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Delete the specified process‐wide thread‐local key.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslmt_threadutilimpl_pthread.h>`

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== Description

Delete the specified thread‐specific `key`. Return 0 on success, and a non‐zero value otherwise. Note that deleting a key does not delete any data that is currently associated with the key in the calling thread or any other thread.

== Return Value

0 on success, and a non‐zero value otherwise

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *key*
| process‐wide thread‐local key to delete
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