From 4480458fc3c1505b3a56f977d7e47aa99bdbbefe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eman Resu <elevenaka11@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 16:11:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] lib/generators/mkKeyValueDefault: cache separator escaping

---
 lib/generators.nix | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/generators.nix b/lib/generators.nix
index e1302fde2b25..d7097416fa82 100644
--- a/lib/generators.nix
+++ b/lib/generators.nix
@@ -164,8 +164,11 @@ rec {
     {
       mkValueString ? mkValueStringDefault { },
     }:
-    sep: k: v:
-    "${escape [ sep ] k}${sep}${mkValueString v}";
+    sep:
+    let
+      escapeSeparator = escape [ sep ];
+    in
+    k: v: "${escapeSeparator k}${sep}${mkValueString v}";
 
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