go_playground/5-go-by-example/30-non-blocking-channel-.go

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// Basic sends and receives on channels are blocking
// use select with a default clause to implement non-blocking
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
messages := make(chan string)
signals := make(chan bool)
// non-blocking receive
// if a value is available on messages then select will take the <-messages case with that value
// if not it will immediately take the default case
select {
case msg := <-messages:
fmt.Println("received message", msg)
default:
fmt.Println("no message received")
}
// non-blocking send
// msg cannot be sent to the messages channel, because the channel has no buffer and there is no receiver
// Therefore the default case is selected.
msg := "hi"
select {
case messages <- msg:
fmt.Println("sent message", msg)
default:
fmt.Println("no message sent")
}
// use multiple cases above the default clause to implement a multi-way non-blocking select
// here non-blocking receives on both messages and signals
select {
case msg := <-messages:
fmt.Println("received message", msg)
case sig := <-signals:
fmt.Println("received signal", sig)
default:
fmt.Println("no activity")
}
}