From f19ab30886a2cbb811d77631d799ae2a7c93208f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bulk88 <bulk88@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2024 15:40:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] * refactor generate_uudmap.c part 4

-this commit is probably for a future change requiring
 a generated .h involving sv_inline.h

-buffer format_char_block data in stack memory until about a full line is
 reached, avoids expensive lock and unlocking inside all libcs (os threads)
---
 generate_uudmap.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/generate_uudmap.c b/generate_uudmap.c
index 844870da4973..f16db1dee2be 100644
--- a/generate_uudmap.c
+++ b/generate_uudmap.c
@@ -124,9 +124,13 @@ format_mg_data(FILE *out, const void *thing, unsigned int count) {
 
 static void
 format_char_block(FILE *out, const void *thing, unsigned int count) {
+  char buf [(sizeof("-255,\n  ")-1) * 256]; /* 2048, oversized vs ~900 */
+  char * start = buf;
+  char * p = start;
+  char * p2;
   const char *block = (const char *)thing;
 
-  fputs("  ", out);
+  xstrputs("  ");
   while (count--) {
     const char * fmt;
     char c = *block;
@@ -139,9 +143,10 @@ format_char_block(FILE *out, const void *thing, unsigned int count) {
     }
     else
       fmt = "%d";
-    fprintf(out, fmt, c);
+    p += sprintf(p, fmt, c);
   }
-  fputc('\n', out);
+  xstrputc('\n');
+  fwrite(start, sizeof(char), p-start, out);
 }
 
 static void