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diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
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+// 12 december 2015
+
+package ui
+
+import (
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// #include "pkgui.h"
+import "C"
+
+//export pkguiAlloc
+func pkguiAlloc(n C.size_t) unsafe.Pointer {
+	// cgo turns C.malloc() into a panic-on-OOM version; use it
+	return C.malloc(n)
+}
+
+func freestr(str *C.char) {
+	C.free(unsafe.Pointer(str))
+}
+
+func tobool(b C.int) bool {
+	return b != 0
+}
+
+func frombool(b bool) C.int {
+	if b {
+		return 1
+	}
+	return 0
+}