1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gawkapi.h b/gawkapi.h
index 03ac3b9e..afb45307 100644
--- a/gawkapi.h
+++ b/gawkapi.h
@@ -912,6 +912,12 @@ typedef struct gawk_api {
 			fatal(ext_id, "%s: malloc of %d bytes failed\n", message, size); \
 	} while(0)
 
+#define ezalloc(pointer, type, size, message) \
+	do { \
+		if ((pointer = (type) gawk_calloc(1, size)) == 0) \
+			fatal(ext_id, "%s: calloc of %d bytes failed\n", message, size); \
+	} while(0)
+
 #define erealloc(pointer, type, size, message) \
 	do { \
 		if ((pointer = (type) gawk_realloc(pointer, size)) == 0) \