The way this works is that the law (lawmakers, courts, police) take a dim view of loopholes, as it's a threat to their own power. So they sit down and decide wh

The way this works is that the law (lawmakers, courts, police) take a dim view of loopholes, as it's a threat to their own power. So they sit down and decide whhether you were in compliance with the spirit of the law and write laws in a way to criminalize that to the extent possible. It's not code.