async VS pool

Compare async vs pool and see what are their differences.

async

A safe way to execute functions asynchronously, recovering them in case of panic. It also provides an error stack aiming to facilitate fail causes discovery. (by StudioSol)

pool

:speedboat: a limited consumer goroutine or unlimited goroutine pool for easier goroutine handling and cancellation (by go-playground)
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BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License MIT License
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async

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

pool

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing async and pool you can also consider the following projects:

threadpool - Golang simple thread pool implementation

go-do-work - Dynamically resizable pools of goroutines which can queue an infinite number of jobs.

workerpool - Go simple async worker pool

semaphore - 🚦 Semaphore pattern implementation with timeout of lock/unlock operations.

gohive - 🐝 A Highly Performant and easy to use goroutine pool for Go

semaphore go - Fast resizable golang semaphore primitive

channelify - Make functions return a channel for parallel processing via go routines.

WorkerGo - A worker pool implementation for Go

sworker - Easy worker setup for your code

Goflow - Simply way to control goroutines execution order based on dependencies

grpool - Lightweight Goroutine pool

tunny - A goroutine pool for Go