>I agree completely with Rick in this regard. Those backdoor tricks only increase technical debt and will for sure bite you back at one time.
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>Even better try to upgrade the affected data with non-ambigous values if possible.
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>"Always code for the maintener:
>Always code as if the person who ends up maintaining your code is a violent psychopath who knows where you live."

... and of course there is that possibility that YOU might be the poor soul that needs to maintain that bit of code.