diff --git a/goextVersion.go b/goextVersion.go
index cadbd1b..52f75c9 100644
--- a/goextVersion.go
+++ b/goextVersion.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package goext
 
-const GoextVersion = "0.0.507"
+const GoextVersion = "0.0.508"
 
-const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2024-08-25T15:41:17+0200"
+const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2024-08-25T17:36:20+0200"
diff --git a/langext/io.go b/langext/io.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c3414f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/langext/io.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package langext
+
+import "io"
+
+type nopCloser struct {
+	io.Writer
+}
+
+func (n nopCloser) Close() error {
+	return nil // no op
+}
+
+func WriteNopCloser(w io.Writer) io.WriteCloser {
+	return nopCloser{w}
+}