--- a/src/luan/LuanTable.java	Tue Feb 11 13:38:55 2020 -0700
+++ b/src/luan/LuanTable.java	Tue Feb 18 14:54:35 2020 -0700
@@ -279,6 +279,14 @@
 		mapToList();
 	}
 
+	public void rawAdd(Object value) {
+		check();
+		if( value==null )
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("can't insert a nil value");
+		list().add(value);
+		mapToList();
+	}
+
 	public Object removeFromList(int pos) {
 		check();
 		return list().remove(pos-1);