And if you encounter such a file, does it really matter if you accidentally delete it?
It matters. Leaving a bug around is disgusting and wasteful especially when you can fix it.
* would be amazing if there weren't tons of other, much more significant, things that deserved attention in the relevant script, system, or the developer's life. (sign)*
Fixing bugs and writing programs that have as few bugs as possible is very important.
When you find a bug, by all means, go ahead and fix it. (Well, not always. You need to make sure your fix is not likely to introduce a more severe bug. Not all bugs made equal and some guts-feeling required).
If your goal is to make your system as robust as engineerically possible, you should most likely pay more attention in some directions and less in other. It's not only about quantity - you better have no critical bugs then have only-a-very-few critical ones.
It matters. Leaving a bug around is disgusting and wasteful especially when you can fix it.
* would be amazing if there weren't tons of other, much more significant, things that deserved attention in the relevant script, system, or the developer's life. (sign)*
Fixing bugs and writing programs that have as few bugs as possible is very important.