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[Robert Dewar]

Mike Stump wrote:

> Yes.  I've asked, how many lines exist that rely upon this, the  answer 
> was zero.  We can have someone that has ready access to  sourceforge or 
> the google cache to count there (Hi Matt), to improve  the answer, but 
> my guess is that it would remain fairly low.

of course that is only a part of the total source base, but I agree
it would be indicative. Of course you are probably also showing that
this is an unimportant issue not worth making a change for.