[Bf-committers] Increase hard max of subdivision operator?

[gandalf3]

As seen in this SE question 
<http://blender.stackexchange.com/q/51525/599>, the current hard-maximum 
number of subdivision cuts (100) is easily within the realm of what 
users would like to use.

What is the reasoning behind having a hard-maximum at all? I can 
understand having a soft-maximum to protect against accidentally setting 
the number of cuts too high, but that system is already in place and 
works well.

Would it not be more user-friendly to allow any number to be typed 
directly, especially if the user wants a prime number of cuts?

This maximum apparently didn't exist in 2.74