[Waterluvian]

Good point. Good example. I imagine it works well in my cases but I haven't come across cases like your example where it breaks down.

[acjohnson55]

...until you do.

That's the problem with antipatterns. It's impossible to remain alert to the edge cases, and then they eventually bite you in production. Better to lint them away. But it's difficult to convince people not to do something really convenient if they haven't gotten bitten yet.