[go-nuts] Multiple go functions in main program.

Hi All,

I'm trying a basic multithreaded program in go. I fire a parallel goroutine
and wait for it to finish.

package main

import (
"fmt"
"sync"
"time"
)

func main() {
messages := make(chan int)

var wg sync.WaitGroup

wg.Add(1)

go func() {
defer wg.Done()
time.Sleep(time.Second * 3)
messages <- 1
fmt.Println("Stage 1 Posted")
}()

fmt.Println("Stage 1 Ends")

wg.Wait()

close(messages)
}

However, I see an error which i believe is not correct.

$ ./go-examples

Stage 1 Ends

fatal error: all goroutines are asleep - deadlock!


goroutine 1 [semacquire]:

sync.runtime_Semacquire(0x8201ca2bc)

/usr/local/go/src/runtime/sema.go:47 +0x26

sync.(*WaitGroup).Wait(0x8201ca2b0)

/usr/local/go/src/sync/waitgroup.go:127 +0xb4

main.main()

/Users/satyam/ws/src/github.com/satyamsi/go-examples/main.go:25 +0x163


goroutine 5 [chan send]:

main.main.func1(0x8201ca2b0, 0x8201d80c0)

/Users/satyam/ws/src/github.com/satyamsi/go-examples/main.go:19 +0x86

created by main.main

/Users/satyam/ws/src/github.com/satyamsi/go-examples/main.go:21 +0x9a


Is there a requirement that the programmer has to make sure that there is
always an idle thread ? Or is this a bug ?


Satyam