*** DO NOT LAND *** Measure the size and complexity of the old multicol implementation.

Source/core/rendering/RenderText.cpp

 /*
  * (C) 1999 Lars Knoll (knoll@kde.org)
  * (C) 2000 Dirk Mueller (mueller@kde.org)
  * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (C) 2006 Andrew Wellington (proton@wiretapped.net)
  * Copyright (C) 2006 Graham Dennis (graham.dennis@gmail.com)
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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         return IntRect();
 
     LayoutRect rect;
     for (InlineTextBox* box = firstTextBox(); box; box = box->nextTextBox()) {
         rect.unite(box->localSelectionRect(startPos, endPos));
         rect.unite(ellipsisRectForBox(box, startPos, endPos));
     }
 
     if (clipToVisibleContent)
         computeRectForRepaint(repaintContainer, rect);
-    else {
-        if (cb->hasColumns())
-            cb->adjustRectForColumns(rect);
-
+    else
         rect = localToContainerQuad(FloatRect(rect), repaintContainer).enclosingBoundingBox();
-    }
 
     return rect;
 }
 
 int RenderText::caretMinOffset() const
 {
     InlineTextBox* box = firstTextBox();
     if (!box)
         return 0;
     int minOffset = box->start();
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     }
     secureTextTimer->restartWithNewText(lastTypedCharacterOffset);
 }
 
 PassRefPtr<AbstractInlineTextBox> RenderText::firstAbstractInlineTextBox()
 {
     return AbstractInlineTextBox::getOrCreate(this, m_firstTextBox);
 }
 
 } // namespace WebCore