Index: src/OFObject.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFObject.h
+++ src/OFObject.h
@@ -242,14 +242,20 @@
  *	  pool for the object.
  *
  * This method will never return nil, instead, it will throw an
  * OFAllocFailedException.
  *
- * \return The allocated object.
+ * \return The allocated object
  */
 + alloc;
 
+/**
+ * \brief Allocates memory for a new instance and calls -[init] on it.
+ * \return An allocated and initialized object
+ */
++ new;
+
 /**
  * \brief Returns the class.
  *
  * \return The class
  */

Index: src/OFObject.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFObject.m
+++ src/OFObject.m
@@ -217,10 +217,15 @@
 			break;
 	}
 
 	return instance;
 }
+
++ new
+{
+	return [[self alloc] init];
+}
 
 + (Class)class
 {
 	return self;
 }