--- lua/libcairo.c~	2010-06-11 23:14:43.000000000 +0200
+++ lua/libcairo.c	2010-06-12 10:47:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -1452,12 +1452,12 @@
 #endif
  {
   struct _cairo* cr = (( struct _cairo*)  tolua_tousertype(tolua_S,1,0));
+  int num_dashes = ((int)  tolua_tonumber(tolua_S,3,0));
 #ifdef __cplusplus
   double* dashes = Mtolua_new_dim(double, num_dashes);
 #else
   double* dashes = (double*) malloc((num_dashes)*sizeof(double));
 #endif
-  int num_dashes = ((int)  tolua_tonumber(tolua_S,3,0));
   double offset = ((double)  tolua_tonumber(tolua_S,4,0));
   {
 #ifndef TOLUA_RELEASE