Lua has static and dynamic variables in the heap?

Question

Does the storage binding (related to the variable’s lifetime) allow static variables? Allows dynamic variables of heap?

Answer 1

There are some definitions of what would be static variable. Lua has no static variable mechanism, but is powerful and flexible to get the same result through other mechanisms.

By default values are placed on heap through dynamic allocation and variables can point to these values. You use local to switch to automatic allocation in stack.