From 1668bee2e512c1234fd4dc399a0d8a73350561cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Volk <jason@zemos.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 16:51:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ircd::json: Logical revert of a4766e583; reduces to minor
 cleanup/simplify.

---
 ircd/json.cc | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ircd/json.cc b/ircd/json.cc
index a7dd9aba4..7ff49e701 100644
--- a/ircd/json.cc
+++ b/ircd/json.cc
@@ -4751,6 +4751,9 @@ ircd::json::stringify(mutable_buffer &buf,
 size_t
 ircd::json::serialized(const string_view &v)
 {
+	if(v.empty() && defined(v))
+		return size(empty_string);
+
 	// Query the json::type of the input string here in relaxed mode. The
 	// json::value ctor uses strict_t by default which is a full validation;
 	// we don't care about that for the serialized() suite.
@@ -4759,9 +4762,7 @@ ircd::json::serialized(const string_view &v)
 		v, json::type(v, std::nothrow)
 	};
 
-	return v.empty() && defined(value)?
-		size(empty_string):
-		serialized(value);
+	return serialized(value);
 }
 
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