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+// Copyright 2012 Daniel James.
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+// This is an example of how to write a hash function for a template
+// class.
+
+#include <boost/container_hash/hash_fwd.hpp>
+
+template <typename A, typename B>
+class my_pair
+{
+    A value1;
+    B value2;
+public:
+    my_pair(A const& v1, B const& v2)
+        : value1(v1), value2(v2)
+    {}
+
+    bool operator==(my_pair const& other) const
+    {
+        return value1 == other.value1 &&
+            value2 == other.value2;
+    }
+
+    friend std::size_t hash_value(my_pair const& p)
+    {
+        std::size_t seed = 0;
+        boost::hash_combine(seed, p.value1);
+        boost::hash_combine(seed, p.value2);
+
+        return seed;
+    }
+};
+