1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
index 74b8a74f..b7b71268 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  # Represents a public-inbox (which may have multiple mailing addresses)
  package PublicInbox::Inbox;
  use strict;
+use v5.10.1;
  use PublicInbox::Git;
  use PublicInbox::MID qw(mid2path);
  use PublicInbox::Eml;
@@ -293,17 +294,15 @@ sub msg_by_smsg ($$) {
  
          # ghosts may have undef smsg (from SearchThread.node) or
          # no {blob} field
-        return unless defined $smsg;
-        defined(my $blob = $smsg->{blob}) or return;
-
-        $self->git->cat_file($blob);
+        $smsg // return;
+        $self->git->cat_file($smsg->{blob} // return);
  }
  
  sub smsg_eml {
          my ($self, $smsg) = @_;
          my $bref = msg_by_smsg($self, $smsg) or return;
          my $eml = PublicInbox::Eml->new($bref);
-        $smsg->populate($eml) unless exists($smsg->{num}); # v1 w/o SQLite
+        $smsg->{num} // $smsg->populate($eml);
          $eml;
  }
  
@@ -313,7 +312,7 @@ sub smsg_by_mid ($$) {
          my $smsg;
          if (my $mm = $self->mm) {
                  # favor the Message-ID we used for the NNTP article number:
-                defined(my $num = $mm->num_for($mid)) or return;
+                my $num = $mm->num_for($mid) // return;
                  $smsg = $over->get_art($num);
          } else {
                  my ($id, $prev);