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Return whether the two thread handles identify the same thread.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslmt_threadutil.h>`

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static
bool
areEqual(
    xref:BloombergLP/bslmt/ThreadUtil/Handle.adoc[Handle] const& a,
    xref:BloombergLP/bslmt/ThreadUtil/Handle.adoc[Handle] const& b);
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== Description

Return `true` if the specified `a` and `b` thread handles identify the same thread, or if both `a` and `b` are invalid handles, and `false` otherwise. Note that if _either_ of `a` or `b` is an invalid handle, but not both, this method returns `false`.

== Return Value

`true` if both handles identify the same thread

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *a*
| first thread handle to compare
| *b*
| second thread handle to compare
|===


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