Syntax
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 const RingBufferMask = RingBufferCapacity - 1
 
 // this instance will be shared among producers and consumers of this application
-ringBuffer := [RingBufferCapacity]MyStruct{}
+var ringBuffer = [RingBufferCapacity]MyStruct{}
 
 myDisruptor := disruptor.
 	Configure(RingBufferCapacity).