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diff --git a/lib/sod.c b/lib/sod.c
index 7c2336d..aee28d5 100644
--- a/lib/sod.c
+++ b/lib/sod.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 /*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------*
  *
- * This file is part of the Sensble Object Design, an object system for C.
+ * This file is part of the Sensible Object Design, an object system for C.
  *
  * The SOD Runtime Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
@@ -120,4 +120,43 @@ void *sod_convert(const SodClass *cls, const void *obj)
   return ((char *)obj - vt->_base + chain->off_ichain);
 }
 
+/* --- @sod_init@, @sod_initv@ --- *
+ *
+ * Arguments:	@const SodClass *cls@ = class object for new instance
+ *		@void *p@ = pointer to storage for new instance
+ *		@va_list ap, ...@ = initialization keyword arguments
+ *
+ * Returns:	Pointer to the initialized instance.
+ *
+ * Use:		Initializes an instance in pre-allocated storage, and returns
+ *		a pointer to it.
+ *
+ *		This function will imprint the storage, and then send an
+ *		`initialize' message to the fresh instance containing the
+ *		provided keyword arguments.
+ *
+ *		It's usually convenient to use the macro @SOD_INIT@ rather
+ *		than calling @sod_init@ directly.
+ */
+
+void *sod_init(const SodClass *cls, void *p, ...)
+{
+  va_list ap;
+
+  va_start(ap, p);
+  sod_initv(cls, p, ap);
+  va_end(ap);
+  return (p);
+}
+
+void *sod_initv(const SodClass *cls, void *p, va_list ap)
+{
+  SodObject *obj;
+
+  cls->cls.imprint(p);
+  obj = SOD_CONVERT(SodObject, p);
+  SodObject_init__v(obj, ap);
+  return (p);
+}
+
 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/