The get_table_kwargs() method allows to pass parameters when constructing a table instance:

and a Table can work with a request parameter:

It thus looks straightforward to pass the request, by default, to the Table such that the table can implement logic based on that request.

While the RequestConfig also injects the request object into the Table, that means it is not available at the time the __init__ function is called on the table, and people might try to generate a table without the RequestConfig.