Re: Can I save size by dumping a table of chunks? (and, how do I do it?)

[Vaughan McAlley <ockegheim@...>]

On 6 May 2010 14:15, Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@guerrag.com> wrote:
>> The Lua compiler already optimizes all constants used in a function and
>> so only one copy of each string exists per function. However, different
>> functions, even if defined in the same chunk, do not share constants
>> (strings, in particular).
>
> no?  i thought each string was unique lua_State-wide
>

Is it something to do with the function being a closure? Does it store
all its constants as part of the closure, and not in the string table?

Vaughan