No no, but for myself I like to know why the rule is there and not just what the rule is. I ran into similar problems with embedded geometry in my work awhile back. I came to the same conclusion as you, why isn't this posted somewhere clearly? Hard to follow a rule if you don't know it exists.

"Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine of belief that keeps you and your desk in midair."

Annie Dillard