--- compat-5.1.lua.orig	Fri Apr 14 19:13:01 2006
+++ compat-5.1.lua	Fri Apr 14 19:14:21 2006
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@
 		ns._M = ns
 		ns._PACKAGE = gsub (modname, "[^.]*$", "")
 	end
+	setmetatable(ns, {__index = _G})
 	setfenv (2, ns)
 	for i, f in ipairs (arg) do
 		f (ns)