diff -r 390210409719 -r 8960c81eb4bc core/src/luan/LuanState.java
--- a/core/src/luan/LuanState.java	Thu Jul 03 20:52:55 2014 +0000
+++ b/core/src/luan/LuanState.java	Thu Jul 03 21:37:47 2014 +0000
@@ -12,53 +12,14 @@
 
 
 public abstract class LuanState implements DeepCloneable<LuanState> {
-	private final LuanBit JAVA = bit(LuanElement.JAVA);
 
-	public LuanException exception(Object msg) {
-		return JAVA.exception(msg);
-	}
-
-	public Object call(LuanFunction fn) throws LuanException {
-		return call(fn,null,LuanFunction.NOTHING);
-	}
-
-	public Object call(LuanFunction fn,String fnName) throws LuanException {
-		return call(fn,fnName,LuanFunction.NOTHING);
-	}
-
-	public Object call(LuanFunction fn,Object[] args) throws LuanException {
-		return call(fn,null,args);
-	}
-
-	public Object call(LuanFunction fn,String fnName,Object[] args) throws LuanException {
-		return JAVA.call(fn,fnName,args);
-	}
-
-	public LuanFunction checkFunction(Object obj) throws LuanException {
-		return JAVA.checkFunction(obj);
-	}
-
-	public String toString(Object obj) throws LuanException {
-		return JAVA.toString(obj);
-	}
-
-	public String repr(Object obj) throws LuanException {
-		return JAVA.repr(obj);
-	}
-
-	public boolean isLessThan(Object o1,Object o2) throws LuanException {
-		return JAVA.isLessThan(o1,o2);
-	}
-
-
+	final List<StackTraceElement> stackTrace = new ArrayList<StackTraceElement>();
 
 	private LuanTable global;
 	private LuanTable loaded;
 	private LuanTable preload;
 	private LuanTable searchers;
 
-	final List<StackTraceElement> stackTrace = new ArrayList<StackTraceElement>();
-
 	protected LuanState() {
 		global = new LuanTable();
 		global.put("_G",global);
@@ -156,4 +117,44 @@
 		return t==null ? null : t.get(op);
 	}
 
+
+	// convenience methods
+
+	private final LuanBit JAVA = bit(LuanElement.JAVA);
+
+	public LuanException exception(Object msg) {
+		return JAVA.exception(msg);
+	}
+
+	public Object call(LuanFunction fn) throws LuanException {
+		return call(fn,null,LuanFunction.NOTHING);
+	}
+
+	public Object call(LuanFunction fn,String fnName) throws LuanException {
+		return call(fn,fnName,LuanFunction.NOTHING);
+	}
+
+	public Object call(LuanFunction fn,Object[] args) throws LuanException {
+		return call(fn,null,args);
+	}
+
+	public Object call(LuanFunction fn,String fnName,Object[] args) throws LuanException {
+		return JAVA.call(fn,fnName,args);
+	}
+
+	public LuanFunction checkFunction(Object obj) throws LuanException {
+		return JAVA.checkFunction(obj);
+	}
+
+	public String toString(Object obj) throws LuanException {
+		return JAVA.toString(obj);
+	}
+
+	public String repr(Object obj) throws LuanException {
+		return JAVA.repr(obj);
+	}
+
+	public boolean isLessThan(Object o1,Object o2) throws LuanException {
+		return JAVA.isLessThan(o1,o2);
+	}
 }