replace printing code with somehting hopefully better?

src/main.cpp

@@ -34,19 +34,19 @@ std::string RandomString(std::uint32_t length, TRandomAlgo& rng) {
 constexpr std::uint32_t SwsfScramble(std::string_view code) {
 	std::uint32_t tally {};
 
-	auto cycle = [&tally](char c) {
-		tally = c + (tally * 5);
-	};
+	auto cycle = [&tally](char c) { tally = c + (tally * 5); };
 
-	cycle('c'); cycle('o'); cycle('d'); cycle('e'); cycle('_');
+	cycle('c');
+	cycle('o');
+	cycle('d');
+	cycle('e');
+	cycle('_');
 
 	for(auto* p = code.data(); *p; ++p)
 		cycle(tolower(*p));
 	return tally;
 }
 
-// using ChannelType = concurrent_channel<void(std::string& codeMatch)>;
-
 // These is not atomic since no other threads update it
 // there is no real point to making it atomic, other than
 //
@@ -95,20 +95,42 @@ struct BruteThreadState {
 
 	void DisplayProgress(const std::string& code, std::uint32_t hash) {
 		std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(print_lock);
-		std::cout << Line(line) << std::format("Thread {:2}: Trying code {}{} {}({:08x}){}", line, Color(172), code, Color(166), hash, Reset()) << std::flush;
+		struct FputcIterator {
+			using iterator_category = std::output_iterator_tag;
+			using value_type = void;
+			using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+			using pointer = void;
+			using reference = void;
+
+			FputcIterator(std::FILE* file) : file(file) {}
+			FputcIterator& operator*() { return *this; }
+			FputcIterator& operator++() { return *this; }
+			FputcIterator& operator++(int) { return *this; }
+
+			FputcIterator& operator=(const char& val) {
+				fputc(val, file);
+				return *this;
+			}
+
+		   private:
+			std::FILE* file;
+		};
+
+		std::format_to(FputcIterator(stdout), "{}Thread {:2}: Trying code {}{} {}({:08x}){}", Line(line), line, Color(172), code, Color(166), hash,
+					   Reset());
+		std::fflush(stdout);
 	}
 
 	void BruteForce(char prefix) {
-		//for(std::uint32_t i = 8; i <= code_length; ++i) {
+		// for(std::uint32_t i = 8; i <= code_length; ++i) {
 		std::string test_buffer(code_length, 'a');
 		test_buffer[0] = prefix;
 
-
 		// test all possible combinations
 		while(true) {
-				//std::string test_buffer = RandomString(code_length, rng);
+			// std::string test_buffer = RandomString(code_length, rng);
 			auto hash = SwsfScramble(test_buffer);
-				if( hash == code_hash) {
+			if(hash == code_hash) {
 				std::cerr << std::format("match: {} ({:08x})\n", test_buffer, hash);
 			}
 
@@ -123,7 +145,7 @@ struct BruteThreadState {
    private:
 	unsigned line;
 	std::random_device rd;
-	//swbf::Xoshiro256ss rng{rd};
+	// swbf::Xoshiro256ss rng{rd};
 };
 
 int main() {