Re: table.new in 5.3?

[David Heiko Kolf <david@...>]

Sean Conner wrote:
> Given:
> 
> 	t = { 1 , 2 , 3 , ... }
> 
>   What's the difference between
> 
> 	t = {}
> 
> and
> 
> 	table.clear(t)
> 
>   -spc (Curious about this ... )

There might be other references to the table.

t = { ... }
a = t

table.clear(t) --> a and t are still referencing the same table, which
is now cleared.

t = {} --> t got a new empty table, a has still the old table with all
the values.

Best regards,

David Kolf