I realize I misinterpreted the OP, but you’ve set me up for a snarky remark so perfectly that I can’t resist. Please forgive me… here goes:

> it produces code that is correct in some circumstances, but is incorrect for the author's use case.

That’s a mighty convoluted way of saying “incorrect code” ;)

Phew! I feel better, now!

"This code would be absolutely correct were it in a different program trying to achieve a different result."