patch 9.1.0177: Coverity reports dead code

Problem:  Coverity reports dead code.
Solution: Remove the dead code. Also fix a mistake in ml_get_pos_len()
          and update some comments (zeertzjq).

closes: #14189

Signed-off-by: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 6bdf896..78c496b 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    177,
+/**/
     176,
 /**/
     175,