1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua b/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua
index ca9f2d348..dc8aa2615 100644
--- a/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua
+++ b/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua
@@ -5936,6 +5936,7 @@ function inspect(i) -- global function
     else
         print(tostring(i))
     end
+    return i -- so that we can inline the inspect
 end
 
 -- from the lua book:
@@ -8417,10 +8418,14 @@ function xml.load(filename,settings)
     elseif filename then -- filehandle
         data = filename:read("*all")
     end
-    settings.currentresource = filename
-    local result = xmlconvert(data,settings)
-    settings.currentresource = nil
-    return result
+    if settings then
+        settings.currentresource = filename
+        local result = xmlconvert(data,settings)
+        settings.currentresource = nil
+        return result
+    else
+        return xmlconvert(data,{ currentresource = filename })
+    end
 end