1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/llex.c b/llex.c
index d1aff60c..7afe31b1 100644
--- a/llex.c
+++ b/llex.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: llex.c,v 2.67 2013/06/19 14:27:00 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: llex.c,v 2.68 2013/08/21 20:09:51 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lexical Analyzer
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -119,22 +119,25 @@ l_noret luaX_syntaxerror (LexState *ls, const char *msg) {
 
 
 /*
-** creates a new string and anchors it in function's table so that
-** it will not be collected until the end of the function's compilation
-** (by that time it should be anchored in function's prototype)
+** creates a new string and anchors it in scanner's table so that
+** it will not be collected until the end of the compilation
+** (by that time it should be anchored somewhere)
 */
 TString *luaX_newstring (LexState *ls, const char *str, size_t l) {
   lua_State *L = ls->L;
   TValue *o;  /* entry for `str' */
   TString *ts = luaS_newlstr(L, str, l);  /* create new string */
   setsvalue2s(L, L->top++, ts);  /* temporarily anchor it in stack */
-  o = luaH_set(L, ls->fs->h, L->top - 1);
-  if (ttisnil(o)) {  /* not in use yet? (see 'addK') */
+  o = luaH_set(L, ls->h, L->top - 1);
+  if (ttisnil(o)) {  /* not in use yet? */
     /* boolean value does not need GC barrier;
        table has no metatable, so it does not need to invalidate cache */
     setbvalue(o, 1);  /* t[string] = true */
     luaC_checkGC(L);
   }
+  else {  /* string already present */
+    ts = rawtsvalue(keyfromval(o));  /* re-use value previously stored */
+  }
   L->top--;  /* remove string from stack */
   return ts;
 }