1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/garray.c b/src/nvim/garray.c
index 28339c3059..f87a196361 100644
--- a/src/nvim/garray.c
+++ b/src/nvim/garray.c
@@ -217,3 +217,12 @@ void ga_append(garray_T *gap, uint8_t c)
 {
   GA_APPEND(uint8_t, gap, c);
 }
+
+void *ga_append_via_ptr(garray_T *gap, size_t item_size)
+{
+  if ((int)item_size != gap->ga_itemsize) {
+    WLOG("wrong item size (%zu), should be %d", item_size, gap->ga_itemsize);
+  }
+  ga_grow(gap, 1);
+  return ((char *)gap->ga_data) + (item_size * (size_t)gap->ga_len++);
+}