Bring in some of the changes from erase-between branch

Internal.h

@@ -273,6 +273,16 @@ template <class T> struct Vector {
     size_ += slice.size();
   }
 
+  // Caller must write to the returned slice
+  std::span<T> unsafePrepareAppend(int appendSize) {
+    if (size_ + appendSize > capacity) {
+      grow(std::max<int>(size_ + appendSize, capacity * 2));
+    }
+    auto result = std::span<T>(t + size_, appendSize);
+    size_ += appendSize;
+    return result;
+  }
+
   void push_back(const T &t) { append(std::span<const T>(&t, 1)); }
 
   T *begin() { return t; }