Add LUA_FILEHANDLE define

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08614a1..8f0cc32 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ For Lua 5.1 additionally:
 For Lua 5.1 additionally:
 * `LUA_OK`
 * `LUA_OP*` macros for `lua_arith` and `lua_compare`
+* `LUA_FILEHANDLE`
 * `lua_Unsigned`
 * `lua_absindex`
 * `lua_arith` (see [here][19])
diff --git a/c-api/compat-5.3.h b/c-api/compat-5.3.h
index bee77a1..886b5ba 100644
--- a/c-api/compat-5.3.h
+++ b/c-api/compat-5.3.h
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ extern "C" {
 #ifndef LUA_OPLE
 #  define LUA_OPLE 2
 #endif
+#ifndef LUA_FILEHANDLE
+#  define LUA_FILEHANDLE "FILE*"
+#endif
 
 typedef size_t lua_Unsigned;