Create Task Structure Library

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Description This ticket involves implementing a task structure. The task library should be a separate folder under the utils top level directory.

This task library should be linked with all of the other util packages into one library called libutils.so. Depending on the design, the components may need to be split up into separate libraries.

The task takes a callback function, and void * function as its members.

Suggested layout:

typedef void * (*callback) (void *);

typedef  struct _task{
   callback a_task;
   void * arg;
} task;

Goal The task structure is created and its members include

• [x] A callback function
• [x] A void * args member to be used as the callback function argument

[bama4]

I am thinking about whether this should be implemented using the active object design pattern https://www.topcoder.com/thrive/articles/Concurrency%20Patterns%20-%20Active%20Object%20and%20Monitor%20Object

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https://nachtimwald.com/2019/04/12/thread-pool-in-c/

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Need to solve problem of controlling thread termination:

• task pool consists of a queue of tasks, and a master thread that is responsible for taking tasks off of the queue and starting a new thread to execute them.