feat: add malloc_struct

src/data_chunk.rs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ impl DataChunk {
 
         Self { ptr, owned: true }
     }
-    
+
     /// Retrieves the vector at the specified column index in the data chunk.
     ///
     /// The pointer to the vector is valid for as long as the chunk is alive.

src/lib.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ mod table_function;
 mod value;
 mod vector;
 
+use std::mem::size_of;
+
 pub use crate::bind_info::BindInfo;
 pub use crate::connection::Connection;
 pub use crate::data_chunk::DataChunk;
@@ -22,3 +24,11 @@ pub use crate::logical_type::LogicalType;
 pub use crate::table_function::TableFunction;
 pub use crate::value::Value;
 pub use crate::vector::Vector;
+
+use crate::duckly::duckdb_malloc;
+
+/// # Safety
+/// This function is obviously unsafe
+pub unsafe fn malloc_struct<T>() -> *mut T {
+    duckdb_malloc(size_of::<T>() as u64).cast::<T>()
+}