close! is a control signal from producer to consumers. It's how you say "Nothing else follows". It is not necessary for garbage collection.
On Monday, July 1, 2013 2:43:02 AM UTC-4, puzzler wrote: > > Is close! merely a convenience function to ensure that future puts to a > channel will not be permitted, or is it essential to close! a channel so > that it will be garbage collected? > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.