From dd922f17b02b7a6a59d3f008fe648b7251dc82ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark VanderVoord <mvandervoord@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:50:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Automatically strip out compile-time assertions so they're
 not confused with function prototypes (Fixes #128)

---
 lib/cmock_config.rb                   |  6 +++++-
 lib/cmock_header_parser.rb            |  7 +++++++
 test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/cmock_config.rb b/lib/cmock_config.rb
index 7ed0154..520a68c 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_config.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_config.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ class CMockConfig
       # - The keywords can appear before or after the return type (this is a compiler warning but people do weird stuff),
       #   so we check for word boundaries when searching for them
       # - We first remove "static inline" combinations and boil down to single inline or static statements
-      :inline_function_patterns    => ['(static\s+inline|inline\s+static)\s*', '(\binline\b)\s*', '(?:static\s*)?(?:__inline__)?__attribute__\s*\([ (]*always_inline[ )]*\)', 'static __inline__'] # Last part (\s*) is just to remove whitespaces (only to prettify the output)
+      :inline_function_patterns    => ['(static\s+inline|inline\s+static)\s*', '(\binline\b)\s*', '(?:static\s*)?(?:__inline__)?__attribute__\s*\([ (]*always_inline[ )]*\)', 'static __inline__'], # Last part (\s*) is just to remove whitespaces (only to prettify the output)
+
+      # Compile-time assertion macro names to strip entirely to avoid being confused with function prototypes
+      # Common C11, BSD, and embedded RTOS variants are included by default. Add custom names as needed.
+      :ct_assert_patterns          => ['ct_assert', '_?[Ss]tatic_[Aa]ssert', 'STATIC_ASSERT', 'BUILD_ASSERT', 'CTASSERT']
     }.freeze
 
   def initialize(options = nil)
diff --git a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
index c4d5aa9..4115427 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class CMockHeaderParser
     @treat_externs = cfg.treat_externs
     @treat_inlines = cfg.treat_inlines
     @inline_function_patterns = cfg.inline_function_patterns
+    @ct_assert_patterns = cfg.ct_assert_patterns
     @c_strippables += ['extern'] if @treat_externs == :include # we'll need to remove the attribute if we're allowing externs
     @c_strippables += ['inline'] if @treat_inlines == :include # we'll need to remove the attribute if we're allowing inlines
   end
@@ -306,6 +307,12 @@ class CMockHeaderParser
     source.gsub!(/(\W)(?:register|auto|restrict)(\W)/, '\1\2')
     source.gsub!(/(\W)(?:static)(\W)/, '\1\2') unless cpp
 
+    # strip calls to known compile-time assertion macros by name -- never function prototypes regardless of argument form
+    source.gsub!(/\b(?:#{@ct_assert_patterns.join('|')})\s*\([^;]*\)/, '') unless @ct_assert_patterns.empty?
+    # strip any remaining WORD(...==...) etc. -- calls containing comparison operators cannot be C function prototypes
+    # must run before default-value removal, which would corrupt "!= 0" into "!" by removing "= 0"
+    source.gsub!(/\b\w+\s*\((?:[^()!=<>]*(?:\([^()]*\))*)*(?:==|!=|<=|>=)[^;]*\)/, '')
+
     source.gsub!(/\s*=\s*['"a-zA-Z0-9_.]+\s*/, '') # remove default value statements from argument lists
 
     # strip macro decorator patterns that cannot be C function prototypes.
diff --git a/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb b/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
index 2ef7922..a6f2051 100644
--- a/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ describe CMockHeaderParser, "Verify CMockHeaderParser Module" do
     @config.expect :inline_function_patterns, ['(static\s+inline|inline\s+static)\s*', '(\bstatic\b|\binline\b)\s*']
     @config.expect :array_size_type, ['int', 'size_t']
     @config.expect :array_size_name, 'size|len'
+    @config.expect :ct_assert_patterns, ['ct_assert', '_?[Ss]tatic_[Aa]ssert', '_Static_assert', 'STATIC_ASSERT', 'BUILD_ASSERT', 'CTASSERT']
 
     @parser = CMockHeaderParser.new(@config)
 
@@ -371,6 +372,21 @@ describe CMockHeaderParser, "Verify CMockHeaderParser Module" do
   end
 
 
+  it "ignore compile-time assertions and not treat them as function prototypes" do
+    source =
+      "static_assert(BLAH_BOOLEAN_TRAIT);\n" +
+      "void real_func(int a);\n" +
+      "ct_assert(COMMIT_ID_H, ID_SIZE == (sizeof(ID)) - 1);\n" +
+      "CTASSERT(OTHER_HEADER_H, BUF_SIZE != 0);\n" +
+      "BUILD_ASSERT(MAX_LEN <= 256);\n" +
+      "STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(MyStruct) >= 4);\n"
+
+    expected = ["void real_func(int a)"]
+
+    assert_equal(expected, @parser.import_source(source, @test_project).map! { |s| s.strip })
+  end
+
+
   it "remove struct statements" do
     source =
       "struct _NamedStruct1 {\n" +