Url Segments are limited to 9 segments in EE but not CI...why is there a limit?

Url segments are limited to 9 segments in EE but not CI?

Error: The URL contains too many segments.

Shouldn’t this be configurable if limited at all? For example I often link to my search pages like this: http://www.localhost.com/index.php/widgets/advanced_search/1/brown/0/3-08-2010/active/25/round/12203/1/50

CI does not limit this so EE probably should not limit it either? Even if it is not made available to basic users/designers via {segment_14} that would be fine if it is at least made available to module developers via $this->uri->segment(14).

Is there a technical reason for limiting the url segments?

Edit: I am re-posting in feature requests…i was looking for that but didn’t find it before.