I've seen these two notations when defining a table and their properties.

-- Names and values are arbitrary
local tab = { var = 1 }

-- Names and values are arbitrary
local tab = {}
tab.var = 1

Which way is better when defining a table's properties, and it is just for design, or is there another advantage of it?

Anonymous

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The 2nd one might be a nanosecond slower in normal lua, but I think luau optimizes it anyways so no difference in this case, although most people prefer the 1st way for initializing and the 2nd one for adding stuff on the go

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I normally use tab[key] = value or table.insert() to insert things on table

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