diff --git a/libmapper/test/utils.h b/libmapper/test/utils.h
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+++ b/libmapper/test/utils.h
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+#pragma once
+#include <stddef.h>
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+char** generate_test_sarray(size_t);
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif