prthread.rst (524B)
1 PRThread 2 ======== 3 4 An NSPR thread. 5 6 7 Syntax 8 ------ 9 10 .. code:: 11 12 #include <prthread.h> 13 14 typedef struct PRThread PRThread; 15 16 17 Description 18 ~~~~~~~~~~~ 19 20 In NSPR, a thread is represented by a pointer to an opaque structure of 21 type :ref:`PRThread`. This pointer is a required parameter for most of the 22 functions that operate on threads. 23 24 A ``PRThread*`` is the successful result of creating a new thread. The 25 identifier remains valid until it returns from its root function and, if 26 the thread was created joinable, is joined.