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+package promise
+
+// Go is a basic promise implementation: it wraps calls a function in a goroutine,
+// and returns a channel which will later return the function's return value.
+func Go(f func() error) chan error {
+	ch := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		ch <- f()
+	}()
+	return ch
+}