As the codex says, it is legacy with probably no use in any modern version. I have been around wordpress since 2.0.4 and I don’t remember it being used or referenced so my guess is that it is a really old legacy thing.
As the codex says, it is legacy with probably no use in any modern version. I have been around wordpress since 2.0.4 and I don’t remember it being used or referenced so my guess is that it is a really old legacy thing.