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Understanding the MSDN _beginthreadex function example

There's this function on _beginthreadex MSDN page:

unsigned __stdcall SecondThreadFunc( void* pArguments )
{
    printf( "In second thread...\n" );

    while ( Counter < 1000000 )
    Counter++;

    _endthreadex( 0 );
    return 0;
}

I know you can get the value returned by _endthreadex with the function GetExitCodeThread, but how do you get the value returned by return?

Another question: doesn't _endthreadex end the thread, why did they put a return 0 after that?

Solution

  • return 0 is there just to make the compiler happy. _endthreadex does not return.