> > Exploring the example a bit further: > > If C's malloc is used instead of GC.malloc then the deallocators also > > are not called and the program runs out of memory. How are the objects > > supposed to get finalized in this case - do I have to use the delete > > keyword explicitly? > > If you use C's malloc, you will also have to use C's free.
Yes, obviously. But the deallocator which contains the call to C's free has to be invoked by someone, otherwise it's useless. So that is my question: how should finalization and deallocation get triggered in this scenario (where non-GC memory is used)?
