go-tmp

Package tmp implements an expiring optional-type with a time-out, for the Go programming language.

In other programming languages, an optional-type might be known as: a option-type, or a maybe-type.

Documention

Online documentation, which includes examples, can be found at: http://godoc.org/codeberg.org/reiver/go-tmp

Example

Here is a simple example:

import "codeberg.org/reiver/go-tmp"

// ...

var until time.Time = time.Now().Add(8 * time.Hour)

var temporal tmp.Temporal[string] = tmp.Temporary(value, until)

// ...

// If the temporal has expired then this will return the optional value 'nothing'.
// Else, it will return the optional value 'something' (containing the same internal value that was inside of the temporal).
optional := temporal.Optional()

val, found := optional.Get()
if found {
	// ...
} else {
	// ...

}

Import

To import package tmp use import code like the follownig:

import "codeberg.org/reiver/go-tmp"

Installation

To install package tmp do the following:

GOPROXY=direct go get codeberg.org/reiver/go-tmp

Author

Package tmp was written by Charles Iliya Krempeaux