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on 8/18/06 1:09 PM, Mike Pall at mikelu-0608@mike.de wrote:

> BTW: Another one for the wishlist: lua_cleartable(L, narr, nrec).
> Use case: a common table referenced in dozens of upvalues needs
> to be cleared fast. Replacing it with a new table is not an
> option because then I'd have to store all affected closures
> somewhere. Iterative clearing is annoying/slow. Don't know if
> this is a popular wish, though.

I find myself clearing tables on occasion though I've been trying to train
myself to let them just become garbage.

Mark