[Beretta_Vexee]

This is one of the least clear explanations of what a hash map bucket and overflow are that I hav read.

[lalitmaganti]

Have to plug the original Swiss Table talk by Matt Kulukundis: https://youtu.be/ncHmEUmJZf4?si=YRl2pDvdGZgd2ROq

Excellent talk which explains the concepts really clearly and concisely.

[denotational]

The OP, or the Abseil docs?

[Beretta_Vexee]

gaborkoos.com blog post, It suggests that the overflow is a sort of extension of the primary bucket, when it is a entry par entry collisions resolution mechanism.

The abseil documentation is dense but clear. What I get is Swiss tables are a sort of SSE optimized upside down Merkle tree.