2 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/FbTk/Luamm.cc b/src/FbTk/Luamm.cc
index 3de86db..c4ea2e0 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/Luamm.cc
+++ b/src/FbTk/Luamm.cc
@@ -145,6 +145,19 @@ namespace lua {
             return r ? 3 : 1;
         }
 
+        struct reader_data {
+            const void *s;
+            size_t len;
+        };
+
+        const char *string_reader(lua_State *, void *data, size_t *size)
+        {
+            reader_data *d = static_cast<reader_data *>(data);
+            *size = d->len;
+            d->len = 0;
+            return static_cast<const char *>(d->s);
+        }
+
     }
 
     std::string exception::get_error_msg(state *L)
@@ -336,9 +349,13 @@ namespace lua {
             }
         }
 
-    void state::loadstring(const char *s) throw(lua::syntax_error, std::bad_alloc)
+    void
+    state::loadstring(const char *s, size_t len, const char *chunkname)
+                        throw(lua::syntax_error, std::bad_alloc)
     {
-        switch(luaL_loadstring(cobj, s)) {
+        reader_data data = { s, len };
+
+        switch(lua_load(cobj, string_reader, &data, chunkname)) {
             case 0:
                 return;
             case LUA_ERRSYNTAX:
diff --git a/src/FbTk/Luamm.hh b/src/FbTk/Luamm.hh
index 218eea9..0ebe6ef 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/Luamm.hh
+++ b/src/FbTk/Luamm.hh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define FBTK_LUAMM_HH
 
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <memory>
 #include <stdexcept>
 
@@ -255,7 +256,8 @@ namespace lua {
         void getglobal(const char *name) { getfield(GLOBALSINDEX, name); }
         bool lessthan(int index1, int index2);
         void loadfile(const char *filename) throw(lua::syntax_error, lua::file_error, std::bad_alloc);
-        void loadstring(const char *s) throw(lua::syntax_error, std::bad_alloc);
+        void loadstring(const char *s, const char *chunkname = NULL) throw(lua::syntax_error, std::bad_alloc) { loadstring(s, strlen(s), chunkname); }
+        void loadstring(const char *s, size_t len, const char *chunkname = NULL) throw(lua::syntax_error, std::bad_alloc);
         bool next(int index);
         // register is a reserved word :/
         template<typename Functor>