flamingo: API for external to inc/decrement refcount of value#18
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As of #15, a lot of stuff that was never freed previously and which external users of Flamingo (e.g. Bob the Builder) assumed to always exist is now freed, causing use-after-free issues. The solution is for these externals to increment the reference of values they hold on to and then to decrement them when they let go. This PR provides an API for that.