diff --git a/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.cpp b/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.cpp
index a59c3991..2071981b 100644
--- a/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.cpp
+++ b/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.cpp
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void LuaStack::makeclass(LuaSlot classtab, LuaSlot classname) const {
 
     // Validate the class name.
     LS.checkstring(classname);
-    if (LS.equal(classname, "_G")) {
+    if (LS.rawequal(classname, "_G")) {
         luaL_error(L_, "_G is explicitly not allowed as a class name");
     }
 
diff --git a/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.hpp b/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.hpp
index 3e048688..f4c4d380 100644
--- a/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.hpp
+++ b/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.hpp
@@ -403,13 +403,13 @@ public:
         lua_pop(L_, 1);
     }
 
-    bool equal(LuaSlot v1, LuaSlot v2) const {
-        return lua_compare(L_, v1, v2, LUA_OPEQ);
+    bool rawequal(LuaSlot v1, LuaSlot v2) const {
+        return lua_rawequal(L_, v1, v2);
     }
 
-    bool equal(LuaSlot v1, const char *name) const {
+    bool rawequal(LuaSlot v1, const char *name) const {
         push_any_value(name);
-        bool result = lua_compare(L_, v1, -1, LUA_OPEQ);
+        bool result = lua_rawequal(L_, v1, -1);
         lua_pop(L_, 1);
         return result;
     }
diff --git a/luprex/core/cpp/table.cpp b/luprex/core/cpp/table.cpp
index f08d3dc4..a1183180 100644
--- a/luprex/core/cpp/table.cpp
+++ b/luprex/core/cpp/table.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LuaDefine(table_equal, "c") {
     while (lua_next(L, t1.index()) != 0) {
         lua_pushvalue(L, -2);   // k v1 k
         lua_rawget(L, t2.index());  // k v1 v2
-        if (!lua_equal(L, -1, -2)) {
+        if (!lua_rawequal(L, -1, -2)) {
             LS.set(eql, false);
             return LS.result();
         }
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ LuaDefine(table_findremove, "c") {
     while (true) {
         lua_pushinteger(L, src);
         lua_rawget(L, -3);
-        if (lua_equal(L, -1, -2)) {
+        if (lua_rawequal(L, -1, -2)) {
             src++;
             lua_pop(L, 1);
         } else if (lua_isnil(L, -1)) {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ LuaDefine(table_findremove, "c") {
 
 LuaDefine(table_push, "c") {
     luaL_checktype(L, -2, LUA_TTABLE);
-    int len = lua_objlen(L, -2);
+    int len = lua_rawlen(L, -2);
     lua_pushinteger(L, len+1);
     lua_pushvalue(L, -2);
     lua_rawset(L, -4);
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ LuaDefine(table_find, "c") {
     for (int i = 1; ; i++) {
         lua_pushinteger(L, i);
         lua_rawget(L, -3);
-        if (lua_equal(L, -1, -2)) {
+        if (lua_rawequal(L, -1, -2)) {
             lua_pop(L, 3);
             lua_pushinteger(L, i);
             return 1;