Go Example

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "sync"
)

var lock = &sync.Mutex{}

type single struct {
}

var singleInstance *single

func getInstance() *single {
    if singleInstance == nil {
        lock.Lock()
        defer lock.Unlock()
        if singleInstance == nil {
            fmt.Println("Creating single instance now.")
            singleInstance = &single{}
        } else {
            fmt.Println("Single instance already created.")
        }
    } else {
        fmt.Println("Single instance already created.")
    }

    return singleInstance
}

package main

import (
    "fmt"
)

func main() {

    for i := 0; i < 30; i++ {
        go getInstance()
    }

    // Scanln is similar to Scan, but stops scanning at a newline and
    // after the final item there must be a newline or EOF.
    fmt.Scanln()
}

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