
We'll begin with a bit of defensive programming:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">function</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">function</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"Unknown function with arguments of type %1%"</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">message</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">message</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"Cause unknown with bad argument %1%"</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Next we'll format the name of the function with the name of type T:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Error in function "</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">format</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">%</span> <span class="keyword">typeid</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">()).</span><span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">();</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Then likewise format the error message with the value of parameter <span class="emphasis"><em>val</em></span>,
making sure we output all the digits of <span class="emphasis"><em>val</em></span>:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="string">": \n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">prec</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">2</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">numeric_limits</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">digits</span> <span class="special">*</span> <span class="number">30103UL</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">/</span> <span class="number">100000UL</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">format</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">%</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">io</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">group</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">setprecision</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">prec</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">)).</span><span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">();</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Now we just have to do something with the message, we could throw an
exception, but for the purposes of this example we'll just dump the message
to std::cerr:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cerr</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Finally the only sensible value we can return from a domain error is
a NaN:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">numeric_limits</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">quiet_NaN</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="special">}</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Pole errors are essentially a special case of domain errors, so in this
example we'll just return the result of a domain error:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_pole_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">user_domain_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">}</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Overflow errors are very similar to domain errors, except that there's
no %1% format specifier in the <span class="emphasis"><em>message</em></span> parameter:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_overflow_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">function</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">function</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"Unknown function with arguments of type %1%"</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">message</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">message</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"Result of function is too large to represent"</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Error in function "</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">format</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">%</span> <span class="keyword">typeid</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">()).</span><span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="string">": \n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cerr</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// Value passed to the function is an infinity, just return it:
</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Underflow errors are much the same as overflow:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_underflow_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">function</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">function</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"Unknown function with arguments of type %1%"</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">message</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">message</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"Result of function is too small to represent"</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Error in function "</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">format</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">%</span> <span class="keyword">typeid</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">()).</span><span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="string">": \n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cerr</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// Value passed to the function is zero, just return it:
</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Denormalised results are much the same as underflow:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_denorm_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">function</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">function</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"Unknown function with arguments of type %1%"</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">message</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">message</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"Result of function is denormalised"</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Error in function "</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">format</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">%</span> <span class="keyword">typeid</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">()).</span><span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="string">": \n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cerr</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// Value passed to the function is denormalised, just return it:
</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Which leaves us with evaluation errors, these occur when an internal
error occurs that prevents the function being fully evaluated. The parameter
<span class="emphasis"><em>val</em></span> contains the closest approximation to the result
found so far:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">user_evaluation_error</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">function</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">function</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"Unknown function with arguments of type %1%"</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">message</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">message</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"An internal evaluation error occured with "</span>
<span class="string">"the best value calculated so far of %1%"</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Error in function "</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">format</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">%</span> <span class="keyword">typeid</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">()).</span><span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="string">": \n"</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">prec</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">2</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">numeric_limits</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">digits</span> <span class="special">*</span> <span class="number">30103UL</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">/</span> <span class="number">100000UL</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">format</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">%</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">io</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">group</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">setprecision</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">prec</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">)).</span><span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cerr</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// What do we return here? This is generally a fatal error,
</span> <span class="comment">// that should never occur, just return a NaN for the purposes
</span> <span class="comment">// of the example:
</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">numeric_limits</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">quiet_NaN</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">}}}</span> <span class="comment">// namespaces</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Now we'll need to define a suitable policy that will call these handlers,
and define some forwarding functions that make use of the policy:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span><span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">policies</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">policy</span><span class="special"><</span>
<span class="identifier">domain_error</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">user_error</span><span class="special">>,</span>
<span class="identifier">pole_error</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">user_error</span><span class="special">>,</span>
<span class="identifier">overflow_error</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">user_error</span><span class="special">>,</span>
<span class="identifier">underflow_error</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">user_error</span><span class="special">>,</span>
<span class="identifier">denorm_error</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">user_error</span><span class="special">>,</span>
<span class="identifier">evaluation_error</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">user_error</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">user_error_policy</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">BOOST_MATH_DECLARE_SPECIAL_FUNCTIONS</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">user_error_policy</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="comment">// close unnamed namespace</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
We now have a set of forwarding functions defined in an unnamed namespace
that all look something like this:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">RealType</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tools</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">promote_args</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">RT</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span>
<span class="identifier">tgamma</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">RT</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tgamma</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">user_error_policy</span><span class="special">());</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
So that when we call <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tgamma</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">)</span></code> we really end up calling <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tgamma</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">user_error_policy</span><span class="special">())</span></code>,
and any errors will get directed to our own error handlers:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Raise a domain error:
</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"Result of erf_inv(-10) is: "</span>
<span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">erf_inv</span><span class="special">(-</span><span class="number">10</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// Raise a pole error:
</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"Result of tgamma(-10) is: "</span>
<span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">tgamma</span><span class="special">(-</span><span class="number">10</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// Raise an overflow error:
</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"Result of tgamma(3000) is: "</span>
<span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">tgamma</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3000</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// Raise an underflow error:
</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"Result of tgamma(-190.5) is: "</span>
<span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">tgamma</span><span class="special">(-</span><span class="number">190.5</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// Unfortunately we can't predicably raise a denormalised
</span> <span class="comment">// result, nor can we raise an evaluation error in this example
</span> <span class="comment">// since these should never really occur!
</span><span class="special">}</span></pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Which outputs:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting">Error in function boost::math::erf_inv<double>(double, double):
Argument outside range [-1, 1] in inverse erf function (got p=-10).
Result of erf_inv(-10) is: 1.#QNAN
Error in function boost::math::tgamma<long double>(long double):
Evaluation of tgamma at a negative integer -10.
Result of tgamma(-10) is: 1.#QNAN
Error in function boost::math::tgamma<long double>(long double):
Result of tgamma is too large to represent.
Error in function boost::math::tgamma<double>(double):
Result of function is too large to represent
Result of tgamma(3000) is: 1.#INF
Error in function boost::math::tgamma<long double>(long double):
Result of tgamma is too large to represent.
Error in function boost::math::tgamma<long double>(long double):
Result of tgamma is too small to represent.
Result of tgamma(-190.5) is: 0
</pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Notice how some of the calls result in an error handler being called
more than once, or for more than one handler to be called: this is an
artefact of the fact that many functions are implemented in terms of
one or more sub-routines each of which may have it's own error handling.
For example <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tgamma</span><span class="special">(-</span><span class="number">190.5</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
is implemented in terms of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tgamma</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">190.5</span><span class="special">)</span></code> - which overflows - the reflection formula
for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tgamma</span></code> then notices
that it's dividing by infinity and underflows.
</p>
<p>
</p>
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