Reapply fast-URI patch.

CHANGELOG.md

 ## 1.19.0
 
 ### Language changes
 
 * The language now allows a trailing comma after the last argument of a call and
  the last parameter of a function declaration. This can make long argument or
  parameter lists easier to maintain, as commas can be left as-is when
  reordering lines. For details, see SDK issue
  [26644](https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/26644).
 
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 * VM: Fixes an optimizer bug involving closures, try, and await
 (SDK issue [26948](https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/26948))
 
 * Dart2js: Speeds up generated code on Firefox
 (https://codereview.chromium.org/2180533002)
 
 ## 1.18.0 - 2016-07-27
 
 ### Core library changes
 
+* `dart:core`
+  * Improved performance when parsing some common URIs.
+  * Fixed bug in `Uri.resolve` (SDK issue [26804](https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/26804)).
 * `dart:io`
   * Adds file locking modes `FileLock.BLOCKING_SHARED` and
     `FileLock.BLOCKING_EXCLUSIVE`.
 
 ## 1.17.1 - 2016-06-10
 
 Patch release, resolves two issues:
 
 * VM: Fixes a bug that caused crashes in async functions.
 (SDK issue [26668](https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/26668))
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     they will keep the Dart process alive until they time out. This fixes the
     handling of persistent connections. Previously, the client would shut down
     immediately after a request.
 
   * **Breaking change:** `HttpServer` no longer compresses all traffic by
     default. The new `autoCompress` property can be set to `true` to re-enable
     compression.
 
 * `dart:isolate`: `Isolate.spawnUri` added the optional `packageRoot` argument,
   which controls how it resolves `package:` URIs.