Gamerule commandModificationBlockLimit does not apply to execute if blocks

23w03a snapshot article does state:

"GAME RULES

• Added commandModificationBlockLimit, controlling the maximum number of blocks changed in one execution of clone, fill and fillbiome"

if blocks is not a modification.

That makes total sense, but the same result can be achieved using /execute store result score result score run clone ~ ~ ~ ~32 ~32 ~32 [somewhere] masked

The whole purpose of /execute if blocks is to check for/count blocks in an area without altering the world and then run other commands based on the result.

Having to use /clone when there is an /execute subcommand dedicated to doing the same thing faster because it's still limited by block count while any other command isn't makes /execute if blocks useless in that regard.

Screenshots attached

Confirmed and leaving this open for Mojang declaration on whether this is functioning as intended or not; better to be safe than sorry, just in case. 🙂

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