}
+/**
+ * Allocate memory for a two dimensional array in one block
+ * and set up pointers. Aborts if no more memory is available.
+ * Don't use GNUNET_xnew_array_2d_ directly. Use the
+ * #GNUNET_new_array_2d macro.
+ * The memory of the elements will be zero'ed out.
+ *
+ * @param n size of the first dimension
+ * @param m size of the second dimension
+ * @param elementSize size of a single element in bytes
+ * @return allocated memory, never NULL
+ */
+void **
+GNUNET_xnew_array_2d_ (size_t n, size_t m, size_t elementSize)
+{
+ /* use char pointer internally to avoid void pointer arithmetic warnings */
+ char **ret = GNUNET_malloc (n * sizeof (void *) + /* 1. dim header */
+ n * m * elementSize); /* element data */
+
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
+ ret[i] = (char *)ret + /* base address */
+ n * sizeof (void *) + /* skip 1. dim header */
+ i * m * elementSize; /* skip to 2. dim row header */
+ return (void **)ret;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Allocate memory for a three dimensional array in one block
+ * and set up pointers. Aborts if no more memory is available.
+ * Don't use GNUNET_xnew_array_3d_ directly. Use the
+ * #GNUNET_new_array_3d macro.
+ * The memory of the elements will be zero'ed out.
+ *
+ * @param n size of the first dimension
+ * @param m size of the second dimension
+ * @param o size of the third dimension
+ * @param elementSize size of a single element in bytes
+ * @return allocated memory, never NULL
+ */
+void ***
+GNUNET_xnew_array_3d_ (size_t n, size_t m, size_t o, size_t elementSize)
+{
+ /* use char pointer internally to avoid void pointer arithmetic warnings */
+ char ***ret = GNUNET_malloc (n * sizeof (void **) + /* 1. dim header */
+ n * m * sizeof (void *) + /* 2. dim header */
+ n * m * o * elementSize); /* element data */
+
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
+ {
+ /* need to cast to (char *) temporarily for byte level acuracy */
+ ret[i] = (char **)((char *)ret + /* base address */
+ n * sizeof (void **) + /* skip 1. dim header */
+ i * m * sizeof (void *)); /* skip to 2. dim header */
+ for (size_t j = 0; j < m; j++)
+ ret[i][j] = (char *)ret + /* base address */
+ n * sizeof (void **) + /* skip 1. dim header */
+ n * m * sizeof (void *) + /* skip 2. dim header */
+ i * m * o * elementSize + /* skip to 2. dim part */
+ j * o * elementSize; /* skip to 3. dim row data */
+ }
+ return (void ***)ret;
+}
+
+
/**
* Allocate and initialize memory. Checks the return value, aborts if no more
* memory is available. Don't use #GNUNET_xmemdup_() directly. Use the