Start from scratch on a faster SkFlatDictionary.

include/core/SkWriter32.h

Index: include/core/SkWriter32.h
diff --git a/include/core/SkWriter32.h b/include/core/SkWriter32.h
index 51044ab00ea0e3faa6387121b98dcf87067e7dfe..01e32f96d6f8e861f691c3bd7d4976009414912a 100644
--- a/include/core/SkWriter32.h
+++ b/include/core/SkWriter32.h
@@ -49,7 +49,14 @@ public:
     // DEPRECATED: use byetsWritten instead

[tomhudson, 2013/07/22 16:36:02]

Tangent: in SkFlatDictionary, byets write you!

[mtklein, 2013/07/22 17:43:56]

:)  Fxied

     uint32_t  size() const { return this->bytesWritten(); }
 
-    void      reset();
+    // Returns true if we've written only into the storage passed into constructor or reset.
+    // (You may be able to use this to avoid a call to flatten.)
+    bool wroteOnlyToStorage() const {
+        return fHead == &fExternalBlock && this->bytesWritten() <= fExternalBlock.fSizeOfBlock;
+    }
+
+    void reset();
+    void reset(void* storage, size_t size);

[tomhudson, 2013/07/22 16:36:02]

Thanks for moving these together.

 
     // size MUST be multiple of 4
     uint32_t* reserve(size_t size) {
@@ -63,8 +70,6 @@ public:
         return block->alloc(size);
     }
 
-    void reset(void* storage, size_t size);
-
     bool writeBool(bool value) {
         this->writeInt(value);
         return value;