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=Overview=
=Overview=
A <code>WaitGroup</code> is a counting semaphore that waits for a set of goroutines to finish. The main goroutine calls <code>Add()</code> to set the number of goroutines to wait for. When each of the counted goroutines runs, they should call <code>Done()</code> when finished. At the same time, the main goroutine blocks on <code>Wait()</code> until all other goroutines have finished.
A <code>WaitGroup</code> is a [[Concurrent_(Parallel)_Programming#Counting_Semaphore|counting semaphore]] that waits for a set of goroutines to finish. The main goroutine calls <code>Add()</code> to set the number of goroutines to wait for. When each of the counted goroutines runs, they should call <code>Done()</code> when finished. At the same time, the main goroutine blocks on <code>Wait()</code> until all other goroutines have finished.

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A WaitGroup is a counting semaphore that waits for a set of goroutines to finish. The main goroutine calls Add() to set the number of goroutines to wait for. When each of the counted goroutines runs, they should call Done() when finished. At the same time, the main goroutine blocks on Wait() until all other goroutines have finished.