This will appear in 5.7.3's Scalar::Util module (if all goes well).
/* yes, this is C code...
   specifically, this is XS code!
   this is japhy's first XS work!

   it implements curse(), which takes
   an object and makes it not an object. */

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
#include "EXTERN.h"
#include "perl.h"
#include "XSUB.h"
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

MODULE = Scalar::Curse          PACKAGE = Scalar::Curse

int
curse(obj)
  SV *obj
CODE:
  if (SvOBJECT(SvRV(obj))) {
    SvOBJECT_off(SvRV(obj));
    SvSTASH(SvRV(obj)) = NULL;
    RETVAL = 1;
  }
  else { RETVAL = 0; }
OUTPUT:
  RETVAL

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