From: Ian Lynagh
That's a documentation bug. In the HEAD it says:
newForeignPtr :: FinalizerPtr a -> Ptr a -> IO (ForeignPtr a) -- ^Turns a plain memory reference into a foreign pointer, and -- associates a finaliser with the reference. The finaliser will be executed -- after the last reference to the foreign object is dropped. Note that there -- is no guarantee on how soon the finaliser is executed after the last -- reference was dropped; this depends on the details of the Haskell storage -- manager. Indeed, there is no guarantee that the finalizer is executed at -- all; a program may exit with finalizers outstanding. (This is true -- of GHC, other implementations may give stronger guarantees).
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