Putting it into 5.8.8 is just a recipe for disaster.

What would be so disasterous about an additional warning? So, a few people would have to add no warnings 'numification'; (or whatever) to their modules. I don't think that would be a reason to run for the bomb shelters.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

The warning category won't exist in 5.8.7 and the modules that use this behavior are the ones that no-one wants to try and debug (including the author, in many cases). So, now we have to test to see if the warning category exists before we disable it?

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My criteria for good software:

1. Does it work?
2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

Okay, so it could go in the 'misc' category. It probably belongs there anyway; there's no point in creating a category for it. And/or do it smarter like Roy suggested.

In any case, it can create nasty bugs, it isn't that commonly used, and a warning probably makes sense.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";