-/* Allocate SIZE bytes of memory. */
-extern void *mmalloc(xbt_mheap_t md, size_t size);
+/* Allocate SIZE bytes of memory (and memset it to 0). */
+XBT_PUBLIC( void ) *mmalloc(xbt_mheap_t md, size_t size);
+
+/* Allocate SIZE bytes of memory (and don't mess with it) */
+void *mmalloc_no_memset(xbt_mheap_t mdp, size_t size);