I was trying to implement an example Go code for using returned channels from go routines without any "reading block" in the main function. Here, a fanIn function accepts channels from two other routines and return which got as input.
Here, the expected output is Random Outputs from two inner routines. But the actual output is always one "ann" followed by a "john", not at all random in any case.
Why am I not getting random output?
Go Playground: http://play.golang.org/p/46CiihtPwD
Actual output:
you say: ann,0
you say: john,0
you say: ann,1
you say: john,1
......
Code:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
final := fanIn(boring("ann"), boring("john"))
for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
fmt.Println("you say:", <-final)
}
time.Sleep(4 * time.Second)
}
func boring(msg string) chan string {
c1 := make(chan string)
go func() {
for i := 0; ; i++ {
c1 <- fmt.Sprintf("%s,%d", msg, i)
time.Sleep(time.Second)
}
}()
return c1
}
func fanIn(input1, input2 <-chan string) chan string {
c := make(chan string)
go func() {
for {
c <- <-input1
}
}()
go func() {
for {
c <- <-input2
}
}()
return c
}
