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Exit the current thread and return the specified `status`. If the current thread is not "detached", then a call to `join` must be made to reclaim any resources used by the thread, and to retrieve the exit status. Note that generally, the preferred method of exiting a thread is to return form the entry point function.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslmt_threadutilimpl_pthread.h>`

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static
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exit(void* status);
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