Is it necessary to close a channel at a specified place

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Here is my code
If I use close() inside the func() it is working fine but
if I use close() inside the main but outside of func() it is working but in the end, it is throwing an error.

    package main
    import "fmt"
    func main() {
    	ch := make(chan int)
    	go func() {
    		for i := 0; i < 6; i++ {
    			// TODO: send iterator over channel
    			ch <- i
    		}
    		close(ch)
    	}()
    	// TODO: range over channel to recv values
    	for v := range ch {
    		fmt.Println(v)
    	}
    	//close(ch) // if I use here
    }

So my question is , is it necessary to close(chan) inside the func() if yes why?
and how it works I am a bit confused, I unable to get a proper satisfactory answer.

Thank you in advance.

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The Go Programming Language Specification

For statements

For statements with range clause

For channels, the iteration values produced are the successive values sent on the channel until the channel is closed.

The code

for v := range ch {
    fmt.Println(v)
}
close(ch)

fails because of a deadlocked loop. The for loop terminates when the channel is closed, but you have not closed it yet.

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	ch := make(chan int)
	go func() {
		for i := 0; i < 6; i++ {
			// TODO: send iterator over channel
			ch <- i
		}
	}()
	// TODO: range over channel to recv values
	for v := range ch {
		fmt.Println(v)
	}
	close(ch)
}

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fatal error: all goroutines are asleep - deadlock!
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Please, check the second video:

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