1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lstring.c b/lstring.c
index 0a6bf342..dcc40fdd 100644
--- a/lstring.c
+++ b/lstring.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lstring.c,v 2.15 2009/12/11 21:31:14 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lstring.c,v 2.16 2009/12/16 16:42:58 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** String table (keeps all strings handled by Lua)
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ TString *luaS_newlstr (lua_State *L, const char *str, size_t l) {
 }
 
 
+TString *luaS_new (lua_State *L, const char *str) {
+  return luaS_newlstr(L, str, strlen(str));
+}
+
+
 Udata *luaS_newudata (lua_State *L, size_t s, Table *e) {
   Udata *u;
   if (s > MAX_SIZET - sizeof(Udata))