dynamically change ticker interval

Following the answer to @fzerorubigd but a little more complete.

As said before, we can't use the range for this case, because the range loop caches the variable to be lopped and then it can't be overwritten (example here: http://play.golang.org/p/yZvrgURz4o )

Then, we should use a for-select combination loop. Hereafter the working solution:

http://play.golang.org/p/3uJrAIhnTQ

package main

import (
    "time"
    "log"
    "fmt"
)

func main() {
    start_interval := float64(1000)
    quit := make(chan bool)

    go func(){
        ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(start_interval) * time.Millisecond)
        counter := 1.0

        for {
            select {
            case <-ticker.C:
                log.Println("ticker accelerating to " + fmt.Sprint(start_interval/counter) + " ms")
                ticker.Stop()
                ticker = time.NewTicker(time.Duration(start_interval/counter) * time.Millisecond)
                counter++
            case <-quit:
                ticker.Stop()
                log.Println("..ticker stopped!")
                return
            }
        }
    }()

    time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)

    log.Println("stopping ticker...")
    quit<-true

    time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond) // just to see quit messages
}