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surfingdinotoday at 5:32 AM2 repliesview on HN

Indeed, there may even be a whole lot of code that depends on it.


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wwind123today at 5:40 AM

Yeah. Bug-for-bug migration is a real thing in large code-bases in the industry. You want to replicate all behavior of the code regardless whether the behavior is a feature or a bug.

See Hyrum's Law: https://www.hyrumslaw.com/

nkjoeptoday at 5:50 AM

Yep, and when it’s about money you don’t want any unexpected.