Luabind updated to be able to be compiled with Lua 5.2. Didn't really test it with 5.2 though since I'm still on 5.1. In theory it should work now though.

luabind/luabind/detail/call_function.hpp

@@ -347,8 +347,7 @@ namespace luabind
 			, luabind::detail::proxy_function_void_caller<boost::tuples::tuple<BOOST_PP_ENUM(BOOST_PP_ITERATION(), LUABIND_TUPLE_PARAMS, _)> >
 			, luabind::detail::proxy_function_caller<Ret, boost::tuples::tuple<BOOST_PP_ENUM(BOOST_PP_ITERATION(), LUABIND_TUPLE_PARAMS, _)> > >::type proxy_type;
 
-		lua_pushstring(L, name);
-		lua_gettable(L, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX);
+		lua_getglobal(L, name);
 
 		return proxy_type(L, 1, &detail::pcall, args);
 	}
@@ -390,8 +389,7 @@ namespace luabind
 			, luabind::detail::proxy_function_void_caller<boost::tuples::tuple<BOOST_PP_ENUM(BOOST_PP_ITERATION(), LUABIND_TUPLE_PARAMS, _)> >
 			, luabind::detail::proxy_function_caller<Ret, boost::tuples::tuple<BOOST_PP_ENUM(BOOST_PP_ITERATION(), LUABIND_TUPLE_PARAMS, _)> > >::type proxy_type;
 
-		lua_pushstring(L, name);
-		lua_gettable(L, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX);
+		lua_getglobal(L, name);
 
 		return proxy_type(L, 1, &detail::resume_impl, args);
 	}

luabind/luabind/detail/policy.hpp

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 #include <luabind/value_wrapper.hpp>
 #include <luabind/from_stack.hpp>
 #include <luabind/typeid.hpp>
+#include <luabind/lua502.hpp>
 
 namespace luabind
 {

luabind/luabind/lua502.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2004 Daniel Wallin and Arvid Norberg
+
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+// to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+// the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+// and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+// Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
+// ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
+// TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
+// PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
+// SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR
+// ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
+// ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE
+// OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+#ifndef LUA_502_HPP
+#define LUA_502_HPP
+
+#if LUA_VERSION_NUM >= 502
+
+inline LUA_API int lua_equal(lua_State *L, int idx1, int idx2)
+{
+  return lua_compare(L, idx1, idx2, LUA_OPEQ);
+}
+
+inline LUA_API int lua_lessthan(lua_State *L, int idx1, int idx2)
+{
+  return lua_compare(L, idx1, idx2, LUA_OPLT);
+}
+
+#undef lua_strlen
+#define lua_strlen lua_rawlen
+
+#undef lua_getfenv
+#define lua_getfenv lua_getuservalue
+
+#undef lua_setfenv
+#define lua_setfenv lua_setuservalue
+
+#undef lua_open
+#define lua_open luaL_newstate
+
+#else  // LUA_VERSION_NUM >= 502
+
+#define lua_pushglobaltable(L) lua_pushvalue(L, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX)
+
+#endif  // LUA_VERSION_NUM >= 502
+
+#endif

luabind/luabind/object.hpp

@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ inline object newtable(lua_State* interpreter)
 // this could be optimized by returning a proxy
 inline object globals(lua_State* interpreter)
 {
-    lua_pushvalue(interpreter, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX);
+    lua_pushglobaltable(interpreter);
     detail::stack_pop pop(interpreter, 1);
     return object(from_stack(interpreter, -1));
 }