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Return `true` if the specified `a` and `b` thread handles, identify the same thread, and `false` otherwise.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslmt_threadutilimpl_pthread.h>`

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static
bool
areEqual(
    xref:BloombergLP/bslmt/ThreadUtilImpl-04/Handle.adoc[Handle] const& a,
    xref:BloombergLP/bslmt/ThreadUtilImpl-04/Handle.adoc[Handle] const& b);
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