Make publishing asynchronous

server/topic.go

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func newTopic(id string, last time.Time) *topic {
 	}
 }
 
+// Subscribe subscribes to this topic
 func (t *topic) Subscribe(s subscriber) int {
 	t.mu.Lock()
 	defer t.mu.Unlock()
@@ -37,13 +38,16 @@ func (t *topic) Subscribe(s subscriber) int {
 	return subscriberID
 }
 
+// Unsubscribe removes the subscription from the list of subscribers
 func (t *topic) Unsubscribe(id int) {
 	t.mu.Lock()
 	defer t.mu.Unlock()
 	delete(t.subscribers, id)
 }
 
+// Publish asynchronously publishes to all subscribers
 func (t *topic) Publish(m *message) error {
+	go func() {
 		t.mu.Lock()
 		defer t.mu.Unlock()
 		t.last = time.Now()
@@ -52,9 +56,11 @@ func (t *topic) Publish(m *message) error {
 				log.Printf("error publishing message to subscriber")
 			}
 		}
+	}()
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Subscribers returns the number of subscribers to this topic
 func (t *topic) Subscribers() int {
 	t.mu.Lock()
 	defer t.mu.Unlock()