diff --git a/lauxlib.c b/lauxlib.c
index 53c175a7..f2ac74db 100644
--- a/lauxlib.c
+++ b/lauxlib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lauxlib.c,v 1.163 2006/09/25 15:35:00 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lauxlib.c,v 1.164 2006/10/16 14:38:38 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Auxiliary functions for building Lua libraries
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -230,6 +230,31 @@ LUALIB_API int luaL_callmeta (lua_State *L, int obj, const char *event) {
 }
 
 
+LUALIB_API const char *luaL_tostring (lua_State *L, int idx) {
+  if (!luaL_callmeta(L, idx, "__tostring")) {  /* no metafield? */
+    switch (lua_type(L, idx)) {
+      case LUA_TNUMBER:
+        lua_pushstring(L, lua_tostring(L, idx));
+        break;
+      case LUA_TSTRING:
+        lua_pushvalue(L, idx);
+        break;
+      case LUA_TBOOLEAN:
+        lua_pushstring(L, (lua_toboolean(L, idx) ? "true" : "false"));
+        break;
+      case LUA_TNIL:
+        lua_pushliteral(L, "nil");
+        break;
+      default:
+        lua_pushfstring(L, "%s: %p", luaL_typename(L, idx),
+                                     lua_topointer(L, idx));
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  return lua_tostring(L, -1);
+}
+
+
 LUALIB_API void luaL_register (lua_State *L, const char *libname,
                                const luaL_Reg *l) {
   luaI_openlib(L, libname, l, 0);
diff --git a/lauxlib.h b/lauxlib.h
index f7b02db5..b6fedef5 100644
--- a/lauxlib.h
+++ b/lauxlib.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lauxlib.h,v 1.87 2005/12/29 15:32:11 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lauxlib.h,v 1.88 2006/04/12 20:31:15 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Auxiliary functions for building Lua libraries
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ LUALIB_API void (luaL_register) (lua_State *L, const char *libname,
                                 const luaL_Reg *l);
 LUALIB_API int (luaL_getmetafield) (lua_State *L, int obj, const char *e);
 LUALIB_API int (luaL_callmeta) (lua_State *L, int obj, const char *e);
+LUALIB_API const char *luaL_tostring (lua_State *L, int idx);
 LUALIB_API int (luaL_typerror) (lua_State *L, int narg, const char *tname);
 LUALIB_API int (luaL_argerror) (lua_State *L, int numarg, const char *extramsg);
 LUALIB_API const char *(luaL_checklstring) (lua_State *L, int numArg,
diff --git a/lbaselib.c b/lbaselib.c
index 01decb46..556325af 100644
--- a/lbaselib.c
+++ b/lbaselib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lbaselib.c,v 1.194 2006/10/20 19:30:53 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lbaselib.c,v 1.195 2006/10/24 19:46:12 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Basic library
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -396,25 +396,7 @@ static int luaB_xpcall (lua_State *L) {
 
 static int luaB_tostring (lua_State *L) {
   luaL_checkany(L, 1);
-  if (luaL_callmeta(L, 1, "__tostring"))  /* is there a metafield? */
-    return 1;  /* use its value */
-  switch (lua_type(L, 1)) {
-    case LUA_TNUMBER:
-      lua_pushstring(L, lua_tostring(L, 1));
-      break;
-    case LUA_TSTRING:
-      lua_pushvalue(L, 1);
-      break;
-    case LUA_TBOOLEAN:
-      lua_pushstring(L, (lua_toboolean(L, 1) ? "true" : "false"));
-      break;
-    case LUA_TNIL:
-      lua_pushliteral(L, "nil");
-      break;
-    default:
-      lua_pushfstring(L, "%s: %p", luaL_typename(L, 1), lua_topointer(L, 1));
-      break;
-  }
+  luaL_tostring(L, 1);
   return 1;
 }