[tathastu]

  ...anybody who thinks that the above is
  
  (a) legible
  (b) efficient (even with the magical compiler support)
  (c) particularly safe

  is just incompetent

If that isn't a criticism of the person, I don't know what is.

[hayd]

Negating the above statement IMO you can reasonably interpret as "you're competent so can't honestly think this is legible, efficient, or particularly safe... (fix it)".