[theme-reviewers] Is there an official stance on shortcodes in themes?

[Dane Morgan]

On 2013-02-28 11:58, Chip Bennett wrote:
> Required not to define post-content shortcodes.
>
> Shortcodes intended to be used elsewhere (e.g. user configuration of 
> footer content, etc.) are fine.
Can you share a use case example where using a shortcode would be more 
appropriate than simply outputting the configuration information in this 
way?