I misread the root node.

This is a bad idea. I use modules for two reasons - it's faster to reuse someone else's code and they get to maintain it. It's up to me to keep my copy of their module up to sync (if I'm doing that) but in general it's a time saving measure. I don't have the time to write new code when I've got tested and stable code available in a module. I also don't have time to maintain code that someone else is willing to do for free on their own time.

Module use is pragmatic.

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