1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index cfcb677..2f181c4 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -7,8 +7,22 @@ import (
 )
 
 // #include <stdlib.h>
+// // TODO remove when switching to Go 1.7
+// #include <string.h>
 import "C"
 
+// TODO move this to C.CBytes() when switching to Go 1.7
+
+//export uimalloc
+func uimalloc(n C.size_t) unsafe.Pointer {
+	p := C.malloc(n)
+	if p == nil {
+		panic("out of memory in uimalloc()")
+	}
+	C.memset(p, 0, n)
+	return p
+}
+
 func freestr(str *C.char) {
 	C.free(unsafe.Pointer(str))
 }