diff --git a/btparser/btparser.vcxproj b/btparser/btparser.vcxproj
index af2e056..4811b58 100644
--- a/btparser/btparser.vcxproj
+++ b/btparser/btparser.vcxproj
@@ -19,21 +19,16 @@
     </ProjectConfiguration>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClCompile Include="filehelper.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="lexer.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="parser.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="stringutils.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="ast.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="dynamicmem.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="filehelper.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="handle.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="helpers.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="keywords.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="lexer.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="operators.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="stringutils.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="testfiles.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/btparser/btparser.vcxproj.filters b/btparser/btparser.vcxproj.filters
index 526b5cc..a7b5f10 100644
--- a/btparser/btparser.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/btparser/btparser.vcxproj.filters
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="filehelper.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="stringutils.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="lexer.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -32,21 +26,9 @@
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClInclude Include="filehelper.h">
-      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
-    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="testfiles.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="dynamicmem.h">
-      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
-    </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="handle.h">
-      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
-    </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="stringutils.h">
-      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
-    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="keywords.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
@@ -59,6 +41,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="ast.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="helpers.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="parser.h">
diff --git a/btparser/dynamicmem.h b/btparser/dynamicmem.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 50a8773..0000000
--- a/btparser/dynamicmem.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-static void* emalloc(size_t size)
-{
-    return malloc(size);
-}
-
-static void efree(void* ptr)
-{
-    free(ptr);
-}
-
-static void* erealloc(void* ptr, size_t size)
-{
-    return realloc(ptr, size);
-}
-
-template<typename T>
-class Memory
-{
-public:
-    //
-    // This class guarantees that the returned allocated memory
-    // will always be zeroed
-    //
-    explicit Memory(const char* Reason = "Memory:???")
-    {
-        m_Ptr = nullptr;
-        m_Size = 0;
-        m_Reason = Reason;
-    }
-
-    explicit Memory(size_t Size, const char* Reason = "Memory:???")
-    {
-        m_Ptr = reinterpret_cast<T>(emalloc(Size));
-        m_Size = Size;
-        m_Reason = Reason;
-
-        memset(m_Ptr, 0, Size);
-    }
-
-    ~Memory()
-    {
-        if(m_Ptr)
-            efree(m_Ptr);
-    }
-
-    T realloc(size_t Size, const char* Reason = "Memory:???")
-    {
-        m_Ptr = reinterpret_cast<T>(erealloc(m_Ptr, Size));
-        m_Size = Size;
-        m_Reason = Reason;
-
-        return (T)memset(m_Ptr, 0, m_Size);
-    }
-
-    size_t size()
-    {
-        return m_Size;
-    }
-
-    T operator()()
-    {
-        return m_Ptr;
-    }
-
-private:
-    T           m_Ptr;
-    size_t      m_Size;
-    const char* m_Reason;
-};
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diff --git a/btparser/filehelper.cpp b/btparser/filehelper.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 260ed9c..0000000
--- a/btparser/filehelper.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#include "filehelper.h"
-#include "handle.h"
-#include "stringutils.h"
-
-bool FileHelper::ReadAllData(const String & fileName, std::vector<unsigned char> & content)
-{
-    Handle hFile = CreateFileW(StringUtils::Utf8ToUtf16(fileName).c_str(), GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, nullptr, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, nullptr);
-    if(hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-        return false;
-    unsigned int filesize = GetFileSize(hFile, nullptr);
-    if(!filesize)
-    {
-        content.clear();
-        return true;
-    }
-    content.resize(filesize);
-    DWORD read = 0;
-    return !!ReadFile(hFile, content.data(), filesize, &read, nullptr);
-}
-
-bool FileHelper::WriteAllData(const String & fileName, const void* data, size_t size)
-{
-    Handle hFile = CreateFileW(StringUtils::Utf8ToUtf16(fileName).c_str(), GENERIC_WRITE, 0, nullptr, CREATE_ALWAYS, 0, nullptr);
-    if(hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-        return false;
-    DWORD written = 0;
-    return !!WriteFile(hFile, data, DWORD(size), &written, nullptr);
-}
-
-bool FileHelper::ReadAllText(const String & fileName, String & content)
-{
-    std::vector<unsigned char> data;
-    if(!ReadAllData(fileName, data))
-        return false;
-    data.push_back(0);
-    content = String((const char*)data.data());
-    return true;
-}
-
-bool FileHelper::WriteAllText(const String & fileName, const String & content)
-{
-    return WriteAllData(fileName, content.c_str(), content.length());
-}
diff --git a/btparser/filehelper.h b/btparser/filehelper.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a0297dd..0000000
--- a/btparser/filehelper.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _FILEREADER_H
-#define _FILEREADER_H
-
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-
-using String = std::string;
-
-class FileHelper
-{
-public:
-    static bool ReadAllData(const String & fileName, std::vector<unsigned char> & content);
-    static bool WriteAllData(const String & fileName, const void* data, size_t size);
-    static bool ReadAllText(const String & fileName, String & content);
-    static bool WriteAllText(const String & fileName, const String & content);
-};
-
-#endif //_FILEREADER_H
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diff --git a/btparser/handle.h b/btparser/handle.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f98b556..0000000
--- a/btparser/handle.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _HANDLE_H
-#define _HANDLE_H
-
-#include <windows.h>
-
-class Handle
-{
-public:
-    Handle(HANDLE h = nullptr)
-    {
-        mHandle = h;
-    }
-
-    ~Handle()
-    {
-        Close();
-    }
-
-    void Close()
-    {
-        DWORD dwFlags = 0;
-        if(GetHandleInformation(mHandle, &dwFlags) && !(dwFlags & HANDLE_FLAG_PROTECT_FROM_CLOSE))
-            CloseHandle(mHandle);
-        mHandle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
-    }
-
-    const HANDLE & operator=(const HANDLE & h)
-    {
-        return mHandle = h;
-    }
-
-    operator HANDLE & ()
-    {
-        return mHandle;
-    }
-
-    bool operator!() const
-    {
-        return (!mHandle || mHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE);
-    }
-
-    operator bool() const
-    {
-        return !this;
-    }
-
-private:
-    HANDLE mHandle;
-};
-
-#endif //_HANDLE_H
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diff --git a/btparser/helpers.h b/btparser/helpers.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34280e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/btparser/helpers.h
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <cstdint>
+
+namespace StringUtils
+{
+    static std::string sprintf(const char* format, ...)
+    {
+        va_list args;
+        va_start(args, format);
+        std::vector<char> buffer(256, '\0');
+        while(true)
+        {
+            int res = _vsnprintf_s(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), _TRUNCATE, format, args);
+            if(res == -1)
+            {
+                buffer.resize(buffer.size() * 2);
+                continue;
+            }
+            else
+                break;
+        }
+        va_end(args);
+        return std::string(buffer.data());
+    }
+
+    static std::string Escape(const std::string & s)
+    {
+        auto escape = [](unsigned char ch) -> std::string
+        {
+            char buf[8] = "";
+            switch(ch)
+            {
+            case '\0':
+                return "\\0";
+            case '\t':
+                return "\\t";
+            case '\f':
+                return "\\f";
+            case '\v':
+                return "\\v";
+            case '\n':
+                return "\\n";
+            case '\r':
+                return "\\r";
+            case '\\':
+                return "\\\\";
+            case '\"':
+                return "\\\"";
+            default:
+                if(!isprint(ch))  //unknown unprintable character
+                    sprintf_s(buf, "\\x%02X", ch);
+                else
+                    *buf = ch;
+                return buf;
+            }
+        };
+        std::string escaped;
+        escaped.reserve(s.length() + s.length() / 2);
+        for(size_t i = 0; i < s.length(); i++)
+            escaped.append(escape((unsigned char)s[i]));
+        return escaped;
+    }
+
+    static std::string Utf16ToUtf8(const std::wstring & wstr)
+    {
+        std::string convertedString;
+        auto requiredSize = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, wstr.c_str(), -1, nullptr, 0, nullptr, nullptr);
+        if(requiredSize > 0)
+        {
+            std::vector<char> buffer(requiredSize);
+            WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, wstr.c_str(), -1, &buffer[0], requiredSize, nullptr, nullptr);
+            convertedString.assign(buffer.begin(), buffer.end() - 1);
+        }
+        return convertedString;
+    }
+
+    static std::wstring Utf8ToUtf16(const std::string & str)
+    {
+        std::wstring convertedString;
+        int requiredSize = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, str.c_str(), -1, nullptr, 0);
+        if(requiredSize > 0)
+        {
+            std::vector<wchar_t> buffer(requiredSize);
+            MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, str.c_str(), -1, &buffer[0], requiredSize);
+            convertedString.assign(buffer.begin(), buffer.end() - 1);
+        }
+        return convertedString;
+    }
+};
+
+namespace FileHelper
+{
+    static bool ReadAllData(const std::string & fileName, std::vector<uint8_t> & content)
+    {
+        auto hFile = CreateFileW(StringUtils::Utf8ToUtf16(fileName).c_str(), GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, nullptr, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, nullptr);
+        auto result = false;
+        if(hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+        {
+            unsigned int filesize = GetFileSize(hFile, nullptr);
+            if(!filesize)
+            {
+                content.clear();
+                result = true;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                content.resize(filesize);
+                DWORD read = 0;
+                result = !!ReadFile(hFile, content.data(), filesize, &read, nullptr);
+            }
+            CloseHandle(hFile);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    static bool WriteAllData(const std::string & fileName, const void* data, size_t size)
+    {
+        auto hFile = CreateFileW(StringUtils::Utf8ToUtf16(fileName).c_str(), GENERIC_WRITE, 0, nullptr, CREATE_ALWAYS, 0, nullptr);
+        auto result = false;
+        if(hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+        {
+            DWORD written = 0;
+            result = !!WriteFile(hFile, data, DWORD(size), &written, nullptr);
+            CloseHandle(hFile);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    static bool ReadAllText(const std::string & fileName, std::string & content)
+    {
+        std::vector<unsigned char> data;
+        if(!ReadAllData(fileName, data))
+            return false;
+        data.push_back(0);
+        content = std::string((const char*)data.data());
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    static bool WriteAllText(const std::string & fileName, const std::string & content)
+    {
+        return WriteAllData(fileName, content.c_str(), content.length());
+    }
+};
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diff --git a/btparser/lexer.cpp b/btparser/lexer.cpp
index efa7e53..82c177e 100644
--- a/btparser/lexer.cpp
+++ b/btparser/lexer.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include "lexer.h"
-#include "stringutils.h"
 #include <cctype>
-#include "filehelper.h"
+#include <windows.h>
+#include "helpers.h"
 
 #define MAKE_OP_TRIPLE(ch1, ch2, ch3) (ch3 << 16 | ch2 << 8 | ch1)
 #define MAKE_OP_DOUBLE(ch1, ch2) (ch2 << 8 | ch1)
diff --git a/btparser/main.cpp b/btparser/main.cpp
index 0a42ad1..cdcc96c 100644
--- a/btparser/main.cpp
+++ b/btparser/main.cpp
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "testfiles.h"
 #include "lexer.h"
-#include "filehelper.h"
 #include "parser.h"
+#include "helpers.h"
 
 bool TestLexer(Lexer & lexer, const std::string & filename)
 {
diff --git a/btparser/parser.cpp b/btparser/parser.cpp
index 167fec3..1eba52a 100644
--- a/btparser/parser.cpp
+++ b/btparser/parser.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "parser.h"
-#include "stringutils.h"
 
 using namespace AST;
 
diff --git a/btparser/stringutils.cpp b/btparser/stringutils.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 81e3e1b..0000000
--- a/btparser/stringutils.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,204 +0,0 @@
-#include <sstream>
-#include "stringutils.h"
-#include "memory.h"
-#include "dynamicmem.h"
-#include <windows.h>
-#include <cstdint>
-
-StringList StringUtils::Split(const String & s, char delim, std::vector<String> & elems)
-{
-    std::stringstream ss(s);
-    String item;
-    while(std::getline(ss, item, delim))
-    {
-        if(!item.length())
-            continue;
-        elems.push_back(item);
-    }
-    return elems;
-}
-
-StringList StringUtils::Split(const String & s, char delim)
-{
-    std::vector<String> elems;
-    Split(s, delim, elems);
-    return elems;
-}
-
-String StringUtils::Escape(const String & s)
-{
-    String escaped = "";
-    for(size_t i = 0; i < s.length(); i++)
-    {
-        auto ch = uint8_t(s[i]);
-        switch(ch)
-        {
-        case '\0':
-            escaped += "\\0";
-            break;
-        case '\t':
-            escaped += "\\t";
-            break;
-        case '\f':
-            escaped += "\\f";
-            break;
-        case '\v':
-            escaped += "\\v";
-            break;
-        case '\n':
-            escaped += "\\n";
-            break;
-        case '\r':
-            escaped += "\\r";
-            break;
-        case '\\':
-            escaped += "\\\\";
-            break;
-        case '\"':
-            escaped += "\\\"";
-            break;
-        default:
-            if(!isprint(ch)) //unknown unprintable character
-            {
-                char buf[16] = "";
-                sprintf_s(buf, "\\x%02X", ch);
-                escaped += buf;
-            }
-            else
-                escaped += ch;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    return escaped;
-}
-
-//Trim functions taken from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/216823/whats-the-best-way-to-trim-stdstring/16743707#16743707
-const String StringUtils::WHITESPACE = " \n\r\t";
-
-String StringUtils::Trim(const String & s)
-{
-    return TrimRight(TrimLeft(s));
-}
-
-String StringUtils::TrimLeft(const String & s)
-{
-    size_t startpos = s.find_first_not_of(StringUtils::WHITESPACE);
-    return (startpos == String::npos) ? "" : s.substr(startpos);
-}
-
-String StringUtils::TrimRight(const String & s)
-{
-    size_t endpos = s.find_last_not_of(StringUtils::WHITESPACE);
-    return (endpos == String::npos) ? "" : s.substr(0, endpos + 1);
-}
-
-//Conversion functions taken from: http://www.nubaria.com/en/blog/?p=289
-String StringUtils::Utf16ToUtf8(const WString & wstr)
-{
-    String convertedString;
-    auto requiredSize = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, wstr.c_str(), -1, nullptr, 0, nullptr, nullptr);
-    if(requiredSize > 0)
-    {
-        std::vector<char> buffer(requiredSize);
-        WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, wstr.c_str(), -1, &buffer[0], requiredSize, nullptr, nullptr);
-        convertedString.assign(buffer.begin(), buffer.end() - 1);
-    }
-    return convertedString;
-}
-
-String StringUtils::Utf16ToUtf8(const wchar_t* wstr)
-{
-    return Utf16ToUtf8(wstr ? WString(wstr) : WString());
-}
-
-WString StringUtils::Utf8ToUtf16(const String & str)
-{
-    WString convertedString;
-    int requiredSize = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, str.c_str(), -1, nullptr, 0);
-    if(requiredSize > 0)
-    {
-        std::vector<wchar_t> buffer(requiredSize);
-        MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, str.c_str(), -1, &buffer[0], requiredSize);
-        convertedString.assign(buffer.begin(), buffer.end() - 1);
-    }
-    return convertedString;
-}
-
-WString StringUtils::Utf8ToUtf16(const char* str)
-{
-    return Utf8ToUtf16(str ? String(str) : String());
-}
-
-//Taken from: http://stackoverflow.com/a/24315631
-void StringUtils::ReplaceAll(String & s, const String & from, const String & to)
-{
-    size_t start_pos = 0;
-    while((start_pos = s.find(from, start_pos)) != std::string::npos)
-    {
-        s.replace(start_pos, from.length(), to);
-        start_pos += to.length(); // Handles case where 'to' is a substring of 'from'
-    }
-}
-
-void StringUtils::ReplaceAll(WString & s, const WString & from, const WString & to)
-{
-    size_t start_pos = 0;
-    while((start_pos = s.find(from, start_pos)) != std::string::npos)
-    {
-        s.replace(start_pos, from.length(), to);
-        start_pos += to.length(); // Handles case where 'to' is a substring of 'from'
-    }
-}
-
-String StringUtils::sprintf(const char* format, ...)
-{
-    va_list args;
-    va_start(args, format);
-    Memory<char*> buffer(256 * sizeof(char), "StringUtils::sprintf");
-    while(true)
-    {
-        int res = _vsnprintf_s(buffer(), buffer.size(), _TRUNCATE, format, args);
-        if(res == -1)
-        {
-            buffer.realloc(buffer.size() * 2, "StringUtils::sprintf");
-            continue;
-        }
-        else
-            break;
-    }
-    va_end(args);
-    return String(buffer());
-}
-
-WString StringUtils::sprintf(const wchar_t* format, ...)
-{
-    va_list args;
-    va_start(args, format);
-    Memory<wchar_t*> buffer(256 * sizeof(wchar_t), "StringUtils::sprintf");
-    while(true)
-    {
-        int res = _vsnwprintf_s(buffer(), buffer.size(), _TRUNCATE, format, args);
-        if(res == -1)
-        {
-            buffer.realloc(buffer.size() * 2, "StringUtils::sprintf");
-            continue;
-        }
-        else
-            break;
-    }
-    va_end(args);
-    return WString(buffer());
-}
-
-String StringUtils::ToLower(const String & s)
-{
-    auto result = s;
-    for(size_t i = 0; i < result.size(); i++)
-        result[i] = tolower(result[i]);
-    return result;
-}
-
-bool StringUtils::StartsWith(const String & h, const String & n)
-{
-    return strstr(h.c_str(), n.c_str()) == h.c_str();
-}
diff --git a/btparser/stringutils.h b/btparser/stringutils.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 04b53b5..0000000
--- a/btparser/stringutils.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _STRINGUTILS_H
-#define _STRINGUTILS_H
-
-#include <vector>
-
-typedef std::string String;
-typedef std::wstring WString;
-typedef std::vector<String> StringList;
-typedef std::vector<WString> WStringList;
-
-class StringUtils
-{
-public:
-    static StringList Split(const String & s, char delim, std::vector<String> & elems);
-    static StringList Split(const String & s, char delim);
-    static String Escape(const String & s);
-    static String Trim(const String & s);
-    static String TrimLeft(const String & s);
-    static String TrimRight(const String & s);
-    static String Utf16ToUtf8(const WString & wstr);
-    static String Utf16ToUtf8(const wchar_t* wstr);
-    static WString Utf8ToUtf16(const String & str);
-    static WString Utf8ToUtf16(const char* str);
-    static void ReplaceAll(String & s, const String & from, const String & to);
-    static void ReplaceAll(WString & s, const WString & from, const WString & to);
-    static String sprintf(const char* format, ...);
-    static WString sprintf(const wchar_t* format, ...);
-    static String ToLower(const String & s);
-    static bool StartsWith(const String & h, const String & n);
-
-private:
-    static const String WHITESPACE;
-};
-
-#endif //_STRINGUTILS_H
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