std::hash

template<class T, class Deleter> struct hash<unique_ptr<T, Deleter>>;		(since C++11)

The template specialization of std::hash for std::unique_ptr<T, Deleter> allows users to obtain hashes of objects of type std::unique_ptr<T, Deleter>.

For a given std::unique_ptr<T, Deleter> p, this specialization ensures that std::hash<std::unique_ptr<T, Deleter>>()(p) == std::hash<T*>()(p.get()).

[edit] Example

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#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <functional>
 
struct Foo {
    Foo() { std::cout << "Foo...\n"; }
    ~Foo() { std::cout << "~Foo...\n\n"; }
};
 
int main()
{
    Foo* foo = new Foo();
    std::unique_ptr<Foo> up(foo);
 
    std::cout << "hash(up):  " << std::hash<std::unique_ptr<Foo>>()(up) << '\n';
    std::cout << "hash(foo): " << std::hash<Foo*>()(foo) << '\n';
}

Output:

Foo...
hash(up):  3686401041
hash(foo): 3686401041
~Foo...

[edit] See also

hash

(C++11)

hash function object
(class template)

Language
Standard library headers
Concepts
Utilities library
Strings library
Containers library
Algorithms library
Iterators library
Numerics library
Input/output library
Localizations library
Regular expressions library (C++11)
Atomic operations library (C++11)
Thread support library (C++11)

Type support (basic types, RTTI, type traits)
Dynamic memory management
Error handling
Program utilities
Variadic functions
Date and time
Function objects
initializer_list (C++11)
bitset
hash (C++11)
Relational operators
rel_ops::operator!=rel_ops::operator>rel_ops::operator<=rel_ops::operator>=
Pairs and tuples
pair
tuple (C++11)
piecewise_construct_t (C++11)
piecewise_construct (C++11)
Swap, forward and move
swap
forward (C++11)
move (C++11)
move_if_noexcept (C++11)
declval (C++11)

Member functions
unique_ptr::unique_ptr
unique_ptr::~unique_ptr
unique_ptr::operator=
Modifiers
unique_ptr::release
unique_ptr::reset
unique_ptr::swap
Observers
unique_ptr::get
unique_ptr::get_deleter
unique_ptr::operator bool
unique_ptr::operator*unique_ptr::operator->
unique_ptr::operator[]
Non-member functions
operator==operator!=operator<operator>operator<=operator>operator>=
std::swap
std::hash