Singleton in go

Question

How does one implement the Singleton design pattern in the go programming language?

Answer 1

Before trying to find a way to bend Go to your will, you might want to take a look at some articles:

• SINGLETON - the anti-pattern!

• Singletons are Pathological Liars

• Root Cause of Singletons.

In summary, over time people have found singletons to be less than optimal, and imho especially if you are trying to do any test-driven development: on many levels they are pretty much as bad as global variables.

[disclaimer: I know its not a strict answer to your question but it really is relevant]