Channels hufanya kazi vipi?

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**Channel** ni njia yenye aina ya **mawasiliano kati ya goroutines** — goroutine moja hutuma thamani, nyingine huzipokea. Channels ndizo namna goroutines za Go zinavyopitisha data na kusawazisha kwa usalama, zikijumuisha kauli mbiu "share memory by communicating."

## Kuunda na kutumia channels

```go
ch := make(chan int)     // an unbuffered channel of ints

go func() {
    ch <- 42             // SEND a value into the channel (arrow points INTO ch)
}()

value := <-ch            // RECEIVE a value from the channel (arrow points OUT)
fmt.Println(value)       // 42
```

Operator `<-` hutuma (`ch <- v`) na hupokea (`v := <-ch`) vyote viwili.

## Channels zisizo na buffer dhidi ya zenye buffer

```go
// UNBUFFERED — send blocks until a receiver is ready (synchronization point)
ch := make(chan int)
// sending blocks until another goroutine receives → they "rendezvous"

// BUFFERED — holds up to N values; send blocks only when the buffer is FULL
buf := make(chan int, 3)
buf <- 1; buf <- 2; buf <- 3   // these don't block (buffer has room)
buf <- 4                        // blocks now — buffer is full
```

Channels **zisizo na buffer** husawazisha: send hungoja receive (na kinyume chake), kuzifanya kuwa kifaa cha uratibu. Channels **zenye buffer** hutenganisha mtumaji na mpokeaji hadi ukubwa wa buffer.

## Kufunga channels na ku-range

```go
ch := make(chan int)
go func() {
    for i := 0; i < 3; i++ { ch <- i }
    close(ch)               // signal "no more values" (only the SENDER closes)
}()

for v := range ch {         // receives until the channel is CLOSED
    fmt.Println(v)
}

// the comma-ok form detects a closed channel
v, ok := <-ch               // ok = false if the channel is closed and drained
```

Kufunga channel hutoa ishara ya kukamilika; `range` juu ya channel hupokea hadi imefungwa. **Mtumaji pekee ndiye anayepaswa kufunga** channel.

## Mitego ya kawaida ya deadlock na panic

```go
// ❌ deadlock — sending on an unbuffered channel with no receiver
ch := make(chan int)
ch <- 1                     // 💥 fatal error: all goroutines asleep - deadlock!

// ❌ panic — operations on/after close
close(ch); close(ch)        // 💥 panic: close of closed channel
close(ch); ch <- 1          // 💥 panic: send on closed channel
v := <-closedCh             // ✅ OK — receiving from a closed channel returns the zero value
```

Deadlocks (kila mtu amezuiwa) na panic zinazohusiana na kufunga ni makosa ya kawaida ya channel ya kuyaelewa.

## Channels zenye mwelekeo (kwa APIs zilizo wazi)

```go
func producer(out chan<- int) { out <- 1 }   // send-only
func consumer(in <-chan int)  { <-in }         // receive-only
```

## Kwa nini ni muhimu

Channels ni moyo wa modeli ya concurrency ya Go na njia ya kiidiomatiki kwa goroutines kuwasiliana na kusawazisha — zikitekeleza falsafa ya msingi "don't communicate by sharing memory; share memory by communicating." Zinakuwezesha kupitisha data kwa usalama kati ya goroutines za concurrent bila locks dhahiri, kujenga pipelines, kusambaza kazi, na kuashiria kukamilika.

Kuelewa operesheni za send/receive, tofauti muhimu ya **isiyo na buffer (kusawazisha) dhidi ya yenye buffer (kutenganisha)**, semantiki za kufunga (mtumaji hufunga; range/comma-ok huzigundua), na mitego ya kawaida (**deadlocks** kutokana na send/receive zilizozuiwa, **panics** kutokana na kufunga mara mbili au kutuma kwenye channel iliyofungwa) ni muhimu kwa kuandika Go sahihi ya concurrent.

Channels (pamoja na goroutines) ni kiini cha utambulisho wa Go na ni mojawapo ya dhana muhimu na zinazopimwa mara kwa mara katika lugha.