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 0xffffff8404e4d0
freeing memory at 0xffffff84050fb0
freeing memory at 0xffffff84007a10freeing memory at 0xffffff8404ddd0
freeing memory at 0xffffff840513b0
freeing memory at 0xffffff8404e550
freeing memory at 0xffffff84048e60
freeing memory at 0xffffff840512f0
freeing memory at 0xffffff84050c00
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