breaking out of a select statement when all channels are closed

Question

I have two goroutines independently producing data, each sending it to a channel. In my main goroutine, I\'d like to consume each of these outputs as they come in, but don\'t ca

Answer 1

Close is nice in some situations, but not all. I wouldn't use it here. Instead I would just use a done channel:

for n := 2; n > 0; {
    select {
    case p := <-mins:
        fmt.Println("Min:", p)  //consume output
    case p := <-maxs:
        fmt.Println("Max:", p)  //consume output
    case <-done:
        n--
    }
}

Complete working example at the playground: http://play.golang.org/p/Cqd3lg435y