As I said, I'm sure that it's legitimate, but it's definitely not good code, and I'd rather not have it lurking in my codebase for years on end. If you don't kn

As I said, I'm sure that it's legitimate, but it's definitely not good code, and I'd rather not have it lurking in my codebase for years on end. If you don't know the original motivation behind writing something like that, you can't really remove it for fear of the original bug cropping up again without you noticing. (I guess, then this is also what test cases are for...)