Github user mureinik commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/commons-lang/pull/279
How is this code useful? It adds nothing to the functionality, nor does it
help explain the code. It seems like the original author used it while
developing this class, but once it's done, I see no value in keeping it.
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