diff --git a/ldblib.c b/ldblib.c
index 778a05ae..2426f955 100644
--- a/ldblib.c
+++ b/ldblib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ldblib.c,v 1.126 2010/11/16 18:01:28 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: ldblib.c,v 1.127 2010/12/20 17:24:15 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Interface from Lua to its debug API
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 #include "lualib.h"
 
 
+#define HOOKKEY		"_HKEY"
+
+
 
 static int db_getregistry (lua_State *L) {
   lua_pushvalue(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
@@ -250,14 +253,13 @@ static int db_upvaluejoin (lua_State *L) {
 }
 
 
-static const char KEY_HOOK = 'h';
+#define gethooktable(L)	luaL_findtable(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, HOOKKEY); 
 
 
 static void hookf (lua_State *L, lua_Debug *ar) {
   static const char *const hooknames[] =
     {"call", "return", "line", "count", "tail call"};
-  lua_pushlightuserdata(L, (void *)&KEY_HOOK);
-  lua_rawget(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
+  gethooktable(L);
   lua_pushlightuserdata(L, L);
   lua_rawget(L, -2);
   if (lua_isfunction(L, -1)) {
@@ -291,19 +293,6 @@ static char *unmakemask (int mask, char *smask) {
 }
 
 
-static void gethooktable (lua_State *L) {
-  lua_pushlightuserdata(L, (void *)&KEY_HOOK);
-  lua_rawget(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
-  if (!lua_istable(L, -1)) {
-    lua_pop(L, 1);
-    lua_createtable(L, 0, 1);
-    lua_pushlightuserdata(L, (void *)&KEY_HOOK);
-    lua_pushvalue(L, -2);
-    lua_rawset(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
-  }
-}
-
-
 static int db_sethook (lua_State *L) {
   int arg, mask, count;
   lua_Hook func;