From efc34b57b2a058cab115f70d61a0019e48b1d823 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Mark <smark@posteo.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:49:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: improve broadcast message handling
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- rename tick to ticker for clarity
- change infinite loop to range over ticker channel
- add defer statement to stop the ticker properly
- remove unnecessary channel receive operation

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---
 internal/websocket/broadcast.go | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/websocket/broadcast.go b/internal/websocket/broadcast.go
index 57f4449..e2c175d 100644
--- a/internal/websocket/broadcast.go
+++ b/internal/websocket/broadcast.go
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ import (
 
 // Sends continous messages to all connected WebSocket clients
 func SendPermanentBroadCastMessage() {
-	tick := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
 
-	for {
+	for range ticker.C {
 		// Marshal the message into JSON format
 		jsonMessage, err := json.Marshal(shared.State)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -32,7 +33,5 @@ func SendPermanentBroadCastMessage() {
 			}
 		}
 		mu.Unlock()
-
-		<-tick.C
 	}
 }