> It seems inappropriate to use handles as thread identifiers (as handles > imply resource ownership and are not unique identifiers); thread IDs (as > `DWORD` or `unsigned long`) would be a better alternative.
This was considered but ultimately rejected, as you can do nothing with a thread Id, i.e. you need a handle for everything. But the __gthread_equal routine does compare the Ids and not the handles. -- Eric Botcazou
