diff --git a/NEW b/NEW
index 035aab7..302974e 100644
--- a/NEW
+++ b/NEW
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ the changes that made it into version 2.0:
    LUASOCKET_DEBUG was defined, but it turns out they might be useful for
    applications;
 
-<> 'socket.try' and 'socket.protect' provide a simple
+<> 'socket.newtry' and 'socket.protect' provide a simple
    interface to exceptions that proved very in the implementation of
    high-level modules; 
 
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 7a45569..054e5f3 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,163 +1,12 @@
-
-
-ajeitar os README.*
-ajeitar as referencias a RFCS e LTNS em todos os arquivos.
-
-make sure sockets are closed when exceptions are raised
-
-check garbage collection in test*.lua
-
-
-manual
-    socket.newtry
-    *socket.skip
-    *send return convention changed.
-    * compatibility: select sets are associative
-    * add socket.connect and socket.bind to the manual
-    * add shutdown
-    * add gethostname
-    check all occurences of it's
-    * the need of a content-length header in the post method...
-    * notice the change in callback conventions
-    * the callback.lua module and the new mime module.
-    * escape and unescape in url, not in code!
-    * add timeout and proxy to request table
-    * change stay to redirect 
-    * socket.time and socket.sleep
-    * - connect with timeout
-    local connect 
-    * add thanks to 'carlos cassino' and 'david burgess'
-    * add new ip- options and reuseaddr option
-    * - add listen to manual
-    * bind method doesn't do listen anymore
-    * bind doesn't turn an object into a server object: listen does.
-
-tests
-    checar todos os metodos
-    checar todas as globais
-    checar garbage collection
-    check for interrupts
-
-wrp can't break lines in the middle of a line break.
-
-add comments into each C module.
-testar os options!
-
-
-Read about
-250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
-250-PIPELINING
-250-8BITMIME
-250-SIZE
-250-DSN
-250-ETRN
-250-AUTH GSSAPI
-250-DELIVERBY
-250 HELP
-
-Change return of send and receive callbacks to allow for 
-new functions. "" signals end of transmission. Pass total 
-number of bytes in request table for HTTP. Callback has nothing
-to do with it.
-
-Make sure nobody can fuck up with the metatables...
-
-
-
-Adjust dates in all files
-
-Test the library on every system possible
-
+make select interrupt safe
+adicionar exemplos de expansão: pipe, local, named pipe
 Add service name translation.
-Ajeitar o protocolo da luaopen_socket()... sei lá qual é.
-
-
-- adicionar exemplos de expansão: pipe, local, named pipe
-
-
+testar os options!
 - Fazer compilar com g++
 - Thread-safe
   - proteger get*by*.* com um mutex GLOBAL!
   - proteger ou atomizar o conjunto (timedout, receive), (timedout, send)
   - inet_ntoa também é uma merda.
 - SSL
-
 - unix 92 bytes maximo no endereço, incluindo o zero
 - unix 9216 maximo de datagram size
-
---------------
-these are done
---------------
-
-* tirar socket.url socket.ftp etc do manual. agora os namespaces 
-    estao liberados.
-* falar sobre o novo esquema de namespace
-* ajeitar o manual sobre select, mais liberal agora
-* make sure filter.chain fails gracefully.
-* ajeitar select. upvalue nao tem nada a ver...
-* should be interrupt-safe
-* notice the change in callback conventions
-* new mime module replacing old code module (faster, more functionality)
-* new socket options (many)
-* only allocate in case of success
-* optimize for success (only call select if fails) 
-* add proxy support to http
-* add gethostname 
-* local connect 
-* connect with timeout
-* change code to mime
-* change stay to redirect 
-* add shutdown
-* change send/recv to avoid using select
-* O location do "redirect" pode ser relativo ao servidor atual (não pode,
-  mas os servidores fazem merda...)
-* Ajeitar para Lua 5.0
-* Padronizar os retornos de funccao
-* Separar as classes em arquivos
-* Retorno de sendto em datagram sockets pode ser refused
-* select sets are now associative
-* colocar pump.all, pump.step
-* mudar ltn12.html e usar o exemplo source.cat que está muito melhor.
-* break smtp.send into c = smtp.open, c:send() c:close()
-* fazer com que a socket.source e socket.sink sejam "selectable".
-* change mime.eol to output marker on detection of first candidate, instead
-  of on the second. that way it works in one pass for strings that end with 
-  one candidate.
-* unify backbone of smtp and ftp
-* unify filter and send/receive callback. new sink/source/pump idea.
-* get rid of aux_optlstring
-* get rid of unpack in mime.lua
-* create socket.(sink|source).simplify 
-* break chain into a simpler binary chain and a complex (recursive) one. 
-* Create a passive mode option for the FTP (good for firewall).
-* Modules should return their namespace table in the end of the chunk.
-* get.lua precisa de ftp.get com url e sink
-* conjunto associativo
-* colocar um userdata com gc metamethod pra chamar sock_close (WSAClose);
-* call select before accept, not after, dumbass!
-* get rid of setnonblocking/setblocking in the bind function
-* close has to block...
-* fmt is not a good name
-* change wrap() to accept a number and default to "character"
-* move gethostname to dns table
-* get rid of _cb in name of functions? 
-* trust character constants in mime.c? yup.
-* smtp.lua needs stuff filter
-* new option.c module to put all options (TCP and UDP share...)?
-* add _tostring methods!
-* change all modules to use the new namespace scheme
-* write some utilities that use the code.lua module and put them 
-* in etc, modify the README.etc file and makefile.dist (eol.lua is done)
-* proxy no ftp? no
-* ajeitar < e-mail > no smtp? no
-* ajeitar referencias a LTN12 nos manuais
-* RECEIVE MUDOU!!! (partial stuff) COLOCAR NO MANUAL.
-* HTTP.lua mudou bastante também.
-* falar sobre encodet/wrapt/decodet no manual sobre mime? no.
-* pump.step usado em todo mundo que recebe source ou sink
-* sources ans sinks are always simple in http and ftp and smtp
-* expose encode/decode tables to provide extensibility for mime module
-* use coroutines instead of fancy filters
-* add socket.TIMEOUT to be default timeout?  no.
-* use gethostname it in SMTP
-* smtp.o goes to mime.dll
diff --git a/etc/README b/etc/README
index d650843..c459a46 100644
--- a/etc/README
+++ b/etc/README
@@ -1,24 +1,10 @@
 This directory contains code that is more useful than the examples. This code
 *is* supported.
 
-    lua.lua
+    lua.lua                 -- new require and requirelib implementations
 
-These are modules to suport dynamic loading of LuaSocket by the stand alone
-Lua Interpreter with the use of new "require" and "requirelib" functions.
-For my Mac OS X box, for instance, I place all files in
-/Users/diego/tec/luasocket and set the following environment variables:
-
-    LUA_INIT=@/Users/diego/tec/luasocket/lua.lua
-    LUA_PATH=/Users/diego/tec/luasocket/?.lua;?.lua
-    LUA_PATHLIB=/Users/diego/tec/luasocket/?.dylib;?.dylib
-
-With that, I can run any luasocket application with the command line:
-
-    lua <script>
-
-as long as the script uses "require" to load the needed namespaces.
-Much nicer than having to build a new executable just to initialize
-LuaSocket!
+This is to support dynamic loading of LuaSocket. Check the INSTALL
+file for more information.
 
     tftp.lua                -- Trivial FTP client
 
diff --git a/etc/lp.lua b/etc/lp.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80acf86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/lp.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,402 @@
+-- make sure LuaSocket is loaded
+local socket = require("socket")
+local ltn12 = require("ltn12")
+local lp = {}
+--socket.lp = lp
+-- make all module globals fall into lp namespace
+setmetatable(lp, { __index = _G })
+setfenv(1, lp)
+
+-- default port
+PORT = 515
+SERVER = os.getenv("SERVER_NAME") or os.getenv("COMPUTERNAME") or "localhost"
+PRINTER = os.getenv("PRINTER") or "printer"
+
+
+--[[
+RFC 1179
+5.3 03 - Send queue state (short)
+
+      +----+-------+----+------+----+
+      | 03 | Queue | SP | List | LF |
+      +----+-------+----+------+----+
+      Command code - 3
+      Operand 1 - Printer queue name
+      Other operands - User names or job numbers
+
+   If the user names or job numbers or both are supplied then only those
+   jobs for those users or with those numbers will be sent.
+
+   The response is an ASCII stream which describes the printer queue.
+   The stream continues until the connection closes.  Ends of lines are
+   indicated with ASCII LF control characters.  The lines may also
+   contain ASCII HT control characters.
+
+5.4 04 - Send queue state (long)
+
+      +----+-------+----+------+----+
+      | 04 | Queue | SP | List | LF |
+      +----+-------+----+------+----+
+      Command code - 4
+      Operand 1 - Printer queue name
+      Other operands - User names or job numbers
+
+   If the user names or job numbers or both are supplied then only those
+   jobs for those users or with those numbers will be sent.
+
+   The response is an ASCII stream which describes the printer queue.
+   The stream continues until the connection closes.  Ends of lines are
+   indicated with ASCII LF control characters.  The lines may also
+   contain ASCII HT control characters.
+]]
+
+
+-- gets server acknowledement
+local function recv_ack(connection)
+  local code, current, separator, _
+  local ack = socket.try(connection:receive(1))
+  if string.char(0) ~= ack then
+    connection:close(); error"failed to receive server acknowledement"
+  end
+end
+
+-- sends client acknowledement
+local function send_ack(connection)
+  local sent = socket.try(connection:send(string.char(0)))
+  if not sent or sent ~= 1 then
+    connection:close();
+    error"failed to send acknowledgement"
+  end
+end
+
+-- sends queue request
+-- 5.2 02 - Receive a printer job
+--
+--       +----+-------+----+
+--       | 02 | Queue | LF |
+--       +----+-------+----+
+--       Command code - 2
+--       Operand - Printer queue name
+--
+--    Receiving a job is controlled by a second level of commands.  The
+--    daemon is given commands by sending them over the same connection.
+--    The commands are described in the next section (6).
+--
+--    After this command is sent, the client must read an acknowledgement
+--    octet from the daemon.  A positive acknowledgement is an octet of
+--    zero bits.  A negative acknowledgement is an octet of any other
+--    pattern.
+local function send_queue(connection,queue)
+  if not queue then queue=PRINTER end
+  local str = string.format("\2%s\10",queue)
+  local sent = socket.try(connection:send(str))
+  if not sent or sent ~= string.len(str) then
+    error "failed to send print request"
+  end
+  recv_ack(connection)
+end
+
+-- sends control file
+-- 6.2 02 - Receive control file
+--
+--       +----+-------+----+------+----+
+--       | 02 | Count | SP | Name | LF |
+--       +----+-------+----+------+----+
+--       Command code - 2
+--       Operand 1 - Number of bytes in control file
+--       Operand 2 - Name of control file
+--
+--    The control file must be an ASCII stream with the ends of lines
+--    indicated by ASCII LF.  The total number of bytes in the stream is
+--    sent as the first operand.  The name of the control file is sent as
+--    the second.  It should start with ASCII "cfA", followed by a three
+--    digit job number, followed by the host name which has constructed the
+--    control file.  Acknowledgement processing must occur as usual after
+--    the command is sent.
+--
+--    The next "Operand 1" octets over the same TCP connection are the
+--    intended contents of the control file.  Once all of the contents have
+--    been delivered, an octet of zero bits is sent as an indication that
+--    the file being sent is complete.  A second level of acknowledgement
+--    processing must occur at this point.
+
+-- sends data file
+-- 6.3 03 - Receive data file
+--
+--       +----+-------+----+------+----+
+--       | 03 | Count | SP | Name | LF |
+--       +----+-------+----+------+----+
+--       Command code - 3
+--       Operand 1 - Number of bytes in data file
+--       Operand 2 - Name of data file
+--
+--    The data file may contain any 8 bit values at all.  The total number
+--    of bytes in the stream may be sent as the first operand, otherwise
+--    the field should be cleared to 0.  The name of the data file should
+--    start with ASCII "dfA".  This should be followed by a three digit job
+--    number.  The job number should be followed by the host name which has
+--    constructed the data file.  Interpretation of the contents of the
+--    data file is determined by the contents of the corresponding control
+--    file.  If a data file length has been specified, the next "Operand 1"
+--    octets over the same TCP connection are the intended contents of the
+--    data file.  In this case, once all of the contents have been
+--    delivered, an octet of zero bits is sent as an indication that the
+--    file being sent is complete.  A second level of acknowledgement
+--    processing must occur at this point.
+
+
+local function send_hdr(connection,control)
+  local sent = socket.try(connection:send(control))
+  if not sent or sent < 1 then
+    error "failed to send file"
+  end
+  recv_ack(connection)
+end
+
+
+local function send_control(connection,control)
+  local sent = socket.try(connection:send(control))
+  if not sent or sent < 1 then
+    error "failed to send file"
+  end
+  send_ack(connection)
+end
+
+local function send_data(connection,fh,size)
+--  local sink = socket.sink("keep-open", connection)
+--  ltn12.pump.all(source, sink)
+  local buf, st, message
+  st = true
+  while size > 0 do
+    buf,message = fh:read(8192)
+    if buf then
+      st = socket.try(connection:send(buf))
+      size = size - st
+    else
+      if size ~= 0 then
+        connection:close()
+        return nil, "file size mismatch"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  send_ack(connection)
+  recv_ack(connection)
+  return size,nil
+end
+
+
+--[[
+
+local control_dflt = {
+  "H"..string.sub(socket.hostname,1,31).."\10",        -- host
+  "C"..string.sub(socket.hostname,1,31).."\10",        -- class
+  "J"..string.sub(filename,1,99).."\10",               -- jobname
+  "L"..string.sub(user,1,31).."\10",                   -- print banner page
+  "I"..tonumber(indent).."\10",                        -- indent column count ('f' only)
+  "M"..string.sub(mail,1,128).."\10",                  -- mail when printed user@host
+  "N"..string.sub(filename,1,131).."\10",              -- name of source file
+  "P"..string.sub(user,1,31).."\10",                   -- user name
+  "T"..string.sub(title,1,79).."\10",                  -- title for banner ('p' only)
+  "W"..tonumber(width or 132).."\10",                  -- width of print f,l,p only
+
+  "f"..file.."\10",                                    -- formatted print (remove control chars)
+  "l"..file.."\10",                                    -- print
+  "o"..file.."\10",                                    -- postscript
+  "p"..file.."\10",                                    -- pr format - requires T, L
+  "r"..file.."\10",                                    -- fortran format
+  "U"..file.."\10",                                    -- Unlink (data file only)
+}
+
+]]
+
+-- generate a varying job number
+local function getjobno(connection)
+--  print(math.mod(socket.time() * 1000, port)) -- ok for windows
+--  print(os.time() / port,math.random(0,999))
+  return  math.random(0,999)
+end
+
+local function getcon(localhost,option)
+  local skt, st, message
+  local localport = 721
+  if not option then
+    error('no options',0)
+  end
+  if option.localbind then
+    repeat
+  -- bind to a local port (if we can)
+      skt = socket.try(socket.tcp())
+      skt:settimeout(30)
+
+      st, message = skt:bind(localhost,localport,-1);
+  --    print("bind",st,message)
+      if st then
+        st,message = skt:connect(option.host or SERVER, option.port or PORT)
+  --      print("connect",st,message)
+      end
+  --    print(st,localport,message)
+      if not st then
+         localport = localport + 1
+         skt:close()
+      end
+    until st or localport > 731 or (not st and message ~= "local address already in use")
+    if st then return skt end
+  end
+  return socket.try(socket.connect(option.host or SERVER, option.port or PORT))
+end
+
+local format_codes = {
+  binary = 'l',
+  text = 'f',
+  ps = 'o',
+  pr = 'p',
+  fortran = 'r',
+  l = 'l',
+  r = 'r',
+  o = 'o',
+  p = 'p',
+  f = 'f'
+}
+
+lp.send = socket.protect(function(file, option)
+  if not file  then error "invalid file name" end
+  if not option or type(option) ~= "table" then error "invalid options" end
+  local fh = socket.try(io.open(file,"rb"))
+  -- get total size
+  local datafile_size = fh:seek("end")
+  -- go back to start of file
+  fh:seek("set")
+  math.randomseed(socket.time() * 1000)
+  local localhost = socket.dns.gethostname() or os.getenv("COMPUTERNAME") or "localhost"
+
+--  local connection, message = skt:connect(option.host or SERVER, option.port or PORT)
+
+  local connection = getcon(localhost,option)
+
+-- format the control file
+  local jobno = getjobno(connection)
+  local localip = socket.dns.toip(localhost)
+  localhost = string.sub(localhost,1,31)
+
+  local user = string.sub(option.user or os.getenv("LPRUSER") or os.getenv("USERNAME")
+           or os.getenv("USER") or "anonymous",1,31)
+
+  local lpfile = string.format("dfA%3.3d%-s", jobno, localhost);
+
+  local fmt = format_codes[option.format] or 'l'
+
+  local class = string.sub(option.class or localip or localhost,1,31)
+
+  local _,_,ctlfn = string.find(file,".*[%/%\\](.*)")
+  ctlfn = string.sub(ctlfn  or file,1,131)
+
+	local cfile =
+	  string.format("H%-s\nC%-s\nJ%-s\nP%-s\n%.1s%-s\nU%-s\nN%-s\n",
+	  localhost,
+    class,
+	  option.job or ctlfn,
+    user,
+    fmt, lpfile,
+    lpfile,
+    ctlfn); -- mandatory part of ctl file
+  if (option.banner) then cfile = cfile .. 'L'..user..'\10' end
+  if (option.indent) then cfile = cfile .. 'I'..tonumber(option.indent)..'\10' end
+  if (option.mail) then cfile = cfile .. 'M'..string.sub((option.mail),1,128)..'\10' end
+  if (fmt == 'p' and option.title) then cfile = cfile .. 'T'..string.sub((option.title),1,79)..'\10' end
+  if ((fmt == 'p' or fmt == 'l' or fmt == 'f') and option.width) then
+    cfile = cfile .. 'W'..tonumber(option,width)..'\10'
+  end
+
+  connection:settimeout(option.timeout or 65)
+
+-- send the queue header
+  send_queue(connection,option.queue)
+
+-- send the control file header
+  local cfilecmd = string.format("\2%d cfA%3.3d%-s\n",string.len(cfile), jobno, localhost);
+  send_hdr(connection,cfilecmd)
+
+-- send the control file
+  send_control(connection,cfile)
+
+-- send the data file header
+  local dfilecmd = string.format("\3%d dfA%3.3d%-s\n",datafile_size, jobno, localhost);
+  send_hdr(connection,dfilecmd)
+
+-- send the data file
+  send_data(connection,fh,datafile_size)
+  fh:close()
+  connection:close();
+  return datafile_size
+end)
+
+
+--socket.lpq({host=,queue=printer|'*', format='l'|'s', list=})
+lp.query = socket.protect(function(p)
+  if not p then p={} end
+  local localhost = socket.dns.gethostname() or os.getenv("COMPUTERNAME") or "localhost"
+  local connection = getcon(localhost,p)
+  local fmt,data
+  if string.sub(p.format or 's',1,1) == 's' then fmt = 3 else fmt = 4 end
+  local sent = socket.try(connection:send(string.format("%c%s %s\n", fmt, p.queue or "*", p.list or "")))
+  local data = socket.try(connection:receive("*a"))
+  io.write(data)
+  connection:close()
+  return tostring(string.len(data))
+end)
+
+--for k,v in arg do print(k,v) end
+local function usage()
+  print('\nUsage: lp filename [keyword=val...]\n')
+  print('Valid keywords are :')
+  print(
+     '  host=remote host or IP address (default "localhost")\n' ..
+     '  queue=remote queue or printer name (default "printer")\n' ..
+     '  port=remote port number (default 515)\n' ..
+     '  user=sending user name\n' ..
+     '  format=["binary" | "text" | "ps" | "pr" | "fortran"] (default "binary")\n' ..
+     '  banner=true|false\n' ..
+     '  indent=number of columns to indent\n' ..
+     '  mail=email of address to notify when print is complete\n' ..
+     '  title=title to use for "pr" format\n' ..
+     '  width=width for "text" or "pr" formats\n' ..
+     '  class=\n' ..
+     '  job=\n' ..
+     '  name=\n' ..
+     '  localbind=true|false\n'
+     )
+  return nil
+end
+
+if not arg or not arg[1] then
+  return usage()
+end
+
+do
+    local s="opt = {"
+    for i = 2 , table.getn(arg), 1 do
+      s = s .. string.gsub(arg[i],"[%s%c%p]*([%w]*)=([\"]?[%w%s_!@#$%%^&*()<>:;]+[\"]\?\.?)","%1%=\"%2\",\n")
+    end
+    s = s .. "};\n"
+    assert(loadstring(s))();
+    if not arg[2] then
+      return usage()
+    end
+    if arg[1] ~= "query" then
+        r,e=lp.send(arg[1],opt)
+        io.stderr:write(tostring(r or e),'\n')
+    else
+        r,e=lp.query(opt)
+        io.stderr:write(tostring(r or e),'\n')
+    end
+end
+
+-- trivial tests
+--lua lp.lua lp.lua queue=default host=localhost
+--lua lp.lua lp.lua queue=default host=localhost format=binary localbind=1
+--lua lp.lua query queue=default host=localhost
+collectgarbage()
+collectgarbage()
+--print(socket.lp.query{host='localhost', queue="default"})
+
+return nil
diff --git a/makefile.dist b/makefile.dist
index 19c85b5..fec6579 100644
--- a/makefile.dist
+++ b/makefile.dist
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ EXAMPLES = \
 	eol.lua \
 	listener.lua \
 	qp.lua \
+	lp.lua \
 	talker.lua \
 	tinyirc.lua
 
@@ -101,14 +102,13 @@ dist:
 	mkdir -p $(DIST)/tests
 	mkdir -p $(DIST)/etc
 	mkdir -p $(DIST)/lua
-	mkdir -p $(DIST)/make
 	mkdir -p $(DIST)/manual
 	cp -vf $(CORE) $(DIST)
 	cp -vf README $(DIST)
 	cp -vf NEW $(DIST)
 	cp -vf LICENSE $(DIST)
-	cp -vf $(MAKE) $(DIST)/make
-	cp -vf make.README $(DIST)/make/README
+	cp -vf $(MAKE) $(DIST)
+	cp -vf make.README $(DIST)/INSTALL
 	cp -vf $(LUA) $(DIST)/lua
 	cp -vf lua.README $(DIST)/lua/README
 	cp -vf $(EXAMPLES) $(DIST)/examples
diff --git a/samples/README b/samples/README
index b5802e5..6e7ee77 100644
--- a/samples/README
+++ b/samples/README
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ printed by listen.lua.
 These are tiny programs that perform Base64, Quoted-Printable and
 end-of-line marker conversions.
 
+    lp.lua                  -- lp client
+
+This is a cool program written by David Burgess to print files using the
+Line Printer Daemon protocol, widely used in Unix machines.  
+Just run 'lua lp.lua <filename> queue=<printername>' and the file will print!
+
     cddb.lua                -- CDDB client
 
 This is the first try on a simple CDDB client. Not really useful, but one
@@ -26,7 +32,6 @@ day it might become a module.
 
     daytimeclnt.lua         -- day time client
 
-
 Just run the program to retrieve the hour and date in readable form from
 any server running an UDP daytime daemon.
 
diff --git a/src/except.c b/src/except.c
index 53a65ac..68abf70 100644
--- a/src/except.c
+++ b/src/except.c
@@ -12,33 +12,21 @@
 /*=========================================================================*\
 * Internal function prototypes.
 \*=========================================================================*/
-static int global_try(lua_State *L);
 static int global_protect(lua_State *L);
 static int global_newtry(lua_State *L);
 static int protected(lua_State *L);
 static int finalize(lua_State *L);
+static int do_nothing(lua_State *L);
 
 /* except functions */
 static luaL_reg func[] = {
-    {"try",       global_try},
     {"newtry",    global_newtry},
     {"protect",   global_protect},
     {NULL,        NULL}
 };
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
-* Try method
-\*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-static int global_try(lua_State *L) {
-    if (lua_isnil(L, 1) || (lua_isboolean(L, 1) && !lua_toboolean(L, 1))) {
-        lua_settop(L, 2);
-        lua_error(L);
-        return 0;
-    } else return lua_gettop(L);
-}
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
-* Finalizer factory
+* Try factory
 \*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static int finalize(lua_State *L) {
     if (lua_isnil(L, 1) || (lua_isboolean(L, 1) && !lua_toboolean(L, 1))) {
@@ -50,7 +38,14 @@ static int finalize(lua_State *L) {
     } else return lua_gettop(L);
 }
 
+static int do_nothing(lua_State *L) { 
+    (void) L;
+    return 0; 
+}
+
 static int global_newtry(lua_State *L) {
+    lua_settop(L, 1);
+    if (lua_isnil(L, 1)) lua_pushcfunction(L, do_nothing);
     lua_pushcclosure(L, finalize, 1);
     return 1;
 }
diff --git a/src/ftp.lua b/src/ftp.lua
index ad02c72..1c7ea71 100644
--- a/src/ftp.lua
+++ b/src/ftp.lua
@@ -32,14 +32,10 @@ local metat = { __index = {} }
 
 function open(server, port)
     local tp = socket.try(tp.connect(server, port or PORT, TIMEOUT))
-    local f = { tp = tp }
+    local f = setmetat({ tp = tp }, metat)
     -- make sure everything gets closed in an exception
-    f.try = socket.newtry(function() 
-        tp:close() 
-        if f.data then f.data:close() end
-        if f.server then f.server:close() end
-    end)
-    return setmetatable(f, metat)
+    f.try = socket.newtry(function() f:close() end)
+    return f 
 end
 
 function metat.__index:portconnect()
@@ -173,13 +169,9 @@ function metat.__index:quit()
 end
 
 function metat.__index:close()
-    self.tp:close()
     if self.data then self.data:close() end
     if self.server then self.server:close() end
-    self.tp = nil
-    self.data = nil
-    self.server = nil
-    return 1
+    return self.tp:close()
 end
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/http.lua b/src/http.lua
index d8889e1..9c568bc 100644
--- a/src/http.lua
+++ b/src/http.lua
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ local metat = { __index = {} }
 
 function open(host, port)
     local c = socket.try(socket.tcp()) 
+    local h = setmetatable({ c = c }, metat)
     -- make sure the connection gets closed on exception
-    local try = socket.newtry(function() c:close() end)
-    try(c:settimeout(TIMEOUT))
-    try(c:connect(host, port or PORT))
-    return setmetatable({ c = c, try = try }, metat)
+    h.try = socket.newtry(function() h:close() end)
+    h.try(c:settimeout(TIMEOUT))
+    h.try(c:connect(host, port or PORT))
+    return h 
 end
 
 function metat.__index:sendrequestline(method, uri)
@@ -57,9 +58,8 @@ function metat.__index:sendbody(headers, source, step)
     source = source or ltn12.source.empty()
     step = step or ltn12.pump.step
     -- if we don't know the size in advance, send chunked and hope for the best
-    local mode
-    if headers["content-length"] then mode = "keep-open"
-    else mode = "http-chunked" end
+    local mode = "http-chunked"
+    if headers["content-length"] then mode = "keep-open" end
     return self.try(ltn12.pump.all(source, socket.sink(mode, self.c), step))
 end
 
@@ -99,10 +99,9 @@ function metat.__index:receivebody(headers, sink, step)
     step = step or ltn12.pump.step
     local length = tonumber(headers["content-length"])
     local TE = headers["transfer-encoding"]
-    local mode
+    local mode = "default" -- connection close
     if TE and TE ~= "identity" then mode = "http-chunked"
-    elseif tonumber(headers["content-length"]) then mode = "by-length"
-    else mode = "default" end
+    elseif tonumber(headers["content-length"]) then mode = "by-length" end
     return self.try(ltn12.pump.all(socket.source(mode, self.c, length), 
         sink, step))
 end
@@ -191,9 +190,9 @@ function tauthorize(reqt)
 end
 
 function tredirect(reqt, headers)
-    -- the RFC says the redirect URL has to be absolute, but some
-    -- servers do not respect that
     return trequest {
+        -- the RFC says the redirect URL has to be absolute, but some
+        -- servers do not respect that
         url = url.absolute(reqt, headers["location"]),
         source = reqt.source,
         sink = reqt.sink,
diff --git a/src/smtp.lua b/src/smtp.lua
index d6357d2..70b511c 100644
--- a/src/smtp.lua
+++ b/src/smtp.lua
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function metat.__index:quit()
 end
 
 function metat.__index:close()
-    return self.try(self.tp:close())
+    return self.tp:close()
 end
 
 function metat.__index:login(user, password)
@@ -104,9 +104,10 @@ end
 
 function open(server, port)
     local tp = socket.try(tp.connect(server or SERVER, port or PORT, TIMEOUT))
+    local s = setmetatable({tp = tp}, metat)
     -- make sure tp is closed if we get an exception
-    local try = socket.newtry(function() tp:close() end)
-    return setmetatable({ tp = tp, try = try}, metat)
+    local try = socket.newtry(function() s:close() end)
+    return s 
 end
 
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/socket.lua b/src/socket.lua
index 0a681bf..4d64651 100644
--- a/src/socket.lua
+++ b/src/socket.lua
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ function socket.bind(host, port, backlog)
     return sock
 end
 
+socket.try = socket.newtry()
+
 function socket.choose(table)
     return function(name, opt1, opt2)
         if type(name) ~= "string" then
diff --git a/src/tp.lua b/src/tp.lua
index 7b581b9..153541a 100644
--- a/src/tp.lua
+++ b/src/tp.lua
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ TIMEOUT = 60
 -- Implementation
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- gets server reply (works for SMTP and FTP)
-local function get_reply(control)
+local function get_reply(c)
     local code, current, sep
-    local line, err = control:receive()
+    local line, err = c:receive()
     local reply = line
     if err then return nil, err end
     code, sep = socket.skip(2, string.find(line, "^(%d%d%d)(.?)"))
     if not code then return nil, "invalid server reply" end
     if sep == "-" then -- reply is multiline
         repeat
-            line, err = control:receive()
+            line, err = c:receive()
             if err then return nil, err end
             current, sep = socket.skip(2, string.find(line, "^(%d%d%d)(.?)"))
             reply = reply .. "\n" .. line
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ end
 local metat = { __index = {} }
 
 function metat.__index:check(ok)
-    local code, reply = get_reply(self.control)
+    local code, reply = get_reply(self.c)
     if not code then return nil, reply end
     if type(ok) ~= "function" then
         if type(ok) == "table" then 
@@ -59,50 +59,55 @@ function metat.__index:check(ok)
 end
 
 function metat.__index:command(cmd, arg)
-    if arg then return self.control:send(cmd .. " " .. arg.. "\r\n")
-    else return self.control:send(cmd .. "\r\n") end
+    if arg then return self.c:send(cmd .. " " .. arg.. "\r\n")
+    else return self.c:send(cmd .. "\r\n") end
 end
 
 function metat.__index:sink(snk, pat)
-    local chunk, err = control:receive(pat)
+    local chunk, err = c:receive(pat)
     return snk(chunk, err)
 end
 
 function metat.__index:send(data)
-    return self.control:send(data)
+    return self.c:send(data)
 end
 
 function metat.__index:receive(pat)
-    return self.control:receive(pat)
+    return self.c:receive(pat)
 end
 
 function metat.__index:getfd()
-    return self.control:getfd()
+    return self.c:getfd()
 end
 
 function metat.__index:dirty()
-    return self.control:dirty()
+    return self.c:dirty()
 end
 
 function metat.__index:getcontrol()
-    return self.control
+    return self.c
 end
 
 function metat.__index:source(source, step)
-    local sink = socket.sink("keep-open", self.control)
+    local sink = socket.sink("keep-open", self.c)
     return ltn12.pump.all(source, sink, step or ltn12.pump.step)
 end
 
--- closes the underlying control
+-- closes the underlying c
 function metat.__index:close()
-    self.control:close()
+    self.c:close()
 	return 1
 end
 
--- connect with server and return control object
-connect = socket.protect(function(host, port, timeout)
-    local control = socket.try(socket.tcp())
-    socket.try(control:settimeout(timeout or TIMEOUT))
-    socket.try(control:connect(host, port))
-    return setmetatable({control = control}, metat)
-end)
+-- connect with server and return c object
+function connect(host, port, timeout)
+    local c, e = socket.tcp()
+    if not c then return nil, e end
+    c:settimeout(timeout or TIMEOUT)
+    local r, e = c:connect(host, port)
+    if not r then 
+        c:close() 
+        return nil, e
+    end
+    return setmetatable({c = c}, metat)
+end
diff --git a/test/httptest.lua b/test/httptest.lua
index 45d7e8d..0ba6f56 100644
--- a/test/httptest.lua
+++ b/test/httptest.lua
@@ -155,14 +155,15 @@ check_request(request, expect, ignore)
 io.write("testing simple post function: ")
 back = http.request("http://" .. host .. cgiprefix .. "/cat", index)
 assert(back == index)
+print("ok")
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 io.write("testing ltn12.(sink|source).file: ")
 request = {
 	url = "http://" .. host .. cgiprefix .. "/cat",
 	method = "POST",
-	source = ltn12.source.file(io.open(index_file, "r")),
-    sink = ltn12.sink.file(io.open(index_file .. "-back", "w")),
+	source = ltn12.source.file(io.open(index_file, "rb")),
+    sink = ltn12.sink.file(io.open(index_file .. "-back", "wb")),
     headers = { ["content-length"] = string.len(index) }
 }
 expect = {
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ local function b64length(len)
 end
 
 local source = ltn12.source.chain(
-    ltn12.source.file(io.open(index_file, "r")),
+    ltn12.source.file(io.open(index_file, "rb")),
     ltn12.filter.chain(
         mime.encode("base64"),
         mime.wrap("base64")
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ local source = ltn12.source.chain(
 
 local sink = ltn12.sink.chain(
     mime.decode("base64"),
-    ltn12.sink.file(io.open(index_file .. "-back", "w"))
+    ltn12.sink.file(io.open(index_file .. "-back", "wb"))
 )
 
 request = {
diff --git a/test/testsrvr.lua b/test/testsrvr.lua
index 6e786c8..5b842f1 100644
--- a/test/testsrvr.lua
+++ b/test/testsrvr.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ while 1 do
     -- control:setoption("nodelay", true)
     while 1 do 
         command, error = control:receive()
-print(error)
         if error then
             control:close()
             print("server: closing connection...")