From e840a8f96cc34f3de1f0f1540a01251908474e5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bart van Strien <bart@bartbes.ath.cx>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:08:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Another embedded zero issue in threads (isue #128)

---
 src/modules/thread/sdl/wrap_Thread.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/modules/thread/sdl/wrap_Thread.cpp b/src/modules/thread/sdl/wrap_Thread.cpp
index 2553907c0..0d8f6299d 100644
--- a/src/modules/thread/sdl/wrap_Thread.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/thread/sdl/wrap_Thread.cpp
@@ -257,7 +257,10 @@ namespace sdl
 
 	int w_newThread(lua_State *L)
 	{
-		std::string name = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
+		luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
+		size_t len;
+		const char *name_str = lua_tolstring(L, 1, &len);
+		std::string name(name_str, len);
 		love::Data *data;
 		if (lua_isstring(L, 2))
 			luax_convobj(L, 2, "filesystem", "newFile");