, JoshRoss wrote

Am I the only one here that thinks this method of solving this problem is overkill? If you want to dynamically restrict a list of things, why not pass the list to some restriction function, based on whatever heuristics are available to you at runtime?

-Josh

Overkill is the only way some people can think to solve a problem, especially if the code is non-readable to everybody except to themselves of course. It usually is an ego thing to make them think they are smart. I'm not saying this is the case here, but it usually is.