repeater.Listeners()

book.go

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (b Book) loop() {
 			break
 		}
 		repeater.Part(event.w)
-		if len(repeater.subscribers) == 0 {
+		if repeater.Listeners() == 0 {
 			delete(b.entries, event.name)
 		}
 	case sendEvent:

repeater.go

@@ -4,32 +4,37 @@ import (
 	"io"
 )
 
+// A Repeater is just a list of Writers.
 type Repeater struct {
-	subscribers []io.Writer
+	writers []io.Writer
 }
 
 func NewRepeater() *Repeater {
 	return &Repeater{
-		subscribers: make([]io.Writer, 0, 20),
+		writers: make([]io.Writer, 0, 20),
 	}
 }
 
 func (r *Repeater) Join(w io.Writer) {
-	r.subscribers = append(r.subscribers, w)
+	r.writers = append(r.writers, w)
 }
 
 func (r *Repeater) Part(w io.Writer) {
-	for i, s := range r.subscribers {
+	for i, s := range r.writers {
 		if s == w {
-			nsubs := len(r.subscribers)
-			r.subscribers[i] = r.subscribers[nsubs-1]
-			r.subscribers = r.subscribers[:nsubs-1]
+			nsubs := len(r.writers)
+			r.writers[i] = r.writers[nsubs-1]
+			r.writers = r.writers[:nsubs-1]
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 func (r *Repeater) Send(p []byte) {
-	for _, s := range r.subscribers {
+	for _, s := range r.writers {
 		s.Write(p)
 	}
 }
+
+func (r *Repeater) Listeners() int {
+	return len(r.writers)
+}

repeater_test.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ func TestRepeater(t *testing.T) {
 
 	buf1 := bytes.NewBufferString("buf1")
 	r.Join(buf1)
-	if len(r.subscribers) != 1 {
+	if r.Listeners() != 1 {
 		t.Error("Joining did nothing")
 	}
 	r.Send([]byte("moo"))