--- a/src/luan/interp/SetTableEntry.java	Sun Dec 16 09:23:56 2012 +0000
+++ b/src/luan/interp/SetTableEntry.java	Tue Dec 18 07:05:58 2012 +0000
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import luan.LuaException;
 import luan.LuaTable;
 import luan.Lua;
+import luan.LuaFunction;
 
 
 final class SetTableEntry implements Settable {
@@ -15,12 +16,30 @@
 	}
 
 	@Override public void set(LuaStateImpl lua,Object value) throws LuaException {
-		Object t = tableExpr.eval(lua);
-		if( !(t instanceof LuaTable) )
-			throw new LuaException( "attempt to index a " + Lua.type(t) + " value" );
-		LuaTable table = (LuaTable)t;
-		Object key = keyExpr.eval(lua);
-		table.set(key,value);
+		newindex( lua, tableExpr.eval(lua), keyExpr.eval(lua), value );
+	}
+
+	private static void newindex(LuaStateImpl lua,Object t,Object key,Object value) throws LuaException {
+		Object h;
+		if( t instanceof LuaTable ) {
+			LuaTable table = (LuaTable)t;
+			Object old = table.put(key,value);
+			if( old != null )
+				return;
+			h = Utils.getHandlerObject("__newindex",t);
+			if( h==null )
+				return;
+			table.put(key,old);
+		} else {
+			h = Utils.getHandlerObject("__newindex",t);
+			if( h==null )
+				throw new LuaException( "attempt to index a " + Lua.type(t) + " value" );
+		}
+		if( h instanceof LuaFunction ) {
+			LuaFunction fn = (LuaFunction)h;
+			fn.call(lua,t,key,value);
+		}
+		newindex(lua,h,key,value);
 	}
 
 }