diff --git a/lua/Makefile b/lua/Makefile index bc94dcf8..e87e958c 100644 --- a/lua/Makefile +++ b/lua/Makefile @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RM= rm -f # == END OF USER SETTINGS -- NO NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE ======= # Convenience platforms targets. -PLATS= aix bsd c89 freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix posix32bit solaris +PLATS= aix bsd c89 freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix solaris # What to install. TO_BIN= lua luac @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ TO_MAN= lua.1 luac.1 # Lua version and release. V= 5.3 -R= $V.1 +R= $V.2 # Targets start here. all: $(PLAT) diff --git a/lua/README b/lua/README index 4d26b5e6..eb6247a4 100644 --- a/lua/README +++ b/lua/README @@ -1,9 +1,6 @@ -This is Lua 5.3.1, released on 10 Jun 2015. +This is Lua 5.3.2, released on 25 Nov 2015. For installation instructions, license details, and further information about Lua, see doc/readme.html. -This is a slightly modified version for ET: Legacy. -The src/Makefile file has been adjusted to fit our -posix and posix32bit requirements. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/lua/doc/lua.css b/lua/doc/lua.css index b614f3c0..eb20fecd 100644 --- a/lua/doc/lua.css +++ b/lua/doc/lua.css @@ -131,3 +131,29 @@ table.columns td { p.logos a:link:hover, p.logos a:visited:hover { background-color: inherit ; } + +table.book { + border: none ; + border-spacing: 0 ; + border-collapse: collapse ; +} + +table.book td { + padding: 0 ; + vertical-align: top ; +} + +table.book td.cover { + padding-right: 1em ; +} + +table.book img { + border: solid #000080 1px ; +} + +table.book span { + font-size: small ; + text-align: left ; + display: block ; + margin-top: 0.25em ; +} diff --git a/lua/doc/manual.html b/lua/doc/manual.html index f2eb3130..60c4c98b 100644 --- a/lua/doc/manual.html +++ b/lua/doc/manual.html @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Freely available under the terms of the

- + @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ You can replace the metatable of tables using the setmetatable function. You cannot change the metatable of other types from Lua code (except by using the debug library (§6.10)); -you must use the C API for that. +you should use the C API for that.

@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ The result of the call is always converted to a boolean. the <= (less equal) operation. Unlike other operations, -The less-equal operation can use two different events. +the less-equal operation can use two different events. First, Lua looks for the "__le" metamethod in both operands, like in the "lt" operation. If it cannot find such a metamethod, @@ -1051,7 +1051,8 @@ except as delimiters between names and keywords. (also called identifiers) in Lua can be any string of letters, digits, and underscores, -not beginning with a digit. +not beginning with a digit and +not being a reserved word. Identifiers are used to name variables, table fields, and labels. @@ -2706,7 +2707,9 @@ The first upvalue associated with a function is at index lua_upvalueindex(1), and so on. Any access to lua_upvalueindex(n), where n is greater than the number of upvalues of the -current function (but not greater than 256), +current function +(but not greater than 256, +which is one plus the maximum number of upvalues in a closure), produces an acceptable but invalid index. @@ -2971,6 +2974,7 @@ by looking only at its arguments The third field, x, tells whether the function may raise errors: '-' means the function never raises any error; +'m' means the function may raise memory errors; 'e' means the function may raise errors; 'v' means the function may raise an error on purpose. @@ -3143,7 +3147,8 @@ The function results are pushed onto the stack when the function returns. The number of results is adjusted to nresults, unless nresults is LUA_MULTRET. In this case, all results from the function are pushed. -Lua takes care that the returned values fit into the stack space. +Lua takes care that the returned values fit into the stack space, +but it does not ensure any extra space in the stack. The function results are pushed onto the stack in direct order (the first result is pushed first), so that after the call the last result is on the top of the stack. @@ -3253,14 +3258,15 @@ of numeric arguments and returns their average and their sum: 

int lua_checkstack (lua_State *L, int n);

-Ensures that the stack has space for at least n extra slots. +Ensures that the stack has space for at least n extra slots +(that is, that you can safely push up to n values into it). It returns false if it cannot fulfill the request, either because it would cause the stack to be larger than a fixed maximum size (typically at least several thousand elements) or because it cannot allocate memory for the extra space. This function never shrinks the stack; -if the stack is already larger than the new size, +if the stack already has space for the extra slots, it is left unchanged. @@ -3345,7 +3351,7 @@ Values at other positions are not affected.

lua_createtable

-[-0, +1, e] +[-0, +1, m] 

void lua_createtable (lua_State *L, int narr, int nrec);

@@ -3355,7 +3361,7 @@ will have as a sequence; parameter nrec is a hint for how many other elements the table will have. Lua may use these hints to preallocate memory for the new table. -This pre-allocation is useful for performance when you know in advance +This preallocation is useful for performance when you know in advance how many elements the table will have. Otherwise you can use the function lua_newtable. @@ -3364,7 +3370,7 @@ Otherwise you can use the function lua_newtable

lua_dump

-[-0, +0, e] +[-0, +0, –] 

int lua_dump (lua_State *L,
                         lua_Writer writer,
                         void *data,
@@ -3978,7 +3984,7 @@ passes to the allocator in every call.
 
 
 
lua_newtable

-[-0, +1, e]
+[-0, +1, m]
 
void lua_newtable (lua_State *L);

 
 

@@ -3990,7 +3996,7 @@ It is equivalent to lua_createtable(L, 0, 0).
 
 
 
lua_newthread

-[-0, +1, e]
+[-0, +1, m]
 
lua_State *lua_newthread (lua_State *L);

 
 

@@ -4011,7 +4017,7 @@ like any Lua object.
 
 
 
lua_newuserdata

-[-0, +1, e]
+[-0, +1, m]
 
void *lua_newuserdata (lua_State *L, size_t size);

 
 

@@ -4221,7 +4227,7 @@ Pushes a boolean value with value b onto the stack.
 
 
 
lua_pushcclosure

-[-n, +1, e]
+[-n, +1, m]
 
void lua_pushcclosure (lua_State *L, lua_CFunction fn, int n);

 
 

@@ -4278,7 +4284,7 @@ and return its results (see lua_CFunction<
 
 
 
lua_pushfstring

-[-0, +1, e]
+[-0, +1, m]
 
const char *lua_pushfstring (lua_State *L, const char *fmt, ...);

 
 

@@ -4358,7 +4364,7 @@ light userdata with the same C address.
 
 
 
lua_pushliteral

-[-0, +1, e]
+[-0, +1, m]
 
const char *lua_pushliteral (lua_State *L, const char *s);

 
 

@@ -4370,7 +4376,7 @@ but should be used only when s is a literal string.
 
 
 
lua_pushlstring

-[-0, +1, e]
+[-0, +1, m]
 
const char *lua_pushlstring (lua_State *L, const char *s, size_t len);

 
 

@@ -4413,7 +4419,7 @@ Pushes a float with value n onto the stack.
 
 
 
lua_pushstring

-[-0, +1, e]
+[-0, +1, m]
 
const char *lua_pushstring (lua_State *L, const char *s);

 
 

@@ -4460,7 +4466,7 @@ onto the stack.
 
 
 
lua_pushvfstring

-[-0, +1, e]
+[-0, +1, m]
 
const char *lua_pushvfstring (lua_State *L,
                               const char *fmt,
                               va_list argp);

@@ -4555,7 +4561,7 @@ for other values, it is 0.
 
 
 
lua_rawset

-[-2, +0, e]
+[-2, +0, m]
 
void lua_rawset (lua_State *L, int index);

 
 

@@ -4567,7 +4573,7 @@ Similar to lua_settable, but does a raw
 
 
 
lua_rawseti

-[-1, +0, e]
+[-1, +0, m]
 
void lua_rawseti (lua_State *L, int index, lua_Integer i);

 
 

@@ -4586,7 +4592,7 @@ that is, it does not invoke metamethods.
 
 
 
lua_rawsetp

-[-1, +0, e]
+[-1, +0, m]
 
void lua_rawsetp (lua_State *L, int index, const void *p);

 
 

@@ -4989,13 +4995,13 @@ indicates whether the operation succeeded.
 
 
 
lua_tolstring

-[-0, +0, e]
+[-0, +0, m]
 
const char *lua_tolstring (lua_State *L, int index, size_t *len);

 
 

 Converts the Lua value at the given index to a C string.
 If len is not NULL,
-it also sets *len with the string length.
+it sets *len with the string length.
 The Lua value must be a string or a number;
 otherwise, the function returns NULL.
 If the value is a number,
@@ -5006,7 +5012,7 @@ when lua_tolstring is applied to keys during a table traversal.)
 
 
 

-lua_tolstring returns a fully aligned pointer
+lua_tolstring returns a pointer
 to a string inside the Lua state.
 This string always has a zero ('\0')
 after its last character (as in C),
@@ -5075,7 +5081,7 @@ Typically this function is used only for hashing and debug information.
 
 
 
lua_tostring

-[-0, +0, e]
+[-0, +0, m]
 
const char *lua_tostring (lua_State *L, int index);

 
 

@@ -5884,7 +5890,7 @@ in alphabetical order.
 
 
 
luaL_addchar

-[-?, +?, e]
+[-?, +?, m]
 
void luaL_addchar (luaL_Buffer *B, char c);

 
 

@@ -5896,7 +5902,7 @@ Adds the byte c to the buffer B
 
 
 
luaL_addlstring

-[-?, +?, e]
+[-?, +?, m]
 
void luaL_addlstring (luaL_Buffer *B, const char *s, size_t l);

 
 

@@ -5910,7 +5916,7 @@ The string can contain embedded zeros.
 
 
 
luaL_addsize

-[-?, +?, e]
+[-?, +?, –]
 
void luaL_addsize (luaL_Buffer *B, size_t n);

 
 

@@ -5923,7 +5929,7 @@ buffer area (see luaL_prepbuffer).
 
 
 
luaL_addstring

-[-?, +?, e]
+[-?, +?, m]
 
void luaL_addstring (luaL_Buffer *B, const char *s);

 
 

@@ -5936,7 +5942,7 @@ to the buffer B
 
 
 
luaL_addvalue

-[-1, +?, e]
+[-1, +?, m]
 
void luaL_addvalue (luaL_Buffer *B);

 
 

@@ -6074,7 +6080,7 @@ the buffer must be declared as a variable
 
 
 
luaL_buffinitsize

-[-?, +?, e]
+[-?, +?, m]
 
char *luaL_buffinitsize (lua_State *L, luaL_Buffer *B, size_t sz);

 
 

@@ -6325,7 +6331,7 @@ as return luaL_error(args).
 
 
 
luaL_execresult

-[-0, +3, e]
+[-0, +3, m]
 
int luaL_execresult (lua_State *L, int stat);

 
 

@@ -6338,7 +6344,7 @@ process-related functions in the standard library
 
 
 
luaL_fileresult

-[-0, +(1|3), e]
+[-0, +(1|3), m]
 
int luaL_fileresult (lua_State *L, int stat, const char *fname);

 
 

@@ -6351,7 +6357,7 @@ file-related functions in the standard library
 
 
 
luaL_getmetafield

-[-0, +(0|1), e]
+[-0, +(0|1), m]
 
int luaL_getmetafield (lua_State *L, int obj, const char *e);

 
 

@@ -6366,7 +6372,7 @@ pushes nothing and returns LUA_TNIL.
 
 
 
luaL_getmetatable

-[-0, +1, –]
+[-0, +1, m]
 
int luaL_getmetatable (lua_State *L, const char *tname);

 
 

@@ -6396,7 +6402,7 @@ and false if it creates a new table.
 
 
 
luaL_gsub

-[-0, +1, e]
+[-0, +1, m]
 
const char *luaL_gsub (lua_State *L,
                        const char *s,
                        const char *p,
@@ -6531,7 +6537,7 @@ it does not run it.
 
 
 
luaL_newlib

-[-0, +1, e]
+[-0, +1, m]
 
void luaL_newlib (lua_State *L, const luaL_Reg l[]);

 
 

@@ -6553,7 +6559,7 @@ not a pointer to it.
 
 
 
luaL_newlibtable

-[-0, +1, e]
+[-0, +1, m]
 
void luaL_newlibtable (lua_State *L, const luaL_Reg l[]);

 
 

@@ -6574,7 +6580,7 @@ not a pointer to it.
 
 
 
luaL_newmetatable

-[-0, +1, e]
+[-0, +1, m]
 
int luaL_newmetatable (lua_State *L, const char *tname);

 
 

@@ -6664,6 +6670,9 @@ Otherwise, raises an error.
 

 If l is not NULL,
 fills the position *l with the result's length.
+If the result is NULL
+(only possible when returning d and d == NULL),
+its length is considered zero.
 
 
 
@@ -6702,7 +6711,7 @@ Otherwise, raises an error.
 
 
 
luaL_prepbuffer

-[-?, +?, e]
+[-?, +?, m]
 
char *luaL_prepbuffer (luaL_Buffer *B);

 
 

@@ -6714,7 +6723,7 @@ with the predefined size LUAL_BUFFERSIZE
luaL_prepbuffsize

-[-?, +?, e]
+[-?, +?, m]
 
char *luaL_prepbuffsize (luaL_Buffer *B, size_t sz);

 
 

@@ -6730,7 +6739,7 @@ it to the buffer.
 
 
 
luaL_pushresult

-[-?, +1, e]
+[-?, +1, m]
 
void luaL_pushresult (luaL_Buffer *B);

 
 

@@ -6742,7 +6751,7 @@ the top of the stack.
 
 
 
luaL_pushresultsize

-[-?, +1, e]
+[-?, +1, m]
 
void luaL_pushresultsize (luaL_Buffer *B, size_t sz);

 
 

@@ -6753,7 +6762,7 @@ Equivalent to the sequence luaL_addsize
 
 
 
luaL_ref

-[-1, +0, e]
+[-1, +0, m]
 
int luaL_ref (lua_State *L, int t);

 
 

@@ -6824,7 +6833,7 @@ Leaves a copy of the module on the stack.
 
 
 
luaL_setfuncs

-[-nup, +0, e]
+[-nup, +0, m]
 
void luaL_setfuncs (lua_State *L, const luaL_Reg *l, int nup);

 
 

@@ -6888,7 +6897,7 @@ this function receives the file handle as its sole argument and
 must return either true (in case of success)
 or nil plus an error message (in case of error).
 Once Lua calls this field,
-the field value is changed to NULL
+it changes the field value to NULL
 to signal that the handle is closed.
 
 
@@ -6896,7 +6905,7 @@ to signal that the handle is closed.
 
 
 
luaL_testudata

-[-0, +0, e]
+[-0, +0, m]
 
void *luaL_testudata (lua_State *L, int arg, const char *tname);

 
 

@@ -6932,7 +6941,7 @@ and uses the result of the call as its result.
 
 
 
luaL_traceback

-[-0, +1, e]
+[-0, +1, m]
 
void luaL_traceback (lua_State *L, lua_State *L1, const char *msg,
                      int level);

 
@@ -6979,7 +6988,7 @@ If ref is LUA_NOREF or 
luaL_where

-[-0, +1, e]
+[-0, +1, m]
 
void luaL_where (lua_State *L, int lvl);

 
 

@@ -7476,7 +7485,8 @@ and select returns the total number of extra arguments it received.
 
 

 Sets the metatable for the given table.
-(You cannot change the metatable of other types from Lua, only from C.)
+(To change the metatable of other types from Lua code,
+you must use the debug library (§6.10).)
 If metatable is nil,
 removes the metatable of the given table.
 If the original metatable has a "__metatable" field,
@@ -7557,8 +7567,11 @@ and "userdata".
 
 

 
_VERSION

+
+
+

 A global variable (not a function) that
-holds a string containing the current interpreter version.
+holds a string containing the running Lua version.
 The current value of this variable is "Lua 5.3".
 
 
@@ -8194,9 +8207,11 @@ Options c, d,
 i, o, u, X, and x
 expect an integer.
 Option q expects a string.
-Option s expects a string without embedded zeros;
+Option s expects a string;
 if its argument is not a string,
 it is converted to one following the same rules of tostring.
+If the option has any modifier (flags, width, length),
+the string argument should not contain embedded zeros.
 
 
 

@@ -8392,6 +8407,11 @@ The default value for sep is the empty string
 Returns the empty string if n is not positive.
 
 
+

+(Note that it is very easy to exhaust the memory of your machine
+with a single call to this function.)
+
+
 
 
 

@@ -8963,14 +8983,23 @@ If comp is given,
 then it must be a function that receives two list elements
 and returns true when the first element must come
 before the second in the final order
-(so that not comp(list[i+1],list[i]) will be true after the sort).
+(so that, after the sort,
+i < j implies not comp(list[j],list[i])).
 If comp is not given,
 then the standard Lua operator < is used instead.
 
 
+

+Note that the comp function must define
+a strict partial order over the elements in the list;
+that is, it must be asymmetric and transitive.
+Otherwise, no valid sort may be possible.
+
+
 

 The sort algorithm is not stable;
-that is, elements considered equal by the given order
+that is, elements not comparable by the given order
+(e.g., equal elements)
 may have their relative positions changed by the sort.
 
 
@@ -9222,14 +9251,13 @@ in the range  [0,1).
 When called with two integers m and n,
 math.random returns a pseudo-random integer
 with uniform distribution in the range [m, n].
-(The value m-n cannot be negative and must fit in a Lua integer.)
+(The value n-m cannot be negative and must fit in a Lua integer.)
 The call math.random(n) is equivalent to math.random(1,n).
 
 
 

 This function is an interface to the underling
 pseudo-random generator function provided by C.
-No guarantees can be given for its statistical properties.
 
 
 
@@ -9397,7 +9425,7 @@ instead of returning an error code.
 
 
 

-
io.lines ([filename ···])

+
io.lines ([filename, ···])

 
 
 

@@ -9771,7 +9799,7 @@ then the date is formatted in Coordinated Universal Time.
 After this optional character,
 if format is the string "*t",
 then date returns a table with the following fields:
-year (four digits), month (1–12), day (1–31),
+year, month (1–12), day (1–31),
 hour (0–23), min (0–59), sec (0–61),
 wday (weekday, Sunday is 1),
 yday (day of the year),
@@ -9789,8 +9817,8 @@ formatted according to the same rules as the ISO C function strftime<
 

 When called without arguments,
 date returns a reasonable date and time representation that depends on
-the host system and on the current locale
-(that is, os.date() is equivalent to os.date("%c")).
+the host system and on the current locale.
+(More specifically, os.date() is equivalent to os.date("%c").)
 
 
 

@@ -10797,10 +10825,10 @@ and LiteralString, see §3.1.)
 
 

 Last update:
-Wed Jun 10 18:31:15 BRT 2015
+Wed Nov 25 15:19:10 BRST 2015
 

 
 
 
diff --git a/lua/src/Makefile b/lua/src/Makefile
index 9919ba7d..d71c75c8 100644
--- a/lua/src/Makefile
+++ b/lua/src/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 PLAT= none
 
 CC= gcc -std=gnu99
-CFLAGS= -O2 -Wall -Wextra $(SYSCFLAGS) $(MYCFLAGS)
+CFLAGS= -O2 -Wall -Wextra -DLUA_COMPAT_5_2 $(SYSCFLAGS) $(MYCFLAGS)
 LDFLAGS= $(SYSLDFLAGS) $(MYLDFLAGS)
 LIBS= -lm $(SYSLIBS) $(MYLIBS)
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ MYOBJS=
 
 # == END OF USER SETTINGS -- NO NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE =======
 
-PLATS= aix bsd c89 freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix posix32bit solaris
+PLATS= aix bsd c89 freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix solaris
 
 LUA_A=	liblua.a
 CORE_O=	lapi.o lcode.o lctype.o ldebug.o ldo.o ldump.o lfunc.o lgc.o llex.o \
@@ -119,10 +119,7 @@ mingw:
 	$(MAKE) "LUAC_T=luac.exe" luac.exe
 
 posix:
-	$(MAKE) $(ALL) SYSCFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_POSIX -fPIC -DLUA_USE_DLOPEN" SYSLIBS="-ldl"
-
-posix32bit:
-	$(MAKE) $(ALL) SYSCFLAGS="-m32 -DLUA_USE_POSIX -fPIC -DLUA_USE_DLOPEN" SYSLDFLAGS="-m32" SYSLIBS="-ldl"
+	$(MAKE) $(ALL) SYSCFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_POSIX"
 
 solaris:
 	$(MAKE) $(ALL) SYSCFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_POSIX -DLUA_USE_DLOPEN -D_REENTRANT" SYSLIBS="-ldl"
diff --git a/lua/src/lapi.c b/lua/src/lapi.c
index fea9eb27..9a6a3fbd 100644
--- a/lua/src/lapi.c
+++ b/lua/src/lapi.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lapi.c,v 2.249 2015/04/06 12:23:48 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lapi.c,v 2.257 2015/11/02 18:48:07 roberto Exp $
 ** Lua API
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ LUA_API void lua_xmove (lua_State *from, lua_State *to, int n) {
   lua_lock(to);
   api_checknelems(from, n);
   api_check(from, G(from) == G(to), "moving among independent states");
-  api_check(from, to->ci->top - to->top >= n, "not enough elements to move");
+  api_check(from, to->ci->top - to->top >= n, "stack overflow");
   from->top -= n;
   for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
     setobj2s(to, to->top, from->top + i);
-    api_incr_top(to);
+    to->top++;  /* stack already checked by previous 'api_check' */
   }
   lua_unlock(to);
 }
@@ -471,11 +471,16 @@ LUA_API void lua_pushinteger (lua_State *L, lua_Integer n) {
 }
 
 
+/*
+** Pushes on the stack a string with given length. Avoid using 's' when
+** 'len' == 0 (as 's' can be NULL in that case), due to later use of
+** 'memcmp' and 'memcpy'.
+*/
 LUA_API const char *lua_pushlstring (lua_State *L, const char *s, size_t len) {
   TString *ts;
   lua_lock(L);
   luaC_checkGC(L);
-  ts = luaS_newlstr(L, s, len);
+  ts = (len == 0) ? luaS_new(L, "") : luaS_newlstr(L, s, len);
   setsvalue2s(L, L->top, ts);
   api_incr_top(L);
   lua_unlock(L);
@@ -579,19 +584,30 @@ LUA_API int lua_pushthread (lua_State *L) {
 */
 
 
-LUA_API int lua_getglobal (lua_State *L, const char *name) {
-  Table *reg = hvalue(&G(L)->l_registry);
-  const TValue *gt;  /* global table */
-  lua_lock(L);
-  gt = luaH_getint(reg, LUA_RIDX_GLOBALS);
-  setsvalue2s(L, L->top, luaS_new(L, name));
-  api_incr_top(L);
-  luaV_gettable(L, gt, L->top - 1, L->top - 1);
+static int auxgetstr (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, const char *k) {
+  const TValue *aux;
+  TString *str = luaS_new(L, k);
+  if (luaV_fastget(L, t, str, aux, luaH_getstr)) {
+    setobj2s(L, L->top, aux);
+    api_incr_top(L);
+  }
+  else {
+    setsvalue2s(L, L->top, str);
+    api_incr_top(L);
+    luaV_finishget(L, t, L->top - 1, L->top - 1, aux);
+  }
   lua_unlock(L);
   return ttnov(L->top - 1);
 }
 
 
+LUA_API int lua_getglobal (lua_State *L, const char *name) {
+  Table *reg = hvalue(&G(L)->l_registry);
+  lua_lock(L);
+  return auxgetstr(L, luaH_getint(reg, LUA_RIDX_GLOBALS), name);
+}
+
+
 LUA_API int lua_gettable (lua_State *L, int idx) {
   StkId t;
   lua_lock(L);
@@ -603,24 +619,25 @@ LUA_API int lua_gettable (lua_State *L, int idx) {
 
 
 LUA_API int lua_getfield (lua_State *L, int idx, const char *k) {
-  StkId t;
   lua_lock(L);
-  t = index2addr(L, idx);
-  setsvalue2s(L, L->top, luaS_new(L, k));
-  api_incr_top(L);
-  luaV_gettable(L, t, L->top - 1, L->top - 1);
-  lua_unlock(L);
-  return ttnov(L->top - 1);
+  return auxgetstr(L, index2addr(L, idx), k);
 }
 
 
 LUA_API int lua_geti (lua_State *L, int idx, lua_Integer n) {
   StkId t;
+  const TValue *aux;
   lua_lock(L);
   t = index2addr(L, idx);
-  setivalue(L->top, n);
-  api_incr_top(L);
-  luaV_gettable(L, t, L->top - 1, L->top - 1);
+  if (luaV_fastget(L, t, n, aux, luaH_getint)) {
+    setobj2s(L, L->top, aux);
+    api_incr_top(L);
+  }
+  else {
+    setivalue(L->top, n);
+    api_incr_top(L);
+    luaV_finishget(L, t, L->top - 1, L->top - 1, aux);
+  }
   lua_unlock(L);
   return ttnov(L->top - 1);
 }
@@ -719,18 +736,29 @@ LUA_API int lua_getuservalue (lua_State *L, int idx) {
 ** set functions (stack -> Lua)
 */
 
+/*
+** t[k] = value at the top of the stack (where 'k' is a string)
+*/
+static void auxsetstr (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, const char *k) {
+  const TValue *aux;
+  TString *str = luaS_new(L, k);
+  api_checknelems(L, 1);
+  if (luaV_fastset(L, t, str, aux, luaH_getstr, L->top - 1))
+    L->top--;  /* pop value */
+  else {
+    setsvalue2s(L, L->top, str);  /* push 'str' (to make it a TValue) */
+    api_incr_top(L);
+    luaV_finishset(L, t, L->top - 1, L->top - 2, aux);
+    L->top -= 2;  /* pop value and key */
+  }
+  lua_unlock(L);  /* lock done by caller */
+}
+
 
 LUA_API void lua_setglobal (lua_State *L, const char *name) {
   Table *reg = hvalue(&G(L)->l_registry);
-  const TValue *gt;  /* global table */
-  lua_lock(L);
-  api_checknelems(L, 1);
-  gt = luaH_getint(reg, LUA_RIDX_GLOBALS);
-  setsvalue2s(L, L->top, luaS_new(L, name));
-  api_incr_top(L);
-  luaV_settable(L, gt, L->top - 1, L->top - 2);
-  L->top -= 2;  /* pop value and key */
-  lua_unlock(L);
+  lua_lock(L);  /* unlock done in 'auxsetstr' */
+  auxsetstr(L, luaH_getint(reg, LUA_RIDX_GLOBALS), name);
 }
 
 
@@ -746,42 +774,40 @@ LUA_API void lua_settable (lua_State *L, int idx) {
 
 
 LUA_API void lua_setfield (lua_State *L, int idx, const char *k) {
-  StkId t;
-  lua_lock(L);
-  api_checknelems(L, 1);
-  t = index2addr(L, idx);
-  setsvalue2s(L, L->top, luaS_new(L, k));
-  api_incr_top(L);
-  luaV_settable(L, t, L->top - 1, L->top - 2);
-  L->top -= 2;  /* pop value and key */
-  lua_unlock(L);
+  lua_lock(L);  /* unlock done in 'auxsetstr' */
+  auxsetstr(L, index2addr(L, idx), k);
 }
 
 
 LUA_API void lua_seti (lua_State *L, int idx, lua_Integer n) {
   StkId t;
+  const TValue *aux;
   lua_lock(L);
   api_checknelems(L, 1);
   t = index2addr(L, idx);
-  setivalue(L->top, n);
-  api_incr_top(L);
-  luaV_settable(L, t, L->top - 1, L->top - 2);
-  L->top -= 2;  /* pop value and key */
+  if (luaV_fastset(L, t, n, aux, luaH_getint, L->top - 1))
+    L->top--;  /* pop value */
+  else {
+    setivalue(L->top, n);
+    api_incr_top(L);
+    luaV_finishset(L, t, L->top - 1, L->top - 2, aux);
+    L->top -= 2;  /* pop value and key */
+  }
   lua_unlock(L);
 }
 
 
 LUA_API void lua_rawset (lua_State *L, int idx) {
   StkId o;
-  Table *t;
+  TValue *slot;
   lua_lock(L);
   api_checknelems(L, 2);
   o = index2addr(L, idx);
   api_check(L, ttistable(o), "table expected");
-  t = hvalue(o);
-  setobj2t(L, luaH_set(L, t, L->top-2), L->top-1);
-  invalidateTMcache(t);
-  luaC_barrierback(L, t, L->top-1);
+  slot = luaH_set(L, hvalue(o), L->top - 2);
+  setobj2t(L, slot, L->top - 1);
+  invalidateTMcache(hvalue(o));
+  luaC_barrierback(L, hvalue(o), L->top-1);
   L->top -= 2;
   lua_unlock(L);
 }
@@ -789,14 +815,12 @@ LUA_API void lua_rawset (lua_State *L, int idx) {
 
 LUA_API void lua_rawseti (lua_State *L, int idx, lua_Integer n) {
   StkId o;
-  Table *t;
   lua_lock(L);
   api_checknelems(L, 1);
   o = index2addr(L, idx);
   api_check(L, ttistable(o), "table expected");
-  t = hvalue(o);
-  luaH_setint(L, t, n, L->top - 1);
-  luaC_barrierback(L, t, L->top-1);
+  luaH_setint(L, hvalue(o), n, L->top - 1);
+  luaC_barrierback(L, hvalue(o), L->top-1);
   L->top--;
   lua_unlock(L);
 }
@@ -804,16 +828,15 @@ LUA_API void lua_rawseti (lua_State *L, int idx, lua_Integer n) {
 
 LUA_API void lua_rawsetp (lua_State *L, int idx, const void *p) {
   StkId o;
-  Table *t;
-  TValue k;
+  TValue k, *slot;
   lua_lock(L);
   api_checknelems(L, 1);
   o = index2addr(L, idx);
   api_check(L, ttistable(o), "table expected");
-  t = hvalue(o);
   setpvalue(&k, cast(void *, p));
-  setobj2t(L, luaH_set(L, t, &k), L->top - 1);
-  luaC_barrierback(L, t, L->top - 1);
+  slot = luaH_set(L, hvalue(o), &k);
+  setobj2t(L, slot, L->top - 1);
+  luaC_barrierback(L, hvalue(o), L->top - 1);
   L->top--;
   lua_unlock(L);
 }
@@ -895,10 +918,10 @@ LUA_API void lua_callk (lua_State *L, int nargs, int nresults,
   if (k != NULL && L->nny == 0) {  /* need to prepare continuation? */
     L->ci->u.c.k = k;  /* save continuation */
     L->ci->u.c.ctx = ctx;  /* save context */
-    luaD_call(L, func, nresults, 1);  /* do the call */
+    luaD_call(L, func, nresults);  /* do the call */
   }
   else  /* no continuation or no yieldable */
-    luaD_call(L, func, nresults, 0);  /* just do the call */
+    luaD_callnoyield(L, func, nresults);  /* just do the call */
   adjustresults(L, nresults);
   lua_unlock(L);
 }
@@ -916,7 +939,7 @@ struct CallS {  /* data to 'f_call' */
 
 static void f_call (lua_State *L, void *ud) {
   struct CallS *c = cast(struct CallS *, ud);
-  luaD_call(L, c->func, c->nresults, 0);
+  luaD_callnoyield(L, c->func, c->nresults);
 }
 
 
@@ -954,7 +977,7 @@ LUA_API int lua_pcallk (lua_State *L, int nargs, int nresults, int errfunc,
     L->errfunc = func;
     setoah(ci->callstatus, L->allowhook);  /* save value of 'allowhook' */
     ci->callstatus |= CIST_YPCALL;  /* function can do error recovery */
-    luaD_call(L, c.func, nresults, 1);  /* do the call */
+    luaD_call(L, c.func, nresults);  /* do the call */
     ci->callstatus &= ~CIST_YPCALL;
     L->errfunc = ci->u.c.old_errfunc;
     status = LUA_OK;  /* if it is here, there were no errors */
@@ -1043,7 +1066,7 @@ LUA_API int lua_gc (lua_State *L, int what, int data) {
     }
     case LUA_GCSTEP: {
       l_mem debt = 1;  /* =1 to signal that it did an actual step */
-      int oldrunning = g->gcrunning;
+      lu_byte oldrunning = g->gcrunning;
       g->gcrunning = 1;  /* allow GC to run */
       if (data == 0) {
         luaE_setdebt(g, -GCSTEPSIZE);  /* to do a "small" step */
diff --git a/lua/src/lauxlib.c b/lua/src/lauxlib.c
index b8bace7f..5d362c35 100644
--- a/lua/src/lauxlib.c
+++ b/lua/src/lauxlib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lauxlib.c,v 1.280 2015/02/03 17:38:24 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lauxlib.c,v 1.284 2015/11/19 19:16:22 roberto Exp $
 ** Auxiliary functions for building Lua libraries
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 */
 
 
-#define LEVELS1	12	/* size of the first part of the stack */
-#define LEVELS2	10	/* size of the second part of the stack */
+#define LEVELS1	10	/* size of the first part of the stack */
+#define LEVELS2	11	/* size of the second part of the stack */
 
 
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static void pushfuncname (lua_State *L, lua_Debug *ar) {
 }
 
 
-static int countlevels (lua_State *L) {
+static int lastlevel (lua_State *L) {
   lua_Debug ar;
   int li = 1, le = 1;
   /* find an upper bound */
@@ -126,14 +126,16 @@ LUALIB_API void luaL_traceback (lua_State *L, lua_State *L1,
                                 const char *msg, int level) {
   lua_Debug ar;
   int top = lua_gettop(L);
-  int numlevels = countlevels(L1);
-  int mark = (numlevels > LEVELS1 + LEVELS2) ? LEVELS1 : 0;
-  if (msg) lua_pushfstring(L, "%s\n", msg);
+  int last = lastlevel(L1);
+  int n1 = (last - level > LEVELS1 + LEVELS2) ? LEVELS1 : -1;
+  if (msg)
+    lua_pushfstring(L, "%s\n", msg);
+  luaL_checkstack(L, 10, NULL);
   lua_pushliteral(L, "stack traceback:");
   while (lua_getstack(L1, level++, &ar)) {
-    if (level == mark) {  /* too many levels? */
+    if (n1-- == 0) {  /* too many levels? */
       lua_pushliteral(L, "\n\t...");  /* add a '...' */
-      level = numlevels - LEVELS2;  /* and skip to last ones */
+      level = last - LEVELS2 + 1;  /* and skip to last ones */
     }
     else {
       lua_getinfo(L1, "Slnt", &ar);
@@ -289,7 +291,7 @@ LUALIB_API int luaL_newmetatable (lua_State *L, const char *tname) {
   if (luaL_getmetatable(L, tname) != LUA_TNIL)  /* name already in use? */
     return 0;  /* leave previous value on top, but return 0 */
   lua_pop(L, 1);
-  lua_newtable(L);  /* create metatable */
+  lua_createtable(L, 0, 2);  /* create metatable */
   lua_pushstring(L, tname);
   lua_setfield(L, -2, "__name");  /* metatable.__name = tname */
   lua_pushvalue(L, -1);
@@ -435,6 +437,47 @@ LUALIB_API lua_Integer luaL_optinteger (lua_State *L, int arg,
 ** =======================================================
 */
 
+/* userdata to box arbitrary data */
+typedef struct UBox {
+  void *box;
+  size_t bsize;
+} UBox;
+
+
+static void *resizebox (lua_State *L, int idx, size_t newsize) {
+  void *ud;
+  lua_Alloc allocf = lua_getallocf(L, &ud);
+  UBox *box = (UBox *)lua_touserdata(L, idx);
+  void *temp = allocf(ud, box->box, box->bsize, newsize);
+  if (temp == NULL && newsize > 0) {  /* allocation error? */
+    resizebox(L, idx, 0);  /* free buffer */
+    luaL_error(L, "not enough memory for buffer allocation");
+  }
+  box->box = temp;
+  box->bsize = newsize;
+  return temp;
+}
+
+
+static int boxgc (lua_State *L) {
+  resizebox(L, 1, 0);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
+static void *newbox (lua_State *L, size_t newsize) {
+  UBox *box = (UBox *)lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(UBox));
+  box->box = NULL;
+  box->bsize = 0;
+  if (luaL_newmetatable(L, "LUABOX")) {  /* creating metatable? */
+    lua_pushcfunction(L, boxgc);
+    lua_setfield(L, -2, "__gc");  /* metatable.__gc = boxgc */
+  }
+  lua_setmetatable(L, -2);
+  return resizebox(L, -1, newsize);
+}
+
+
 /*
 ** check whether buffer is using a userdata on the stack as a temporary
 ** buffer
@@ -455,11 +498,12 @@ LUALIB_API char *luaL_prepbuffsize (luaL_Buffer *B, size_t sz) {
     if (newsize < B->n || newsize - B->n < sz)
       luaL_error(L, "buffer too large");
     /* create larger buffer */
-    newbuff = (char *)lua_newuserdata(L, newsize * sizeof(char));
-    /* move content to new buffer */
-    memcpy(newbuff, B->b, B->n * sizeof(char));
     if (buffonstack(B))
-      lua_remove(L, -2);  /* remove old buffer */
+      newbuff = (char *)resizebox(L, -1, newsize);
+    else {  /* no buffer yet */
+      newbuff = (char *)newbox(L, newsize);
+      memcpy(newbuff, B->b, B->n * sizeof(char));  /* copy original content */
+    }
     B->b = newbuff;
     B->size = newsize;
   }
@@ -468,9 +512,11 @@ LUALIB_API char *luaL_prepbuffsize (luaL_Buffer *B, size_t sz) {
 
 
 LUALIB_API void luaL_addlstring (luaL_Buffer *B, const char *s, size_t l) {
-  char *b = luaL_prepbuffsize(B, l);
-  memcpy(b, s, l * sizeof(char));
-  luaL_addsize(B, l);
+  if (l > 0) {  /* avoid 'memcpy' when 's' can be NULL */
+    char *b = luaL_prepbuffsize(B, l);
+    memcpy(b, s, l * sizeof(char));
+    luaL_addsize(B, l);
+  }
 }
 
 
@@ -482,8 +528,10 @@ LUALIB_API void luaL_addstring (luaL_Buffer *B, const char *s) {
 LUALIB_API void luaL_pushresult (luaL_Buffer *B) {
   lua_State *L = B->L;
   lua_pushlstring(L, B->b, B->n);
-  if (buffonstack(B))
-    lua_remove(L, -2);  /* remove old buffer */
+  if (buffonstack(B)) {
+    resizebox(L, -2, 0);  /* delete old buffer */
+    lua_remove(L, -2);  /* remove its header from the stack */
+  }
 }
 
 
@@ -605,7 +653,7 @@ static int errfile (lua_State *L, const char *what, int fnameindex) {
 
 
 static int skipBOM (LoadF *lf) {
-  const char *p = "\xEF\xBB\xBF";  /* Utf8 BOM mark */
+  const char *p = "\xEF\xBB\xBF";  /* UTF-8 BOM mark */
   int c;
   lf->n = 0;
   do {
diff --git a/lua/src/lauxlib.h b/lua/src/lauxlib.h
index 0bac2467..ddb7c228 100644
--- a/lua/src/lauxlib.h
+++ b/lua/src/lauxlib.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lauxlib.h,v 1.128 2014/10/29 16:11:17 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lauxlib.h,v 1.129 2015/11/23 11:29:43 roberto Exp $
 ** Auxiliary functions for building Lua libraries
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ LUALIB_API int (luaL_checkoption) (lua_State *L, int arg, const char *def,
 LUALIB_API int (luaL_fileresult) (lua_State *L, int stat, const char *fname);
 LUALIB_API int (luaL_execresult) (lua_State *L, int stat);
 
-/* pre-defined references */
+/* predefined references */
 #define LUA_NOREF       (-2)
 #define LUA_REFNIL      (-1)
 
diff --git a/lua/src/lbaselib.c b/lua/src/lbaselib.c
index 9a151245..861823d8 100644
--- a/lua/src/lbaselib.c
+++ b/lua/src/lbaselib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lbaselib.c,v 1.310 2015/03/28 19:14:47 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lbaselib.c,v 1.312 2015/10/29 15:21:04 roberto Exp $
 ** Basic library
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ static int luaB_tonumber (lua_State *L) {
     const char *s;
     lua_Integer n = 0;  /* to avoid warnings */
     lua_Integer base = luaL_checkinteger(L, 2);
-    luaL_checktype(L, 1, LUA_TSTRING);  /* before 'luaL_checklstring'! */
-    s = luaL_checklstring(L, 1, &l);
+    luaL_checktype(L, 1, LUA_TSTRING);  /* no numbers as strings */
+    s = lua_tolstring(L, 1, &l);
     luaL_argcheck(L, 2 <= base && base <= 36, 2, "base out of range");
     if (b_str2int(s, (int)base, &n) == s + l) {
       lua_pushinteger(L, n);
@@ -198,12 +198,10 @@ static int luaB_collectgarbage (lua_State *L) {
 }
 
 
-/*
-** This function has all type names as upvalues, to maximize performance.
-*/
 static int luaB_type (lua_State *L) {
-  luaL_checkany(L, 1);
-  lua_pushvalue(L, lua_upvalueindex(lua_type(L, 1) + 1));
+  int t = lua_type(L, 1);
+  luaL_argcheck(L, t != LUA_TNONE, 1, "value expected");
+  lua_pushstring(L, lua_typename(L, t));
   return 1;
 }
 
@@ -243,18 +241,7 @@ static int luaB_pairs (lua_State *L) {
 
 
 /*
-** Traversal function for 'ipairs' for raw tables
-*/
-static int ipairsaux_raw (lua_State *L) {
-  lua_Integer i = luaL_checkinteger(L, 2) + 1;
-  luaL_checktype(L, 1, LUA_TTABLE);
-  lua_pushinteger(L, i);
-  return (lua_rawgeti(L, 1, i) == LUA_TNIL) ? 1 : 2;
-}
-
-
-/*
-** Traversal function for 'ipairs' for tables with metamethods
+** Traversal function for 'ipairs'
 */
 static int ipairsaux (lua_State *L) {
   lua_Integer i = luaL_checkinteger(L, 2) + 1;
@@ -269,13 +256,11 @@ static int ipairsaux (lua_State *L) {
 ** that can affect the traversal.
 */
 static int luaB_ipairs (lua_State *L) {
-  lua_CFunction iter = (luaL_getmetafield(L, 1, "__index") != LUA_TNIL)
-                       ? ipairsaux : ipairsaux_raw;
 #if defined(LUA_COMPAT_IPAIRS)
-  return pairsmeta(L, "__ipairs", 1, iter);
+  return pairsmeta(L, "__ipairs", 1, ipairsaux);
 #else
   luaL_checkany(L, 1);
-  lua_pushcfunction(L, iter);  /* iteration function */
+  lua_pushcfunction(L, ipairsaux);  /* iteration function */
   lua_pushvalue(L, 1);  /* state */
   lua_pushinteger(L, 0);  /* initial value */
   return 3;
@@ -490,9 +475,9 @@ static const luaL_Reg base_funcs[] = {
   {"setmetatable", luaB_setmetatable},
   {"tonumber", luaB_tonumber},
   {"tostring", luaB_tostring},
+  {"type", luaB_type},
   {"xpcall", luaB_xpcall},
   /* placeholders */
-  {"type", NULL},
   {"_G", NULL},
   {"_VERSION", NULL},
   {NULL, NULL}
@@ -500,7 +485,6 @@ static const luaL_Reg base_funcs[] = {
 
 
 LUAMOD_API int luaopen_base (lua_State *L) {
-  int i;
   /* open lib into global table */
   lua_pushglobaltable(L);
   luaL_setfuncs(L, base_funcs, 0);
@@ -510,11 +494,6 @@ LUAMOD_API int luaopen_base (lua_State *L) {
   /* set global _VERSION */
   lua_pushliteral(L, LUA_VERSION);
   lua_setfield(L, -2, "_VERSION");
-  /* set function 'type' with proper upvalues */
-  for (i = 0; i < LUA_NUMTAGS; i++)  /* push all type names as upvalues */
-    lua_pushstring(L, lua_typename(L, i));
-  lua_pushcclosure(L, luaB_type, LUA_NUMTAGS);
-  lua_setfield(L, -2, "type");
   return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/lua/src/lbitlib.c b/lua/src/lbitlib.c
index 15d5f0cd..1cb1d5b9 100644
--- a/lua/src/lbitlib.c
+++ b/lua/src/lbitlib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lbitlib.c,v 1.28 2014/11/02 19:19:04 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lbitlib.c,v 1.30 2015/11/11 19:08:09 roberto Exp $
 ** Standard library for bitwise operations
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 #if defined(LUA_COMPAT_BITLIB)		/* { */
 
 
+#define pushunsigned(L,n)	lua_pushinteger(L, (lua_Integer)(n))
+#define checkunsigned(L,i)	((lua_Unsigned)luaL_checkinteger(L,i))
+
+
 /* number of bits to consider in a number */
 #if !defined(LUA_NBITS)
 #define LUA_NBITS	32
@@ -46,14 +50,14 @@ static lua_Unsigned andaux (lua_State *L) {
   int i, n = lua_gettop(L);
   lua_Unsigned r = ~(lua_Unsigned)0;
   for (i = 1; i <= n; i++)
-    r &= luaL_checkunsigned(L, i);
+    r &= checkunsigned(L, i);
   return trim(r);
 }
 
 
 static int b_and (lua_State *L) {
   lua_Unsigned r = andaux(L);
-  lua_pushunsigned(L, r);
+  pushunsigned(L, r);
   return 1;
 }
 
@@ -69,8 +73,8 @@ static int b_or (lua_State *L) {
   int i, n = lua_gettop(L);
   lua_Unsigned r = 0;
   for (i = 1; i <= n; i++)
-    r |= luaL_checkunsigned(L, i);
-  lua_pushunsigned(L, trim(r));
+    r |= checkunsigned(L, i);
+  pushunsigned(L, trim(r));
   return 1;
 }
 
@@ -79,15 +83,15 @@ static int b_xor (lua_State *L) {
   int i, n = lua_gettop(L);
   lua_Unsigned r = 0;
   for (i = 1; i <= n; i++)
-    r ^= luaL_checkunsigned(L, i);
-  lua_pushunsigned(L, trim(r));
+    r ^= checkunsigned(L, i);
+  pushunsigned(L, trim(r));
   return 1;
 }
 
 
 static int b_not (lua_State *L) {
-  lua_Unsigned r = ~luaL_checkunsigned(L, 1);
-  lua_pushunsigned(L, trim(r));
+  lua_Unsigned r = ~checkunsigned(L, 1);
+  pushunsigned(L, trim(r));
   return 1;
 }
 
@@ -104,23 +108,23 @@ static int b_shift (lua_State *L, lua_Unsigned r, lua_Integer i) {
     else r <<= i;
     r = trim(r);
   }
-  lua_pushunsigned(L, r);
+  pushunsigned(L, r);
   return 1;
 }
 
 
 static int b_lshift (lua_State *L) {
-  return b_shift(L, luaL_checkunsigned(L, 1), luaL_checkinteger(L, 2));
+  return b_shift(L, checkunsigned(L, 1), luaL_checkinteger(L, 2));
 }
 
 
 static int b_rshift (lua_State *L) {
-  return b_shift(L, luaL_checkunsigned(L, 1), -luaL_checkinteger(L, 2));
+  return b_shift(L, checkunsigned(L, 1), -luaL_checkinteger(L, 2));
 }
 
 
 static int b_arshift (lua_State *L) {
-  lua_Unsigned r = luaL_checkunsigned(L, 1);
+  lua_Unsigned r = checkunsigned(L, 1);
   lua_Integer i = luaL_checkinteger(L, 2);
   if (i < 0 || !(r & ((lua_Unsigned)1 << (LUA_NBITS - 1))))
     return b_shift(L, r, -i);
@@ -128,19 +132,19 @@ static int b_arshift (lua_State *L) {
     if (i >= LUA_NBITS) r = ALLONES;
     else
       r = trim((r >> i) | ~(trim(~(lua_Unsigned)0) >> i));  /* add signal bit */
-    lua_pushunsigned(L, r);
+    pushunsigned(L, r);
     return 1;
   }
 }
 
 
 static int b_rot (lua_State *L, lua_Integer d) {
-  lua_Unsigned r = luaL_checkunsigned(L, 1);
+  lua_Unsigned r = checkunsigned(L, 1);
   int i = d & (LUA_NBITS - 1);  /* i = d % NBITS */
   r = trim(r);
   if (i != 0)  /* avoid undefined shift of LUA_NBITS when i == 0 */
     r = (r << i) | (r >> (LUA_NBITS - i));
-  lua_pushunsigned(L, trim(r));
+  pushunsigned(L, trim(r));
   return 1;
 }
 
@@ -175,23 +179,22 @@ static int fieldargs (lua_State *L, int farg, int *width) {
 
 static int b_extract (lua_State *L) {
   int w;
-  lua_Unsigned r = trim(luaL_checkunsigned(L, 1));
+  lua_Unsigned r = trim(checkunsigned(L, 1));
   int f = fieldargs(L, 2, &w);
   r = (r >> f) & mask(w);
-  lua_pushunsigned(L, r);
+  pushunsigned(L, r);
   return 1;
 }
 
 
 static int b_replace (lua_State *L) {
   int w;
-  lua_Unsigned r = trim(luaL_checkunsigned(L, 1));
-  lua_Unsigned v = luaL_checkunsigned(L, 2);
+  lua_Unsigned r = trim(checkunsigned(L, 1));
+  lua_Unsigned v = trim(checkunsigned(L, 2));
   int f = fieldargs(L, 3, &w);
-  int m = mask(w);
-  v &= m;  /* erase bits outside given width */
-  r = (r & ~(m << f)) | (v << f);
-  lua_pushunsigned(L, r);
+  lua_Unsigned m = mask(w);
+  r = (r & ~(m << f)) | ((v & m) << f);
+  pushunsigned(L, r);
   return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/lua/src/lcode.c b/lua/src/lcode.c
index d6f0fcd8..7c6918fd 100644
--- a/lua/src/lcode.c
+++ b/lua/src/lcode.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lcode.c,v 2.101 2015/04/29 18:24:11 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lcode.c,v 2.103 2015/11/19 19:16:22 roberto Exp $
 ** Code generator for Lua
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 
 static int tonumeral(expdesc *e, TValue *v) {
-  if (e->t != NO_JUMP || e->f != NO_JUMP)
+  if (hasjumps(e))
     return 0;  /* not a numeral */
   switch (e->k) {
     case VKINT:
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static void codeexpval (FuncState *fs, OpCode op,
       freeexp(fs, e1);
     }
     e1->u.info = luaK_codeABC(fs, op, 0, o1, o2);  /* generate opcode */
-    e1->k = VRELOCABLE;  /* all those operations are relocable */
+    e1->k = VRELOCABLE;  /* all those operations are relocatable */
     luaK_fixline(fs, line);
   }
 }
diff --git a/lua/src/ldblib.c b/lua/src/ldblib.c
index 91514584..786f6cd9 100644
--- a/lua/src/ldblib.c
+++ b/lua/src/ldblib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ldblib.c,v 1.149 2015/02/19 17:06:21 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: ldblib.c,v 1.151 2015/11/23 11:29:43 roberto Exp $
 ** Interface from Lua to its debug API
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ static const int HOOKKEY = 0;
 
 
 /*
-** If L1 != L, L1 can be in any state, and therefore there is no
-** garanties about its stack space; any push in L1 must be
+** If L1 != L, L1 can be in any state, and therefore there are no
+** guarantees about its stack space; any push in L1 must be
 ** checked.
 */
 static void checkstack (lua_State *L, lua_State *L1, int n) {
diff --git a/lua/src/ldebug.c b/lua/src/ldebug.c
index f76582c5..9bd86d02 100644
--- a/lua/src/ldebug.c
+++ b/lua/src/ldebug.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ldebug.c,v 2.115 2015/05/22 17:45:56 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: ldebug.c,v 2.117 2015/11/02 18:48:07 roberto Exp $
 ** Debug Interface
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ l_noret luaG_errormsg (lua_State *L) {
     setobjs2s(L, L->top, L->top - 1);  /* move argument */
     setobjs2s(L, L->top - 1, errfunc);  /* push function */
     L->top++;  /* assume EXTRA_STACK */
-    luaD_call(L, L->top - 2, 1, 0);  /* call it */
+    luaD_callnoyield(L, L->top - 2, 1);  /* call it */
   }
   luaD_throw(L, LUA_ERRRUN);
 }
@@ -640,9 +640,11 @@ l_noret luaG_runerror (lua_State *L, const char *fmt, ...) {
 void luaG_traceexec (lua_State *L) {
   CallInfo *ci = L->ci;
   lu_byte mask = L->hookmask;
-  int counthook = ((mask & LUA_MASKCOUNT) && L->hookcount == 0);
+  int counthook = (--L->hookcount == 0 && (mask & LUA_MASKCOUNT));
   if (counthook)
     resethookcount(L);  /* reset count */
+  else if (!(mask & LUA_MASKLINE))
+    return;  /* no line hook and count != 0; nothing to be done */
   if (ci->callstatus & CIST_HOOKYIELD) {  /* called hook last time? */
     ci->callstatus &= ~CIST_HOOKYIELD;  /* erase mark */
     return;  /* do not call hook again (VM yielded, so it did not move) */
diff --git a/lua/src/ldo.c b/lua/src/ldo.c
index 5c93a259..95efd560 100644
--- a/lua/src/ldo.c
+++ b/lua/src/ldo.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ldo.c,v 2.138 2015/05/22 17:48:19 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: ldo.c,v 2.150 2015/11/19 19:16:22 roberto Exp $
 ** Stack and Call structure of Lua
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ int luaD_rawrunprotected (lua_State *L, Pfunc f, void *ud) {
 /* }====================================================== */
 
 
+/*
+** {==================================================================
+** Stack reallocation
+** ===================================================================
+*/
 static void correctstack (lua_State *L, TValue *oldstack) {
   CallInfo *ci;
   UpVal *up;
@@ -221,14 +226,22 @@ void luaD_shrinkstack (lua_State *L) {
     luaE_freeCI(L);  /* free all CIs (list grew because of an error) */
   else
     luaE_shrinkCI(L);  /* shrink list */
-  if (inuse > LUAI_MAXSTACK ||  /* still handling stack overflow? */
-      goodsize >= L->stacksize)  /* would grow instead of shrink? */
-    condmovestack(L);  /* don't change stack (change only for debugging) */
-  else
+  if (inuse <= LUAI_MAXSTACK &&  /* not handling stack overflow? */
+      goodsize < L->stacksize)  /* trying to shrink? */
     luaD_reallocstack(L, goodsize);  /* shrink it */
+  else
+    condmovestack(L,,);  /* don't change stack (change only for debugging) */
 }
 
 
+void luaD_inctop (lua_State *L) {
+  luaD_checkstack(L, 1);
+  L->top++;
+}
+
+/* }================================================================== */
+
+
 void luaD_hook (lua_State *L, int event, int line) {
   lua_Hook hook = L->hook;
   if (hook && L->allowhook) {
@@ -273,15 +286,15 @@ static StkId adjust_varargs (lua_State *L, Proto *p, int actual) {
   int i;
   int nfixargs = p->numparams;
   StkId base, fixed;
-  lua_assert(actual >= nfixargs);
   /* move fixed parameters to final position */
-  luaD_checkstack(L, p->maxstacksize);  /* check again for new 'base' */
   fixed = L->top - actual;  /* first fixed argument */
   base = L->top;  /* final position of first argument */
-  for (i=0; itop++, fixed + i);
-    setnilvalue(fixed + i);
+    setnilvalue(fixed + i);  /* erase original copy (for GC) */
   }
+  for (; i < nfixargs; i++)
+    setnilvalue(L->top++);  /* complete missing arguments */
   return base;
 }
 
@@ -308,26 +321,36 @@ static void tryfuncTM (lua_State *L, StkId func) {
 #define next_ci(L) (L->ci = (L->ci->next ? L->ci->next : luaE_extendCI(L)))
 
 
+/* macro to check stack size, preserving 'p' */
+#define checkstackp(L,n,p)  \
+  luaD_checkstackaux(L, n, \
+    ptrdiff_t t__ = savestack(L, p);  /* save 'p' */ \
+    luaC_checkGC(L),  /* stack grow uses memory */ \
+    p = restorestack(L, t__))  /* 'pos' part: restore 'p' */
+
+
 /*
-** returns true if function has been executed (C function)
+** Prepares a function call: checks the stack, creates a new CallInfo
+** entry, fills in the relevant information, calls hook if needed.
+** If function is a C function, does the call, too. (Otherwise, leave
+** the execution ('luaV_execute') to the caller, to allow stackless
+** calls.) Returns true iff function has been executed (C function).
 */
 int luaD_precall (lua_State *L, StkId func, int nresults) {
   lua_CFunction f;
   CallInfo *ci;
-  int n;  /* number of arguments (Lua) or returns (C) */
-  ptrdiff_t funcr = savestack(L, func);
   switch (ttype(func)) {
+    case LUA_TCCL:  /* C closure */
+      f = clCvalue(func)->f;
+      goto Cfunc;
     case LUA_TLCF:  /* light C function */
       f = fvalue(func);
-      goto Cfunc;
-    case LUA_TCCL: {  /* C closure */
-      f = clCvalue(func)->f;
-     Cfunc:
-      luaC_checkGC(L);  /* stack grow uses memory */
-      luaD_checkstack(L, LUA_MINSTACK);  /* ensure minimum stack size */
+     Cfunc: {
+      int n;  /* number of returns */
+      checkstackp(L, LUA_MINSTACK, func);  /* ensure minimum stack size */
       ci = next_ci(L);  /* now 'enter' new function */
       ci->nresults = nresults;
-      ci->func = restorestack(L, funcr);
+      ci->func = func;
       ci->top = L->top + LUA_MINSTACK;
       lua_assert(ci->top <= L->stack_last);
       ci->callstatus = 0;
@@ -337,41 +360,36 @@ int luaD_precall (lua_State *L, StkId func, int nresults) {
       n = (*f)(L);  /* do the actual call */
       lua_lock(L);
       api_checknelems(L, n);
-      luaD_poscall(L, L->top - n, n);
+      luaD_poscall(L, ci, L->top - n, n);
       return 1;
     }
     case LUA_TLCL: {  /* Lua function: prepare its call */
       StkId base;
       Proto *p = clLvalue(func)->p;
-      n = cast_int(L->top - func) - 1;  /* number of real arguments */
-      luaC_checkGC(L);  /* stack grow uses memory */
-      luaD_checkstack(L, p->maxstacksize);
-      for (; n < p->numparams; n++)
-        setnilvalue(L->top++);  /* complete missing arguments */
-      if (!p->is_vararg) {
-        func = restorestack(L, funcr);
+      int n = cast_int(L->top - func) - 1;  /* number of real arguments */
+      int fsize = p->maxstacksize;  /* frame size */
+      checkstackp(L, fsize, func);
+      if (p->is_vararg != 1) {  /* do not use vararg? */
+        for (; n < p->numparams; n++)
+          setnilvalue(L->top++);  /* complete missing arguments */
         base = func + 1;
       }
-      else {
+      else
         base = adjust_varargs(L, p, n);
-        func = restorestack(L, funcr);  /* previous call can change stack */
-      }
       ci = next_ci(L);  /* now 'enter' new function */
       ci->nresults = nresults;
       ci->func = func;
       ci->u.l.base = base;
-      ci->top = base + p->maxstacksize;
+      L->top = ci->top = base + fsize;
       lua_assert(ci->top <= L->stack_last);
       ci->u.l.savedpc = p->code;  /* starting point */
       ci->callstatus = CIST_LUA;
-      L->top = ci->top;
       if (L->hookmask & LUA_MASKCALL)
         callhook(L, ci);
       return 0;
     }
     default: {  /* not a function */
-      luaD_checkstack(L, 1);  /* ensure space for metamethod */
-      func = restorestack(L, funcr);  /* previous call may change stack */
+      checkstackp(L, 1, func);  /* ensure space for metamethod */
       tryfuncTM(L, func);  /* try to get '__call' metamethod */
       return luaD_precall(L, func, nresults);  /* now it must be a function */
     }
@@ -379,10 +397,57 @@ int luaD_precall (lua_State *L, StkId func, int nresults) {
 }
 
 
-int luaD_poscall (lua_State *L, StkId firstResult, int nres) {
+/*
+** Given 'nres' results at 'firstResult', move 'wanted' of them to 'res'.
+** Handle most typical cases (zero results for commands, one result for
+** expressions, multiple results for tail calls/single parameters)
+** separated.
+*/
+static int moveresults (lua_State *L, const TValue *firstResult, StkId res,
+                                      int nres, int wanted) {
+  switch (wanted) {  /* handle typical cases separately */
+    case 0: break;  /* nothing to move */
+    case 1: {  /* one result needed */
+      if (nres == 0)   /* no results? */
+        firstResult = luaO_nilobject;  /* adjust with nil */
+      setobjs2s(L, res, firstResult);  /* move it to proper place */
+      break;
+    }
+    case LUA_MULTRET: {
+      int i;
+      for (i = 0; i < nres; i++)  /* move all results to correct place */
+        setobjs2s(L, res + i, firstResult + i);
+      L->top = res + nres;
+      return 0;  /* wanted == LUA_MULTRET */
+    }
+    default: {
+      int i;
+      if (wanted <= nres) {  /* enough results? */
+        for (i = 0; i < wanted; i++)  /* move wanted results to correct place */
+          setobjs2s(L, res + i, firstResult + i);
+      }
+      else {  /* not enough results; use all of them plus nils */
+        for (i = 0; i < nres; i++)  /* move all results to correct place */
+          setobjs2s(L, res + i, firstResult + i);
+        for (; i < wanted; i++)  /* complete wanted number of results */
+          setnilvalue(res + i);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  L->top = res + wanted;  /* top points after the last result */
+  return 1;
+}
+
+
+/*
+** Finishes a function call: calls hook if necessary, removes CallInfo,
+** moves current number of results to proper place; returns 0 iff call
+** wanted multiple (variable number of) results.
+*/
+int luaD_poscall (lua_State *L, CallInfo *ci, StkId firstResult, int nres) {
   StkId res;
-  int wanted, i;
-  CallInfo *ci = L->ci;
+  int wanted = ci->nresults;
   if (L->hookmask & (LUA_MASKRET | LUA_MASKLINE)) {
     if (L->hookmask & LUA_MASKRET) {
       ptrdiff_t fr = savestack(L, firstResult);  /* hook may change stack */
@@ -392,15 +457,24 @@ int luaD_poscall (lua_State *L, StkId firstResult, int nres) {
     L->oldpc = ci->previous->u.l.savedpc;  /* 'oldpc' for caller function */
   }
   res = ci->func;  /* res == final position of 1st result */
-  wanted = ci->nresults;
   L->ci = ci->previous;  /* back to caller */
-  /* move results to correct place */
-  for (i = wanted; i != 0 && nres-- > 0; i--)
-    setobjs2s(L, res++, firstResult++);
-  while (i-- > 0)
-    setnilvalue(res++);
-  L->top = res;
-  return (wanted - LUA_MULTRET);  /* 0 iff wanted == LUA_MULTRET */
+  /* move results to proper place */
+  return moveresults(L, firstResult, res, nres, wanted);
+}
+
+
+/*
+** Check appropriate error for stack overflow ("regular" overflow or
+** overflow while handling stack overflow). If 'nCalls' is larger than
+** LUAI_MAXCCALLS (which means it is handling a "regular" overflow) but
+** smaller than 9/8 of LUAI_MAXCCALLS, does not report an error (to
+** allow overflow handling to work)
+*/
+static void stackerror (lua_State *L) {
+  if (L->nCcalls == LUAI_MAXCCALLS)
+    luaG_runerror(L, "C stack overflow");
+  else if (L->nCcalls >= (LUAI_MAXCCALLS + (LUAI_MAXCCALLS>>3)))
+    luaD_throw(L, LUA_ERRERR);  /* error while handing stack error */
 }
 
 
@@ -410,21 +484,25 @@ int luaD_poscall (lua_State *L, StkId firstResult, int nres) {
 ** When returns, all the results are on the stack, starting at the original
 ** function position.
 */
-void luaD_call (lua_State *L, StkId func, int nResults, int allowyield) {
-  if (++L->nCcalls >= LUAI_MAXCCALLS) {
-    if (L->nCcalls == LUAI_MAXCCALLS)
-      luaG_runerror(L, "C stack overflow");
-    else if (L->nCcalls >= (LUAI_MAXCCALLS + (LUAI_MAXCCALLS>>3)))
-      luaD_throw(L, LUA_ERRERR);  /* error while handing stack error */
-  }
-  if (!allowyield) L->nny++;
+void luaD_call (lua_State *L, StkId func, int nResults) {
+  if (++L->nCcalls >= LUAI_MAXCCALLS)
+    stackerror(L);
   if (!luaD_precall(L, func, nResults))  /* is a Lua function? */
     luaV_execute(L);  /* call it */
-  if (!allowyield) L->nny--;
   L->nCcalls--;
 }
 
 
+/*
+** Similar to 'luaD_call', but does not allow yields during the call
+*/
+void luaD_callnoyield (lua_State *L, StkId func, int nResults) {
+  L->nny++;
+  luaD_call(L, func, nResults);
+  L->nny--;
+}
+
+
 /*
 ** Completes the execution of an interrupted C function, calling its
 ** continuation function.
@@ -449,7 +527,7 @@ static void finishCcall (lua_State *L, int status) {
   lua_lock(L);
   api_checknelems(L, n);
   /* finish 'luaD_precall' */
-  luaD_poscall(L, L->top - n, n);
+  luaD_poscall(L, ci, L->top - n, n);
 }
 
 
@@ -560,7 +638,7 @@ static void resume (lua_State *L, void *ud) {
         api_checknelems(L, n);
         firstArg = L->top - n;  /* yield results come from continuation */
       }
-      luaD_poscall(L, firstArg, n);  /* finish 'luaD_precall' */
+      luaD_poscall(L, ci, firstArg, n);  /* finish 'luaD_precall' */
     }
     unroll(L, NULL);  /* run continuation */
   }
@@ -570,7 +648,7 @@ static void resume (lua_State *L, void *ud) {
 
 LUA_API int lua_resume (lua_State *L, lua_State *from, int nargs) {
   int status;
-  int oldnny = L->nny;  /* save "number of non-yieldable" calls */
+  unsigned short oldnny = L->nny;  /* save "number of non-yieldable" calls */
   lua_lock(L);
   luai_userstateresume(L, nargs);
   L->nCcalls = (from) ? from->nCcalls + 1 : 1;
@@ -684,7 +762,7 @@ static void f_parser (lua_State *L, void *ud) {
   int c = zgetc(p->z);  /* read first character */
   if (c == LUA_SIGNATURE[0]) {
     checkmode(L, p->mode, "binary");
-    cl = luaU_undump(L, p->z, &p->buff, p->name);
+    cl = luaU_undump(L, p->z, p->name);
   }
   else {
     checkmode(L, p->mode, "text");
diff --git a/lua/src/ldo.h b/lua/src/ldo.h
index edade657..80582dc2 100644
--- a/lua/src/ldo.h
+++ b/lua/src/ldo.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ldo.h,v 2.22 2015/05/22 17:48:19 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: ldo.h,v 2.28 2015/11/23 11:29:43 roberto Exp $
 ** Stack and Call structure of Lua
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -13,11 +13,21 @@
 #include "lzio.h"
 
 
-#define luaD_checkstack(L,n)	if (L->stack_last - L->top <= (n)) \
-				    luaD_growstack(L, n); else condmovestack(L);
+/*
+** Macro to check stack size and grow stack if needed.  Parameters
+** 'pre'/'pos' allow the macro to preserve a pointer into the
+** stack across reallocations, doing the work only when needed.
+** 'condmovestack' is used in heavy tests to force a stack reallocation
+** at every check.
+*/
+#define luaD_checkstackaux(L,n,pre,pos)  \
+	if (L->stack_last - L->top <= (n)) \
+	  { pre; luaD_growstack(L, n); pos; } else { condmovestack(L,pre,pos); }
+
+/* In general, 'pre'/'pos' are empty (nothing to save) */
+#define luaD_checkstack(L,n)	luaD_checkstackaux(L,n,,)
 
 
-#define incr_top(L) {L->top++; luaD_checkstack(L,0);}
 
 #define savestack(L,p)		((char *)(p) - (char *)L->stack)
 #define restorestack(L,n)	((TValue *)((char *)L->stack + (n)))
@@ -30,14 +40,16 @@ LUAI_FUNC int luaD_protectedparser (lua_State *L, ZIO *z, const char *name,
                                                   const char *mode);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaD_hook (lua_State *L, int event, int line);
 LUAI_FUNC int luaD_precall (lua_State *L, StkId func, int nresults);
-LUAI_FUNC void luaD_call (lua_State *L, StkId func, int nResults,
-                                        int allowyield);
+LUAI_FUNC void luaD_call (lua_State *L, StkId func, int nResults);
+LUAI_FUNC void luaD_callnoyield (lua_State *L, StkId func, int nResults);
 LUAI_FUNC int luaD_pcall (lua_State *L, Pfunc func, void *u,
                                         ptrdiff_t oldtop, ptrdiff_t ef);
-LUAI_FUNC int luaD_poscall (lua_State *L, StkId firstResult, int nres);
+LUAI_FUNC int luaD_poscall (lua_State *L, CallInfo *ci, StkId firstResult,
+                                          int nres);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaD_reallocstack (lua_State *L, int newsize);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaD_growstack (lua_State *L, int n);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaD_shrinkstack (lua_State *L);
+LUAI_FUNC void luaD_inctop (lua_State *L);
 
 LUAI_FUNC l_noret luaD_throw (lua_State *L, int errcode);
 LUAI_FUNC int luaD_rawrunprotected (lua_State *L, Pfunc f, void *ud);
diff --git a/lua/src/ldump.c b/lua/src/ldump.c
index 4c04812a..016e3008 100644
--- a/lua/src/ldump.c
+++ b/lua/src/ldump.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ldump.c,v 2.36 2015/03/30 15:43:51 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: ldump.c,v 2.37 2015/10/08 15:53:49 roberto Exp $
 ** save precompiled Lua chunks
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 
 static void DumpBlock (const void *b, size_t size, DumpState *D) {
-  if (D->status == 0) {
+  if (D->status == 0 && size > 0) {
     lua_unlock(D->L);
     D->status = (*D->writer)(D->L, b, size, D->data);
     lua_lock(D->L);
diff --git a/lua/src/lgc.c b/lua/src/lgc.c
index 973c269f..49d8ecb7 100644
--- a/lua/src/lgc.c
+++ b/lua/src/lgc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lgc.c,v 2.205 2015/03/25 13:42:19 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lgc.c,v 2.210 2015/11/03 18:10:44 roberto Exp $
 ** Garbage Collector
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -114,8 +114,13 @@ static void reallymarkobject (global_State *g, GCObject *o);
 
 
 /*
-** if key is not marked, mark its entry as dead (therefore removing it
-** from the table)
+** If key is not marked, mark its entry as dead. This allows key to be
+** collected, but keeps its entry in the table.  A dead node is needed
+** when Lua looks up for a key (it may be part of a chain) and when
+** traversing a weak table (key might be removed from the table during
+** traversal). Other places never manipulate dead keys, because its
+** associated nil value is enough to signal that the entry is logically
+** empty.
 */
 static void removeentry (Node *n) {
   lua_assert(ttisnil(gval(n)));
@@ -542,7 +547,8 @@ static lu_mem traversethread (global_State *g, lua_State *th) {
   }
   else if (g->gckind != KGC_EMERGENCY)
     luaD_shrinkstack(th); /* do not change stack in emergency cycle */
-  return (sizeof(lua_State) + sizeof(TValue) * th->stacksize);
+  return (sizeof(lua_State) + sizeof(TValue) * th->stacksize +
+          sizeof(CallInfo) * th->nci);
 }
 
 
@@ -769,12 +775,11 @@ static GCObject **sweeptolive (lua_State *L, GCObject **p, int *n) {
 */
 
 /*
-** If possible, free concatenation buffer and shrink string table
+** If possible, shrink string table
 */
 static void checkSizes (lua_State *L, global_State *g) {
   if (g->gckind != KGC_EMERGENCY) {
     l_mem olddebt = g->GCdebt;
-    luaZ_freebuffer(L, &g->buff);  /* free concatenation buffer */
     if (g->strt.nuse < g->strt.size / 4)  /* string table too big? */
       luaS_resize(L, g->strt.size / 2);  /* shrink it a little */
     g->GCestimate += g->GCdebt - olddebt;  /* update estimate */
@@ -797,7 +802,7 @@ static GCObject *udata2finalize (global_State *g) {
 
 static void dothecall (lua_State *L, void *ud) {
   UNUSED(ud);
-  luaD_call(L, L->top - 2, 0, 0);
+  luaD_callnoyield(L, L->top - 2, 0);
 }
 
 
@@ -1114,9 +1119,12 @@ void luaC_runtilstate (lua_State *L, int statesmask) {
 static l_mem getdebt (global_State *g) {
   l_mem debt = g->GCdebt;
   int stepmul = g->gcstepmul;
-  debt = (debt / STEPMULADJ) + 1;
-  debt = (debt < MAX_LMEM / stepmul) ? debt * stepmul : MAX_LMEM;
-  return debt;
+  if (debt <= 0) return 0;  /* minimal debt */
+  else {
+    debt = (debt / STEPMULADJ) + 1;
+    debt = (debt < MAX_LMEM / stepmul) ? debt * stepmul : MAX_LMEM;
+    return debt;
+  }
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/lua/src/lgc.h b/lua/src/lgc.h
index 0eedf842..1775ca45 100644
--- a/lua/src/lgc.h
+++ b/lua/src/lgc.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lgc.h,v 2.86 2014/10/25 11:50:46 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lgc.h,v 2.90 2015/10/21 18:15:15 roberto Exp $
 ** Garbage Collector
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -101,26 +101,35 @@
 #define luaC_white(g)	cast(lu_byte, (g)->currentwhite & WHITEBITS)
 
 
-#define luaC_condGC(L,c) \
-	{if (G(L)->GCdebt > 0) {c;}; condchangemem(L);}
-#define luaC_checkGC(L)		luaC_condGC(L, luaC_step(L);)
+/*
+** Does one step of collection when debt becomes positive. 'pre'/'pos'
+** allows some adjustments to be done only when needed. macro
+** 'condchangemem' is used only for heavy tests (forcing a full
+** GC cycle on every opportunity)
+*/
+#define luaC_condGC(L,pre,pos) \
+	{ if (G(L)->GCdebt > 0) { pre; luaC_step(L); pos;}; \
+	  condchangemem(L,pre,pos); }
+
+/* more often than not, 'pre'/'pos' are empty */
+#define luaC_checkGC(L)		luaC_condGC(L,,)
 
 
-#define luaC_barrier(L,p,v) {  \
-	if (iscollectable(v) && isblack(p) && iswhite(gcvalue(v)))  \
-	luaC_barrier_(L,obj2gco(p),gcvalue(v)); }
+#define luaC_barrier(L,p,v) (  \
+	(iscollectable(v) && isblack(p) && iswhite(gcvalue(v))) ?  \
+	luaC_barrier_(L,obj2gco(p),gcvalue(v)) : cast_void(0))
 
-#define luaC_barrierback(L,p,v) {  \
-	if (iscollectable(v) && isblack(p) && iswhite(gcvalue(v)))  \
-	luaC_barrierback_(L,p); }
+#define luaC_barrierback(L,p,v) (  \
+	(iscollectable(v) && isblack(p) && iswhite(gcvalue(v))) ? \
+	luaC_barrierback_(L,p) : cast_void(0))
 
-#define luaC_objbarrier(L,p,o) {  \
-	if (isblack(p) && iswhite(o)) \
-		luaC_barrier_(L,obj2gco(p),obj2gco(o)); }
+#define luaC_objbarrier(L,p,o) (  \
+	(isblack(p) && iswhite(o)) ? \
+	luaC_barrier_(L,obj2gco(p),obj2gco(o)) : cast_void(0))
 
-#define luaC_upvalbarrier(L,uv) \
-  { if (iscollectable((uv)->v) && !upisopen(uv)) \
-         luaC_upvalbarrier_(L,uv); }
+#define luaC_upvalbarrier(L,uv) ( \
+	(iscollectable((uv)->v) && !upisopen(uv)) ? \
+         luaC_upvalbarrier_(L,uv) : cast_void(0))
 
 LUAI_FUNC void luaC_fix (lua_State *L, GCObject *o);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaC_freeallobjects (lua_State *L);
diff --git a/lua/src/liolib.c b/lua/src/liolib.c
index 193cac67..a91ba391 100644
--- a/lua/src/liolib.c
+++ b/lua/src/liolib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: liolib.c,v 2.144 2015/04/03 18:41:57 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: liolib.c,v 2.148 2015/11/23 11:36:11 roberto Exp $
 ** Standard I/O (and system) library
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -23,18 +23,24 @@
 #include "lualib.h"
 
 
-#if !defined(l_checkmode)
+
 
 /*
-** Check whether 'mode' matches '[rwa]%+?b?'.
 ** Change this macro to accept other modes for 'fopen' besides
 ** the standard ones.
 */
+#if !defined(l_checkmode)
+
+/* accepted extensions to 'mode' in 'fopen' */
+#if !defined(L_MODEEXT)
+#define L_MODEEXT	"b"
+#endif
+
+/* Check whether 'mode' matches '[rwa]%+?[L_MODEEXT]*' */
 #define l_checkmode(mode) \
 	(*mode != '\0' && strchr("rwa", *(mode++)) != NULL &&	\
-	(*mode != '+' || ++mode) &&  /* skip if char is '+' */	\
-	(*mode != 'b' || ++mode) &&  /* skip if char is 'b' */	\
-	(*mode == '\0'))
+	(*mode != '+' || (++mode, 1)) &&  /* skip if char is '+' */	\
+	(strspn(mode, L_MODEEXT) == strlen(mode)))
 
 #endif
 
@@ -176,7 +182,7 @@ static FILE *tofile (lua_State *L) {
 /*
 ** When creating file handles, always creates a 'closed' file handle
 ** before opening the actual file; so, if there is a memory error, the
-** file is not left opened.
+** handle is in a consistent state.
 */
 static LStream *newprefile (lua_State *L) {
   LStream *p = (LStream *)lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(LStream));
@@ -318,8 +324,15 @@ static int io_output (lua_State *L) {
 static int io_readline (lua_State *L);
 
 
+/*
+** maximum number of arguments to 'f:lines'/'io.lines' (it + 3 must fit
+** in the limit for upvalues of a closure)
+*/
+#define MAXARGLINE	250
+
 static void aux_lines (lua_State *L, int toclose) {
   int n = lua_gettop(L) - 1;  /* number of arguments to read */
+  luaL_argcheck(L, n <= MAXARGLINE, MAXARGLINE + 2, "too many arguments");
   lua_pushinteger(L, n);  /* number of arguments to read */
   lua_pushboolean(L, toclose);  /* close/not close file when finished */
   lua_rotate(L, 2, 2);  /* move 'n' and 'toclose' to their positions */
@@ -462,7 +475,7 @@ static int read_line (lua_State *L, FILE *f, int chop) {
   int c = '\0';
   luaL_buffinit(L, &b);
   while (c != EOF && c != '\n') {  /* repeat until end of line */
-    char *buff = luaL_prepbuffer(&b);  /* pre-allocate buffer */
+    char *buff = luaL_prepbuffer(&b);  /* preallocate buffer */
     int i = 0;
     l_lockfile(f);  /* no memory errors can happen inside the lock */
     while (i < LUAL_BUFFERSIZE && (c = l_getc(f)) != EOF && c != '\n')
@@ -483,7 +496,7 @@ static void read_all (lua_State *L, FILE *f) {
   luaL_Buffer b;
   luaL_buffinit(L, &b);
   do {  /* read file in chunks of LUAL_BUFFERSIZE bytes */
-    char *p = luaL_prepbuffsize(&b, LUAL_BUFFERSIZE);
+    char *p = luaL_prepbuffer(&b);
     nr = fread(p, sizeof(char), LUAL_BUFFERSIZE, f);
     luaL_addsize(&b, nr);
   } while (nr == LUAL_BUFFERSIZE);
diff --git a/lua/src/llex.c b/lua/src/llex.c
index c35bd55f..16ea3ebe 100644
--- a/lua/src/llex.c
+++ b/lua/src/llex.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: llex.c,v 2.93 2015/05/22 17:45:56 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: llex.c,v 2.95 2015/11/19 19:16:22 roberto Exp $
 ** Lexical Analyzer
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -220,8 +220,6 @@ static void buffreplace (LexState *ls, char from, char to) {
 }
 
 
-#define buff2num(b,o)	(luaO_str2num(luaZ_buffer(b), o) != 0)
-
 /*
 ** in case of format error, try to change decimal point separator to
 ** the one defined in the current locale and check again
@@ -230,7 +228,7 @@ static void trydecpoint (LexState *ls, TValue *o) {
   char old = ls->decpoint;
   ls->decpoint = lua_getlocaledecpoint();
   buffreplace(ls, old, ls->decpoint);  /* try new decimal separator */
-  if (!buff2num(ls->buff, o)) {
+  if (luaO_str2num(luaZ_buffer(ls->buff), o) == 0) {
     /* format error with correct decimal point: no more options */
     buffreplace(ls, ls->decpoint, '.');  /* undo change (for error message) */
     lexerror(ls, "malformed number", TK_FLT);
@@ -262,7 +260,7 @@ static int read_numeral (LexState *ls, SemInfo *seminfo) {
   }
   save(ls, '\0');
   buffreplace(ls, '.', ls->decpoint);  /* follow locale for decimal point */
-  if (!buff2num(ls->buff, &obj))  /* format error? */
+  if (luaO_str2num(luaZ_buffer(ls->buff), &obj) == 0)  /* format error? */
     trydecpoint(ls, &obj); /* try to update decimal point separator */
   if (ttisinteger(&obj)) {
     seminfo->i = ivalue(&obj);
@@ -277,7 +275,7 @@ static int read_numeral (LexState *ls, SemInfo *seminfo) {
 
 
 /*
-** skip a sequence '[=*[' or ']=*]'; if sequence is wellformed, return
+** skip a sequence '[=*[' or ']=*]'; if sequence is well formed, return
 ** its number of '='s; otherwise, return a negative number (-1 iff there
 ** are no '='s after initial bracket)
 */
diff --git a/lua/src/llimits.h b/lua/src/llimits.h
index 277c724d..f21377fe 100644
--- a/lua/src/llimits.h
+++ b/lua/src/llimits.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: llimits.h,v 1.135 2015/06/09 14:21:00 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: llimits.h,v 1.141 2015/11/19 19:16:22 roberto Exp $
 ** Limits, basic types, and some other 'installation-dependent' definitions
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -64,7 +64,13 @@ typedef unsigned char lu_byte;
 #if defined(LUAI_USER_ALIGNMENT_T)
 typedef LUAI_USER_ALIGNMENT_T L_Umaxalign;
 #else
-typedef union { double u; void *s; lua_Integer i; long l; } L_Umaxalign;
+typedef union {
+  lua_Number n;
+  double u;
+  void *s;
+  lua_Integer i;
+  long l;
+} L_Umaxalign;
 #endif
 
 
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ typedef LUAI_UACINT l_uacInt;
 #if defined(lua_assert)
 #define check_exp(c,e)		(lua_assert(c), (e))
 /* to avoid problems with conditions too long */
-#define lua_longassert(c)	{ if (!(c)) lua_assert(0); }
+#define lua_longassert(c)	((c) ? (void)0 : lua_assert(0))
 #else
 #define lua_assert(c)		((void)0)
 #define check_exp(c,e)		(e)
@@ -184,10 +190,13 @@ typedef unsigned long Instruction;
 
 
 /*
-** Size of cache for strings in the API (better be a prime)
+** Size of cache for strings in the API. 'N' is the number of
+** sets (better be a prime) and "M" is the size of each set (M == 1
+** makes a direct cache.)
 */
-#if !defined(STRCACHE_SIZE)
-#define STRCACHE_SIZE		127
+#if !defined(STRCACHE_N)
+#define STRCACHE_N		53
+#define STRCACHE_M		2
 #endif
 
 
@@ -198,7 +207,7 @@ typedef unsigned long Instruction;
 
 
 /*
-** macros that are executed whenether program enters the Lua core
+** macros that are executed whenever program enters the Lua core
 ** ('lua_lock') and leaves the core ('lua_unlock')
 */
 #if !defined(lua_lock)
@@ -297,17 +306,18 @@ typedef unsigned long Instruction;
 ** macro to control inclusion of some hard tests on stack reallocation
 */
 #if !defined(HARDSTACKTESTS)
-#define condmovestack(L)	((void)0)
+#define condmovestack(L,pre,pos)	((void)0)
 #else
 /* realloc stack keeping its size */
-#define condmovestack(L)	luaD_reallocstack((L), (L)->stacksize)
+#define condmovestack(L,pre,pos)  \
+	{ int sz_ = (L)->stacksize; pre; luaD_reallocstack((L), sz_); pos; }
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(HARDMEMTESTS)
-#define condchangemem(L)	condmovestack(L)
+#define condchangemem(L,pre,pos)	((void)0)
 #else
-#define condchangemem(L)  \
-	((void)(!(G(L)->gcrunning) || (luaC_fullgc(L, 0), 1)))
+#define condchangemem(L,pre,pos)  \
+	{ if (G(L)->gcrunning) { pre; luaC_fullgc(L, 0); pos; } }
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lua/src/lmathlib.c b/lua/src/lmathlib.c
index 4f2ec60a..94815f12 100644
--- a/lua/src/lmathlib.c
+++ b/lua/src/lmathlib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lmathlib.c,v 1.115 2015/03/12 14:04:04 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lmathlib.c,v 1.117 2015/10/02 15:39:23 roberto Exp $
 ** Standard mathematical library
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 static int math_abs (lua_State *L) {
   if (lua_isinteger(L, 1)) {
     lua_Integer n = lua_tointeger(L, 1);
-    if (n < 0) n = (lua_Integer)(0u - n);
+    if (n < 0) n = (lua_Integer)(0u - (lua_Unsigned)n);
     lua_pushinteger(L, n);
   }
   else
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static int math_random (lua_State *L) {
 
 static int math_randomseed (lua_State *L) {
   l_srand((unsigned int)(lua_Integer)luaL_checknumber(L, 1));
-  (void)rand(); /* discard first value to avoid undesirable correlations */
+  (void)l_rand(); /* discard first value to avoid undesirable correlations */
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/lua/src/loadlib.c b/lua/src/loadlib.c
index bbf8f67a..79119287 100644
--- a/lua/src/loadlib.c
+++ b/lua/src/loadlib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: loadlib.c,v 1.126 2015/02/16 13:14:33 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: loadlib.c,v 1.127 2015/11/23 11:30:45 roberto Exp $
 ** Dynamic library loader for Lua
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 **
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ static void createsearcherstable (lua_State *L) {
   int i;
   /* create 'searchers' table */
   lua_createtable(L, sizeof(searchers)/sizeof(searchers[0]) - 1, 0);
-  /* fill it with pre-defined searchers */
+  /* fill it with predefined searchers */
   for (i=0; searchers[i] != NULL; i++) {
     lua_pushvalue(L, -2);  /* set 'package' as upvalue for all searchers */
     lua_pushcclosure(L, searchers[i], 1);
diff --git a/lua/src/lobject.c b/lua/src/lobject.c
index 6c53b981..e24723fe 100644
--- a/lua/src/lobject.c
+++ b/lua/src/lobject.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lobject.c,v 2.104 2015/04/11 18:30:08 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lobject.c,v 2.108 2015/11/02 16:09:30 roberto Exp $
 ** Some generic functions over Lua objects
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ int luaO_int2fb (unsigned int x) {
 
 /* converts back */
 int luaO_fb2int (int x) {
-  int e = (x >> 3) & 0x1f;
-  if (e == 0) return x;
-  else return ((x & 7) + 8) << (e - 1);
+  return (x < 8) ? x : ((x & 7) + 8) << ((x >> 3) - 1);
 }
 
 
@@ -333,9 +331,9 @@ void luaO_tostring (lua_State *L, StkId obj) {
   size_t len;
   lua_assert(ttisnumber(obj));
   if (ttisinteger(obj))
-    len = lua_integer2str(buff, ivalue(obj));
+    len = lua_integer2str(buff, sizeof(buff), ivalue(obj));
   else {
-    len = lua_number2str(buff, fltvalue(obj));
+    len = lua_number2str(buff, sizeof(buff), fltvalue(obj));
 #if !defined(LUA_COMPAT_FLOATSTRING)
     if (buff[strspn(buff, "-0123456789")] == '\0') {  /* looks like an int? */
       buff[len++] = lua_getlocaledecpoint();
@@ -348,7 +346,8 @@ void luaO_tostring (lua_State *L, StkId obj) {
 
 
 static void pushstr (lua_State *L, const char *str, size_t l) {
-  setsvalue2s(L, L->top++, luaS_newlstr(L, str, l));
+  setsvalue2s(L, L->top, luaS_newlstr(L, str, l));
+  luaD_inctop(L);
 }
 
 
@@ -359,7 +358,6 @@ const char *luaO_pushvfstring (lua_State *L, const char *fmt, va_list argp) {
   for (;;) {
     const char *e = strchr(fmt, '%');
     if (e == NULL) break;
-    luaD_checkstack(L, 2);  /* fmt + item */
     pushstr(L, fmt, e - fmt);
     switch (*(e+1)) {
       case 's': {
@@ -377,23 +375,23 @@ const char *luaO_pushvfstring (lua_State *L, const char *fmt, va_list argp) {
         break;
       }
       case 'd': {
-        setivalue(L->top++, va_arg(argp, int));
-        luaO_tostring(L, L->top - 1);
-        break;
+        setivalue(L->top, va_arg(argp, int));
+        goto top2str;
       }
       case 'I': {
-        setivalue(L->top++, cast(lua_Integer, va_arg(argp, l_uacInt)));
-        luaO_tostring(L, L->top - 1);
-        break;
+        setivalue(L->top, cast(lua_Integer, va_arg(argp, l_uacInt)));
+        goto top2str;
       }
       case 'f': {
-        setfltvalue(L->top++, cast_num(va_arg(argp, l_uacNumber)));
+        setfltvalue(L->top, cast_num(va_arg(argp, l_uacNumber)));
+      top2str:
+        luaD_inctop(L);
         luaO_tostring(L, L->top - 1);
         break;
       }
       case 'p': {
         char buff[4*sizeof(void *) + 8]; /* should be enough space for a '%p' */
-        int l = sprintf(buff, "%p", va_arg(argp, void *));
+        int l = l_sprintf(buff, sizeof(buff), "%p", va_arg(argp, void *));
         pushstr(L, buff, l);
         break;
       }
diff --git a/lua/src/lobject.h b/lua/src/lobject.h
index 9230b7a9..2d52b415 100644
--- a/lua/src/lobject.h
+++ b/lua/src/lobject.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lobject.h,v 2.111 2015/06/09 14:21:42 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lobject.h,v 2.116 2015/11/03 18:33:10 roberto Exp $
 ** Type definitions for Lua objects
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 /*
 ** Extra tags for non-values
 */
-#define LUA_TPROTO	LUA_NUMTAGS
-#define LUA_TDEADKEY	(LUA_NUMTAGS+1)
+#define LUA_TPROTO	LUA_NUMTAGS		/* function prototypes */
+#define LUA_TDEADKEY	(LUA_NUMTAGS+1)		/* removed keys in tables */
 
 /*
 ** number of all possible tags (including LUA_TNONE but excluding DEADKEY)
@@ -88,22 +88,32 @@ struct GCObject {
 
 
 
-/*
-** Union of all Lua values
-*/
-typedef union Value Value;
-
-
-
 
 /*
 ** Tagged Values. This is the basic representation of values in Lua,
 ** an actual value plus a tag with its type.
 */
 
+/*
+** Union of all Lua values
+*/
+typedef union Value {
+  GCObject *gc;    /* collectable objects */
+  void *p;         /* light userdata */
+  int b;           /* booleans */
+  lua_CFunction f; /* light C functions */
+  lua_Integer i;   /* integer numbers */
+  lua_Number n;    /* float numbers */
+} Value;
+
+
 #define TValuefields	Value value_; int tt_
 
-typedef struct lua_TValue TValue;
+
+typedef struct lua_TValue {
+  TValuefields;
+} TValue;
+
 
 
 /* macro defining a nil value */
@@ -177,9 +187,9 @@ typedef struct lua_TValue TValue;
 /* Macros for internal tests */
 #define righttt(obj)		(ttype(obj) == gcvalue(obj)->tt)
 
-#define checkliveness(g,obj) \
+#define checkliveness(L,obj) \
 	lua_longassert(!iscollectable(obj) || \
-			(righttt(obj) && !isdead(g,gcvalue(obj))))
+		(righttt(obj) && (L == NULL || !isdead(G(L),gcvalue(obj)))))
 
 
 /* Macros to set values */
@@ -215,32 +225,32 @@ typedef struct lua_TValue TValue;
 #define setsvalue(L,obj,x) \
   { TValue *io = (obj); TString *x_ = (x); \
     val_(io).gc = obj2gco(x_); settt_(io, ctb(x_->tt)); \
-    checkliveness(G(L),io); }
+    checkliveness(L,io); }
 
 #define setuvalue(L,obj,x) \
   { TValue *io = (obj); Udata *x_ = (x); \
     val_(io).gc = obj2gco(x_); settt_(io, ctb(LUA_TUSERDATA)); \
-    checkliveness(G(L),io); }
+    checkliveness(L,io); }
 
 #define setthvalue(L,obj,x) \
   { TValue *io = (obj); lua_State *x_ = (x); \
     val_(io).gc = obj2gco(x_); settt_(io, ctb(LUA_TTHREAD)); \
-    checkliveness(G(L),io); }
+    checkliveness(L,io); }
 
 #define setclLvalue(L,obj,x) \
   { TValue *io = (obj); LClosure *x_ = (x); \
     val_(io).gc = obj2gco(x_); settt_(io, ctb(LUA_TLCL)); \
-    checkliveness(G(L),io); }
+    checkliveness(L,io); }
 
 #define setclCvalue(L,obj,x) \
   { TValue *io = (obj); CClosure *x_ = (x); \
     val_(io).gc = obj2gco(x_); settt_(io, ctb(LUA_TCCL)); \
-    checkliveness(G(L),io); }
+    checkliveness(L,io); }
 
 #define sethvalue(L,obj,x) \
   { TValue *io = (obj); Table *x_ = (x); \
     val_(io).gc = obj2gco(x_); settt_(io, ctb(LUA_TTABLE)); \
-    checkliveness(G(L),io); }
+    checkliveness(L,io); }
 
 #define setdeadvalue(obj)	settt_(obj, LUA_TDEADKEY)
 
@@ -248,7 +258,7 @@ typedef struct lua_TValue TValue;
 
 #define setobj(L,obj1,obj2) \
 	{ TValue *io1=(obj1); *io1 = *(obj2); \
-	  (void)L; checkliveness(G(L),io1); }
+	  (void)L; checkliveness(L,io1); }
 
 
 /*
@@ -264,12 +274,13 @@ typedef struct lua_TValue TValue;
 #define setptvalue2s	setptvalue
 /* from table to same table */
 #define setobjt2t	setobj
-/* to table */
-#define setobj2t	setobj
 /* to new object */
 #define setobj2n	setobj
 #define setsvalue2n	setsvalue
 
+/* to table (define it as an expression to be used in macros) */
+#define setobj2t(L,o1,o2)  ((void)L, *(o1)=*(o2), checkliveness(L,(o1)))
+
 
 
 
@@ -280,21 +291,6 @@ typedef struct lua_TValue TValue;
 */
 
 
-union Value {
-  GCObject *gc;    /* collectable objects */
-  void *p;         /* light userdata */
-  int b;           /* booleans */
-  lua_CFunction f; /* light C functions */
-  lua_Integer i;   /* integer numbers */
-  lua_Number n;    /* float numbers */
-};
-
-
-struct lua_TValue {
-  TValuefields;
-};
-
-
 typedef TValue *StkId;  /* index to stack elements */
 
 
@@ -329,9 +325,9 @@ typedef union UTString {
 ** Get the actual string (array of bytes) from a 'TString'.
 ** (Access to 'extra' ensures that value is really a 'TString'.)
 */
-#define getaddrstr(ts)	(cast(char *, (ts)) + sizeof(UTString))
 #define getstr(ts)  \
-  check_exp(sizeof((ts)->extra), cast(const char*, getaddrstr(ts)))
+  check_exp(sizeof((ts)->extra), cast(char *, (ts)) + sizeof(UTString))
+
 
 /* get the actual string (array of bytes) from a Lua value */
 #define svalue(o)       getstr(tsvalue(o))
@@ -375,13 +371,13 @@ typedef union UUdata {
 #define setuservalue(L,u,o) \
 	{ const TValue *io=(o); Udata *iu = (u); \
 	  iu->user_ = io->value_; iu->ttuv_ = rttype(io); \
-	  checkliveness(G(L),io); }
+	  checkliveness(L,io); }
 
 
 #define getuservalue(L,u,o) \
 	{ TValue *io=(o); const Udata *iu = (u); \
 	  io->value_ = iu->user_; settt_(io, iu->ttuv_); \
-	  checkliveness(G(L),io); }
+	  checkliveness(L,io); }
 
 
 /*
@@ -411,7 +407,7 @@ typedef struct LocVar {
 typedef struct Proto {
   CommonHeader;
   lu_byte numparams;  /* number of fixed parameters */
-  lu_byte is_vararg;
+  lu_byte is_vararg;  /* 2: declared vararg; 1: uses vararg */
   lu_byte maxstacksize;  /* number of registers needed by this function */
   int sizeupvalues;  /* size of 'upvalues' */
   int sizek;  /* size of 'k' */
@@ -419,8 +415,8 @@ typedef struct Proto {
   int sizelineinfo;
   int sizep;  /* size of 'p' */
   int sizelocvars;
-  int linedefined;
-  int lastlinedefined;
+  int linedefined;  /* debug information  */
+  int lastlinedefined;  /* debug information  */
   TValue *k;  /* constants used by the function */
   Instruction *code;  /* opcodes */
   struct Proto **p;  /* functions defined inside the function */
@@ -489,7 +485,7 @@ typedef union TKey {
 #define setnodekey(L,key,obj) \
 	{ TKey *k_=(key); const TValue *io_=(obj); \
 	  k_->nk.value_ = io_->value_; k_->nk.tt_ = io_->tt_; \
-	  (void)L; checkliveness(G(L),io_); }
+	  (void)L; checkliveness(L,io_); }
 
 
 typedef struct Node {
diff --git a/lua/src/loslib.c b/lua/src/loslib.c
index cb8a3c33..7dae5336 100644
--- a/lua/src/loslib.c
+++ b/lua/src/loslib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: loslib.c,v 1.57 2015/04/10 17:41:04 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: loslib.c,v 1.60 2015/11/19 19:16:22 roberto Exp $
 ** Standard Operating System library
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -54,7 +54,12 @@
 */
 #define l_timet			lua_Integer
 #define l_pushtime(L,t)		lua_pushinteger(L,(lua_Integer)(t))
-#define l_checktime(L,a)	((time_t)luaL_checkinteger(L,a))
+
+static time_t l_checktime (lua_State *L, int arg) {
+  lua_Integer t = luaL_checkinteger(L, arg);
+  luaL_argcheck(L, (time_t)t == t, arg, "time out-of-bounds");
+  return (time_t)t;
+}
 
 #endif				/* } */
 
@@ -198,17 +203,29 @@ static int getboolfield (lua_State *L, const char *key) {
 }
 
 
-static int getfield (lua_State *L, const char *key, int d) {
-  int res, isnum;
-  lua_getfield(L, -1, key);
-  res = (int)lua_tointegerx(L, -1, &isnum);
-  if (!isnum) {
-    if (d < 0)
+/* maximum value for date fields (to avoid arithmetic overflows with 'int') */
+#if !defined(L_MAXDATEFIELD)
+#define L_MAXDATEFIELD	(INT_MAX / 2)
+#endif
+
+static int getfield (lua_State *L, const char *key, int d, int delta) {
+  int isnum;
+  int t = lua_getfield(L, -1, key);
+  lua_Integer res = lua_tointegerx(L, -1, &isnum);
+  if (!isnum) {  /* field is not a number? */
+    if (t != LUA_TNIL)  /* some other value? */
+      return luaL_error(L, "field '%s' not an integer", key);
+    else if (d < 0)  /* absent field; no default? */
       return luaL_error(L, "field '%s' missing in date table", key);
     res = d;
   }
+  else {
+    if (!(-L_MAXDATEFIELD <= res && res <= L_MAXDATEFIELD))
+      return luaL_error(L, "field '%s' out-of-bounds", key);
+    res -= delta;
+  }
   lua_pop(L, 1);
-  return res;
+  return (int)res;
 }
 
 
@@ -236,6 +253,10 @@ static const char *checkoption (lua_State *L, const char *conv, char *buff) {
 }
 
 
+/* maximum size for an individual 'strftime' item */
+#define SIZETIMEFMT	250
+
+
 static int os_date (lua_State *L) {
   const char *s = luaL_optstring(L, 1, "%c");
   time_t t = luaL_opt(L, l_checktime, 2, time(NULL));
@@ -247,8 +268,8 @@ static int os_date (lua_State *L) {
   else
     stm = l_localtime(&t, &tmr);
   if (stm == NULL)  /* invalid date? */
-    lua_pushnil(L);
-  else if (strcmp(s, "*t") == 0) {
+    luaL_error(L, "time result cannot be represented in this installation");
+  if (strcmp(s, "*t") == 0) {
     lua_createtable(L, 0, 9);  /* 9 = number of fields */
     setfield(L, "sec", stm->tm_sec);
     setfield(L, "min", stm->tm_min);
@@ -266,14 +287,14 @@ static int os_date (lua_State *L) {
     cc[0] = '%';
     luaL_buffinit(L, &b);
     while (*s) {
-      if (*s != '%')  /* no conversion specifier? */
+      if (*s != '%')  /* not a conversion specifier? */
         luaL_addchar(&b, *s++);
       else {
         size_t reslen;
-        char buff[200];  /* should be big enough for any conversion result */
+        char *buff = luaL_prepbuffsize(&b, SIZETIMEFMT);
         s = checkoption(L, s + 1, cc);
-        reslen = strftime(buff, sizeof(buff), cc, stm);
-        luaL_addlstring(&b, buff, reslen);
+        reslen = strftime(buff, SIZETIMEFMT, cc, stm);
+        luaL_addsize(&b, reslen);
       }
     }
     luaL_pushresult(&b);
@@ -290,21 +311,18 @@ static int os_time (lua_State *L) {
     struct tm ts;
     luaL_checktype(L, 1, LUA_TTABLE);
     lua_settop(L, 1);  /* make sure table is at the top */
-    ts.tm_sec = getfield(L, "sec", 0);
-    ts.tm_min = getfield(L, "min", 0);
-    ts.tm_hour = getfield(L, "hour", 12);
-    ts.tm_mday = getfield(L, "day", -1);
-    ts.tm_mon = getfield(L, "month", -1) - 1;
-    ts.tm_year = getfield(L, "year", -1) - 1900;
+    ts.tm_sec = getfield(L, "sec", 0, 0);
+    ts.tm_min = getfield(L, "min", 0, 0);
+    ts.tm_hour = getfield(L, "hour", 12, 0);
+    ts.tm_mday = getfield(L, "day", -1, 0);
+    ts.tm_mon = getfield(L, "month", -1, 1);
+    ts.tm_year = getfield(L, "year", -1, 1900);
     ts.tm_isdst = getboolfield(L, "isdst");
     t = mktime(&ts);
   }
-  if (t != (time_t)(l_timet)t)
-    luaL_error(L, "time result cannot be represented in this Lua installation");
-  else if (t == (time_t)(-1))
-    lua_pushnil(L);
-  else
-    l_pushtime(L, t);
+  if (t != (time_t)(l_timet)t || t == (time_t)(-1))
+    luaL_error(L, "time result cannot be represented in this installation");
+  l_pushtime(L, t);
   return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/lua/src/lparser.c b/lua/src/lparser.c
index 9a54dfc9..282a6b12 100644
--- a/lua/src/lparser.c
+++ b/lua/src/lparser.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lparser.c,v 2.147 2014/12/27 20:31:43 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lparser.c,v 2.149 2015/11/02 16:09:30 roberto Exp $
 ** Lua Parser
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ static void parlist (LexState *ls) {
         }
         case TK_DOTS: {  /* param -> '...' */
           luaX_next(ls);
-          f->is_vararg = 1;
+          f->is_vararg = 2;  /* declared vararg */
           break;
         }
         default: luaX_syntaxerror(ls, " or '...' expected");
@@ -956,6 +956,7 @@ static void simpleexp (LexState *ls, expdesc *v) {
       FuncState *fs = ls->fs;
       check_condition(ls, fs->f->is_vararg,
                       "cannot use '...' outside a vararg function");
+      fs->f->is_vararg = 1;  /* function actually uses vararg */
       init_exp(v, VVARARG, luaK_codeABC(fs, OP_VARARG, 0, 1, 0));
       break;
     }
@@ -1610,7 +1611,7 @@ static void mainfunc (LexState *ls, FuncState *fs) {
   BlockCnt bl;
   expdesc v;
   open_func(ls, fs, &bl);
-  fs->f->is_vararg = 1;  /* main function is always vararg */
+  fs->f->is_vararg = 2;  /* main function is always declared vararg */
   init_exp(&v, VLOCAL, 0);  /* create and... */
   newupvalue(fs, ls->envn, &v);  /* ...set environment upvalue */
   luaX_next(ls);  /* read first token */
@@ -1626,10 +1627,10 @@ LClosure *luaY_parser (lua_State *L, ZIO *z, Mbuffer *buff,
   FuncState funcstate;
   LClosure *cl = luaF_newLclosure(L, 1);  /* create main closure */
   setclLvalue(L, L->top, cl);  /* anchor it (to avoid being collected) */
-  incr_top(L);
+  luaD_inctop(L);
   lexstate.h = luaH_new(L);  /* create table for scanner */
   sethvalue(L, L->top, lexstate.h);  /* anchor it */
-  incr_top(L);
+  luaD_inctop(L);
   funcstate.f = cl->p = luaF_newproto(L);
   funcstate.f->source = luaS_new(L, name);  /* create and anchor TString */
   lua_assert(iswhite(funcstate.f));  /* do not need barrier here */
diff --git a/lua/src/lstate.c b/lua/src/lstate.c
index 12e51d24..9194ac34 100644
--- a/lua/src/lstate.c
+++ b/lua/src/lstate.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lstate.c,v 2.128 2015/03/04 13:31:21 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lstate.c,v 2.133 2015/11/13 12:16:51 roberto Exp $
 ** Global State
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ typedef struct LG {
 */
 #define addbuff(b,p,e) \
   { size_t t = cast(size_t, e); \
-    memcpy(buff + p, &t, sizeof(t)); p += sizeof(t); }
+    memcpy(b + p, &t, sizeof(t)); p += sizeof(t); }
 
 static unsigned int makeseed (lua_State *L) {
   char buff[4 * sizeof(size_t)];
@@ -93,10 +93,14 @@ static unsigned int makeseed (lua_State *L) {
 
 /*
 ** set GCdebt to a new value keeping the value (totalbytes + GCdebt)
-** invariant
+** invariant (and avoiding underflows in 'totalbytes')
 */
 void luaE_setdebt (global_State *g, l_mem debt) {
-  g->totalbytes -= (debt - g->GCdebt);
+  l_mem tb = gettotalbytes(g);
+  lua_assert(tb > 0);
+  if (debt < tb - MAX_LMEM)
+    debt = tb - MAX_LMEM;  /* will make 'totalbytes == MAX_LMEM' */
+  g->totalbytes = tb - debt;
   g->GCdebt = debt;
 }
 
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ CallInfo *luaE_extendCI (lua_State *L) {
   L->ci->next = ci;
   ci->previous = L->ci;
   ci->next = NULL;
+  L->nci++;
   return ci;
 }
 
@@ -121,6 +126,7 @@ void luaE_freeCI (lua_State *L) {
   while ((ci = next) != NULL) {
     next = ci->next;
     luaM_free(L, ci);
+    L->nci--;
   }
 }
 
@@ -130,13 +136,14 @@ void luaE_freeCI (lua_State *L) {
 */
 void luaE_shrinkCI (lua_State *L) {
   CallInfo *ci = L->ci;
-  while (ci->next != NULL) {  /* while there is 'next' */
-    CallInfo *next2 = ci->next->next;  /* next's next */
-    if (next2 == NULL) break;
-    luaM_free(L, ci->next);  /* remove next */
+  CallInfo *next2;  /* next's next */
+  /* while there are two nexts */
+  while (ci->next != NULL && (next2 = ci->next->next) != NULL) {
+    luaM_free(L, ci->next);  /* free next */
+    L->nci--;
     ci->next = next2;  /* remove 'next' from the list */
     next2->previous = ci;
-    ci = next2;
+    ci = next2;  /* keep next's next */
   }
 }
 
@@ -166,6 +173,7 @@ static void freestack (lua_State *L) {
     return;  /* stack not completely built yet */
   L->ci = &L->base_ci;  /* free the entire 'ci' list */
   luaE_freeCI(L);
+  lua_assert(L->nci == 0);
   luaM_freearray(L, L->stack, L->stacksize);  /* free stack array */
 }
 
@@ -214,6 +222,7 @@ static void preinit_thread (lua_State *L, global_State *g) {
   G(L) = g;
   L->stack = NULL;
   L->ci = NULL;
+  L->nci = 0;
   L->stacksize = 0;
   L->twups = L;  /* thread has no upvalues */
   L->errorJmp = NULL;
@@ -237,7 +246,6 @@ static void close_state (lua_State *L) {
   if (g->version)  /* closing a fully built state? */
     luai_userstateclose(L);
   luaM_freearray(L, G(L)->strt.hash, G(L)->strt.size);
-  luaZ_freebuffer(L, &g->buff);
   freestack(L);
   lua_assert(gettotalbytes(g) == sizeof(LG));
   (*g->frealloc)(g->ud, fromstate(L), sizeof(LG), 0);  /* free main block */
@@ -306,7 +314,6 @@ LUA_API lua_State *lua_newstate (lua_Alloc f, void *ud) {
   g->strt.size = g->strt.nuse = 0;
   g->strt.hash = NULL;
   setnilvalue(&g->l_registry);
-  luaZ_initbuffer(L, &g->buff);
   g->panic = NULL;
   g->version = NULL;
   g->gcstate = GCSpause;
diff --git a/lua/src/lstate.h b/lua/src/lstate.h
index eefc217d..65c914d2 100644
--- a/lua/src/lstate.h
+++ b/lua/src/lstate.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lstate.h,v 2.122 2015/06/01 16:34:37 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lstate.h,v 2.128 2015/11/13 12:16:51 roberto Exp $
 ** Global State
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ typedef struct CallInfo {
 #define CIST_OAH	(1<<0)	/* original value of 'allowhook' */
 #define CIST_LUA	(1<<1)	/* call is running a Lua function */
 #define CIST_HOOKED	(1<<2)	/* call is running a debug hook */
-#define CIST_REENTRY	(1<<3)	/* call is running on same invocation of
-                                   luaV_execute of previous call */
+#define CIST_FRESH	(1<<3)	/* call is running on a fresh invocation
+                                   of luaV_execute */
 #define CIST_YPCALL	(1<<4)	/* call is a yieldable protected call */
 #define CIST_TAIL	(1<<5)	/* call was tail called */
 #define CIST_HOOKYIELD	(1<<6)	/* last hook called yielded */
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ typedef struct CallInfo {
 typedef struct global_State {
   lua_Alloc frealloc;  /* function to reallocate memory */
   void *ud;         /* auxiliary data to 'frealloc' */
-  lu_mem totalbytes;  /* number of bytes currently allocated - GCdebt */
+  l_mem totalbytes;  /* number of bytes currently allocated - GCdebt */
   l_mem GCdebt;  /* bytes allocated not yet compensated by the collector */
   lu_mem GCmemtrav;  /* memory traversed by the GC */
   lu_mem GCestimate;  /* an estimate of the non-garbage memory in use */
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ typedef struct global_State {
   GCObject *tobefnz;  /* list of userdata to be GC */
   GCObject *fixedgc;  /* list of objects not to be collected */
   struct lua_State *twups;  /* list of threads with open upvalues */
-  Mbuffer buff;  /* temporary buffer for string concatenation */
   unsigned int gcfinnum;  /* number of finalizers to call in each GC step */
   int gcpause;  /* size of pause between successive GCs */
   int gcstepmul;  /* GC 'granularity' */
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ typedef struct global_State {
   TString *memerrmsg;  /* memory-error message */
   TString *tmname[TM_N];  /* array with tag-method names */
   struct Table *mt[LUA_NUMTAGS];  /* metatables for basic types */
-  TString *strcache[STRCACHE_SIZE][1];  /* cache for strings in API */
+  TString *strcache[STRCACHE_N][STRCACHE_M];  /* cache for strings in API */
 } global_State;
 
 
@@ -150,6 +149,7 @@ typedef struct global_State {
 */
 struct lua_State {
   CommonHeader;
+  unsigned short nci;  /* number of items in 'ci' list */
   lu_byte status;
   StkId top;  /* first free slot in the stack */
   global_State *l_G;
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ union GCUnion {
 
 
 /* actual number of total bytes allocated */
-#define gettotalbytes(g)	((g)->totalbytes + (g)->GCdebt)
+#define gettotalbytes(g)	cast(lu_mem, (g)->totalbytes + (g)->GCdebt)
 
 LUAI_FUNC void luaE_setdebt (global_State *g, l_mem debt);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaE_freethread (lua_State *L, lua_State *L1);
diff --git a/lua/src/lstring.c b/lua/src/lstring.c
index 5e0e3c40..9351766f 100644
--- a/lua/src/lstring.c
+++ b/lua/src/lstring.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lstring.c,v 2.49 2015/06/01 16:34:37 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lstring.c,v 2.56 2015/11/23 11:32:51 roberto Exp $
 ** String table (keeps all strings handled by Lua)
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -48,14 +48,23 @@ int luaS_eqlngstr (TString *a, TString *b) {
 
 unsigned int luaS_hash (const char *str, size_t l, unsigned int seed) {
   unsigned int h = seed ^ cast(unsigned int, l);
-  size_t l1;
   size_t step = (l >> LUAI_HASHLIMIT) + 1;
-  for (l1 = l; l1 >= step; l1 -= step)
-    h = h ^ ((h<<5) + (h>>2) + cast_byte(str[l1 - 1]));
+  for (; l >= step; l -= step)
+    h ^= ((h<<5) + (h>>2) + cast_byte(str[l - 1]));
   return h;
 }
 
 
+unsigned int luaS_hashlongstr (TString *ts) {
+  lua_assert(ts->tt == LUA_TLNGSTR);
+  if (ts->extra == 0) {  /* no hash? */
+    ts->hash = luaS_hash(getstr(ts), ts->u.lnglen, ts->hash);
+    ts->extra = 1;  /* now it has its hash */
+  }
+  return ts->hash;
+}
+
+
 /*
 ** resizes the string table
 */
@@ -92,11 +101,12 @@ void luaS_resize (lua_State *L, int newsize) {
 ** a non-collectable string.)
 */
 void luaS_clearcache (global_State *g) {
-  int i;
-  for (i = 0; i < STRCACHE_SIZE; i++) {
-    if (iswhite(g->strcache[i][0]))  /* will entry be collected? */
-      g->strcache[i][0] = g->memerrmsg;  /* replace it with something fixed */
-  }
+  int i, j;
+  for (i = 0; i < STRCACHE_N; i++)
+    for (j = 0; j < STRCACHE_M; j++) {
+    if (iswhite(g->strcache[i][j]))  /* will entry be collected? */
+      g->strcache[i][j] = g->memerrmsg;  /* replace it with something fixed */
+    }
 }
 
 
@@ -105,13 +115,14 @@ void luaS_clearcache (global_State *g) {
 */
 void luaS_init (lua_State *L) {
   global_State *g = G(L);
-  int i;
+  int i, j;
   luaS_resize(L, MINSTRTABSIZE);  /* initial size of string table */
   /* pre-create memory-error message */
   g->memerrmsg = luaS_newliteral(L, MEMERRMSG);
   luaC_fix(L, obj2gco(g->memerrmsg));  /* it should never be collected */
-  for (i = 0; i < STRCACHE_SIZE; i++)  /* fill cache with valid strings */
-    g->strcache[i][0] = g->memerrmsg;
+  for (i = 0; i < STRCACHE_N; i++)  /* fill cache with valid strings */
+    for (j = 0; j < STRCACHE_M; j++)
+      g->strcache[i][j] = g->memerrmsg;
 }
 
 
@@ -119,8 +130,7 @@ void luaS_init (lua_State *L) {
 /*
 ** creates a new string object
 */
-static TString *createstrobj (lua_State *L, const char *str, size_t l,
-                              int tag, unsigned int h) {
+static TString *createstrobj (lua_State *L, size_t l, int tag, unsigned int h) {
   TString *ts;
   GCObject *o;
   size_t totalsize;  /* total size of TString object */
@@ -129,8 +139,14 @@ static TString *createstrobj (lua_State *L, const char *str, size_t l,
   ts = gco2ts(o);
   ts->hash = h;
   ts->extra = 0;
-  memcpy(getaddrstr(ts), str, l * sizeof(char));
-  getaddrstr(ts)[l] = '\0';  /* ending 0 */
+  getstr(ts)[l] = '\0';  /* ending 0 */
+  return ts;
+}
+
+
+TString *luaS_createlngstrobj (lua_State *L, size_t l) {
+  TString *ts = createstrobj(L, l, LUA_TLNGSTR, G(L)->seed);
+  ts->u.lnglen = l;
   return ts;
 }
 
@@ -153,6 +169,7 @@ static TString *internshrstr (lua_State *L, const char *str, size_t l) {
   global_State *g = G(L);
   unsigned int h = luaS_hash(str, l, g->seed);
   TString **list = &g->strt.hash[lmod(h, g->strt.size)];
+  lua_assert(str != NULL);  /* otherwise 'memcmp'/'memcpy' are undefined */
   for (ts = *list; ts != NULL; ts = ts->u.hnext) {
     if (l == ts->shrlen &&
         (memcmp(str, getstr(ts), l * sizeof(char)) == 0)) {
@@ -166,7 +183,8 @@ static TString *internshrstr (lua_State *L, const char *str, size_t l) {
     luaS_resize(L, g->strt.size * 2);
     list = &g->strt.hash[lmod(h, g->strt.size)];  /* recompute with new size */
   }
-  ts = createstrobj(L, str, l, LUA_TSHRSTR, h);
+  ts = createstrobj(L, l, LUA_TSHRSTR, h);
+  memcpy(getstr(ts), str, l * sizeof(char));
   ts->shrlen = cast_byte(l);
   ts->u.hnext = *list;
   *list = ts;
@@ -183,10 +201,10 @@ TString *luaS_newlstr (lua_State *L, const char *str, size_t l) {
     return internshrstr(L, str, l);
   else {
     TString *ts;
-    if (l + 1 > (MAX_SIZE - sizeof(TString))/sizeof(char))
+    if (l >= (MAX_SIZE - sizeof(TString))/sizeof(char))
       luaM_toobig(L);
-    ts = createstrobj(L, str, l, LUA_TLNGSTR, G(L)->seed);
-    ts->u.lnglen = l;
+    ts = luaS_createlngstrobj(L, l);
+    memcpy(getstr(ts), str, l * sizeof(char));
     return ts;
   }
 }
@@ -199,15 +217,19 @@ TString *luaS_newlstr (lua_State *L, const char *str, size_t l) {
 ** check hits.
 */
 TString *luaS_new (lua_State *L, const char *str) {
-  unsigned int i = point2uint(str) % STRCACHE_SIZE;  /* hash */
+  unsigned int i = point2uint(str) % STRCACHE_N;  /* hash */
+  int j;
   TString **p = G(L)->strcache[i];
-  if (strcmp(str, getstr(p[0])) == 0)  /* hit? */
-    return p[0];  /* that it is */
-  else {  /* normal route */
-    TString *s = luaS_newlstr(L, str, strlen(str));
-    p[0] = s;
-    return s;
+  for (j = 0; j < STRCACHE_M; j++) {
+    if (strcmp(str, getstr(p[j])) == 0)  /* hit? */
+      return p[j];  /* that is it */
   }
+  /* normal route */
+  for (j = STRCACHE_M - 1; j > 0; j--)
+    p[j] = p[j - 1];  /* move out last element */
+  /* new element is first in the list */
+  p[0] = luaS_newlstr(L, str, strlen(str));
+  return p[0];
 }
 
 
diff --git a/lua/src/lstring.h b/lua/src/lstring.h
index e746f5fc..27efd207 100644
--- a/lua/src/lstring.h
+++ b/lua/src/lstring.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lstring.h,v 1.59 2015/03/25 13:42:19 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lstring.h,v 1.61 2015/11/03 15:36:01 roberto Exp $
 ** String table (keep all strings handled by Lua)
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 
 LUAI_FUNC unsigned int luaS_hash (const char *str, size_t l, unsigned int seed);
+LUAI_FUNC unsigned int luaS_hashlongstr (TString *ts);
 LUAI_FUNC int luaS_eqlngstr (TString *a, TString *b);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaS_resize (lua_State *L, int newsize);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaS_clearcache (global_State *g);
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ LUAI_FUNC void luaS_remove (lua_State *L, TString *ts);
 LUAI_FUNC Udata *luaS_newudata (lua_State *L, size_t s);
 LUAI_FUNC TString *luaS_newlstr (lua_State *L, const char *str, size_t l);
 LUAI_FUNC TString *luaS_new (lua_State *L, const char *str);
+LUAI_FUNC TString *luaS_createlngstrobj (lua_State *L, size_t l);
 
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lua/src/lstrlib.c b/lua/src/lstrlib.c
index 19c350de..fe30e34b 100644
--- a/lua/src/lstrlib.c
+++ b/lua/src/lstrlib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lstrlib.c,v 1.229 2015/05/20 17:39:23 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lstrlib.c,v 1.239 2015/11/25 16:28:17 roberto Exp $
 ** Standard library for string operations and pattern-matching
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@
 ** Some sizes are better limited to fit in 'int', but must also fit in
 ** 'size_t'. (We assume that 'lua_Integer' cannot be smaller than 'int'.)
 */
+#define MAX_SIZET	((size_t)(~(size_t)0))
+
 #define MAXSIZE  \
-	(sizeof(size_t) < sizeof(int) ? (~(size_t)0) : (size_t)(INT_MAX))
+	(sizeof(size_t) < sizeof(int) ? MAX_SIZET : (size_t)(INT_MAX))
 
 
 
@@ -208,11 +210,12 @@ static int str_dump (lua_State *L) {
 
 
 typedef struct MatchState {
-  int matchdepth;  /* control for recursive depth (to avoid C stack overflow) */
   const char *src_init;  /* init of source string */
   const char *src_end;  /* end ('\0') of source string */
   const char *p_end;  /* end ('\0') of pattern */
   lua_State *L;
+  size_t nrep;  /* limit to avoid non-linear complexity */
+  int matchdepth;  /* control for recursive depth (to avoid C stack overflow) */
   int level;  /* total number of captures (finished or unfinished) */
   struct {
     const char *init;
@@ -231,6 +234,17 @@ static const char *match (MatchState *ms, const char *s, const char *p);
 #endif
 
 
+/*
+** parameters to control the maximum number of operators handled in
+** a match (to avoid non-linear complexity). The maximum will be:
+** (subject length) * A_REPS + B_REPS
+*/
+#if !defined(A_REPS)
+#define A_REPS		4
+#define B_REPS		100000
+#endif
+
+
 #define L_ESC		'%'
 #define SPECIALS	"^$*+?.([%-"
 
@@ -488,6 +502,8 @@ static const char *match (MatchState *ms, const char *s, const char *p) {
             s = NULL;  /* fail */
         }
         else {  /* matched once */
+          if (ms->nrep-- == 0)
+            luaL_error(ms->L, "pattern too complex");
           switch (*ep) {  /* handle optional suffix */
             case '?': {  /* optional */
               const char *res;
@@ -584,6 +600,26 @@ static int nospecials (const char *p, size_t l) {
 }
 
 
+static void prepstate (MatchState *ms, lua_State *L,
+                       const char *s, size_t ls, const char *p, size_t lp) {
+  ms->L = L;
+  ms->matchdepth = MAXCCALLS;
+  ms->src_init = s;
+  ms->src_end = s + ls;
+  ms->p_end = p + lp;
+  if (ls < (MAX_SIZET - B_REPS) / A_REPS)
+    ms->nrep = A_REPS * ls + B_REPS;
+  else  /* overflow (very long subject) */
+    ms->nrep = MAX_SIZET;  /* no limit */
+}
+
+
+static void reprepstate (MatchState *ms) {
+  ms->level = 0;
+  lua_assert(ms->matchdepth == MAXCCALLS);
+}
+
+
 static int str_find_aux (lua_State *L, int find) {
   size_t ls, lp;
   const char *s = luaL_checklstring(L, 1, &ls);
@@ -611,15 +647,10 @@ static int str_find_aux (lua_State *L, int find) {
     if (anchor) {
       p++; lp--;  /* skip anchor character */
     }
-    ms.L = L;
-    ms.matchdepth = MAXCCALLS;
-    ms.src_init = s;
-    ms.src_end = s + ls;
-    ms.p_end = p + lp;
+    prepstate(&ms, L, s, ls, p, lp);
     do {
       const char *res;
-      ms.level = 0;
-      lua_assert(ms.matchdepth == MAXCCALLS);
+      reprepstate(&ms);
       if ((res=match(&ms, s1, p)) != NULL) {
         if (find) {
           lua_pushinteger(L, (s1 - s) + 1);  /* start */
@@ -646,29 +677,26 @@ static int str_match (lua_State *L) {
 }
 
 
+/* state for 'gmatch' */
+typedef struct GMatchState {
+  const char *src;  /* current position */
+  const char *p;  /* pattern */
+  MatchState ms;  /* match state */
+} GMatchState;
+
+
 static int gmatch_aux (lua_State *L) {
-  MatchState ms;
-  size_t ls, lp;
-  const char *s = lua_tolstring(L, lua_upvalueindex(1), &ls);
-  const char *p = lua_tolstring(L, lua_upvalueindex(2), &lp);
+  GMatchState *gm = (GMatchState *)lua_touserdata(L, lua_upvalueindex(3));
   const char *src;
-  ms.L = L;
-  ms.matchdepth = MAXCCALLS;
-  ms.src_init = s;
-  ms.src_end = s+ls;
-  ms.p_end = p + lp;
-  for (src = s + (size_t)lua_tointeger(L, lua_upvalueindex(3));
-       src <= ms.src_end;
-       src++) {
+  for (src = gm->src; src <= gm->ms.src_end; src++) {
     const char *e;
-    ms.level = 0;
-    lua_assert(ms.matchdepth == MAXCCALLS);
-    if ((e = match(&ms, src, p)) != NULL) {
-      lua_Integer newstart = e-s;
-      if (e == src) newstart++;  /* empty match? go at least one position */
-      lua_pushinteger(L, newstart);
-      lua_replace(L, lua_upvalueindex(3));
-      return push_captures(&ms, src, e);
+    reprepstate(&gm->ms);
+    if ((e = match(&gm->ms, src, gm->p)) != NULL) {
+      if (e == src)  /* empty match? */
+        gm->src =src + 1;  /* go at least one position */
+      else
+        gm->src = e;
+      return push_captures(&gm->ms, src, e);
     }
   }
   return 0;  /* not found */
@@ -676,10 +704,14 @@ static int gmatch_aux (lua_State *L) {
 
 
 static int gmatch (lua_State *L) {
-  luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
-  luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
-  lua_settop(L, 2);
-  lua_pushinteger(L, 0);
+  size_t ls, lp;
+  const char *s = luaL_checklstring(L, 1, &ls);
+  const char *p = luaL_checklstring(L, 2, &lp);
+  GMatchState *gm;
+  lua_settop(L, 2);  /* keep them on closure to avoid being collected */
+  gm = (GMatchState *)lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(GMatchState));
+  prepstate(&gm->ms, L, s, ls, p, lp);
+  gm->src = s; gm->p = p;
   lua_pushcclosure(L, gmatch_aux, 3);
   return 1;
 }
@@ -761,17 +793,11 @@ static int str_gsub (lua_State *L) {
   if (anchor) {
     p++; lp--;  /* skip anchor character */
   }
-  ms.L = L;
-  ms.matchdepth = MAXCCALLS;
-  ms.src_init = src;
-  ms.src_end = src+srcl;
-  ms.p_end = p + lp;
+  prepstate(&ms, L, src, srcl, p, lp);
   while (n < max_s) {
     const char *e;
-    ms.level = 0;
-    lua_assert(ms.matchdepth == MAXCCALLS);
-    e = match(&ms, src, p);
-    if (e) {
+    reprepstate(&ms);
+    if ((e = match(&ms, src, p)) != NULL) {
       n++;
       add_value(&ms, &b, src, e, tr);
     }
@@ -830,13 +856,12 @@ static lua_Number adddigit (char *buff, int n, lua_Number x) {
 }
 
 
-static int num2straux (char *buff, lua_Number x) {
+static int num2straux (char *buff, int sz, lua_Number x) {
   if (x != x || x == HUGE_VAL || x == -HUGE_VAL)  /* inf or NaN? */
-    return sprintf(buff, LUA_NUMBER_FMT, x);  /* equal to '%g' */
+    return l_sprintf(buff, sz, LUA_NUMBER_FMT, x);  /* equal to '%g' */
   else if (x == 0) {  /* can be -0... */
-    sprintf(buff, LUA_NUMBER_FMT, x);
-    strcat(buff, "x0p+0");  /* reuses '0/-0' from 'sprintf'... */
-    return strlen(buff);
+    /* create "0" or "-0" followed by exponent */
+    return l_sprintf(buff, sz, LUA_NUMBER_FMT "x0p+0", x);
   }
   else {
     int e;
@@ -855,15 +880,16 @@ static int num2straux (char *buff, lua_Number x) {
         m = adddigit(buff, n++, m * 16);
       } while (m > 0);
     }
-    n += sprintf(buff + n, "p%+d", e);  /* add exponent */
+    n += l_sprintf(buff + n, sz - n, "p%+d", e);  /* add exponent */
+    lua_assert(n < sz);
     return n;
   }
 }
 
 
-static int lua_number2strx (lua_State *L, char *buff, const char *fmt,
-                            lua_Number x) {
-  int n = num2straux(buff, x);
+static int lua_number2strx (lua_State *L, char *buff, int sz,
+                            const char *fmt, lua_Number x) {
+  int n = num2straux(buff, sz, x);
   if (fmt[SIZELENMOD] == 'A') {
     int i;
     for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
@@ -879,10 +905,12 @@ static int lua_number2strx (lua_State *L, char *buff, const char *fmt,
 
 /*
 ** Maximum size of each formatted item. This maximum size is produced
-** by format('%.99f', minfloat), and is equal to 99 + 2 ('-' and '.') +
-** number of decimal digits to represent minfloat.
+** by format('%.99f', -maxfloat), and is equal to 99 + 3 ('-', '.',
+** and '\0') + number of decimal digits to represent maxfloat (which
+** is maximum exponent + 1). (99+3+1 then rounded to 120 for "extra
+** expenses", such as locale-dependent stuff)
 */
-#define MAX_ITEM	(120 + l_mathlim(MAX_10_EXP))
+#define MAX_ITEM        (120 + l_mathlim(MAX_10_EXP))
 
 
 /* valid flags in a format specification */
@@ -906,9 +934,9 @@ static void addquoted (lua_State *L, luaL_Buffer *b, int arg) {
     else if (*s == '\0' || iscntrl(uchar(*s))) {
       char buff[10];
       if (!isdigit(uchar(*(s+1))))
-        sprintf(buff, "\\%d", (int)uchar(*s));
+        l_sprintf(buff, sizeof(buff), "\\%d", (int)uchar(*s));
       else
-        sprintf(buff, "\\%03d", (int)uchar(*s));
+        l_sprintf(buff, sizeof(buff), "\\%03d", (int)uchar(*s));
       luaL_addstring(b, buff);
     }
     else
@@ -975,24 +1003,25 @@ static int str_format (lua_State *L) {
       strfrmt = scanformat(L, strfrmt, form);
       switch (*strfrmt++) {
         case 'c': {
-          nb = sprintf(buff, form, (int)luaL_checkinteger(L, arg));
+          nb = l_sprintf(buff, MAX_ITEM, form, (int)luaL_checkinteger(L, arg));
           break;
         }
         case 'd': case 'i':
         case 'o': case 'u': case 'x': case 'X': {
           lua_Integer n = luaL_checkinteger(L, arg);
           addlenmod(form, LUA_INTEGER_FRMLEN);
-          nb = sprintf(buff, form, n);
+          nb = l_sprintf(buff, MAX_ITEM, form, n);
           break;
         }
         case 'a': case 'A':
           addlenmod(form, LUA_NUMBER_FRMLEN);
-          nb = lua_number2strx(L, buff, form, luaL_checknumber(L, arg));
+          nb = lua_number2strx(L, buff, MAX_ITEM, form,
+                                  luaL_checknumber(L, arg));
           break;
         case 'e': case 'E': case 'f':
         case 'g': case 'G': {
           addlenmod(form, LUA_NUMBER_FRMLEN);
-          nb = sprintf(buff, form, luaL_checknumber(L, arg));
+          nb = l_sprintf(buff, MAX_ITEM, form, luaL_checknumber(L, arg));
           break;
         }
         case 'q': {
@@ -1002,14 +1031,18 @@ static int str_format (lua_State *L) {
         case 's': {
           size_t l;
           const char *s = luaL_tolstring(L, arg, &l);
-          if (!strchr(form, '.') && l >= 100) {
-            /* no precision and string is too long to be formatted;
-               keep original string */
-            luaL_addvalue(&b);
-          }
+          if (form[2] == '\0')  /* no modifiers? */
+            luaL_addvalue(&b);  /* keep entire string */
           else {
-            nb = sprintf(buff, form, s);
-            lua_pop(L, 1);  /* remove result from 'luaL_tolstring' */
+            luaL_argcheck(L, l == strlen(s), arg, "string contains zeros");
+            if (!strchr(form, '.') && l >= 100) {
+              /* no precision and string is too long to be formatted */
+              luaL_addvalue(&b);  /* keep entire string */
+            }
+            else {  /* format the string into 'buff' */
+              nb = l_sprintf(buff, MAX_ITEM, form, s);
+              lua_pop(L, 1);  /* remove result from 'luaL_tolstring' */
+            }
           }
           break;
         }
@@ -1018,6 +1051,7 @@ static int str_format (lua_State *L) {
                                *(strfrmt - 1));
         }
       }
+      lua_assert(nb < MAX_ITEM);
       luaL_addsize(&b, nb);
     }
   }
@@ -1309,8 +1343,13 @@ static int str_pack (lua_State *L) {
       case Kchar: {  /* fixed-size string */
         size_t len;
         const char *s = luaL_checklstring(L, arg, &len);
-        luaL_argcheck(L, len == (size_t)size, arg, "wrong length");
-        luaL_addlstring(&b, s, size);
+        if ((size_t)size <= len)  /* string larger than (or equal to) needed? */
+          luaL_addlstring(&b, s, size);  /* truncate string to asked size */
+        else {  /* string smaller than needed */
+          luaL_addlstring(&b, s, len);  /* add it all */
+          while (len++ < (size_t)size)  /* pad extra space */
+            luaL_addchar(&b, LUA_PACKPADBYTE);
+        }
         break;
       }
       case Kstring: {  /* strings with length count */
@@ -1360,7 +1399,7 @@ static int str_packsize (lua_State *L) {
       case Kstring:  /* strings with length count */
       case Kzstr:    /* zero-terminated string */
         luaL_argerror(L, 1, "variable-length format");
-        break;
+        /* call never return, but to avoid warnings: *//* FALLTHROUGH */
       default:  break;
     }
   }
diff --git a/lua/src/ltable.c b/lua/src/ltable.c
index 04f2a347..7e15b71b 100644
--- a/lua/src/ltable.c
+++ b/lua/src/ltable.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ltable.c,v 2.111 2015/06/09 14:21:13 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: ltable.c,v 2.117 2015/11/19 19:16:22 roberto Exp $
 ** Lua tables (hash)
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static const Node dummynode_ = {
 /*
 ** Hash for floating-point numbers.
 ** The main computation should be just
-**     n = frepx(n, &i); return (n * INT_MAX) + i
+**     n = frexp(n, &i); return (n * INT_MAX) + i
 ** but there are some numerical subtleties.
 ** In a two-complement representation, INT_MAX does not has an exact
 ** representation as a float, but INT_MIN does; because the absolute
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static int l_hashfloat (lua_Number n) {
   lua_Integer ni;
   n = l_mathop(frexp)(n, &i) * -cast_num(INT_MIN);
   if (!lua_numbertointeger(n, &ni)) {  /* is 'n' inf/-inf/NaN? */
-    lua_assert(luai_numisnan(n) || l_mathop(fabs)(n) == HUGE_VAL);
+    lua_assert(luai_numisnan(n) || l_mathop(fabs)(n) == cast_num(HUGE_VAL));
     return 0;
   }
   else {  /* normal case */
@@ -124,14 +124,8 @@ static Node *mainposition (const Table *t, const TValue *key) {
       return hashmod(t, l_hashfloat(fltvalue(key)));
     case LUA_TSHRSTR:
       return hashstr(t, tsvalue(key));
-    case LUA_TLNGSTR: {
-      TString *s = tsvalue(key);
-      if (s->extra == 0) {  /* no hash? */
-        s->hash = luaS_hash(getstr(s), s->u.lnglen, s->hash);
-        s->extra = 1;  /* now it has its hash */
-      }
-      return hashstr(t, tsvalue(key));
-    }
+    case LUA_TLNGSTR:
+      return hashpow2(t, luaS_hashlongstr(tsvalue(key)));
     case LUA_TBOOLEAN:
       return hashboolean(t, bvalue(key));
     case LUA_TLIGHTUSERDATA:
@@ -139,6 +133,7 @@ static Node *mainposition (const Table *t, const TValue *key) {
     case LUA_TLCF:
       return hashpointer(t, fvalue(key));
     default:
+      lua_assert(!ttisdeadkey(key));
       return hashpointer(t, gcvalue(key));
   }
 }
@@ -463,7 +458,7 @@ TValue *luaH_newkey (lua_State *L, Table *t, const TValue *key) {
     Node *f = getfreepos(t);  /* get a free place */
     if (f == NULL) {  /* cannot find a free place? */
       rehash(L, t, key);  /* grow table */
-      /* whatever called 'newkey' takes care of TM cache and GC barrier */
+      /* whatever called 'newkey' takes care of TM cache */
       return luaH_set(L, t, key);  /* insert key into grown table */
     }
     lua_assert(!isdummy(f));
@@ -501,7 +496,7 @@ TValue *luaH_newkey (lua_State *L, Table *t, const TValue *key) {
 */
 const TValue *luaH_getint (Table *t, lua_Integer key) {
   /* (1 <= key && key <= t->sizearray) */
-  if (l_castS2U(key - 1) < t->sizearray)
+  if (l_castS2U(key) - 1 < t->sizearray)
     return &t->array[key - 1];
   else {
     Node *n = hashint(t, key);
@@ -513,7 +508,7 @@ const TValue *luaH_getint (Table *t, lua_Integer key) {
         if (nx == 0) break;
         n += nx;
       }
-    };
+    }
     return luaO_nilobject;
   }
 }
@@ -522,7 +517,7 @@ const TValue *luaH_getint (Table *t, lua_Integer key) {
 /*
 ** search function for short strings
 */
-const TValue *luaH_getstr (Table *t, TString *key) {
+const TValue *luaH_getshortstr (Table *t, TString *key) {
   Node *n = hashstr(t, key);
   lua_assert(key->tt == LUA_TSHRSTR);
   for (;;) {  /* check whether 'key' is somewhere in the chain */
@@ -531,11 +526,41 @@ const TValue *luaH_getstr (Table *t, TString *key) {
       return gval(n);  /* that's it */
     else {
       int nx = gnext(n);
-      if (nx == 0) break;
+      if (nx == 0)
+        return luaO_nilobject;  /* not found */
       n += nx;
     }
-  };
-  return luaO_nilobject;
+  }
+}
+
+
+/*
+** "Generic" get version. (Not that generic: not valid for integers,
+** which may be in array part, nor for floats with integral values.)
+*/
+static const TValue *getgeneric (Table *t, const TValue *key) {
+  Node *n = mainposition(t, key);
+  for (;;) {  /* check whether 'key' is somewhere in the chain */
+    if (luaV_rawequalobj(gkey(n), key))
+      return gval(n);  /* that's it */
+    else {
+      int nx = gnext(n);
+      if (nx == 0)
+        return luaO_nilobject;  /* not found */
+      n += nx;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+const TValue *luaH_getstr (Table *t, TString *key) {
+  if (key->tt == LUA_TSHRSTR)
+    return luaH_getshortstr(t, key);
+  else {  /* for long strings, use generic case */
+    TValue ko;
+    setsvalue(cast(lua_State *, NULL), &ko, key);
+    return getgeneric(t, &ko);
+  }
 }
 
 
@@ -544,7 +569,7 @@ const TValue *luaH_getstr (Table *t, TString *key) {
 */
 const TValue *luaH_get (Table *t, const TValue *key) {
   switch (ttype(key)) {
-    case LUA_TSHRSTR: return luaH_getstr(t, tsvalue(key));
+    case LUA_TSHRSTR: return luaH_getshortstr(t, tsvalue(key));
     case LUA_TNUMINT: return luaH_getint(t, ivalue(key));
     case LUA_TNIL: return luaO_nilobject;
     case LUA_TNUMFLT: {
@@ -553,19 +578,8 @@ const TValue *luaH_get (Table *t, const TValue *key) {
         return luaH_getint(t, k);  /* use specialized version */
       /* else... */
     }  /* FALLTHROUGH */
-    default: {
-      Node *n = mainposition(t, key);
-      for (;;) {  /* check whether 'key' is somewhere in the chain */
-        if (luaV_rawequalobj(gkey(n), key))
-          return gval(n);  /* that's it */
-        else {
-          int nx = gnext(n);
-          if (nx == 0) break;
-          n += nx;
-        }
-      };
-      return luaO_nilobject;
-    }
+    default:
+      return getgeneric(t, key);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lua/src/ltable.h b/lua/src/ltable.h
index 53d25511..213cc139 100644
--- a/lua/src/ltable.h
+++ b/lua/src/ltable.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ltable.h,v 2.20 2014/09/04 18:15:29 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: ltable.h,v 2.21 2015/11/03 15:47:30 roberto Exp $
 ** Lua tables (hash)
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 /* 'const' to avoid wrong writings that can mess up field 'next' */ 
 #define gkey(n)		cast(const TValue*, (&(n)->i_key.tvk))
 
+/*
+** writable version of 'gkey'; allows updates to individual fields,
+** but not to the whole (which has incompatible type)
+*/
 #define wgkey(n)		(&(n)->i_key.nk)
 
 #define invalidateTMcache(t)	((t)->flags = 0)
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@
 LUAI_FUNC const TValue *luaH_getint (Table *t, lua_Integer key);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaH_setint (lua_State *L, Table *t, lua_Integer key,
                                                     TValue *value);
+LUAI_FUNC const TValue *luaH_getshortstr (Table *t, TString *key);
 LUAI_FUNC const TValue *luaH_getstr (Table *t, TString *key);
 LUAI_FUNC const TValue *luaH_get (Table *t, const TValue *key);
 LUAI_FUNC TValue *luaH_newkey (lua_State *L, Table *t, const TValue *key);
diff --git a/lua/src/ltablib.c b/lua/src/ltablib.c
index a05c885c..b3c9a7c5 100644
--- a/lua/src/ltablib.c
+++ b/lua/src/ltablib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ltablib.c,v 1.80 2015/01/13 16:27:29 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: ltablib.c,v 1.90 2015/11/25 12:48:57 roberto Exp $
 ** Library for Table Manipulation
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #include 
 #include 
+#include 
 
 #include "lua.h"
 
@@ -19,40 +20,42 @@
 #include "lualib.h"
 
 
-
 /*
-** Structure with table-access functions
+** Operations that an object must define to mimic a table
+** (some functions only need some of them)
 */
-typedef struct {
-  int (*geti) (lua_State *L, int idx, lua_Integer n);
-  void (*seti) (lua_State *L, int idx, lua_Integer n);
-} TabA;
+#define TAB_R	1			/* read */
+#define TAB_W	2			/* write */
+#define TAB_L	4			/* length */
+#define TAB_RW	(TAB_R | TAB_W)		/* read/write */
 
 
-/*
-** Check that 'arg' has a table and set access functions in 'ta' to raw
-** or non-raw according to the presence of corresponding metamethods.
-*/
-static void checktab (lua_State *L, int arg, TabA *ta) {
-  ta->geti = NULL; ta->seti = NULL;
-  if (lua_getmetatable(L, arg)) {
-    lua_pushliteral(L, "__index");  /* 'index' metamethod */
-    if (lua_rawget(L, -2) != LUA_TNIL)
-      ta->geti = lua_geti;
-    lua_pushliteral(L, "__newindex");  /* 'newindex' metamethod */
-    if (lua_rawget(L, -3) != LUA_TNIL)
-      ta->seti = lua_seti;
-    lua_pop(L, 3);  /* pop metatable plus both metamethods */
-  }
-  if (ta->geti == NULL || ta->seti == NULL) {
-    luaL_checktype(L, arg, LUA_TTABLE);  /* must be table for raw methods */
-    if (ta->geti == NULL) ta->geti = lua_rawgeti;
-    if (ta->seti == NULL) ta->seti = lua_rawseti;
-  }
+#define aux_getn(L,n,w)	(checktab(L, n, (w) | TAB_L), luaL_len(L, n))
+
+
+static int checkfield (lua_State *L, const char *key, int n) {
+  lua_pushstring(L, key);
+  return (lua_rawget(L, -n) != LUA_TNIL);
 }
 
 
-#define aux_getn(L,n,ta)	(checktab(L, n, ta), luaL_len(L, n))
+/*
+** Check that 'arg' either is a table or can behave like one (that is,
+** has a metatable with the required metamethods)
+*/
+static void checktab (lua_State *L, int arg, int what) {
+  if (lua_type(L, arg) != LUA_TTABLE) {  /* is it not a table? */
+    int n = 1;  /* number of elements to pop */
+    if (lua_getmetatable(L, arg) &&  /* must have metatable */
+        (!(what & TAB_R) || checkfield(L, "__index", ++n)) &&
+        (!(what & TAB_W) || checkfield(L, "__newindex", ++n)) &&
+        (!(what & TAB_L) || checkfield(L, "__len", ++n))) {
+      lua_pop(L, n);  /* pop metatable and tested metamethods */
+    }
+    else
+      luaL_argerror(L, arg, "table expected");  /* force an error */
+  }
+}
 
 
 #if defined(LUA_COMPAT_MAXN)
@@ -74,8 +77,7 @@ static int maxn (lua_State *L) {
 
 
 static int tinsert (lua_State *L) {
-  TabA ta;
-  lua_Integer e = aux_getn(L, 1, &ta) + 1;  /* first empty element */
+  lua_Integer e = aux_getn(L, 1, TAB_RW) + 1;  /* first empty element */
   lua_Integer pos;  /* where to insert new element */
   switch (lua_gettop(L)) {
     case 2: {  /* called with only 2 arguments */
@@ -87,8 +89,8 @@ static int tinsert (lua_State *L) {
       pos = luaL_checkinteger(L, 2);  /* 2nd argument is the position */
       luaL_argcheck(L, 1 <= pos && pos <= e, 2, "position out of bounds");
       for (i = e; i > pos; i--) {  /* move up elements */
-        (*ta.geti)(L, 1, i - 1);
-        (*ta.seti)(L, 1, i);  /* t[i] = t[i - 1] */
+        lua_geti(L, 1, i - 1);
+        lua_seti(L, 1, i);  /* t[i] = t[i - 1] */
       }
       break;
     }
@@ -96,57 +98,57 @@ static int tinsert (lua_State *L) {
       return luaL_error(L, "wrong number of arguments to 'insert'");
     }
   }
-  (*ta.seti)(L, 1, pos);  /* t[pos] = v */
+  lua_seti(L, 1, pos);  /* t[pos] = v */
   return 0;
 }
 
 
 static int tremove (lua_State *L) {
-  TabA ta;
-  lua_Integer size = aux_getn(L, 1, &ta);
+  lua_Integer size = aux_getn(L, 1, TAB_RW);
   lua_Integer pos = luaL_optinteger(L, 2, size);
   if (pos != size)  /* validate 'pos' if given */
     luaL_argcheck(L, 1 <= pos && pos <= size + 1, 1, "position out of bounds");
-  (*ta.geti)(L, 1, pos);  /* result = t[pos] */
+  lua_geti(L, 1, pos);  /* result = t[pos] */
   for ( ; pos < size; pos++) {
-    (*ta.geti)(L, 1, pos + 1);
-    (*ta.seti)(L, 1, pos);  /* t[pos] = t[pos + 1] */
+    lua_geti(L, 1, pos + 1);
+    lua_seti(L, 1, pos);  /* t[pos] = t[pos + 1] */
   }
   lua_pushnil(L);
-  (*ta.seti)(L, 1, pos);  /* t[pos] = nil */
+  lua_seti(L, 1, pos);  /* t[pos] = nil */
   return 1;
 }
 
 
+/*
+** Copy elements (1[f], ..., 1[e]) into (tt[t], tt[t+1], ...). Whenever
+** possible, copy in increasing order, which is better for rehashing.
+** "possible" means destination after original range, or smaller
+** than origin, or copying to another table.
+*/
 static int tmove (lua_State *L) {
-  TabA ta;
   lua_Integer f = luaL_checkinteger(L, 2);
   lua_Integer e = luaL_checkinteger(L, 3);
   lua_Integer t = luaL_checkinteger(L, 4);
   int tt = !lua_isnoneornil(L, 5) ? 5 : 1;  /* destination table */
+  checktab(L, 1, TAB_R);
+  checktab(L, tt, TAB_W);
   if (e >= f) {  /* otherwise, nothing to move */
     lua_Integer n, i;
-    ta.geti = (luaL_getmetafield(L, 1, "__index") == LUA_TNIL)
-      ? (luaL_checktype(L, 1, LUA_TTABLE), lua_rawgeti)
-      : lua_geti;
-    ta.seti = (luaL_getmetafield(L, tt, "__newindex") == LUA_TNIL)
-      ? (luaL_checktype(L, tt, LUA_TTABLE), lua_rawseti)
-      : lua_seti;
     luaL_argcheck(L, f > 0 || e < LUA_MAXINTEGER + f, 3,
                   "too many elements to move");
     n = e - f + 1;  /* number of elements to move */
     luaL_argcheck(L, t <= LUA_MAXINTEGER - n + 1, 4,
                   "destination wrap around");
-    if (t > f) {
-      for (i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-        (*ta.geti)(L, 1, f + i);
-        (*ta.seti)(L, tt, t + i);
+    if (t > e || t <= f || tt != 1) {
+      for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        lua_geti(L, 1, f + i);
+        lua_seti(L, tt, t + i);
       }
     }
     else {
-      for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-        (*ta.geti)(L, 1, f + i);
-        (*ta.seti)(L, tt, t + i);
+      for (i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+        lua_geti(L, 1, f + i);
+        lua_seti(L, tt, t + i);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -155,8 +157,8 @@ static int tmove (lua_State *L) {
 }
 
 
-static void addfield (lua_State *L, luaL_Buffer *b, TabA *ta, lua_Integer i) {
-  (*ta->geti)(L, 1, i);
+static void addfield (lua_State *L, luaL_Buffer *b, lua_Integer i) {
+  lua_geti(L, 1, i);
   if (!lua_isstring(L, -1))
     luaL_error(L, "invalid value (%s) at index %d in table for 'concat'",
                   luaL_typename(L, -1), i);
@@ -165,21 +167,19 @@ static void addfield (lua_State *L, luaL_Buffer *b, TabA *ta, lua_Integer i) {
 
 
 static int tconcat (lua_State *L) {
-  TabA ta;
   luaL_Buffer b;
+  lua_Integer last = aux_getn(L, 1, TAB_R);
   size_t lsep;
-  lua_Integer i, last;
   const char *sep = luaL_optlstring(L, 2, "", &lsep);
-  checktab(L, 1, &ta);
-  i = luaL_optinteger(L, 3, 1);
-  last = luaL_opt(L, luaL_checkinteger, 4, luaL_len(L, 1));
+  lua_Integer i = luaL_optinteger(L, 3, 1);
+  last = luaL_opt(L, luaL_checkinteger, 4, last);
   luaL_buffinit(L, &b);
   for (; i < last; i++) {
-    addfield(L, &b, &ta, i);
+    addfield(L, &b, i);
     luaL_addlstring(&b, sep, lsep);
   }
   if (i == last)  /* add last value (if interval was not empty) */
-    addfield(L, &b, &ta, i);
+    addfield(L, &b, i);
   luaL_pushresult(&b);
   return 1;
 }
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static int pack (lua_State *L) {
   lua_createtable(L, n, 1);  /* create result table */
   lua_insert(L, 1);  /* put it at index 1 */
   for (i = n; i >= 1; i--)  /* assign elements */
-    lua_rawseti(L, 1, i);
+    lua_seti(L, 1, i);
   lua_pushinteger(L, n);
   lua_setfield(L, 1, "n");  /* t.n = number of elements */
   return 1;  /* return table */
@@ -205,20 +205,17 @@ static int pack (lua_State *L) {
 
 
 static int unpack (lua_State *L) {
-  TabA ta;
-  lua_Integer i, e;
   lua_Unsigned n;
-  checktab(L, 1, &ta);
-  i = luaL_optinteger(L, 2, 1);
-  e = luaL_opt(L, luaL_checkinteger, 3, luaL_len(L, 1));
+  lua_Integer i = luaL_optinteger(L, 2, 1);
+  lua_Integer e = luaL_opt(L, luaL_checkinteger, 3, luaL_len(L, 1));
   if (i > e) return 0;  /* empty range */
   n = (lua_Unsigned)e - i;  /* number of elements minus 1 (avoid overflows) */
   if (n >= (unsigned int)INT_MAX  || !lua_checkstack(L, (int)(++n)))
     return luaL_error(L, "too many results to unpack");
-  do {  /* must have at least one element */
-    (*ta.geti)(L, 1, i);  /* push arg[i..e] */
-  } while (i++ < e); 
-
+  for (; i < e; i++) {  /* push arg[i..e - 1] (to avoid overflows) */
+    lua_geti(L, 1, i);
+  }
+  lua_geti(L, 1, e);  /* push last element */
   return (int)n;
 }
 
@@ -235,97 +232,190 @@ static int unpack (lua_State *L) {
 */
 
 
-static void set2 (lua_State *L, TabA *ta, int i, int j) {
-  (*ta->seti)(L, 1, i);
-  (*ta->seti)(L, 1, j);
+/*
+** Produce a "random" 'unsigned int' to randomize pivot choice. This
+** macro is used only when 'sort' detects a big imbalance in the result
+** of a partition. (If you don't want/need this "randomness", ~0 is a
+** good choice.)
+*/
+#if !defined(l_randomizePivot)		/* { */
+
+#include 
+
+/* size of 'e' measured in number of 'unsigned int's */
+#define sof(e)		(sizeof(e) / sizeof(unsigned int))
+
+/*
+** Use 'time' and 'clock' as sources of "randomness". Because we don't
+** know the types 'clock_t' and 'time_t', we cannot cast them to
+** anything without risking overflows. A safe way to use their values
+** is to copy them to an array of a known type and use the array values.
+*/
+static unsigned int l_randomizePivot (void) {
+  clock_t c = clock();
+  time_t t = time(NULL);
+  unsigned int buff[sof(c) + sof(t)];
+  unsigned int i, rnd = 0;
+  memcpy(buff, &c, sof(c) * sizeof(unsigned int));
+  memcpy(buff + sof(c), &t, sof(t) * sizeof(unsigned int));
+  for (i = 0; i < sof(buff); i++)
+    rnd += buff[i];
+  return rnd;
 }
 
+#endif					/* } */
+
+
+/* arrays larger than 'RANLIMIT' may use randomized pivots */
+#define RANLIMIT	100u
+
+
+static void set2 (lua_State *L, unsigned int i, unsigned int j) {
+  lua_seti(L, 1, i);
+  lua_seti(L, 1, j);
+}
+
+
+/*
+** Return true iff value at stack index 'a' is less than the value at
+** index 'b' (according to the order of the sort).
+*/
 static int sort_comp (lua_State *L, int a, int b) {
-  if (!lua_isnil(L, 2)) {  /* function? */
+  if (lua_isnil(L, 2))  /* no function? */
+    return lua_compare(L, a, b, LUA_OPLT);  /* a < b */
+  else {  /* function */
     int res;
-    lua_pushvalue(L, 2);
+    lua_pushvalue(L, 2);    /* push function */
     lua_pushvalue(L, a-1);  /* -1 to compensate function */
     lua_pushvalue(L, b-2);  /* -2 to compensate function and 'a' */
-    lua_call(L, 2, 1);
-    res = lua_toboolean(L, -1);
-    lua_pop(L, 1);
+    lua_call(L, 2, 1);      /* call function */
+    res = lua_toboolean(L, -1);  /* get result */
+    lua_pop(L, 1);          /* pop result */
     return res;
   }
-  else  /* a < b? */
-    return lua_compare(L, a, b, LUA_OPLT);
 }
 
-static void auxsort (lua_State *L, TabA *ta, int l, int u) {
-  while (l < u) {  /* for tail recursion */
-    int i, j;
-    /* sort elements a[l], a[(l+u)/2] and a[u] */
-    (*ta->geti)(L, 1, l);
-    (*ta->geti)(L, 1, u);
-    if (sort_comp(L, -1, -2))  /* a[u] < a[l]? */
-      set2(L, ta, l, u);  /* swap a[l] - a[u] */
+
+/*
+** Does the partition: Pivot P is at the top of the stack.
+** precondition: a[lo] <= P == a[up-1] <= a[up],
+** so it only needs to do the partition from lo + 1 to up - 2.
+** Pos-condition: a[lo .. i - 1] <= a[i] == P <= a[i + 1 .. up]
+** returns 'i'.
+*/
+static unsigned int partition (lua_State *L, unsigned int lo,
+                                             unsigned int up) {
+  unsigned int i = lo;  /* will be incremented before first use */
+  unsigned int j = up - 1;  /* will be decremented before first use */
+  /* loop invariant: a[lo .. i] <= P <= a[j .. up] */
+  for (;;) {
+    /* next loop: repeat ++i while a[i] < P */
+    while (lua_geti(L, 1, ++i), sort_comp(L, -1, -2)) {
+      if (i == up - 1)  /* a[i] < P  but a[up - 1] == P  ?? */
+        luaL_error(L, "invalid order function for sorting");
+      lua_pop(L, 1);  /* remove a[i] */
+    }
+    /* after the loop, a[i] >= P and a[lo .. i - 1] < P */
+    /* next loop: repeat --j while P < a[j] */
+    while (lua_geti(L, 1, --j), sort_comp(L, -3, -1)) {
+      if (j < i)  /* j < i  but  a[j] > P ?? */
+        luaL_error(L, "invalid order function for sorting");
+      lua_pop(L, 1);  /* remove a[j] */
+    }
+    /* after the loop, a[j] <= P and a[j + 1 .. up] >= P */
+    if (j < i) {  /* no elements out of place? */
+      /* a[lo .. i - 1] <= P <= a[j + 1 .. i .. up] */
+      lua_pop(L, 1);  /* pop a[j] */
+      /* swap pivot (a[up - 1]) with a[i] to satisfy pos-condition */
+      set2(L, up - 1, i);
+      return i;
+    }
+    /* otherwise, swap a[i] - a[j] to restore invariant and repeat */
+    set2(L, i, j);
+  }
+}
+
+
+/*
+** Choose an element in the middle (2nd-3th quarters) of [lo,up]
+** "randomized" by 'rnd'
+*/
+static unsigned int choosePivot (unsigned int lo, unsigned int up,
+                                 unsigned int rnd) {
+  unsigned int r4 = (unsigned int)(up - lo) / 4u;  /* range/4 */
+  unsigned int p = rnd % (r4 * 2) + (lo + r4);
+  lua_assert(lo + r4 <= p && p <= up - r4);
+  return p;
+}
+
+
+/*
+** QuickSort algorithm (recursive function)
+*/
+static void auxsort (lua_State *L, unsigned int lo, unsigned int up,
+                                   unsigned int rnd) {
+  while (lo < up) {  /* loop for tail recursion */
+    unsigned int p;  /* Pivot index */
+    unsigned int n;  /* to be used later */
+    /* sort elements 'lo', 'p', and 'up' */
+    lua_geti(L, 1, lo);
+    lua_geti(L, 1, up);
+    if (sort_comp(L, -1, -2))  /* a[up] < a[lo]? */
+      set2(L, lo, up);  /* swap a[lo] - a[up] */
     else
-      lua_pop(L, 2);
-    if (u-l == 1) break;  /* only 2 elements */
-    i = (l+u)/2;
-    (*ta->geti)(L, 1, i);
-    (*ta->geti)(L, 1, l);
-    if (sort_comp(L, -2, -1))  /* a[i]geti)(L, 1, u);
-      if (sort_comp(L, -1, -2))  /* a[u]geti)(L, 1, i);  /* Pivot */
-    lua_pushvalue(L, -1);
-    (*ta->geti)(L, 1, u-1);
-    set2(L, ta, i, u-1);
-    /* a[l] <= P == a[u-1] <= a[u], only need to sort from l+1 to u-2 */
-    i = l; j = u-1;
-    for (;;) {  /* invariant: a[l..i] <= P <= a[j..u] */
-      /* repeat ++i until a[i] >= P */
-      while ((*ta->geti)(L, 1, ++i), sort_comp(L, -1, -2)) {
-        if (i>=u) luaL_error(L, "invalid order function for sorting");
-        lua_pop(L, 1);  /* remove a[i] */
-      }
-      /* repeat --j until a[j] <= P */
-      while ((*ta->geti)(L, 1, --j), sort_comp(L, -3, -1)) {
-        if (j<=l) luaL_error(L, "invalid order function for sorting");
-        lua_pop(L, 1);  /* remove a[j] */
-      }
-      if (jgeti)(L, 1, u-1);
-    (*ta->geti)(L, 1, i);
-    set2(L, ta, u-1, i);  /* swap pivot (a[u-1]) with a[i] */
-    /* a[l..i-1] <= a[i] == P <= a[i+1..u] */
-    /* adjust so that smaller half is in [j..i] and larger one in [l..u] */
-    if (i-l < u-i) {
-      j=l; i=i-1; l=i+2;
+    if (up - lo == 2)  /* only 3 elements? */
+      return;  /* already sorted */
+    lua_geti(L, 1, p);  /* get middle element (Pivot) */
+    lua_pushvalue(L, -1);  /* push Pivot */
+    lua_geti(L, 1, up - 1);  /* push a[up - 1] */
+    set2(L, p, up - 1);  /* swap Pivot (a[p]) with a[up - 1] */
+    p = partition(L, lo, up);
+    /* a[lo .. p - 1] <= a[p] == P <= a[p + 1 .. up] */
+    if (p - lo < up - p) {  /* lower interval is smaller? */
+      auxsort(L, lo, p - 1, rnd);  /* call recursively for lower interval */
+      n = p - lo;  /* size of smaller interval */
+      lo = p + 1;  /* tail call for [p + 1 .. up] (upper interval) */
     }
     else {
-      j=i+1; i=u; u=j-2;
+      auxsort(L, p + 1, up, rnd);  /* call recursively for upper interval */
+      n = up - p;  /* size of smaller interval */
+      up = p - 1;  /* tail call for [lo .. p - 1]  (lower interval) */
     }
-    auxsort(L, ta, j, i);  /* call recursively the smaller one */
-  }  /* repeat the routine for the larger one */
+    if ((up - lo) / 128u > n) /* partition too imbalanced? */
+      rnd = l_randomizePivot();  /* try a new randomization */
+  }  /* tail call auxsort(L, lo, up, rnd) */
 }
 
+
 static int sort (lua_State *L) {
-  TabA ta;
-  int n = (int)aux_getn(L, 1, &ta);
-  luaL_checkstack(L, 50, "");  /* assume array is smaller than 2^50 */
-  if (!lua_isnoneornil(L, 2))  /* is there a 2nd argument? */
-    luaL_checktype(L, 2, LUA_TFUNCTION);
-  lua_settop(L, 2);  /* make sure there are two arguments */
-  auxsort(L, &ta, 1, n);
+  lua_Integer n = aux_getn(L, 1, TAB_RW);
+  if (n > 1) {  /* non-trivial interval? */
+    luaL_argcheck(L, n < INT_MAX, 1, "array too big");
+    luaL_checkstack(L, 40, "");  /* assume array is smaller than 2^40 */
+    if (!lua_isnoneornil(L, 2))  /* is there a 2nd argument? */
+      luaL_checktype(L, 2, LUA_TFUNCTION);  /* must be a function */
+    lua_settop(L, 2);  /* make sure there are two arguments */
+    auxsort(L, 1, (unsigned int)n, 0u);
+  }
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/lua/src/ltm.c b/lua/src/ltm.c
index c38e5c34..22b4df39 100644
--- a/lua/src/ltm.c
+++ b/lua/src/ltm.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ltm.c,v 2.34 2015/03/30 15:42:27 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: ltm.c,v 2.36 2015/11/03 15:47:30 roberto Exp $
 ** Tag methods
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void luaT_init (lua_State *L) {
 ** tag methods
 */
 const TValue *luaT_gettm (Table *events, TMS event, TString *ename) {
-  const TValue *tm = luaH_getstr(events, ename);
+  const TValue *tm = luaH_getshortstr(events, ename);
   lua_assert(event <= TM_EQ);
   if (ttisnil(tm)) {  /* no tag method? */
     events->flags |= cast_byte(1u<mt[ttnov(o)];
   }
-  return (mt ? luaH_getstr(mt, G(L)->tmname[event]) : luaO_nilobject);
+  return (mt ? luaH_getshortstr(mt, G(L)->tmname[event]) : luaO_nilobject);
 }
 
 
 void luaT_callTM (lua_State *L, const TValue *f, const TValue *p1,
                   const TValue *p2, TValue *p3, int hasres) {
   ptrdiff_t result = savestack(L, p3);
-  setobj2s(L, L->top++, f);  /* push function (assume EXTRA_STACK) */
-  setobj2s(L, L->top++, p1);  /* 1st argument */
-  setobj2s(L, L->top++, p2);  /* 2nd argument */
+  StkId func = L->top;
+  setobj2s(L, func, f);  /* push function (assume EXTRA_STACK) */
+  setobj2s(L, func + 1, p1);  /* 1st argument */
+  setobj2s(L, func + 2, p2);  /* 2nd argument */
+  L->top += 3;
   if (!hasres)  /* no result? 'p3' is third argument */
     setobj2s(L, L->top++, p3);  /* 3rd argument */
   /* metamethod may yield only when called from Lua code */
-  luaD_call(L, L->top - (4 - hasres), hasres, isLua(L->ci));
+  if (isLua(L->ci))
+    luaD_call(L, func, hasres);
+  else
+    luaD_callnoyield(L, func, hasres);
   if (hasres) {  /* if has result, move it to its place */
     p3 = restorestack(L, result);
     setobjs2s(L, p3, --L->top);
diff --git a/lua/src/lua.c b/lua/src/lua.c
index 7a47582c..545d23d4 100644
--- a/lua/src/lua.c
+++ b/lua/src/lua.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lua.c,v 1.225 2015/03/30 15:42:59 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lua.c,v 1.226 2015/08/14 19:11:20 roberto Exp $
 ** Lua stand-alone interpreter
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -324,24 +324,20 @@ static int pushline (lua_State *L, int firstline) {
 
 
 /*
-** Try to compile line on the stack as 'return '; on return, stack
+** Try to compile line on the stack as 'return ;'; on return, stack
 ** has either compiled chunk or original line (if compilation failed).
 */
 static int addreturn (lua_State *L) {
-  int status;
-  size_t len; const char *line;
-  lua_pushliteral(L, "return ");
-  lua_pushvalue(L, -2);  /* duplicate line */
-  lua_concat(L, 2);  /* new line is "return ..." */
-  line = lua_tolstring(L, -1, &len);
-  if ((status = luaL_loadbuffer(L, line, len, "=stdin")) == LUA_OK) {
-    lua_remove(L, -3);  /* remove original line */
-    line += sizeof("return")/sizeof(char);  /* remove 'return' for history */
+  const char *line = lua_tostring(L, -1);  /* original line */
+  const char *retline = lua_pushfstring(L, "return %s;", line);
+  int status = luaL_loadbuffer(L, retline, strlen(retline), "=stdin");
+  if (status == LUA_OK) {
+    lua_remove(L, -2);  /* remove modified line */
     if (line[0] != '\0')  /* non empty? */
       lua_saveline(L, line);  /* keep history */
   }
   else
-    lua_pop(L, 2);  /* remove result from 'luaL_loadbuffer' and new line */
+    lua_pop(L, 2);  /* pop result from 'luaL_loadbuffer' and modified line */
   return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/lua/src/lua.h b/lua/src/lua.h
index 1c2b95ac..06381d71 100644
--- a/lua/src/lua.h
+++ b/lua/src/lua.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lua.h,v 1.328 2015/06/03 13:03:38 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lua.h,v 1.329 2015/11/13 17:18:42 roberto Exp $
 ** Lua - A Scripting Language
 ** Lua.org, PUC-Rio, Brazil (http://www.lua.org)
 ** See Copyright Notice at the end of this file
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #define LUA_VERSION_MAJOR	"5"
 #define LUA_VERSION_MINOR	"3"
 #define LUA_VERSION_NUM		503
-#define LUA_VERSION_RELEASE	"1"
+#define LUA_VERSION_RELEASE	"2"
 
 #define LUA_VERSION	"Lua " LUA_VERSION_MAJOR "." LUA_VERSION_MINOR
 #define LUA_RELEASE	LUA_VERSION "." LUA_VERSION_RELEASE
diff --git a/lua/src/luaconf.h b/lua/src/luaconf.h
index 7cfa4faf..b4ed5001 100644
--- a/lua/src/luaconf.h
+++ b/lua/src/luaconf.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: luaconf.h,v 1.251 2015/05/20 17:39:23 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: luaconf.h,v 1.254 2015/10/21 18:17:40 roberto Exp $
 ** Configuration file for Lua
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 
 #if !defined(LUA_FLOAT_TYPE)
 #define LUA_FLOAT_TYPE	LUA_FLOAT_DOUBLE
-#endif								/* } */
+#endif
 
 /* }================================================================== */
 
@@ -412,9 +412,33 @@
 @@ LUA_NUMBER_FMT is the format for writing floats.
 @@ lua_number2str converts a float to a string.
 @@ l_mathop allows the addition of an 'l' or 'f' to all math operations.
+@@ l_floor takes the floor of a float.
 @@ lua_str2number converts a decimal numeric string to a number.
 */
 
+
+/* The following definitions are good for most cases here */
+
+#define l_floor(x)		(l_mathop(floor)(x))
+
+#define lua_number2str(s,sz,n)	l_sprintf((s), sz, LUA_NUMBER_FMT, (n))
+
+/*
+@@ lua_numbertointeger converts a float number to an integer, or
+** returns 0 if float is not within the range of a lua_Integer.
+** (The range comparisons are tricky because of rounding. The tests
+** here assume a two-complement representation, where MININTEGER always
+** has an exact representation as a float; MAXINTEGER may not have one,
+** and therefore its conversion to float may have an ill-defined value.)
+*/
+#define lua_numbertointeger(n,p) \
+  ((n) >= (LUA_NUMBER)(LUA_MININTEGER) && \
+   (n) < -(LUA_NUMBER)(LUA_MININTEGER) && \
+      (*(p) = (LUA_INTEGER)(n), 1))
+
+
+/* now the variable definitions */
+
 #if LUA_FLOAT_TYPE == LUA_FLOAT_FLOAT		/* { single float */
 
 #define LUA_NUMBER	float
@@ -468,25 +492,6 @@
 #endif					/* } */
 
 
-#define l_floor(x)		(l_mathop(floor)(x))
-
-#define lua_number2str(s,n)	sprintf((s), LUA_NUMBER_FMT, (n))
-
-
-/*
-@@ lua_numbertointeger converts a float number to an integer, or
-** returns 0 if float is not within the range of a lua_Integer.
-** (The range comparisons are tricky because of rounding. The tests
-** here assume a two-complement representation, where MININTEGER always
-** has an exact representation as a float; MAXINTEGER may not have one,
-** and therefore its conversion to float may have an ill-defined value.)
-*/
-#define lua_numbertointeger(n,p) \
-  ((n) >= (LUA_NUMBER)(LUA_MININTEGER) && \
-   (n) < -(LUA_NUMBER)(LUA_MININTEGER) && \
-      (*(p) = (LUA_INTEGER)(n), 1))
-
-
 
 /*
 @@ LUA_INTEGER is the integer type used by Lua.
@@ -506,7 +511,7 @@
 /* The following definitions are good for most cases here */
 
 #define LUA_INTEGER_FMT		"%" LUA_INTEGER_FRMLEN "d"
-#define lua_integer2str(s,n)	sprintf((s), LUA_INTEGER_FMT, (n))
+#define lua_integer2str(s,sz,n)	l_sprintf((s), sz, LUA_INTEGER_FMT, (n))
 
 #define LUAI_UACINT		LUA_INTEGER
 
@@ -537,6 +542,7 @@
 
 #elif LUA_INT_TYPE == LUA_INT_LONGLONG	/* }{ long long */
 
+/* use presence of macro LLONG_MAX as proxy for C99 compliance */
 #if defined(LLONG_MAX)		/* { */
 /* use ISO C99 stuff */
 
@@ -577,6 +583,17 @@
 ** ===================================================================
 */
 
+/*
+@@ l_sprintf is equivalent to 'snprintf' or 'sprintf' in C89.
+** (All uses in Lua have only one format item.)
+*/
+#if !defined(LUA_USE_C89)
+#define l_sprintf(s,sz,f,i)	snprintf(s,sz,f,i)
+#else
+#define l_sprintf(s,sz,f,i)	((void)(sz), sprintf(s,f,i))
+#endif
+
+
 /*
 @@ lua_strx2number converts an hexadecimal numeric string to a number.
 ** In C99, 'strtod' does that conversion. Otherwise, you can
@@ -584,7 +601,7 @@
 ** implementation.
 */
 #if !defined(LUA_USE_C89)
-#define lua_strx2number(s,p)	lua_str2number(s,p)
+#define lua_strx2number(s,p)		lua_str2number(s,p)
 #endif
 
 
@@ -595,7 +612,7 @@
 ** provide its own implementation.
 */
 #if !defined(LUA_USE_C89)
-#define lua_number2strx(L,b,f,n)	sprintf(b,f,n)
+#define lua_number2strx(L,b,sz,f,n)	l_sprintf(b,sz,f,n)
 #endif
 
 
diff --git a/lua/src/lundump.c b/lua/src/lundump.c
index 510f3258..4080af9c 100644
--- a/lua/src/lundump.c
+++ b/lua/src/lundump.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lundump.c,v 2.41 2014/11/02 19:19:04 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lundump.c,v 2.44 2015/11/02 16:09:30 roberto Exp $
 ** load precompiled Lua chunks
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 typedef struct {
   lua_State *L;
   ZIO *Z;
-  Mbuffer *b;
   const char *name;
 } LoadState;
 
@@ -92,10 +91,15 @@ static TString *LoadString (LoadState *S) {
     LoadVar(S, size);
   if (size == 0)
     return NULL;
-  else {
-    char *s = luaZ_openspace(S->L, S->b, --size);
-    LoadVector(S, s, size);
-    return luaS_newlstr(S->L, s, size);
+  else if (--size <= LUAI_MAXSHORTLEN) {  /* short string? */
+    char buff[LUAI_MAXSHORTLEN];
+    LoadVector(S, buff, size);
+    return luaS_newlstr(S->L, buff, size);
+  }
+  else {  /* long string */
+    TString *ts = luaS_createlngstrobj(S->L, size);
+    LoadVector(S, getstr(ts), size);  /* load directly in final place */
+    return ts;
   }
 }
 
@@ -251,8 +255,7 @@ static void checkHeader (LoadState *S) {
 /*
 ** load precompiled chunk
 */
-LClosure *luaU_undump(lua_State *L, ZIO *Z, Mbuffer *buff,
-                      const char *name) {
+LClosure *luaU_undump(lua_State *L, ZIO *Z, const char *name) {
   LoadState S;
   LClosure *cl;
   if (*name == '@' || *name == '=')
@@ -263,11 +266,10 @@ LClosure *luaU_undump(lua_State *L, ZIO *Z, Mbuffer *buff,
     S.name = name;
   S.L = L;
   S.Z = Z;
-  S.b = buff;
   checkHeader(&S);
   cl = luaF_newLclosure(L, LoadByte(&S));
   setclLvalue(L, L->top, cl);
-  incr_top(L);
+  luaD_inctop(L);
   cl->p = luaF_newproto(L);
   LoadFunction(&S, cl->p, NULL);
   lua_assert(cl->nupvalues == cl->p->sizeupvalues);
diff --git a/lua/src/lundump.h b/lua/src/lundump.h
index ef43d512..aa5cc82f 100644
--- a/lua/src/lundump.h
+++ b/lua/src/lundump.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lundump.h,v 1.44 2014/06/19 18:27:20 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lundump.h,v 1.45 2015/09/08 15:41:05 roberto Exp $
 ** load precompiled Lua chunks
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
 #define LUAC_FORMAT	0	/* this is the official format */
 
 /* load one chunk; from lundump.c */
-LUAI_FUNC LClosure* luaU_undump (lua_State* L, ZIO* Z, Mbuffer* buff,
-                                 const char* name);
+LUAI_FUNC LClosure* luaU_undump (lua_State* L, ZIO* Z, const char* name);
 
 /* dump one chunk; from ldump.c */
 LUAI_FUNC int luaU_dump (lua_State* L, const Proto* f, lua_Writer w,
diff --git a/lua/src/lvm.c b/lua/src/lvm.c
index a8cefc52..aba7ace8 100644
--- a/lua/src/lvm.c
+++ b/lua/src/lvm.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lvm.c,v 2.245 2015/06/09 15:53:35 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lvm.c,v 2.265 2015/11/23 11:30:45 roberto Exp $
 ** Lua virtual machine
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -153,30 +153,28 @@ static int forlimit (const TValue *obj, lua_Integer *p, lua_Integer step,
 
 
 /*
-** Main function for table access (invoking metamethods if needed).
-** Compute 'val = t[key]'
+** Complete a table access: if 't' is a table, 'tm' has its metamethod;
+** otherwise, 'tm' is NULL.
 */
-void luaV_gettable (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, TValue *key, StkId val) {
+void luaV_finishget (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, TValue *key, StkId val,
+                      const TValue *tm) {
   int loop;  /* counter to avoid infinite loops */
+  lua_assert(tm != NULL || !ttistable(t));
   for (loop = 0; loop < MAXTAGLOOP; loop++) {
-    const TValue *tm;
-    if (ttistable(t)) {  /* 't' is a table? */
-      Table *h = hvalue(t);
-      const TValue *res = luaH_get(h, key); /* do a primitive get */
-      if (!ttisnil(res) ||  /* result is not nil? */
-          (tm = fasttm(L, h->metatable, TM_INDEX)) == NULL) { /* or no TM? */
-        setobj2s(L, val, res);  /* result is the raw get */
-        return;
-      }
-      /* else will try metamethod */
+    if (tm == NULL) {  /* no metamethod (from a table)? */
+      if (ttisnil(tm = luaT_gettmbyobj(L, t, TM_INDEX)))
+        luaG_typeerror(L, t, "index");  /* no metamethod */
     }
-    else if (ttisnil(tm = luaT_gettmbyobj(L, t, TM_INDEX)))
-      luaG_typeerror(L, t, "index");  /* no metamethod */
     if (ttisfunction(tm)) {  /* metamethod is a function */
-      luaT_callTM(L, tm, t, key, val, 1);
+      luaT_callTM(L, tm, t, key, val, 1);  /* call it */
       return;
     }
     t = tm;  /* else repeat access over 'tm' */
+    if (luaV_fastget(L,t,key,tm,luaH_get)) {  /* try fast track */
+      setobj2s(L, val, tm);  /* done */
+      return;
+    }
+    /* else repeat */
   }
   luaG_runerror(L, "gettable chain too long; possible loop");
 }
@@ -186,40 +184,41 @@ void luaV_gettable (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, TValue *key, StkId val) {
 ** Main function for table assignment (invoking metamethods if needed).
 ** Compute 't[key] = val'
 */
-void luaV_settable (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, TValue *key, StkId val) {
+void luaV_finishset (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, TValue *key,
+                     StkId val, const TValue *oldval) {
   int loop;  /* counter to avoid infinite loops */
   for (loop = 0; loop < MAXTAGLOOP; loop++) {
     const TValue *tm;
-    if (ttistable(t)) {  /* 't' is a table? */
-      Table *h = hvalue(t);
-      TValue *oldval = cast(TValue *, luaH_get(h, key));
-      /* if previous value is not nil, there must be a previous entry
-         in the table; a metamethod has no relevance */
-      if (!ttisnil(oldval) ||
-         /* previous value is nil; must check the metamethod */
-         ((tm = fasttm(L, h->metatable, TM_NEWINDEX)) == NULL &&
+    if (oldval != NULL) {
+      lua_assert(ttistable(t) && ttisnil(oldval));
+      /* must check the metamethod */
+      if ((tm = fasttm(L, hvalue(t)->metatable, TM_NEWINDEX)) == NULL &&
          /* no metamethod; is there a previous entry in the table? */
          (oldval != luaO_nilobject ||
          /* no previous entry; must create one. (The next test is
             always true; we only need the assignment.) */
-         (oldval = luaH_newkey(L, h, key), 1)))) {
+         (oldval = luaH_newkey(L, hvalue(t), key), 1))) {
         /* no metamethod and (now) there is an entry with given key */
-        setobj2t(L, oldval, val);  /* assign new value to that entry */
-        invalidateTMcache(h);
-        luaC_barrierback(L, h, val);
+        setobj2t(L, cast(TValue *, oldval), val);
+        invalidateTMcache(hvalue(t));
+        luaC_barrierback(L, hvalue(t), val);
         return;
       }
       /* else will try the metamethod */
     }
-    else  /* not a table; check metamethod */
+    else {  /* not a table; check metamethod */
       if (ttisnil(tm = luaT_gettmbyobj(L, t, TM_NEWINDEX)))
         luaG_typeerror(L, t, "index");
+    }
     /* try the metamethod */
     if (ttisfunction(tm)) {
       luaT_callTM(L, tm, t, key, val, 0);
       return;
     }
     t = tm;  /* else repeat assignment over 'tm' */
+    if (luaV_fastset(L, t, key, oldval, luaH_get, val))
+      return;  /* done */
+    /* else loop */
   }
   luaG_runerror(L, "settable chain too long; possible loop");
 }
@@ -443,6 +442,17 @@ int luaV_equalobj (lua_State *L, const TValue *t1, const TValue *t2) {
 
 #define isemptystr(o)	(ttisshrstring(o) && tsvalue(o)->shrlen == 0)
 
+/* copy strings in stack from top - n up to top - 1 to buffer */
+static void copy2buff (StkId top, int n, char *buff) {
+  size_t tl = 0;  /* size already copied */
+  do {
+    size_t l = vslen(top - n);  /* length of string being copied */
+    memcpy(buff + tl, svalue(top - n), l * sizeof(char));
+    tl += l;
+  } while (--n > 0);
+}
+
+
 /*
 ** Main operation for concatenation: concat 'total' values in the stack,
 ** from 'L->top - total' up to 'L->top - 1'.
@@ -462,24 +472,24 @@ void luaV_concat (lua_State *L, int total) {
     else {
       /* at least two non-empty string values; get as many as possible */
       size_t tl = vslen(top - 1);
-      char *buffer;
-      int i;
-      /* collect total length */
-      for (i = 1; i < total && tostring(L, top-i-1); i++) {
-        size_t l = vslen(top - i - 1);
+      TString *ts;
+      /* collect total length and number of strings */
+      for (n = 1; n < total && tostring(L, top - n - 1); n++) {
+        size_t l = vslen(top - n - 1);
         if (l >= (MAX_SIZE/sizeof(char)) - tl)
           luaG_runerror(L, "string length overflow");
         tl += l;
       }
-      buffer = luaZ_openspace(L, &G(L)->buff, tl);
-      tl = 0;
-      n = i;
-      do {  /* copy all strings to buffer */
-        size_t l = vslen(top - i);
-        memcpy(buffer+tl, svalue(top-i), l * sizeof(char));
-        tl += l;
-      } while (--i > 0);
-      setsvalue2s(L, top-n, luaS_newlstr(L, buffer, tl));  /* create result */
+      if (tl <= LUAI_MAXSHORTLEN) {  /* is result a short string? */
+        char buff[LUAI_MAXSHORTLEN];
+        copy2buff(top, n, buff);  /* copy strings to buffer */
+        ts = luaS_newlstr(L, buff, tl);
+      }
+      else {  /* long string; copy strings directly to final result */
+        ts = luaS_createlngstrobj(L, tl);
+        copy2buff(top, n, getstr(ts));
+      }
+      setsvalue2s(L, top - n, ts);  /* create result */
     }
     total -= n-1;  /* got 'n' strings to create 1 new */
     L->top -= n-1;  /* popped 'n' strings and pushed one */
@@ -700,27 +710,20 @@ void luaV_finishOp (lua_State *L) {
 ** some macros for common tasks in 'luaV_execute'
 */
 
-#if !defined(luai_runtimecheck)
-#define luai_runtimecheck(L, c)		/* void */
-#endif
-
 
 #define RA(i)	(base+GETARG_A(i))
-/* to be used after possible stack reallocation */
 #define RB(i)	check_exp(getBMode(GET_OPCODE(i)) == OpArgR, base+GETARG_B(i))
 #define RC(i)	check_exp(getCMode(GET_OPCODE(i)) == OpArgR, base+GETARG_C(i))
 #define RKB(i)	check_exp(getBMode(GET_OPCODE(i)) == OpArgK, \
 	ISK(GETARG_B(i)) ? k+INDEXK(GETARG_B(i)) : base+GETARG_B(i))
 #define RKC(i)	check_exp(getCMode(GET_OPCODE(i)) == OpArgK, \
 	ISK(GETARG_C(i)) ? k+INDEXK(GETARG_C(i)) : base+GETARG_C(i))
-#define KBx(i)  \
-  (k + (GETARG_Bx(i) != 0 ? GETARG_Bx(i) - 1 : GETARG_Ax(*ci->u.l.savedpc++)))
 
 
 /* execute a jump instruction */
 #define dojump(ci,i,e) \
   { int a = GETARG_A(i); \
-    if (a > 0) luaF_close(L, ci->u.l.base + a - 1); \
+    if (a != 0) luaF_close(L, ci->u.l.base + a - 1); \
     ci->u.l.savedpc += GETARG_sBx(i) + e; }
 
 /* for test instructions, execute the jump instruction that follows it */
@@ -730,34 +733,49 @@ void luaV_finishOp (lua_State *L) {
 #define Protect(x)	{ {x;}; base = ci->u.l.base; }
 
 #define checkGC(L,c)  \
-  Protect( luaC_condGC(L,{L->top = (c);  /* limit of live values */ \
-                          luaC_step(L); \
-                          L->top = ci->top;})  /* restore top */ \
-           luai_threadyield(L); )
+	{ luaC_condGC(L, L->top = (c),  /* limit of live values */ \
+                         Protect(L->top = ci->top));  /* restore top */ \
+           luai_threadyield(L); }
 
 
 #define vmdispatch(o)	switch(o)
 #define vmcase(l)	case l:
 #define vmbreak		break
 
+
+/*
+** copy of 'luaV_gettable', but protecting call to potential metamethod
+** (which can reallocate the stack)
+*/
+#define gettableProtected(L,t,k,v)  { const TValue *aux; \
+  if (luaV_fastget(L,t,k,aux,luaH_get)) { setobj2s(L, v, aux); } \
+  else Protect(luaV_finishget(L,t,k,v,aux)); }
+
+
+/* same for 'luaV_settable' */
+#define settableProtected(L,t,k,v) { const TValue *slot; \
+  if (!luaV_fastset(L,t,k,slot,luaH_get,v)) \
+    Protect(luaV_finishset(L,t,k,v,slot)); }
+
+
+
 void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
   CallInfo *ci = L->ci;
   LClosure *cl;
   TValue *k;
   StkId base;
+  ci->callstatus |= CIST_FRESH;  /* fresh invocation of 'luaV_execute" */
  newframe:  /* reentry point when frame changes (call/return) */
   lua_assert(ci == L->ci);
-  cl = clLvalue(ci->func);
-  k = cl->p->k;
-  base = ci->u.l.base;
+  cl = clLvalue(ci->func);  /* local reference to function's closure */
+  k = cl->p->k;  /* local reference to function's constant table */
+  base = ci->u.l.base;  /* local copy of function's base */
   /* main loop of interpreter */
   for (;;) {
     Instruction i = *(ci->u.l.savedpc++);
     StkId ra;
-    if ((L->hookmask & (LUA_MASKLINE | LUA_MASKCOUNT)) &&
-        (--L->hookcount == 0 || L->hookmask & LUA_MASKLINE)) {
+    if (L->hookmask & (LUA_MASKLINE | LUA_MASKCOUNT))
       Protect(luaG_traceexec(L));
-    }
     /* WARNING: several calls may realloc the stack and invalidate 'ra' */
     ra = RA(i);
     lua_assert(base == ci->u.l.base);
@@ -797,17 +815,22 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
         vmbreak;
       }
       vmcase(OP_GETTABUP) {
-        int b = GETARG_B(i);
-        Protect(luaV_gettable(L, cl->upvals[b]->v, RKC(i), ra));
+        TValue *upval = cl->upvals[GETARG_B(i)]->v;
+        TValue *rc = RKC(i);
+        gettableProtected(L, upval, rc, ra);
         vmbreak;
       }
       vmcase(OP_GETTABLE) {
-        Protect(luaV_gettable(L, RB(i), RKC(i), ra));
+        StkId rb = RB(i);
+        TValue *rc = RKC(i);
+        gettableProtected(L, rb, rc, ra);
         vmbreak;
       }
       vmcase(OP_SETTABUP) {
-        int a = GETARG_A(i);
-        Protect(luaV_settable(L, cl->upvals[a]->v, RKB(i), RKC(i)));
+        TValue *upval = cl->upvals[GETARG_A(i)]->v;
+        TValue *rb = RKB(i);
+        TValue *rc = RKC(i);
+        settableProtected(L, upval, rb, rc);
         vmbreak;
       }
       vmcase(OP_SETUPVAL) {
@@ -817,7 +840,9 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
         vmbreak;
       }
       vmcase(OP_SETTABLE) {
-        Protect(luaV_settable(L, ra, RKB(i), RKC(i)));
+        TValue *rb = RKB(i);
+        TValue *rc = RKC(i);
+        settableProtected(L, ra, rb, rc);
         vmbreak;
       }
       vmcase(OP_NEWTABLE) {
@@ -831,9 +856,15 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
         vmbreak;
       }
       vmcase(OP_SELF) {
+        const TValue *aux;
         StkId rb = RB(i);
-        setobjs2s(L, ra+1, rb);
-        Protect(luaV_gettable(L, rb, RKC(i), ra));
+        TValue *rc = RKC(i);
+        TString *key = tsvalue(rc);  /* key must be a string */
+        setobjs2s(L, ra + 1, rb);
+        if (luaV_fastget(L, rb, key, aux, luaH_getstr)) {
+          setobj2s(L, ra, aux);
+        }
+        else Protect(luaV_finishget(L, rb, rc, ra, aux));
         vmbreak;
       }
       vmcase(OP_ADD) {
@@ -1020,7 +1051,7 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
         StkId rb;
         L->top = base + c + 1;  /* mark the end of concat operands */
         Protect(luaV_concat(L, c - b + 1));
-        ra = RA(i);  /* 'luav_concat' may invoke TMs and move the stack */
+        ra = RA(i);  /* 'luaV_concat' may invoke TMs and move the stack */
         rb = base + b;
         setobjs2s(L, ra, rb);
         checkGC(L, (ra >= rb ? ra + 1 : rb));
@@ -1035,7 +1066,7 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
         TValue *rb = RKB(i);
         TValue *rc = RKC(i);
         Protect(
-          if (cast_int(luaV_equalobj(L, rb, rc)) != GETARG_A(i))
+          if (luaV_equalobj(L, rb, rc) != GETARG_A(i))
             ci->u.l.savedpc++;
           else
             donextjump(ci);
@@ -1082,12 +1113,12 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
         int nresults = GETARG_C(i) - 1;
         if (b != 0) L->top = ra+b;  /* else previous instruction set top */
         if (luaD_precall(L, ra, nresults)) {  /* C function? */
-          if (nresults >= 0) L->top = ci->top;  /* adjust results */
-          base = ci->u.l.base;
+          if (nresults >= 0)
+            L->top = ci->top;  /* adjust results */
+          Protect((void)0);  /* update 'base' */
         }
         else {  /* Lua function */
           ci = L->ci;
-          ci->callstatus |= CIST_REENTRY;
           goto newframe;  /* restart luaV_execute over new Lua function */
         }
         vmbreak;
@@ -1096,8 +1127,9 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
         int b = GETARG_B(i);
         if (b != 0) L->top = ra+b;  /* else previous instruction set top */
         lua_assert(GETARG_C(i) - 1 == LUA_MULTRET);
-        if (luaD_precall(L, ra, LUA_MULTRET))  /* C function? */
-          base = ci->u.l.base;
+        if (luaD_precall(L, ra, LUA_MULTRET)) {  /* C function? */
+          Protect((void)0);  /* update 'base' */
+        }
         else {
           /* tail call: put called frame (n) in place of caller one (o) */
           CallInfo *nci = L->ci;  /* called frame */
@@ -1125,8 +1157,8 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
       vmcase(OP_RETURN) {
         int b = GETARG_B(i);
         if (cl->p->sizep > 0) luaF_close(L, base);
-        b = luaD_poscall(L, ra, (b != 0 ? b - 1 : L->top - ra));
-        if (!(ci->callstatus & CIST_REENTRY))  /* 'ci' still the called one */
+        b = luaD_poscall(L, ci, ra, (b != 0 ? b - 1 : cast_int(L->top - ra)));
+        if (ci->callstatus & CIST_FRESH)  /* local 'ci' still from callee */
           return;  /* external invocation: return */
         else {  /* invocation via reentry: continue execution */
           ci = L->ci;
@@ -1139,7 +1171,7 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
       vmcase(OP_FORLOOP) {
         if (ttisinteger(ra)) {  /* integer loop? */
           lua_Integer step = ivalue(ra + 2);
-          lua_Integer idx = ivalue(ra) + step; /* increment index */
+          lua_Integer idx = intop(+, ivalue(ra), step); /* increment index */
           lua_Integer limit = ivalue(ra + 1);
           if ((0 < step) ? (idx <= limit) : (limit <= idx)) {
             ci->u.l.savedpc += GETARG_sBx(i);  /* jump back */
@@ -1171,7 +1203,7 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
           /* all values are integer */
           lua_Integer initv = (stopnow ? 0 : ivalue(init));
           setivalue(plimit, ilimit);
-          setivalue(init, initv - ivalue(pstep));
+          setivalue(init, intop(-, initv, ivalue(pstep)));
         }
         else {  /* try making all values floats */
           lua_Number ninit; lua_Number nlimit; lua_Number nstep;
@@ -1194,7 +1226,7 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
         setobjs2s(L, cb+1, ra+1);
         setobjs2s(L, cb, ra);
         L->top = cb + 3;  /* func. + 2 args (state and index) */
-        Protect(luaD_call(L, cb, GETARG_C(i), 1));
+        Protect(luaD_call(L, cb, GETARG_C(i)));
         L->top = ci->top;
         i = *(ci->u.l.savedpc++);  /* go to next instruction */
         ra = RA(i);
@@ -1219,11 +1251,10 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
           lua_assert(GET_OPCODE(*ci->u.l.savedpc) == OP_EXTRAARG);
           c = GETARG_Ax(*ci->u.l.savedpc++);
         }
-        luai_runtimecheck(L, ttistable(ra));
         h = hvalue(ra);
         last = ((c-1)*LFIELDS_PER_FLUSH) + n;
         if (last > h->sizearray)  /* needs more space? */
-          luaH_resizearray(L, h, last);  /* pre-allocate it at once */
+          luaH_resizearray(L, h, last);  /* preallocate it at once */
         for (; n > 0; n--) {
           TValue *val = ra+n;
           luaH_setint(L, h, last--, val);
@@ -1243,23 +1274,21 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
         vmbreak;
       }
       vmcase(OP_VARARG) {
-        int b = GETARG_B(i) - 1;
+        int b = GETARG_B(i) - 1;  /* required results */
         int j;
         int n = cast_int(base - ci->func) - cl->p->numparams - 1;
+        if (n < 0)  /* less arguments than parameters? */
+          n = 0;  /* no vararg arguments */
         if (b < 0) {  /* B == 0? */
           b = n;  /* get all var. arguments */
           Protect(luaD_checkstack(L, n));
           ra = RA(i);  /* previous call may change the stack */
           L->top = ra + n;
         }
-        for (j = 0; j < b; j++) {
-          if (j < n) {
-            setobjs2s(L, ra + j, base - n + j);
-          }
-          else {
-            setnilvalue(ra + j);
-          }
-        }
+        for (j = 0; j < b && j < n; j++)
+          setobjs2s(L, ra + j, base - n + j);
+        for (; j < b; j++)  /* complete required results with nil */
+          setnilvalue(ra + j);
         vmbreak;
       }
       vmcase(OP_EXTRAARG) {
diff --git a/lua/src/lvm.h b/lua/src/lvm.h
index 0613826a..fd0e748d 100644
--- a/lua/src/lvm.h
+++ b/lua/src/lvm.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lvm.h,v 2.35 2015/02/20 14:27:53 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lvm.h,v 2.39 2015/09/09 13:44:07 roberto Exp $
 ** Lua virtual machine
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -48,15 +48,61 @@
 #define luaV_rawequalobj(t1,t2)		luaV_equalobj(NULL,t1,t2)
 
 
+/*
+** fast track for 'gettable': 1 means 'aux' points to resulted value;
+** 0 means 'aux' is metamethod (if 't' is a table) or NULL. 'f' is
+** the raw get function to use.
+*/
+#define luaV_fastget(L,t,k,aux,f) \
+  (!ttistable(t)  \
+   ? (aux = NULL, 0)  /* not a table; 'aux' is NULL and result is 0 */  \
+   : (aux = f(hvalue(t), k),  /* else, do raw access */  \
+      !ttisnil(aux) ? 1  /* result not nil? 'aux' has it */  \
+      : (aux = fasttm(L, hvalue(t)->metatable, TM_INDEX),  /* get metamethod */\
+         aux != NULL  ? 0  /* has metamethod? must call it */  \
+         : (aux = luaO_nilobject, 1))))  /* else, final result is nil */
+
+/*
+** standard implementation for 'gettable'
+*/
+#define luaV_gettable(L,t,k,v) { const TValue *aux; \
+  if (luaV_fastget(L,t,k,aux,luaH_get)) { setobj2s(L, v, aux); } \
+  else luaV_finishget(L,t,k,v,aux); }
+
+
+/*
+** Fast track for set table. If 't' is a table and 't[k]' is not nil,
+** call GC barrier, do a raw 't[k]=v', and return true; otherwise,
+** return false with 'slot' equal to NULL (if 't' is not a table) or
+** 'nil'. (This is needed by 'luaV_finishget'.) Note that, if the macro
+** returns true, there is no need to 'invalidateTMcache', because the
+** call is not creating a new entry.
+*/
+#define luaV_fastset(L,t,k,slot,f,v) \
+  (!ttistable(t) \
+   ? (slot = NULL, 0) \
+   : (slot = f(hvalue(t), k), \
+     ttisnil(slot) ? 0 \
+     : (luaC_barrierback(L, hvalue(t), v), \
+        setobj2t(L, cast(TValue *,slot), v), \
+        1)))
+
+
+#define luaV_settable(L,t,k,v) { const TValue *slot; \
+  if (!luaV_fastset(L,t,k,slot,luaH_get,v)) \
+    luaV_finishset(L,t,k,v,slot); }
+  
+
+
 LUAI_FUNC int luaV_equalobj (lua_State *L, const TValue *t1, const TValue *t2);
 LUAI_FUNC int luaV_lessthan (lua_State *L, const TValue *l, const TValue *r);
 LUAI_FUNC int luaV_lessequal (lua_State *L, const TValue *l, const TValue *r);
 LUAI_FUNC int luaV_tonumber_ (const TValue *obj, lua_Number *n);
 LUAI_FUNC int luaV_tointeger (const TValue *obj, lua_Integer *p, int mode);
-LUAI_FUNC void luaV_gettable (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, TValue *key,
-                                            StkId val);
-LUAI_FUNC void luaV_settable (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, TValue *key,
-                                            StkId val);
+LUAI_FUNC void luaV_finishget (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, TValue *key,
+                               StkId val, const TValue *tm);
+LUAI_FUNC void luaV_finishset (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, TValue *key,
+                               StkId val, const TValue *oldval);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaV_finishOp (lua_State *L);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaV_execute (lua_State *L);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaV_concat (lua_State *L, int total);
diff --git a/lua/src/lzio.c b/lua/src/lzio.c
index 46493920..c9e1f491 100644
--- a/lua/src/lzio.c
+++ b/lua/src/lzio.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lzio.c,v 1.36 2014/11/02 19:19:04 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lzio.c,v 1.37 2015/09/08 15:41:05 roberto Exp $
 ** Buffered streams
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -66,13 +66,3 @@ size_t luaZ_read (ZIO *z, void *b, size_t n) {
   return 0;
 }
 
-/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
-char *luaZ_openspace (lua_State *L, Mbuffer *buff, size_t n) {
-  if (n > buff->buffsize) {
-    if (n < LUA_MINBUFFER) n = LUA_MINBUFFER;
-    luaZ_resizebuffer(L, buff, n);
-  }
-  return buff->buffer;
-}
-
-
diff --git a/lua/src/lzio.h b/lua/src/lzio.h
index b2e56bcd..e7b6f34b 100644
--- a/lua/src/lzio.h
+++ b/lua/src/lzio.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lzio.h,v 1.30 2014/12/19 17:26:14 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lzio.h,v 1.31 2015/09/08 15:41:05 roberto Exp $
 ** Buffered streams
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ typedef struct Mbuffer {
 #define luaZ_freebuffer(L, buff)	luaZ_resizebuffer(L, buff, 0)
 
 
-LUAI_FUNC char *luaZ_openspace (lua_State *L, Mbuffer *buff, size_t n);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaZ_init (lua_State *L, ZIO *z, lua_Reader reader,
                                         void *data);
 LUAI_FUNC size_t luaZ_read (ZIO* z, void *b, size_t n);	/* read next n bytes */