Setting content width

Underscores uses this code to set $content_width:

function _s_content_width() {
	$GLOBALS['content_width'] = apply_filters( '_s_content_width', 640 );
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', '_s_content_width', 0 );

which causes this error:

“REQUIRED: No content width has been defined. Example: (code snipped)”

Is Underscores setting $content_width appropriately? I haven’t submitted a theme for consideration since this code was added to Underscores, so I’m not sure if this would affect the review or not.

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