For a different, perhaps more practical take on small pointers in hash tables, you might find this interesting: https://probablydance.com/2018/05/28/a-new-fast-

For a different, perhaps more practical take on small pointers in hash tables, you might find this interesting: https://probablydance.com/2018/05/28/a-new-fast-hash-table-in-response-to-googles-new-fast-hash-table/ https://probablydance.com/2018/05/28/a-new-fast-hash-table-i... with contemporaneous discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17176713 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17176713