// null pointer. If `table[h] == 0` that means there are no keys in the map whose short hash is h.
  // If the `next` bits in `entries[i]` are 0 that means there are no further entries for the given
  // short hash. But 0 is also a valid index in `entries`, so we add 1 to these indices before
  // putting them in `table` or in `next` bits, and subtract 1 again when we need an index value.
  //

  // null pointer. If `table[h] == 0` that means there are no keys in the map whose short hash is h.
  // If the `next` bits in `entries[i]` are 0 that means there are no further entries for the given
  // short hash. But 0 is also a valid index in `entries`, so we add 1 to these indices before
  // putting them in `table` or in `next` bits, and subtract 1 again when we need an index value.
  //