This cuts the time needed to read large files by 2-4x.
~/projects/ppbert$ ppbert -2pv /tmp/large.bert2
ppbert: read time: 0.223202367
ppbert: parse time: 0.491945874
~/projects/ppbert$ ./target/release/ppbert -2pv /tmp/large.bert2
ppbert: read time: 0.055291360
ppbert: parse time: 0.452091441