--- a/core/src/luan/modules/String.luan	Tue May 19 17:57:20 2015 -0600
+++ b/core/src/luan/modules/String.luan	Wed May 20 23:24:46 2015 -0600
@@ -2,23 +2,27 @@
 local StringLuan = require "java:luan.modules.StringLuan"
 local Pattern = require "java:java.util.regex.Pattern"
 
-unicode = StringLuan.unicode
-char = StringLuan.char_
-concat = StringLuan.concat
-encode = StringLuan.encode
-find = StringLuan.find
-format = StringLuan.format
-gmatch = StringLuan.gmatch
-gsub = StringLuan.gsub
-len = StringLuan.len
-literal = Pattern.quote
-lower = StringLuan.lower
-match = StringLuan.match
-matches = StringLuan.matches
-rep = StringLuan.rep
-reverse = StringLuan.reverse
-sub = StringLuan.sub
-to_binary = StringLuan.to_binary
-to_number = StringLuan.to_number
-trim = StringLuan.trim
-upper = StringLuan.upper
+local M = {}
+
+M.unicode = StringLuan.unicode
+M.char = StringLuan.char_
+M.concat = StringLuan.concat
+M.encode = StringLuan.encode
+M.find = StringLuan.find
+M.format = StringLuan.format
+M.gmatch = StringLuan.gmatch
+M.gsub = StringLuan.gsub
+M.len = StringLuan.len
+M.literal = Pattern.quote
+M.lower = StringLuan.lower
+M.match = StringLuan.match
+M.matches = StringLuan.matches
+M.rep = StringLuan.rep
+M.reverse = StringLuan.reverse
+M.sub = StringLuan.sub
+M.to_binary = StringLuan.to_binary
+M.to_number = StringLuan.to_number
+M.trim = StringLuan.trim
+M.upper = StringLuan.upper
+
+return M