WoW:USERAPI EraseTable

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Erases a table, often a good way to reduce garbage creation. Note that erasing a table is generally more expensive than letting the GC system reclaim it, so one might prefer simply reallocating a new empty table.

local function EraseTable(t)
	for i in pairs(t) do t[i] = nil end
end