package chans import "runtime" // Ranger returns a Sender and a Receiver. The Receiver provides a // Next method to retrieve values. The Sender provides a Send method // to send values and a Close method to stop sending values. The Next // method indicates when the Sender has been closed, and the Send // method indicates when the Receiver has been freed. // // This is a convenient way to exit a goroutine sending values when // the receiver stops reading them. func Ranger[T any]() (*Sender[T], *Receiver[T]) { c := make(chan T) d := make(chan bool) s := &Sender[T]{values: c, done: d} r := &Receiver[T]{values: c, done: d} runtime.SetFinalizer(r, r.finalize) return s, r } // A sender is used to send values to a Receiver. type Sender[T any] struct { values chan<- T done <-chan bool } // Send sends a value to the receiver. It returns whether any more // values may be sent; if it returns false the value was not sent. func (s *Sender[T]) Send(v T) bool { select { case s.values <- v: return true case <-s.done: return false } } // Close tells the receiver that no more values will arrive. // After Close is called, the Sender may no longer be used. func (s *Sender[T]) Close() { close(s.values) } // A Receiver receives values from a Sender. type Receiver[T any] struct { values <-chan T done chan<- bool } // Next returns the next value from the channel. The bool result // indicates whether the value is valid, or whether the Sender has // been closed and no more values will be received. func (r *Receiver[T]) Next() (T, bool) { v, ok := <-r.values return v, ok } // finalize is a finalizer for the receiver. func (r *Receiver[T]) finalize() { close(r.done) }