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MSC07-EX1: In some situations, dead code may make software more robust against future changes. An example of this is adding a default case to a switch statement even when all possible switch labels are specified (see MSC01-A. Strive for logical completeness for an illustration of this example). Another example is
MSC07-EX2: It is also permissible to temporarily removing code that may be needed later (see MSC04-A. Use comments consistently and in a readable fashion for an illustration).
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