//!+5
// makeThumbnails5 makes thumbnails for the specified files in parallel.
// It returns the generated file names in an arbitrary order,
// or an error if any step failed.
func makeThumbnails5(filenames []string) (thumbfiles []string, err error) {
type item struct {
thumbfile string
err error
}
ch := make(chan item, len(filenames))
for _, f := range filenames {
go func(f string) {
var it item
it.thumbfile, it.err = thumbnail.ImageFile(f)
ch <- it
}(f)
}
for range filenames {
it := <-ch
if it.err != nil {
return nil, it.err
}
thumbfiles = append(thumbfiles, it.thumbfile)
}
return thumbfiles, nil
}
//!+1
// makeThumbnails makes thumbnails of the specified files.
func makeThumbnails(filenames []string) {
for _, f := range filenames {
if _, err := thumbnail.ImageFile(f); err != nil {
log.Println(err)
}
}
}
//!+6
// makeThumbnails6 makes thumbnails for each file received from the channel.
// It returns the number of bytes occupied by the files it creates.
func makeThumbnails6(filenames <-chan string) int64 {
sizes := make(chan int64)
var wg sync.WaitGroup // number of working goroutines
for f := range filenames {
wg.Add(1)
// worker
go func(f string) {
defer wg.Done()
thumb, err := thumbnail.ImageFile(f)
if err != nil {
log.Println(err)
return
}
info, _ := os.Stat(thumb) // OK to ignore error
sizes <- info.Size()
}(f)
}
// closer
go func() {
wg.Wait()
close(sizes)
}()
var total int64
for size := range sizes {
total += size
}
return total
}
//!+3
// makeThumbnails3 makes thumbnails of the specified files in parallel.
func makeThumbnails3(filenames []string) {
ch := make(chan struct{})
for _, f := range filenames {
go func(f string) {
thumbnail.ImageFile(f) // NOTE: ignoring errors
ch <- struct{}{}
}(f)
}
// Wait for goroutines to complete.
for range filenames {
<-ch
}
}
//!+4
// makeThumbnails4 makes thumbnails for the specified files in parallel.
// It returns an error if any step failed.
func makeThumbnails4(filenames []string) error {
errors := make(chan error)
for _, f := range filenames {
go func(f string) {
_, err := thumbnail.ImageFile(f)
errors <- err
}(f)
}
for range filenames {
if err := <-errors; err != nil {
return err // NOTE: incorrect: goroutine leak!
}
}
return nil
}
//!+2
// NOTE: incorrect!
func makeThumbnails2(filenames []string) {
for _, f := range filenames {
go thumbnail.ImageFile(f) // NOTE: ignoring errors
}
}