diff --git a/tests/abortutil.hpp b/tests/abortutil.hpp
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+#pragma once
+#ifdef __linux__
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <utility>
+// copied from cppreference as possible implementation
+namespace detail {
+template <class F, class... Args> inline auto INVOKE(F &&f, Args &&... args) -> decltype(std::forward<F>(f)(std::forward<Args>(args)...))
+{
+    return std::forward<F>(f)(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+}
+
+template <class Base, class T, class Derived> inline auto INVOKE(T Base::*pmd, Derived &&ref) -> decltype(std::forward<Derived>(ref).*pmd)
+{
+    return std::forward<Derived>(ref).*pmd;
+}
+
+template <class PMD, class Pointer> inline auto INVOKE(PMD pmd, Pointer &&ptr) -> decltype((*std::forward<Pointer>(ptr)).*pmd)
+{
+    return (*std::forward<Pointer>(ptr)).*pmd;
+}
+
+template <class Base, class T, class Derived, class... Args>
+inline auto INVOKE(T Base::*pmf, Derived &&ref, Args &&... args) -> decltype((std::forward<Derived>(ref).*pmf)(std::forward<Args>(args)...))
+{
+    return (std::forward<Derived>(ref).*pmf)(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+}
+
+template <class PMF, class Pointer, class... Args>
+inline auto INVOKE(PMF pmf, Pointer &&ptr, Args &&... args) -> decltype(((*std::forward<Pointer>(ptr)).*pmf)(std::forward<Args>(args)...))
+{
+    return ((*std::forward<Pointer>(ptr)).*pmf)(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+}
+} // namespace detail
+
+namespace util {
+template <class F, class... ArgTypes> decltype(auto) invoke(F &&f, ArgTypes &&... args)
+{
+    return detail::INVOKE(std::forward<F>(f), std::forward<ArgTypes>(args)...);
+}
+} // namespace util
+
+void Disable_Console_Output()
+{
+    // close C file descriptors
+    fclose(stdout);
+    fclose(stderr);
+}
+
+template <class F, class... Args> bool ABORTS(F &&f, Args &&... args)
+{
+    // pipe
+    int fd[2];
+    pipe(fd);
+
+    // spawn a new process
+    auto child_pid = fork();
+    bool aborted = false;
+
+    // if the fork succeeded
+    if (child_pid >= 0) {
+
+        // if we are in the child process
+        if (child_pid == 0) {
+            close(fd[0]);
+
+            // call the function that we expect to abort
+            Disable_Console_Output();
+            util::invoke(std::forward<F>(f), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+
+            char succ[] = "1";
+            write(fd[1], succ, 2);
+
+            // if the function didn't abort, we'll exit cleanly
+            std::exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+        } else {
+            close(fd[1]);
+            char buff[128];
+            int n = read(fd[0], buff, 127);
+            aborted = n == 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+#else
+template <class F, class... Args> bool ABORTS(F &&, Args &&...)
+{
+    return true;
+}
+#endif