A Question on Emptying Tables on Lua

[sphyrth]

So, I usually clear my tables just by doing this.

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sample_table = {}

But I think I should be doing something like this.

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while #sample_table > 0 do
	table.remove(sample_table, 1)
end

Creating small games might not be an issue with the former but I assume that it produces some memory leaks or something, and that's why I should be doing the latter. Is my reasoning correct, or any of you have some better suggestions?

[Beelz]

I would just keep doing what you were... You're actually creating more work for LOVE. Either re-declare the table or set nil for garbage collection to handle.

[Nixola]

Only issue is, if the table has other references the first line won't delete them.

[sphyrth]

Thanks for the reply guys!

I guess I'll just go with the laziest bet and rely on Lua's Garbage Collector for small games, and do something else for the more ambitious projects.