local prosody = prosody;
local hosts = prosody.hosts;
-local core_post_stanza = prosody.core_post_stanza;
+
+-- FIXME: This assert() is to try and catch an obscure bug (2013-04-05)
+local core_post_stanza = assert(prosody.core_post_stanza,
+ "prosody.core_post_stanza is nil, please report this as a bug");
-- Registry of shared module data
local shared_data = setmetatable({}, { __mode = "v" });