Yes you need. It is safer to handle anchor feedback (information, errors, etc.) Just like a compiler warning and errors. Binding problems tend to slow down the execution of an application because it forces the bindings to be re-read and, in my experience, sometimes breaks them down to where you need to recreate the binding in the code.
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