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PTHREAD_EQUAL(3P)					     POSIX Programmer's Manual						 PTHREAD_EQUAL(3P)

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NAME
       pthread_equal - compare thread IDs

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pthread.h>

       int pthread_equal(pthread_t t1, pthread_t t2);

DESCRIPTION
       This function shall compare the thread IDs t1 and t2.

RETURN VALUE
       The pthread_equal() function shall return a non-zero value if t1 and t2 are equal; otherwise, zero shall be returned.

       If either t1 or t2 are not valid thread IDs, the behavior is undefined.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The pthread_equal() function shall not return an error code of [EINTR].

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       Implementations may choose to define a thread ID as a structure. This allows additional flexibility and robustness over using an  int.  For
       example,  a  thread  ID	could  include	a  sequence  number  that  allows detection of "dangling IDs" (copies of a thread ID that has been
       detached). Since the C language does not support comparison on structure types, the pthread_equal() function is provided to compare  thread
       IDs.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       pthread_create(), pthread_self(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <pthread.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
       Electrical  and	Electronics  Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE
       and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can  be  obtained
       online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

IEEE
/The Open Group						       2003							 PTHREAD_EQUAL(3P)