+bool
+Perl_amagic_is_enabled(pTHX_ int method)
+{
+ SV *lex_mask = cop_hints_fetch_pvs(PL_curcop, "overloading", 0);
+
+ assert(PL_curcop->cop_hints & HINT_NO_AMAGIC);
+
+ if ( !lex_mask || !SvOK(lex_mask) )
+ /* overloading lexically disabled */
+ return FALSE;
+ else if ( lex_mask && SvPOK(lex_mask) ) {
+ /* we have an entry in the hints hash, check if method has been
+ * masked by overloading.pm */
+ STRLEN len;
+ const int offset = method / 8;
+ const int bit = method % 8;
+ char *pv = SvPV(lex_mask, len);
+
+ /* Bit set, so this overloading operator is disabled */
+ if ( (STRLEN)offset < len && pv[offset] & ( 1 << bit ) )
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ return TRUE;
+}
+