Thank you for the explanations. I also received a helpful note off list, put here for posterity:
-------------------------- Correct! ;-) --- Aha, I have no way of finding out whether a channel is ready to proceed >> without actually proceeding or blocking. >> >> On xxxxx wrote: >> >>> On xxxxx wrote: >>> >>> > While I understand just fine how to use select/goroutines/channels, >>> the overarching importance of select as a built-in feature is escaping >>> me. >>> >>> I suggest a thought experiment. You understand just fine how to use the >>> select statement, so maybe try to imagine how are you'd code some task, >>> where you use normally use select, _without_ it. What'll be the [most >>> important] difference? >>> -- >>> >>> -j >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
