// SPOT THE LEAK. Run it — it prints goroutine counts. Explain why the number // grows, then fix it with a one-character-ish change. package main import ( "errors" "fmt" "runtime" "time" ) func fetch() (string, error) { ch := make(chan string) go func() { time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond) // pretend slow upstream ch <- "body" }() select { case body := <-ch: return body, nil case <-time.After(10 * time.Millisecond): // timeout fires first return "", errors.New("timeout") } } func main() { for i := 0; i < 100; i++ { fetch() } time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond) fmt.Println("goroutines still alive:", runtime.NumGoroutine()) // expected: 1 }