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Return the platform&hyphen;specific native handle for the specified thread&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bslmt&lowbar;threadutilimpl&lowbar;pthread&period;h&gt;`

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nativeHandle(xref:BloombergLP/bslmt/ThreadUtilImpl-04/Handle.adoc[Handle] const& threadHandle);
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== Description

Return the platform specific identifier associated with the thread specified by `threadHandle`&period; Note that the returned native handle may not be a globally unique identifier for the thread (see `selfIdAsUint`)&period;

== Return Value

platform&hyphen;specific native handle for the specified thread

== Parameters

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