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examples/concurrent_news_fetcher.v

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+// Please share your thoughts, suggestions, questions, etc here:
+// https://github.com/vlang-io/V/issues/3
+// I'm very interested in your feedback.
+import http
+import json
+import runtime
+
+struct Story {
+        title string
+}
+
+// Fetches top HN stories in 8 coroutines
+fn main() {
+        resp := http.get('https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json')?
+        ids := json.decode([]int, resp.body)?
+        mut cursor := 0
+        for _ in 0..8 {
+                go fn() {
+                        for  {
+                                lock { // Without this lock the program will not compile
+                                        if cursor >= ids.len {
+                                                break
+                                        }
+                                        id := ids[cursor]
+                                        cursor++
+                                }
+                                url := 'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/$id.json'
+                                resp := http.get(url)?
+                                story := json.decode(Story, resp.body)?
+                                println(story.title)
+                        }
+                }()
+        }
+        runtime.wait() // Waits for all coroutines to finish
+}