diff --git a/ltm.c b/ltm.c
index 3bf2f1fd..29053d94 100644
--- a/ltm.c
+++ b/ltm.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ltm.c,v 1.37 2000/03/27 20:10:21 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: ltm.c,v 1.38 2000/03/29 20:19:20 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Tag methods
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static const char luaT_validevents[NUM_TAGS][IM_N] = {
   {1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1}   /* TAG_NIL */
 };
 
-static int luaT_validevent (int t, int e) {  /* ORDER LUA_T */
+int luaT_validevent (int t, int e) {  /* ORDER LUA_T */
   return (t > TAG_NIL) ?  1 : luaT_validevents[t][e];
 }
 
diff --git a/ltm.h b/ltm.h
index 34da30e0..be3e51e3 100644
--- a/ltm.h
+++ b/ltm.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ltm.h,v 1.10 2000/03/03 14:58:26 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: ltm.h,v 1.11 2000/03/20 19:14:54 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Tag methods
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ int luaT_effectivetag (lua_State *L, const TObject *o);
 void luaT_settagmethod (lua_State *L, int t, const char *event, TObject *func);
 const TObject *luaT_gettagmethod (lua_State *L, int t, const char *event);
 const char *luaT_travtagmethods (lua_State *L, int (*fn)(lua_State *, TObject *));
+int luaT_validevent (int t, int e);  /* used by compatibility module */
 
 
 #endif