# chanx

**Repository Path**: mirrors_smallnest/chanx

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: chanx
- **Description**: unbounded chan
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-05-11
- **Last Updated**: 2026-05-17

## Categories & Tags

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## README

# chanx

Unbounded chan with ringbuffer.

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Refer to the below articles and issues:
1. https://github.com/golang/go/issues/20352
2. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41906146/why-go-channels-limit-the-buffer-size
3. https://medium.com/capital-one-tech/building-an-unbounded-channel-in-go-789e175cd2cd
4. https://erikwinter.nl/articles/2020/channel-with-infinite-buffer-in-golang/


## Usage

If you want to use it with Go 1.17.x or below, you can use `github.com/smallnest/chanx@1.0.0`.
Since `github.com/smallnest/chanx@1.1.0`, it support Go generics.

```go
ch := NewUnboundedChan(1000)
// or ch := NewUnboundedChanSize(10,200,1000)

go func() {
    for ...... {
        ...
        ch.In <- ... // send values
        ...
    }

    close(ch.In) // close In channel
}()


for v := range ch.Out { // read values
    fmt.Println(v)
}

```