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Associate the specified value with the key for the calling thread.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslmt_threadutilimpl_pthread.h>`

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static
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setSpecific(
    xref:BloombergLP/bslmt/ThreadUtilImpl-04/Key.adoc[Key] const& key,
    void const* value);
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== Description

Associate the specified `value` with the specified thread‐specific `key`. Return 0 on success, and a non‐zero value otherwise. TBD elaborate on what `value` represents

== 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 set
| *value*
| thread‐local pointer value to associate with `key`
|===


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