I'm not going to worry about it, and if it worries you I'd avoid watching that traffic. It'd be like 2nd guessing the doctor's before an operation. This is all discussion and extreemly healthy for the language. The fact is that cleaning up perl is analogous to spring cleaning, you have to make a mess in order to clean it up.

Let's face it at some point you just have to trust the doctors, even if they are going to take a knife to you :)