Throttling and exponential backoff example

throttling.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"time"
)

// Throttling is provides throttling and exponential backoff calls.
func Throttling(weight int, rate int) {
	if weight < 1 {
		return
	}

	throttle := time.NewTicker(time.Second / time.Duration(rate))
	defer func() {
		throttle.Stop()
	}()

	for count := 0; count < (weight * weight); count++ {
		<-throttle.C
	}
}

func main() {
	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
		Throttling(i, 1)
		fmt.Println(i)
	}
}