hash table iteration

On 11/9/06, Jim Blandy <jimbred-bean.com> wrote:
> To add an entry to the off-to-the-side list, just stick
the new
> key/value pair at the end.  To remove an entry from the
> off-to-the-side list, you copy the key/value pair at
the end of the
> list into the entry you're vacating, decrement the
length of the list,
> and update its hash entry.
>
> Iterators can be simple indexes into the
off-to-the-side list.

Hunh.  The off-to-the-side list is just used for iterating,
right?
That is, you don't look at it when doing a standard hash
lookup?

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