Unreachable Branches in LagrangianFunctionSpace

Looking at the implementation of the shape() method of the LagrangianFunctionSpace class, it seems to me that there are two branches that are never reachable. See these two checks:

 if (
                isinstance(geometry, TriangleElement)
                and self.family in ["Lagrange"]
                and self._degree == 0
            ):
....
elif (
                isinstance(geometry, TriangleElement)
                and geometry.dimensions == geometry.space_dimension - 1
                and self.family in ["Lagrange"]
                and self._degree == 0
            ):

The case for degree == 1 looks identical w.r.t. the logic, while for degree 2, we have

            elif (
                isinstance(geometry, TriangleElement)
                and geometry.dimensions == geometry.space_dimension
                and self.family in ["Lagrange"]
                and self._degree == 2
            ):
....
            elif (
                isinstance(geometry, TriangleElement)
                and geometry.dimensions == geometry.space_dimension - 1
                and self.family in ["Lagrange"]
                and self._degree == 2

Thus, the two branches are distinct and the latter one reachable.

However, in all three cases the bodies of the two associated branches to me look identical. Thus, the question would be, do we really need them at all?

Cheers
Marcus