R. David Murray <rdmur...@bitdance.com> added the comment:

Hmm.  It seems to me this is an edge case as far as backward compatibility 
goes.  On the one hand it does seem like an RFC violation (ie: bug), on the 
other hand there could be user programs depending on the current behavior.  I'm 
inclined toward treating it as a bug, but I can see it being argued the other 
way.  The fact that the file is designed for interoperability and other tools 
do take the wildcard first argues in favor of treating it as a bug, I think.

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components: +email -Library (Lib)
keywords: +easy
nosy: +barry, r.david.murray
versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3

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