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 0x78a2f8066c30
freeing memory at 0x78a2f8063bd0
freeing memory at 0x78a2f806a210
freeing memory at 0x78a2f8067e30
freeing memory at 0x78a2f80639d0
freeing memory at 0x78a2f806a1f0
freeing memory at 0x78a2f8063ba0
freeing memory at 0x78a2f805f440
freeing memory at 0x78a2f80639b0
freeing memory at 0x78a2f8069160
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