NNG_THREAD_SET_NAME(3supp)

💅 NNG_THREAD_SET_NAME(3supp)

okay so this is a page straight out of the NNG Reference Manual, and it's a lil baby one — nng_thread_set_name(3supp) — but it's lowkey iconic for debugging, iykyk.

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✨ NAME ✨

nng_thread_set_name — set thread name, bestie. that's it. that's the whole job.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <nng/nng.h>

void nng_thread_set_name(nng_thread *thread, const char *name);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The nng_thread_set_name() function attempts to set the name for the thread to name. like, it tries — and the way it tries is very platform-dependent, so don't come for it. 🙈

If thread is NULL, then the name is set for the current thread. (yes, that's the "me, myself, and I" option. main character energy fr.)

Support for this, and how names are exposed, varies between platform implementations. so like, some platforms ate and some platforms are still chewing. 💀 This function is intended to facilitate debugging applications that may have many threads — because when you've got 47 threads in top all named nothing, that's giving chaos, and we simply cannot.

💡 Tip: internal threads created by NNG will have names beginning with nng:. so if you see nng: in the thread list, that's NNG's own babies, not yours. don't touch. 🫶

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🌸 RETURN VALUES 🌸

None. literally nothing comes back. it's a void function, she gives no receipts. ✨

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💀 ERRORS 💀

None. no errors, no drama, no notes. periodt. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• nng_thread_create(3supp)
• nng(7)

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okay bestie that's the whole page, thanks for coming to my ted talk 🎀 — this was the NNG Reference Manual, dated 2026-01-13, and yes the version + date are the footer, but we're ending cute instead. mwah 💖 🦋