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 0xffff14066420
freeing memory at 0xffff14066400
freeing memory at 0xffff1400de30
freeing memory at 0xffff14068730
freeing memory at 0xffff14068dd0
freeing memory at 0xffff14068e60
freeing memory at 0xffff14068750
freeing memory at 0xffff14066ca0
freeing memory at 0xffff140663e0
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