enum/bitops patch -- need for help!

[askok@...]

I've been developing a suggestion to the enum/bitwise 
operations issue, discussed extensively on the List 
lately.  Seems like the best way to cut that thread?

Now, I'm in a dead end position with 2 places in the code 
causing headaches.  Would like to pleed for help, anyone 
with under the hood Lua core understanding, would you 
please do the rest?  :)

How-to:

  svn co svn://slugak.dyndns.org/public/rocks/bitwise
  cd bitwise
  make test

Mod top level Makefile if you're not running OS X (one 
liner).

What the patch does:

- enum.new( value_int [,family_str] )  provides a means 
for Lua code to create 'enums', which belong to a family. 
If you leave the family part out, they are "anonymous" 
(which in a way is just a family itself, too)

- existing operators offer bitwise manipulation to the 
enums, _within_ their family.  See test.lua for samples.
  New operators can also be used, but I don't personally 
see that vital.

- inter-family operations are not allowed (that's the 
whole purpose!)

- C API has means to generate enums from C modules

typedef struct _lua_enum_tag *lua_EnumTag;
LUA_API lua_EnumTag lua_newenumtag (lua_State *L, const 
char *family);
LUA_API lua_EnumTag lua_enumtag (lua_State *L, int idx);
LUA_API lua_Enum lua_toenum (lua_State *L, int idx, 
lua_EnumTag tag);
LUA_API void lua_pushenum (lua_State *L, lua_Enum v, 
lua_EnumTag tag);
LUA_API const char *lua_enumtagname (lua_State *L, 
lua_EnumTag tag);


Warning:   I may be moving the folder to another URL soon, 
since it's not a 'rock' after all.   bitwise.[lua|c] files 
are not needed; they're leftovers of when I thought this 
could be done as a pure module.  There's limitations, if 
it's done that way.

thanks,
-asko

ps. thanks to the recent 4x listing in top-smileys, I'm 
currently cutting my emotions back heavily.   I am... ;)