2 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lgc.c b/lgc.c
index 189adc6a..67fee0e2 100644
--- a/lgc.c
+++ b/lgc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lgc.c,v 1.79 2001/01/25 16:45:36 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lgc.c,v 1.80 2001/01/26 13:18:00 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Garbage Collector
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static void collecttable (lua_State *L) {
 
 
 static void checktab (lua_State *L, stringtable *tb) {
-  if (tb->nuse < (luint32)(tb->size/4) && tb->size > 10)
+  if (tb->nuse < (luint32)(tb->size/4) && tb->size > MINPOWER2)
     luaS_resize(L, tb, tb->size/2);  /* table is too big */
 }
 
diff --git a/liolib.c b/liolib.c
index e4851209..cb3325f0 100644
--- a/liolib.c
+++ b/liolib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: liolib.c,v 1.100 2001/01/25 16:45:36 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: liolib.c,v 1.101 2001/01/26 11:45:51 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Standard I/O (and system) library
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -306,14 +306,12 @@ static int io_read (lua_State *L) {
     luaL_checkstack(L, nargs+LUA_MINSTACK, "too many arguments");
     success = 1;
     for (n = 1; n<=nargs && success; n++) {
-      const char *p = luaL_check_string(L, n);
-      if (p[0] != '*') {
-        if (lua_isnumber(L, n))
-          success = read_chars(L, f, (size_t)lua_tonumber(L, n));
-        else
-          lua_error(L, "read patterns are deprecated");
-      }
+      if (lua_type(L, n) == LUA_TNUMBER)
+        success = read_chars(L, f, (size_t)lua_tonumber(L, n));
       else {
+        const char *p = lua_tostring(L, n);
+        if (!p || p[0] != '*')
+          lua_error(L, "invalid `read' option");
         switch (p[1]) {
           case 'n':  /* number */
             success = read_number(L, f);