how do you drain a channel without closing it?
# coroutinesc
coder82
08/20/2019, 11:59 AMhow do you drain a channel without closing it?
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gildor
08/20/2019, 12:41 PMwhile + receive()
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coder82
08/20/2019, 12:46 PMI was thinking more to while+poll() so that I don't suspend
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gildor
08/20/2019, 1:34 PMSounds like a bad idea for most cases
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gildor
08/20/2019, 1:34 PMWhy you don't want suspend?
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coder82
08/20/2019, 7:41 PMbecause if the channel is empty, it will suspend and wait for an element, which is not what i wanted, I just want to drain the elements already in the channel.
coder82
08/20/2019, 7:42 PMdo you think that closing the channel and instantiating a new one is better?
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octylFractal
08/20/2019, 9:18 PMwhy do you need to drain the elements?
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coder82
08/20/2019, 9:41 PMthe receiver failed and is not interested in the elements already queued, so i restart the receiver and drain its inbox channel
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octylFractal
08/20/2019, 9:47 PMsounds like you might want a
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coder82
08/21/2019, 12:08 PMit's a fan out channel where i submit tasks which are taken from a pool of threads
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