Memory needs for table keys

["Krawtschunowski, Wladimir" <WKrawtschunowski@...>]

Hi, all!
Does lua reserve any memory for saving keys of tables, if the values are all nil? Assume we have the code:
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a={}; b={}; c={}
a[1000]=1
b[1] = 2; b[1000] = 1; b[1] = nil
c[1] = 11
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The question is, if lua allocates memory for the 1. until 999. numerical keys of the table a (because the first valid key is 1000), or not=? Is after the execution any difference between the tables a and b?
Thank you.

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