--- a/src/luan/LuanTable.java	Thu Feb 22 23:21:06 2018 -0700
+++ b/src/luan/LuanTable.java	Fri Feb 23 01:40:04 2018 -0700
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@
 		return list!=null ? list : Collections.emptyList();
 	}
 
+	public Map rawMap() {
+		check();
+		return map!=null ? map : Collections.emptyMap();
+	}
+
 	public String toString(LuanState luan) throws LuanException {
 		Object h = getHandler(luan,"__to_string");
 		if( h == null )