clan-app: Initial move to process based api calling instead of thread based

pkgs/clan-app/clan_app/api/__init__.py

@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ class ImplFunc(GObject.Object, Generic[P, B]):
             return result
 
 
+# TODO: Reimplement this such that it uses a multiprocessing.Array of type ctypes.c_char
+# all fn arguments are serialized to json and passed to the new process over the Array
+# the new process deserializes the json and calls the function
+# the result is serialized to json and passed back to the main process over another Array
 class MethodExecutor(threading.Thread):
     def __init__(
         self, function: Callable[..., Any], *args: Any, **kwargs: dict[str, Any]

pkgs/clan-app/clan_app/api/file.py

@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ class open_file(
                             op_key=op_key, data=selected_paths, status="success"
                         )
                     )
+                else:
+                    self.returns(
+                        SuccessDataClass(op_key=op_key, data=None, status="success")
+                    )
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f"Error getting selected files: {e}")
 
@@ -67,6 +71,10 @@ class open_file(
                             op_key=op_key, data=selected_path, status="success"
                         )
                     )
+                else:
+                    self.returns(
+                        SuccessDataClass(op_key=op_key, data=None, status="success")
+                    )
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f"Error getting selected directory: {e}")
 
@@ -80,6 +88,10 @@ class open_file(
                             op_key=op_key, data=selected_path, status="success"
                         )
                     )
+                else:
+                    self.returns(
+                        SuccessDataClass(op_key=op_key, data=None, status="success")
+                    )
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f"Error getting selected file: {e}")