local function

[Drakath]

If I have one script in my resource, is it more efficient to use:

local function() 

?

[Castillo]

I don't know if it's more efficient, but it can be useful if you want two functions using the same name in two different script files within the same resource to do different things.

[Drakath]

Yeah, I know but I heard that using local makes it faster and uses less memory or something. I wonder if that's true.

[Saml1er]

Yeah, I know but I heard that using local makes it faster and uses less memory or something. I wonder if that's true.

Yes, accessing local variables/functions is faster than global.

[ixjf]

Local variables (this includes functions, because they're stored in variables too - function foo () is syntatic sugar for foo = function()) are indeed faster to access because they're stored on the stack. On the other hand, to access globals you must do a hash table lookup (in the environment table).

[Drakath]

Great, I will start using local functions most of the time now. Thanks for the information.