# Reference counting

**URL:** <https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/reference-counting/886>\
**Category:** Misc\
**Created:** [September 17, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/reference-counting/886 "2016-09-17T12:47:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrjn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/discuss.dgraph.io/mrjn/32/775_2.png) [@mrjn](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/mrjn)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/reference-counting/886/1 "2016-09-17T12:47:52Z")

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[http://www.hydrogen18.com/blog/reference-counted-pool-golang.html](http://www.hydrogen18.com/blog/reference-counted-pool-golang.html)

This is going to be useful for the posting list sync.Pool, which has the same issue of multiple consumers.