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+++ b/src/luan/LuanState.java	Fri Aug 26 14:36:40 2016 -0600
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+package luan;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.ref.Reference;
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import luan.impl.LuanCompiler;
+import luan.modules.BasicLuan;
+import luan.modules.JavaLuan;
+
+
+public final class LuanState implements DeepCloneable {
+
+	public LuanJava java;
+	private Map registry;
+	private final List<Reference<Closeable>> onClose = new ArrayList<Reference<Closeable>>();
+
+	public LuanState() {
+		java = new LuanJava();
+		registry = new HashMap();
+	}
+
+	private LuanState(LuanState luan) {}
+
+	@Override public LuanState shallowClone() {
+		return new LuanState(this);
+	}
+
+	@Override public void deepenClone(DeepCloneable dc,DeepCloner cloner) {
+		LuanState clone = (LuanState)dc;
+		clone.registry = cloner.deepClone(registry);
+		clone.java = (LuanJava)cloner.deepClone(java);
+	}
+
+	public final Map registry() {
+		return registry;
+	}
+
+	public void onClose(Closeable c) {
+		onClose.add(new WeakReference<Closeable>(c));
+	}
+
+	public void close() throws IOException {
+		for( Reference<Closeable> ref : onClose ) {
+			Closeable c = ref.get();
+			if( c != null )
+				c.close();
+		}
+		onClose.clear();
+	}
+/*
+	public final Object eval(String cmd) throws LuanException {
+		return eval(cmd,new LuanTable());
+	}
+
+	public final Object eval(String cmd,LuanTable env) throws LuanException {
+		LuanFunction fn = BasicLuan.load(this,cmd,"eval",env,true);
+		return fn.call(this);
+	}
+*/
+
+	public String toString(Object obj) throws LuanException {
+		if( obj instanceof LuanTable ) {
+			LuanTable tbl = (LuanTable)obj;
+			return tbl.toString(this);
+		}
+		if( obj == null )
+			return "nil";
+		if( obj instanceof Number )
+			return Luan.toString((Number)obj);
+		if( obj instanceof byte[] )
+			return "binary: " + Integer.toHexString(obj.hashCode());
+		return obj.toString();
+	}
+
+	public Object index(Object obj,Object key) throws LuanException {
+		if( obj instanceof LuanTable ) {
+			LuanTable tbl = (LuanTable)obj;
+			return tbl.get(this,key);
+		}
+		if( obj != null && java.ok )
+			return JavaLuan.__index(this,obj,key,false);
+		throw new LuanException("attempt to index a " + Luan.type(obj) + " value" );
+	}
+
+/*
+	public Number checkNumber(Object obj) throws LuanException {
+		if( obj instanceof Number )
+			return (Number)obj;
+		throw new LuanException( "attempt to perform arithmetic on '"+context()+"' (a " + Luan.type(obj) + " value)" );
+	}
+*/
+}