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<h4 class="subsection">2.18.4 Deriving a new hash table type</h4>
<p>Many uses of hash tables want to store additional information
which each entry in the hash table.  Some also find it
convenient to store additional information with the hash table
itself.  This may be done using a derived hash table.
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<p>Since C is not an object oriented language, creating a derived
hash table requires sticking together some boilerplate
routines with a few differences specific to the type of hash
table you want to create.
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<p>An example of a derived hash table is the linker hash table.
The structures for this are defined in <code>bfdlink.h</code>.  The
functions are in <code>linker.c</code>.
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<p>You may also derive a hash table from an already derived hash
table.  For example, the a.out linker backend code uses a hash
table derived from the linker hash table.
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