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 0xffff7804f5d0
freeing memory at 0xffff7804f5f0
freeing memory at 0xffff7804f630
freeing memory at 0xffff7804f860
freeing memory at 0xffff7804ff20
freeing memory at 0xffff78048a10
freeing memory at 0xffff7804f880
freeing memory at 0xffff7804fe60
freeing memory at 0xffff78048a30
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