From fb241f233e5adbef8f28ba51d6ebab0b6284b5f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitry Arkhipov <grisumbras@yandex.ru>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:56:14 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] remove unnecessary branch in string serialization

---
 include/boost/json/impl/serializer.ipp | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/boost/json/impl/serializer.ipp b/include/boost/json/impl/serializer.ipp
index df6dfea46..c57e8e1d6 100644
--- a/include/boost/json/impl/serializer.ipp
+++ b/include/boost/json/impl/serializer.ipp
@@ -352,10 +352,8 @@ do_str3:
     return suspend(state::str3);
 
 do_esc1:
-    if(BOOST_JSON_LIKELY(ss))
-        ss.append(buf_[0]);
-    else
-        return suspend(state::esc1);
+    BOOST_ASSERT(ss);
+    ss.append(buf_[0]);
     goto do_str3;
 
 do_utf1: