diff -r 7780cafca27f -r e320488819b6 core/src/luan/impl/LuanParser.java
--- a/core/src/luan/impl/LuanParser.java	Mon Apr 11 14:13:52 2016 -0600
+++ b/core/src/luan/impl/LuanParser.java	Mon Apr 11 16:00:44 2016 -0600
@@ -1717,7 +1717,9 @@
 			if( isExpr )
 				return this;
 			ExpString exp = new ExpString(true,isStmt);
+			exp.list.add( "Luan.first(" );
 			exp.list.addAll( list );
+			exp.list.add( ")" );
 			return exp;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1757,15 +1759,19 @@
 		boolean hasReturn = false;
 	}
 
-	private static Class toFnClass(StmtString stmt,int stackSize,int numArgs,boolean isVarArg,UpValue.Getter[] upValueGetters) {
+	private static String concat(List list) {
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-		for( Object o : stmt.list ) {
+		for( Object o : list ) {
 			if( o instanceof List )  throw new RuntimeException();
 			if( o instanceof ExpString )  throw new RuntimeException();
 			if( o instanceof StmtString )  throw new RuntimeException();
 			sb.append( o.toString() );
 		}
-		String code = sb.toString();
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+
+	private static Class toFnClass(StmtString stmt,int stackSize,int numArgs,boolean isVarArg,UpValue.Getter[] upValueGetters) {
+		String code = concat(stmt.list);
 //System.out.println("code:\n"+code);
 
 		int i = LuanImpl.addObj(upValueGetters);