NAME

lua_close — destroys all objects and frees all dynamic memory, function indicator [-0, +0, -]

SYNOPSIS

#include <lua.h>

void
lua_close(lua_State *L);

DESCRIPTION

lua_close() destroys all objects in the given Lua state (calling the corresponding garbage-collection metamethods, if any) and frees all dynamic memory used by this state. On several platforms, you may not need to call this function, because all resources are naturally released when the host program ends. On the other hand, long-running programs, such as a daemon or a web server, might need to release states as soon as they are not needed, to avoid growing too large.

SEE ALSO

Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, and Waldemar Celes, Lua 5.1 Reference Manual.

HISTORY

The lua_close() manual page is based on Lua Reference Manual 5.1 and was created by Sergey Bronnikov.