Expirementation with a new way to finish threads. Currently not working.

src/util/inode_finish.zig

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+const std = @import("std");
+const WaitGroup = std.Thread.WaitGroup;
+const Mutex = std.Thread.Mutex;
+
+const Archive = @import("../archive.zig");
+const Inode = @import("../inode.zig");
+const ExtractionOptions = @import("../options.zig");
+
+const InodeFinish = @This();
+
+const FinishEnum = enum {
+    wg,
+    fin,
+};
+pub const FinishUnion = union(FinishEnum) {
+    wg: *WaitGroup,
+    fin: *InodeFinish,
+
+    pub fn finish(self: FinishUnion) void {
+        switch (self) {
+            .wg => |wg| wg.finish(),
+            .fin => |fin| fin.finish(),
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+alloc: std.mem.Allocator,
+
+inode: Inode,
+path: []const u8,
+archive: *Archive,
+options: ExtractionOptions,
+parent_finish: FinishUnion,
+fil: ?std.fs.File,
+out_err: *?anyerror,
+
+wg: WaitGroup = .{},
+mut: Mutex = .{},
+
+pub fn create(
+    alloc: std.mem.Allocator,
+    inode: Inode,
+    path: []const u8,
+    archive: *Archive,
+    options: ExtractionOptions,
+    parent_finish: FinishUnion,
+    out_err: *?anyerror,
+    fil: ?std.fs.File,
+    work_size: usize,
+) !*InodeFinish {
+    const out = try alloc.create(InodeFinish);
+    errdefer alloc.destroy(out);
+    out.* = .{
+        .alloc = alloc,
+
+        .inode = inode,
+        .path = path,
+        .archive = archive,
+        .options = options,
+        .parent_finish = parent_finish,
+        .out_err = out_err,
+        .fil = fil,
+    };
+    out.wg.startMany(work_size);
+    return out;
+}
+
+pub fn finish(self: *InodeFinish) void {
+    self.mut.lock();
+    {
+        defer self.mut.unlock();
+        self.wg.finish();
+        if (!self.wg.isDone()) return;
+    }
+    defer {
+        self.parent_finish.finish();
+        self.alloc.destroy(self);
+    }
+    if (self.fil == null)
+        self.fil = std.fs.cwd().openFile(self.path, .{}) catch |err| {
+            if (self.options.verbose)
+                self.options.verbose_writer.?.print("Error opening {s} to set metadata: {}\n", .{ self.path, err }) catch {};
+            self.out_err.* = err;
+            return;
+        };
+    defer self.fil.?.close();
+    self.inode.setMetadata(self.alloc, self.archive, self.fil.?, self.options) catch |err| {
+        if (self.options.verbose)
+            self.options.verbose_writer.?.print("Error setting metadata to {s}: {}\n", .{ self.path, err }) catch {};
+        self.out_err.* = err;
+        return;
+    };
+}