[WalterBright]

> building some overwrought framework to avoid ever repeating anything can introduce classes of bugs that are much much harder to solve because of the layers of indirection

The development of an engineer:

1. newbie - follow the rules because you're told to

2. master - follow the rules because you understand them

3. guru - break the rules because your knowledge transcends them

I often see code that follows the rules right into a swamp. Your example is a fine illustration of this.