added playitem allocation function

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/playlist.c b/playlist.c
index 0cbc24c7..c033583a 100644
--- a/playlist.c
+++ b/playlist.c
@@ -559,6 +559,11 @@ pl_item_copy (playItem_t *out, playItem_t *it) {
     }
 }
 
+playItem_t *
+pl_item_alloc (void) {
+    return malloc (sizeof (playItem_t));
+}
+
 void
 pl_item_free (playItem_t *it) {
     if (it) {
diff --git a/playlist.h b/playlist.h
index e1ab678c..d8fe1d6e 100644
--- a/playlist.h
+++ b/playlist.h
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ pl_append_item (playItem_t *it);
 int
 pl_remove (playItem_t *i);
 
+playItem_t *
+pl_item_alloc (void);
+
 void
 pl_item_free (playItem_t *it);