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 0x7f73c8068460
freeing memory at 0x7f73c805dd10
freeing memory at 0x7f73c8051d00
freeing memory at 0x7f73c80683b0
freeing memory at 0x7f73c8067d10
freeing memory at 0x7f73c80663d0
freeing memory at 0x7f73c80663f0
freeing memory at 0x7f73c8068440
freeing memory at 0x7f73c8004b00
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