Personally, I think the comments highlight why this can cause problems and what the alternatives are. Knowing the trade-offs and then choosing an approach is go

Personally, I think the comments highlight why this can cause problems and what the alternatives are. Knowing the trade-offs and then choosing an approach is good design. Feel free to use that hack, but be sure you know what the trade-offs are, and what bugs can potentially arise in the future due to this hack.