Will this script create a memory leak?

[4667hp (Account Info)]

Hello, I was wondering if this code would create a memory leak.

local Car = game.ServerStorage.Car

local function SpawnCar()
	local NewCar = Car:Clone()
	NewCar.Parent = workspace
end

local function DeleteCar()
	workspace.Car:Destroy() -- "New car" is destroyed
end

SpawnCar()
task.wait(10)
DeleteCar()
-- Memory leak?
-- New car is never set to nil but it is being destroyed

[Redusofficial (Redus)]

If the script ends there then the car should get garbage collected.

[Find4U2Go (Warp)]

No, as it sets its parent to nil when you destroy it

[4667hp (Account Info)]

What about something like this?

-- Module script

local Car = game.ServerStorage.Car
local Module = {}

function Module.SpawnCar()
	local NewCar = Car:Clone()
	NewCar.Parent = workspace
end

function Module.DeleteCar()
	workspace.Car:Destroy()
end

-- Server script

local Module = require(script.Parent)
for i = 1, 100000 do
	Module.SpawnCar()
	task.wait(10)
	Module.DeleteCar()
end

[Redusofficial (Redus)]

Sorry, I misread your code before; the car would’ve been garbage collected regardless of whether the script had ended.

[4667hp (Account Info)]

So I don’t need to set new car to nil?

[Find4U2Go (Warp)]

yeah, car:Destroy() will automatically garbage the object, as it sets car.Parent to nil