[Vala] disable free at block end

[MohanR <mohan43u gmail com>]

Hi,

May be a i'm wrong, but here is my issue,

namespace test {
        struct Remote {
                uint16 id;
                uint32 ip;
        }
        class SocketReader: Object {
                Socket socket;
                Array<Remote*> remotes;
                public SocketReader(Socket socket) {
                        this.socket = socket;
                        this.remotes = new Array<Remote*>();
                }
                public read() {
                        int8[] buffer = new int8[sizeof(Remote)];
                        while(socket.receive(buffer,
                                sizeof(Remote)) > 0) {
                                Remote* remote = Memory.dup(buffer,
                                sizeof(Remote));
                                this.remotes.append_val(remote);
                        }
                }
        }
}

when read() goes out-of-scope, "buffer" gets freed, So I have to  
 make a dup of that memory to store it in "remotes" array. But If I
have some way to tell vala not to free buffer, I dont need to dup the
buffer.

Am I doing this right? or any better way? All I need is to get the data
coming from the socket and use it as "Remote" struct. Need your
suggestions.

Thanks,
Mohan R