From 98958fedb6b8f6f8f9bc8587f7c9884ea7c47e69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 15:09:30 -0700
Subject: Remove dead code (unreachable)

---
 Modules/itertoolsmodule.c | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
index 2cca6b3..0d1a15b 100644
--- a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
@@ -940,12 +940,9 @@ cycle_next(cycleobject *lz)
             }
             return item;
         }
-        if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
-            if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_StopIteration))
-                PyErr_Clear();
-            else
+        /* Note:  StopIteration is already cleared by PyIter_Next() */
+        if (PyErr_Occurred())
                 return NULL;
-        }
         if (PyList_Size(lz->saved) == 0)
             return NULL;
         it = PyObject_GetIter(lz->saved);
-- 
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