+ * HTABLE_INITIALIZER - static initialization for a hash table.
+ * @name: name of this htable.
+ * @rehash: hash function to use for rehashing.
+ * @priv: private argument to @rehash function.
+ *
+ * This is useful for setting up static and global hash tables.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * // For simplicity's sake, say hash value is contents of elem.
+ * static size_t rehash(const void *elem, void *unused)
+ * {
+ * return *(size_t *)elem;
+ * }
+ * static struct htable ht = HTABLE_INITIALIZER(ht, rehash, NULL);
+ */
+#define HTABLE_INITIALIZER(name, rehash, priv) \
+ { rehash, priv, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 0, 0, &name.perfect_bit }
+
+/**
+ * htable_init - initialize an empty hash table.