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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:49:52 +0200
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From: Gorka Guardiola <paurea@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] alt and chanfree
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On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Mathieu Lonjaret
<mathieu.lonjaret@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> isn't that what chanclose()/chanclosing() is for?
>
> - erik
>
>

Not at all. Chanclose and chanclosing are to be used while the channel
still exists.
A closed channel is not a freed channel. Close/closing are useful for
synchronizing the cleanup
but no other operation should be done on a channel after it has been
freed because
the channel no longer exists.

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- curiosity sKilled the cat