From d6005b49b32410543a8dfa93ce2a213223cf8f01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 19:49:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [serialize] Start implementing linking

---
 src/hb-serialize.hh | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/hb-serialize.hh b/src/hb-serialize.hh
index 4de87d823..ab07080b8 100644
--- a/src/hb-serialize.hh
+++ b/src/hb-serialize.hh
@@ -143,9 +143,13 @@ struct hb_serialize_context_t
     assert (current.length == 1);
 
     /* Only "pack" if there exist other objects... Otherwise, don't bother.
-     * Saves a copy. */
-    if (packed.length > 1)
-      pop_pack ();
+     * Saves a move. */
+    if (packed.length == 1)
+      return;
+
+    pop_pack ();
+
+    link ();
   }
 
   template <typename Type>
@@ -214,6 +218,11 @@ struct hb_serialize_context_t
     assert (packed.tail ().head == tail);
   }
 
+  void link ()
+  {
+    // XXX
+  }
+
   unsigned int length () const { return this->head - current.tail ().head; }
 
   void align (unsigned int alignment)