I see thanks for the additional detail.
On Monday, February 20, 2017 at 11:42:48 AM UTC-8, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 2:57 PM, <so.q...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Thanks, I see you build it up with decorators on a standard prototype. > > For example: https://play.golang.org/p/PJy5lE9QqF > > > > So context.Done is a convenience function for those that require it? > > Otherwise a context will expire after it leaves scope, so Done does not > need > > to be called? > > Cancelling the context just marks the context as cancelled. It does > not actually stop any goroutines using the context. Those goroutines > must themselves periodically check the context to see whether it has > been cancelled, and, if so, stop working. They do that by calling > either the Done or Err method; it's much more common to call the Done > method (and check whether the channel is closed). > > Ian > -- 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.
