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On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 2:27 AM, TNHarris <telliamed@whoopdedo.org> wrote:
> The reliable way is to explicitly call a release function, which is what
> I'm currently doing, with a bold-faced note reminding me to always
> release link queries. But I'm sure one day I (or one of my users) will
> forget. So an automatic release would be preferred.

Have a look at:

http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2008-01/msg00138.html

RAII (so beloved of C++) is a very useful pattern

steve d.