testland/unity-test-framework-c
Author and run ThrowTheSwitch Unity (the C unit-testing library) for bare-metal and RTOS C code. Distinct from the Unity game-engine Test Framework at docs.unity3d.com: this is the ThrowTheSwitch C testing library at throwtheswitch.org/unity, a single C file plus headers that runs on 8-bit MCUs through 64-bit hosts. Anchored on the Unity assertion API and configuration macros regardless of execution environment: the TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_* / _FLOAT / _DOUBLE / _STRING / _MEMORY / _BITS assertion families, setUp/tearDown/RUN_TEST/UNITY_BEGIN/UNITY_END semantics and the exit-code contract, the generate_test_runner.rb generator, build-time config defines (UNITY_INCLUDE_DOUBLE, UNITY_OUTPUT_CHAR, UNITY_EXCLUDE_SETJMP), and CI integration via Ceedling JUnit XML; applies to host builds, cross-builds, and QEMU-run targets alike. For QEMU machine flags, semihosting, and exit-code capture, see qemu-system-test-runner. Use when the unit-under-test is pure C and the target ranges from 8-bit AVR to Cortex-M0 to Linux ARM.
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Unity assertion API and build-time config
Assertion families
Per the Unity README:
| Family | Macros |
|---|---|
| Basic validity | TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(c), TEST_ASSERT_FALSE(c), TEST_ASSERT(c), TEST_FAIL(), TEST_IGNORE() |
| Equality, integer | TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(a,b), with width variants _INT8 / _INT16 / _INT32 / _INT64; _UINT family analogous |
| Equality, hex | TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_HEX(a,b), with _HEX8 / _HEX16 / _HEX32 / _HEX64 width variants |
| Equality, float | TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_FLOAT(a,b), TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_DOUBLE(a,b), plus delta variants TEST_ASSERT_FLOAT_WITHIN(delta,a,b) |
| String / memory | TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING(a,b), TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_MEMORY(a,b,len) |
| Pointer | TEST_ASSERT_NULL(p), TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(p) |
| Range | TEST_ASSERT_WITHIN(delta,a,b), TEST_ASSERT_GREATER_THAN(a,b), TEST_ASSERT_LESS_THAN(a,b) |
| Bitwise | TEST_ASSERT_BITS(mask,expected,actual), TEST_ASSERT_BIT_HIGH(n,x), TEST_ASSERT_BIT_LOW(n,x) |
| Array | "Append _ARRAY or _EACH_EQUAL to most macros" per the README - e.g. TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT_ARRAY(expected, actual, num) |
| Message variant | "All assertions support _MESSAGE variants" - e.g. TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT_MESSAGE(a,b,"frame count") adds a custom failure string |
The _MESSAGE suffix attaches context - failures print the message inline. The _ARRAY suffix turns any equality macro into an array-comparing one (third arg is element count).
Build-time configuration
Per the Unity Configuration Guide, key defines:
| Define | Effect |
|---|---|
UNITY_INCLUDE_DOUBLE | Enables _DOUBLE assertions |
UNITY_FLOAT_PRECISION | Default delta for _WITHIN float comparison |
UNITY_OUTPUT_CHAR(c) | Redirect output (default: putchar) - set to a UART putc for bare-metal |
UNITY_OUTPUT_COLOR | ANSI colour codes in output |
UNITY_FIXTURE_NO_EXTRAS | Slim build for very small MCUs |
UNITY_EXCLUDE_SETJMP | If toolchain has no setjmp - Unity falls back to a longjmp-free mode but loses the early-abort-on-fatal-assert behaviour |