static int gt_condenseq_compress_runner(GT_UNUSED int argc, const char **argv,
                                        int parsed_args, void *tool_arguments,
                                        GtError *err)
{
  GtCondenseqCompressArguments *arguments = tool_arguments;
  GtLogger *logger,
           *kdb_logger;
  FILE *kmer_fp = NULL;
  int had_err = 0;

  gt_error_check(err);
  gt_assert(arguments);

  logger = gt_logger_new(arguments->verbose, GT_LOGGER_DEFLT_PREFIX, stderr);
  kdb_logger = gt_logger_new(arguments->kdb, GT_LOGGER_DEFLT_PREFIX, stderr);
  if (arguments->kdb) {
    kmer_fp = gt_fa_fopen("kmer_db.out", "w", err);
    gt_logger_set_target(kdb_logger, kmer_fp);
  }

  if (gt_str_length(arguments->indexname) == 0UL) {
    char *basenameptr;
    basenameptr = gt_basename(argv[parsed_args]);
    gt_str_set(arguments->indexname, basenameptr);
    gt_free(basenameptr);
  }

  if (!had_err) {
    GtEncseqLoader *es_l = gt_encseq_loader_new();
    arguments->input_es = gt_encseq_loader_load(es_l, argv[parsed_args], err);
    if (arguments->input_es == NULL)
      had_err = -1;
    gt_encseq_loader_delete(es_l);
  }

  if (!had_err) {
    if (arguments->minalignlength == GT_UNDEF_UWORD)
      arguments->minalignlength = arguments->initsize != GT_UNDEF_UWORD ?
                                  arguments->initsize / (GtUword) 3UL :
                                  GT_UNDEF_UWORD;
    if (arguments->windowsize == GT_UNDEF_UINT)
      arguments->windowsize = arguments->minalignlength != GT_UNDEF_UWORD ?
                              (unsigned int) (arguments->minalignlength / 5U) :
                              GT_UNDEF_UINT;
    if (arguments->windowsize < 4U)
      arguments->windowsize = 4U;
    if (arguments->kmersize == GT_UNDEF_UINT) {
      unsigned int size =
        gt_alphabet_num_of_chars(gt_encseq_alphabet(arguments->input_es));
      /* size^k ~= 100000 */
      gt_safe_assign(arguments->kmersize,
                     gt_round_to_long(gt_log_base(100000.0, (double) size)));
      gt_logger_log(logger, "|A|: %u, k: %u",
                    size, arguments->kmersize);
    }

    if (arguments->windowsize == GT_UNDEF_UINT) {
      arguments->windowsize = 5U * arguments->kmersize;
    }
    if (arguments->minalignlength == GT_UNDEF_UWORD) {
      arguments->minalignlength = (GtUword) (3UL * arguments->windowsize);
    }
    if (arguments->initsize == GT_UNDEF_UWORD) {
      arguments->initsize = (GtUword) (3UL * arguments->minalignlength);
    }
  }
  if (!had_err &&
      arguments->windowsize <= arguments->kmersize) {
    gt_error_set(err, "-windowsize (%u) must be larger -kmersize (%u)!",
                 arguments->windowsize, arguments->kmersize);
    had_err = -1;
  }
  if (!had_err &&
      arguments->minalignlength < (GtUword) arguments->windowsize) {
    gt_error_set(err, "-alignlength (" GT_WU ") must be at least "
                 "-windowsize (%u)!", arguments->minalignlength,
                 arguments->windowsize);
    had_err = -1;
  }
  if (!had_err && (arguments->initsize < arguments->minalignlength)) {
    gt_error_set(err, "-initsize (" GT_WU ") must be at least "
                 "-alignlength (" GT_WU ")!", arguments->initsize,
                 arguments->minalignlength);
    had_err = -1;
  }

  if (!had_err) {
    GtCondenseqCreator *ces_c;

    if (!had_err) {
      ces_c = gt_condenseq_creator_new(arguments->initsize,
                                       arguments->minalignlength,
                                       arguments->xdrop,
                                       &(arguments->scores),
                                       arguments->kmersize,
                                       arguments->windowsize,
                                       logger,
                                       err);
      if (ces_c == NULL)
        had_err = -1;
    }
    if (!had_err) {
      if (arguments->cutoff_value == GT_UNDEF_UWORD)
        gt_condenseq_creator_use_mean_cutoff(ces_c);
      else if (arguments->cutoff_value == 0)
        gt_condenseq_creator_disable_cutoff(ces_c);
      else
        gt_condenseq_creator_set_cutoff(ces_c, arguments->cutoff_value);
      gt_condenseq_creator_set_mean_fraction(ces_c, arguments->fraction);
      if (arguments->prune)
        gt_condenseq_creator_disable_prune(ces_c);
      if (arguments->brute)
        gt_condenseq_creator_enable_brute_force(ces_c);
      if (!arguments->diags)
        gt_condenseq_creator_disable_diagonals(ces_c);
      if (arguments->full_diags)
        gt_condenseq_creator_enable_full_diagonals(ces_c);
      if (arguments->clean_percent != GT_UNDEF_UINT)
        gt_condenseq_creator_set_diags_clean_limit(ces_c,
                                                   arguments->clean_percent);

      had_err = gt_condenseq_creator_create(ces_c,
                                            arguments->indexname,
                                            arguments->input_es,
                                            logger, kdb_logger, err);

      gt_condenseq_creator_delete(ces_c);
    }
  }

  gt_logger_delete(logger);
  gt_logger_delete(kdb_logger);
  if (arguments->kdb)
    gt_fa_fclose(kmer_fp);
  return had_err;
}
static int gt_kmer_database_runner(GT_UNUSED int argc, const char **argv,
                                   int parsed_args, void *tool_arguments,
                                   GtError *err)
{
  GtKmerDatabaseArguments *arguments = tool_arguments;
  int had_err = 0;
  GtEncseq       *es;
  GtUword        es_length,
                 nu_kmer_codes = 0;
  GtKmerDatabase *compare_db = NULL,
                 *db = NULL;
  GtLogger *logger;
  FILE *fp = NULL;
  GtHashmap *kmer_hash = NULL;
  GtTimer *timer = NULL;

  gt_error_check(err);
  gt_assert(arguments);

  if (arguments->use_hash)
    kmer_hash = gt_hashmap_new(GT_HASH_DIRECT, NULL,
                               (GtFree) gt_kmer_database_delete_hash_value);
  if (arguments->bench)
    timer = gt_timer_new_with_progress_description("loading encoded sequence");

  logger = gt_logger_new(arguments->verbose, GT_LOGGER_DEFLT_PREFIX, stderr);

  if (arguments->verbose && gt_str_length(arguments->print_filename) > 0UL) {
    fp = gt_fa_fopen(gt_str_get(arguments->print_filename), "w", err);
    gt_logger_set_target(logger, fp);
  }

  if (!had_err) {
    GtEncseqLoader *es_l;
    if (arguments->bench)
      gt_timer_start(timer);
    es_l = gt_encseq_loader_new();
    es = gt_encseq_loader_load(es_l, argv[parsed_args], err);
    if (arguments->bench)
      gt_timer_show_progress(timer, "saving kmers (+iterating over file)",
                             stdout);
    if (es == NULL) {
      had_err = -1;
    }
    gt_encseq_loader_delete(es_l);
  }
  if (!had_err) {
    es_length = gt_encseq_total_length(es);
    if (es_length < (GtUword) arguments->kmersize) {
      gt_error_set(err, "Input is too short for used kmersize. File length: "
                   GT_WU " kmersize: %u", es_length, arguments->kmersize);
      had_err = -1;
    }
  }
  if (!had_err) {
    GtAlphabet *alphabet;
    alphabet = gt_encseq_alphabet(es);
    if (arguments->bench)
    nu_kmer_codes = gt_power_for_small_exponents(
                                            gt_alphabet_num_of_chars(alphabet),
                                            arguments->kmersize);
    if (!arguments->merge_only && !arguments->use_hash && !arguments->bench) {
      compare_db = gt_kmer_database_new(gt_alphabet_num_of_chars(alphabet),
                                arguments->kmersize, arguments->sb_size, es);
    }
    if (!arguments->use_hash) {
      db = gt_kmer_database_new(gt_alphabet_num_of_chars(alphabet),
                                arguments->kmersize,
                                arguments->sb_size, es);
      if (arguments->cutoff) {
        if (arguments->mean_cutoff)
          gt_kmer_database_use_mean_cutoff(db, (GtUword) 2,
                                           arguments->cutoff_value);
        else
          gt_kmer_database_set_cutoff(db, arguments->cutoff_value);
        if (!arguments->prune)
          gt_kmer_database_set_prune(db);
      }
    }
  }

  if (!had_err) {
    GtUword startpos = 0,
            endpos;
    GtKmercodeiterator *iter;
    const GtKmercode *kmercode = NULL;
    iter = gt_kmercodeiterator_encseq_new(es, GT_READMODE_FORWARD,
                                          arguments->kmersize, 0);
    while (!had_err && startpos < es_length - (arguments->kmersize - 1)) {
      GtUword startpos_add_kmer = startpos;
      if (arguments->merge_only) {
        endpos = startpos + (arguments->kmersize - 1) +
                 (gt_rand_max((arguments->sb_size - 1) * 2));
        if (endpos > es_length)
          endpos = es_length;
      }
      else {
        endpos = startpos + (arguments->kmersize - 1) +
                 (gt_rand_max(arguments->sb_size - 1));
      }
      gt_kmercodeiterator_reset(iter, GT_READMODE_FORWARD, startpos);
      while ((kmercode = gt_kmercodeiterator_encseq_next(iter)) != NULL &&
             startpos_add_kmer <= endpos - (arguments->kmersize - 1)) {
        if (!arguments->merge_only && !arguments->use_hash &&
            !kmercode->definedspecialposition && !arguments->bench) {
          gt_kmer_database_add_kmer(compare_db, kmercode->code,
                                    startpos_add_kmer);
        }
        if (arguments->use_hash && !kmercode->definedspecialposition) {
          gt_kmer_database_add_to_hash(kmer_hash, kmercode->code,
                                       startpos_add_kmer);
        }
        startpos_add_kmer++;
      }
      if (!arguments->use_hash) {
        gt_kmer_database_add_interval(db, startpos, endpos);
        gt_kmer_database_print_buffer(db, logger);
        if (!arguments->bench)
          had_err = gt_kmer_database_check_consistency(db, err);
      }
      startpos = endpos + 1;
    }
    if (!arguments->use_hash) {
      gt_kmer_database_flush(db);
      gt_kmer_database_print_buffer(db, logger);
      if (!had_err && !arguments->bench)
        had_err = gt_kmer_database_check_consistency(db, err);
      if (!arguments->merge_only && !had_err && !arguments->bench)
        had_err = gt_kmer_database_check_consistency(compare_db, err);
      if (!arguments->merge_only && !arguments->bench)
        gt_kmer_database_print(compare_db, logger, true);
      if (!arguments->merge_only && !had_err && !arguments->bench)
        had_err = gt_kmer_database_compare(compare_db, db, err);
      gt_kmer_database_print(db, logger, true);
    }
    gt_kmercodeiterator_delete(iter);
  }

  if (arguments->bench) {
    GtKmerStartpos pos;
    GtArrayGtUword *pos_hash;
    GtUword rand_access = (GtUword) 50000000,
            rand_code,
            i,
            sum = 0;
    gt_timer_show_progress(timer, "random access", stdout);
    for (i = 0; i < rand_access; i++) {
      rand_code = gt_rand_max(nu_kmer_codes - 1);
      if (arguments->use_hash) {
        pos_hash = gt_hashmap_get(kmer_hash, (const void *) rand_code);
        if (pos_hash != NULL)
          sum += pos_hash->spaceGtUword[pos_hash->nextfreeGtUword - 1];
      }
      else {
        pos = gt_kmer_database_get_startpos(db, rand_code);
        if (pos.no_positions > 0)
          sum += pos.startpos[pos.no_positions - 1];
      }
    }
    printf("sum: " GT_WU "\n", sum);

    gt_timer_show_progress(timer, "", stdout);
    gt_timer_stop(timer);
    gt_timer_delete(timer);
  }
  if (arguments->use_hash)
    gt_hashmap_delete(kmer_hash);
  gt_encseq_delete(es);
  if (!arguments->use_hash)
    gt_kmer_database_delete(db);
  if (!arguments->merge_only && !arguments->bench)
    gt_kmer_database_delete(compare_db);
  gt_logger_delete(logger);
  gt_fa_fclose(fp);

  return had_err;
}