3 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/mruby/dump.h b/include/mruby/dump.h
index 0234a362b..201d7ef61 100644
--- a/include/mruby/dump.h
+++ b/include/mruby/dump.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ MRB_API mrb_value mrb_load_irep_file(mrb_state*,FILE*);
 MRB_API mrb_value mrb_load_irep_file_cxt(mrb_state*, FILE*, mrbc_context*);
 #endif
 MRB_API mrb_irep *mrb_read_irep(mrb_state*, const uint8_t*);
+MRB_API mrb_irep *mrb_read_irep_buf(mrb_state*, const void*, size_t);
 
 /* dump/load error code
  *
diff --git a/include/mruby/irep.h b/include/mruby/irep.h
index 027a294d5..d42fd0fb8 100644
--- a/include/mruby/irep.h
+++ b/include/mruby/irep.h
@@ -52,9 +52,21 @@ MRB_API mrb_irep *mrb_add_irep(mrb_state *mrb);
 /* @param [const uint8_t*] irep code, expected as a literal */
 MRB_API mrb_value mrb_load_irep(mrb_state*, const uint8_t*);
 
+/*
+ * @param [const void*] irep code
+ * @param [size_t] size of irep buffer. If -1 is given, it is considered unrestricted.
+ */
+MRB_API mrb_value mrb_load_irep_buf(mrb_state*, const void*, size_t);
+
 /* @param [const uint8_t*] irep code, expected as a literal */
 MRB_API mrb_value mrb_load_irep_cxt(mrb_state*, const uint8_t*, mrbc_context*);
 
+/*
+ * @param [const void*] irep code
+ * @param [size_t] size of irep buffer. If -1 is given, it is considered unrestricted.
+ */
+MRB_API mrb_value mrb_load_irep_buf_cxt(mrb_state*, const void*, size_t, mrbc_context*);
+
 void mrb_irep_free(mrb_state*, struct mrb_irep*);
 void mrb_irep_incref(mrb_state*, struct mrb_irep*);
 void mrb_irep_decref(mrb_state*, struct mrb_irep*);
diff --git a/src/load.c b/src/load.c
index cc011fba7..0274f30d4 100644
--- a/src/load.c
+++ b/src/load.c
@@ -629,6 +629,12 @@ mrb_read_irep(mrb_state *mrb, const uint8_t *bin)
   return read_irep(mrb, bin, (size_t)-1, flags);
 }
 
+MRB_API mrb_irep*
+mrb_read_irep_buf(mrb_state *mrb, const void *buf, size_t bufsize)
+{
+  return read_irep(mrb, (const uint8_t *)buf, bufsize, FLAG_SRC_MALLOC);
+}
+
 void mrb_exc_set(mrb_state *mrb, mrb_value exc);
 
 static void
@@ -663,11 +669,23 @@ mrb_load_irep_cxt(mrb_state *mrb, const uint8_t *bin, mrbc_context *c)
 }
 
 MRB_API mrb_value
+mrb_load_irep_buf_cxt(mrb_state *mrb, const void *buf, size_t bufsize, mrbc_context *c)
+{
+  return load_irep(mrb, mrb_read_irep_buf(mrb, buf, bufsize), c);
+}
+
+MRB_API mrb_value
 mrb_load_irep(mrb_state *mrb, const uint8_t *bin)
 {
   return mrb_load_irep_cxt(mrb, bin, NULL);
 }
 
+MRB_API mrb_value
+mrb_load_irep_buf(mrb_state *mrb, const void *buf, size_t bufsize)
+{
+  return mrb_load_irep_buf_cxt(mrb, buf, bufsize, NULL);
+}
+
 #ifndef MRB_DISABLE_STDIO
 
 mrb_irep*