Something I've been wondering about.

So, lets say I have the following code:

function makeTable(name)
  name = {}
end

Wouldn't this create a table named "name"? How would I be able to make a function like this? I see no real use for this, but I'm just curious.

there is no use

i suppose if you were almost out of memory, it would cause an error

because the table's an upvalue (variable in function declaration), it will be garbagecollected every time you call the function

tesla1889, on 07 February 2013 - 06:34 PM said:

there is no use

i suppose if you were almost out of memory, it would cause an error

because the table's an upvalue (variable in function declaration), it will be garbagecollected every time you call the function

Er, doesn't quite answer the question.

It's easier to type

Tab = {}

…?

all it would do is just ignore what ever was passed to it, create a table, then garbagecollect it

function makeTable(name)
    _G[name] = {}
end

makeTable("myTable")
print(type(myTable)) -- this'll print "table"

Why not?

LBPHacker, on 07 February 2013 - 10:37 PM said:

function makeTable(name)
    _G[name] = {}
end

makeTable("myTable")
print(type(myTable)) -- this'll print "table"

Why not?

Thanks for actually answering the question.