+ * - If the set of all \c InadequacyList nodes with which the new
+ * \c InadequacyList node might be compared is currently empty, then
+ * it is best if <tt>*node_count</tt> is zero so that the node count
+ * does not eventually overflow. However, if that set is not
+ * currently empty, then <tt>*node_count</tt> has not been modified
+ * by any function except \c InadequacyList__new_conflict since the
+ * invocation of \c InadequacyList__new_conflict that constructed
+ * the first existing member of that set.