typedef libshared_pal_thread_return_t
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Source File
└───test_and_benchmark └───libshared └───inc └───libshared libshared_porting_abstraction_layer_compiler.h
Typedef
typedef [type] libshared_pal_thread_return_t;
Optionality
This typedef is mandatory.
Example
typedef DWORD test_pal_thread_state_t;
Notes
When a thread function returns, it returns a value to the OS. This typedef is the type of than return value.
If we look at the Windows thread function prototype;
DWORD WINAPI ThreadProc( _In_ LPVOID lpParameter );
We see the return type is DWORD.
(The WINAPI part is actually a compiler directive and is handled in the abstraction layer by the LIBSHARED_PAL_THREAD_CALLING_CONVENTION define.)