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Copyright 2022 Peter Dimov
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[#describe]
= Hashing User Types with Boost.Describe
:idprefix: describe_

Let's look at our `point` class again:

[source]
----
class point
{
    int x;
    int y;

public:

    point() : x(0), y(0) {}
    point(int x, int y) : x(x), y(y) {}
};
----

If you're using {cpp}14 or above, a much easier way to add
support for `boost::hash` to `point` is by using
link:../../../describe/index.html[Boost.Describe] (and
get an automatic definition of `operator==` for free):

[source]
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#include <boost/describe/class.hpp>
#include <boost/describe/operators.hpp>

class point
{
    int x;
    int y;

    BOOST_DESCRIBE_CLASS(point, (), (), (), (x, y))

public:

    point() : x(0), y(0) {}
    point(int x, int y) : x(x), y(y) {}
};

using boost::describe::operators::operator==;
using boost::describe::operators::operator!=;
----

(Full code for this example is at
link:../../examples/point2.cpp[examples/point2.cpp].)

Since the `point` class has been annotated with `BOOST_DESCRIBE_CLASS`,
the library can enumerate its members (and base classes) and automatically
synthesize the appropriate `hash_value` overload for it, without us needing
to do so.