Tick in Go

Posted by GoDoc
Public (Editable by Users)

Tick is a convenience wrapper for NewTicker providing access to the ticking channel only. While Tick is useful for clients that have no need to shut down the Ticker, be aware that without a way to shut it down the underlying Ticker cannot be recovered by the garbage collector; it "leaks". Unlike NewTicker, Tick will return nil if d <= 0.

Go
Edit 
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"time"
)

func main() {
	c := time.Tick(5 * time.Second)
	for now := range c {
		fmt.Printf("%v %s\n", now, statusUpdate())
	}
}