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Worker pools

A worker pool uses a fixed number of goroutines to process many tasks concurrently. A task queue feeds workers, and an optional result queue collects their results.

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Syntax

workers := make(chan Worker, workerCount)
tasks := make(chan Task)
results := make(chan Result)

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  • Worker
  • Task Queue
  • Result Queue
  • Pool Manager
  • context cancellation
  • goroutine
  • channel

Source: workerpool package - github.com/edgardnogueira/go-patterns/idioms/concurrency/workerpool - Go Packages. Checked 2026-11-03.