Sharing table across Server-Client boundary

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#1

If I were to send a table from a server script to a local script via remote events/functions, will the table become a referenced table or cloned table?

#2

You would get a cloned table. The client wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) be able to modify the one on the server.

#3

Copied, just bare in mind that metatables are lost in the network transmission. To remedy this you can send both individually.

--SERVER

local Table = setmetatable({}, {
	__index = function(Table, Key)
		return rawget(Table, Key)
	end,
	
	__newindex = function(Table, Key, Value)
		return rawset(Table, Key, Value)
	end
})

local Metatable = getmetatable(Table)
RemoteEvent:FireClient(Table, Metatable)

--CLIENT

local function OnRemoteEventFired(Table, Metatable)
	setmetatable(Table, Metatable)
end

RemoteEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(OnRemoteEventFired)
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