Or perhaps the software equivalent of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation? If it's a common problem then it would not be unsurprising that similar solutions emerge among wildly different codebases. Like a cross between a design pattern and duct-tape.
This is just how you write code like this. When you have OS/processor guarantees that “going a little over” the length is OK and lets you vectorize, then it’s a good idea to do it.
