Do I need to destroy periodic timer

[Aleksandr]

Hello all,
if I have following code

TimerStart(CreateTimer(), 5.0, false, function()
    DestroyTimer(GetExpiredTimer())
    --some code
end)

do I need to call DestroyTimer explicitly if the timer is not periodic ?

 

[Ceday]

According to this post here [Leak] Lua Scripting & Memory Leak:

Lua currently does not garbage collection Warcraft III object types like location, group and force. These still must be explicitly destroyed.

Yes you need to (unless I misunderstood). But it is possible things have changed since that post, someone with knowledge about W3's Lua might give you a more accurate answer.

 

[BloodSoul]

Yes. Otherwise, Lua won't know when that specific timer should be destroyed; it won't be destroyed.