diff --git a/lstate.c b/lstate.c
index 1e35e467..44a9fc96 100644
--- a/lstate.c
+++ b/lstate.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lstate.c,v 1.36 2000/09/05 19:33:32 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lstate.c,v 1.37 2000/09/11 17:38:42 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Global State
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ void luaB_opentests (lua_State *L);
 #endif
 
 
-lua_State *lua_newstate (int stacksize) {
+lua_State *lua_open (int stacksize) {
   struct lua_longjmp myErrorJmp;
   lua_State *L = luaM_new(NULL, lua_State);
   if (L == NULL) return NULL;  /* memory allocation error */
diff --git a/ltests.c b/ltests.c
index 92c543d6..60079ce3 100644
--- a/ltests.c
+++ b/ltests.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ltests.c,v 1.39 2000/08/31 20:23:40 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: ltests.c,v 1.40 2000/09/05 19:33:32 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Internal Module for Debugging of the Lua Implementation
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static int udataval (lua_State *L) {
 }
 
 static int newstate (lua_State *L) {
-  lua_State *L1 = lua_newstate(luaL_check_int(L, 1));
+  lua_State *L1 = lua_open(luaL_check_int(L, 1));
   if (L1)
     lua_pushuserdata(L, L1);
   else
diff --git a/lua.c b/lua.c
index 05da8bfb..a9e98b33 100644
--- a/lua.c
+++ b/lua.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lua.c,v 1.49 2000/08/31 20:23:40 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lua.c,v 1.50 2000/09/05 19:33:32 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua stand-alone interpreter
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
   int status;
   opt.toclose = 0;
   getstacksize(argc, argv, &opt);  /* handle option `-s' */
-  L = lua_newstate(opt.stacksize);  /* create state */
+  L = lua_open(opt.stacksize);  /* create state */
   USERINIT();  /* open libraries */
   register_getargs(argv);  /* create `getargs' function */
   status = handle_argv(argv+1, &opt);
diff --git a/lua.h b/lua.h
index 2b51deab..11e5b555 100644
--- a/lua.h
+++ b/lua.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lua.h,v 1.65 2000/08/31 21:01:43 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lua.h,v 1.66 2000/09/05 19:33:32 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua - An Extensible Extension Language
 ** TeCGraf: Grupo de Tecnologia em Computacao Grafica, PUC-Rio, Brazil
 ** e-mail: lua@tecgraf.puc-rio.br
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #define LUA_MULTRET	(-1)
 
 
-#define LUA_MINSTACK	16
+#define LUA_MINSTACK	20
 
 
 /* error codes for lua_do* */
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ typedef int (*lua_CFunction) (lua_State *L);
 /*
 ** state manipulation
 */
-lua_State     *lua_newstate (int stacksize);
+lua_State     *lua_open (int stacksize);
 void           lua_close (lua_State *L);