@@ -52,12 +52,18 @@
 #define HFIRSTNODE	3
 
 /*
-** Besides these values, pset (pre-set) operations may also return an
-** encoding of where the value should go (usually called 'hres'). That
-** means that there is a slot with that key but with no value. (pset
-** cannot set that value because there might be a metamethod.) If the
-** slot is in the hash part, the encoding is (HFIRSTNODE + hash index);
-** if the slot is in the array part, the encoding is (~array index).
+** 'luaH_get*' operations set 'res' and return HOK, unless the value is
+** absent. In that case, they set nothing and return HNOTFOUND.
+** The 'luaH_pset*' (pre-set) operations set the given value and return
+** HOK, unless the original value is absent. In that case, if the key
+** is really absent, they return HNOTFOUND. Otherwise, if there is a
+** slot with that key but with no value, 'luaH_pset*' return an encoding
+** of where the key is (usually called 'hres'). (pset cannot set that
+** value because there might be a metamethod.) If the slot is in the
+** hash part, the encoding is (HFIRSTNODE + hash index); if the slot is
+** in the array part, the encoding is (~array index), a negative value.
+** The value HNOTATABLE is used by the fast macros to signal that the
+** value being indexed is not a table.
 */
 
 
@@ -125,11 +131,14 @@ union ArrayCell {
   (*tag = (val)->tt_, *getArrVal(h,(k)-1u) = (val)->value_)
 
 
+LUAI_FUNC int luaH_get (Table *t, const TValue *key, TValue *res);
 LUAI_FUNC int luaH_getshortstr (Table *t, TString *key, TValue *res);
 LUAI_FUNC int luaH_getstr (Table *t, TString *key, TValue *res);
-LUAI_FUNC int luaH_get (Table *t, const TValue *key, TValue *res);
 LUAI_FUNC int luaH_getint (Table *t, lua_Integer key, TValue *res);
 
+/* Special get for metamethods */
+LUAI_FUNC const TValue *luaH_Hgetshortstr (Table *t, TString *key);
+
 LUAI_FUNC TString *luaH_getstrkey (Table *t, TString *key);
 
 LUAI_FUNC int luaH_psetint (Table *t, lua_Integer key, TValue *val);
@@ -139,11 +148,11 @@ LUAI_FUNC int luaH_pset (Table *t, const TValue *key, TValue *val);
 
 LUAI_FUNC void luaH_setint (lua_State *L, Table *t, lua_Integer key,
                                                     TValue *value);
-LUAI_FUNC const TValue *luaH_Hgetshortstr (Table *t, TString *key);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaH_set (lua_State *L, Table *t, const TValue *key,
                                                  TValue *value);
+
 LUAI_FUNC void luaH_finishset (lua_State *L, Table *t, const TValue *key,
-                                              TValue *value, int aux);
+                                              TValue *value, int hres);
 LUAI_FUNC Table *luaH_new (lua_State *L);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaH_resize (lua_State *L, Table *t, unsigned int nasize,
                                                     unsigned int nhsize);