Re: Why table does not have the __gc event?

[Edwin Eyan Moragas <haaktu@...>]

On 1/16/06, CHU Run-min <churunmin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, I understand it.
> But lua-5.1 manual seems confusing me. It says
>
> "Finalizers allow you to coordinate Lua's garbage collection with
> external resource management (such as closing files, network or
> database connections, or freeing your own memory). "
>

it simply means that whenever Lua collects garbage, it would also
call the __gc metamethods you have defined. this means you're also
leaving it up to the GC when it will clean up resources you have defined.

to mu understanding at least.

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