From 15f14b83059e8b093b47376e2cd435035bf65970 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladimir Mihailenco <vladimir.webdev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 12:09:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Create PubSub channel once

---
 pubsub.go | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pubsub.go b/pubsub.go
index e754a16f..01f8a61a 100644
--- a/pubsub.go
+++ b/pubsub.go
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ type PubSub struct {
 	closed   bool
 
 	cmd *Cmd
+
+	chOnce sync.Once
+	ch     chan *Message
 }
 
 func (c *PubSub) conn() (*pool.Conn, error) {
@@ -346,24 +349,27 @@ func (c *PubSub) receiveMessage(timeout time.Duration) (*Message, error) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Channel returns a channel for concurrently receiving messages.
-// The channel is closed with PubSub.
+// Channel returns a Go channel for concurrently receiving messages.
+// The channel is closed with PubSub. Receive or ReceiveMessage APIs
+// can not be used after channel is created.
 func (c *PubSub) Channel() <-chan *Message {
-	ch := make(chan *Message, 100)
-	go func() {
-		for {
-			msg, err := c.ReceiveMessage()
-			if err != nil {
-				if err == pool.ErrClosed {
-					break
+	c.chOnce.Do(func() {
+		c.ch = make(chan *Message, 100)
+		go func() {
+			for {
+				msg, err := c.ReceiveMessage()
+				if err != nil {
+					if err == pool.ErrClosed {
+						break
+					}
+					continue
 				}
-				continue
+				c.ch <- msg
 			}
-			ch <- msg
-		}
-		close(ch)
-	}()
-	return ch
+			close(c.ch)
+		}()
+	})
+	return c.ch
 }
 
 func appendIfNotExists(ss []string, es ...string) []string {