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Some data on the memory usage of data in the WoW LUA environment (Expanding upon a forum posting).  
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Some information on the memory usage of data in the WoW LUA environment (Expanding upon a forum posting).  
 
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Locally scoped variables in functions are stored on the stack, rather than being part of the garbage collected memory heap, however if the variable contains a reference type, then the actual data referenced is not on the stack. (Though it's not actually a stack, per se, see the LUA source code for details)
Locally scoped variables in functions are stored on the stack, rather than being part of the garbage collected memory heap, however if the variable contains a reference type, then the actual data referenced is not on the stack. (Though it's not actually a stack, per se, see the LUA source code for details)
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