right, and I thought the implication is that at some point in that process we really should be unwinding the stack and fixing/resetting some assumption that wil

right, and I thought the implication is that at some point in that process we really should be unwinding the stack and fixing/resetting some assumption that will let us move ahead in a more efficient manner. So in that sense I've always thought of it as being in an undesirable state (like a code smell), not a necessary one.