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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/qnamespace.qdoc | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp | 11 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/qnamespace.qdoc b/doc/src/qnamespace.qdoc index b691ac7..85b020d 100644 --- a/doc/src/qnamespace.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/qnamespace.qdoc @@ -1246,8 +1246,9 @@ /*! \typedef Qt::HANDLE Platform-specific handle type for system objects. This is - equivalent to \c{void *} on Windows and Mac OS X, and embedded - Linux, and to \c{unsigned long} on X11. + equivalent to \c{void *} on Mac OS X and embedded Linux, + and to \c{unsigned long} on X11. On Windows it is the + DWORD returned by the Win32 function getCurrentThreadId(). \warning Using this type is not portable. */ diff --git a/src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp b/src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp index 24522f2..2e31c6d 100644 --- a/src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp +++ b/src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp @@ -261,9 +261,14 @@ void QAdoptedThread::run() Returns the thread handle of the currently executing thread. \warning The handle returned by this function is used for internal - purposes and should not be used in any application code. On - Windows, the returned value is a pseudo-handle for the current - thread that cannot be used for numerical comparison. + purposes and should not be used in any application code. + + \warning On Windows, the returned value is a pseudo-handle for the + current thread. It can't be used for numerical comparison. i.e., + this function returns the DWORD (Windows-Thread ID) returned by + the Win32 function getCurrentThreadId(), not the HANDLE + (Windows-Thread HANDLE) returned by the Win32 function + getCurrentThread(). */ /*! |