assume cleared hv can't be re-blessed

[perl5.git] / sv.c

diff --git a/sv.c b/sv.c
index d78f776..6efcc8f 100644 (file)
--- a/sv.c
+++ b/sv.c
@@ -6290,11 +6290,9 @@ Perl_sv_clear(pTHX_ SV *const orig_sv)
                if (!sv) { /* no more elements of current HV to free */
                    sv = iter_sv;
                    type = SvTYPE(sv);
-                   /* Restore previous value of iter_sv, squirrelled away.
-                   /* Check whether someone has in the meantime used the
-                    * "unused" SvSTASH slot. If so, we'll just have to
-                    * abandon the old sv */
-                   iter_sv = SvOBJECT(sv) ? NULL : (SV*)SvSTASH(sv);
+                   /* Restore previous value of iter_sv, squirrelled away */
+                   assert(!SvOBJECT(sv));
+                   iter_sv = (SV*)SvSTASH(sv);
 
                    /* ideally we should restore the old hash_index here,
                     * but we don't currently save the old value */