I think one of the examples they give is a bit misleading. This

  func process(stream chan int) {
    var wg sync.WaitGroup
    for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
        wg.Add(1)
        go func() {
            defer wg.Done()
            for elem := range stream {
                handle(elem)
            }
        }()
    }
    wg.Wait()
  }

And

  func process(stream chan int) {
    p := pool.New().WithMaxGoroutines(10)
    for elem := range stream {
        elem := elem
        p.Go(func() {
            handle(elem)
        })
    }
    p.Wait()
  }

Do slightly different things. The first one has 10 independent, long-lived, go-routines that are all consuming from a single channel. The second one has the current thread read from the channel and dynamically spawn go-routines. They have the same effect, but different performance characteristics.