1Queue 2===== 3 4[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/eapache/queue.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/eapache/queue) 5[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/eapache/queue?status.png)](https://godoc.org/github.com/eapache/queue) 6[![Code of Conduct](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20of%20conduct-active-blue.svg)](https://eapache.github.io/conduct.html) 7 8A fast Golang queue using a ring-buffer, based on the version suggested by Dariusz Górecki. 9Using this instead of other, simpler, queue implementations (slice+append or linked list) provides 10substantial memory and time benefits, and fewer GC pauses. 11 12The queue implemented here is as fast as it is in part because it is *not* thread-safe. 13 14Follows semantic versioning using https://gopkg.in/ - import from 15[`gopkg.in/eapache/queue.v1`](https://gopkg.in/eapache/queue.v1) 16for guaranteed API stability. 17