2016 Update

Task/Multiple-distinct-objects/Lua/multiple-distinct-objects.lua

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+-- This concept is relevant to tables in Lua
+local table1 = {1,2,3}
+
+-- The following will create a table of references to table1
+local refTab = {}
+for i = 1, 10 do refTab[i] = table1 end
+
+-- Instead, tables should be copied using a function like this	
+function copy (t)
+    local new = {}
+    for k, v in pairs(t) do new[k] = v end
+    return new
+end
+
+-- Now we can create a table of independent copies of table1
+local copyTab = {}
+for i = 1, 10 do copyTab[i] = copy(table1) end