if (gimme == G_VOID)
        SP = firstrelem - 1;
    else if (gimme == G_SCALAR) {
        dTARGET;
        SP = firstrelem;
        SETi(lastrelem - firstrelem + 1 - duplicates);
    }
    else {
        if (ary)
            SP = lastrelem;
        else if (hash) {
            if (duplicates) {
                /* Removes from the stack the entries which ended up as
                 * duplicated keys in the hash (fix for [perl #24380]) */
                Move(firsthashrelem + duplicates,
                        firsthashrelem, duplicates, SV**);
                lastrelem -= duplicates;
            }
            SP = lastrelem;
        }
        else
            SP = firstrelem + (lastlelem - firstlelem);
        lelem = firstlelem + (relem - firstrelem);
        while (relem <= SP)
            *relem++ = (lelem <= lastlelem) ? *lelem++ : &PL_sv_undef;
    }
            
    RETURN;