--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtutil.h	2006/01/17 16:06:48	1.18
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtutil.h	2006/01/25 00:42:21	1.20
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef RXVT_UTIL_H
 #define RXVT_UTIL_H
 
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <cstring>
 
 #define PP_CONCAT_(a, b) a ## b
@@ -393,9 +394,19 @@
   ~stringvec ()
   {
     for (char **c = begin (); c != end (); c++)
-      delete [] *c;
+      free (*c);
   }
 };
 
+// return a very temporary (and never deallocated) buffer. keep small.
+void *rxvt_temp_buf (int len);
+
+template<typename T>
+inline T *
+rxvt_temp_buf (int len)
+{
+  return (T *)rxvt_temp_buf (len * sizeof (T));
+}
+
 #endif