I know that std::unordered_map handles key hash collisions by chaining keys with the same hash in a bucket (I think using a linked list). The question I have is how does it know which value, in the same bucket, corresponds to which key?
The naive idea I have is that each value is stored in a std::pair, is this how it is done?
>Solution :
Yep, that’s basically how it’s done. Keep in mind that the key is part of the data. One of the things you can do with a map is iterate through its key/value pairs. This would be impossible, even with perfect hashing, if the key itself were not stored.