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Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:31:39 -0500
From: Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Threadcreate() failure value?
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> The man page does not mention what is the value returned
> by threadcreate() and proccreate() on failure? Can one safely
> assume that it is -1?

thread(2):

        Thread library functions do not return on failure;
        if errors occur, the entire program is aborted.