From ac496f714e39097194b6bb6c2efef94d17c158a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Morrow <andrew.morrow@viam.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:33:53 -0500
Subject: Let the main thread participate in NewParallel

---
 SCons/Taskmaster/Job.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/SCons/Taskmaster/Job.py b/SCons/Taskmaster/Job.py
index 56a7c1e..e6f37b6 100644
--- a/SCons/Taskmaster/Job.py
+++ b/SCons/Taskmaster/Job.py
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ class NewParallel:
 
     def __init__(self, taskmaster, num, stack_size) -> None:
         self.taskmaster = taskmaster
-        self.num_workers = num
+        self.num_workers = num - 1
         self.stack_size = stack_size
         self.interrupted = InterruptState()
         self.workers = []
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ class NewParallel:
         for _ in range(self.num_workers):
             self.workers.append(NewParallel.Worker(self))
         self._restore_stack_size(prev_size)
+        _work()
 
     def _adjust_stack_size(self):
         try:
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