func (conn *LocalConnection) shutdown(err error) {
	// err should always be a real error, even if only io.EOF
	if err == nil {
		panic("nil error")
	}

	select {
	case conn.errorChan <- err:
	default:
	}
}
func (conn *LocalConnection) shutdown(err error) {
	// err should always be a real error, even if only io.EOF
	if err == nil {
		panic("nil error")
	}

	select {
	case conn.errorChan <- err:
	default:
	}
}
// ACTOR methods
// NB: The conn.* fields are only written by the connection actor
// process, which is the caller of the ConnectionAction funs. Hence we
// do not need locks for reading, and only need write locks for fields
// read by other processes.
// Non-blocking.