[#BloombergLP-bslmt-ThreadUtilImpl-04-detach]
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"Detach" the thread identified by the specified `threadHandle`, such that when it terminates, the resources associated the thread will automatically be reclaimed. Note that once a thread is "detached", it is no longer possible to `join` the thread to retrieve the its exit status.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslmt_threadutilimpl_pthread.h>`

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