From baac7d065a71a388476b998ba55b1c0aedaa9d86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: msrd0 <msrd0@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:42:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add `Map::new()` function and `Default` implementation to
 create new, empty map (#249)

Co-authored-by: Yuki Okushi <jtitor@2k36.org>
---
 phf/src/map.rs | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/phf/src/map.rs b/phf/src/map.rs
index 5b74445c..9fc42df9 100644
--- a/phf/src/map.rs
+++ b/phf/src/map.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,23 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+impl<K, V> Default for Map<K, V> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
 impl<K, V> Map<K, V> {
+    /// Create a new, empty, immutable map.
+    #[inline]
+    pub const fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            key: 0,
+            disps: &[],
+            entries: &[],
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns the number of entries in the `Map`.
     #[inline]
     pub const fn len(&self) -> usize {