Some WIP broken code

build.zig

@@ -1,34 +1,15 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 
 pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) void {
-    // Standard target options allows the person running `zig build` to choose
-    // what target to build for. Here we do not override the defaults, which
-    // means any target is allowed, and the default is native. Other options
-    // for restricting supported target set are available.
-    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
-
-    // Standard release options allow the person running `zig build` to select
-    // between Debug, ReleaseSafe, ReleaseFast, and ReleaseSmall.
     const mode = b.standardReleaseOptions();
 
-    const exe = b.addExecutable("Ziggy", "src/main.zig");
-    exe.setTarget(target);
-    exe.setBuildMode(mode);
-    exe.install();
+    const lib = b.addStaticLibrary("zspinner", "src/lib.zig");
+    lib.setBuildMode(mode);
+    lib.install();
 
-    const run_cmd = exe.run();
-    run_cmd.step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
-    if (b.args) |args| {
-        run_cmd.addArgs(args);
-    }
-
-    const run_step = b.step("run", "Run the app");
-    run_step.dependOn(&run_cmd.step);
-
-    const exe_tests = b.addTest("src/main.zig");
-    exe_tests.setTarget(target);
-    exe_tests.setBuildMode(mode);
-
-    const test_step = b.step("test", "Run unit tests");
-    test_step.dependOn(&exe_tests.step);
+    const main_tests = b.addTest("src/lib.zig");
+    main_tests.setBuildMode(mode);
+
+    const test_step = b.step("test", "Run library tests");
+    test_step.dependOn(&main_tests.step);
 }

src/lib.zig

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const Mutex = std.Thread.Mutex;
+const time = std.time;
+
+const default_frame_rate = 150 * time.ns_per_ms;
+const default_charset = [_][]u8{ "|", "/", "-", "\\" };
+
+const Spinner = struct {
+    // When locked, the spinner will stop spinning.
+    stop_lock: Mutex,
+    // Used to check if stopped.
+    stopped_lock: Mutex,
+    // The number of nanoseconds to wait between frames.
+    framerate: u64,
+    charset: [][]const u8,
+    message: []const u8,
+
+    export fn new(framerate: ?u64, charset: ?[][]const u8, message: ?[]const u8) Spinner {
+        return Spinner{
+            .thread_lock = Mutex{},
+            .ns_per_frame = framerate orelse default_frame_rate,
+            .charset = charset orelse default_charset,
+            .message = message orelse "",
+        };
+    }
+
+    export fn start(sp: *Spinner) void {
+        sp.stop_lock.unlock();
+        sp.stopped_lock.unlock();
+        async sp.writer();
+    }
+
+    export fn stop(sp: *Spinner) void {
+        sp.stop_lock.lock();
+        sp.stopped_lock.lock();
+    }
+
+    fn animateSpinnerOnce(sp: *Spinner) void {
+        var stdOut = std.io.getStdOut();
+
+        for (sp.charset) |frame| {
+            stdOut.write(frame);
+            stdOut.write(" ");
+            stdOut.write(sp.message);
+
+            // Jumps to the start of the line.
+            stdOut.write("\r");
+            stdOut.flush();
+
+            time.sleep(sp.framerate);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn writer(sp: *Spinner) void {
+        while (true) {
+            // Stops if it has been locked by .stop().
+            if (sp.stop_lock.tryLock()) {
+                break;
+            }
+            sp.stop_lock.unlock();
+
+            sp.animateSpinnerOnce();
+        }
+        sp.stopped_lock.lock();
+    }
+};
+
+
+test "asd" {
+    var sp = Spinner.new(null, null, "Loading...");
+    sp.start();
+    time.sleep(5 * time.ns_per_s);
+    sp.stop();
+}

src/main.zig

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-
-pub fn main() !void {
-    // Prints to stderr (it's a shortcut based on `std.io.getStdErr()`)
-    std.debug.print("All your {s} are belong to us.\n", .{"codebase"});
-
-    // stdout is for the actual output of your application, for example if you
-    // are implementing gzip, then only the compressed bytes should be sent to
-    // stdout, not any debugging messages.
-    const stdout_file = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
-    var bw = std.io.bufferedWriter(stdout_file);
-    const stdout = bw.writer();
-
-    try stdout.print("Run `zig build test` to run the tests.\n", .{});
-
-    try bw.flush(); // don't forget to flush!
-}
-
-test "simple test" {
-    var list = std.ArrayList(i32).init(std.testing.allocator);
-    defer list.deinit(); // try commenting this out and see if zig detects the memory leak!
-    try list.append(42);
-    try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(i32, 42), list.pop());
-}