2012/concurrency/support/google2.3.go

// +build OMIT

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"math/rand"
	"time"
)

type Result string
type Search func(query string) Result

// START1 OMIT
func First(query string, replicas ...Search) Result {
	c := make(chan Result)
	searchReplica := func(i int) { c <- replicas[i](query) }
	for i := range replicas {
		go searchReplica(i)
	}
	return <-c
}
// STOP1 OMIT

// START2 OMIT
func main() {
	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
	start := time.Now()
	result := First("golang",
		fakeSearch("replica 1"),
		fakeSearch("replica 2"))
	elapsed := time.Since(start)
	fmt.Println(result)
	fmt.Println(elapsed)
}
// STOP2 OMIT

func fakeSearch(kind string) Search {
        return func(query string) Result {
	          time.Sleep(time.Duration(rand.Intn(100)) * time.Millisecond)
	          return Result(fmt.Sprintf("%s result for %q\n", kind, query))
        }
}