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Ian Steep
Ian Steep

Reputation: 19

Go non-blocking channel send, test-for-failure before attempting to send?

Is there a way to test for failure of a go channel send without actually attempting the send? The standard non-blocking send is like so:

msg := "hi"
select {
    case messages <- msg:
        fmt.Println("sent message", msg)
    default:
        fmt.Println("no message sent")
    }

The problem is that I need to have "msg" ready to send in order to test the channel.

I would like to test to see if a send will fail in a way that does not require having "msg" ready for sending.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 494

Answers (1)

Mr_Pink
Mr_Pink

Reputation: 109416

That would do no good in the general case, since you then have a race. After generating msg the channel may no longer be ready to send.

If you need this pattern, you either need a second channel for signaling, 

select {
    case <-ready:
        msg := generateMsg()
        messages <- msg
        fmt.Println("sent message", msg)
    default:
        fmt.Println("no message sent")
}

or you can use a sync.Cond

Upvotes: 7

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