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Return an opaque handle that refers to the current thread&period;

== Synopsis

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

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== Description

Return an identifier that can be used to refer to the current thread in future calls to this utility&period;

== Return Value

opaque handle referring to the current thread


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