package main import "bytes" import "encoding/gob" import "time" import "fmt" type testStruct struct { First uint64 Second float64 Third []byte } func testFunc(tickerDuration time.Duration) { chn := make(chan []byte) ticker := time.NewTicker(tickerDuration) defer ticker.Stop() send := testStruct{First: 1, Second: 2, Third: []byte{3, 4, 5}} buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil) enc := gob.NewEncoder(buf) dec := gob.NewDecoder(buf) sendCall := func () { err := enc.EncodeValue(&send) if err != nil { panic(err) } bs := make([]byte, buf.Len()) buf.Read(bs) fmt.Println("send:", bs) go func() { chn<-bs }() } recvCall := func (bs []byte) { buf.Write(bs) recv := testStruct{} err := dec.DecodeValue(&recv) fmt.Println("recv:", bs) if err != nil { panic(err) } } for { select { case bs := <-chn : recvCall(bs) case <-ticker.C : sendCall() } } } func main() { go testFunc(100*time.Millisecond) // Does not crash time.Sleep(time.Second) go testFunc(time.Nanosecond) // Does crash time.Sleep(time.Second) }