Safe_numbers: Safer fundamental numeric types in C++20

Matt Borland

Description

Safe_numbers strives to enhance the type safety of fundamental numeric types, with an acceptable performance degradation.

The library is header-only, minimal dependencies (Boost.Assert, Config, and Throw_Exception), and requires only C++20.

Motivation

Read the proposal here.

Use Cases

Safety critical applications

Supported Compilers

Boost.safe_numbers is tested natively on Ubuntu (x86_64, x86_32, s390x, aarch64, ARM32v7), macOS (x86_64, and Apple Silicon), and Windows (x86_64, x86_32, and ARM64); as well as emulated PPC64LE using QEMU with the following compilers:

  • GCC 13 and later

  • Clang 17 and later

  • Visual Studio 2022 (14.3) and later

  • Intel OneAPI DPC++ 2024.2 and later

Tested on Github Actions and Drone. Coverage can be found on Codecov.

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