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+"use strict";
+
+const lua = require('../src/lua.js');
+const lauxlib = require("../src/lauxlib.js");
+const {to_luastring} = require("../src/fengaricore.js");
+
+
+test('luaL_ref, lua_rawgeti, luaL_unref, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX', () => {
+    let L = lauxlib.luaL_newstate();
+    if (!L) throw Error("failed to create lua state");
+
+    {
+        lua.lua_pushstring(L, to_luastring("hello references!"));
+
+        let r = lauxlib.luaL_ref(L, lua.LUA_REGISTRYINDEX); // pops a value, stores it and returns a reference
+        lua.lua_rawgeti(L, lua.LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, r); // pushes a value associated with the reference
+        lauxlib.luaL_unref(L, lua.LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, r); // releases the reference
+    }
+
+    expect(lua.lua_tojsstring(L, -1))
+        .toBe("hello references!");
+});