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Is this something go developers also have to be careful with when using goroutines?

• gerad 4y ago
  No. But sometimes goroutines have the opposite problem, where they don’t terminate and get cleaned up. https://betterprogramming.pub/common-goroutine-leaks-that-you-should-avoid-fe12d12d6ee https://betterprogramming.pub/common-goroutine-leaks-that-yo...
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  • candiddevmike 4y ago
    Is there an (easy?) test for checking goroutine leaks?
    • Snawoot 4y ago
      Yes, it's visible on goroutine profile, provided by built-in profiler pprof. E.g.: https://github.com/mysteriumnetwork/node/issues/5311#issuecomment-1193172089 https://github.com/mysteriumnetwork/node/issues/5311#issueco...
• Jtsummers 4y ago
  No. Goroutines don’t generate a reference to hold onto, either. They just run until they or the program terminate.
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