From 566fa96cca8a12492c64c4fe224d4cf1ffeb2d82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Nelson <andyfaff@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 08:00:58 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] MAINT: remove defunc else clause

---
 scipy/optimize/_dcsrch.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scipy/optimize/_dcsrch.py b/scipy/optimize/_dcsrch.py
index 5223e33718cf..4931f36c702d 100644
--- a/scipy/optimize/_dcsrch.py
+++ b/scipy/optimize/_dcsrch.py
@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@ def _iterate(self, stp, f, g, task):
             task = b"FG"
             return stp, f, g, task
 
-        else:
-            pass
+        # in the original Fortran this was a location to restore variables
+        # we don't need to do that because they're attributes.
 
         # If psi(stp) <= 0 and f'(stp) >= 0 for some step, then the
         # algorithm enters the second stage.