If a foreign pointer object corresponds to memory that was not allocated by the GC garbage collector, then a function to properly deallocate this memory when the Pointer object that stores this pointer is garbage collected should be called. The function should take a single argument, a foreign object, typically of type voidstar, which corresponds to the memory to deallocate.
i1 : malloc = foreignFunction("malloc", voidstar, ulong)
o1 = malloc
o1 : ForeignFunction
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i2 : free = foreignFunction("free", void, voidstar)
o2 = free
o2 : ForeignFunction
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i3 : finalizer = x -> (print("freeing memory at " | net x); free x)
o3 = finalizer
o3 : FunctionClosure
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i4 : for i to 9 do (x := malloc 8; registerFinalizer(x, finalizer))
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i5 : collectGarbage()
freeing memory at 0x7f288c04f620
freeing memory at 0x7f288c04ff10
freeing memory at 0x7f288c04fe50
freeing memory at 0x7f288c04f870freeing memory at 0x7f288c04f850
freeing memory at 0x7f288c048a20
freeing memory at 0x7f288c04f5e0
freeing memory at 0x7f288c048a00
freeing memory at 0x7f288c04f5c0
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