branch master updated: * tp/Texinfo/XS/xspara.c (xspara__print_escaped_spaces): Avoid unnecessary use of malloc/free. malloc/free would require use of dTHX on MS-Windows. Report from Eli Zaretskii.

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     new b74fc3cd6e * tp/Texinfo/XS/xspara.c (xspara__print_escaped_spaces): 
Avoid unnecessary use of malloc/free.  malloc/free would require use of dTHX on 
MS-Windows.  Report from Eli Zaretskii.
b74fc3cd6e is described below

commit b74fc3cd6ed50f54f9c62e204837bfc2ff96d237
Author: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Oct 7 17:20:42 2023 +0100

    * tp/Texinfo/XS/xspara.c (xspara__print_escaped_spaces):
    Avoid unnecessary use of malloc/free.  malloc/free would
    require use of dTHX on MS-Windows.  Report from Eli Zaretskii.
---
 ChangeLog              | 6 ++++++
 tp/Texinfo/XS/xspara.c | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 01d61f022d..b0bd8f39bc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2023-10-07  Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
+
+       * tp/Texinfo/XS/xspara.c (xspara__print_escaped_spaces):
+       Avoid unnecessary use of malloc/free.  malloc/free would
+       require use of dTHX on MS-Windows.  Report from Eli Zaretskii.
+
 2023-09-30  Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
 
        pretest 7.0.93
diff --git a/tp/Texinfo/XS/xspara.c b/tp/Texinfo/XS/xspara.c
index 965d2c5466..efb645f14c 100644
--- a/tp/Texinfo/XS/xspara.c
+++ b/tp/Texinfo/XS/xspara.c
@@ -253,10 +253,9 @@ xspara__print_escaped_spaces (char *string)
         text_append_n (&t, "\\f", 2);
       else if (isspace(*p))
         {
-          char *protected_string = malloc (7 * sizeof (char));
+          char protected_string[7];
           sprintf (protected_string, "\\x%04x", *p);
           text_append (&t, protected_string);
-          free (protected_string);
         }
       p++;
     }