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0 pointsdsymonds12y ago0 comments

The 'select' statement does more than just multiplex (and it doesn't really multiplex since you can't do it over a slice of channels). It allows blocking on any one of a set of send or receive operations. This is similar to the select(2) system call in BSD

Spec: http://golang.org/ref/spec#Select_statements

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mrphoebs12y ago

Thanks, the analogy to the system call helps heaps in my understanding of the intent. It's value wasn't clear to me when I was debating it's inclusion in the library. I'll have a deeper look and see how best I can include something similar in the library. Sadly, I doubt the interface for it would be as elegant as the one Go has.

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