}
		return b.Bytes(), nil
	}

	sortedKeys := make([]string, 0, len(c))
	for k := range c {
		sortedKeys = append(sortedKeys, k)
	}
	sort.Strings(sortedKeys)

	b.WriteByte('{')
	for i, k := range sortedKeys {
		b.WriteByte('"')
		escapeStringJSON(b, k)
		b.WriteString(`":"`)
		escapeStringJSON(b, c[k])
		b.WriteByte('"')
		if i < len(sortedKeys)-1 {
			b.WriteByte(',')
		}
	}
	b.WriteByte('}')

          // there's a way around creating the separate sortedKeys array, and if we're allocating
          // one array of size n, we might as well allocate two -- to say nothing of the allocation
          // done in Arrays.sort.
          for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            // We're careful to put only K instances in.
            if (i > 0 && comparator.compare((K) sortedKeys[i - 1], (K) sortedKeys[i]) == 0) {