+ * @ingroup memory
+ * Allocate a struct or union of the given @a type.
+ * Wrapper around #GNUNET_malloc that returns a pointer
+ * to the newly created object of the correct type.
+ *
+ * @param type name of the struct or union, i.e. pass 'struct Foo'.
+ */
+#define GNUNET_new(type) (type *) GNUNET_malloc (sizeof (type))
+
+/**
+ * Call memcpy() but check for @a n being 0 first. In the latter
+ * case, it is now safe to pass NULL for @a src or @a dst.
+ * Unlike traditional memcpy(), returns nothing.
+ *
+ * @param dst destination of the copy, may be NULL if @a n is zero
+ * @param src source of the copy, may be NULL if @a n is zero
+ * @param n number of bytes to copy
+ */
+#define GNUNET_memcpy(dst,src,n) do { if (0 != n) { (void) memcpy (dst,src,n); } } while (0)
+
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup memory
+ * Allocate a size @a n array with structs or unions of the given @a type.
+ * Wrapper around #GNUNET_malloc that returns a pointer
+ * to the newly created objects of the correct type.
+ *
+ * @param n number of elements in the array
+ * @param type name of the struct or union, i.e. pass 'struct Foo'.
+ */
+#define GNUNET_new_array(n, type) (type *) GNUNET_malloc ((n) * sizeof (type))
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup memory
+ * Allocate a size @a n times @a m array
+ * with structs or unions of the given @a type.
+ *
+ * @param n size of the first dimension
+ * @param m size of the second dimension
+ * @param type name of the struct or union, i.e. pass 'struct Foo'.
+ */
+#define GNUNET_new_array_2d(n, m, type) (type **) GNUNET_xnew_array_2d_ (n, m, sizeof (type), __FILE__, __LINE__)
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup memory
+ * Allocate a size @a n times @a m times @a o array
+ * with structs or unions of the given @a type.
+ *
+ * @param n size of the first dimension
+ * @param m size of the second dimension
+ * @param o size of the third dimension
+ * @param type name of the struct or union, i.e. pass 'struct Foo'.
+ */
+#define GNUNET_new_array_3d(n, m, o, type) (type ***) GNUNET_xnew_array_3d_ (n, m, o, sizeof (type), __FILE__, __LINE__)
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup memory