Index: generic/tcl.decls
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/generic/tcl.decls,v
retrieving revision 1.176
diff -u -r1.176 tcl.decls
--- generic/tcl.decls	14 Aug 2010 17:13:02 -0000	1.176
+++ generic/tcl.decls	22 Aug 2010 18:17:05 -0000
@@ -1495,11 +1495,11 @@
 	    const Tcl_UniChar *uniPattern, int nocase)
 }
 declare 421 generic {
-    Tcl_HashEntry *Tcl_FindHashEntry(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr, const char *key)
+    Tcl_HashEntry *Tcl_FindHashEntry(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr, const void *key)
 }
 declare 422 generic {
     Tcl_HashEntry *Tcl_CreateHashEntry(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr,
-	    const char *key, int *newPtr)
+	    const void *key, int *newPtr)
 }
 declare 423 generic {
     void Tcl_InitCustomHashTable(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr, int keyType,
Index: generic/tclDecls.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/generic/tclDecls.h,v
retrieving revision 1.181
diff -u -r1.181 tclDecls.h
--- generic/tclDecls.h	21 Aug 2010 16:30:26 -0000	1.181
+++ generic/tclDecls.h	22 Aug 2010 18:17:09 -0000
@@ -1214,10 +1214,10 @@
 				const Tcl_UniChar *uniPattern, int nocase);
 /* 421 */
 EXTERN Tcl_HashEntry *	Tcl_FindHashEntry(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr,
-				const char *key);
+				const void *key);
 /* 422 */
 EXTERN Tcl_HashEntry *	Tcl_CreateHashEntry(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr,
-				const char *key, int *newPtr);
+				const void *key, int *newPtr);
 /* 423 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_InitCustomHashTable(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr,
 				int keyType, const Tcl_HashKeyType *typePtr);
@@ -2268,8 +2268,8 @@
     int (*tcl_IsChannelExisting) (const char *channelName); /* 418 */
     int (*tcl_UniCharNcasecmp) (const Tcl_UniChar *ucs, const Tcl_UniChar *uct, unsigned long numChars); /* 419 */
     int (*tcl_UniCharCaseMatch) (const Tcl_UniChar *uniStr, const Tcl_UniChar *uniPattern, int nocase); /* 420 */
-    Tcl_HashEntry * (*tcl_FindHashEntry) (Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr, const char *key); /* 421 */
-    Tcl_HashEntry * (*tcl_CreateHashEntry) (Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr, const char *key, int *newPtr); /* 422 */
+    Tcl_HashEntry * (*tcl_FindHashEntry) (Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr, const void *key); /* 421 */
+    Tcl_HashEntry * (*tcl_CreateHashEntry) (Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr, const void *key, int *newPtr); /* 422 */
     void (*tcl_InitCustomHashTable) (Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr, int keyType, const Tcl_HashKeyType *typePtr); /* 423 */
     void (*tcl_InitObjHashTable) (Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr); /* 424 */
     ClientData (*tcl_CommandTraceInfo) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName, int flags, Tcl_CommandTraceProc *procPtr, ClientData prevClientData); /* 425 */
Index: generic/tclHash.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/generic/tclHash.c,v
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -u -r1.45 tclHash.c
--- generic/tclHash.c	25 Feb 2010 22:20:10 -0000	1.45
+++ generic/tclHash.c	22 Aug 2010 18:17:09 -0000
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@
 static Tcl_HashEntry *	BogusFind(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr, const char *key);
 static Tcl_HashEntry *	BogusCreate(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr, const char *key,
 			    int *newPtr);
+static Tcl_HashEntry *	CreateHashEntry(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr, const char *key,
+			    int *newPtr);
+static Tcl_HashEntry *	FindHashEntry(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr, const char *key);
 static void		RebuildTable(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr);
 
 const Tcl_HashKeyType tclArrayHashKeyType = {
@@ -121,7 +124,6 @@
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-#undef Tcl_InitHashTable
 void
 Tcl_InitHashTable(
     register Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr,
@@ -186,8 +188,8 @@
     tablePtr->downShift = 28;
     tablePtr->mask = 3;
     tablePtr->keyType = keyType;
-    tablePtr->findProc = Tcl_FindHashEntry;
-    tablePtr->createProc = Tcl_CreateHashEntry;
+    tablePtr->findProc = FindHashEntry;
+    tablePtr->createProc = CreateHashEntry;
 
     if (typePtr == NULL) {
 	/*
@@ -228,10 +230,17 @@
 Tcl_HashEntry *
 Tcl_FindHashEntry(
     Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr,	/* Table in which to lookup entry. */
-    const char *key)		/* Key to use to find matching entry. */
+    const void *key)		/* Key to use to find matching entry. */
 {
+    return (*((tablePtr)->findProc))(tablePtr, key);
+}
 
-    return Tcl_CreateHashEntry(tablePtr, key, NULL);
+static Tcl_HashEntry *
+FindHashEntry(
+    Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr,	/* Table in which to lookup entry. */
+    const char *key)		/* Key to use to find matching entry. */
+{
+    return CreateHashEntry(tablePtr, key, NULL);
 }
 
 
@@ -259,6 +268,17 @@
 Tcl_HashEntry *
 Tcl_CreateHashEntry(
     Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr,	/* Table in which to lookup entry. */
+    const void *key,		/* Key to use to find or create matching
+				 * entry. */
+    int *newPtr)		/* Store info here telling whether a new entry
+				 * was created. */
+{
+    return (*((tablePtr)->createProc))(tablePtr, key, newPtr);
+}
+
+static Tcl_HashEntry *
+CreateHashEntry(
+    Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr,	/* Table in which to lookup entry. */
     const char *key,		/* Key to use to find or create matching
 				 * entry. */
     int *newPtr)		/* Store info here telling whether a new entry
