wtuffaha/statsd — comment on commit d338d3840ab03a30e196d1fd337dffd48614b815
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By wtuffaha:

It's not a bug. The idea was that I might have some gauge variables that I want to be updating at longer intervals, like once per 5 minutes instead of every 10 seconds. So this way the variable will remain at its current value until you decide to update it.