TonyBai

Oct 5, 2026 · Backend Development

Go's 10-Year Select Proposal Revived: bradfitz's Mutex.LockChan() Demo

The article traces the 10-year history of Go issue #16620, which sought to make sync.Cond selectable, explains the level-vs-edge-triggered conflict, reviews community workarounds, and details bradfitz's new Mutex.LockChan() demo that enables cancellable locking via select.