Obtains the thread ID of the currently executing thread.

OSErr GetCurrentThread (
    ThreadID *currentThreadID
);

Parameter descriptions

currentThreadID

On return, a pointer to the thread ID of the current thread.

function result

A result code. Δ

DISCUSSION

You can use the thread ID obtained by GetCurrentThread in functions such as GetThreadState and SetThreadState to get and set the state of a thread.

AVAILABILITY

Supported in Carbon. Available in Carbon 1.0.2 and later when running Mac OS 8.1 or later.

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