I think this would require a shift in mindset of programmers to change. As long as mantras like "space is cheap", "that memory would have been unused anyway" and "premature optimization is the root of all evil"* are frequently being passed on as good advice, we'll see stuff like this.
(* I know how the actual quote is meant, and there is a lot of truth to it: Micro-optimisations where the only practical reason is that the code invites you to do it are a bad idea. However in my experience, the quote is often misunderstood as arguing against any form of optimization. The quote is often used to justify code that's not just unoptimized but hilariously inefficient.)
(* I know how the actual quote is meant, and there is a lot of truth to it: Micro-optimisations where the only practical reason is that the code invites you to do it are a bad idea. However in my experience, the quote is often misunderstood as arguing against any form of optimization. The quote is often used to justify code that's not just unoptimized but hilariously inefficient.)