From b25dc4ad605516d53f1cff2652b0225722f68197 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Madden <jamadden@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 12:50:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #102

---
 CHANGES.rst                                             | 3 ++-
 src/nti/externalization/externalization/externalizer.py | 6 ++----
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 56b6bf5..98dbe8c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 1.1.1 (unreleased)
 ==================
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Fix a faulty assertion error. See `issue 102
+  <https://github.com/NextThought/nti.externalization/issues/102>`_.
 
 
 1.1.0 (2020-03-27)
diff --git a/src/nti/externalization/externalization/externalizer.py b/src/nti/externalization/externalization/externalizer.py
index 422091e..f008117 100644
--- a/src/nti/externalization/externalization/externalizer.py
+++ b/src/nti/externalization/externalization/externalizer.py
@@ -361,10 +361,8 @@ def to_external_object(
         no decaration
     """
     # Catch the primitives up here, quickly. This catches
-    # numbers, strings, and None. Only do this if we're not on the
-    # second-pass fallback; that means that some representer couldn't handle
-    # a primitive natively (usually a decimal)
-    if name != 'second-pass' and isinstance(obj, PRIMITIVES):
+    # numbers, strings, and None.
+    if isinstance(obj, PRIMITIVES):
         return obj
 
     manager_top = _manager_get() # (name, memos)