New object: ErrChan for concurrent err handling

internal/errchan/errchan.go

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+package errchan
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type ErrChan struct {
+	C chan error
+}
+
+// New returns an error channel of max length 'n'
+// errors can be sent to the ErrChan.C channel, and will be returned when
+// ErrChan.Error() is called.
+func New(n int) *ErrChan {
+	return &ErrChan{
+		C: make(chan error, n),
+	}
+}
+
+// Error closes the ErrChan.C channel and returns an error if there are any
+// non-nil errors, otherwise returns nil.
+func (e *ErrChan) Error() error {
+	close(e.C)
+
+	var out string
+	for err := range e.C {
+		if err != nil {
+			out += "[" + err.Error() + "], "
+		}
+	}
+
+	if out != "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Errors encountered: " + strings.TrimRight(out, ", "))
+	}
+	return nil
+}