> for there potentially being nuances or exceptions to the claim you are making of which you are unaware. Making a statement just to avoid an edge case is what

> for there potentially being nuances or exceptions to the claim you are making of which you are unaware. Making a statement just to avoid an edge case is what we hackers like to call "boilerplate". We don't find it useful, and generally prefer to avoid it, both for the writer and the reader.