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diff --git a/src/common/buffer.h b/src/common/buffer.h
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+#ifndef _BUFFER_H_
+#define _BUFFER_H_
+
+// Full credit for this goes to Shinomori [Ajarn]
+
+#ifdef __GNUC__ // GCC has variable length arrays
+
+#define CREATE_BUFFER(name, type, size) type name[size]
+#define DELETE_BUFFER(name)
+
+#else // others don't, so we emulate them
+
+#define CREATE_BUFFER(name, type, size) type *name=(type*)aCalloc(size,sizeof(type))
+#define DELETE_BUFFER(name) aFree(name);name=NULL
+
+#endif
+
+#endif