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Implement a Promise Queue (TaskQueue) with concurrency

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Build a queue that enqueues async tasks and runs up to concurrency at once. Support pause/resume and onIdle.

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Approach: Similar to p-limit but as a class with add, pause, onIdle.

class TaskQueue {
  constructor(concurrency = 2) { this.concurrency = concurrency; this.running = 0; this.queue = []; this.paused = false; }
  add(task) {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      this.queue.push({ t

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