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+/**
+ * \file arguments.h
+ *
+ * \brief Manipulation of test arguments.
+ *
+ * Much of the code is in host_test.function, to be migrated here later.
+ */
+
+/*
+ *  Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ *  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ *  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef TEST_ARGUMENTS_H
+#define TEST_ARGUMENTS_H
+
+#if !defined(MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE)
+#include "mbedtls/config.h"
+#else
+#include MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE
+#endif
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+typedef union {
+    size_t len;
+    int32_t s32;
+} mbedtls_test_argument_t;
+
+#endif /* TEST_ARGUMENTS_H */