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Asked: June 7, 20262026-06-07T02:41:01+00:00 2026-06-07T02:41:01+00:00

The Lua docs say When a program has no references to a table left,

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When a program has no references to a table left, Lua memory
management will eventually delete the table and reuse its memory.

My question is : Is it possible to count the no of references to a particular table during runtime?

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    2026-06-07T02:41:02+00:00Added an answer on June 7, 2026 at 2:41 am

    You can find all references to a Lua value using the debug library. See these messages:

    • http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2012-03/msg00479.html
    • http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2012-04/msg00758.html

    The luatraverse library found in the below link solves this nicely!
    http://code.matthewwild.co.uk/luatraverse/summary

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