Even if your assertion is true (and I've seen some codebases that would certainly put it to the test) on what grounds is spending an indeterminate (likely nontr

Even if your assertion is true (and I've seen some codebases that would certainly put it to the test) on what grounds is spending an indeterminate (likely nontrivial) amount of time groveling a codebase with search preferable to having the code at least somewhat organized and documented in the first place?