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Mastering Go

You're reading from   Mastering Go Create Golang production applications using network libraries, concurrency, machine learning, and advanced data structures

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838559335
Length 798 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Mihalis Tsoukalos Mihalis Tsoukalos
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

1. Go and the Operating System 2. Understanding Go Internals FREE CHAPTER 3. Working with Basic Go Data Types 4. The Uses of Composite Types 5. How to Enhance Go Code with Data Structures 6. What You Might Not Know About Go Packages and Functions 7. Reflection and Interfaces for All Seasons 8. Telling a UNIX System What to Do 9. Concurrency in Go – Goroutines, Channels, and Pipelines 10. Concurrency in Go – Advanced Topics 11. Code Testing, Optimization, and Profiling 12. The Foundations of Network Programming in Go 13. Network Programming – Building Your Own Servers and Clients 14. Machine Learning in Go 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Channels

A channel is a communication mechanism that allows goroutines to exchange data, among other things.

However, there are some specific rules. Firstly, each channel allows the exchange of a particular data type, which is also called the element type of the channel, and secondly, for a channel to operate properly, you will need someone to receive what is sent via the channel. You should declare a new channel using the chan keyword, and you can close a channel using the close() function.

Finally, a very important detail: when you are using a channel as a function parameter, you can specify its direction; that is, whether it is going to be used for sending or receiving. In my opinion, if you know the purpose of a channel in advance, you should use this capability because it will make your programs more robust, as well as safer. You will not be able to send data accidentally...

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