Hello! Can I malloc some memory that will free wit...

# kotlin-native

[caffeine]

Hello! Can I malloc some memory that will free with my object where I was malloc memory?


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If I wrote something like class Buffer(val capacity:Int){private val mem = ByteArray(capacity); val ptr = mem.refTo(0);} variable ptr will be stable? Can I use value of ptr during all object life cycle?

[caffeine]

Also what happend if I will call pin in init block on my instance of ByteArray and never call unpin()

[Dominaezzz]

If you never call unpin I'm fairly certain garbage collection won't happen.

[Dominaezzz]

ptr is stable to use in Kotlin but won't be stable when passed to the native side. It must be pinned for that.