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Jacques René Mesrine
Jacques René Mesrine

Reputation: 47805

Does initializing a variable in the init function of a package ensures a single instance in a golang app?

I am writing a Bloom Filter package. Within my package, I want to create an instance of X (non-exported) which I want to exist only as a single instance; no matter how many times my package is imported into an app.

A simple snippet of what I am doing is:

package superduperbloomfilter

var x X

func init() {
    x = X.New(....)
}

Is this correct ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1144

Answers (1)

cnicutar
cnicutar

Reputation: 182649

which I want to exist only as a single instance; no matter how many times my package is imported into an app

The spec says an imported package is initialized only once:

If a package has imports, the imported packages are initialized before initializing the package itself. If multiple packages import a package P, P will be initialized only once.

Upvotes: 8

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