[kqr]

This is why it's important to add a comment to those 10 lines describing the choice, and urging future contributors to reevaluate the situation.

(Of course, one should always reevaluate the situation when making changes to code, but we all need a nudge sometimes when we're afraid of doing the wrong thing.)

[jolux]

Now that, I can wholeheartedly agree with :)