1 files changed, 3 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchThread.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchThread.pm
index f07dd696..00ae9fac 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchThread.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchThread.pm
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ sub thread {
                  # TODO: move this to a more appropriate place, breaks tests
                  # if we do it during psgi_cull
                  delete $_->{num};
-
-                PublicInbox::SearchThread::Msg::cast($_);
+                bless $_, 'PublicInbox::SearchThread::Msg';
                  if (exists $id_table{$_->{mid}}) {
                          $_->{children} = [];
                          push @imposters, $_; # we'll deal with them later
                          undef;
                  } else {
+                        $_->{children} = {}; # will become arrayref later
                          $id_table{$_->{mid}} = $_;
                          defined($_->{references});
                  }
@@ -108,13 +108,6 @@ sub ghost {
          }, __PACKAGE__;
  }
  
-# give a existing smsg the methods of this class
-sub cast {
-        my ($smsg) = @_;
-        $smsg->{children} = {};
-        bless $smsg, __PACKAGE__;
-}
-
  sub topmost {
          my ($self) = @_;
          my @q = ($self);
@@ -174,7 +167,7 @@ sub order_children {
          while (defined($cur = shift @q)) {
                  # the {children} hashref here...
                  my @c = grep { !$seen{$_}++ && visible($_, $ibx) }
-                        values %{$cur->{children}};
+                        values %{delete $cur->{children}};
                  $ordersub->(\@c) if scalar(@c) > 1;
                  $cur->{children} = \@c; # ...becomes an arrayref
                  push @q, @c;