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I would rather not:

- It involves making too many decisions on behalf of users. C++ dodges the question somewhat by making hash tables templated, so you can customize them.

- There are a hojillion hash table libraries out there which are written in C—just pick one and use it.



The latter point is a very strong argument for a hash table implementation in the standard library.


I don’t see how that argument follows.


If everyone is reinventing the same wheel, then...

Furthermore, those wheels aren't necessarily interoperable the way something built into the standard library would be; it's not just a convenience.




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