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What synchronization tools are available for multithreading in Go?
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In Go, several main tools are used for synchronization in multithreading (goroutines):
- Mutex (sync.Mutex) — for mutual exclusion access to shared resources.
- RWMutex (sync.RWMutex) — an extended mutex that allows multiple readers to read simultaneously but blocks writing.
- WaitGroup (sync.WaitGroup) — for waiting for a group of goroutines to finish.
- Channels — the primary idiomatic way of communication and synchronization between goroutines. Channels allow data transfer and block the goroutine until data is received.
- Atomic operations (sync/atomic) — for safe modification of variables without locks.
Example of using Mutex:
var mu sync.Mutex
var counter int
func increment() {
mu.Lock()
defer mu.Unlock()
counter++
}
Example of using a channel for synchronization:
done := make(chan bool)
go func() {
// work
done <- true
}()
<-done // wait for completion