The select Keyword
Explore the select keyword in Go to understand how it listens to multiple channels at once. Learn how select enables non-blocking channel operations, handles timeouts, and ensures graceful exit strategies in concurrent goroutines.
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Importance of the select keyword
The select keyword is really important because it allows us to listen to multiple channels at the same time. A select block can have multiple cases and an optional default case, which mimics the switch statement. It is good for select blocks to have a timeout option just in case. Last, a select without any cases (select{}) ...