diff --git a/lgc.c b/lgc.c
index 2d042390..286b2213 100644
--- a/lgc.c
+++ b/lgc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lgc.c,v 2.63 2009/11/26 11:39:20 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lgc.c,v 2.64 2009/12/11 19:14:59 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Garbage Collector
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -786,12 +786,12 @@ void luaC_step (lua_State *L) {
 
 
 /*
-** advances the garbage collector until it reaches a "valid" state
-** (defined by the caller)
+** advances the garbage collector until it reaches a state allowed
+** by 'statemask'
 */
-void luaC_runtilstate (lua_State *L, int validstates) {
+void luaC_runtilstate (lua_State *L, int statesmask) {
   global_State *g = G(L);
-  while (!(g->gcstate & validstates))
+  while (!testbit(statesmask, g->gcstate))
     singlestep(L);
 }
 
@@ -811,13 +811,13 @@ void luaC_fullgc (lua_State *L, int isemergency) {
     g->gcstate = GCSsweepstring;
   }
   /* finish any pending sweep phase */
-  luaC_runtilstate(L, ~(GCSsweepstring | GCSsweep));
+  luaC_runtilstate(L, ~bit2mask(GCSsweepstring, GCSsweep));
   markroot(L);  /* start a new collection */
   /* run collector up to finalizers */
-  luaC_runtilstate(L, GCSfinalize);
+  luaC_runtilstate(L, bitmask(GCSfinalize));
   g->gckind = KGC_NORMAL;
   if (!isemergency)   /* do not run finalizers during emergency GC */
-   luaC_runtilstate(L, ~GCSfinalize);
+   luaC_runtilstate(L, ~bitmask(GCSfinalize));
   g->GCthreshold = (g->totalbytes/100) * g->gcpause;
 }
 
diff --git a/lgc.h b/lgc.h
index cc285b3e..976b7442 100644
--- a/lgc.h
+++ b/lgc.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lgc.h,v 2.24 2009/11/26 11:39:20 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lgc.h,v 2.25 2009/12/11 19:14:59 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Garbage Collector
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
 /*
 ** Possible states of the Garbage Collector
 */
-#define GCSpause	1
-#define GCSpropagate	2
-#define GCSatomic	4
-#define GCSsweepstring	8
-#define GCSsweep	16
-#define GCSfinalize	32
+#define GCSpause	0
+#define GCSpropagate	1
+#define GCSatomic	2
+#define GCSsweepstring	3
+#define GCSsweep	4
+#define GCSfinalize	5
 
 
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 LUAI_FUNC void luaC_separateudata (lua_State *L, int all);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaC_freeallobjects (lua_State *L);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaC_step (lua_State *L);
-LUAI_FUNC void luaC_runtilstate (lua_State *L, int validstates);
+LUAI_FUNC void luaC_runtilstate (lua_State *L, int statesmask);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaC_fullgc (lua_State *L, int isemergency);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaC_link (lua_State *L, GCObject *o, lu_byte tt);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaC_linkupval (lua_State *L, UpVal *uv);
diff --git a/lstring.c b/lstring.c
index b79cdb61..4b0d398d 100644
--- a/lstring.c
+++ b/lstring.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lstring.c,v 2.13 2009/04/29 17:09:41 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lstring.c,v 2.14 2009/12/11 19:14:59 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** String table (keeps all strings handled by Lua)
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void luaS_resize (lua_State *L, int newsize) {
   int i;
   stringtable *tb = &G(L)->strt;
   /* cannot resize while GC is traversing strings */
-  luaC_runtilstate(L, ~GCSsweepstring);
+  luaC_runtilstate(L, ~bitmask(GCSsweepstring));
   if (newsize > tb->size) {
     luaM_reallocvector(L, tb->hash, tb->size, newsize, GCObject *);
     for (i = tb->size; i < newsize; i++) tb->hash[i] = NULL;