Is the double serialization in maybe_serialize( ) intentional ?

[DrLightman]

function maybe_serialize( $data ) {
   if ( is_array( $data ) || is_object( $data ) )
       return serialize( $data );

   if ( is_serialized( $data ) )
       return serialize( $data );

   return $data;
}

   if ( is_serialized( $data ) )
       return serialize( $data );

It creeps me out :)

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

What does SVN blame say on that line of code?

[scribu]

Here's what it says:

browser/trunk/wp-includes/functions.php

[scribu]

So, yeah, wontfix due to compatiblity reasons: [14074]