diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index 217457d0..5a7f4746 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 Getting Started with LuaJ
 
 </h1>
-James Roseborough, Ian Farmer, Version 3.0
+James Roseborough, Ian Farmer, Version 3.0.1
 <p>
 <small>
 Copyright &copy; 2009-2014 Luaj.org.
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ in comparison with the standard C distribution.
 	<td>16.794</td>
 	<td>11.274</td>
 	<td>Java</td>
-	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-3.0.jar;bcel-5.2.jar lua <b>-b</b> fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
+	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-3.0.1.jar;bcel-5.2.jar lua <b>-b</b> fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 	<td></td>
 	<td></td>
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ in comparison with the standard C distribution.
 	<td>36.894</td>
 	<td>15.163</td>
 	<td></td>
-	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-3.0.jar lua -n fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
+	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-3.0.1.jar lua -n fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 	<td>lua</td>
 	<td>5.1.4</td>
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ It is also faster than Java-lua implementations Jill, Kahlua, and Mochalua for a
 From the main distribution directory line type:
 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0.jar lua examples/lua/hello.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0.1.jar lua examples/lua/hello.lua
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ You should see the following output:
 To see how luaj can be used to acccess most Java API's including swing, try:
 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0.jar lua examples/lua/swingapp.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0.1.jar lua examples/lua/swingapp.lua
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ Links to sources:<pre>
 From the main distribution directory line type:
 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0.jar luac examples/lua/hello.lua
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0.jar lua luac.out
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0.1.jar luac examples/lua/hello.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0.1.jar lua luac.out
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ Luaj can compile lua sources or binaries directly to java bytecode if the bcel l
 
 <pre>
 	ant bcel-lib
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; luajc -s examples/lua -d . hello.lua
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0.jar;.&quot; lua -l hello
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0.1.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; luajc -s examples/lua -d . hello.lua
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0.1.jar;.&quot; lua -l hello
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ but the compiled classes must be in the class path at runtime, unless runtime ji
 <p>
 Lua scripts can also be run directly in this mode without precompiling using the <em>lua</em> command with the <b><em>-b</em></b> option and providing the <em>bcel</em> library in the class path:
 <pre>
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; lua -b examples/lua/hello.lua
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0.1.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; lua -b examples/lua/hello.lua
 </pre>
 
 
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ A simple example may be found in
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-3.0.jar</b> in your class path.
+You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-3.0.1.jar</b> in your class path.
 
 <h2>Run a script in a MIDlet</h2>
 
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ A simple example may be found in
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jme-3.0.jar</b> in your midlet jar.
+You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jme-3.0.1.jar</b> in your midlet jar.
 
 <p>
 An ant script to build and run the midlet is in
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ You can also look up the engine by language "lua" or mimetypes "text/lua" or "ap
 All standard aspects of script engines including compiled statements are supported.
 
 <p>
-You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-3.0.jar</b> in your class path.
+You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-3.0.1.jar</b> in your class path.
 
 <p>
 A working example may be found in
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ A working example may be found in
 To compile and run it using Java 1.6 or higher:
 
 <pre>
-	javac -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0.jar examples/jse/ScriptEngineSample.java
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0.jar;examples/jse&quot; ScriptEngineSample
+	javac -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0.1.jar examples/jse/ScriptEngineSample.java
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0.1.jar;examples/jse&quot; ScriptEngineSample
 </pre>
 
 <h2>Excluding the lua bytecode compiler</h2>
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ The following lua script will open a swing frame on Java SE:
 See a longer sample in <em>examples/lua/swingapp.lua</em> for details, including a simple animation loop, rendering graphics, mouse and key handling, and image loading. 
 Or try running it using: 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0.jar lua examples/lua/swingapp.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0.1.jar lua examples/lua/swingapp.lua
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ For JSE projects, add this dependency for the luaj-jse jar:
    &lt;dependency&gt;
       &lt;groupId&gt;org.luaj&lt;/groupId&gt;
       &lt;artifactId&gt;luaj-jse&lt;/artifactId&gt;
-      &lt;version&gt;3.0&lt;/version&gt;
+      &lt;version&gt;3.0.1&lt;/version&gt;
    &lt;/dependency&gt;	
 </pre>
 while for JME projects, use the luaj-jme jar:
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ while for JME projects, use the luaj-jme jar:
    &lt;dependency&gt;
       &lt;groupId&gt;org.luaj&lt;/groupId&gt;
       &lt;artifactId&gt;luaj-jme&lt;/artifactId&gt;
-      &lt;version&gt;3.0&lt;/version&gt;
+      &lt;version&gt;3.0.1&lt;/version&gt;
    &lt;/dependency&gt;	
 </pre>
 
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ Unit test scripts can be found in these locations
 	test/lua/*.lua
 	test/lua/errors/*.lua
 	test/lua/perf/*.lua
-	test/lua/luaj3.0-tests.zip
+	test/lua/luaj3.0.1-tests.zip
 </pre>
 
 <h2>Code coverage</h2>
@@ -916,25 +916,19 @@ Files are no longer hosted at LuaForge.
 <li>Improve compatibility of table.remove() </li>
 <li>Disallow base library setfenv() calls on Java functions </li>
 
-<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3.0-alpha1</b></td><td><ul>
+<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3.0</b></td><td><ul>
 <li>Convert internal and external API's to match lua 5.2.x environment changes </li>
 <li>Add bit32 library </li>
 <li>Add explicit Globals object to manage global state, especially to imrpove thread safety </li>
 <li>Drop support for lua source to java surce (lua2java) in favor of direct java bytecode output (luajc) </li>
 <li>Remove compatibility functions like table.getn(), table.maxn(), table.foreach(), and math.log10() </li>
 <li>Add ability to create runnable jar file from lua script with sample build file build-app.xml </li>
-
-<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3.0-alpha2</b></td><td><ul>
 <li>Supply environment as second argument to LibFunction when loading via require() </li>
-
-<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3.0-alpha3</b></td><td><ul>
 <li>Fix bug 3597515 memory leak due to string caching by simplifying caching logic.</li>
 <li>Fix bug 3565008 so that short substrings are backed by short arrays.</li>
 <li>Fix bug 3495802 to return correct offset of substrings from string.find().</li>
 <li>Add artifacts to Maven central repository.</li>
 <li>Limit pluggable scripting to use compatible bindings and contexts, implement redirection.</li>
-
-<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3.0-beta1</b></td><td><ul>
 <li>Fix bug that didn't read package.path from environment.</li>
 <li>Fix pluggable scripting engine lookup, simplify implementation, and add unit tests.</li>
 <li>Coerce script engine eval() return values to Java.</li>
@@ -948,8 +942,6 @@ Files are no longer hosted at LuaForge.
 <li>Improved behavior of next() (fixes issue #7).</li>
 <li>Existing tables can now be made weak (fixes issue #16).</li>
 <li>More compatible allocation of table entries in array vs. hash (fixes issue #8).</li>
-
-<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3.0-beta2</b></td><td><ul>
 <li>Fix os.time() to return a number of seconds instead of milliseconds.</li>
 <li>Implement formatting with os.date(), and table argument for os.time().</li>
 <li>LuaValue.checkfunction() now returns LuaFunction.</li>
@@ -959,9 +951,6 @@ Files are no longer hosted at LuaForge.
 <li>Let errors thrown in debug hooks bubble up to the running coroutine.</li>
 <li>Make error message handler function in xpcall per-thread instead of per-globals.</li>
 <li>Establish "org.luaj.debug" and "org.luaj.luajc" system properties to configure scripting engine.</li>
-
-<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3.0</b></td><td><ul>
-<li>Fix maven sample code.</li>
 <li>Add sample code for Android Application that uses luaj.</li>
 <li>Add sample code for Applet that uses luaj.</li>
 <li>Fix balanced match for empty string (fixes issue #23).</li>
@@ -974,6 +963,10 @@ Files are no longer hosted at LuaForge.
 <li>In CoerceJavaToLua.coerse(), coerce LuaValue to same value (fixes issue #29).</li>
 <li>Fix line number reporting in debug stack traces (fixes issue #30).</li>
 
+<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3.0.1</b></td><td><ul>
+<li>Fix __len metatag processing for tables.</li>
+<li>Add fallback to __lt when pocessing __le metatag.</li>
+
 </ul></td></tr>
 </table></td></tr></table>
 
diff --git a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LoadState.java b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LoadState.java
index e583d509..9f7377f7 100644
--- a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LoadState.java
+++ b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LoadState.java
@@ -82,10 +82,15 @@ import org.luaj.vm2.compiler.DumpState;
 * @see LuaC
 * @see LuaJC
 */
-public class LoadState implements Globals.Undumper {
+public class LoadState {
 
 	/** Shared instance of Globals.Undumper to use loading prototypes from binary lua files */
-	public static final Globals.Undumper instance = new LoadState();
+	public static final Globals.Undumper instance = new Globals.Undumper() {
+		public Prototype undump(InputStream stream, String chunkname)
+				throws IOException {
+			return LoadState.undump(stream,  chunkname);
+		}
+	};
 	
 	/** format corresponding to non-number-patched lua, all numbers are floats or doubles */
 	public static final int NUMBER_FORMAT_FLOATS_OR_DOUBLES    = 0;
@@ -387,7 +392,7 @@ public class LoadState implements Globals.Undumper {
 	 * @return {@link Prototype} that was loaded, or null if the first 4 bytes were not the lua signature.
 	 * @throws IOException if an IOException occurs
 	 */
-	public Prototype undump(InputStream stream, String chunkname) throws IOException {
+	public static Prototype undump(InputStream stream, String chunkname) throws IOException {
 		// check rest of signature
 		if ( stream.read() != LUA_SIGNATURE[0] 
 		   || stream.read() != LUA_SIGNATURE[1]
@@ -432,8 +437,4 @@ public class LoadState implements Globals.Undumper {
 		this.is = new DataInputStream( stream );
 	}
 	
-	private LoadState() {
-		this.name = "";
-		this.is = null;
-	}
 }
diff --git a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaTable.java b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaTable.java
index ddbecb18..9680cc71 100644
--- a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaTable.java
+++ b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaTable.java
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ public class LuaTable extends LuaValue implements Metatable {
 	 * @return The removed item, or {@link #NONE} if not removed
 	 */
 	public LuaValue remove(int pos) {
-		int n = length();
+		int n = rawlen();
 		if ( pos == 0 )
 			pos = n;
 		else if (pos > n)
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ public class LuaTable extends LuaValue implements Metatable {
 	 */
 	public void insert(int pos, LuaValue value) {
 		if ( pos == 0 )
-			pos = length()+1;
+			pos = rawlen()+1;
 		while ( ! value.isnil() ) {
 			LuaValue v = rawget( pos );
 			rawset(pos++, value);
@@ -347,6 +347,17 @@ public class LuaTable extends LuaValue implements Metatable {
 	}
 
 	public int length() {
+		return m_metatable != null? len().toint(): rawlen(); 
+	}
+	
+	public LuaValue len()  { 
+		final LuaValue h = metatag(LEN);
+		if (h.toboolean())
+			return h.call(this);
+		return LuaInteger.valueOf(rawlen());
+	}
+
+	public int rawlen() { 
 		int a = getArrayLength();
 		int n = a+1,m=0;
 		while ( !rawget(n).isnil() ) {
@@ -362,14 +373,6 @@ public class LuaTable extends LuaValue implements Metatable {
 		}
 		return m;
 	}
-	
-	public LuaValue len()  { 
-		return LuaInteger.valueOf(length());
-	}
-
-	public int rawlen() { 
-		return length(); 
-	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Get the next element after a particular key in the table 
@@ -879,12 +882,12 @@ public class LuaTable extends LuaValue implements Metatable {
 
 	/** Unpack all the elements of this table */
 	public Varargs unpack() {
-		return unpack(1, this.length());
+		return unpack(1, this.rawlen());
 	}
 
 	/** Unpack all the elements of this table from element i */
 	public Varargs unpack(int i) {
-		return unpack(i, this.length());
+		return unpack(i, this.rawlen());
 	}
 
 	/** Unpack the elements from i to j inclusive */
diff --git a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaValue.java b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaValue.java
index 648d756a..8700d6b1 100644
--- a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaValue.java
+++ b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaValue.java
@@ -2965,12 +2965,11 @@ public class LuaValue extends Varargs {
 	 * @see #lteq(LuaValue)
 	 */
 	public LuaValue comparemt( LuaValue tag, LuaValue op1 ) { 
-		LuaValue h = metatag(tag);
-		if ( !h.isnil() )
-			return h.call(this, op1);
-		h = op1.metatag(tag);
-		if ( !h.isnil() )
+		LuaValue h;
+		if (!(h = metatag(tag)).isnil() || !(h = op1.metatag(tag)).isnil())
 			return h.call(this, op1);
+		if (LuaValue.LE.raweq(tag) && (!(h = metatag(LT)).isnil() || !(h = op1.metatag(LT)).isnil()))
+			return h.call(op1, this).not();
 		return error("attempt to compare "+tag+" on "+typename()+" and "+op1.typename());
 	}
 	
diff --git a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/TailcallVarargs.java b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/TailcallVarargs.java
index 0b5d5254..fb0e84aa 100644
--- a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/TailcallVarargs.java
+++ b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/TailcallVarargs.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 ******************************************************************************/
 package org.luaj.vm2;
 
-import org.luaj.vm2.Varargs.ArrayPartVarargs;
-import org.luaj.vm2.Varargs.PairVarargs;
-
 /**
  * Subclass of {@link Varargs} that represents a lua tail call 
  * in a Java library function execution environment.