'print' does not call 'tostring' to format its arguments

lbaselib.c

@@ -24,18 +24,12 @@
 static int luaB_print (lua_State *L) {
   int n = lua_gettop(L);  /* number of arguments */
   int i;
-  lua_getglobal(L, "tostring");
-  for (i=1; i<=n; i++) {
-    const char *s;
+  for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {  /* for each argument */
     size_t l;
-    lua_pushvalue(L, -1);  /* function to be called */
-    lua_pushvalue(L, i);   /* value to print */
-    lua_call(L, 1, 1);
-    s = lua_tolstring(L, -1, &l);  /* get result */
-    if (s == NULL)
-      return luaL_error(L, "'tostring' must return a string to 'print'");
-    if (i>1) lua_writestring("\t", 1);
-    lua_writestring(s, l);
+    const char *s = luaL_tolstring(L, i, &l);  /* convert it to string */
+    if (i > 1)  /* not the first element? */
+      lua_writestring("\t", 1);  /* add a tab before it */
+    lua_writestring(s, l);  /* print it */
     lua_pop(L, 1);  /* pop result */
   }
   lua_writeline();