Possibly because
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the original PR was closed, so the threat of breaking SpecialFunctions is not that imminent,
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it requires quite a bit of investigation to find out the rationale for this PR.
You should compose the PR message so that a person reading it for the first time, unaware of any context or history (these can be referenced later), can understand
- the motivation (why change)
- the implementation (what changed),
- and the benefits.