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include/v8.h

 // Copyright 2007-2009 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
 // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 // modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
 // met:
 //
 //     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 //       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 //     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
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    * \return The number of bytes copied to the buffer
    * excluding the NULL terminator.
    */
   int Write(uint16_t* buffer, int start = 0, int length = -1) const;  // UTF-16
   int WriteAscii(char* buffer, int start = 0, int length = -1) const;  // ASCII
   int WriteUtf8(char* buffer,
                 int length = -1,
                 int* nchars_ref = NULL) const; // UTF-8
 
   /**
+   * Flatten internal memory. Operations on the string tend to run faster
+   * after flattening especially if the string is a concatenation of many
+   * others.
+   */
+  void Flatten();
+
+  /**
    * A zero length string.
    */
   static v8::Local<v8::String> Empty();
 
   /**
    * Returns true if the string is external
    */
   bool IsExternal() const;
 
   /**
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 }  // namespace v8
 
 
 #undef V8EXPORT
 #undef V8EXPORT_INLINE
 #undef TYPE_CHECK
 
 
 #endif  // V8_H_