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 0x7f9f500688a0
freeing memory at 0x7f9f50068880
freeing memory at 0x7f9f500521e0
freeing memory at 0x7f9f5005e150
freeing memory at 0x7f9f50068150
freeing memory at 0x7f9f500687f0
freeing memory at 0x7f9f50066830
freeing memory at 0x7f9f50066810
freeing memory at 0x7f9f50004f20
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