u/Harveyzz

I remember from when I was learning Go, in a tutorial they used the term “sniffing” to receive information from a channel, likely a nod to the gopher mascot.

But when I have mentioned this phrase to anyone else, they have always looked at me funny, and have never heard of it. I can’t seem to find this terminology anywhere online either.

So I was wondering, does anyone remember the term “sniffing”? Has this phrase been dropped from the documentation in favour of more professional language, or was this never a thing and I’m just tripping?