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It only gets worse, too. There's not just 1 way to spell "set name of thread" in pthreads.

There's fucking five.

• pthread_setname_np(pthread_t thrd, const char* name);
• pthread_set_name_np(pthread_t thrd, const char* format, const char* name); // ??? HUH
• pthread_set_name_np(pthread_t thrd, const char* name);
• pthread_setname_np(const char* name); // Apple doesn't let you pick the thread, because Of Course They Don't
• pthread_attr_setname_np(pthread_attr_t* attrs, const char* name); // This is the correct way, but only available on specific IBM platforms

I also haven't included ANY of the return values (because for some of them, it's different for some fucking reason).

These people couldn't design a good API if it spit on their face.