sv_streq_flags() API doesn't skip "" overloading with SV_SKIP_OVERLOAD

[tonycoz]

Module:

Description

The documentation for sv_streq() claims it behaves like $x eq $y but it inconsistently applies overloading when SV_SKIP_OVERLOAD is supplied.

Steps to Reproduce

Requires a built perl tree for access to XS::APItest:

$ ./perl -Ilib -MXS::APItest -e 'use v5.40; package X { use overload q("") => sub {"DEF"}, fallback => 1; } my $x = bless {}, "X"; my $y = bless {}, "X"; say sv_streq_flags($x, $y, SV_SKIP_OVERLOAD) // "0";'
1
tony@venus:.../git/perl6$ ./perl -Ilib -MXS::APItest -e 'use v5.40; package X { use overload q("") => sub {"DEF"}, fallback => 1; } my $x = bless {}, "X"; my $y = bless {}, "X"; no overloading; say $x eq $y || "0";'
0

Note that sv_streq_flags(..., SV_SKIP_OVERLOAD) indicates they're equal, but the eq operator indicates they're unequal with overloading disabled.

Expected behavior

sv_streq_flags(SV_SKIP_OVERLOAD) behaves like the eq operator under no overloading:

$ ./perl -Ilib -MXS::APItest -e 'use v5.40; package X { use overload q("") => sub {"DEF"}, fallback => 1; } my $x = bless {}, "X"; my $y = bless {}, "X"; say sv_streq_flags($x, $y, SV_SKIP_OVERLOAD) // "0";'
0

Perl configuration

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 43 subversion 10) configuration:
  Commit id: a762010550986c9a45ac3a58d08d70ef1e980b7d
  Platform:
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    hint=recommended
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    d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=undef
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    use64bitint=define
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    default_inc_excludes_dot=define
  Compiler:
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    ccflags ='-fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2'
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  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc'
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    libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib /usr/lib64
    libs=-lpthread -lgdbm -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc -lgdbm_compat
    perllibs=-lpthread -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
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    so=so
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  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs
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Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): 
  Compile-time options:
    HAS_LONG_DOUBLE
    HAS_STRTOLD
    HAS_TIMES
    PERLIO_LAYERS
    PERL_COPY_ON_WRITE
    PERL_HASH_FUNC_SIPHASH13
    PERL_HASH_USE_SBOX32
    PERL_MALLOC_WRAP
    PERL_OP_PARENT
    PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV
    PERL_USE_DEVEL
    PERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV
    USE_64_BIT_ALL
    USE_64_BIT_INT
    USE_LARGE_FILES
    USE_LOCALE
    USE_LOCALE_COLLATE
    USE_LOCALE_CTYPE
    USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC
    USE_LOCALE_TIME
    USE_PERLIO
    USE_PERL_ATOF
  Built under linux
  Compiled at Mar 25 2026 11:45:40
  %ENV:
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