Jun 9, 2019
5 min read
Go: Understand the Design of Sync.Pool
ℹ️ This article is based on Go 1.12 and 1.13 and explains the evolution of sync/pool.go between those two versions.
The sync package provides a powerful pool of instances that can be re-used in order to reduce the pressure on the garbage collector. Before using the package, it is really important to benchmark your application before and after the usage of the pool since it could decrease your…
