html output of default item_list function

I suggest that the theme_item_list function in theme.inc be altered to produce more easily read source code. Currently, the output looks something like:

<div class="item-list"><ul><li>content</li><li>content</li></ul></div>

Is there any value in adding "\n" breaks so that the source looks like:

<div class="item-list">
  <ul>
    <li>content</li>
    <li>content</li>
  </ul>
</div>

I do realize that this could be accomplished without altering the distributed code with a function in a custom theme, but thought I'd raise the question.