Reduce Table Memory

[nin900500 (nin)]

Is it possible to reduce the memory a table takes up without starting a brand new reference?

[colbert2677 (ImagineerColbert)]

Can you not do this by removing anything you don’t need from the table (references, connections, etc.)?

Maybe this could help as well?

PSA: Connections can memory leak Instances!

Preface I’ve seen several experienced developers not knowing this, or not having a full understanding of what’s going on, so I thought I’d write a dedicated post on the issue of accidentally leaking Instances (so that they are not GCed even when there are no references to them) through lingering event connections. What circumstances cause a leak do -- All good, this part will be GCed just fine local p = Instance.new('Part') p.Touched:connect(function() print("Touched") end) end do -- O…

[IdiomicLanguage]

I think that while removing objects from a table removes a reference to an object so it can be garbage collected saves memory, the actual table size remains the same. I don’t think there is a way to decrease the memory usage of a table without it being garbage collected.