2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/api/private/helpers.c b/src/nvim/api/private/helpers.c
index 1446683b0c..983f1a4fed 100644
--- a/src/nvim/api/private/helpers.c
+++ b/src/nvim/api/private/helpers.c
@@ -581,6 +581,15 @@ String arena_string(Arena *arena, String str)
   }
 }
 
+Array arena_take_arraybuilder(Arena *arena, ArrayBuilder *arr)
+{
+  Array ret = arena_array(arena, kv_size(*arr));
+  ret.size = kv_size(*arr);
+  memcpy(ret.items, arr->items, sizeof(ret.items[0]) * ret.size);
+  kvi_destroy(*arr);
+  return ret;
+}
+
 void api_free_object(Object value)
 {
   switch (value.type) {
diff --git a/src/nvim/api/private/helpers.h b/src/nvim/api/private/helpers.h
index 395c5a9d1f..20bc889a0a 100644
--- a/src/nvim/api/private/helpers.h
+++ b/src/nvim/api/private/helpers.h
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@
   name.capacity = maxsize; \
   name.items = name##__items; \
 
+typedef kvec_withinit_t(Object, 16) ArrayBuilder;
+
 #define cbuf_as_string(d, s) ((String) { .data = d, .size = s })
 
 #define STATIC_CSTR_AS_STRING(s) ((String) { .data = s, .size = sizeof("" s) - 1 })