When I call or invoke a function, think of it as creating a local table.

当我调用一个函数时，想象一下它是在这里创建了一个局部表。

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Why was it worth creating a function to do this? Pardon?

创建一个函数来做这个工作又有,什么意义呢？对不起我没听清？

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I'm creating a function.

我正在创建一个函数。

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