# Pool

A simple connection pool for Go.

Features:

* thread-safe - obviously
* lock-free
* stack rather than queue based - connections that have been used recently are more likely to be re-used again
* supports pool shirinking - idle connections can be reaped (TODO)

## Credits

* https://github.com/PurpureGecko/go-lfc
* https://github.com/fatih/pool
* https://github.com/go-redis/redis

## Licence

    (The MIT License)

    Copyright (c) 2016 Black Square Media Ltd

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