The problem with putting code in /etc/defaults/rc.conf is that simplistic parsers which read it as ``var = value # optional comment'' get very confused by for loops or function declarations or what have you. It also makes it more difficult to read in /etc/{*,.}rc.conf from an admin program, permute it in some way, and then write out a whole new config file - you have to detect the meta-information somehow and preserve it across saves in addition to just parsing variables (which is more straight-forward to say the least).
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