diff --git a/lib/cmp_icu_new.c b/lib/cmp_icu_new.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e6f6752e6297f68c8cae3971066191cb8ae3ca9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cmp_icu_new.c
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+/**
+ * @file   icu_cmp.c
+ * @author Dominik Loidolt (dominik.loidolt@univie.ac.at),
+ * @date   2020
+ *
+ * @copyright GPLv2
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * @brief software compression library
+ * @see Data Compression User Manual PLATO-UVIE-PL-UM-0001
+ */
+
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "cmp_debug.h"
+
+
+/* return code if the bitstream buffer is too small to store the whole bitstream */
+#define CMP_ERROR_SAMLL_BUF -2
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief put the value of up to 32 bits into a bitstream accessed as 32-bit
+ *	RAM in big-endian
+ *
+ * @param value		the value to put
+ * @param n_bits	number of bits to put in the bitstream
+ * @param bit_offset	bit index where the bits will be put, seen from the very
+ *			beginning of the bitstream
+ * @param bitstream_adr	this is the pointer to the beginning of the bitstream
+ *			(can be NULL)
+ * @param max_bit_len	maximum length of the bitstream in bits; is ignored if
+ *			bitstream_adr is NULL
+ *
+ * @returns length in bits of the generated bitstream on success; returns
+ *          negative in case of erroneous input; returns CMP_ERROR_SAMLL_BUF if
+ *          the bitstream buffer is too small to put the value in the bitstream
+ * @note a value with more bits set as the n_bits parameter is considered as an
+ *	erroneous input.
+ */
+
+static int put_n_bits32(uint32_t value, unsigned int n_bits, int bit_offset,
+			uint32_t *bitstream_adr, unsigned int max_bit_len)
+{
+	uint32_t *local_adr;
+	uint32_t mask;
+	unsigned int shiftRight, shiftLeft, bitsLeft, bitsRight;
+	int stream_len = (int)(n_bits + (unsigned int)bit_offset); /* overflow results in a negative return value */
+
+	/* leave in case of erroneous input */
+	if (bit_offset < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (n_bits == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (n_bits > 32)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* (M) is the n_bits parameter large enough to cover all value bits; the
+	 * calculations can be re-used in the unsegmented code, so we have no overhead
+	 */
+	shiftRight = 32 - n_bits;
+	mask = 0xFFFFFFFFU >> shiftRight;
+	if (value & ~mask) {
+		debug_print("Error: Not all set bits in the put value are added to the bitstream. Check value n_bits parameter combination.\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* Do we need to write data to the bitstream? */
+	if (!bitstream_adr)
+		return stream_len;
+
+	/* Check if bitstream buffer is large enough */
+	if ((unsigned int)stream_len > max_bit_len) {
+		debug_print("Error: The buffer for the compressed data is too small to hold the compressed data. Try a larger buffer_length parameter.\n");
+		return CMP_ERROR_SAMLL_BUF;
+	}
+
+	/* Separate the bit_offset into word offset (set local_adr pointer) and local bit offset (bitsLeft) */
+	local_adr = bitstream_adr + (bit_offset >> 5);
+	bitsLeft = bit_offset & 0x1F;
+
+	/* Calculate the bitsRight for the unsegmented case. If bitsRight is
+	 * negative we need to split the value over two words
+	 */
+	bitsRight = shiftRight - bitsLeft;
+
+	if ((int)bitsRight >= 0) {
+		/*         UNSEGMENTED
+		 *
+		 *|-----------|XXXXX|----------------|
+		 *   bitsLeft    n       bitsRight
+		 *
+		 *  -> to get the mask:
+		 *  shiftRight = bitsLeft + bitsRight = 32 - n
+		 *  shiftLeft = bitsRight = 32 - n - bitsLeft = shiftRight - bitsLeft
+		 */
+
+		shiftLeft = bitsRight;
+
+		/* generate the mask, the bits for the values will be true
+		 * shiftRight = 32 - n_bits; see (M) above!
+		 * mask = (0XFFFFFFFF >> shiftRight) << shiftLeft; see (M) above!
+		 */
+		mask <<= shiftLeft;
+		value <<= shiftLeft;
+
+		/* clear the destination with inverse mask */
+		*(local_adr) &= ~mask;
+
+		/* assign the value */
+		*(local_adr) |= value;
+
+	} else {
+		/*                             SEGMENTED
+		 *
+		 *|-----------------------------|XXX| |XX|------------------------------|
+		 *          bitsLeft              n1   n2          bitsRight
+		 *
+		 *  -> to get the mask part 1:
+		 *  shiftRight = bitsLeft
+		 *  n1 = n - (bitsLeft + n - 32) = 32 - bitsLeft
+		 *
+		 *  -> to get the mask part 2:
+		 *  n2 = bitsLeft + n - 32 = -(32 - n - bitsLeft) = -(bitsRight_UNSEGMENTED)
+		 *  shiftLeft = 32 - n2 = 32 - (bitsLeft + n - 32) = 64 - bitsLeft - n
+		 *
+		 */
+
+		unsigned int n2 = -bitsRight;
+
+		/* part 1: */
+		shiftRight = bitsLeft;
+		mask = 0XFFFFFFFFU >> shiftRight;
+
+		/* clear the destination with inverse mask */
+		*(local_adr) &= ~mask;
+
+		/* assign the value part 1 */
+		*(local_adr) |= (value >> n2);
+
+		/* part 2: */
+		/* adjust address */
+		local_adr += 1;
+		shiftLeft = 32 - n2;
+		mask = 0XFFFFFFFFU << shiftLeft;
+
+		/* clear the destination with inverse mask */
+		*(local_adr) &= ~mask;
+
+		/* assign the value part 2 */
+		*(local_adr) |= (value << shiftLeft);
+	}
+	return stream_len;
+}
+
diff --git a/subprojects/unity.wrap b/subprojects/unity.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8cc488366197ec4f255d93fb4642367c88f5744b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/unity.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[wrap-file]
+directory = Unity-2.5.2
+source_url = https://github.com/ThrowTheSwitch/Unity/archive/refs/tags/v2.5.2.tar.gz
+source_filename = Unity-2.5.2.tar.gz
+source_hash = 3786de6c8f389be3894feae4f7d8680a02e70ed4dbcce36109c8f8646da2671a
+
+[provide]
+unity = unity_dep
diff --git a/test/cmp_icu/test_cmp_icu_new.c b/test/cmp_icu/test_cmp_icu_new.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6e5761528a50305999b110a74120a05f70508e01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmp_icu/test_cmp_icu_new.c
@@ -0,0 +1,373 @@
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "unity.h"
+
+/* this is a hack to test static functions */
+#include "../lib/cmp_icu_new.c"
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @test put_n_bits32
+ */
+
+#define SDP_PB_N 3
+
+
+static void init_PB32_arrays(uint32_t *z, uint32_t *o)
+{
+	uint32_t i;
+
+	/* init testarray with all 0 and all 1 */
+	for (i = 0; i < SDP_PB_N; i++) {
+		z[i] = 0;
+		o[i] = 0xffffffff;
+	}
+}
+
+
+void test_put_n_bits32(void)
+{
+	uint32_t v, n;
+	int o, rval; /* return value */
+	uint32_t testarray0[SDP_PB_N];
+	uint32_t testarray1[SDP_PB_N];
+	const uint32_t l = sizeof(testarray0) * CHAR_BIT;
+
+	/* hereafter, the value is v,
+	 * the number of bits to write is n,
+	 * the offset of the bit is o,
+	 * the max length the bitstream in bits is l
+	 */
+
+	init_PB32_arrays(testarray0, testarray1);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+
+	/*** n=0 ***/
+
+	/* do not write, left border */
+	v = 0; n = 0; o = 0;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(0, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(0, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+
+	/* TODO: not a valid test */
+	v = 0xffffffff; n = 0; o = 0;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(0, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(0, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+
+	/* do not write, right border */
+	v = 0; n = 0; o = 31;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(0, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(0, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+
+	/* TODO: not a valid test */
+	/* test value = 0xffffffff; N = 0 */
+	v = 0xffffffff; n = 0; o = 31;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(0, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(0, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+
+	/*** n=1 ***/
+
+	/* left border, write 0 */
+	v = 0; n = 1; o = 0;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(1, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(1, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0x7fffffff);
+
+	/* left border, write 1 */
+	v = 1; n = 1; o = 0;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(1, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0x80000000);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(1, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+
+	/* left border, write 32 */
+	v = 0xf0f0abcd; n = 32; o = 0;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 32);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0xf0f0abcd);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 32);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xf0f0abcd);
+	/* re-init input arrays after clobbering */
+	init_PB32_arrays(testarray0, testarray1);
+
+	/* middle, write 2 bits */
+	v = 3; n = 2; o = 29;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 31);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0x6);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 31);
+	/* re-init input arrays after clobbering */
+	init_PB32_arrays(testarray0, testarray1);
+
+	/*** n=5, unsegmented ***/
+
+	/* left border, write 0 */
+	v = 0; n = 5; o = 0;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 5);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0x07ffffff);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 5);
+	/* re-init input arrays after clobbering */
+	init_PB32_arrays(testarray0, testarray1);
+
+	/* left border, write 11111 */
+	v = 0x1f; n = 5; o = 0;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 5);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0xf8000000);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 5);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+	/* re-init input arrays after clobbering */
+	init_PB32_arrays(testarray0, testarray1);
+
+	/* middle, write 0 */
+	v = 0; n = 5; o = 7;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 12);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 12);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xfe0fffff);
+	/* re-init input arrays after clobbering */
+	init_PB32_arrays(testarray0, testarray1);
+
+	/* middle, write 11111 */
+	v = 0x1f; n = 5; o = 7;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 12);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0x01f00000);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 12);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+	/* re-init input arrays after clobbering */
+	init_PB32_arrays(testarray0, testarray1);
+
+	/* right, write 0 */
+	v = 0; n = 5; o = 91;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 96);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[1] == 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 96);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[1] == 0xffffffff);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[2] == 0xffffffe0);
+	/* re-init input arrays after clobbering */
+	init_PB32_arrays(testarray0, testarray1);
+
+	/* right, write 11111 */
+	v = 0x1f; n = 5; o = 91;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 96);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[1] == 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[2] == 0x0000001f);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 96);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[1] == 0xffffffff);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[2] == 0xffffffff);
+	/* re-init input arrays after clobbering */
+	init_PB32_arrays(testarray0, testarray1);
+
+	/* 32 bit, write 0 */
+	v = 0; n = 32; o = 0;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 32);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0x00000000);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 32);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0x00000000);
+	/* re-init input arrays after clobbering */
+	init_PB32_arrays(testarray0, testarray1);
+
+	/* 32 bit, write -1 */
+	v = 0xffffffff; n = 32; o = 0;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 32);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0xffffffff);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 32);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+	/* re-init input arrays after clobbering */
+	init_PB32_arrays(testarray0, testarray1);
+
+	/* SEGMENTED cases */
+	/* 5 bit, write 0 */
+	v = 0; n = 5; o = 62;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 67);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[1] == 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[2] == 0);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 67);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[1] == 0xfffffffc);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[2] == 0x1fffffff);
+	/* re-init input arrays after clobbering */
+	init_PB32_arrays(testarray0, testarray1);
+
+	/* 5 bit, write 1f */
+	v = 0x1f; n = 5; o = 62;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 67);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[1] == 3);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[2] == 0xe0000000);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 67);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[1] == 0xffffffff);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[2] == 0xffffffff);
+	/* re-init input arrays after clobbering */
+	init_PB32_arrays(testarray0, testarray1);
+
+	/* 32 bit, write 0 */
+	v = 0; n = 32; o = 1;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 33);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0x00000000);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[1] == 0x00000000);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 33);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0x80000000);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[1] == 0x7fffffff);
+	/* re-init input arrays after clobbering */
+	init_PB32_arrays(testarray0, testarray1);
+
+	/* 32 bit, write -1 */
+	v = 0xffffffff; n = 32; o = 1;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 33);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0x7fffffff);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[1] == 0x80000000);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 33);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[1] == 0xffffffff);
+	/* re-init input arrays after clobbering */
+	init_PB32_arrays(testarray0, testarray1);
+
+	/* test NULL buffer */
+	v = 0; n = 0; o = 0;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, NULL, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 0);
+
+	v = 0; n = 1; o = 0;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, NULL, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 1);
+
+	v = 0; n = 5; o = 31;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, NULL, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 36);
+
+	v = 0; n = 2; o = 95;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, NULL, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, 97); /* rval can be longer than l */
+
+	/* error cases */
+	/* n too large */
+	v = 0x0; n = 33; o = 1;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, -1);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[1] == 0);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, NULL, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(rval, -1);
+
+	/* value larger than n allows */
+	v = 0x7f; n = 6; o = 10;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(-1, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[1] == 0);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, NULL, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(-1, rval);
+
+	/* try to put too much in the bitstream */
+	v = 0x1; n = 1; o = 96;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(CMP_ERROR_SAMLL_BUF, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[1] == 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[2] == 0);
+
+	/* this should work */
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, NULL, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(97, rval);
+
+	/* offset lager than max_bit_len */
+	v = 0x0; n = 32; o = INT32_MAX;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray1, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(CMP_ERROR_SAMLL_BUF, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[0] == 0xffffffff);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[1] == 0xffffffff);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray1[2] == 0xffffffff);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, NULL, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT(rval < 0);
+
+	/* negative offset */
+	v = 0x0; n = 0; o = -1;
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, testarray0, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(-1, rval);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[0] == 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT(testarray0[1] == 0);
+
+	rval = put_n_bits32(v, n, o, NULL, l);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(-1, rval);
+}
diff --git a/test/tools/generate_test_runner.rb b/test/tools/generate_test_runner.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1c0ec3450435f7c8cf95219afd6f9226b7389a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tools/generate_test_runner.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,512 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# ==========================================
+#   Unity Project - A Test Framework for C
+#   Copyright (c) 2007 Mike Karlesky, Mark VanderVoord, Greg Williams
+#   [Released under MIT License. Please refer to license.txt for details]
+# ==========================================
+
+class UnityTestRunnerGenerator
+  def initialize(options = nil)
+    @options = UnityTestRunnerGenerator.default_options
+    case options
+    when NilClass
+      @options
+    when String
+      @options.merge!(UnityTestRunnerGenerator.grab_config(options))
+    when Hash
+      # Check if some of these have been specified
+      @options[:has_setup] = !options[:setup_name].nil?
+      @options[:has_teardown] = !options[:teardown_name].nil?
+      @options[:has_suite_setup] = !options[:suite_setup].nil?
+      @options[:has_suite_teardown] = !options[:suite_teardown].nil?
+      @options.merge!(options)
+    else
+      raise 'If you specify arguments, it should be a filename or a hash of options'
+    end
+    require_relative 'type_sanitizer'
+  end
+
+  def self.default_options
+    {
+      includes: [],
+      defines: [],
+      plugins: [],
+      framework: :unity,
+      test_prefix: 'test|spec|should',
+      mock_prefix: 'Mock',
+      mock_suffix: '',
+      setup_name: 'setUp',
+      teardown_name: 'tearDown',
+      test_reset_name: 'resetTest',
+      test_verify_name: 'verifyTest',
+      main_name: 'main', # set to :auto to automatically generate each time
+      main_export_decl: '',
+      cmdline_args: false,
+      omit_begin_end: false,
+      use_param_tests: false,
+      include_extensions: '(?:hpp|hh|H|h)',
+      source_extensions: '(?:cpp|cc|ino|C|c)'
+    }
+  end
+
+  def self.grab_config(config_file)
+    options = default_options
+    unless config_file.nil? || config_file.empty?
+      require 'yaml'
+      yaml_guts = YAML.load_file(config_file)
+      options.merge!(yaml_guts[:unity] || yaml_guts[:cmock])
+      raise "No :unity or :cmock section found in #{config_file}" unless options
+    end
+    options
+  end
+
+  def run(input_file, output_file, options = nil)
+    @options.merge!(options) unless options.nil?
+
+    # pull required data from source file
+    source = File.read(input_file)
+    source = source.force_encoding('ISO-8859-1').encode('utf-8', replace: nil)
+    tests = find_tests(source)
+    headers = find_includes(source)
+    testfile_includes = (headers[:local] + headers[:system])
+    used_mocks = find_mocks(testfile_includes)
+    testfile_includes = (testfile_includes - used_mocks)
+    testfile_includes.delete_if { |inc| inc =~ /(unity|cmock)/ }
+    find_setup_and_teardown(source)
+
+    # build runner file
+    generate(input_file, output_file, tests, used_mocks, testfile_includes)
+
+    # determine which files were used to return them
+    all_files_used = [input_file, output_file]
+    all_files_used += testfile_includes.map { |filename| filename + '.c' } unless testfile_includes.empty?
+    all_files_used += @options[:includes] unless @options[:includes].empty?
+    all_files_used += headers[:linkonly] unless headers[:linkonly].empty?
+    all_files_used.uniq
+  end
+
+  def generate(input_file, output_file, tests, used_mocks, testfile_includes)
+    File.open(output_file, 'w') do |output|
+      create_header(output, used_mocks, testfile_includes)
+      create_externs(output, tests, used_mocks)
+      create_mock_management(output, used_mocks)
+      create_setup(output)
+      create_teardown(output)
+      create_suite_setup(output)
+      create_suite_teardown(output)
+      create_reset(output)
+      create_run_test(output) unless tests.empty?
+      create_args_wrappers(output, tests)
+      create_main(output, input_file, tests, used_mocks)
+    end
+
+    return unless @options[:header_file] && !@options[:header_file].empty?
+
+    File.open(@options[:header_file], 'w') do |output|
+      create_h_file(output, @options[:header_file], tests, testfile_includes, used_mocks)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def find_tests(source)
+    tests_and_line_numbers = []
+
+    # contains characters which will be substituted from within strings, doing
+    # this prevents these characters from interfering with scrubbers
+    # @ is not a valid C character, so there should be no clashes with files genuinely containing these markers
+    substring_subs = { '{' => '@co@', '}' => '@cc@', ';' => '@ss@', '/' => '@fs@' }
+    substring_re = Regexp.union(substring_subs.keys)
+    substring_unsubs = substring_subs.invert                   # the inverse map will be used to fix the strings afterwords
+    substring_unsubs['@quote@'] = '\\"'
+    substring_unsubs['@apos@'] = '\\\''
+    substring_unre = Regexp.union(substring_unsubs.keys)
+    source_scrubbed = source.clone
+    source_scrubbed = source_scrubbed.gsub(/\\"/, '@quote@')   # hide escaped quotes to allow capture of the full string/char
+    source_scrubbed = source_scrubbed.gsub(/\\'/, '@apos@')    # hide escaped apostrophes to allow capture of the full string/char
+    source_scrubbed = source_scrubbed.gsub(/("[^"\n]*")|('[^'\n]*')/) { |s| s.gsub(substring_re, substring_subs) } # temporarily hide problematic characters within strings
+    source_scrubbed = source_scrubbed.gsub(/\/\/(?:.+\/\*|\*(?:$|[^\/])).*$/, '')  # remove line comments that comment out the start of blocks
+    source_scrubbed = source_scrubbed.gsub(/\/\*.*?\*\//m, '')                     # remove block comments
+    source_scrubbed = source_scrubbed.gsub(/\/\/.*$/, '')                          # remove line comments (all that remain)
+    lines = source_scrubbed.split(/(^\s*\#.*$) | (;|\{|\}) /x)                     # Treat preprocessor directives as a logical line. Match ;, {, and } as end of lines
+                           .map { |line| line.gsub(substring_unre, substring_unsubs) } # unhide the problematic characters previously removed
+
+    lines.each_with_index do |line, _index|
+      # find tests
+      next unless line =~ /^((?:\s*(?:TEST_CASE|TEST_RANGE)\s*\(.*?\)\s*)*)\s*void\s+((?:#{@options[:test_prefix]}).*)\s*\(\s*(.*)\s*\)/m
+
+      arguments = Regexp.last_match(1)
+      name = Regexp.last_match(2)
+      call = Regexp.last_match(3)
+      params = Regexp.last_match(4)
+      args = nil
+
+      if @options[:use_param_tests] && !arguments.empty?
+        args = []
+        arguments.scan(/\s*TEST_CASE\s*\((.*)\)\s*$/) { |a| args << a[0] }
+
+        arguments.scan(/\s*TEST_RANGE\s*\((.*)\)\s*$/).flatten.each do |range_str|
+          args += range_str.scan(/\[(-?\d+.?\d*), *(-?\d+.?\d*), *(-?\d+.?\d*)\]/).map do |arg_values_str|
+            arg_values_str.map do |arg_value_str|
+              arg_value_str.include?('.') ? arg_value_str.to_f : arg_value_str.to_i
+            end
+          end.map do |arg_values|
+            (arg_values[0]..arg_values[1]).step(arg_values[2]).to_a
+          end.reduce do |result, arg_range_expanded|
+            result.product(arg_range_expanded)
+          end.map do |arg_combinations|
+            arg_combinations.flatten.join(', ')
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      tests_and_line_numbers << { test: name, args: args, call: call, params: params, line_number: 0 }
+    end
+
+    tests_and_line_numbers.uniq! { |v| v[:test] }
+
+    # determine line numbers and create tests to run
+    source_lines = source.split("\n")
+    source_index = 0
+    tests_and_line_numbers.size.times do |i|
+      source_lines[source_index..-1].each_with_index do |line, index|
+        next unless line =~ /\s+#{tests_and_line_numbers[i][:test]}(?:\s|\()/
+
+        source_index += index
+        tests_and_line_numbers[i][:line_number] = source_index + 1
+        break
+      end
+    end
+
+    tests_and_line_numbers
+  end
+
+  def find_includes(source)
+    # remove comments (block and line, in three steps to ensure correct precedence)
+    source.gsub!(/\/\/(?:.+\/\*|\*(?:$|[^\/])).*$/, '')  # remove line comments that comment out the start of blocks
+    source.gsub!(/\/\*.*?\*\//m, '')                     # remove block comments
+    source.gsub!(/\/\/.*$/, '')                          # remove line comments (all that remain)
+
+    # parse out includes
+    includes = {
+      local: source.scan(/^\s*#include\s+\"\s*(.+\.#{@options[:include_extensions]})\s*\"/).flatten,
+      system: source.scan(/^\s*#include\s+<\s*(.+)\s*>/).flatten.map { |inc| "<#{inc}>" },
+      linkonly: source.scan(/^TEST_FILE\(\s*\"\s*(.+\.#{@options[:source_extensions]})\s*\"/).flatten
+    }
+    includes
+  end
+
+  def find_mocks(includes)
+    mock_headers = []
+    includes.each do |include_path|
+      include_file = File.basename(include_path)
+      mock_headers << include_path if include_file =~ /^#{@options[:mock_prefix]}.*#{@options[:mock_suffix]}\.h$/i
+    end
+    mock_headers
+  end
+
+  def find_setup_and_teardown(source)
+    @options[:has_setup] = source =~ /void\s+#{@options[:setup_name]}\s*\(/
+    @options[:has_teardown] = source =~ /void\s+#{@options[:teardown_name]}\s*\(/
+    @options[:has_suite_setup] ||= (source =~ /void\s+suiteSetUp\s*\(/)
+    @options[:has_suite_teardown] ||= (source =~ /int\s+suiteTearDown\s*\(int\s+([a-zA-Z0-9_])+\s*\)/)
+  end
+
+  def create_header(output, mocks, testfile_includes = [])
+    output.puts('/* AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT. */')
+    output.puts("\n/*=======Automagically Detected Files To Include=====*/")
+    output.puts("#include \"#{@options[:framework]}.h\"")
+    output.puts('#include "cmock.h"') unless mocks.empty?
+    if @options[:defines] && !@options[:defines].empty?
+      @options[:defines].each { |d| output.puts("#ifndef #{d}\n#define #{d}\n#endif /* #{d} */") }
+    end
+    if @options[:header_file] && !@options[:header_file].empty?
+      output.puts("#include \"#{File.basename(@options[:header_file])}\"")
+    else
+      @options[:includes].flatten.uniq.compact.each do |inc|
+        output.puts("#include #{inc.include?('<') ? inc : "\"#{inc}\""}")
+      end
+      testfile_includes.each do |inc|
+        output.puts("#include #{inc.include?('<') ? inc : "\"#{inc}\""}")
+      end
+    end
+    mocks.each do |mock|
+      output.puts("#include \"#{mock}\"")
+    end
+    output.puts('#include "CException.h"') if @options[:plugins].include?(:cexception)
+
+    return unless @options[:enforce_strict_ordering]
+
+    output.puts('')
+    output.puts('int GlobalExpectCount;')
+    output.puts('int GlobalVerifyOrder;')
+    output.puts('char* GlobalOrderError;')
+  end
+
+  def create_externs(output, tests, _mocks)
+    output.puts("\n/*=======External Functions This Runner Calls=====*/")
+    output.puts("extern void #{@options[:setup_name]}(void);")
+    output.puts("extern void #{@options[:teardown_name]}(void);")
+    output.puts("\n#ifdef __cplusplus\nextern \"C\"\n{\n#endif") if @options[:externc]
+    tests.each do |test|
+      output.puts("extern void #{test[:test]}(#{test[:call] || 'void'});")
+    end
+    output.puts("#ifdef __cplusplus\n}\n#endif") if @options[:externc]
+    output.puts('')
+  end
+
+  def create_mock_management(output, mock_headers)
+    output.puts("\n/*=======Mock Management=====*/")
+    output.puts('static void CMock_Init(void)')
+    output.puts('{')
+
+    if @options[:enforce_strict_ordering]
+      output.puts('  GlobalExpectCount = 0;')
+      output.puts('  GlobalVerifyOrder = 0;')
+      output.puts('  GlobalOrderError = NULL;')
+    end
+
+    mocks = mock_headers.map { |mock| File.basename(mock, '.*') }
+    mocks.each do |mock|
+      mock_clean = TypeSanitizer.sanitize_c_identifier(mock)
+      output.puts("  #{mock_clean}_Init();")
+    end
+    output.puts("}\n")
+
+    output.puts('static void CMock_Verify(void)')
+    output.puts('{')
+    mocks.each do |mock|
+      mock_clean = TypeSanitizer.sanitize_c_identifier(mock)
+      output.puts("  #{mock_clean}_Verify();")
+    end
+    output.puts("}\n")
+
+    output.puts('static void CMock_Destroy(void)')
+    output.puts('{')
+    mocks.each do |mock|
+      mock_clean = TypeSanitizer.sanitize_c_identifier(mock)
+      output.puts("  #{mock_clean}_Destroy();")
+    end
+    output.puts("}\n")
+  end
+
+  def create_setup(output)
+    return if @options[:has_setup]
+
+    output.puts("\n/*=======Setup (stub)=====*/")
+    output.puts("void #{@options[:setup_name]}(void) {}")
+  end
+
+  def create_teardown(output)
+    return if @options[:has_teardown]
+
+    output.puts("\n/*=======Teardown (stub)=====*/")
+    output.puts("void #{@options[:teardown_name]}(void) {}")
+  end
+
+  def create_suite_setup(output)
+    return if @options[:suite_setup].nil?
+
+    output.puts("\n/*=======Suite Setup=====*/")
+    output.puts('void suiteSetUp(void)')
+    output.puts('{')
+    output.puts(@options[:suite_setup])
+    output.puts('}')
+  end
+
+  def create_suite_teardown(output)
+    return if @options[:suite_teardown].nil?
+
+    output.puts("\n/*=======Suite Teardown=====*/")
+    output.puts('int suiteTearDown(int num_failures)')
+    output.puts('{')
+    output.puts(@options[:suite_teardown])
+    output.puts('}')
+  end
+
+  def create_reset(output)
+    output.puts("\n/*=======Test Reset Options=====*/")
+    output.puts("void #{@options[:test_reset_name]}(void);")
+    output.puts("void #{@options[:test_reset_name]}(void)")
+    output.puts('{')
+    output.puts("  #{@options[:teardown_name]}();")
+    output.puts('  CMock_Verify();')
+    output.puts('  CMock_Destroy();')
+    output.puts('  CMock_Init();')
+    output.puts("  #{@options[:setup_name]}();")
+    output.puts('}')
+    output.puts("void #{@options[:test_verify_name]}(void);")
+    output.puts("void #{@options[:test_verify_name]}(void)")
+    output.puts('{')
+    output.puts('  CMock_Verify();')
+    output.puts('}')
+  end
+
+  def create_run_test(output)
+    require 'erb'
+    template = ERB.new(File.read(File.join(__dir__, 'run_test.erb')), nil, '<>')
+    output.puts("\n" + template.result(binding))
+  end
+
+  def create_args_wrappers(output, tests)
+    return unless @options[:use_param_tests]
+
+    output.puts("\n/*=======Parameterized Test Wrappers=====*/")
+    tests.each do |test|
+      next if test[:args].nil? || test[:args].empty?
+
+      test[:args].each.with_index(1) do |args, idx|
+        output.puts("static void runner_args#{idx}_#{test[:test]}(void)")
+        output.puts('{')
+        output.puts("    #{test[:test]}(#{args});")
+        output.puts("}\n")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def create_main(output, filename, tests, used_mocks)
+    output.puts("\n/*=======MAIN=====*/")
+    main_name = @options[:main_name].to_sym == :auto ? "main_#{filename.gsub('.c', '')}" : (@options[:main_name]).to_s
+    if @options[:cmdline_args]
+      if main_name != 'main'
+        output.puts("#{@options[:main_export_decl]} int #{main_name}(int argc, char** argv);")
+      end
+      output.puts("#{@options[:main_export_decl]} int #{main_name}(int argc, char** argv)")
+      output.puts('{')
+      output.puts('  int parse_status = UnityParseOptions(argc, argv);')
+      output.puts('  if (parse_status != 0)')
+      output.puts('  {')
+      output.puts('    if (parse_status < 0)')
+      output.puts('    {')
+      output.puts("      UnityPrint(\"#{filename.gsub('.c', '')}.\");")
+      output.puts('      UNITY_PRINT_EOL();')
+      tests.each do |test|
+        if (!@options[:use_param_tests]) || test[:args].nil? || test[:args].empty?
+          output.puts("      UnityPrint(\"  #{test[:test]}\");")
+          output.puts('      UNITY_PRINT_EOL();')
+        else
+          test[:args].each do |args|
+            output.puts("      UnityPrint(\"  #{test[:test]}(#{args})\");")
+            output.puts('      UNITY_PRINT_EOL();')
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      output.puts('      return 0;')
+      output.puts('    }')
+      output.puts('    return parse_status;')
+      output.puts('  }')
+    else
+      main_return = @options[:omit_begin_end] ? 'void' : 'int'
+      if main_name != 'main'
+        output.puts("#{@options[:main_export_decl]} #{main_return} #{main_name}(void);")
+      end
+      output.puts("#{main_return} #{main_name}(void)")
+      output.puts('{')
+    end
+    output.puts('  suiteSetUp();') if @options[:has_suite_setup]
+    if @options[:omit_begin_end]
+      output.puts("  UnitySetTestFile(\"#{filename.gsub(/\\/, '\\\\\\')}\");")
+    else
+      output.puts("  UnityBegin(\"#{filename.gsub(/\\/, '\\\\\\')}\");")
+    end
+    tests.each do |test|
+      if (!@options[:use_param_tests]) || test[:args].nil? || test[:args].empty?
+        output.puts("  run_test(#{test[:test]}, \"#{test[:test]}\", #{test[:line_number]});")
+      else
+        test[:args].each.with_index(1) do |args, idx|
+          wrapper = "runner_args#{idx}_#{test[:test]}"
+          testname = "#{test[:test]}(#{args})".dump
+          output.puts("  run_test(#{wrapper}, #{testname}, #{test[:line_number]});")
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    output.puts
+    output.puts('  CMock_Guts_MemFreeFinal();') unless used_mocks.empty?
+    if @options[:has_suite_teardown]
+      if @options[:omit_begin_end]
+        output.puts('  (void) suite_teardown(0);')
+      else
+        output.puts('  return suiteTearDown(UnityEnd());')
+      end
+    else
+      output.puts('  return UnityEnd();') unless @options[:omit_begin_end]
+    end
+    output.puts('}')
+  end
+
+  def create_h_file(output, filename, tests, testfile_includes, used_mocks)
+    filename = File.basename(filename).gsub(/[-\/\\\.\,\s]/, '_').upcase
+    output.puts('/* AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT. */')
+    output.puts("#ifndef _#{filename}")
+    output.puts("#define _#{filename}\n\n")
+    output.puts("#include \"#{@options[:framework]}.h\"")
+    output.puts('#include "cmock.h"') unless used_mocks.empty?
+    @options[:includes].flatten.uniq.compact.each do |inc|
+      output.puts("#include #{inc.include?('<') ? inc : "\"#{inc}\""}")
+    end
+    testfile_includes.each do |inc|
+      output.puts("#include #{inc.include?('<') ? inc : "\"#{inc}\""}")
+    end
+    output.puts "\n"
+    tests.each do |test|
+      if test[:params].nil? || test[:params].empty?
+        output.puts("void #{test[:test]}(void);")
+      else
+        output.puts("void #{test[:test]}(#{test[:params]});")
+      end
+    end
+    output.puts("#endif\n\n")
+  end
+end
+
+if $0 == __FILE__
+  options = { includes: [] }
+
+  # parse out all the options first (these will all be removed as we go)
+  ARGV.reject! do |arg|
+    case arg
+    when '-cexception'
+      options[:plugins] = [:cexception]
+      true
+    when /\.*\.ya?ml$/
+      options = UnityTestRunnerGenerator.grab_config(arg)
+      true
+    when /--(\w+)=\"?(.*)\"?/
+      options[Regexp.last_match(1).to_sym] = Regexp.last_match(2)
+      true
+    when /\.*\.(?:hpp|hh|H|h)$/
+      options[:includes] << arg
+      true
+    else false
+    end
+  end
+
+  # make sure there is at least one parameter left (the input file)
+  unless ARGV[0]
+    puts ["\nusage: ruby #{__FILE__} (files) (options) input_test_file (output)",
+          "\n  input_test_file         - this is the C file you want to create a runner for",
+          '  output                  - this is the name of the runner file to generate',
+          '                            defaults to (input_test_file)_Runner',
+          '  files:',
+          '    *.yml / *.yaml        - loads configuration from here in :unity or :cmock',
+          '    *.h                   - header files are added as #includes in runner',
+          '  options:',
+          '    -cexception           - include cexception support',
+          '    -externc              - add extern "C" for cpp support',
+          '    --setup_name=""       - redefine setUp func name to something else',
+          '    --teardown_name=""    - redefine tearDown func name to something else',
+          '    --main_name=""        - redefine main func name to something else',
+          '    --test_prefix=""      - redefine test prefix from default test|spec|should',
+          '    --test_reset_name=""  - redefine resetTest func name to something else',
+          '    --test_verify_name="" - redefine verifyTest func name to something else',
+          '    --suite_setup=""      - code to execute for setup of entire suite',
+          '    --suite_teardown=""   - code to execute for teardown of entire suite',
+          '    --use_param_tests=1   - enable parameterized tests (disabled by default)',
+          '    --omit_begin_end=1    - omit calls to UnityBegin and UnityEnd (disabled by default)',
+          '    --header_file=""      - path/name of test header file to generate too'].join("\n")
+    exit 1
+  end
+
+  # create the default test runner name if not specified
+  ARGV[1] = ARGV[0].gsub('.c', '_Runner.c') unless ARGV[1]
+
+  UnityTestRunnerGenerator.new(options).run(ARGV[0], ARGV[1])
+end
diff --git a/test/tools/meson.build b/test/tools/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7e9b12294e366202a2a9f41d06af8173b156b206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tools/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+generate_test_runner = find_program('generate_test_runner.rb')
+test_runner_generator = generator(
+  generate_test_runner,
+  output: ['@BASENAME@_Runner.c'],
+  arguments: ['@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@']
+)
diff --git a/test/tools/run_test.erb b/test/tools/run_test.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f91b566915b10cff86d3d4da119ffe1c5863a6f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tools/run_test.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*=======Test Runner Used To Run Each Test=====*/
+static void run_test(UnityTestFunction func, const char* name, UNITY_LINE_TYPE line_num)
+{
+    Unity.CurrentTestName = name;
+    Unity.CurrentTestLineNumber = line_num;
+#ifdef UNITY_USE_COMMAND_LINE_ARGS
+    if (!UnityTestMatches())
+        return;
+#endif
+    Unity.NumberOfTests++;
+    UNITY_CLR_DETAILS();
+    UNITY_EXEC_TIME_START();
+    CMock_Init();
+    if (TEST_PROTECT())
+    {
+<% if @options[:plugins].include?(:cexception) %>
+        CEXCEPTION_T e;
+        Try {
+            <%= @options[:setup_name] %>();
+            func();
+        } Catch(e) {
+            TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_HEX32_MESSAGE(CEXCEPTION_NONE, e, "Unhandled Exception!");
+        }
+<% else %>
+        <%= @options[:setup_name] %>();
+        func();
+<% end %>
+    }
+    if (TEST_PROTECT())
+    {
+        <%= @options[:teardown_name] %>();
+        CMock_Verify();
+    }
+    CMock_Destroy();
+    UNITY_EXEC_TIME_STOP();
+    UnityConcludeTest();
+}
diff --git a/test/tools/type_sanitizer.rb b/test/tools/type_sanitizer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dafb8826e71ceb74afa2c4a1563ce66e659b230a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tools/type_sanitizer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module TypeSanitizer
+  def self.sanitize_c_identifier(unsanitized)
+    # convert filename to valid C identifier by replacing invalid chars with '_'
+    unsanitized.gsub(/[-\/\\\.\,\s]/, '_')
+  end
+end