--- a/src/luan/modules/IoLuan.java	Wed Sep 19 20:15:16 2018 -0600
+++ b/src/luan/modules/IoLuan.java	Thu Sep 20 21:04:41 2018 -0600
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 
 
 	public interface LuanWriter {
+		public Object out();
 		public void write(LuanState luan,Object... args) throws LuanException, IOException;
 		public void close() throws IOException;
 	}
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@
 	private static LuanWriter luanWriter(final PrintStream out) {
 		return new LuanWriter() {
 
+			public Object out() {
+				return out;
+			}
+
 			public void write(LuanState luan,Object... args) throws LuanException {
 				for( Object obj : args ) {
 					out.print( luan.toString(obj) );
@@ -81,6 +86,10 @@
 	private static LuanWriter luanWriter(final Writer out) {
 		return new LuanWriter() {
 
+			public Object out() {
+				return out;
+			}
+
 			public void write(LuanState luan,Object... args) throws LuanException, IOException {
 				for( Object obj : args ) {
 					out.write( luan.toString(obj) );
@@ -99,6 +108,7 @@
 
 	private static LuanTable writer(LuanWriter luanWriter) {
 		LuanTable writer = new LuanTable();
+		writer.rawPut( "java", luanWriter.out() );
 		try {
 			writer.rawPut( "write", new LuanJavaFunction(
 				LuanWriter.class.getMethod( "write", LuanState.class, new Object[0].getClass() ), luanWriter
@@ -115,6 +125,7 @@
 
 	public static LuanTable binaryWriter(final OutputStream out) {
 		LuanTable writer = new LuanTable();
+		writer.rawPut( "java", out );
 		try {
 			writer.rawPut( "write", new LuanJavaFunction(
 				OutputStream.class.getMethod( "write", new byte[0].getClass() ), out
@@ -442,6 +453,10 @@
 		@Override public LuanTable text_writer() throws IOException {
 			LuanWriter luanWriter = new LuanWriter() {
 				private final Writer out = new StringWriter();
+
+				public Object out() {
+					return out;
+				}
 	
 				public void write(LuanState luan,Object... args) throws LuanException, IOException {
 					for( Object obj : args ) {