That's a good point, that one's effect would be more apparent with a counter. Most utilities where a counter is appropriate/important already have one (there are quite a few, but some are fairly special so not so common). The only other similar example I can see is the Component Analysis Suite, the behavior of which I'm going to change, anyway, to make a counter meaningless.
So I guess that's the only one that needs a counter? Or were you thinking of something else as well?