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>Weak keyed tables are usually for garbage collection and such, so if a key
>is no longer referenced  the key and value can be deleted from the table and
>the key recycled, the value/memory can also be recycled, unless theres a
>strong reference too it.
>
>but lua's use may be different.

Weak tables in Lua will allow weak keys, weak values, or both.
--lhf