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rfc, cfg-path-version: crater stuff not a drawback.

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@ -299,11 +299,9 @@ and `path_exists = ..` are added to those as well.
# Drawbacks
[drawbacks]: #drawbacks
## It becomes harder to `crater`
As we get more version based conditional compilation, it can get harder to
use the `crater` tool because regressions are not tested on an old compiler
that may not have certain paths defined.
One argument is that hypothetically, if the standard library removed
some unstable item, then we might "not notice" if everyone uses it through
`cfg(path_exists = ..)`.
## Incremental garbage code and its collection