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Return the platform‐specific native handle for the specified thread.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslmt_threadutil.h>`

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static
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nativeHandle(xref:BloombergLP/bslmt/ThreadUtil/Handle.adoc[Handle] const& handle);
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== Description

Return the platform‐specific identifier associated with the thread referred to by the specified `handle`. The behavior is undefined unless `handle` was obtained by a call to `create` or `self`. Note that the returned native handle may not be a globally unique identifier for the thread (see `selfIdAsUint`).

== Return Value

platform‐specific native handle for the thread

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *handle*
| thread whose native handle is returned
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