Thanks Joerg,
Maybe I should have marked this as QVOTE since you are the only one who has replied?
A qvote here means more or less "If no one objects I will commit". IMO during the code freeze this is not applicable. Also your patch goes into the core, the Cocoon class itself. If there is no common interest we will better leave it out for the release. For a successful vote you need at least 3 binding +1 and no veto. So where are the interests?
Joerg