some rate limiting

README

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ gobyexample.com signups
 * web app
   * serve static files
 * mongo
-* rate limiting
 * time formatting
 * typed json parse/unparse
 * gzip

src/xx-burstable-rate-limiting.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package main
+
+import ("time"; "fmt")
+
+func main() {
+	tick := time.Tick(time.Millisecond * 200)
+	throttle := make(chan bool, 10)
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			<- tick
+			select {
+			case throttle <- true:
+			default: 
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 1000)
+	for {
+  		<- throttle
+  		go fmt.Println("acting")
+    }
+}
+
+// == todo
+// credit http://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/RateLimiting

src/xx-rate-limiting.go

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+package main
+
+import ("time"; "fmt")
+
+func main() {
+	throttle := time.Tick(time.Millisecond * 200)
+	for {
+  		<- throttle
+  		go fmt.Println("rate-limited action")
+    }
+}
+
+
+// == todo
+// credit http://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/RateLimiting