Auto incrementing slugs

incrementingslugs.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strconv"

	"github.com/extemporalgenome/slug"
)

type person struct {
	name string
	slug string
}

var pool [5]*person

var slugs map[string]string

func main() {
	slugs = make(map[string]string)
	pool[0] = &person{name: "Hari haran"}
	pool[1] = &person{name: "Sam Flynn"}
	pool[2] = &person{name: "Hari haran"}
	pool[3] = &person{name: "Hari haran"}
	pool[4] = &person{name: "Sam Flynn"}
	for _, item := range pool {
		slugify(item)
		fmt.Println(item)
	}
}

func slugify(p *person) {
	base := slug.SlugAscii(p.name)
	temp := base
	i := 1
	for {
		if _, ok := slugs[temp]; ok {
			temp = base + "-" + strconv.Itoa(i)
			i++
		} else {
			p.slug = temp
			slugs[temp] = p.name
			return
		}

	}
}