basic threading handler boiler

src/main.zig

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 
 const util = @import("util.zig");
+const threads = @import("threads.zig");
 
 const InitError = error {
     NotEnoughArgs,
@@ -59,5 +60,6 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     var buffs = try util.Buffers.init(std.heap.page_allocator, opts.width, opts.height, 1000);
     defer buffs.deinit();
 
-    std.debug.print("{any}\n", .{opts});
+    var thread_manager = try threads.ThreadManager.init(std.heap.page_allocator, opts.n_quant_jobs);
+    defer thread_manager.deinit();
 }

src/threads.zig

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub const ThreadManager = struct {
+    threads: std.ArrayList(std.Thread),
+    arena: std.heap.ArenaAllocator,
+
+    const Self = @This();
+
+    pub fn init(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, n_quant_jobs: usize) !Self {
+        _ = n_quant_jobs;
+        var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(alloc);
+        var thread_mgr = Self {
+            .threads = std.ArrayList(std.Thread).init(arena.allocator()),
+            .arena = arena,
+        };
+        return thread_mgr;
+    }
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: *Self) void {
+        self.threads.deinit();
+        self.arena.deinit();
+    }
+};