Originally Posted by myrroddin
To illustrate:
Lua Code:
for i = 1, 5 do -- all iterations local var = "dog" print(var) end -- var never needs to be changed local var = "dog" for i = 1, 5 do print(var) end
In the first example, you create five times the amount of garbage collected compared to the second. |
This is why I can't quite figure out the general statement "define variables in the lowest scope possible"
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