package main
import (
"fmt"
"sync"
"time"
)
var cache map[int]int
var mu sync.Mutex
func expensiveOperation(n int) int {
// in real code this operation would be very expensive
return n * n
}
func getCached(n int) int {
mu.Lock()
v, isCached := cache[n]
mu.Unlock()
if isCached {
return v
}
v = expensiveOperation(n)
mu.Lock()
cache[n] = v
mu.Unlock()
return v
}
func accessCache() {
total := 0
for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
n := getCached(i)
total += n
}
fmt.Printf("total: %d\n", total)
}
func main() {
cache = make(map[int]int)
go accessCache()
accessCache()
// for simplicity of the example
// don't use time.Sleep() to coordinate goroutines
// in production code
time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
}
