first version of empty entries in tables

(so that, in the future, tables can contain regular nil entries)

ltable.h

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ltable.h,v 2.24 2017/05/19 12:48:15 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: ltable.h,v 2.25 2017/06/09 16:48:44 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua tables (hash)
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 /* true when 't' is using 'dummynode' as its hash part */
 #define isdummy(t)		((t)->lastfree == NULL)
 
+#define luaH_emptyobject	(&luaH_emptyobject_)
+
 
 /* allocated size for hash nodes */
 #define allocsizenode(t)	(isdummy(t) ? 0 : sizenode(t))
@@ -30,6 +32,9 @@
 #define nodefromval(v) 	cast(Node *, (v))
 
 
+LUAI_DDEC const TValue luaH_emptyobject_;
+
+
 LUAI_FUNC const TValue *luaH_getint (Table *t, lua_Integer key);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaH_setint (lua_State *L, Table *t, lua_Integer key,
                                                     TValue *value);