From e547940f2be1f0ea0606d5847a18acf4390800a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Quaternions <krakow20@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 01:30:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] gpt

---
 src/worker.rs | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/worker.rs

diff --git a/src/worker.rs b/src/worker.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfdf8b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/worker.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+use std::thread;
+use std::sync::{mpsc, Arc, Mutex};
+
+struct Worker {
+    id: usize,
+    receiver: Arc<Mutex<mpsc::Receiver<Task>>>,
+}
+
+impl Worker {
+    fn new(id: usize, receiver: Arc<Mutex<mpsc::Receiver<Task>>>) -> Worker {
+        Worker { id, receiver }
+    }
+
+    fn start(self) {
+        thread::spawn(move || {
+            loop {
+                let task = self.receiver.lock().unwrap().recv();
+                match task {
+                    Ok(task) => {
+                        println!("Worker {} got a task: {}", self.id, task);
+                        // Process the task
+                    }
+                    Err(_) => {
+                        println!("Worker {} stopping.", self.id);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+type Task = String;
+
+fn main() {
+    let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel::<Task>();
+    let receiver = Arc::new(Mutex::new(receiver));
+
+    // Create a worker thread
+    let worker = Worker::new(1, Arc::clone(&receiver));
+
+    // Start the worker thread
+    worker.start();
+
+    // Send tasks to the worker
+    for i in 0..5 {
+        let task = format!("Task {}", i);
+        sender.send(task).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    // Optional: Signal the worker to stop (in a real-world scenario)
+    // sender.send("STOP".to_string()).unwrap();
+
+    // Sleep to allow worker thread to finish processing
+    thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2));
+}
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