bug: despite its name, 'luaH_getstr' did not work for strings in

general, but only for short strings

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ltable.h b/ltable.h
index 20ddacd0..bad66516 100644
--- a/ltable.h
+++ b/ltable.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ltable.h,v 2.19 2014/07/29 16:22:24 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: ltable.h,v 2.20 2014/09/04 18:15:29 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** 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);