initial reserver of std_devicebuf=128

example/example.cpp

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
 
 	if(argc || argv) {};
-	std::string s;
-	cout << "STRING cap: " << format(s.capacity()) << endl;
 
     auto fsink = std::make_shared<sinks::rotating_file_sink>("log", "txt", 1024*1024*50 , 5, 0);
 	//auto fsink = std::make_shared<sinks::simple_file_sink>("simplelog", "txt");

include/c11log/details/fast_oss.h

@@ -33,31 +33,32 @@ public:
     }
 
 protected:
-    virtual int sync() override
+    int sync() override
     {
         return 0;
-
     }
 
-    virtual std::streamsize xsputn(const char_type* s, std::streamsize count) override
+	// copy the give buffer into the accumulated string.
+	// reserve initially 128 bytes which should be enough for common log lines
+	std::streamsize xsputn(const char_type* s, std::streamsize count) override
     {		
-		auto ssize = _str.size();
-		auto cap_left = _str.capacity() - ssize;
-		if(cap_left < static_cast<std::size_t>(count))
-			_str.reserve(ssize + count + 128);
-
+		if(_str.capacity() < k_initial_reserve)
+		{
+			_str.reserve(k_initial_reserve);
+		}
 		_str.append(s, static_cast<unsigned int>(count));
         return count;
     }
 
-    virtual int_type overflow(int_type ch) override
+    int_type overflow(int_type ch) override
     {
         if (ch != traits_type::eof())
-            _str.append((char*)&ch, 1);
+            xsputn((char*)&ch, 1);
         return 1;
     }
 private:
     std::string _str;
+	static constexpr std::streamsize k_initial_reserve = 128;
 };
 
 class fast_oss:public std::ostream